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Professional Education in the Modern World

2012 year, number 2

RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION: THE ESSENCE AND THE STRUCTURE

O. A. SKORYNINA
Еkaterinburg
Keywords: identification, religiousness, the essence of religious identification

Abstract

The essence and the structure of religious identification are revealed in the article. There are analyzed the factors which influence the formation of religiousness. Intercommunication is revealed between the spiritual values and self-determination of the person. There is uncovered the importance of the value component of religious identification; there is performed an analysis of value orientations and norms of the person’s behavior; and this allows toidentify the specificities and contradictions of the spiritual culture of the person in modern society. The Truth, Faith, and Love are the priority values for the believers. There are investigated the causes of rapprochement and interpenetration of the church and the person. As a result of such interaction, religion penetrates the mass consciousness and uplifts its role in the state.