CONSTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS Cover Image

КОНСТРУИРОВАНИЕ РЕЛИГИОЗНОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ В ПОЛИКУЛЬТУРНОМ ОБЩЕСТВЕ: СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ДЕТЕРМИНАНТЫ
CONSTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS

Author(s): Dinara Rifkatovna Gimadeeva, Mariya Yuryevna Eflova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Social development, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: religious identity; religious groups; Republic of Tatarstan; bicultural region; confession; religious practices;

Summary/Abstract: Using the example of the multicultural society of the Republic of Tatarstan, we analyze the processes of formation of religious identity and the influence of different social factors (education, media, and family) on them. We establish that the most important factors in the construction of religious identity are ethnicity and family education. However, in multi-religious families the choice of religion is determined by the social environment of an individual and the social status of the religion rather than by the influence of the family.

  • Issue Year: 155/2013
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 15-22
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian