
	Philosophy and Culture Reference: Gavrilova Yu.V. The role of religious syncretism in the modern society // Philosophy and Culture. 2016. № 2. P. 256-261. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=67509 Gavrilova Yu.V. The role of religious syncretism in the modern society Abstract: The spiritual sphere of society is being subjected to the transformation process in modern conditions of its existence. The structure and function of both individual religions, and whole religious systems change the most actively. The main features of the present stage of the evolution of religion is its total syncretization, involving changes in the specificity of traditional, classical functions of religion. The article examines the functioning of religious syncretism at the present stage of development of society. It is noted that the syncretic religions perform all the functions of “clean” non-syncretic religions, but supplement them with a number of features. The author analyses the specific character of impact of religious syncretism on various spheres of social and spiritual life. The article reveals some peculiarities of manifestation of religious syncretism in multiethnic regions.The study of religious syncretism of functions is based on a functional approach. Attention is drawn to the fact that syncretism should be considered both as a process and as a result of this process. Therefore, the specificity of functioning of syncretic religions can be revealed by using the method of comparative analysis. Comparative approach allows comparing the functioning of religious syncretism in different conditions of its manifestation. The social role of syncretic religions emerges from functions of religious syncretism. The study of functions of religious syncretism allows concluding that religious syncretism influence on our society both positively and negatively. This feature of religious syncretism functioning in the modern conditions of society’s existence arises from factors of its origin, terms of its manifestation, and various forms of existence. It concludes that syncretization of religions in modern society increases, and the processes of formation and dissimination of syncretic religious teachings and cults acquire total character. Keywords: religioznyi sinkretizm, religiya, religioznye sistemy, religioznoe soznanie, funktsii, sfery bytiya, polietnicheskie regiony, faktory This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Usama as-Sayyid Makhmud al'-Azkhari Yavnaya istina, v otvet tem, kto igraet s religiey i prikryvaetsya eyu, ekstremistskim techeniyam (ot «Brat'ev-Musul'man» do IGIL) s tochki zreniya islamskikh uchenykh. Perevod s arabskogo. – Kazan' – 2015. – 100 s. 2. Urbanaeva I.S. 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