The Notion of Spirituality in Modern Russian Literature
This paper provides an analysis of contemporary Russian academic literature on spirituality. The authors single out key features of these texts, especially their approach to defi ning their subject. They formulate major semantic contexts within which spirituality is discussed by sociologists and psy...
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| description | This paper provides an analysis of contemporary Russian academic literature on spirituality. The authors single out key features of these texts, especially their approach to defi ning their subject. They formulate major semantic contexts within which spirituality is discussed by sociologists and psychologists, as well as practical implications of the term. The authors compare the academic usage of the term ‘spirituality’ with its usage in everyday language; the comparison is based on a mass survey conducted in 2006. In the literature that served as the material for the present study, we can observe political, cultural and religious aspects of spirituality. It can be viewed as a form of patriotism, as religious worldview, as overcoming the limitations of human nature, as erudition, as a means to fi ght the non-spiritual character of modern society, or as an aspiration towards the ideal. The overall fuzziness of the term is a consequence of its emotional and utopian connotations in the Russian language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-075a087a552d4ee7937f9f4ff2791d9b2022-12-21T17:30:42ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия1991-640X1991-640X2014-12-01566728810.15382/sturI201456.72-88The Notion of Spirituality in Modern Russian LiteratureKsenia Kolkunova0Tatjana Malevich1Russian Academy of SciencesSt Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityThis paper provides an analysis of contemporary Russian academic literature on spirituality. The authors single out key features of these texts, especially their approach to defi ning their subject. They formulate major semantic contexts within which spirituality is discussed by sociologists and psychologists, as well as practical implications of the term. The authors compare the academic usage of the term ‘spirituality’ with its usage in everyday language; the comparison is based on a mass survey conducted in 2006. In the literature that served as the material for the present study, we can observe political, cultural and religious aspects of spirituality. It can be viewed as a form of patriotism, as religious worldview, as overcoming the limitations of human nature, as erudition, as a means to fi ght the non-spiritual character of modern society, or as an aspiration towards the ideal. The overall fuzziness of the term is a consequence of its emotional and utopian connotations in the Russian language.http://pstgu.ru/download/1418728299.5kolkunova_malevich.pdfspiritualityreligiosityvaluesRussian philosophypsychologysociologypsychology of religion |
| spellingShingle | Ksenia Kolkunova Tatjana Malevich The Notion of Spirituality in Modern Russian Literature Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия spirituality religiosity values Russian philosophy psychology sociology psychology of religion |
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