title: Why does the church need religious studies?
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metadata.value: Antonov, Konstantin M.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-01-19T11:45:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-01-19T11:45:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Antonov K. M. Why does the church need religious studies? Issues of Theology, 2020, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 576–602.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.404
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/22411
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article, addressed to those involved with church education and science, as well
  as participants of the religious studies scientific community, offers a set of arguments
  in favor of the development of academic religious studies as an educational
  and research practice in higher educational institutions of the Church. The author
  describes his vision of the problematic situation in the field of scientific disciplines
  that study religion and indicates the traditional nature of the Church’s appeal to
  secular humanitarian knowledge. From the point of view of the categories of the ‘existing — ought’ and ‘general — individual,’ the mutual relationship of theology
  and religious studies as related disciplines is clarified. The author identifies a set of
  subject areas, specific goals and tasks, of research in the field of religious studies,
  which are significant for the Church and their potential customers-consumers in
  the Church. The forms of its interdisciplinary interaction with theological knowledge
  are discussed. According to the author, religious studies, on the one hand, have
  their own value, and, on the other hand, they can result in concrete benefits in the
  analysis of problematic situations that need effective resolution. In this perspective,
  the subject matter of religious studies is structured in the form of a system of
  concentric circles: Holiness, manifested in people and artefacts, Church hierarchy
  (bishops, priests, monks), Church laity, Orthodox by self-determination, traditional
  religions, non-conventional religiosity, history and the current state of religion in
  general. In conclusion, the main functions of religious studies knowledge within the
  framework of Church life are highlighted: research, education, expert consulting,
  missionary and apologetic. The general characteristic features of this knowledge is
  proposed. The question is raised about the relationship between the academic and
  ecclesiastical aspects in the process of obtaining it in the perspective of its validity.
  The author criticizes the popular idea of “Orthodox religious studies”, discusses
  various forms of interaction between Church and secular scholars, opportunities
  for non-authoritarian forms of interaction between the Church hierarchy and the
  hierarchy within the Church’s scientific community, and justifies the need to increase
  the number of research and educational religious institutions (departments,
  research centers) in the Church.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 2; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religious studies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Church
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sanctity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sociology of religion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: psychology of religion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of religion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: academicism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Why does the church need religious studies?
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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