The Closed Religious Community: the Strategy of Forming аnd the Principles of Functioning

The point of the author’s research interest is mechanisms for the formation of a private religious community on the example of the Intersession brotherhood. A group of believers was emerged as part of the revival of the Orthodox life of the Kama region, but transformed into specific organization with features of popular religion, new religious movements and so-called “historical sects.” Author reconstructs the history of the community involving elements of the biographical method. The study is based on interviews and correspondence with former members of the community, close people of the residents of the commune, as well as analysis of the materials of the closed group on the social network, some audio of the groups’ seminars, photocopies of the working notebooks of the group and a series of photographs made by the believers. The investigation is based on the theoretical constructions of E. Goffman and the concept of total community. Intersession brotherhood appears as a community with the features of totality – territorial and communication closure of the residents, their employment in internal jobs, perception of the group as a family. Lack of privacy is combined with the presence of “mother-child” connection to the leader. The practice of naming for adults, the creation of new marriages, participation in gender-oriented councils create a special micro-environment with the unification of the world view. The system of privileges for advanced residents is supplemented by a developed system of fines. It makes possible to speak about special tools that lead to a change of values, a narrowing of the set of social roles and a reduction of critical thinking.

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THE SOCIAL SCIENCES OF RELIGION IN BRAZIL

Debates do NER ◽

10.22456/1982-8136.2784 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1 (11) ◽

Author(s):

Pierre Sanchis

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Popular Religion ◽

Religious Movements ◽

New Religious Movements ◽

Religious Institutions ◽

The Social ◽

Science Of Religion

This is a panorama of the successive meanings acquired by the Social Sciences of Religion during their recent institutionalization in Brazil. Seven "moments" are emphasized, each with their own respective density of thematic attention. The first of these moments comes from within religious institutions, a "religious sociology', that is gradually transformed and made autorxmous, becoming "Sodal Science of Religion". Afterwards, successive discoveries of popular religion were made, being a politically impre gnat ed religion in a politically unstable society such as Brazil, with a persistent religious sense of religion, and whose questions sprang from secularization and the advent of the New Religious Movements. Correlatively, what then called and still continues

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Russian Diminutives on the Social Network Instagram

RUDN Journal of Language Studies Semiotics and Semantics ◽

10.22363/2313-2299-2021-12-4-981-995 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 981-995

Author(s):

Armine A. Grigoryan ◽

Elena N. Strelchuk

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

High Frequency ◽

World View ◽

Virtual Space ◽

The Internet ◽

Formal Expression ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Occasional Occurrence ◽

Positive Evaluation

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of communication on the Russian-speaking segment of the social net Instagram. The aim of the article makes the analysis of diminutives - the words with diminutive-hypocoristic suffixes. In course of the study, over 250 users pages of Instagram were analyzed, and the most high-frequency lexemes were chosen. The derivational analysis was carried out to sort out the groups of relevant suffixes, and such a phenomenon as the synonymy was revealed. As is proved, despite different formal expression, all suffixes of diminutives bear diminutive-hypocoristic (or just hypocoristic) meaning which helps express subjective positive evaluation in respect to the environment, and demonstrate emotions (also positive) in course of communication. As is marked, the use of diminutives on the social net is not an occasional occurrence, its one of the significant exponents of the world view of the Russian-speaking people. The demand of language bearers for the diminutives witnesses of their high linguistic potential allowing the forms to create aesthetical communication over the Internet virtual space.

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Modernity: Religious and Ethical Perspectives

10.18848/978-1-86335-252-9/cgp ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nicos Mouzelis

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Structural Features ◽

Religious Movements ◽

New Religious Movements ◽

Nation State ◽

Religious Groups ◽

Top Down ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Ethical Perspectives

In Modernity: Religious and Ethical Perspectives Nicos Mouzelis examines the three unique structural features of modern societies: inclusion of the whole population into the nation state, top-down differentiation of institutional spheres and the expansion of individualisation from the top to the base of the social pyramid. The author shows how the above features relate to present day religious phenomena such as secularisation/desecularisation, the new religious movements and the forms of present day spiritualities. He examines the extent to which secularisation and rationalisation led to the “disenchantment of the world”. Later, however, one observes a reaction to the established, hierarchically organised churches and to the adherence, mainly of young people, to less structured religious groups, to religious syncretism and to individual seekers who tried to find “their own God”. From this perspective, one can argue that we have a partial “re-enchantment of the world”.

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Individual belief and practice in neopagan spirituality

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis ◽

10.30674/scripta.67350 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 182-195

Author(s):

Britta Rensing

Keyword(s):

Spiritual Development ◽

World View ◽

Religious Movements ◽

Spiritual Practices ◽

New Religious Movements ◽

New Religions ◽

The World ◽

Postmodern Spirituality

This article deals with Neopaganism, which is one of the fastest growing spiritual practices today. Neopagans are often placed in the field of new religions and new religious movements. When focussing on the world-view shared by these groups, this classification is correct, but no neopagan practitioner believes and practices like another. Neopagan spirituality is flexible and personal, which is often expressed in the art of poetry. Practitioners of this way of spirituality, where there are no texts or other sources telling them what to believe and how, turn to producing art for their personal spiritual development. While dogma is strictly rejected in postmodern spirituality, art obviously has become a very important element on the individual’s way to find her or his place in life and in the world.

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NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT: MELACAK SPRITUALITAS GERAKAN ZAMAN BARU DI INDONESIA

Tsaqofah ◽

10.32678/tsaqofah.v18i02.3657 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (02) ◽

pp. 167

Author(s):

Retno Sirnopati

Keyword(s):

Social Economic ◽

Psychological Symptom ◽

Religious Movement ◽

Religious Movements ◽

Analysis Approach ◽

New Religious Movements ◽

Social Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Spiritual Movement

The growth of new religious movements in various parts of the world, although not labeled as formal religion, is a socio-psychological symptom of loneliness and alienation. This study aims to understand how the influence of the new religious movement on the socio-culture of Indonesian society. The object of this research is every phenomenon of a new religious spiritual movement that has become a separate phenomenon in Indonesian society, especially in decades by identifying the various characteristics contained in it based on the perspective of the social analysis approach of Religion. This research is a qualitative study using a sociological and anthropological analysis approach. The results of this study indicate that the NRM movement emerged as a result of various factors in a society that is changing rapidly, hence efforts to overcome and resolve problems concerning various human lives, whether social, economic, political, educational, psychological, and so on. However, because the emergence of the NRM movement is a religious symptom, one way to overcome it is to seek healthier forms of upholding and living religious values, at least not causing a bad impact on society.

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The problem of periodization of the history of religion

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/1997.5.91 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 3-8

Author(s):

Borys Lobovyk

Keyword(s):

Religious Studies ◽

Human Being ◽

Religious Development ◽

History Of Religion ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

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Emotive Trending And Tracking of Tweets

International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering ◽

10.23956/ijarcsse.v7i11.463 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (11) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Sanjay Chhataru Gupta

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Social Network ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Complex Events

Popularity of the social media and the amount of importance given by an individual to social media has significantly increased in last few years. As more and more people become part of the social networks like Twitter, Facebook, information which flows through the social network, can potentially give us good understanding about what is happening around in our locality, state, nation or even in the world. The conceptual motive behind the project is to develop a system which analyses about a topic searched on Twitter. It is designed to assist Information Analysts in understanding and exploring complex events as they unfold in the world. The system tracks changes in emotions over events, signalling possible flashpoints or abatement. For each trending topic, the system also shows a sentiment graph showing how positive and negative sentiments are trending as the topic is getting trended.

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Myriad Aspects of Secular Thinking on Malayali Cuisine

GIS Business ◽

10.26643/gis.v14i3.4670 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 202-206

Author(s):

SAJITHA M

Keyword(s):

Social Status ◽

Daily Life ◽

Social Indicators ◽

The Body ◽

Human Being ◽

Healthy Life ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Civilized Society

Food is one of the main requirements of human being. It is flattering for the preservation of wellbeing and nourishment of the body. The food of a society exposes its custom, prosperity, status, habits as well as it help to develop a culture. Food is one of the most important social indicators of a society. History of food carries a dynamic character in the socio- economic, political, and cultural realm of a society. The food is one of the obligatory components in our daily life. It occupied an obvious atmosphere for the augmentation of healthy life and anticipation against the diseases. The food also shows a significant character in establishing cultural distinctiveness, and it reflects who we are. Food also reflected as the symbol of individuality, generosity, social status and religious believes etc in a civilized society. Food is not a discriminating aspect. It is the part of a culture, habits, addiction, and identity of a civilization.Food plays a symbolic role in the social activities the world over. It’s a universal sign of hospitality.[1]

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Las Yslas de Esperar en Dios: The Jesuit Mission in Moro 1546–1571

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x00009707 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 593-606

Author(s):

John Villiers

Keyword(s):

Sixteenth Century ◽

Social Economic ◽

Narrative Form ◽

Society Of Jesus ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Political Conditions ◽

Jesuit Missionaries ◽

Mission Field

The numerous and voluminous reports and letters which the Jesuits wrote on the Moro mission, as on all their missions in Asia, are perhaps of less interest to us now for what they reveal of the methods adopted by the Society of Jesus in this remote corner of their mission field or the details they contain about the successes and failures of individual missionaries, than for the wealth of information they provide on the islands where the Jesuits lived and the indigenous societies with which they came into contact through their work of evangelization. In other words, it is not theprimary purpose of this essay to analyse the Jesuit documents with a view to reconstructing the history of the Moro mission in narrative form but rather to glean from them some of the informationthey contain about the social and political conditions in Moro during the forty years or so in the sixteenth century when both the Jesuit missionaries and the Portuguese were active in the regio Because the Jesuits were often in close touch with local rulers and notables, whether or not they succeeded in converting them to Christianity, and because they lived among their subjects for long periods, depending upon them for the necessities of life and sharing their hardships, their letters and reports often show a deeper understanding of the social, economic and political conditions of the indigenous societies and, one suspects, give a more accurate and measured account of events and personalities than do the official chroniclers and historians of the time, most of whom never ventured further east than Malacca and who in any case were chiefly concerned to glorify the deeds of the Portuguese and justify their actions to the world.

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