SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE CONCEPT OF “SACRALITY”

Аннотация

In this article the author conducted a comparative analysis of the concepts of “rationality” and “irrationality” in the system of religious relations through the prism of the category of “sacred”. When considering the relevant problems, a synthesis of the use of sociological theoretical and methodological concepts and analysis of various field research data has been accomplished. The author also focuses on the definition of modern indicators of the category of “sacred”, as well as in the context of the transformation of the current society into the information society.