Features of the methodology of predictive research in practical religious studies

Keywords: forecast, religious situation, forecasting of religious processes, practical religious studies, forecasting methodology, principles of forecasting, social and political forecasting

Abstract

The article emphasizes and justifies the urgency of creating a new direction in practical religious studies – forecasting of religious processes. The scientific-categorical apparatus of practical religious studies is being improved through the definition of new concepts suggested in the article. The peculiarities and specificity of predictive researches in this field are determined on the basis of comparative analysis of forecasting in other spheres of humanitarian science. The methodological arsenal of forecasting in the religious sphere is systematized and the possibilities and limitations of its application in predicting religious processes are determined

Author Biography

Vita Tуtarenko, G. S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

PhD., Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, G. S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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Published
2018-06-26
How to Cite
TуtarenkoV. (2018). Features of the methodology of predictive research in practical religious studies. IDEAS. PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES, (2(12), 50-58. https://doi.org/10.34017/1313-9703-2018-2(12)-50-58
Section
Philosophy of Religion. Religion studies