11 April 2019 Laboratory fellows «Sociology of religion» participated in the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.
In the framework of the sections «Religious Diversity» Kirill Markin and Elena Prutskova presented a paper «Agenda for “weak religiosity” sociological research». Elena Prutskova and Ivan Zabaev presented a paper «Calling and humility: economic ethics in four Christian denominations in Russia».
In the framework of the sections «Religion and Morality in the Sociological Dimension» Elena Melkumyan presented a paper «Religiosity and life satisfaction: a survey of Orthodox parishes». Tatyana Krihtova presented a paper «Pastoral theology in modern orthodox theological seminaries: the necessity and main problems of studying».
Reports were supported by PSTGU Development Foundation in the framework of the grant «The Invisible Religion” by T. Lukman: the origins of the concept and the possibility of using it for the analysis of contemporary Russian Orthodoxy» in 2019.
The conference program is available here.