Project coordinator: Daria Oreshina
Duration of the project: start 2010
About the project
This research deals with factors which condition/or interfere with formation and development of parish communities in contemporary Russian cities.
The research is based on (1) in-depth interviews with priests, rectors and parishioners, (2) parish priests and church social workers survey. Along with the empirical inquiry, international theory and practice of parish sociology and church communities research is studied. In the course of the first phase (March – November, 2010) about 32 interviews were conducted; about 450 questionnaires from priests, rectors and social workers cover all 14 deaneries of Moscow Eparchy.
Publications
. 2011. "H. Lindner’s conception of the church community." Working Papers, "Sociology of Religion" Seminar, Series: Quantitative religion research. International practice, 9 (2011): Moscow: PSTGU.
. 2010. " Catholic parish in the 2nd part of XX century: parish community factors." Working Papers, "Sociology of Religion" Seminar, Series: Quantitative religion research. International practice, 3 (2010): Moscow: PSTGU.
. 2010. "Catholic Parish Applied Research in the USA on the Eve of The Second Vatican Council." Working Papers, "Sociology of Religion" Seminar, Series: Problems of church communities development. International practice, 4 (2010): Moscow: PSTGU.
. 2010. "Small Christian Communities in the Second Part of XX Century." Working Papers, "Sociology of Religion" Seminar, Series: Quantitative religion research. International practice, 1 (2010): Moscow: PSTGU.
