Publications

"What are the moral foundations of the growing consumer credit market in Russia? What is the way to preserve credit-based economic growth without falling into the traps of the debt crises? This book is composed of several articles relying on the empirical study of debt morality in Russia in 2014. It provides a theoretical framework for analyzing debt relationships with the gift exchange theory. We demonstrate that the main moral driver of overindebtedness in Russia is the ethics of individual responsibility and independence. Dense communities, such as Orthodox parishes, produce solidarity in responsibility, protect their members from impulse loans and promote sustained economic development."

"The collection contains a number of articles resulting from the research seminar “Sociology of Religion” at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University. The selection of the studies covers a wide range of topics: religious socialization, influence of religion on the birth rate, impacts of a Church-affiliated university, social network of the Orthodox community, social capital of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church, social activities of the Church, impacts of religiosity on the normative and regulatory sphere, and some other topics. The studies presented in the book were made in 2011–2014. Most of the articles are based on empirical (qualitative and quantitative) data obtained from the projects of the Research Seminar “Sociology of Religion”. Some publications were prepared using the analysis of secondary data derived from international comparative studies. The book is addressed to a wide circle of readers interested in the problems of functioning of religion in the societies which had undergone forced secularization."

"This study is an attempt to apply the logic of  M.Weber study "Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism" to Russian economic realities analisys. The book describes the results of the sociological study at several Russian Orthodox Church monasteries conducted during 2003 - 2004. For the validation of the empirical data  was completed analysis of the popular  literature, issued by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1990 - 2004."

"The book describes the results of  the childbearing motivation study, based on the series of in-depth interviews with russian megapolises citizens of  reproductive age.  The project "Family and childbearing in Russia. Categories of parental mind" was conducted at St.Tikhon's Orthodox University in 2008-2009. The research is realized in the frame of grounded theory. Categories, used by actors in comprehention of childbearing and related issues, are the subject of discussion in the book.  Also authors formulate sociological hypothesis as a response to the explanations of childbearing, developed in demography and economic science."

"The book describes main findings of the study "Three Moscow parishes. Main socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes of the large parishes communities members".  The survey  was conducted on 14.10.2012 in three  large Moscow churches, distinctive (by expert evaluations) for their experienced clergy  and strong parish communities. In this study representatives of the Orthodox parish community are compared with the average Russians on the main social indicators and value scales, significant in the perspective of the State/country development."