СОСТОЯНИЕ СФЕРЫ МЕЖКОНФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ В Г.ОМСКЕ (ПО РЕЗУЛЬТАТАМ СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО МОНИТОРИНГА)

Abstract

The strengthening of the role of religion in post-Soviet Russian society, the growing dynamism and instability of processes in the religious sphere led to the inclusion of the religious situation in the range of priority areas of modern religious studies. Of particular relevance is the systematic study of the dynamics of the religious situation in large cities, which are characterized by a complex multi-confessional composition of the population and an accelerated pace of social life. These include the West Siberian city. Omsk: from the very beginning of its history (XVIII century), representatives of different faiths – Orthodox, Muslims, Lutherans, Catholics, Jews, etc. - lived together in it. In the post-Soviet period, there was an increase in the heterogeneity of the composi- tion of citizens on religious grounds. As a result, according to official data From the Department of the Ministry of justice of the Russian Federation for the Omsk region, as of January 2020, only 110 registered religious organizations (excluding religious groups) operate in Omsk, representing 23 confessional areas. Under these conditions, both the scientific and practical significance of monitoring the ethnoconfessional situation in Omsk, which is carried out on an institutional basis, is obvious – in particular, it is provided for in the Plan of main measures to ensure interaction with national-cultural and religious associations operating on the territory of Omsk for 2018 – 2020, approved by the decree of the Omsk city Administration of December 29, 2017. No. 1426-p. The article analyzes the main results of a sociological study conducted as part of the monitoring of the ethnoconfessional situation in Omsk in 2020, commissioned by the city Administration by the Center for humanitarian, socio – economic and political research-2 (GEPICenter-2). It is concluded that at present, traditional positive stability and harmony are preserved in the sphere of inter-confessional relations in Omsk. At the same time, attention is drawn to the growing negative attitude in the public opinion of Omsk residents towards new religious movements and non-traditional confessions in Russia.