10-17세기 러시아 종교문화의 지향성

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the orientation of Russian religious culture from the sociocultural perspective. Russian religious culture revealed ambiguous and sometimes paradoxical characteristics. I looked at how the transcendental orientation of religion and the secular orientation of culture collided and coexisted in Russian religious culture. The afterlife orientation of Russian religious culture revealed mystical and ideal aspects. Subtexts of these aspects included Neo-platonism, Negative theology, and Asceticism. On the other hand, the secular orientation of Russian religious culture was revealed in the form of following folk beliefs, magical worship, and collusion between religion and state power. Multiful beliefs, worship of miraculous icons, and religious uses of political power were subtexts of these aspects.