Dynamics of religiosity among followers of Islam in the contemporary Belarus: between canon and everyday life

Authors

  • Svetlana G. Karassyova Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Lizaveta V. Reut Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Keywords:

religious tradition, Islam, canon, religiosity, everyday life, non-canonical meanings, non-religious meanings, other-religious meanings, para-religious meanings

Abstract

A multidimensional, dynamic interpretation of religiosity is proposed. Using the author’s applied tools, the author identifies the characteristics of adherence to monotheistic religions’ traditions in modern secular, culturally and informationally open societies. Based on applied research data, the specific receptivity of followers of one monotheistic religion of Belarus (Islam) to non-religious, other-religious, and para-religious (i. e. non-monotheistic) meanings is determined. A correlation between the followers’ of Islam to non-canonical meanings and their gender and age is noted.

Author Biographies

  • Svetlana G. Karassyova, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; leading researcher at the Belarusian-Turkish Research Centre

  • Lizaveta V. Reut, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surganava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    junior researcher at the Belarusian-Turkish Research Centre

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2026-08-04

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No. 2 (2026): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

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Karassyova, S.G. and Reut, L.V. 2026. Dynamics of religiosity among followers of Islam in the contemporary Belarus: between canon and everyday life. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 2 (Aug. 2026), 36–43.