Circumstances of religious conversion and motives for altruistic behaviour of the adepts of Orthodoxy: features of interrelation (based on the study «Typology of religiosity in the modern Belarus»)

Authors

  • Svetlana G. Karassyova Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Elena V. Shkurova Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Natalia K. Plaunik National Institute for Higher Education, Maskoŭskaja Street, 15, 220007, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

religiosity, religious person, religious conversion, Orthodoxy, altruistic behaviour, interdisciplinary approach, psychology of religion, sociology of religion

Abstract

he article contains results of interpretation with the help of concepts of psychology of separate elements of the all-republican interdisciplinary study «Typology of religiosity in the modern Belarus». Within a group of respondents declaring affiliation to Orthodoxy, we saw features of interrelation of the circumstances of religious conversion and motives for altruistic behaviour of a religious person.

Author Biographies

  • Svetlana G. Karassyova, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; associate professor at the department of philosophy of culture, faculty of philosophy and social science

  • Elena V. Shkurova, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of sociology, faculty of philosophy and social science

  • Natalia K. Plaunik, National Institute for Higher Education, Maskoŭskaja Street, 15, 220007, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (psychology), docent; associate professor at the department of psychology and pedagogical mastery, faculty of professional development and retraining

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Published

2019-01-15

Issue

No. 3 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

Section

Religious Studies

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How to Cite

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Karassyova, S.G. et al. 2019. Circumstances of religious conversion and motives for altruistic behaviour of the adepts of Orthodoxy: features of interrelation (based on the study «Typology of religiosity in the modern Belarus»). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 3 (Jan. 2019), 68–75.