Globalization of Religious Consciousness: Eastern Way

Aim. To analyze the globalization of Eastern religious consciousness.

Methodology. The author uses the personally-developed system-level approach, which is a result of the synthesis of evolutionary-energy and system approaches. As a result, the levels that ensure the physical state of the nation (national, ethnic, cultural), structural and energy levels (emotional-behavioral, cognitive-educational), and higher, conceptual levels (part of the cognitive-educational, system-historical and system-spiritual) are identified.

Results. Exploring religious situations in various Eastern countries, the author identifies two types of globalization of religious consciousness: the socio-economic path, the socio-cultural path, and, in addition to globalization, separately emphasizes the path of deglobalization. The article explains that all the levels of religious consciousness are present in the Eastern religious consciousness, which perform certain functions in the processes of global globalization. Eastern religious consciousness is not homogeneous, but has its own peculiarities in country expression both in the sources of globalization of religious consciousness and in the direction of these processes. Apart from that, the article examines the highest levels of religious consciousness that reflect the synthesis of several religious teachings at once.

Research implications. The article identified types and ways of globalization of Eastern religious consciousness thus contributing to a more holistic understanding of the religious globalization processes in the world, and the methods of this analysis used are relevant for a systematic view of the global problems of our time.

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