Global Religious Consciousness: Definition and Main Features
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5148-2025-3-73-83
Abstract
Aim. To identify the main features of the emerging global religious consciousness and define this phenomenon.
Methodology. Both philosophical analysis and systematic approach make it possible to identify the main features of global religious consciousness, its consistency, and integrity.
Results. Global religious consciousness appears as a spiritual information system, the main properties of which are universality, the evolution of religious values, the meanings of world religions, the formation of a common religious and ideological field. Its main content is the emerging global religious worldview, characterized by universality, including the interconnection and common foundations of existing world religions.
Research implications. The proposed concept makes the phenomenon of globalization of religious consciousness more understandable. The practical significance lies in the possibilities to study the state of religious consciousness on the scale of the state and social groups.
About the Author
M. A. Afanasyeva
Ivanovo State Power Engineering University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria A. Afanasyeva – Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Philosophy and Law
Ivanovo
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