Religious Communication as the Mean of Spiritual and Moral Value's Translation: Sociological View

Prepared for the Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences: Hinting at Interdisciplinarity, 4th Edition: Revolutions, the Archeology of Change Conference (PHSS 2017), Iasi, Romania, 26th to 27th May 2017

Posted: 26 May 2017

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Mariia Rubtcova

North- West Institute of Management-branch of RANEPA

Oleg Pavenkov

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus

Vladimir Pavenkov

Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping

Date Written: May 23, 2017

Abstract

The report is devoted to the problem of spiritual and moral value’s translation during religious communication from sociological perspective. Specificity of religious communication in the translation of spiritual and moral value orientations which can be revealed through the identification of its features. We considered religious communication on the example of Christian preaching. Christian preaching, from a sociological point of view, is a specific type of religious communication. The sermon differs from the usual communication between believers (for example, story of faith or other "advertising" practices such as religious public dancing). These form of religious communication is localized in a certain space-time continuum. In the Christian religion, the locus is the church, where the religious professional start the communication with the believers. Specificity of the value-normative system of Christianity is determined by doctrinal statements, moralizing and ritual rules. The whole system of Christian activity is determinated by the main religiously justified goal - the salvation of the soul. The meaning of the basic Christian value is implemented at the level of religious organizations and concrete religious communications. The sermon, like any communicative system, has a set of meanings and themes, connected with some religious festivals or other events included in sacred calendar. The understanding of preaching is achieved at the level of religious interaction due to the fact there is a resource of sacral knowledge in the communicative system. Specificity of the communicative level of the sermon is based on the meaning fixed in the unchanged sacral text, which has inviolable status. An appeal to the authority of the sacred text, was named by N. Luman "third subject who are not present". It the main characteristic of preaching as religious communication.

Thus, on the example of religious communication in Christianity we made the conclusion that the sermon is one of the communicative means of spiritual and moral value’s translation.

Suggested Citation

Rubtcova, Mariia and Pavenkov, Oleg and Pavenkov, Vladimir, Religious Communication as the Mean of Spiritual and Moral Value's Translation: Sociological View (May 23, 2017). Prepared for the Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences: Hinting at Interdisciplinarity, 4th Edition: Revolutions, the Archeology of Change Conference (PHSS 2017), Iasi, Romania, 26th to 27th May 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2972760

Mariia Rubtcova (Contact Author)

North- West Institute of Management-branch of RANEPA ( email )

St.Petersburg
Russia

Oleg Pavenkov

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus ( email )

Moscow, 119571
Russia

Vladimir Pavenkov

Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping ( email )

5/7 Dvinskaya
St. Petersburg, 198035
Russia

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