Interview

„Russia should not be guided by the European Court of Human Rights“

«The alchemist has always perceived himself „at the very edge of eternity“...»

«The modern sciences have been constantly enriched by a critical introspection that emerged and continues to emerge in the depth of Christian spiritual experience...»

Eugene Rashkovsky is mostly known for his studies in history of culture, comparative study of civilizations, historiography and history of science. In his interview to the Journal E. Rashkovsky speaks about the interaction between religion and science, which he understands as being a relationship of «conflicting complementarity». He believes that Christianity played an important stimulating role in the genesis of Western science. 

«We created something like a small alternative history of ideas…»

Mikhail Smirnov: ‘If we have sociology of religion in Russia, then it has very low-intensity’...

Interview with Mikhail Smirnov, associate professor of St. Petersburg State University, author of recently published dictionary ‘Sociology of religion’. Interview is devoted to the problem of the current state of sociology of religion in Russia; to the problem of scientific expertise in the matters of religion; to the problem of graduate and post-graduate studies in the field of sociology of religion; and to the problem of perception of religion in Russian public opinion and in state institutions.

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