Ismieva, V.M. Historical destinies of the religion.

Abstract: What shall the world of the future be like? Shall it be religious or godless? Ever since the Age of Renaissance the process of secularization actively developed, but it seems that now the pendulum swung to the opposite direction. The world turned its face to religion, and the sociologists call this tendency “return of gods”. The rationalistic tradition is severely criticized and the interest to religions is keen. The religious boom includes rechristianization, reinduization and reislamization of the world. New fundamental movements are born, and their nature is dubious. The American sociologist S. Huntington once warned the humankind that the modern world shall face the oppositions of civilizations, based upon different religions…