Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Spiritual-Commercial Movement: Main Features, Peculiarities, Attribution

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Spiritual-Commercial Movement: Main Features, Peculiarities, Attribution

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (8)
Authors: Kuznetsova, Olesya V.; Osintsev, Alexey V.
Contact information: Kuznetsova, Olesya V.:Ural Federal University named after the B. N. Yeltsin 51 Lenin, Ekaterinburg, 620083, Russia; E-mail: olesyakzn@yandex.ru; Osintsev, Alexey V.:Ural Federal University named after the B. N. Yeltsin 51 Lenin, Ekaterinburg, 620083, Russia
Keywords: Study of religion; new religious movements; spiritual-commercial movement; consumption; esotericism; non-classical ethic
Abstract: Spiritual-commercial movement is one of the most striking examples of the impact of the consumer society on the sphere of religion. Moreover, it is the influence of the consumption paradigm on the spiritual life of man. There is a problem of attribution of the spiritual-commercial movement as a religious phenomenon. In our view moving it away from the realm of the religious leads us away from understanding the spiritual foundations of this phenomenon. Several aspects of spiritual-commercial movement are considered in this article: its religious character, commitment to non-classical ethics, and connection with the consumption. The results of several studies of the spiritual-commercial movements of the Middle Urals are presented in this paper
Pages: 1286-1292
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/13311