Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Religious Self-Identification of Charismatic Churches Believers (On the Material of the Krasnoyarsk Region)

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Religious Self-Identification of Charismatic Churches Believers (On the Material of the Krasnoyarsk Region)

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2010 3 (3)
Authors: Skorobogatova, Irina V.
Contact information: Skorobogatova, Irina V. : Russian christian academy for the humanities , 15 Fontanka, Saint-Petersburg, 191023 Russia , e-mail:
Keywords: the Charismatic movement; Pentecostalism; Protestantism; Charismatism
Abstract: For today, the Charismatic branch of the modern Russian Protestantism is one of the most dynamically developed religious movements in Russia. In the given article we analyze factors, which form a subjective motivation of the charismatic believers in the process of their religious self-identification. The following research proves that being the main line of the charismatic ideology, priority of the personal religious experience contributes to the integration of believers into a protestant environment without individuals obligatory inclusion into the system of institutionalized religious practices, and satisfies not only religious, but also social demands of the believers.
Pages: 452-461
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/1678