Sociocultural representations of Tuvan youth with unconventional religiosity (sociological experience)
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Lyutenko I.V. Sociocultural representations of Tuvan youth with unconventional religiosity (sociological experience). Science. Culture. Society. 2023. Vol. 29. No. 2. P. 103-116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/nko.2023.29.2.9 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article analyzes the results of the sociological study "How Tuva Lives" conducted in 2022 by the Department of Ethnodemographic, Religious, and Integration Processes of the Institute for Demographic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The article focuses on religious youth, followers of Buddhism. Among them, we identified typological groups of "practitioners" and "non-practitioners", which were selected according to indicators of religious self-identification; self-identification by confessional affiliation; interest in eastern, non-traditional religions and teachings; motivation of interest in these beliefs; and incorporation of the practices of these religions and teachings into life activities. Note that the "practitioners" group has all the indicators of non-traditional religiosity, while the "non-practitioners" group does not include the practice of non-traditional beliefs in their life activities. A comparative analysis of the typological groups in terms of the degree of impact of the worldview aspects of non-traditional religiosity on national, ethno-confessional and migration orientations and attitudes was conducted.
The results of the sociological search recorded in both typological groups a high level of tolerance toward representatives of other ethnicities and religions. At the same time among the "practitioners" there are two times more positive attitude to marriages with representatives of other ethnicity and three times fewer respondents who have a negative attitude to marriages with a person of another religion.
Due to the difficult socio-economic situation in the region, more than half of the young people in the groups studied plan to move to other regions and megacities. Among the "practitioners" almost a third do not plan to return after moving, in the group of "non-practitioners" such respondents are almost half as many. The motivation to move in the typological group "practitioners" is more related to social and domestic orientations (improving housing conditions, getting better education and medical services, the opportunity to travel), and the group "non-practitioners" - to socio-professional difficulties (finding work in the specialty, increasing wages, career growth).
Keywords:
non-traditional religions, religion, buddhism, shamanism, migration, youth, Tuva
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Received: 28.04.2023
Accepted: 30.06.2023
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Lyutenko, I. V. (2023). Sociocultural representations of Tuvan youth with unconventional religiosity (sociological experience). Science. Culture. Society, 29(2), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.19181/nko.2023.29.2.9
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