Methodological Peculiarities of Religion Discourse Research

Abstract

Methodological problems of study of interpolay of religious components and certain social processes, social identities and orientations of citizens in contemporary Ukrainian society are considered in the paper. Peculiarities of the notion “religious discourse” and possibilities of its usage for conducting empirical researches are analyzed. Religious discourse is considered as an analytical construct being a part of discourse theory and conceptualization of the idea of construction of social reality through distinguishing a system of signs that have meanings of “religious” and “sacred”. Approaches towards definition of the concept of “religious descourse” and corresponding constitutional characteristics of this phenomenon are analyzed. Also ability of religious discourses to offer certain forms of identity, corresponding practices and to influence social and political orientations of citizens in modern Ukraine is studied in the paper