Religiousness Of The Urban Population Of Dagestan (According To The Results Of A Sociological Survey)[Религиозность Городского Населения Дагестана (По Результатам Социологического Опроса)]

The religious revival has more strongly affected the canonical territories of the spread of the Islamic faith, and for this there were objective factors. The growing importance of the religious factor, in this context, the Islamic one in the social life of society, the desire of clergy to dominate public life, especially in the education system, contributed to the increased interest of researchers in religious topics. Therefore, the study of the state of the religious sphere, religiosity, its types, the specifics of the cult behavior of the population are relevant, because the stability of society depends on the situation in this area. Empirical data indicate that the mass consciousness of the urban population of Dagestan is characterized by the designation of the key role of the Islamic factor in society. The attitudes of the interviewed townspeople are dominated by the position indicating the association of the respondents with Islam, while it can be observed that subgroups self-identifying as “convinced nonbelievers” and “non-believers” emphasize their belonging to the Muslim faith, which is a confirmation of the existence of cultural or formal religiosity. In addition, the designation by the respondents of belief in mystical forces is one of the indicators of the deformation of their religious self-identification, which can be expressed in destructive processes in the religious sphere. Empirical data show that the share of “pure” religious types among the respondents throughout the entire sample is small, but for subgroups the percentage indicators reflect their type of religiosity, while religious behavior in intensity does not correspond to a specific type of religiosity.