Abstract:

The article considers the perspective of domestic and foreign authors on the problem of religion, religios-ity and ethnic identity. The aim of the published research was the revealing of differences in religious attitudes and ethnic identity among representatives of different religions, as well as the relations between the studied pa-rameters. To conduct the study there were formed three groups of men aged 20-30 years in the amount of 92 people, openly expressing their religious beliefs (Muslims - 30 people, Orthodox - 31 people, atheists - 31 people ) and voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. For the diagnosis were used: a worksheet "Religiosity" by A.V. Orlov and a questionnaire " The types of ethnic identity " by H.W. Soldatova and the the method of the "Family Social role" by E.N. Vasilyeva, A.V. Orlov. The analysis of the data revealed the characteristic features of religiosity and ethnic identity of the three representatives of various religions (Islam, Orthodoxy, atheism). We obtained the evidence that nationalism increases while the religiosity falls among the respondents. In addition, the interrelation between religious, ethnic attitudes and family roles of the parents of the respondents is revealed. Our results can be used as the basis for developing a comprehensive program for the formation and development of religious and ethnic tolerance in terms of contemporary Russian society.

Keywords: religion, religious, ethnic identity, nationalism, tolerance, social family roles