Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) in the Federal Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation adopted a new scientific specialty “theology”. Her passport is placed on the Online WAC .
“Function reveals the content of theology, base sections of theology, studying the sources of theological knowledge, the basics of faith and religious rituals, historical forms and practices of the religious organization, its religious service, religious cultural heritage in different contexts,” – said in the document, the text quoted by Monday’s RIA “Novosti” .
“The theological study aims to identify, analyze and interpret the relevant aspects of religious life, and their correlation with the norms of a particular religious tradition. An important area subject field specialty” Theology “is the study of the history and current status of religious organizations other confessional teachings and organizations, as well as the state and society “- follows from the passport.
Among the theological areas of research indicated the history of religions, the theory of culture, an analysis of sacred texts, doctrine of religious traditions and religious apologetics, domestic law confessions, the methodology of theology and comparative theological study, teaching about the relationship between faith and reason and the relationship science, understanding of the problems of the individual, the actual problems of modernity and the historical process, the study of the religious factor in politics, as well as religious ceremonies and religious education.
The Russian Orthodox Church earlier explained that the religious higher education was finally formed two lines – spiritual formation to train clergy and secular religious education. Example Orthodox secular universities – Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University, and the Russian Orthodox University. In a number of secular Russian universities appeared the department of theology.
President Vladimir Putin said in August that the administration of the department of theology in secular institutions of higher education – the prerogative of the universities themselves.
Recall that in March this year, the rector of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, academician Viktor Sadovnichy said , which MSU is not going to open a Faculty of Theology.
“We do not have the faculty of theology, and we do not expect to create it,” – said the rector. He added that the theology studied at Moscow State University and taught in different departments.
Victor Sadovnichy said that during the time of the Theological Faculty of the Lomonosov was not planned. “We have a secular university, he has – its objectives,” – said the rector.
Patriarch Kirill, among others, Professor Emeritus of the Russian Scientific Center of Surgery, said that “science – one of the deepest expression of our spiritual nature.” He also said that the theological schools of the Russian Church are ready to invite the professors of natural science universities that future priests could learn about the latest achievements of science and to speak with the public in the language he understands – and the Church, in turn, will be familiar with modern theological science students of the university, which will be interested in it.
The Rector of Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University (PSTGU) Archpriest Vladimir Vorobiev, speaking in October of last year to the Second International Forum “Religion and Peace” in Moscow, expressed concern that theological knowledge inaccessible to most Russians.
“Theology remains disfranchised specialty still protect the candidate and doctoral dissertations on theology can only abroad, and to direct the exhaust master’s thesis in theology, to lead the relevant department or faculty, you need to stop being a theologian , change the scientific profession on religion, history, philology, “- said the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Get knowledge of religion first hand – from a qualified specialist with the theological diploma – almost nowhere, and spiritual quest of the people “becomes a space for abuse of destructive cults, anti-social and anti-state organizations”, said the representative of the Church.
“An example is the spread of the Wahhabi doctrine among migrants and aggressive spread of neo-paganism, including in the form of so-called Rodnoverie. This, as we know, the international branch of the totalitarian sects headquartered in the US, developing on the platform” New Age “- said Vorobyov.
He pointed out that theology is not in the list of scientific specialties of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation, which means that a dissertation on theology in a church institution,” the fact remains private the scientist’s life and is not taken in the WAC for approval “.
The Rector PSTGU also said that the budget is funding training a very small number of theologians (just over 300 in 2015).
The first sign in matter of theological education students became the discovery in 2012 of the Department of Theology in the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPI), which almost immediately caused some stress and irritation in the academic community, especially among the teachers of the institute.
On the Internet immediately began collecting signatures against the department. Appeal, stating that the work of the department reflects the general clericalization of society, signed by more than ninety members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
To vote for the closure of the department proposed site Demokrator.ru. The proposal was accompanied by the treatment, which was signed by a lot of academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was published in the edition of the scientific community “Troitsky variant” .
“The opening of the department of theology at the MEPI is perceived by scientists and university teachers as a landmark event reflecting the general trend of growing clericalism of society – the statement says. – In other countries, similar to the department exist or private universities or as a tribute to the centuries-old traditions … The emergence of such a structure in a modern polytechnic university (SNK created in 1942) is contrary to international practice and is ludicrous. Nuclear safety can not be ensured with the help of theology, and nuclear technology does not require faith, but purely scientific approach, education is It is the most important task of high school. ”
One of the signatories of the statement of scientists, academician Yevgeny Alexandrov said at the time: “Of course, it’s brainwashing, because, from my point of view, every educated person should have an idea about the history and religion at all about this phenomenon as a religion, but a scientific activity whatsoever religious education can not give anything, because in this sense, science and religion – is a completely different incarnation. ”
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