To the question of methodology and the practical relevance of the study of religious policy against the protestants of North-West Caucasus

Pismennaya Tatyana Gennadevna, Chernyavskaya Daria Konstantinovna

In the article discusses the problems of methodology and historiography of the study of modern religious policy in the regions of Southern Caucasian Federal districts. The authors substantiate the viability of using different methodological approaches: modeling, constructivism, structure-function analysis, and the necessity of creating a unified information system, generalizing and systematizing information about regional features of Russian religious course. The work is formulated the conclusion about the insufficient level of knowledge of the topic, need further examination.

Keywords:North Caucasus, religious policy, methodology, unified information system