Existential foundations and historical dynamics of religious faith motivation

Frolov A. S.

The article examines the existential foundations of the motives that convert a person to religious faith, which are defined as a historically dynamic phenomenon. The use of the provisions of the methodology of vitalism allows the author to interpret religion as one of the elements of the survival mechanism, which undergoes qualitative changes in the process of historical development. The article substantiates the position that the basic reason for historical changes in religion, including the motives of religious faith, is a change in the types of economic activity.

Keywords:existential foundations, motivation of religious faith, historical development of religion, pantheism, neopanteism, theism, historical type of economy.