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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2023. Vol 43

Temple Architecture and Religious Anthropology

Author(s)
D. A. Begchin
Abstract
This article substantiates the possibility of using the material of temple architecture in studies of religious perceptions of man. In studying the religious teachings of man, we rely on the religious anthropology of K. I. Nikonov. We also used the methodology of L. Jones's "hermeneutics of sacred architecture" and A. Corben's temenology to study temple structures and sacred spaces. Our approach allowed us to explore believers' understanding of temple architecture as a self-understanding. It has been shown that temple architecture can be used to reconstruct the history of religious teachings on man, as well as to deepen philosophical knowledge of the essence, structure, and basic aspects of believers' understanding of themselves.
About the Authors
Begchin Denis Aleksandrovich, Postgraduate, Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 27-4, Lomonosov av., Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation, e-mail: begdengm@gmail.com
For citation
Begchin D. A. Temple Architecture and Religious Anthropology. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023, vol. 43, pp. 91-101. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.43.91 (in Russian)
Keywords
religious anthropology, sacred architecture, sacred space, temple, temenology, imago hominis.
UDC
291
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.43.91
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