Programmes of concrete-sociological studies of religiosity of population by A. I. Klibanov and A. I. Demyanov

Abstract

This article makes public an important source for the history of sociology and psychology of religion in the USSR, namely two fi eldwork questionnaires that were employed by the Soviet and Russian historian, religion scholar, source critic A. I. Klibanov (1910‒1994) together with his research group in expeditions of 1959‒1961, as well as by his student — sociologist and religion scholar — A. I. Demyanov (born 1942) during his fi eldwork of 1966‒1972. These documents were revealed in archives of A. I. Klibanov. The publication of the sources is preceded by a biographical sketch and a commentary on the content of the questionnaires.

Keywords

• A. I. Klibanov
• A. I. Demyanov
• history of religious studies in USSR
• concretesociological expeditions