Religious consciousness can be defined as a reflection of reality in fantastic images. Religious consciousness is a collection of images, representations, feelings, and experiences that have as their object a sacred, higher, and true being (or miraculous) and those that are directed toward these objects. The main features of religious consciousness are sensuous visibility, connection of content adequate to reality with illusions, faith, symbolism, emotional saturation.

Religious consciousness has two levels – ordinary (Religious psychology) and conceptual (Religious cult). Ordinary religious consciousness appears in the form of images, representations, stereotypes, attitudes, mysteries, illusions, moods and feelings, drives, aspirations, will direction, habits, and traditions, which are a direct reflection of the conditions of life of people. At this level, there are rational, emotional and volitional elements, but the dominant role is played by emotions-feelings and moods. The believer is convinced that not only has the right to some own view of the rules of communication with God, but also receives full approval from him

Religious consciousness at the conceptual level-conceptualized consciousness – is a specially developed, systematized set of concepts, ideas, principles, reasoning, argumentation, concepts, the product of professional activity of thinkers. It consists of: 1) a more or less ordered doctrine about God (gods), the world, nature, society, man, purposefully developed by specialists (creed, theology, theology, symbols of faith, etc.); 2) interpretation of Economics, politics, law, morality, art, etc., i.e. religious-ethical, religious-political, religious-legal, religious-ethnic, religious-aesthetic concepts (theology of liberation, theology of progress, theology of labor, political theology, feminist theology, theology of culture, etc.); 3) religious philosophy, located at the intersection of theology and philosophy (neotomism, personalism, Christian existentialism, Christian anthropology, metaphysics of unity, etc.).

The integrating component is the doctrine, theology, theology. Theology is based on sacred texts and at the same time develops rules for their interpretation. Many theologies contain: 1. proof of the existence of God 2. The truth of these very dogmas 3. The supernatural origin of the sacred books 4. Bogodannost provisions of this religion (moral, household, ritual installations) 5. (some) Theodicy-justification of God

The ticket 10. Religious complex: religious cult, types of religious organizations and their functions.

Religious worship — religious worship of any objects, real or fantastic creatures endowed with supernatural properties, including deities; as well as a set of rites associated with such worship. The components of the cult are religious and magical actions (rites) and related items (sacred images, temples, shrines, etc.).)

The most important type of religious activity is worship.

there are 4 types: 1. consciousness 2. activity 3. the ratio of 4. organization of Content: is determined by the nature of religion, dogmas etc Item: a variety of objects, forces that are understood as objects of religion. (material things, animals, plants, forests, mountains, rivers, Sun, Moon, etc. with the attributes and connections assumed by the religious consciousness). Subject: a group of believers or an individual. The motive for participation is religious feelings (faith, fear). The religious group as a subject is heterogeneous: there is a small group of administrators-a priest, a pastor, a preacher, a Mullah, a Rabbi, a priest-and most of the individuals who act as accomplices and performers. Means: Prayer house, icons, in General, worldly stuff Methods: depend on the content of beliefs, as well as on the means