GENESIS OF WORSHIP PRACTICE IN RUSSIAN NEOPENTECOSTALISM

Abstract

The forms of change in the practice of worship in the environment of Russian Neopentecostals are analyzed in the article, considering the diversity of its types and congregations. The social characteristics of the practice of worship as a basic part of congregational life are considered: the formation of a prayer tone in the congregation, which sets the normative context of prayer practices, the assertion of religious identity. The practice of worship is defined as prayer practice and is interpreted through the phenomenological paradigm as a form of transcendence of prayer intentionality, seen in Neopentecostal communities as a communicative act unfolding in the process of spiritual formation. The structure of worship is defined, its functioning in the everyday life of the congregation is considered, it is specified that the transition in the structure of worship from one segment of prayer practice to another is determined by the change of musical tone, which can be interpreted as a switch of actor. The specifics of typing the practice of worship in different types of Russian Neopentecostal churches are highlighted, as well as the hypotheses of theoretical explanation of the processes of change: typification is considered as symbolic structuring of congregational everyday life and forming of religious reality through the following processes: externalization, objectification and internalization.