A person spends a significant part of his time within the walls of his house, and the way he perceives his home, what function it performs for him, leaves an imprint on his life as a whole. This understanding becomes even more important in a pandemic (e.g. coronavirus). Despite the high degree of desacralization of the modern world, religious subtext continues to play a significant role in the perception of the surrounding reality. The article discusses the sociological aspects of studying housing in the religions that have the majority of followers around the world - Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Guided not by a substantial, but by a functional understanding of religion, parallels are drawn between the religious concepts of housing and sociological approaches to its study. As a result, applying the classification of E. Durkheim, it is concluded that in Christianity and Islam the physiological interpretation of the housing as a social fact prevails, while in Hinduism (Vastu Shastra teachings) and Buddhism (Tibetan geomancy Sa Che) it is morphological.

Ключевые слова: 

• housing sociology,
• sociology of religion,
• Christianity,
• Islam,
• Hinduism,
• Buddhism,
• home,
• house.

Cite As (APA): Litvintsev D.B. (2020). Sociological Aspects of The Study of Housing in World Religions. Mission confessions, vol. 9, no. 5(46), p. 532-534. (In Russ.).

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