TRANSFORMATION OF RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW IN THE MODERN WORLD: MANIFESTATIONS OF ESCHATOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Abstract

The article explores the place of the religious worldview in the modern world, provides a brief description of the origins of Christianity and important moments of its formation. The transformation of the religious worldview is analyzed using the example of Christianity. The article traces the connection between historical events – the fall of the Roman Empire, the Christianization of Europe, the change of ontological and axiological views – and the formation of a new culture, in which history acquired meaning as a field of struggle between good and evil, and time – a moral dimension.The influence of Christian eschatology on the formation of the worldview of European civilization is studied, starting from the era of Late Antiquity and ending with modern times. Attention is focused on how the religious idea of the end of the world – from the apocalyptic expectation of the first Christians to the philosophical reinterpretations in the works of Origen and Augustine – turned into a worldview paradigm that formed the image of history as a linear movement toward a final goal. Particular attention is paid to the transformation of eschatological consciousness into secular ideology. Modern manifestations of eschatological consciousness are analyzed, which persist even in a secular world: anxious expectations of global catastrophes, ecological collapses, and a technological “end of history” are presented as a symptom of the return of eschatological thinking in new forms. It is shown how, in the digital age, social networks and YouTube become informational triggers for the revival and dissemination of mystical prophecies. It is emphasized that religion in this case acts more as an informational pretext. Attention is focused on the interaction of faith and mysticism in conditions of global upheaval, and examples are provided.At the end of the article, a conclusion is made about the place that religion occupies in the worldview of a person of the 21st century.