Justification of the Necessity and Possibility of Applying a Dialectical Approach to Systematize the Principles of Religious Culture Development

Religious culture is one of the main elements of the study of the subject field of philosophy of religion. The methods of philosophical research equip this scientific field with a categorical and methodological apparatus that makes it possible to study the laws, patterns and principles of religious culture as a phenomenon, which distinguishes the philosophical and religious approach to research from sciences close to it, for example, the-ology, religious studies, sociology of religion, etc. An analytical review of scientific articles, monographs, and dissertations in which the laws and principles of religious culture development are the subject of research has shown that they are defined in various aspects and require generalization and systematization precisely within the framework of philosophical and religious knowledge. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the necessity and possibility of applying a dialectical approach to systematizing existing knowledge about the prin-ciples of religious culture development within the framework of the philosophy of religion as a branch of scien-tific knowledge.