Hlyakin O.S.
Хлякин О.С.
social causes of human religious behavior
Khakass State University, Russia, Abakan
Today the most popular religious organizations of western origin in Russia are those which were born in USA among black skin population. After a brief survey of religious beliefs in ex-slave communities in both Americas a conclusion is drawn that popularity of Jehowah’s witnesses and Pentecostals may be a kind of protest ideology for representatives of social layers who were oppressed in tsarist and soviet times.
Key words: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, Pentecostals in Russia