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The first decades of the XXI century have shown that mankind has once again suffered disappointment in optimistic forecasts, promising peace and harmony to the people. Increasingly, symptoms are manifested that contradict solidarity: increased distrust, centrifugal tendencies, the desire to leave unions and associations, the growth of violence, the spread of the threat of terrorism – all this indicates the growth of destructive trends in the modern world. In this situation, reliance on force (whether hard or soft) seems much more preferable than trying to reach consensus. It is not surprising, therefore, that almost all theoretical models that focus on the rationale for consensus strategies, have faced a serious crisis of legitimacy if not lost their impact on real policies. The article analyzes the base theoretical foundations of the solidarity concepts of the second half of the twentieth century, identifies their vulnerable positions, which served as a target for criticism in modern political science and political philosophy, and traces the possible vectors of their transformation.

The article is devoted to the analysis and assessment of the modern state of Rus­sian religious studies as a research field, scientific discipline and educational program of higher education in the context of digital transformations of culture and society. The ways of reaction of the religious studies community to the re­thinking of the principles of rationality and the production of scientific knowl­edge are described. The issues of the autonomy of religious studies in relation to other socio-humanitarian disciplines are discussed, it is stated that in the Russian context, it is possible to talk about disciplinary unity only in the educational sphere. The features of the current educational standards in religious studies are considered, the change in the number of budget places, including, in comparison with the direction of "Theology", a significant reduction in the number of gradu­ating universities is recorded. The problems of professional orientations of reli­gious scholars and the expansion of career trajectories are discussed. Promising areas of religious studies are outlined: cognitive approaches, an appeal to envi­ronmental and bioethical problems. The authors justified the relevance of the de­velopment of the field of mediology of religion as a religious studies analysis of the processes of mediatization of religious ideas and practices in a changing me­dia sphere.