RUDN Journal of PhilosophyRUDN Journal of Philosophy2313-23022408-8900Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1617310.22363/2313-2302-2017-21-2-134-146Research ArticleMythology end theology. First articleNaydyshV Mv.naidysh@bk.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)1512201721213414602062017Copyright © 2017, Naydysh V.M.2017<p>In the context of widespread in the philosophical and culturological literature, in the media debate about the nature of theology, its relations with science and education analyzes the methodological and theoretical principles of the study of theology as a form of spiritual culture.</p>theologyreligionculturescienceconsciousnesscognitivevaluesmythologyimagemeaningknowledgeтеологиярелигиякультуранаукасознаниекогнитивноеценностноемифологияобразсмыслзнание[Averincev SS. Teologiya. Novaya filosofskaya ehnciklopediya. Moscow, 2010. Vol. 4. (In Russ).][Bagdasaryan VEH., Sulakshin SS. Religioznoe i nauchnoe poznanie. Moscow: Nauchnyj ehkspert; 2013. (In Russ).][Vekker LM. Psihika i real'nost'. Edinaya teoriya psihicheskih processov. Moscow: Smysl; 2000. (In Russ).][Vorob'ev V. prot. Teologiya kak sistema znaniya i otrasl' gumanitarnyh nauk. Teologiya v sisteme nauchnogo znaniya i obrazovaniya. Materialy slushanij obshchestvennoj palaty Rossijskoj Federacii. Pod red. akademika RAN V.A.Tishkova. Moscow: Izd. Obshchestvennoj palaty RF; 2009. (In Russ).][le Goff ZH. Geroi i chudesa srednih vekov. Moscow, 2011. (In Russ).][Dyugem P. Fizicheskaya teoriya, eyo cel' i stroenie. Predisl. EH. Maxa. St. Petersburg, 1910. (Reprint: Moscow: KomKniga; 2007). (In Russ).][ZHil'son EH. Filosofiya v srednie veka: Ot istokov patristiki do konca X1V veka. 2-e izd. Moscow: Kul'turnaya revolyuciya, Respublika; 2010. (In Russ).][Zubov VP. Iz istorii mirovoj nauki: Izbrannye trudy, 1921—1963. St. Petersburg: Aletejya; 2006. (In Russ).][Kojre A. Ot zamknutogo mira k beskonechnoj Vselennoj. Moscow: Logos; 2001. (In Russ).][Najdysh VM. Filosofiya mifologii. Ot antichnosti do ehpohi romantizma. Moscow: Gardariki; 2002. (In Russ).][Najdysh VM. Nauka v civilizaciyah drevnosti. Gnoseologicheskij analiz. Moscow, 2009. (In Russ).][Najdysh VM. Vlast' tajny. Ocherki po filosofii mifologii. Moscow: Al'fa-M; 2014. (In Russ).][Najdysh VM. Nauka drevnejshih civilizacij. Filosofskij analiz. Moscow: Al'fa-M; 2012. (In Russ).][Rubinshtejn SL. Osnovy obshchej psihologii. St. Petersburg, 2004. (In Russ).][Teologiya v sisteme nauchnogo znaniya i obrazovaniya. Materialy slushanij obshchestvennoj palaty Rossijskoj Federacii. Pod red. akademika RAN V.A.Tishkova. Moscow: Izd. Obshchestvennoj palaty RF; 2009. (In Russ).][Shohin VK. O problemah integracii teologii v sisteme obrazovaniya i akademicheskih nauk. Teologiya v sisteme nauchnogo znaniya i obrazovaniya. Materialy obshchestvennyh slushanij. Moscow, 2009. (In Russ).][Duhem P. Études sur Léonard de Vinci: 3 vols. Paris, 1906-13; 1955. 3 v.][Duhem P. Sozein ta phainomena. Essai sur la Notion de Théorie physique de Platon à Galilée. Paris, 1908.][Duhem P. Système du Monde. Histoire des Doctrines cosmologiques de Platon à Copernic, 10 vols. Paris, 1913—1959.][Hill C. Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965.][Hooykaas R. Religion and the Rise of Modern Science. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1972.][Jones RF. Ancients and Moderns: A Study of the Rise of the Scientific Movement in Seventeenth-Century England. Washington University Press, 1961.][Merton RK. Science, Technology and Society in Seventeenth Century England. New York: Fertig, 1970.]