Sergey V. "Ise monogatari" as a monument of the Japanese religious - philosophical culture of the Heian age.

The dissertation is dedicated to the research of Hegel's understanding of religion. The development of the understanding of religion during whole Hegel's scientific work is demonstrated in the dissertation. According to it two basic stages of Hegel's philosophical development are selected and features of interpretation of religion on each of them are revealed. The special attention is given to the interpretation of religious consciousness by German philosopher. The dialectic of man and God which is the feature of Hegel's interpretation of religious history is investigated, and the significance of system principle for becoming of philosophy of religion as separate discipline is analysed. During the research the hegelian conception of religious community functions in society is being studied, and "the death of God" is being compared to the appropriate idea of F.Nietzche's philosophy is analysed.