The culture of charity as the embodiment of the religious and moral idea
The article analyzes the initial, religious and ethical worldview symbols and meanings that determine the nature of culture, including such cultural universals as justice and charity. The culture of charity is presented as a system in which there is a clear interrelation among psychological, educational, social, religious and ethical reasons that influence the formation of civil perception of the phenomenon of charity. The study proves that the initial, religious and ethical worldview symbols and meanings determine the nature of culture, including such cultural universals as justice and charity. The article identifies the place and role of religion in the history of culture and civilization and points out that culture or civilization (in this case, these concepts are used as identical) does not arise from scratch, it grows, as a rule, from the synthesis of the various cultural traditions that preceded it, but only the religious and ethical idea that it contains makes this culture complete. The author of the article concludes that the traditional culture of charity is filled, first of all, with a religious worldview and attitude, it reflects the features of different periods and epochs in the history of culture, and, in the end, fades away, submitting to the peculiarities of post-industrial civilization.