The Return of religion to philosophical and cultural discourse: introduction to the problem

The article focuses on the analysis of leaving and return processes of religion to philosophical and cultural discourse. Different philosophers and theologists have expressed different opinions on such definitions as crisis of religion, secularization and post-secularization or religious pluralism, that are very important and filled with meaning nowadays. Because of the mass migration and religious conflicts, religion and religious pluralism are mostly being studied in the context of such tendencies as the growth of the fundamentalism and the multicultural or multi-religious communities. The article concentrates on the evolution of theories, concepts and approaches of such famous researchers on religion as Karen Armstrong, Zygmunt Bauman, Peter Berger, Harvey Cox, John D. Caputo, David Harvey, Paul Heelas and others. The new image of secularization and religious pluralism in the global world, the post-secular age tendency, the sense and marks of religion deconstruction provide us with the answer to the question whether such processes as leaving and return of religion to philosophical and cultural discourse really exist. The article is only the introduction to the issue that will be followed by the analyses of such important subject matters as language of religion as tool for philosophy and theology communication and a new image of religious borders today.