THE TRANSFORMATION OF PROBLEMATICS ON THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN CHINA IN THE LATE XX – EARLY XXI CENTURIES

The paper is done on the basis of phenomenological, hermeneutical, anthropological, historical and materialist methods of research. The article considers the development of the study of religion in China, shows the results achieved in it, the range of research. The author not only presents the way of development of religious studies in the late twentieth century on the basis of the study, but also marks positive trends in the study of religion in China and the general position of this science for a deeper understanding of the processes of transformation of theoretical techniques in the study of religion and draws attention to the scientific exchange between China and Russia.