The aim of the article is analyze the characteristics and functions of religion as a social institution in contemporary society. The is built upon the ideas of Durkheim, Weber, Berger and Luckmann, Grigas, Laumenskaitė. A special attention is given to the concpetions of the social construction of reality and symbolic universe of Berger and Luckmann.
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Živilė Advilionienė (2005) studied this question.