The psychological criteria for religious practice systematization
The article is devoted to the subject of sacrifice that is an exceptionally important and universal phenomenon in the human history. The most important direction for the realisation of the essence of this phenomenon is the study of its psychological specific. The article shows that the factor of compassion for the sacrifice turns out to be dominated. Being quite another type of religious practice the phenomenon of prayer has some different psychological basis - the dialogue - that suppose to have the opposition to the partner, the realisation of difference from him. This is the main factor of the sense generation. This observation assists in a search of criteria for the systematisation and explanation of the matter of various types of religious practice.