qualitative sociological research

This article is the author`s logical continuation of a number of publications by devoted to the analysis of the features of the process of conversion to Orthodoxy of modern generations of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The article presents an analysis of the practices of conversion to Orthodoxy of the age cohort of 70+ in the context of the "deferred conversion" model. The degree of elaboration of the problem in modern Russian sociological discourse is described. The author's defi nition of the treatment process is proposed.