RELIGIOUS ETHICS AS THE BASIS OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF THE PERSON

<span>In this article refers to the self-identity of the person through his work, profession. We can say that religion the first gave answer to the question about the identity of the person and the meaning of his life. Man is a creature of God and his purpose becomes the glorification of the Creator in the creative work. Man can find his salvation in work and pray. Religious Ethics establish its own rules regarding acceptable and prohibited professions regulated the labor relations. Time-wasting is considered a sin, religious texts called for work. Exploring religious traditions M. Weber found that the «spirit» of entrepreneurship, capitalism, professional discipline, austerity can be found primarily in the religious minorities. He finds that in some languages the word «profession» is also set to divine predestination – «calling», which leads to a new type of asceticism – through work and service of his calling, for example, in the Protestant ethic.