V monografii rassmatrivaetsya odna iz aktual'nykh kul'turologicheskikh problem - problema sootnosheniya raznykh kul'tur i dukhovnykh mirov.Sinkretichnost' dukhovnoy kul'tury chechentsev, kak i mnogikh etnosov, yavlyaetsya sledstviem mnogovekovykh akkul'turatsionnykh protsessov, kotorye proiskhodili na territorii Severnogo Kavkaza.V natsional'noy srede severokavkazskikh narodov nablyudaetsya raznoobrazie antropologicheskikh tipov, obychaev, yazykov i religiy.V svoikh religioznykh obychayakh chechentsy sokhranili mnogo elementov pervobytnogo yazychestva.Bogateyshiy plast etnicheskoy kul'tury v khode akkul'turatsii s islamom obretal sakral'nyy kharakter.Nevozmozhno ponyat' sovremennoe sostoyanie dukhovnoy kul'tury chechentsev bez izucheniya sotsiokul'turnykh faktorov na nee povliyavshikh.Protsessy akkul'turatsii priveli k slozhivshemusya dukhovnomu universumu, sinkretichnomu po svoey suti.