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Article name Socio-political activity of religious associations: clericalization and secularization
Authors Морозов А.А. ,
Morozov A.. ,
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Category Politology
DOI 322
DOI 10.21209/2227-9245-2021-27-9-55-64
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Annotation he authors investigate the content and results of the socio-political activity of religious associations in modern Russia. The appeal to this topic remains relevant due to the ambiguity of assessments of initiatives and activities of religious communities given in the humanities and social sciences. Quite naturally, the article mainly examines the socio-political activity of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (hereinafter - the ROC), as well as the positions of Islamic organizations, which is justified by the dominant position of Orthodoxy and Islam. The object of the study is the socio-political activity of religious associations in modern Russia. The subject of the study is the socio-political effects of the activities and public initiatives of religious associations in modern Russian conditions. The purpose of the article is to determine the nature of the influence of socio-political activity of religious associations on political processes in modern Russia. The objectives of the study are to: – determine the validity of statements about the clericalization of socio-political life in modern Russia; – identify the trends in the socio-political life of Russia determined by public initiatives and the activities of religious associations; – establish the significance of the socio-political activity of religious associations for the socio-political life of modern Russia. Methodology and methods of research. The work was carried out on the basis of general scientific principles of objectivity, historicism using methods of analysis, synthesis, modeling. Formal logical procedures, methods of systematic and comparative legal analysis were also used. The degree of scientific development of the research topic. The socially significant activities of religious associations, especially the ROC, attract the attention of a wide range of authors. The significance of this activity is assessed in different contexts: political, socio-economic, cultural. Different authors come to conflicting conclusions, which creates the need to continue research. The authors of the article not only analyze the existing approaches to the consideration of the socio-political activity of religious associations, but also turn to the facts that create an empirical basis for their own conclusions. They establish that two multidirectional trends in the development of society - clericalization and secularization - to one degree or another can simultaneously be present in complex modern socio-political processes. However, they create a kind of variant of the relations of religion, state and politics
Key words religious associations; state; religion; freedom of conscience; politics; secularization; clericalization; initiatives of religious communities; Russian Orthodox Church; Russia
Article information Denisova L., Morozov A. Socio-political activity of religious associations: clericalization and secularization // Transbaikal State University Journal, 2021, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 55–64. DOI: 10.21209/2227-9245-2021-27-9-55-64.
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