Modern believer in the context of changes of state and church relations in Ukraine: comparative analysis
Abstract
In the article of Kulish N. S. «Modern believer in the context of changes of state and church relations in Ukraine: comparative analysis” the problem of transformations of modern believers’ and country’s positions in the process of fundamental changes, which happened in the period of independent Ukraine is considered. The author assumes that the characteristics, attitudes, features of the believers of various faiths of the Soviet period and the period of independent Ukraine is largely determined by the content and implementation of the existing practices in each period of church-state relations. Comparative analysis of some characteristics of believers of mentioned periods shows that the position of the carrier of the religious worldview under the influence of changes in the content and practice of church-state relations, and other factors acting in the independent Ukraine, fundamentally important transformation have taken place. Moreover, changes in the positions of the faithful, their vision of their place in society had the opposite influence on the transformation of religious communities in the state’s position in relation to the religious and ecclesiastical complex and believers themselves. This is clearly evident in the change of the law on freedom of conscience, its implementation in practice at all levels. Modern believer in Ukraine according to the trends of change its position close to the type of the believer, which is typical for modern Europe
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