Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogue
This article analyzes the current state of the church-public dialogue. The reasons for decline in public trust in the Russian Orthodox Church, fixed on the basis of sociological data, are revealed. Methodological remarks of sociological dimension of the religiosity of the population are given. The...
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St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute
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| description | This article analyzes the current state of the church-public dialogue. The
reasons for decline in public trust in the Russian Orthodox Church, fixed on the basis of sociological data, are revealed. Methodological remarks of sociological dimension of the religiosity of the population are given. The authors make an assumption about the incorrect interpretation of the concept of “secular”, dictated by the previous experience of state-confessional relations in the Soviet era. The problem of interpreting the concept of “secular” in the legal, religious studies and confessional planes as problematizing the foundations of the church-public
dialogue is investigated. It emphasizes the inadmissibility of interpreting the concept of “secularism” as the complete elimination of religious institutions from public life, as well as the need to build a dialogue on equal terms. Based on the content analysis of the digital space, three main risk-trends for reducing trust in the Church on the part of secular society are identified — the growth of protest anti-religiousness, the growth of “protest” religiosity and the growth of “alternative” religiosity. For each risk trend, its causes and features are analyzed, and an analytical forecast of possible scenarios for its development is made. Particular attention is paid to those trends that can potentially lead to
destabilization of social relations and have the most destructive consequences. Concrete practical ways are proposed to overcome the existing contradictions both on the part of the Church and on the part of society. The need to spread education in the field of religion, sustained in a neutral key, is affirmed, the destructive nature of the interpretation of the role of the Church in society as a translator of ethics and morality is emphasized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c194a2ebcf74e40bdca977b58a21d402023-04-04T11:07:18ZengSt. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox InstituteВестник Свято-Филаретовского института2658-75992713-31412023-02-014512013710.25803/26587599_2023_45_120Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogueOrlov Mikhail O.0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7312-5881Petrova Kristina Yu.1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4529-6709Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saratov State University, Saratov, RussiaJunior Research Fellow, Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary, Saratov, RussiaThis article analyzes the current state of the church-public dialogue. The reasons for decline in public trust in the Russian Orthodox Church, fixed on the basis of sociological data, are revealed. Methodological remarks of sociological dimension of the religiosity of the population are given. The authors make an assumption about the incorrect interpretation of the concept of “secular”, dictated by the previous experience of state-confessional relations in the Soviet era. The problem of interpreting the concept of “secular” in the legal, religious studies and confessional planes as problematizing the foundations of the church-public dialogue is investigated. It emphasizes the inadmissibility of interpreting the concept of “secularism” as the complete elimination of religious institutions from public life, as well as the need to build a dialogue on equal terms. Based on the content analysis of the digital space, three main risk-trends for reducing trust in the Church on the part of secular society are identified — the growth of protest anti-religiousness, the growth of “protest” religiosity and the growth of “alternative” religiosity. For each risk trend, its causes and features are analyzed, and an analytical forecast of possible scenarios for its development is made. Particular attention is paid to those trends that can potentially lead to destabilization of social relations and have the most destructive consequences. Concrete practical ways are proposed to overcome the existing contradictions both on the part of the Church and on the part of society. The need to spread education in the field of religion, sustained in a neutral key, is affirmed, the destructive nature of the interpretation of the role of the Church in society as a translator of ethics and morality is emphasized.https://psmb-neos-resources.hb.bizmrg.com/target/sfi/e5fab0a1a413292f63453c48e02cd5c66eb3f6b6/06%20%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA45_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%26%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0.pdfchurchsocietysecular societysecularityatheismreligiositysociology of religionцерковьобществосветское обществосекулярностьатеизмрелигиозностьсоциология религии |
| spellingShingle | Orlov Mikhail O. Petrova Kristina Yu. Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogue Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института church society secular society secularity atheism religiosity sociology of religion церковь общество светское общество секулярность атеизм религиозность социология религии |
| title | Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogue |
| title_full | Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogue |
| title_fullStr | Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogue |
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| title_short | Church and secular society: risks and prospects of dialogue |
| title_sort | church and secular society risks and prospects of dialogue |
| topic | church society secular society secularity atheism religiosity sociology of religion церковь общество светское общество секулярность атеизм религиозность социология религии |
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