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The right to freedom of conscience and religious education
Authors: Myroshnykova Olena
Published: November 2018

The study of the place and role of religious education in the post-secular world is undoubtedly increasing. First of all, this is due to the loss of religion of its influence on modern society, the growth of globalization processes, and attempts to preserve national and cultural identity. At the same time, we are talking not only about the problems inherent in whole countries and peoples, but also about the right of an individual to his own worldview and moral choice - freedom of conscience, and most importantly - the possibility of realizing this choice.
The problem of religious education in the light of neothomism by John Paul II
Authors: Prysuhin Sergiy
Published: November 2018

The essential characteristics of the concept of «religious education» are disclosed, the features of religious (Christian) education are investigated through basic functions of the Catholic Church in the modern world in the article «The problem of religious education in the light of neothomism by John Paul II” which is based on his theological works» by S.Prysuhin
Is God his Law? Or how religious education affects the dehristianization of mass consciousness.
Authors: Andreyeva Larysa , Elbakyan Katerina
Published: November 2018

In the twentieth century, the Russian Empire acted as a country where the state religion - Orthodoxy - was legally established. According to the census of 1897, the number of Orthodox Christians was 87.3 million, or 69.5% of the population. The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in its report for 1902 stated: "The Orthodox Russian people, who by nature deeply believe, consider all phenomena of life not only family and social, but also state life only in the light of faith" However, already in 1916 the Synod in the definition No. 676 acknowledged that a mass fallout from faith began. And a year later the "deeply religious people" will betray their Church and, on the whole, enthusiastically accept the communist ideology that proclaimed religion as "the opium of the people", "the heart of the heartless world", "the spirit of soulless order", "the sigh of the oppressed creature". In this case, if "the sufferers for the faith were thousands, then the apostates are millions"
Y. Olesnitsky and the problems of Ukrainian education in Eastern Galicia begin. The twentieth century
Authors: Chyiko Inna
Published: November 2018

At the beginning of the twentieth century. The Polish administration of Eastern Galicia created obstacles to the spread of education among the Ukrainian people. First of all it concerned primary schools. Discrimination was practiced by the Poles in the organization of the middle level education. The conflict was also sharp in Lviv University. Polonization of education caused an active confrontation of the Galician-Ukrainian intelligentsia. In the Galician Sejm and the Austrian Parliament, Ukrainian MPs have repeatedly made strong appeals to the government to resolve these issues.
Religious Studies in the Context of Religious Studies. Letter to D.Tabachnyk
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii  M.
Published: November 2018

Report to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Dm. TABACHNIKU In the Department of Religious Studies of the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which is currently the only academic institution in the country, with great acceptance adopted the position of President Viktor Yanukovych initiated in his Annual Letter to the Verkhovna Rada of "providing teaching in all forms of higher education in September 2011" the property of academic religious studies as a normative philosophical discipline, and in secondary school - a comparative history of religions. "
Religiousness of Ukrainians: trends of the decade.
Authors: Pyvovarova Nadiya
Published: November 2018

The article is devoted to analysis of religiosity in Ukrainian society. Presents the results of sociological research 2000 and 2013, conducted by the Ukrainian centre of the economic and political studies named by Razumkov by the same toolkit. In the material of attention is paid primarily to determine the level of religiosity, a description of its characteristics.The comparison of data over time span of 13 years gives grounds to define the steady and stable developments in the religious sphere of the state (in understanding of religiosity as one of the characteristics of the spiritual component of public consciousness of the population).
The methodological principles of the study of religious identity
Authors: Klimuk Iryna
Published: November 2018

Klimuk I. M. The methodological principles of the study of religious identity.The article deals with the problem of religious identity, which become more intense in the world and needs to determine the principles of the study of this phenomenon
Methodological peculiarities of study of polyvector history of parishes, monasteries and eparchies of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Authors: Stockiy Yaroslav
Published: November 2018

Jaroslav Stotskyi. Methodological peculiarities of study of polyvector history of parishes, monasteries and eparchies of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The article reveals investigation methodology of history of eparchy main activity constituents, namely history of establishment, development, integral parts of eparchy transformations – parishes, monasteries, parish communities, brotherhoods, catechetic processes, monastery religious and social institutions etc.
Congratulatory Message from His Eminence Archbishop Thomas E. Gallicons, Apostolic Nuncio
Authors: Gallikson Tomas E.
Published: November 2018

Greeting words of Thomas Gullickson, the Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine
Greeting words of Patriarch Lybomyr, the Cardinal Husar
Authors: Guzar Lyubomyr
Published: November 2018

Greeting words of Patriarch Lybomyr, the Cardinal Husar
Between ecclesiastic doctrine and wisdom of living faith. Philosophy of modern catholic modernist movement
Authors: Sauh Petro
Published: November 2018

Based on the philosophical and scientific analysis of the conflict between the Catholic ecclesiastic doctrine and wisdom of «living faith» the article discovers the algorithm of counteractions of philosophy of conformity (religious modernism) and non-conformism (religious traditionalism) in response to the pressure of modern civilization changes. It is proved that the cost of these two paths for the Catholic Church is about the same, because none of them is effective in establishing an overall upgrade strategy and outlining general perspectives. Truly constructive for the Catholic Church, in this situation, may be the «Middle Way», renewal without a «surrender» in the eye of the world.
Church and world problems in the Pope Francisc reflections
Authors: Yarotskiy Petro
Published: November 2018

This article analyzes the innovation of Pope Francis, the structural reconstruction of the church, overcome of traditions that do not qualify for its reform, the new theology for overcoming the crisis of faith and the crisis of the church in terms of postmodernism and secularism
Chtristianity in its revelations and present problems (based on Ivan Ortynsky)
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii  M.
Published: November 2018

Ivan Ortinsky was born on January 20, 1922 in the village of Pogirtsi, Rudkivsky District. At the age of 17, having just got a certificate of maturity for a gymnasium, he departed from Lviv to Italy. Here in 1939-1943 young Ivan studied at the Salesian Small Seminary in Ivrea. In August 1942, in the city of Turin, he joined the novices of the Salesians fathers. Thanks to the good knowledge of different languages, in 1946 he was appointed guide in the catacombs of St. Kalista. In 1949-1963, Ortinsky served as coordinator of the catacombs excursion bureau.
Western missionaries on the Ukrainian territory in middle ages: religious, cultural and diplomatic contacts
Authors: Bodnaryuk Bogdan
Published: November 2018

A Ukrainian historian of Canadian origin, Yuriy Tys-Krokhmalyuk, highlighting the pages of the early missionary history of the Irish monasticism, states that about 600 g. They from the territory of Western Europe went further to the East, reaching the land of the Antes and Kiev. In this regard, the researcher expresses the following opinion: "It is not known whether the Irish monks were the first on our (Ukrainian - B. B.) land. Apparently not, because they were not the first either in Burgundy, nor in France, nor in Switzerland. It was at that time that the Roman cultural center grew up, and between these two centers - the Gellensky (Gallic - B. B.) and the Roman - there was a misunderstanding in the competition for influence. Irish monks, coming to our lands, apparently intended to spread the Gaelic spirit in theology and science. Times have changed: there were those when the Gellian culture developed freely, but there were also those that were in the spread of difficulties and obstacles. Then Irish monks were looking for new peaceful centers for their activities "
Transformations of cult practiceof Greek Uniate Church in the territory of right-bank Ukraine before its incorporation to the Russian Orthodoxy
Authors: Sheretyuk Ruslana
Published: November 2018

The article highlights the causes and consequences of the transformations cult-ritual practices of the Greek Uniate Church on the territory of the Right-Bank Ukraine on the eve of its accession to the Russian  Orthodox Church.
State policy of cancellation of Rome-Catholic Church parishes network in Galician rеgion (1944–1964)
Authors: Stockiy Yaroslav
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the main reasons, processes and consequences of minimization of Roman Catholic network in Lviv, Ternopil and Stanislav (now Ivano-Frankivsk) regions in consequence of state policy in the area of religion in late Stalinism and Khrushchev periods.
Features of confessional life of the Roman Catholic Church in the western regions of Ukraine in 1953–1958 years
Authors: Diduh Taras
Published: November 2018

In the article the author analyzed changes in the confessional life of the Rome-Catholic Church in the territory of western regions of Ukraine in 1953–1958 years. Investigating features of the relationship between the soviet authorities and the Roman Catholics in the period liberalization social and political life in the USSR.
Features of adaptation of modern orthodoxy to the modernization process in Ukraine
Authors: Zadoyanchuk Oksana
Published: November 2018

In the context of the development of information society, we see changes in all components of social life. The author analyzes the extent of technology usage within specific religious expressions of Christian traditions and elaborates on consideration of information technologies used by the Orthodox Church. Taking as the example Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the content of its information activities and the way of adaptation to modernization processes are revealed. There is need to have expert discussions and amendments on the list of the reasons that contribute to the slow movement towards modernization of Orthodox worship.
Features of religious practices of modern Ukrainian old believers
Authors: Myshkov Viktor
Published: November 2018

The paper reveals the ideological, cultural, structural and typological, philosophical, doctrinal features of Old Believers in Ukraine.
Ukrainian diaspora churches looking for cultural codes to a new immigrant generation from Ukraine
Authors: Fylypovych Georgii
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the activities of the UGCC in the field of preservation of Ukrainian identity of a new wave of migration. Using traditional strategy, the church is looking for new approaches to migrants, based on old and seeking new cultural codes which are understandable for present-day Ukrainian in his incultural intentions in abroad.
Anthropological focus in the encyclical of Pope Francis "Lumen Fidei" – "Light of Faith"
Authors: Gavryliuk Tetiana
Published: November 2018

The article analyzes the main provisions of anthropological views of Francis. It is shown that in his anthropology he attempts to mix theological transcendence and anthropological immanence in the context of creating theological grounds to solve the underlying problems of secular society.
Anthropocentrism and theocentrism as varied life purport paradigm of modern Catholic Church being (sacred-secular reversion)
Authors: Yarotska Olga
Published: November 2018

This article analyzes aggiornament reverse of Catholicism after the Second Vatican Council, the determining factors of which were anthropological theology with the discourse of humanism as human dignity and leveling exclusivity of traditional theism.
Doctrine of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church about government election as a way to social change
Authors: Moroz Volodymyr
Published: November 2018

Author analyses the teaching of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church over importance of democratic elections. The principles, which Church proposes as background to participation in elections, are explored.
The phenomenon of "civil religion" in the verification of Ukrainian and world religious thought
Authors: Vil’khovy Yuriy
Published: November 2018

The article reviews the works of Ukrainian and foreign researchers, the object of which was the phenomenon of «civil religion» in the context of harmonization of relations between church, state and society
Science and religion: some aspects of the contemporary discourse about the relation between traditional opponents
Authors: Klymov Valeriy
Published: November 2018

In the article some aspects of relationships between modern science and religion are discovered and generalized in some models of these relationships.
The idea of evil spirits in Orthodoxy and Catholicism
Authors: Chuvashova Diana
Published: November 2018

This publication revealed the phenomenon of representations of evil spirits in Orthodoxy and Catholicism. The necessity of consideration of the phenomenon as an interdisciplinary synthesis of work on religion, philosophy, theology, mythology, culture, history and ethnic psychology. Consider the views of Western experts and the state of the problem in Ukraine. Analytical review of the literature on the problems investigated allowed to select the structural elements of demonology. The author noted the similarity of representations of evil spirits in Orthodoxy and Catholicism, confirming the conclusions of well-known experts.
Public theology or theologizing in the context of social and political processes in Ukraine
Authors: Kovalenko Georgiy
Published: November 2018

The article reveals the concept of «public theology», which is a theological response to nowdays challenges and questions in an open information society. The event of Maidan, the war in Eastern Ukraine is conceptualized from a theological point of view
Features evangelistic and missionary activities of Roman Catholic Religious orders in Kyiv-Zhytomyr diocese
Authors: Danyliuk Olena
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the activities of of Roman Catholic Religious Orders in the territory of Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese, their role and place on contemporary conditions of Ukrainian state
Existential searches of Baptist Churches believers in contemporary social transformations
Authors: Gurianova Iryna
Published: November 2018

The article highlights the essence of existential quest of modern Evangelical Christians Baptists, and shows features of the self-determination of Baptists in Ukraine.
Religious-philosophy views of Metropolitan Alexiy (O. J. Gromadskiy) for Catholicism
Authors: Itsenko Oleksandr
Published: November 2018

In this article studed comprehend of the religious phenomenon of Catholicism in religious-philosophy conception of the Metropolitan Alexiy (Gromadskiy). Ascertained that Alexiy approached to consider Catholicism from position of Orthodox ecclesiology his views incurred transformation and the main acceptance in the critique of Catholicism views decided by thinker to the conception of Primacy of the Pope and papocaesarism.
The search for the fundamental principles of modern theology miracle Catholic Cardinal Walter Kasper
Authors: Gudyma Igor
Published: November 2018

In this article «The search for the fundamental principles of modern theology miracle Catholic Cardinal Walter Kasper» I. Gudyma analyzes the peculiarity of explanation of a miracle by a catholic cardinal Valter Kasper, reveal the intimate connection of belief and miracle, investigate the role of a miracle within the catholic theology
Protestant anthropology: between secularity and postsecularity
Authors: Gavryliuk Tetiana
Published: November 2018

Protestant anthropology: between secularity and postsecularity. In this article the analysis of main problems of the Protestant anthropology late XX – early XXІ centuries. It is shown that the theological discourse on the merits of the man and his life unfolded within the paradigm of secular and post-secular.
Position of the Roman Catholic Church in the Right Bank Ukraine and Belarus in the second half of the XIX century
Authors: Buravskiy Oleksandr
Published: November 2018

In the article by Buravskіу O. A. «Position of the Roman Catholic Church in the Right Bank Ukraine and Belarus in the second half of the XIX century» on the basis of archival documents analysis position of the Roman Catholic Church in the Right Bank Ukraine and peculiarities of its functioning on the territories of Belarus provinces in the second half of XIX century are analyzed.
God save Ukraine
Authors: Shyrokoradyuk Stanislav
Published: November 2018

They are right all who would say nothing, all right. But the Church, whatever it does, will always be criticized. If it becomes very popular with all the protesters, it will go to the Maidan, it will fall under the hail of criticism from the authorities. He will not go away - she is also criticized with the words: "How is this, she became aloof when such problems are solved, is it not the church anyway, how people live, why it does not react to social problems, things that are happening - the lack of courts, the prosecutor's office , Raider attacks, how can the church silence "? We have to choose a middle ground here, we have to say something, support people because they are right, they have the right to defend themselves, this is a normal healthy reaction of free people who said: "No, we do not want to live like that". They need to be supported in this.
The book by Alexei Gordeyev "Church on the Maidan" - The Protestant Chronology of the Revolution of Virtue
Authors: Fylypovych  Liudmyla O.
Published: November 2018

And here is another testimony of an event that entered into the history not only of Ukraine, but also of its neighbors, of Europe, of all of Sviati. Some believe that modern history is divided into "before" and "after" the Maidan, regardless of how we treat it. The book, published by the publishing house "Knigonosha" (K., 205), gives the position of those who were on the Maidan, who saw everything with their own eyes, who has the experience of "Maydanivtsi", who can testify. And readers can trust or not trust this information. Much depends on the reader himself, on the way of his thinking, on life experience. For some, the Maidan is a Revolution of Dignity, and for others, a coup d'état.
"Emerging Theology" for "emerging Church"
Authors: Cherenkov Mychailo
Published: November 2018

I cordially congratulate the book of Roman Solovy, a colleague of religious scholars and like-minded people on theological workshop. The author comprehends the mutual influence of culture and the Church on the break of modern-postmodern-post-postmodern. Unfortunately, the last move fell out of the attention of the author, leaving a sense of incompleteness, not-really-topicality. If the researcher is only going to analyze what the theologians of the "emerging Church" are thinking about "the transition from the modern to the postmodern era," he is going to look for yesterday. After-Postmodernism does not appear in the text, nor as a constant concept, nor as a premonition. However, from the subsequent text, it becomes clear why and in what sense the author regards postmodern as a stage of modernism, that is, the continuation of the past, rather than a bridge to the future.
Scientific Atheism as a Cultural System
Authors: Panych Olena I.
Published: November 2018

Olena Panych’s article «Scientific Atheism as a Cultural System» explores scientific atheism as a worldview and cultural system that were artificially constructed in the USSR in 1960s-80s. Panych argues that scientific atheism had its peculiar specific ethics, practices and discourse. Being essentially a propagandist paradigm aimed at negation of religion, scientific atheism also developed a positive program of the formation of integral worldview. The discourse of scientific atheism was focused on the construction of community that would be alternative to the religious one. In its peculiar way, scientific atheism asserted general collectivist values of the Soviet epoch.
The appearance in Ukraine of "united Church" and what it gave to Ukrainians. To the 420th anniversary of the Union of Brest
Authors: Shevciv Ivan
Published: November 2018

Let's try to recognize the regularity according to the historical fact, give in a certain logical sequence its own vision of those events of the history of Ukrainian nation, which led to the rise of the Union of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the Roman Apostolic See in 1596. The reasons for this are seven.
The essence оf the Christian dogma by Erich Fromm
Authors: Buriak N. B.
Published: November 2018

The essence оf the Christian dogma by Erich Fromm. In the article is widely considered the dynamics of religious beliefs Erich Fromm. For the first time a comparative analysis of all Fromm’s work relating to the theme of religion. Fromm devoted to the search itself and society in faith quite a lot of time because such research is very important and requires a recess in the nature of some of the world’s religions, including Christianity. Questions and countermeasures manifestations of humanism and authoritarian Christianity, its historical evolution and ideals throw a kind of challenge to the outstanding philosopher, and forced him to work on this complex issue almost all his life. Dogma Erich Fromm developed so that initially there was an idea of the man who became God, and turned on the idea of God became man. The concept of the Old Testament prophets world extend beyond relationships between people, harmony should prevail between man and nature. Peace between man and nature is harmony between them. Erich Fromm permanently broke with Judaism in ‘26 and has since considered himself a Christian. But Christianity Fromm, his understanding of God, the role of Christ in history, the interpretation of the evolution of ideas and Savior is surprising for its boldness.
"Russian world" – theological doctrine and religious ideology that ruin the humanity
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M. , Fylypovych Liudmyla O.
Published: November 2018

The XXth century has provided numerous examples of different forms of religious extremism, in particular the Orthodox Christian extremism. XXIth century demonstrates an explosion of neo-pagan and Orthodox extremist views in Russia grounded on syncretic theory of «Russian World»
Християнська етика не для світської освіти
Authors: Павленко Павло
Published: November 2018

Експертний висновок на навчальну програму курсу «Християнська етика в українській культурі» для курсів підвищення кваліфікації педпрацівників за авторства К. Левківського, В. Даниленко та В. Мележик.
Про зміст і богослужбове застосування літератури Свідків Єгови
Authors: Яроцький Петро
Published: November 2018

За дорученням Національної академії наук України (22.10.2013, ғ 2171) відділ історії релігії і практичного релігієзнавства Відділення релігієзнавства Інституту філософії імені Г. С. Сковороди НАН України розглянув надісланий Релігійним центром Свідків Єгови в Україні лист з проханням зробити аналіз релігійної літератури Свідків Єгови в Україні, яка безкоштовно надсилається цьому релігійному центру із-за кордону, зокрема з Німеччини, і надати експертний висновок: чи за своїм змістом і застосуванням ця література є богослужбовою
Tragic fate of successful academic religion of Ukraine
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M.
Published: November 2018

General meeting of the labor collective of the Department of Religious Studies at the Institute of Philosophy them G.S. Skovoroda, held on February 9, 2016, after discussing the Presidium of the NAS Ukraine No. 11 of January 20, 2016, and taking into account its substantiation, shall be adopted
Western Protestantism in the Context of Postmodernity: Theological and Sociological Interpretations of Emerging Church Movement
Authors: Soloviy  Roman
Published: November 2018

The purpose of the article is to identify, analyze and summarize the main theological and sociological approaches to the study of the latest trends of the Western Protestant theological inquiry that takes into account the condition of postmodernity, based on the study of the researches of the Emerging church. As a methodological foundation of the research it is employed the interdisciplinary approach, as well as the comparative method, which gives the researcher the opportunity to fully consider the theological and socio-cultural features of Emerging Church. Scientific novelty. As follows from the analysis, there are various theological and sociological interpretations of the church. In particular, the phenomenon of post-modern religiosity is interpreted as a form of protest against the traditional evangelical Protestantism, as the movement of cultural and religious criticism, whose identity is formed by the deconstruction of narratives and discourses of traditional evangelical Christianity, as the autonomous Protestant tradition that applies postmodern forms of knowledge for rethinking of the Christian faith. Conclusions. A new phenomenon of Western Christianity has caused intense debate in the scientific and especially theological environment. Despite the availability of a wide range of interpretations of the new movement, the researchers acknowledge its religious innovative meaning, recognizing the potential of the Emerging Church to actualize the process of transformation of traditional institutions and practices of Protestantism so that it again would be able to enter into dialogue with society in a new socio-cultural situation.
Let's celebrate Father Ivan MUSICHKA!
Authors: Datsʹko Ivan
Published: November 2018

Every Christian who carefully reads the message of St. Apostle Paul, can not do it pay attention to the number of times he uses, so to speak, military terminology. Suffice it to read the sixth chapter of the epistle to the Ephesians (Eph 6: 10-17) - the words, which is also St. Mr. Patriarch Joseph finished his Testament: "Fix in the Lord and in the power of his power. Put on a full armor of God so that you can resist the tricks devilish For we have to fight not against the body and blood, but against the beginning, against the authorities, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the spirits of malice <...> Therefore, take a full weapon God <...> so that you can resist and ... stand firmly. Stand, then, girth Your hips are right, putting on the armor of justice, and putting your legs ready preaching the gospel of peace.
Religion in its essence and structure
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M.
Published: November 2018

Religion is a very complex spiritual and practical phenomenon. Using the concepts of religion, researchers do not always have the same content content. Meanwhile, being one of the forms of social consciousness, religion is at the same time a world outlook, a socio-historical phenomenon, and an integral part of cultural life, and an element of social superstructure, has individual and social levels of its manifestation, exists in a huge range of denominations.
Way of life of the faithful as a component of the religious complex
Authors: Kulagina-Stadnichenko Hanna
Published: November 2018

Over the past few decades religious studies have achieved some success in the development of categorical apparatus, which reflects the relationship between the believer and society. Theologians actively perceive such concepts as "personality", "activity", "needs", "value orientations", "communication". At the same time, the scientists specify the terminology concerning the conditions of the existence of the religious complex, in particular: "institutionalization", "modernization", "sense", etc. Need to further study the individual, sociopolitical, economic, religious factors that encourage the believer to activity in accordance with the objective, objective properties of the environment in which they are implemented. The processes of origin, maintenance, changes in religious norms, values, patterns of activity and their accumulation by the laity, due to which the latter organize their own livelihoods in a dynamic, heterogeneous socio-cultural space, are attracted by the historical realities. This range of issues is defined by the notion of "lifestyle".
Transformation of the Functionality of Religion in the Modern Age: Causes and Consequences
Authors: Fylypovych Liudmyla O.
Published: November 2018

The science confidently consolidated the idea of ​​the functions of religion, which traditionally understand the nature and direction of the influence of religion on society. But when investigating individual religions in different epochs, scientists knew about functions, but did not see the influence of religion. As in Soviet times, for example: even when it was forbidden, religion functioned in cut-down forms, underground, but did not affect the vital functions of the vast majority of people. One or another element of religion played a role in the entire religious complex, but it did not nearly work for the society and individual citizens. The function should characterize the activity. Here we must speak more about functionality as ability (potential) to perform certain functions and their visible and effective manifestations.
Religious and church factor in the context of patriotic education
Authors: Nedavnya Olga
Published: November 2018

A rather variegated palette of modern functionalities of denominations both in the world as a whole, and in Ukraine, in particular, is determined by the urgent needs of society. Along with purely traditional religious and religious organizations, such functions (or such a set and a combination of functions) that are called in time in one or another community are appearing or reviving. In Ukraine, today the actualization of such functions of the Churches that are most invited in the difficult conditions of external aggression and internal internal problems are being observed. Among them, almost the first place was the function of patriotic education, which prompted scholars to pay special attention to this. The urgency of studying the role of the religious-church factor in patriotic education does not require long proof in the face of the heavy resistance of Ukraine to the bulk of the "Russian world", now not only information, spiritual and cultural, but also in the form of military aggression that has gained insidious forms of undeclared "hybrid warfare" »
Work and pray (Mormon's work ethic in teachings of the Presidents of their Church)
Authors: Elbakyan Katerina
Published: November 2018

"I believe in the principle of faith and works, and that the Lord will more abundantly bless a man who realizes everything he prays, and not the one who only prays." These words belong to the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ezra Taft Benson.Economic and labor ethics is an important component of the moral foundations of society. The historical evolution of different modes of production, trade, exchange, etc. is deeply connected with the history of religions. All the national and world religions engaged not only in spiritual and moral issues, but also directly interfered in the daily economic and economic activities of people, forming in them a certain type of socio-economic thinking, authorizing the divine authority of property, property, a certain type of property relations of people, blessing some economic activities and negatively related to others.
Religious and political organizations as subjects of national processes in Ukraine
Authors: Bortnikova Olena
Published: November 2018

Olena Bortnikova. Religious and political organizations as subjects of national processes in Ukraine In the article the different approaches to defining the essence of religious and political organizations as subjects of national processes and their role in the functioning and development of society. Attempted to characterize the basic methodological provisions for disclosure of the nature of religious and political actors as structural elements of ethnonational system, identifying different levels of accommodation in terms of social change.
Conception of “spiritual eldering” of Z. Schachter-Shalomi
Authors: Angelova Angelina
Published: November 2018

The publication of Angelova A. «Conception of “spiritual eldering” of Z. Schachter-Shalomi» is devoted to research gerontosophy ideas of one of the leaders of the World Jewish renewal movement. The organic combination of orthodox Judaism, Kabbalah and Hasidism, as well as Christian, Eastern and Sufi mysticism engendered very actual doctrine of “spiritual eldering” to the modern world. Promoting, translating texts of Jewish thinker and reformer Z. Schachter in Ukraine and neighbour countries will help to improve difficult gerontological situation of today´s world, to go beyond negative stereotypes of perception of old age and aging.
Expert conclusion on the book M.A. Dorohoho "Biblical Philosophy. A short essay on the main problems of philosophy about the origin of nature, life, man (Philosophy, the Bible, Science). Comparative Review.
Authors: Gorkusha Oksana
Published: November 2018

The book by MA Doroho (Master of Theology), intended for the most diverse circle of readers who, as the author points out, "seek Absolute Truth" is the author's vision of epistemology, ontology, anthropology and sociology. The specificity of reading the cognitive, ontological, anthropological and sociological problems of the author is due to his ideological beliefs.
Current Problems and Perspectives of Religious Studies of Ukraine
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M.
Published: November 2018

In A. Kolodny's article "Current Problems and Perspectives of Religious Studies of Ukraine" the achievements of the Department of Religious Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for 25 years of its scientific activity are mentioned. The problems on which academic scholars work, and the prospect of the development of religious studies in Ukraine is predicted.
Religious phenomenon in the changes of its components
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M.
Published: November 2018

In the article by A. Kolodnyi "Religious phenomenon in the changes of its components" it is emphasized the need for the structuring of religion as a phenomenon to distinguish its internal and external structure, to depart from the dominant distinction in religion only four of its components (religious consciousness, religious psychology, religious cult and religious organization), since under new conditions of its functioning there appeared new structural components of the religious complex.
Dmytro Blazheiovskyi about History of Ukrainians
Authors: Blazheiovskyi Dmytro
Published: November 2018

Dmytro Blazheiovskyi about History of Ukrainians
Religion and philosophy
Authors: Scheler Max , Gusak Petro
Published: November 2018

The views of the philosophers and theologians diverge and disagree on the issues whether or not the objects of religious faith: the existence and essence of God, the immortality of the soul and similar content, as well as the extent to which the belief and assertion of the existence of those objects can be objects of philosophical knowledge. It can be stated that, in contrast to the teachings that reigned in minds from the XIII and the end of the XVIII century, the 19th century gave birth to an almost immense number of "positions" to the above-mentioned issues, which did not go beyond the scope of their adoption in narrower circles of scientific schools. These "positions" to this day are mutually fighting, without the prospect of winning any of them.
The history of separation: the Kievan Metropolitanate, the Constantinople Patriarchate and the Genesis of the Brest Union
Authors: Gudziak Borys
Published: November 2018

The Brest Union marks a turning point in the history of the Kyivan Church. Since the time of Vladimir and the introduction of Christianity in at the end of X century. The Kyivan Metropolitanate was the daughter of the Church of the Constantinople Patriarchate. Formation of the Metropolitanate under the care of Byzantium - the most important institutional feature of the official entry of Kievan Rus in the Christian world. During the XI-XIII centuries. Kievan Metropolitanate gradually embraced all the eastern Slavic lands, introducing them into the church orbit of Byzantium. Hierarchically subordinated and spiritually obliged, dependent on the cultural and united in ceremonial plans, the Kievan Metropolitanate became an integral part of the wider Byzantine Orthodox world.
Union in its nature and consequences
Authors: Ortynsʹkyy Ivan
Published: November 2018

On September 27, 1595, two Ukrainian bishops, having received from the Ukrainian-Belorussian Episcopate all powers and having letters from the Nuncio and the King to the Pope and Cardinal Secretary, went on a long journey to Rome. On October 26 they were already on the Italian territory. Bypassing Venice, they stay in Padua, where the local bishop congratulates them holy and heartfelt, endowing their lunch for several days.
Brest Union in the context of the first Ukrainian national-cultural revival
Authors: Paslavsʹkyy Ivan
Published: November 2018

The author of this article considers the Brest Union and the emergence of the Uniate Church as a kind of product of the national-cultural and religious-church processes that were experienced by Europe, and with it Ukraine in the second half of the XVII - the first half of the XVII century. The author argues that the union of the Kievan Metropolitanate with the Roman Apostolic See in 1596 fully fits into the European-wide reformational context, when the formation of national local churches was a priority task.
Place and patriarchate: a few remarks about the party leader Joseph
Authors: Dymyd Mykhaylo
Published: November 2018

Strange gift from the Lord. It was the fact that I, a young Ukrainian born in Belgium, lived in Rome in this very home, like Patriarch Joseph, and talked repeatedly with him. There was more, I was in particular with Boris, now the bishop of the UGCC of Paris.I want you to understand that the context is not easy. The question is: who is the patriarch, and who is Dimid or even Gudziak? The patriarch was born 125 years ago, and I - 57 years ago. This means that I am now and now 68 years younger than him. Not to mention the experience, the san, about the power.
Patriarchal status of the UGCC as a "shifting coin" between the Vatican and Moscow (as the pontificate of Pope Francis)
Authors: Pavlenko  Pavlo
Published: November 2018

Cardinal Lubomir Husar stipulates the hiding of the project on the provision of the patriarchate of the UGCC by the fact that even its sounding, not to mention the implementation, provokes a "wave of protests" in the Vatican circles, because it says "the patriarchate of the UGCC will weaken the communion with the Successor of St. Apostle Peter, and hence - weaken the connection with the whole Catholic Church, "" will mean the creation of a nationalist colored Church that will sow hatred against all others, "will become a" major obstacle to the unification of Christians in Ukraine ", will lead to" neglect of the rights of the Moscow the patriarchate, which considers Ukraine to be its canonical territory, "to the preservation of" uniticism ", which in our time was condemned as an inappropriate way to achieve unity among all Christians"
The Patriarchate is the disgraced Testament of Joseph the Blind
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M.
Published: November 2018

The idea of ​​the creation of the Ukrainian Patriarchate is simultaneously an attempt at combining the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the Roman Apostolic See and, above all, with the work of the Jesuit Anthony Possevino of Poland at the court of Prince Konstantin Ostrozky. With the purpose of such a combination, a meeting in Krakow was held in 1583, in which it was discussed mainly the question of the creation of a Catholic patriarchate in Ukraine. We learn about this in particular from the report of the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland, Albert Bolognetti, who in May 1584 offered the Polish Queen Stefan Batory to create a patriarchate for the Ukrainians and Belarussians in Vyli or in the city of Lvov with the help of the princes of Ostrozky. This patriarchy should have been the basis for the combination of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the Roman Apostolic See.
Post-war Ukraine in the quarrels of Russian-Vatican relations
Authors: Pavlenko Pavlo
Published: November 2018

The Vatican probably hoped that the visit of the apostolic nuncio Claudio Gugerotti on December 16-18, 2016 to the occupied territories of the Donbas Ukrainian society "swallowing" was just as easy as it easily "swallowed" the same and his Easter visit (March 25, 2016) , as the "swallowed up" meeting on June 10, 2015 by Pope Roman Francis with the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin, in which many saw the obvious anti-Ukrainian context, not to mention here the anti-Ukrainian gesture that the Pope had made by signing on February 12, 2016 The shameful "Havana Declaration", p Vatican which essentially gives Ukraine at the mercy of Moscow, since it recognizes (Ukraine) domain of the Moscow Patriarchate. However, one should pay tribute to those who, seeing the pro-Moscow line of conduct of the Vatican, in particular its current head, Pope Francis, aspire to persuade Ukrainian society, first and foremost, of Ukrainian Roman and Greek Catholics, which, they say, only in this way the Holy See and can prove that he "loves Ukraine", but simply needs to have the ability to "read," "listen," to "look at the world through the eyes of God the Creator," as the Pope teaches.
Ukrainian Church in the vision of Ivan Ogienko (Metropolitan Ilarion)
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M. , Fylypovych Liudmyla O.
Published: November 2018

In the article by A. Kolodny and L. Fylypovych, dedicated to Ivan Ogienko (Metropolitan Hilarion), the Ogienko's vision of the features of the Orthodox Churches locality, in particular the specifics of their manifestation in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is presented. The main features of Ukrainian Orthodoxy are revealed.
God in the religious life of the person
Authors: Murashkin Mykhailo
Published: November 2018

The article by M.Murushkin "God in the religious life of the person" shows that in relation to the question of the existence of God all religions are ultimately at the positions of anthropologizing. At the same time, through the state of God, a believer acquires himself. Therefore, any religious system appears not as a picture of the world, but as a picture of a person.
Religion as a communicative element in the stratification system of society
Authors: Docush Vitaliy
Published: November 2018

Investigating religion as a social phenomenon (a social institution), sociology of religion goes to its communication function, revealing the communicative nature of each of its elements. The V.Dokash's article shows how these questions were solved by the classics of the sociology of religion, in particular E. Durkheim, K. Marx, S. Freud, V. Bryan, O. Kond, P. Berger, C.Glock and others.
Freedom as a Structural Component of Personality in Philosophical and Religious Doctrine of Czeslaw Stanislaw Bartnik
Authors: Gorban Richard
Published: November 2018

In this article, the author represents the aspect of philosophical and religious doctrine of Czeslaw Stanislaw Bartnik, a Polish personalist, which deals with the way the philosopher understands freedom as a structural component of a personality that enables a man to realize his inner and outer potential in both individual and social planes, in all dimensions of human existence: soul, body, intellect, will, actions, perception and creation of existence. Interrelation and interdependence between freedom and responsibility of a personality, as well as between freedom and will of a person, are the issues of principle for a Catholic thinker. As interpreted by Bartnik, responsibility is a measure of freedom, because of direct relationship between them: the more freedom a person possesses, the greater responsibility it takes to implement and use it. The relationship between freedom and will explains the dialectic character of structure of a personality. Freedom of a man is manifested through auto- determination, which means the ability of will to make free choices, and ultimately the will determines itself, being evaluated by practical mind. Freedom in personal existence concerns personality as a whole, but not the will or actions taken separately. That is why, Bartnik believes, it is better to speak about personal freedom and free existence of a personality. Choice -making proves freedom of a man, but when choosing an option, a person chooses himself, thus creating his own spiritual image. Existence consists of possibilities to choose from and means the core and backbone structure of a personality in the dynamic process of self-realization.
Interconfessional dialogue in modern Ukraine: impulses, conditions, purpose, subjects, levels of understanding
Authors: Gorkusha Oksana
Published: November 2018

The article by Oksana Horkusha “Interconfessional dialogue in modern Ukraine: impulses, conditions, purpose, subjects, levels of understanding” analyzes the motives, conditions, goals, subjects and levels of understanding of the interconfessional dialogue in contemporary Ukraine. Interconfessional dialogue cannot have a purpose in itself. Different confessions reach agreement only in the process of such dialogue, which are carried out by mutually viable actors who have a common goal, are in the same cultural-historical context, a definite problem, for the solution of which is used by adequate dialogue platforms, methods and instruments.
500 Years of Protestantism
Authors: Berger Peter , Deyneka Artemiy
Published: November 2018

In 2017, a variety of events are planned on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the event, which is usually regarded as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Planning and carrying out of them have already begun. I just received an invitation to take part in the Assembly of the Protestant Church of Germany in 2017. This is a great Biennale Kirchentag, which will take place in Berlin.
Yosyp Slipyi in remembrance of him
Authors: Cherenkov Mychailo
Published: November 2018

"Memorial" of Metropolitan Joseph Slipyj is an important document of the confessional history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It is also a valuable source for anyone interested in the history of religion, the spiritual culture of Ukraine, the course of Orthodox-Catholic and church-state relations in the Soviet era. The author himself calls himself "a silent witness of the Silent Church" (p. 427). In this confession, there is an indescribable tragedy of the personal destiny of the Metropolitan, as well as the fate of his Church. When I wanted to scream the world over the crimes of the Soviet regime against the Church, I had to remain silent, only to pray. The persecuted Church could not tell the world what was happening, her voice did not break through the "Iron Curtain". But she survived and lived - in catacombs and prisons, in the hearts of simple believers and confession museums.