Open AccessConstituting the Local Churches as an instrument for protecting the national interests of the Ukrainian people
Author(s) -
Serhiy I. Zdioruk
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2005.35.1607
Subject(s) - ukrainian , religiosity , alienation , faith , political science , sociology , law , religious studies , theology , philosophy , linguistics
The analysis of UCEPS results obtained during a sociological survey gives grounds to claim that religiosity and the Church are different things for Ukrainian society. First, faith in God does not meet the level of trust in the Church (which, however, remained the highest in public institutions). If 57.8% of our fellow citizens believed themselves to be believers, only 33.7% fully trusted the Church, with less than half being 48%; of the non-believers, only 7.8%. This situation testified to the alienation of society and even believers from the Church itself.