Open AccessState-confessional relations in their practical expression in Ukraine
Author(s) -
Oleksandr N. Sagan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2013.65.206
Subject(s) - conscience , confessional , state (computer science) , freedom of thought , political science , democracy , freedom of expression , law , position (finance) , expression (computer science) , mechanism (biology) , population , law and economics , sociology , human rights , epistemology , philosophy , politics , business , mathematics , demography , algorithm , finance , computer science , programming language
The position of the state (its leaders and authorities) regarding the Church, the peculiarities of the established state-church relations greatly influence the nature of the development of church institutions and the level of religiousness of the population, as well as ensuring the right of citizens to freedom of conscience. Consequently, the development of a legal democratic Ukraine is impossible without constant attention of state bodies to the issue of guaranteeing freedom of conscience and religion, the state of which is currently dependent on their constitutional and legal regulation and the existence of a holistic mechanism for guaranteeing the said freedom, as well as from the way of monitoring and responding to violations of the law.