Open AccessReligious Minorities of Ukraine in Socio-Cultural and Legal Aspects
Author(s) -
Mariana Tatarchuk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
relìgìjna svoboda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-0818
pISSN - 2617-9296
DOI - 10.32420/rs.2016.19.1.930
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , religious freedom , ethnic group , politics , freedom of religion , political science , globalization , religious pluralism , population , pluralism (philosophy) , sociology , conscience , law , human rights , gender studies , epistemology , philosophy , demography
With the tendency towards the increasing globalization of the world from the 1970s-1980s to multiculturalism and pluralism in all its manifestations, it is not surprising that religious, ethnic, national, linguistic and other contradictions and conflicts arise between representatives of certain social groups Religious and national contradictions are the most characteristic and become the most acute forms of resolution in polyethnic and polyconfessional countries in the case of belonging of the majority of the population to one national, religious and other group, while the rest form a minority according to one or another criterion. Increasingly, you can hear about political, economic, and cultural pressure on representatives of different social groups that are not so-called "majority". Therefore, there is a need to protect the rights of individuals to freedom of conscience, freedom of expression in various aspects of life, including freedom of religion, freedom of action of religious communities and organizations, including religious minorities.