Legal Regulation of the Activities of Religious Associations: Issues of Theory and Practice

Abstract

Objective: The article proposes the study of the legal basis for the activities of religious associations in the context of legal and regulatory framework.   Theoretical framework: The study is based on international scientific publications, reports, scientific papers. And also for a more complete and objective presentation of the problem under study, practical materials in the area under study were used.   Method: The study was conducted on general and private legal methods were used to fully cover the problems of legal regulation of the activities of religious associations.   Results and conclusion: Religious associations are an integral part of the dynamic development of the sphere of religion in the country. In modern times, religion takes the most active part in solving the problems of globalization, most consistently opposing it. Remaining, for the most part, a unifying principle and having a complex system of horizontal connections and institutional relations, religion can serve as an effective tool for regulating global trends. Globalization, dictating the contours of a new world order, can have many negative consequences, leading to the destruction of original cultures and oblivion of the religious and moral values of society, or vice versa. Under these conditions, religious identity becomes an expression of those very unfulfilled hopes and hopes in the world of real social relations, including the ideals of the social arrangement of the world. The positive, evolutionary formation of confessional identity in different parts of the world is being disrupted everywhere by the revolutionary and chaotic impulse of modernization.   Originality/value: The authors propose an approach of the scientific research lies in the fact that various religious associations, their relationship and influence on a person and society as a whole were covered. Remaining, for the most part, a unifying principle and having a complex system of horizontal connections and institutional relations, religion can serve as an effective tool for regulating global trends.