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Arefev M.A.

Davidenkova A.G.

Bessonov E.G.

Russian Orthodox Church and the Old Believers in their relation to the state and government: the general and the particular

The article deals with the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Old Believers, their attitude towards the state and government. A historical overview of the role of the Old Believers in the Russian culture is provided. There are thoughts on the role of the Old Believers as carriers of traditional culture.

Keywords: Old Believers, culture, values, state.

Guseva N.V.

Church-state relations and bioethics in modern Russia: Legal Aspects

This article reveals legal mechanisms of regulation of the moral and ethical issues of bioethics in Russia. The material is based on legislation with the latest changes and updates. The article highlights the importance of synergy between the state and religious communities in addressing bioethical issues.

Keywords: bioethics, law, morality, biotechnologies.

Tumanyan T.G.

St. Petersburg and the labour migration from Central Asia: challenges and contradictions

The article is devoted to the topic of migration from post-Soviet states of Central Asia to the Russian Federation. There is an attempt to consider some questions related to peculiarities of the migration process in St. Petersburg. In particular, the article examines some aspects related to the social, cultural and religious problems of labour immigrants in the city. It is stated that it is crucial for the media to be objective and impartial in the coverage of these issues.

Keywords: labor migration, Islam, Mosque, Central Asia, tolerance, society, culture, media.

Veselov V.I.

Rusyns in Transcarpathia: the problem of determining the number of people of the ethnic community

The article is devoted to the questions of self-identity of autochthonous east-Slavic population of the Carpathian region and to the problems  that the researcher faced when trying to calculate people with the Rusyn ethnical identity.

Keywords: Rusyns, Transcarpathian region, Ukraine, ethnicity, anthropology.  

Shmidt V.V.

The sacred profane: the political and ideological aspects of existence

A habitat, prevailing cultural traditions and people, society are interdependent, and therefore the principle of cooperation, a particularly stereotyped behaviour and rigorism in worldviews, fundamentalism and taboos: all these become a resource of a dialogue, convergence or confrontation. In the article, in context of philosophical and religious studies the approach «constitutive model of being» raises a problem of understanding of a man and his worldview relying on the basic concept of the so-called «religious complex», and the definition of a “person as a complex object” (system).

Keywords: ethno-cultural traditions, religious complex, cultural code, world.

Lucenko A.V.

The ideological foundation of modern Western European neo-paganism in comparison with the mentality of classical polytheism

The article deals with the problem of cultural and religious background of modern Western Neopaganism. Its main topic is a critical analysis of some aspects of Neopaganistic self-declaration, as a strict successor of classical polytheism. The main thesis of the following  article contains the idea that modern Western Neopaganism takes fake concept of classical polytheism for real religion of historical antiquity. 

Keywords: Neopaganism, classical polytheism, religious identity, cultural succession, archaisation.

Galandarov N.

Socio-political stability in Azerbaijan in the context of religious security

This article deals with problems of religious security and religion-state relations in the context of globalization. Activities of different religious sects which belong to traditional and non-traditional Islamic religion are analyzed in the context of security.

The article deals with religious situation in Azerbaijan, security condition,  regulation of activities of religious communities on the basis of laws.

The questions are investigated in the context of globalization with the realities of the XXI century as a background.

Keywords: religious sects, political stability, religious security in Azerbaijan

Chge L.

Orthodoxy in China

This article describes the current situation of Orthodoxy in China with Three-Rivers region (Northern Manchuria) as an example. It is one of the places where Orthodox Chinese-Russian metises, who are descendants of a Chinese-Russian marriages.

Keywords: Orthodoxy, Chinese-Russian metises, Three-Rivers region, Northern Manchuria, PRC.

Authors

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Rector of St. Nicholas Church on the Three Hills in Presnensky District, Moscow, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Russian society of the Russian Orthodox Church, member of the Interreligious Council of Russia, member of the Russian Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations, member of the Expert Council of the State Duma Committee for Public Associations and Religious organizations, member of the OSCE Advisory Council on Freedom of Religion and Belief.

Arefev M.A., Doctor of Philosophical Science, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Culturology.

Bessonov E.G., Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Director of the Social Engineering Laboratory of the Center for Systemic Initiatives.

Chge L., Trainee of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Peoples Friendship University of Russia, Post-Graduate Student of the Faculty of History and Culture, Shandong University.

Dannenberg A.N., Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Confessional Relations of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

Davidenkova A.G., Doctor of Philosophical Science, Professor, Head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and History.

Galandarov N., Doctoral student of the Institute of Human Rights. 

Guseva N.V., Post-graduate student of the Faculty of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies of the Bogoslov Russian Orthodox University.

Lucenko A.V., Senior teacher of the philosophy department of the School of Humanitarian Sciences.

Shmidt V.V., Doctor of Philosophical Science, Advisor to the Russian Federation of the 1st class; Professor of the Chair of National and Federative Relations of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

Tumanyan T.G., Doctor of Philosophical science, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Culturology of the East of the Institute of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University.

Veselov V.I., Post-graduate student of the Department of History of the CIS countries at the Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 2011 he graduated with honours from the Department of History of CIS countries at the Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University.