Социальное учение конфессиональных организаций России

Abstract

The modern social practice of confessional organizations in Russia is characterized by multifunctionality, here you can get various types of services: spiritual help, material, psychological, socio-pedagogical, labor, etc. The following processes are intensively taking place: 1) the formation of the activities of certain religious groups and organizations specializing in the performance of confessional social work; 2) legitimation of the system of norms and rules on which the territorial social practice of various confessions is based. In this article, the author analyzes the social teachings of traditional religions in Russia. The author examines the social program documents prepared by the traditional religions of Russia (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism) over the past few decades. This comparative analysis allows us to identify not only the specifics of the social doctrine of a particular confession, but also the general / special in the goal-setting and direction of social practice. The goals and motives of social service in confessions differ, and the main directions of social practice of helping the population also differ. However, there are no differences in understanding the role and place of a religious organization in contemporary Russian social service.