The article O.Horkusha, L.Fylypovych «Interfaith dialogue in contemporary Ukraine: expediency and efficiency of its implementation in the conditions of War» discusses the state of interfaith communication in Ukraine, available dialogue platforms, which were created spontaneously for a long time, and now they grow up to a certain network. There are 5 types of interfaith dialogs, their effectiveness is analyzed, based on the purpose of the dialogue, topics, language, methodological approaches, criteria for the rules of conduct and subjects invited to the (...) dialogue. The recommendations on the success of the interfaith dialogue in Ukraine in the conditions of war are given. (shrink)

Basic mechanisms of forming and functioning of civil movements in the modern world are considered. Different interpretations of the concept of civil movements are given. E. Giddens has identifid four areas in which social movements operate in modern societies: 1) democratic movements that work for political rights; 2) labor movements that work for control of the workplace; 3)ecological movements that are concerned with the environment: 4) peace movements that work against military conflcts. Author gives her own classifiation separating economic, religious, (...) social, political, ecological movements. It is underlined, that civil movements may destroy political system. The possibilities of political mobilization are considered. Mass media and Internet are proved to have a large inflence on political movements. A special attention is paid to civil movements in Ukraine. (shrink)

In the article modern views on the nature and value matrix of civil society are generalized. It is considered the role of religious organizations in forming of civil society in modern Ukraine and also the value of their activity for the self-organization of civil public.