religion

Religious Experience: Between Belief and Church. Review of Griffioen, A. L. (2021). Religious Experience. Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 74 p.

The review considers the research of “Religious experience” by Amber L. Griffioen, which remains relevant due to predictions of secularization in the 20th century, which were false. Therefore religion remains influential in various spheres. The views of F. Schleiermacher, R. Otto, V. James, A. Traves, R. Swinborn and their interpretation of the concepts "religious experience", "religious feelings", and "mystical experiences" are considered.

Anthopological and Social Dimension of Philosophy: Foreword and Translation of Leszek Kołakowski’s Essay «Substantive and Functional Understanding of Philosophy»

This is Ukrainian translation of the article "Substantive and Functional Definition of Philosophy" by the famous Polish thinker, researcher and critic of Marxism, epistemologist, Leszek Kolakowski. It examines the nature of philosophy, its purposes, and its functions, which it performs in the life of an individual as well as in social life. Therefore, the author examines various definitions of philosophy from different positions: scientific, transcendental, traditional and functional. The latter is the main one, because Leszek Kolakowski adheres to it.

The influence of religious organizations on the solution of international legal problems in globalization

The article reveals the mechanisms of influence of religious organizations on international relations and the dynamics of their influence on the solution of international legal problems in the conditions of globalization. In the conditions of globalization of world processes and growing tendencies towards interdependence in international relations, religion acts as an optimal mode of self-identification of individual countries, interstate associations and unions.

Religious organizations as participants in the discourse of the concept of human rights

The article carries out a theoretical and legal study of religious organizations as participants in the discourse of the concept of human rights, clarification of the peculiarities of their perception of human rights in the historical context. It is proved that the contribution of Western and Eastern religious organizations to the development of the concept of human rights is not homologous.

Participation of religious organizations in the protection of human environmental rights

The article substantiates the role of religious organizations in the protection of human environmental rights, analyzes their activities, and determines the methods of legal regulation of their participation in the environmental policy of the state.

THE KNOWABLE AND THE UNKNOWABLE IN THE DIMENSIONS OF EPISTEMOLOGY. Review of: Petrushenko, V. (2022). Epistemology of Religion. Lviv: Hrad Leva. pp. 220

In this review, we examine the content of the first Ukrainian textbook written by V. Petrushenko, which is devoted to the key issues of epistemology of religion. The review analyses all parts of the work, which comprehensively reveal the most important issues of this section of philosophy, with an emphasis on modern research. The author relies on methodological pluralism in the disclosure of topics, trying to reveal the issues as deeply and thoroughly as possible.

Religion and law: mutual influence and interconnection. Section two.

The article is devoted to the recognition of the impossibility of the disappearance of the phenomenon of religiosity in society and the obvious facts of the influence of religion on the processes of formation and development of law.

An analysis of many historical sources convincingly states that religion itself is in fact a spiritual cradle right.

Religion and law: mutual influence and interconnection. Section one

The article is devoted to the recognition of the impossibility of the disappearance of the phenomenon of religiosity in society and the obvious facts of the influence of religion on the processes of formation and development of law. An analysis of many historical sources convincingly states that religion itself is in fact a spiritual cradle right. It is substantiated that three things are necessary for initiating legal communication: knowledge of law (intellectual element), activity (volitional element), and – without a doubt – consciousness (spiritual element).