INSTITUTIONAL COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NATIONAL SECURITY FOR UKRAINE IN THE RELIGIOUS SPHERE

Abstract

There is an issue of strengthening the independence of the state, preserving its stability, and resisting attempts to split the country into ideological and national lines. An important place in this process is played by religion, which should unite, not divide, the society of Ukraine. Therefore, one of the urgent problems is the guarantee of security in the humanitarian sphere, especially in the sphere of religion and ethnic relations, and the formation of conceptual approaches in the implementation of the state policy of national security in it, considering that the religious sphere occupies one of the main places among the objects of national security, since the factors of religion, culture, history and language are decisive in the formation of national identity.
The article examines the functions and powers of political subjects and state authorities, which are entrusted with the responsibilities of implementing the state policy of national security of Ukraine in the religious sphere, as well as non-state consultation and advisory bodies on religious matters, which have a significant influence in the sphere of religion, in its essence is a model of the consolidation of Ukrainian society on the basis of religion, tolerant interfaith and state-church relations, implementation of national values, support of cultural heritage and traditions, and which are the most effective representatives of Ukraine in the world religious space.
Based on the analysis, the justification for the need to introduce changes and improve the institutional component system to ensure the national security of Ukraine in the researched area to increase the efficiency of interdepartmental interaction and interaction with non-state bodies in the field of religion in order to achieve results in the implementation of relevant tasks of state policy was made.