EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN MODELS OF STATE-CONFESSIONAL RELATIONS: RELIGIOUS ANALYSIS

Abstract

In this article the authors have done work on the analysis of the European and American model of stateconfessional
relations. One of the problems associated with the activities of public authorities in relation to
religion and religious organizations of modern states is the problem of politico-legal realization of the secular
state. The problem of objective definition of religion and confession in the rule of law requires special
attention here. Despite the secularization of state and religious institutions, “the religious factor influences
the economy, politics - and the state and society, and the interethnic relations, the family, to the cultural
sphere through the activities of believing individuals, groups, and organizations in these areas.” Thus, there
is a certain reproduction of religious relations on the background of social relations.