FUNCTIONAL POTENTIAL OF RELIGION IN THE CONTEXT OF WAR

Abstract

The concept of “religious war” is analyzed, comparative analysis of historical cases related to the relativization of religious attitudes, which were used in the political struggle and the implementation of political and ideological attitudes, was carried out. The article states the potential and prospects of religion in the context of the possibility of preventing war in connection with the peculiarity of the epistemological and axiological principles used by religion as a worldview system. The destructive influence of religious institutions that are not autonomous and perform an ideological function, as well as the need for a closer integration of the available state resources in the fight against such phenomena, is stated.