Historical and Cultural Discourse of the State and Church Interaction at the boundary of the XX-XXI centuries
In the article the analysis of transformation specificity of the historical and cultural discourse of the state and church relations during the Post-Soviet period is carried out. In the historical context by means of the comparative analysis the civilization specificity is revealed which influenced the evolution of interaction of the state and the Russian Orthodox Church in the historically far and recent past. In the article the periodization of the state and church relationship development is defined. On the basis of the analysis of the actual material and versatile sources the historical and cultural paradigms are revealed which defined development features of two institutes interaction. In the article the analysis of influence of the binary opposition "challenge-answer" on the evolution of mechanisms and principles of cooperation of the state and Church is undertaken, the degree of influence of globalization on strengthening of the civilization imperatives of the society is characterized. In the course of the historical and cultural analysis the paradigm of "the Russian symphony" is characterised which made a fundamental impact on specificity of models of the state and Church interaction during various historical periods. In the context of updating of the given paradigm in Post-Soviet Russia also tendencies of power transformations in the religious sphere are analyzed. In the article the conclusion is made that formation of the social concept by the Church and formation of religious policy at the boundary of the XX-XXI centuries are interconnected phenomena. The state and the Russian Orthodox Church cooperated as interdependent institutes and it was demonstration of the civilization beginnings of the society. In the context of the analysis of the tsezaropapizm paradigm the conclusion is made that this paradigm wasn''t a defining pattern of the Russian civilization as it was based on ideological imperatives, their destruction led to updating of "the Russian symphony" which was the most peculiar paradigm for the Russian civilization.