Role of Religion as a Social Institution in Sustainable Development: View from Ukraine
Inna Semenenko
Department of Enterprise Economics, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University (Ukraine)
Ruslan Galgash
Director of Institute of Management, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, kv. Molodizhny 20-a, Luhansk, 91034 (Ukraine)
Abstract
The paper presents preconditions of present social institutions in Ukraine in connection with the necessity to implement the idea of sustainable development. Similarity of basic religious norms with terms of sustainable development concept has been indicated. The role of religion as a social institution in spreading and implementation of the global idea of sustainable development in Ukraine has been substantiated. The necessity to introduce the religious and cultural values into systems of upbringing of people for support of the world community’s sustainable development has been postulated.
Keywords:
sustainable development, social institution, religion, system of upbringing, religious and cultural valuesReferences
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Inna SemenenkoDepartment of Enterprise Economics, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University Ukraine
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Ruslan GalgashDirector of Institute of Management, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, kv. Molodizhny 20-a, Luhansk, 91034 Ukraine
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