The phenomenon of "Enteo" in the contemporary socio-political life of Russia

Abstract

Relevance of the theme on study of the missionary work and its consequences is based on the fact that success in it is important both for the church itself and for the Russian Federation, because it is through traditional religions they plan to fulfill the task of forming traditional values among the population of the Russian Federation in order to counter extremist and terrorist ideology.
The disintegration of the USSR and the transition of Russian society from informational to post- informational put the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in new conditions, forcing to reconsider its view on missionary work. The question arose before it about the need to develop and implement a new concept of missionary work as a response to modern challenges.
However, despite the attempts made to accomplish this task, it has failed. Realizing the lack of church forces on the field of missionary work, the Orthodox community began to make independent attempts for proclamation of the Gospel. As a result, there have been occurred such phenomena as "God's Will", the movement "Sorok Sorokov" (“A large number”), etc., which began to form independently new methods of missionary work unknown to the church before. The paper reveals the main prerequisites, reasons for the emergence and development of the "God's Will" movement. The influence of this movement on the public life of the Russian Federation as it was developing is examined, and the level of interaction between the Russian state and the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is revealed.

The topic is chosen for a reason. This movement has a special impact on the consciousness of the youth in the Russian Federation and is a fundamentally new association in the country. Despite a large number of Internet sources, this topic remains still in embryo in scientific terms and requires scientific understanding.