The churches and religious associations in the face of challenges and threats to state security – research problems

Abstract

The evolution of various types of threats unfavorable to the state's subjectivity, as well as the progressive increase in international interdependence, do not allow it to defend itself against a number of destabilizing factors. This consequently leads to a negative verification of the belief in its self-sufficiency and a more careful look at the possible resources of non-governmental entities present in this part of the public sphere. Because of the above-mentioned premises, the state must therefore attach particular importance to cooperative cooperation with non-governmental organizations that have alternative to it tools, among which churches and religious associations play a significant role, supplementing its security deficits. The object of the discussion was to present the basis of the methodology that makes it possible to determine their utilitarianism in this area, supported by the question of its scope and applicability in the possible selection of the best of them in terms of supporting the elimination of specific threats. According to the thesis stated by the author, helpful can be the research concepts associated with management sciences, which allow with their procedures to effectively support the security sciences in the creation, based on verifiable empirical parameters, the analysis and evaluation of the title entities in terms of their usefulness for the national security system.