Dzutsev Kh.V., Dibirova A.P., Kornienko N.V. Public opinion on the participation of politicians and informal leaders in religious life. In: Russia: the Centre and regions : collection of articles ...

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study of the level of confidence of the population of the NCFD in the demonstration of their religious feelings by officials and their interaction with religious institutions. It also examines the degree of public confidence in informal leaders in their desire to demonstrate their commitment to religion with the help of ethno-religious instruments of influence on the North Caucasian society. The results of the analysis show that the level of trust of the residents of the North Caucasus Federal District to such manifestations by officials and informal leaders is low. The vast majority of the population does not believe in the sincerity of these manifestations. At the same time, the respondents showed more unanimity in the negative answers than in the positive ones. There was no correlation between the respondents ' religious affiliation and their level of trust in politicians and informal leaders. In their assessments, respondents chose less categorical answers (rather, I agree, rather, I disagree). Experts also more often said that the population of their republics is suspicious of the demonstrative display of religiosity by officials, and of the attempts of leaders of informal religious organizations to influence the population by using an ethno-religious tool.