Hrynkiv M. The influence of religious organizations on the political process in Ukraine.

This research focuses on the influence of religious organizations in the political process in Ukraine. The thesis reveals the factors affecting religious organizations in the political process. The influence of religious organizations in the political process by analyzing the socio-political intentionality of communication environment, which manifests itself in the content non-institutional and institutional forms of influence. It turns importance of social capital organically inherent religious organizations and enables the integration of people and associations around the current problems in society, including political. We consider forms of basic forms and the impact of religious organizations in the political process in Ukraine is divided into direct and indirect. The paper singled out the basic means of influence of religious organizations in the political process. The study analyzed the activity of religious organizations in modern conditions (political crisis), and the possibility of their influence on political decisions. The activity of religious organizations aimed at influencing specific policy decisions through letters, appeals, communiqués, statements, interviews, commentaries, work in workshops, panels, round tables and so on.