The role of religion in social processes, the interaction between the state and civil society is analyzed on the example of Russia during the Civil War and the Republic of South Africa in the era of the National Party. Special attention is paid to mechanisms of political influence of religious institutions on internal environment both in conditions of political collapse and in case of external interference, and attempts to destabilize a properly functioning political system.
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