Social service as the ideological basis of social work
https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2025-11-281-291
Abstract
According to the Constitution Russia is a social state, the main purpose of which is to take care of its people. One of the areas of such care is social assistance to those in need. The state social policy should be based on traditional spiritual and moral values. The ideological basis of social work, aimed primarily at the welfare state implementation, has been analyzed. The historical past shows that the ideological basis of social work is born from church social service, which is based on Christian commandments. Church social service and social work, their interrelationships, similarities and differences, current state, and social partnership of the Russian Orthodox Church and the state in helping those in need have been studied. A theoretical analysis of the social service and social work concepts, their basic principles, as well as legal consolidation has been carried out. There is an ideological unity between church social service and state social work and a need for close cooperation between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church in such work.
About the Author
S. E. Titor
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana E. Titor
Cand. Sci. (Jur.), Assoc. Prof. at the Private Law Department
Moscow
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Titor S.E. Social service as the ideological basis of social work. Vestnik Universiteta. 2025;(11):281-291. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2025-11-281-291
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