Religious Ngo And National Security

Religion has long been recognized as one factor,among many,relevant to discussions of security and warmaking,yet religious NGOs,or faith-based organizations'influence on international security and conflict has always been neglect. The faith-based organization(FBOs), which is opposed to a commercial, governmental, or private secular organization,is to a significant degree religious in nature, as FBO leaders and political acitivitists use the power inherent in religious ideology to enhance community coherence that is opposed to the nation's mainline identity,or to challenge the legitimacy of the regime,there is potential for devastation and destruction.In recent years, the world has witnessed the phenomenal growth of NGOs and within the NGOs,the proliferation of faith-based NGOs,it has brought aboutHowever,the faith-based organization should not always be assumed as a destabilization factor,it rather constitute the most active and main component of global civil society. In many countries, faith-based organizations play an indispensable role in social welfare and humanitarian relief work. Since at a given moment any two religious actors might reach diametrically opposed conclusions about the will of God and the path to follow,the faith-based organizations'impact on national security is uncertain,religious organizations can adapt to their environment without eroding continuity with the sacred past because the past is capacious, it is the enviroment that decides the operation of FBOs,since faith-based organizations are sensitive to social unrest and policy changes,FBOs may become authoritarian and conservative under force press, even military.The organization behavior theory suggest that instead of asking how religious institutions are different from secular ones,one can ask whats is share in common.Instead of asking what impact do FBOs make on national security, one can ask how do they influence each other during the interaction.The paper tries to investigate the relation between religious and politics in socialist state, I choose the ex-socialist countries in Eastern Europe and modern China as cases, because both of their religion policies have been deeply affected by "soviet model".The experience of the Eastern Europe could be a lession for China:the normalization of relations between state and religion is significant for the state security, and it calls for clear and difinite laws and regulations relates to faith-based organization.