L7. World religions. Islam

Foundation and spread of Islam. Islam doctrine. Main dogmas of Islam.

 

 

Module 2

L8. National religions. Judaism

Emergence of Judaism. Its teaching. Its doctrine. Talmud. Kabbala. Zionism.

L9. National religions. Hinduism. Taoism

Emergence of Hinduism (Brahmanism and Jainism). Main directions of Hinduism (Vishnuism, Shivaism)

L10. Confucianism

Emergence of Confucianism. Its teaching. Hierarchy in Confucianism. Impact of Confucianism on political life.

L11. Sikhism. Zoroastrianism

Origin and spreading of Sikhism.

Impact of Sikhism ideas on political life (India). Spreading of Zoroastrianism

L12. Shinto

Origin of Shinto. Merging of Buddhism and Shinto. Trends in Shinto.

Peculiarities of religious life in Shinto.

L13.Religious non-traditional organozations

Crisis of the traditional forms of religious conciseness at the second half of the XX century. Emergence and spreading of non- traditional cults

L14-15.Religious situation in Kazakhstan

Major religions in Kazakhstan. Religious groups. State policy in religious questions

 

Practical studies (P)

Module 1

 

P1. History of religion origination

1.Causes of religions originations

2.Theories of religions

3,Functions of religions in society

 

P2. Religious views in primitive society

1.Fetishism.

2.Magic.

3.Totemism. Animism