World religions. Islam

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

 

Islam as a political movement.

Emergence and spreading of Islam as a political movement. Causes of its spreading. Islamic radicalism

 

Module 2

National religions. Judaism

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

 

National religions. Hinduism. Taoism

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

 

Confucianism

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

 

Sikhism. Zoroastrianism

Origin and spreading of Sikhism.

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

 

Shinto

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

Peculiarities of religious life in Shinto.

 

Religious sects

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

 

Religious situation in Kazakhstan

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

 

Practical studies.

Module 1

 

Religion and society-

Place of religion in society (essay)