DOI: 10.25136/2409-7144.2017.10.24330

Abstract: This article deals with the problems of establishment and evolution of civil society at the present stage. The author gives definitions to the religious organizations and civil society, indicates the role and place of confessions in its structure, as well as underlines the problems in building the effective system of state-confessional relations. The author leans on the message about the need for developing and strengthening the dialogue between the state and religious organizations, which are an integral part of civil society. The article touches upon the question of legal grounds of the state-confessional relations, as well as substantiates the necessity of bringing to the legal field of the various confessions, religious unions and formations. The place and role of the religious organizations as social institutions in the process of establishment of civil society are analyzed. In this context, the author considers its essence alongside peculiarities of interaction between the religious organizations of social institutions in modern conditions. The relevance of the topic at hand is justified by the current changes taking place in the community and social life in the post-Soviet space, establishment and development of civil society, as well as the need for determining the place of religious organizations in its structure.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0684.2017.6.23257

Abstract: Rapid modernization of Kazakhstan’s society at the brink of the XX – XXI centuries became the cause for the unique “religious renaissance”. However, the spiritual revival highlighted the issues, which have never been faced before. The article examines the peculiarities of religious revival in the Republic of Kazakhstan over the period of 1990’s – 2000’s. An attempt is made to analyze the reasons of large-scale desecularization, unprecedented growth of the supporters of one or another confessions (including the new religious movements), as well as identify the challenges of statehood in this regards. Attention is also given to the question of impact of the government executive authorities upon confessions in the context of the declared separation from of church from the state, as well as the implemented measures by the authorities pertaining to the establishment of the system of state-confessional relations under the conditions of dynamic expansion of religiosity of population and broad polycultural field.

DOI: 10.25136/1339-3057.2017.3.23464

Abstract:   The rapid modernization of Kazakhstani society at the turn of the XX and XXI centuries became the cause for the unique “religious renaissance”. However, the spiritual resurgence emphasized the issues that Kazakhstan had not faced before. The article examines the peculiarities of the resurgence of religiosity in the Republic of Kazakhstan during the period of 1990-2000’s , attempts to analyze the reasons of extensive desecularization, unprecedented increase in the amount of followers of one or another confessions (including the new religious movements), as well as identify the challenges of statehood in this regard. The use of comparative method alongside the empirical and theoretical analysis, allows clarifying relatively to the phenomenon of high dynamic of the resurgence of religiosity, considering such incidents as the civic religiosity and construction of religiosity. The attention is also given to the problem of impact of the competent government authorities upon the confessions in the context of the declared separation of church and state, as well as measures taken by the government to establish the system of state-confessional relations that is able to counter the current challenges, under the circumstances of growing religiosity of population and broad polycultural field.