RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN KAZAKHSTAN: POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND RISK FACTORS
Abstract
The Soviet Union and the communist ideology collapsed leaving a spiritual void in their place to be filled with new public, political, and cultural realities that boosted national awareness and brought about new spiritual values. Post-Soviet society turned to religious values and traditions. Kazakhstan, as part of the post-Soviet world, has had its share of these developments:
Today, the local people’s increased religious self-awareness amazes no one. Part of Kazakhstani society not only identifies itself by its religious affiliation, but it is also adjusting its way of life according to religious norms and values.
The religious situation in the republic, how-ever, cannot be described as simple: there are both positive and negative results of the people’s in-creased religiosity, active involvement of foreign missionaries preaching religions previously absent in the region, as well as the liberal nature of republican legislation. To identify all possible negative developments in the republic’s religious spheres, we should trace the origins of the present situation and look into possible repercussions.
his alone will allow us to describe the nature of the present potential of religious conflicts in Kazakhstan.
Here I have set myself the task of identifying the potential of religious conflicts in our re-public and probing into the risk factors in the development of the religious situation in Kazakhstan.
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