Dyusenbaevna Kabidenova, Zhuldyz and Kabdulovna Zhapekova, Gulfairus and Sahibovna Utebaeva, Dinara and Amangeldievna Amirkulova, Zhamyliya and Raihanovna Mussina, Dinara (2020) Religious Conversion Through the Eyes of Women on the Example of the Religious Situation in Kazakhstan. European Journal of Science and Theology, 16 (2). pp. 27-37. ISSN 1842-8517
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The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities of religious conversion and changes in religious consciousness on the example of women living in Kazakhstan. The following methods were used for the study: focus group and individual interview. In the focus group, a group discussion was conducted during which the attitude of the participants to religion and religious activities was clarified. The total number of study participants was ten. It was a homogeneous group of older women. Discussion in the focus group was conducted using the open method. The method of individual interview involves an individual expert review. As a result of the study, the following conclusions were made. The increase in the level of religiosity and religious identification are associated with ethnic origin (if Kazakh, then Muslim, if Russian, then Christian-Orthodox). The participants showed intolerance towards religious conversion. The novelty of the research is associated with the study of the phenomenon of religious conversion, which has undergone a certain historical evolution. The research interest is aroused by Kazakh society with a predominance of traditional Islamic culture, which often rejects religious conversion in relation to its followers. The researchers were interested in the process of transformation from a forcedly atheistic society to a secular society with a free choice of religion. Religious conversion in Kazakhstan led to the transformation of the post-Soviet reality, radically changing it in the form of „conversion of change‟. This formulation of the question allows the authors to apply Western theories of religious conversion to Kazakh reality. The methodological basis of the research includes R. Stark and W.S. Bainbridge's theory of affiliation, as well as L.R. Rambo's model for conversion.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Religious Identity, Women |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Conversion B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues B Mission theology/theory > Persecution B Mission theology/theory > Spirituality D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Asia F Interreligious Dialogue and Witness > Islam |
| Divisions: | Central Asia Central Asia > Kazakhstan |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2021 16:08 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2021 16:08 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2325 |
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