| ID | 127576 |
| Title Proper | Central Asia |
| Other Title Information | the religious situation and the threat of religious extremism |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Laumulin, Murat |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In Central Asia, religion is gradually coming to the fore in everyday life as a fairly integrated phenomenon with a wide range of functions: consolidation of ethnic self-awareness, shaping spiritual and moral culture together with the awareness of being part of a religious and the world community; fulfilling social functions through religious prescriptions; formulating the ideals of social justice, as well as man's duty to the state and the state's to man, etc.
Some of the functions, however, are internally contradictory: consolidation of the religious community does not always bring society together. In other words, in some cases religion might exacerbate the relations between the state and the religious part of society.
Religious consolidation not infrequently revives old problems and breeds disagreements inside society; conscientious believers often make too rigid demands of the state (which turns them into the opposition), while any encroachments on the religious principle of fairness may stir up protest feelings. |
| `In' analytical Note | Central Asia and the Caucasus Vol. 13, No.1; 2012: p.53-68 |
| Journal Source | Central Asia and the Caucasus Vol. 13, No.1; 2012: p.53-68 |
| Key Words | Central Asia ; World Community ; Religious Extremism ; Social Justice ; Religious Community ; Judaism ; Christianity ; Islam |