Key aspects of the Kazakh religious identityстатья
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Аннотация:This article is devoted to the study of some aspects of religiosity of modern Kazakhs, theissue of religious identity. The fundamental difference between the level of declaredreligiosity and the activity of religious life in practice has been revealed. It is emphasizedthat the formal recognition of the axiom of monotheism and preservation of polytheismin practice is the most important feature of the Kazakh folk Islam. Throughout the wholeKazakh history, a mixed type of beliefs, where the Islamic stipulations prevailed, wasabsolutely dominant among the Kazakhs. The Kazakh religious identity is a symbiosis ofpre-Islamic and Islamic beliefs and atheistic traditions of Soviet times. Most Kazakhbeliefs, ceremonials, customs and legal regulations were adapted to the canons of Islamwithout the forcible change of habitual concepts. It is noted that at present mostlypatriarchal traditions of nomadic society, the deepest layers of traditional culture takeplace in the modern Kazakh society, especially among habitants of rural areas, who areless subject to the processes of urbanization. It is concluded that the process of activesubstitution of folk customs, oral traditions could eventually lead to the levelling of anindividual, constriction of the spiritual horizons and opportunities for the ethnic andcultural progress in general. The role of religious identity, an important factor for thesustainable and harmonious development of any traditional society, including themodern society, has been actualized