Magistracy
Speciality Code:
7M02203
Speciality Name:
Religious studies
Faculty:
Philosophy and Political Science
Qualification:
- Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Humanities
- Model of graduating student
- Mandatory disciplines
- Elective disciplines
- Professional
1. To determine the nature and specificity of religious problems and analyze the significance of religious phenomena in modern society, as well as the role of religious studies in modern integration processes;
2. Differentiate the stages of development of religious processes according to the main modern concepts of world and Kazakhstan religious studies, their main authors, schools and trends, conceptual differences between them, the main content of theological discussions of modernity;
3. Formulate and solve problems arising in the course of research activities and requires in-depth professional knowledge;
4. To identify the common and the specific in various human concepts developed in ancient, national and world religions, as well as the main paradigms of modern religious anthropology;
5. Choose the necessary research methods, modify existing ones and develop new methods based on the objectives of a specific study.
6. To analyze religious studies, philosophical, socio-political and scientific literature on the basis of a scientific analysis of trends in the social, economic and spiritual development of society;
7. To evaluate, from the standpoint of academic religious studies, the phenomenon of religious experience in various religious traditions;
8. To present the results of the work done in the form of reports, abstracts, articles, designed in accordance with the existing requirements, with the involvement of modern means and editing;
9. To carry out scientific design of various types (research project, scientific article, dissertation, etc.) in the field of history of Kazakhstan and foreign religious studies;
10. Interpret the knowledge of the specific features of religious and religious-philosophical thought of the West and East, religious and secular philosophy, analysis of the sacred texts of world religions;
11. To advise, process and provide materials on religion in the media, in various state organizations, public organizations, commercial and non-profit structures;
12. Participate in the development of scientific projects in the field of religious studies that require education in the relevant direction
2. Differentiate the stages of development of religious processes according to the main modern concepts of world and Kazakhstan religious studies, their main authors, schools and trends, conceptual differences between them, the main content of theological discussions of modernity;
3. Formulate and solve problems arising in the course of research activities and requires in-depth professional knowledge;
4. To identify the common and the specific in various human concepts developed in ancient, national and world religions, as well as the main paradigms of modern religious anthropology;
5. Choose the necessary research methods, modify existing ones and develop new methods based on the objectives of a specific study.
6. To analyze religious studies, philosophical, socio-political and scientific literature on the basis of a scientific analysis of trends in the social, economic and spiritual development of society;
7. To evaluate, from the standpoint of academic religious studies, the phenomenon of religious experience in various religious traditions;
8. To present the results of the work done in the form of reports, abstracts, articles, designed in accordance with the existing requirements, with the involvement of modern means and editing;
9. To carry out scientific design of various types (research project, scientific article, dissertation, etc.) in the field of history of Kazakhstan and foreign religious studies;
10. Interpret the knowledge of the specific features of religious and religious-philosophical thought of the West and East, religious and secular philosophy, analysis of the sacred texts of world religions;
11. To advise, process and provide materials on religion in the media, in various state organizations, public organizations, commercial and non-profit structures;
12. Participate in the development of scientific projects in the field of religious studies that require education in the relevant direction
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Modern Problems of Religious Studies
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline to form the ability of critical thinking in the field of modern religious knowledge. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for understanding the nature of modern religious problems. As a result of studying the discipline the undergraduate will be able to: - analyze and interpret the concepts of theoretical foundations in modern religious studies; - identify the objective reasons for the change of theoretical and methodological paradigms in religious studies; - to substantiate the status of religious studies as a scientific theory and methodology for the knowledge of religion; - to prove the provisions on the internal structural integrity and completeness of religious studies as an autonomous science, consolidating in itself all the knowledge gained by mankind about religion; - apply different methods of analysis and interpretation of religious texts in the research process based on the latest scientific concepts through the assessment of their content, development prospects; - to substantiate the importance of religious studies for the solution of pressing practical issues of spiritual and moral education and the education of the individual and society. Discipline provides the toolkit for the formation of the construction of an updated theoretical and methodological model of modern religious studies, substantiating its subjectness, scientific character, systemic nature, functional integrity and scientific disciplinary independence. In the process of studying this discipline, retrospectives of religious studies, its subject field as a science, problem field of modern religious studies, critical understanding of religious knowledge, trends in the development of religious studies in Kazakhstan will be presented. Principles, methods and objectives of scientific knowledge of religion. Methodological role of philosophy in religious studies. System-holistic approach to the knowledge of religion. Religious studies as a complete independent science.
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Master’s dissertation preparation and defense (MDPaD)
- Number of credits: 12
- Type of control: Master Dissertation
- Description: The main purpose of "The implementation of a Master Thesis": the formation of master students in preparation for the defense of the thesis for the Master in specialty (by industry). During the study of course, master student's should be competent in: 1. demonstrate the progress of solving problems arising in the course of research activities and requiring in-depth professional knowledge; 2. to argue for carrying out theoretical or experimental research within the framework of the tasks, including a mathematical (simulation) experiment; 3. can choose the necessary research methods, modify existing methods and develop new methods, based on the tasks of the specific study; 4. to use foreign languages for independent work on normative sources and scientific literature; 5. formulate the goals and objectives of the dissertation research, determine the scientific novelty and practical significance of the results of research activities; to develop a structurally methodological scheme for performing research.
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Problems of understanding and interpretation of religious texts
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to interpret and analyze texts of diverse content and orientation, as a scientific, philosophical, sacred, etc. As a result of studying the discipline the undergraduate will be able to - highlight the basic stages of text analysis, prove the significance of the ability to analyze sacred text in humanitarian knowledge; - determine the philosophical potential of the sacred texts; - to consider the main approaches to the study of Holy Scripture in religious philosophy; - to comprehend the translation of the Holy Scriptures as a cultural-philosophical problem; - navigate manuscript materials, distinguish between different types of manuscripts; - identify the features of various translations of texts and evaluate their significance in modern linguocultural and theological reflection. The discipline appointment. Discipline provides the formation toolkit to develop a methodology for the consideration of a religious text in terms of the relationship of its content and interpretation. Discipline is aimed at studying: a wide range of theological problems, independent expert activities and guidance of expert and advisory groups. Religious text as a typological phenomenon. Ponte religious text. General characteristics of a religious text. The relationship between the content and interpretation of a religious text. The contents of the religious text. Interpretation of a religious text. Interpretation of religious text.
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Foreign Language (professional)
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is acquisition and improvement of competencies in accordance with the international standards of foreign language education, which allows to use a foreign language as a means of communication with formation of the following competences: communicative (reading, writing, audition, speaking), language (pronunciation, lexicon, grammar), common cultural and interpersonal.
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History and philosophy of science
- Number of credits: 3
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Purpose of the discipline – formation of in-depth understanding of modern philosophy of science as a system of scientific knowledge including the main philosophical and methodological problems. Topics: Worldview bases of science. Functions of science. Emergence and formation of science. Structure and levels of scientific knowledge. Philosophical bases of science and scientific picture of the world. Scientific traditions and scientific revolutions.
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Communication in Modern Confessions
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to interpret interdisciplinary knowledge on the formation of the space of religious communications. As a result of studying the discipline the undergraduate will be able to - compare, compare internal and external communications in religion; - to predict problems caused by a high degree of secularization of modern society; - evaluate communication as a component of social interaction; - explore the process of the formation of the theory of communication in philosophy and social and humanitarian knowledge; - analyze theories and practices of religious communications conducted between religious organizations, society and the state; - identify the criteria of the typology and analyze the main types of communication in modern denominations. Discipline provides the tools for the formation of the analysis of the essence of communication in modern denominations and its role in the process of the functioning and development of society. In the process of studying this discipline, aspects will be presented: religious dialogue; systematization of conceptual and methodological approaches to the processes of modern communication in the framework of modern faiths. Formation of the concept of "communication" in the socio-humanitarian knowledge. Content, structure, communication functions. Social factors changing the nature and role of communication of modern faiths in the modern era. Socio-cultural and concrete historical context of the development of communicative processes. The specificity of communicative processes in the information society. Modern technologies of social communication.
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Methodology of Religious Studies
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of discipline consists in forming a comprehensive understanding of the key problems of the methodology of modern studies of religion. In the result of studying discipline the master student should be able to: - to analyze the devices, meanings and necessity of scientific methodology in the study of religion; - to characterize the classical, nonclassical and postnonclassical scientific methodology; - to identify the main controversial issues of modern methodology of religious studies; - to problematize the basic methods of the study of religions and to discuss their strengths and weaknesses; - to apply basic and special knowledge in the field of mathematical, natural, humanitarian and economic sciences in research activities; - to summarize the data obtained during scientific research and apply it in practice. The discipline appointment. The discipline acquaints master students with the history of the formation and transformation of the methodology of religious studies, with methodological features of the study of religion, with the basic theories, methodological studies of religion. In the process of learning are considered: a system approach as methodology of knowledge of integral objects, conceptual-categorical apparatus of religious studies, the methodological paradigm of the science of religion: theoretical Foundation and practical implementation of the comparative-historical methodology to the study of religion, methodology of theological explanations of religion, methods of psychology of religion, the impact of science on religious perception of the world.
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Organization and planning of scientific research
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to formulate problems for academic research in the media. When studying a course, the analysis of variables for academic research in the media is considered : the construction of hypotheses for academic research. The subject introduces the method of data collection for academic research in the media using rating scales
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Pedagogy of higher education
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to master the fundamentals of the professional and pedagogical culture of a higher schoolteacher, the formation of pedagogical competence, the ability of pedagogical activity in universities and colleges based on the knowledge of the didactics of the higher school, the theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching.
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Psychology of management
- Number of credits: 3
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training for highly qualified specialists on the basis of studying the fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the management sphere in the process of professional development.During the study of the discipline magistrates will learn following aspects: - knowledge of the main directions of modern management. - psychological requirements in business technology and management. - psychological basis of the effectiveness of management activities related to the interaction with people.
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Mediative potential of world religions
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The goal is to develop among graduate students practical abilities to resolve disputes based on cases from practice, in developing the necessary competencies and methods of out-of-court dispute resolution. Upon the successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - to analyze the main stages of the research process, the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of mediation; - to carry out appropriate training, educational, enlightening activities in educational organizations; - to interpret the interpretations of the most important places of the Old Testament from the point of view of the mediation potential of religion; - to work both with the text of the Holy Scriptures and with scientific literature; - to carry out a preliminary analysis of the parties' arguments on topical theological issues with an orientation to the historical context and tradition; - to distinguish facts and opinions, arguments and conclusions in the teachings of religion, formulate on this basis their own conclusions and value judgments. The course forms the ability to find technological solutions to a scientific problem, to distinguish between the definitions of the concepts of “religious conflict” and “religious component. The discipline is aimed at studying: the main ways and methods of resolving conflicts in religious mediation, the institution of mediation in disputes related to religious beliefs, trends in the emergence, development of conflicts with a religious component; explication of conflict as a resource for the development of mediation; analyzing the possibility of mediation in a conflict with a religious component; implementation of mediation procedures in practice. Features of the resolution of inter-religious conflicts with the use of mediation technology.
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Religisioty and religious practices
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to critically evaluate the existing methods of analysis from the philosophical and religious studies of the content, the meaning of religious practices in society, to deconstruct them in the conditions of everyday life. As a result of studying the discipline the undergraduate should be able to: - Identify and describe the basic categories of the religious phenomenon under study through the analysis of their semantic fields: the concept of the “minimal foundation of religion”, the anthropological sources of numinous ideas, the processes of constituting the understanding of the Alien and the Other. analyze the nature of the relations and relationships of various parties, levels and "slices" of the phenomenon under study. - identify criteria for the differentiation of everyday and religious worldviews, outline the boundaries of these two systems and the points of their integration within the framework of religious action; - to identify the specific type of institutionalized religiosity in the conditions of post-modernity. - describe religious action as a basic slice of religious practices; identify the typification and characteristics of religious activities; - consider ritual as a form of institutionalized religious action and a transforming force in the conditions of everyday life. The discipline appointment. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for the study of the basic categories of the religious phenomenon under study through the analysis of their semantic fields: analyze the concept of the “minimal basis of religion”, substantiate the anthropological sources of numinous ideas. Discipline is aimed at studying: the classification of religious practices, the diversity of its manifestations in the modern era, identifying a specific type of institutionalized religiosity in post-modern conditions, criteria for differentiating religiosity, the processes of constituting the understanding of the Alien and the Other, the static and dynamic aspects of religious practices, the classification of religious practices.
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State Legislation on Religion
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of discipline to form the ability to interpret the main provisions of the Legislation on religion of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the norms of international law to ensure religious rights, freedom. On successful completion of this discipline master capable: - to interpret the main provisions of the Legislation of the religion of Kazakhstan, the norms of international law to ensure religious rights and freedoms; - to analyze and categorize legal institutions, principles and functions of human rights in international relations; - to review the basics of religious and legal culture; - to collate and compare the value and the role of religion; to analyze the religious problems; - to systematize the conceptual and methodological approaches of the processes of mass communication based on a set of criteria expressing the logical correctness and scientific culture of the professional thinking of a specialist; - to forecast the development of the processes of drafting legislative norms and acts in accordance with international legal provisions on religion. The discipline is aimed at studying: State and religion. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on religious activities and religious associations. The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. State regulation in the field of religious activity; religions, religious institutions, sects in Kazakhstan. Local executive bodies of oblasts, cities of republican significance and the capital on issues of religious activity and interaction with religious associations. Missionary activity. International relations and contacts of religious faith associations. Creation, state registration, reorganization, liquidation of religious associations.
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State-religious Relations: International and Domestic Experience
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of discipline: is to form the ability to characterize the Kazakh specificity of state-church relations in historical retrospect and modernity, to critically reflect on and develop innovative solutions. On successful completion of this discipline master capable: - use the research methodology on the main models, historical types of state-church relations of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in foreign countries; - determine the most effective areas of state ethno-confessional policy; - evaluate the effectiveness of legislative initiatives and justify the most appropriate draft laws; - carry out legal monitoring aimed at identifying problems in the legal support of the processes of social and confessional development of society; - identify key elements of the relationship of religious teachings and ideas with political and legal concepts; - put into practice the methodology and methodology of integrated research processes based on the integration of various approaches and methods for their implementation from different functional areas; - conduct a science-based legal examination of the activities of public authorities and local government, government agencies, public organizations, information and analytical centers, the media. In the process of studying it, the following are considered: Stages of conducting a religious expert examination. Formation of the database. Sources during the religious studies examination, the history of the development of state-church relations. Models of state-confessional relations in the modern world. International normative legal acts in the field of relations between the state and religious associations. Problems of legal regulation of state-confessional relations. Information reflected in the expert opinion.
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Dialogue of Religions in the Sociocultural and Political Realities
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use the methodology of research strategies, types, elements, meaningful guidelines of interfaith dialogue in modern society in the context of modern scientific concepts. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - to reveal the essence of paradigm shifts in the relationship between politics and religion at the present stage; - identify the main points of intersection of politics and religion; reveal the main political and legal characteristics of the principles of building state-confessional relations; - to offer theoretical parameters of the model of state-confessional relations, their political implications, analysis criteria; - to show the pluralism and variability of forms of state-confessional relations in the countries of Europe and Kazakhstan; -to integrate and critically apply academic theories to research projects; - highlight the specifics of the state religious policy in modern Kazakhstan. Discipline is aimed at studying: experimental methods for analyzing the characteristics of religion, adherence to the principles of tolerance, science and secularism as the main rule of the dialogue of religions, the role of inter-religious dialogue in resolving inter-ethnic conflicts. Politics and religion: change of the reference context, Pluralism of state-confessional relations in modern times, state-confessional relations in Kazakhstan: conceptual foundations and transformation trends.
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Conflict resolution in the professional activity of a religious scholar
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of qualified thinking in the disclosure and examination of the nature and types of the expression of socio-political and other conflicts, to competently work with the technologies of arbitration of the conflict. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - use the research methodology on the main models, historical types of state-church relations of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in foreign countries; - to determine the most effective spheres of the state ethno-confessional policy, confessional; - to characterize Kazakhstan's specificity of state-church relations in a historical retrospective and modern perspective, critically interpreting and demonstrating the development of innovative solutions; - identify key elements of the relationship of religious teachings and ideas with political and legal concepts; - effectively and comprehensively apply the methods of managing interpersonal and group conflict; conflict resolution technologies. When studying the discipline, the following aspects will be revealed: specific, empirical studies of conflicts of a social and religious nature, conflicts of spiritual culture; spiritual sphere of Kazakhstani society, methodology and methods for analyzing conflicts in the spiritual sphere. The problem field of modern conflictological concepts: “conflict model of society”, “positively functional conflict”, “general theory of conflict”, “sources of conflict and conflict theories”. Types of conflicts in the spiritual sphere: value conflict, philosophical conflict, ethical conflict, ideological conflict, conflict of beliefs, conflict of traditions and innovations.
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Methods of Religious Expertise
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of discipline The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the basic principles of conducting a religious expert examination, to use the legislative base for conducting a religious expert examination. Upon the successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - - interpret the main provisions of the religious expert examination in the legislation on religion and religious activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the legal norms of international law; - identify and justify their own understanding of the key elements of the problems of religious studies, philosophical, socio-political and scientific literature; - assess the legal framework for conducting religious studies expertise; - analyze expert opinions in court cases, master the methods of conducting religious expert examination; - monitor materials for their attributive qualities, as well as cultural religious semantics. - use the means of expertise and related techniques in professional activities. The discipline is aimed at studying: the main provisions of regulatory legal acts governing the conduct of state religious studies examination. Expert status and specialist status. Normative legal acts regulating the activities of an expert and specialist. Rights and obligations of an expert and specialist. Expert opinion, examination of religious information materials, features and specifics of examinations of constituent documents, examination of religious educational programs, examination of religious topics in the media.
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Main Issues of Modern Sociology and Psychology of Religion
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the capacity for independent analysis of social and psychological patterns of the emergence, development and functioning of religious phenomena. On successful completion of this discipline master capable: - to carry out research activities, develop ideas, create projects, generalize and analyze their own points of view; - to interpret the basic sociological and psychological theories of religion, the social functions of religion; - to contextualize religious consciousness, religious activity, religious relations, religious organizations: church, sect, denomination, cult; - to identify key elements in the relationship of religion and economy in sociology, the psychology of religion in the system of religious studies; - to independently analyze the social and psychological patterns of the emergence, development and functioning of religious phenomena. In the process of studying this discipline deals with: analysis of major sociological and psychological theories of religion, social functions of religion, a synthesis of the religious consciousness, religious activities, religious attitudes, religious organizations: Church, sect, denomination, cult; the relationship of religion and economy to sociology, psychology of religion in religious studies, faith as a psychological state, the concept of modern religion, cultural dimension of contemporary religion, comparative-historical research within the study of religion, the problem field: the phenomenology of religion and theology.
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Religious education: trends and prospects)
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to interpret the specifics of religious education in the modern world, its key trends and major perspectives. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - summarize and analyze the theoretical - methodological approaches to the study of secular and religious education; - identify the distinctive features of secular, religious and religious studies education; - analyze the legal framework governing the interaction of secular and religious educational institutions; - to substantiate possible ways of interaction between educational institutions of religions and the state in modern Kazakhstan; - to determine the main trends in the development of modern state and church policies in the field of education; The discipline appointment. The training course forms the ability to use professional knowledge in the field of religious education, to identify and predict its trends and prospects. Discipline is aimed at studying: the main theoretical approaches to religious education, the relationship of religious and secular principles in the process of the formation of Kazakhstan’s religious education, modern trends in world religious education. On the nature and specifics of religious studies and religious education in public and private educational institutions of Kazakhstan.
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The religious factor in international relations
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to critically evaluate the content of creeds, religious cults, ceremonies, rituals, the role and place of religion in the culture and life of society. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - monitor the dynamics of the main characteristics of the international security environment and the understanding of their impact on the national security of Kazakhstan; - to separate the main forms of religions from their radical and extremist branches; - critically evaluate the activities of international organizations and individual countries, including Kazakhstan, aimed at resolving religious conflicts; - assess the feasibility and effectiveness of certain measures to prevent or overcome specific interfaith conflicts; - develop innovative approaches to solving complex research problems in the field of international relations; - take into account the religious factor in professional activities. When studying the discipline, the following aspects will be revealed: the dynamics of the main characteristics of the international security environment, an understanding of their impact on national security, representatives of all faiths, the solution of scientific problems in new, unfamiliar contexts. Religious factor in the process of formation of the state. Interfaith conflicts of the modern world. Characteristic features of conflicts in the post-bipolar era.
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Religion and Science: History and Modernity
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to contextualize and interpret new information using these classifications of principles. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - select relevant data from a variety of sources, develop multiple research strategies; - to substantiate the possibility of studying the relationship of religion and science as cognitive practices; - to analyze the specifics of the influence of theology and religious philosophy on the genesis of science; - identify the epistemological and social aspects of the conflict of science and religion; - to apply different methods of analysis and interpretation of religious texts in the research process based on the latest scientific concepts through the assessment of their content, development prospects; - Develop a theoretical model of a new image of science based on the convergence of religion and science. The discipline appointment. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for the philosophical reconstruction of the cultural-historical dynamics of the correlation of the cognitive practices of religion and science. Discipline is aimed at studying: reformatting the foundations of science and the values of religion, the general classification of sciences and theological features in humanities, the origins of the problem of cognitive convergence and divergence of religion and rational knowledge, theology and science, epistemological foundations of science in medieval culture, religious, philosophical and anthropological foundations religions, arguments in favor of substantiating the idea of the possibility of convergence of religion and science in philosophical and scientific discourses, ways and means of resolving conf likta religion and science.
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Secularity and Religiosity in modern Kazakhstan
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the conditions, the process of formation and development of the principles of secularism in the public consciousness, the promotion of socially significant secular values. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - show the diversity of approaches to the understanding of a secular state, pluralism of views and opinions on this issue and compare them with each other; - to characterize the constitutional right to freedom of conscience, its constituent elements as one of the requirements of the secularity of the state; - consider possible options for interaction between the state and religious associations and determine the most appropriate model of state-confessional relations; - determine the content of the constitutional principle of secularism in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government; - to investigate the state of the current legislation, enshrining the secular nature of the state, to develop proposals for its improvement. The discipline appointment. The training course forms the ability to formulate the Kazakhstan concept of secularism through the study of various state concepts and models of secularity, taking into account the insider national cultural characteristics and trends in the development of the religious situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Discipline is aimed at studying: the stages of the formation of a secular state in Kazakhstan, the conceptual foundations of secularism and religiosity, the concept, types and principles of secularism in modern society. The main trends and directions of the development of the religious situation at the global level, the international policy in the sphere of freedom of religious faith, as well as the influence of these factors on the internal religious situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan at the present stage.
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Modern religious processes
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply different methods of analysis and interpretation of socio-philosophical research of religious processes, especially the evolution of religions, religiosity, secularization, religious modernism and fundamentalism in the research process. As a result of the study of the discipline undergraduate should be able to: - develop principles of dialogue between religious and non-religious worldviews; - to reveal the peculiarities of the experience formed by religious processes in the conditions of modern, changing post-industrial society; - to define modern religious processes and their specificity in modern society; - to identify the main trends of religious processes dominating in the scientific and public space; - select relevant data from a number of sources, develop multiple research strategies; - resist any kind of discrimination, extremism; - to explicate the socio-philosophical, theoretical,methodological and ideological foundations of the study of modern religious processes. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of the study in the diversity of aspects, levels and trends of discussion of religious processes in modern Kazakhstan. The discipline is aimed at studying: the main directions of optimization of interreligious dialogue in maintaining stability. Relations with the public, with authorities, interaction with other faiths and religious organizations. Categorical, dogmatic apparatus and rite components to modern trends and needs of social practice. The General principles of the components of religious processes, their correlation and interdependence, depending on the consideration of religious features, due to the differences of the religious organizations in question.
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Social problems in religious teachings
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to critically evaluate social teachings and the social activities of religions and new religious associations in Kazakhstan. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - critically evaluate the social teachings and social activities of religions of religious associations in Kazakhstan; - integrate the knowledge gained into the practice of professional activity. - analyze and critically evaluate the contents of dogmas, religious cults, rituals, rituals, the role and place of religion in the culture and life of society; - to carry out comparative discourse in relation to religious reality. - explain the practical significance of religious studies comparativistics. The discipline appointment. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis to integrate the knowledge gained into the practice of professional activity. Discipline is aimed at studying: contemporary problems of religion, religious situation in society, analyzing the role and place of religious teachings in the modern world. Organizational parameters of religion. Typology of religious communities: confessions, churches, denominations, sects. Social functions of religion. Models of social organization and social projects in religious teachings, social orientations of NSD, common in modern Kazakhstan.
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Comparative Religious Studies as a Dialogue between East and West
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use the methods and concepts of comparative religious studies in the context of the dialogue of the East and the West, their basic value systems in their unity and difference. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - to identify the basic characteristics of knowledge and belief in the comparativistics of East and West concepts; - to conduct a meaningful analysis of the concepts of comparative religious studies from the Middle Ages to the present; - apply modern concepts of multiline socio-cultural development to the analysis of the dialogue between the East and the West in temporary deployment; - to reveal the theoretical implications of the dialogue of knowledge and faith in modern philosophy; - to substantiate the assumption that the dialogue of cultures at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries is associated with the crucial processes in the East and the West in the modern era. The discipline appointment. The training course forms the ability to summarize and critically comprehend what has already been done by researchers in various fields of knowledge in the field of studying religion and to trace the contacts and specific features of the dialogue between the West and the East. Discipline is aimed at studying: conceptual concepts of comparative religion, value categories of East and West, Holy Scripture as a category of comparative religion, concept of the East in modern science. Ancient heritage and philosophical and theological discourse of the Islamic and Christian Middle Ages. The dialectic of knowledge and faith as a theoretical basis for interfaith harmony in independent Kazakhstan.
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Philosophy of Religion of XX Century
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of discipline: to form the ability to interpret the basic philosophical texts, regulations, generalize the presented arguments within the largest traditions of the conceptualization of religion. On successful completion of this discipline master capable: - demonstrate understanding of the main directions of the philosophy of the twentieth century and determine its impact on modern philosophy; - to interpret the main philosophical texts and regulations and summarize the arguments presented; - to analyze the concept of religion in "philosophy of culture" and in such of its aspects as a philosophy of myth, philosophy of life, philosophical anthropology, phenomenon, hermeneutics, theory of religion in the various philosophical schools; - to assess the specificity of religious metaphysics, ontology and epistemology; - to select relevant data from a number of sources, develop multiple research strategies; - to systematize the main stages of development of philosophy of religion and the circle of actual and priority problems of the philosophy of religion, reflecting the history of the development of the world culture and civilization. Discipline will provide a study of the development of philosophy of religion and the circle of actual and priority problems of the philosophy of religion, reflecting the history of the development of the world culture and civilization. In the process of learning are considered: the concept of religion in "philosophy of culture", "religious experience," in philosophical and religious understanding, philosophy of religion and the philosophy of psychoanalysis, philosophy of religion and phenomenology of religion, a theological analysis of religious language, religion and the philosophy of existentialism, personalism, postmodernism.
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The Phenomenon of Sacral and Kazakh Religious thought
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use the methodology of research analysis and positions that evaluate the features and place of the Kazakh religious philosophy in the context of various areas of modern esotericism. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - to identify the main approaches to the sacred, developed by the humanitarian thought of the XIX-XX centuries; - show the relationship between the process of sacralization of certain social areas and the functioning of social institutions; - explain the main features of the phenomenon of the sacred in the modern secular society and their connection with the development of values for the members of this society; - to outline the main range of functions of the sacred in the Kazakh culture; - academic interpretation of historical sources; - to interpret the relationship of the sacred with the Kazakh culture, taking into account the dialectic of the opposition “sacred-profane”. The discipline appointment. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of the socio-philosophical understanding of the process of formation and development of values accepted by society as sacred and, based on this analysis, form the concept of the sacred as belonging to the absolute. Discipline is aimed at studying: experimental methods for analyzing the features of the phenomenon of the sacred in modern secular society and their connection with the development of value orientations among members of society. Phenomenology of the sacred: experience of the study, Holy: the individual being sacred, Sacred in the system of criticism.
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Philosophical Discourse in Judaism, Christianity, Islam
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use the methodology of the study of philosophical discourse in Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam in the context of various areas of modern religious studies. Upon successful completion of this discipline, the master is able to: - determine the institutional-personal status of the discourse of religious communication; - analyze the nominations of agents, clients and topos in the discourse under consideration; - establish the types of strategies of philosophical discourse in religions; - to reveal the features of the implementation of the strategies of philosophical discourse in Judaism, Christianity, Islam; - to apply analytical methods for processing the achieved results; - to identify the main specifics of philosophical discourse in Judaism, Christianity, Islam. The discipline appointment. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for systematization, classification of philosophical discourse in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Discipline is aimed at studying: experimental methods for analyzing the philosophical understanding of religion, the philosophical reading of a religious cult, religious consciousness, religious behavior, personality and divine discourse in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The content of the concept of “philosophical religious discourse”, its scope and specificity in the context of the socio-historical evolution of religious institutions, the social context in which the prerequisites for the formation of competitive religious discourses on the material of Judaism, Christianity, Islam arise.
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Dissertation Writing
- Type of control: Защита НИР
- Description:
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Research Seminar III
- Type of control: Защита НИР
- Description:
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Scientific Internship
- Type of control: Защита НИР
- Description: The main purpose of "Scientific Internship": is the formation in the students of the ability to independently conduct research and development in the professional sphere using modern research methods and information and communication technologies on the basis of a foreign university. During the study of course, student should be competent in: - to substantiate the fundamentals of the methodology for performing scientific research, planning and organizing a scientific experiment, processing scientific data; - to argue methods of solving research and practical problems, including in interdisciplinary areas; - can analyze alternative solutions to research and practical problems and assess the potential benefits of implementing these options; - apply theoretical knowledge on methods of collecting, storing, processing and transmitting information using modern computer technologies; - choose the methods of presentation and methods of information transfer for different contingents of listeners.
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Research Seminar I
- Type of control: Защита НИР
- Description: Upon successful completion of this module, undergraduates should be able to: 1.To carry out an analytical review of the scientific literature on the subject of undergraduate scientific research; 2. To substantiate and formulate the relevance, theoretical and practical significance of the chosen topic of scientific research; 3. To apply modern methods of data analysis and processing, information technology and software products related to the research topic; 4. To acquire the skills of independent research work, as well as work as part of research teams; 5. To critically evaluate the results of their own scientific research, identify scientific priorities and formulate relevant scientific problems and problems on the topic of their research; 6. To present the results of the research in various forms of oral and written activities (presentation, abstract, analytical review, critical review, report, report, presentation, scientific article of a review, research and analytical nature, etc.); 7. To realize the provision of a direct connection of the research work with the dissertation; 8. To publish articles on the results of the research in domestic and foreign scientific journals.
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Research Seminar II
- Type of control: Защита НИР
- Description: Upon successful completion of this module, undergraduates should be able to: 1.To carry out an analytical review of the scientific literature on the subject of undergraduate scientific research; 2. To substantiate and formulate the relevance, theoretical and practical significance of the chosen topic of scientific research; 3. To apply modern methods of data analysis and processing, information technology and software products related to the research topic; 4. To acquire the skills of independent research work, as well as work as part of research teams; 5. To critically evaluate the results of their own scientific research, identify scientific priorities and formulate relevant scientific problems and problems on the topic of their research; 6. To present the results of the research in various forms of oral and written activities (presentation, abstract, analytical review, critical review, report, report, presentation, scientific article of a review, research and analytical nature, etc.); 7. To realize the provision of a direct connection of the research work with the dissertation; 8. To publish articles on the results of the research in domestic and foreign scientific journals.
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Research practice
- Type of control: Защита практики
- Description: Рurpose of practice: to develop the ability of theoretical generalization and practical research of data for creation of an original research portfolio of scientific work based on methods of planning, organization of research activities, application of scientific methods of studying objects and analytical system of their forecasting. During the study of practice, doctoral students should be competent in: - critically evaluating the scientific literature on the subject of scientific research in the field of fundamental and applied marketing; - formulating actual scientific problems, directions, hypotheses of research, including interdisciplinary ones, within the framework of own scientific-experimental and managerial activities; - plan and organize research activities: collection, processing and analysis of the main technical and economic, financial, marketing, statistical and empirical data, using a modern analytical system to develop strategic and forecast solutions for the development of the research object; - evaluate the validity of methods used in scientific research on marketing issues; - carry out scientific experiments to study the market potential, competitive advantages, consumer behavior, innovative development and correctly analyze their results; - creating research products both independently and as a part of research teams on the basis of observance of scientific ethics, correlating own scientific interests with public needs; - broadcasting their own results of research in the field of marketing to a wide range of specialists in the relevant field, also in an audience that does not have the appropriate training.
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Research practice
- Type of control: [RK1+MT1+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Рurpose of practice: to develop the ability of theoretical generalization and practical research of data for creation of an original research portfolio of scientific work based on methods of planning, organization of research activities, application of scientific methods of studying objects and analytical system of their forecasting. During the study of practice, doctoral students should be competent in: - critically evaluating the scientific literature on the subject of scientific research in the field of fundamental and applied marketing; - formulating actual scientific problems, directions, hypotheses of research, including interdisciplinary ones, within the framework of own scientific-experimental and managerial activities; - plan and organize research activities: collection, processing and analysis of the main technical and economic, financial, marketing, statistical and empirical data, using a modern analytical system to develop strategic and forecast solutions for the development of the research object; - evaluate the validity of methods used in scientific research on marketing issues; - carry out scientific experiments to study the market potential, competitive advantages, consumer behavior, innovative development and correctly analyze their results; - creating research products both independently and as a part of research teams on the basis of observance of scientific ethics, correlating own scientific interests with public needs; - broadcasting their own results of research in the field of marketing to a wide range of specialists in the relevant field, also in an audience that does not have the appropriate training.
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Teaching Internship
- Type of control: Защита практики
- Description: Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies. During the study of course, masters should be competent in: 1. develop the taught discipline in an amount sufficient for the analytical assessment, selection and implementation of the module of the academic discipline, taking into account the level of preparedness of students, their needs, as well as the requirements of the State Educational Establishment of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 2. to develop the specifics of the organization and conduct of various types of classes in higher educational institutions (lecture, seminar, laboratory and practical); 3. apply the basic means of assessing students' academic achievements; 4. analyze the educational and methodological literature and use it to build your own presentation of program material; 5. prepare plans for seminars, practical classes, laboratory work in accordance with established methodological and methodological approaches. During the study of the discipline masters will learn following aspects: Acquaintance with the goals, objectives and content of teaching practice; drawing up of the schedule of consultations, kinds of the reporting and terms of their granting. Harmonization of the individual plan of the scientific and pedagogical practice of the undergraduate. Implementation of educational-methodical tasks coordinated with the head of practice. Visiting and analyzing the training sessions conducted by the teachers of the department. Acquaintance with the organization of scientific, methodical and educational work (plans, normative documents regulating the pedagogical process) at the faculty / at the university and the department. Development (at least 10 lessons) and conducting classes with students. Carrying out activities on the designated activities (scientific and methodological seminars, conferences, scientific circles, educational events). Preparation of an article of a scientific and methodical nature. Drawing up a report on scientific and pedagogical practice.
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Publication in the Proceedings of International Conferences
- Type of control: Защита НИР
- Description: The main purpose of "Publication in the Proceedings of International Conferences": is the formation of master candidates in the possibility of presenting the results of research work to the scientific community, receiving feedback, and exchanging experience in the field of professional activity. During the study of course, master student's should be competent in: 1. demonstrate current trends in scientific research; 2. to argue the annotated results of research in scientific journals, materials of international conferences and symposia; 3. they can apply new, scientifically grounded, theoretical or experimental results that allow solving a theoretical and applied problem; 4. analyze scientific results, the data of their colleagues and opponents in the sphere of the chosen professional activity; 5. generate ideas for the use of proposed developments in scientific research of the professional field of activity.