Open AccessPoliticization of Religion in Theoretical and Terminological Understanding
Author(s) -
М. Х. Абдуллаев
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rossiâ i mir: naučnyj dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2782-3067
DOI - 10.53658/rw2021-1-1-27-40
Subject(s) - politics , ideology , faith , epistemology , sociology , order (exchange) , field (mathematics) , political science , social science , law , philosophy , mathematics , finance , pure mathematics , economics
The article is devoted to an actual interdisciplinary problem at the intersection of political science and religious studies – the discourse of the political in religion, the politicization of religion, the artificial transfer of purely spiritual values, phenomena and categories into the political field in order to use religion for political purposes. The author considers the problem from two angles: (1) the politicization of religion for mercenary purposes and (2) the clergy’s political activity based on a deliberately politicized religious teaching that has a strong political platform (ideology) at its core. This study is purely theoretical, and nevertheless the author undertakes a number of empirical digressions in order to demonstrate how the politicization of religion manifests itself in the socio-political sphere of human life. Thus, the main problem of the study should be designated as a theoretical understanding and disclosure of the practical significance (i.e., risks and effects) of the religion politicization’s negativity and how it could effect on religious groups. The article identifies the objective factors of the mutual influence of religion and politics, the presence of strong political origins in a number of creeds, and the rich historical experience of the political role of faith in society.