Religious Values and Secularism: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations and the Synthesis Model of Jadidism
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21551582Keywords:
religious values, axiology, secularism, laïcité, secularity, Jadidism, social integration, enlightenment, sociology of religionAbstract
The article analyses the theoretical and methodological foundations of the concepts of religious values and secularism from a socio-philosophical and sociological point of view. On the basis of the teachings of M. Eliade, E. Durkheim and M. Weber, the social functions of religious values are revealed; two historical models of secularism (radical laïcité and tolerant secularity) are compared. The Jadid movement in Central Asia is substantiated as a distinctive synthesis model that harmonised religion and secular enlightenment.
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