History of interfaith relations in the northern region of Kazakhstan
New religious movements and youth
The situation of the clergy of the Norhern region of Kazakhstan in the ХІХ-ХХ centuries.
The situation of the clergy of the Norhern region of Kazakhstan in the ХІХ-ХХ centuries.
Yassawi Study
History of religious and spiritual enlightenmen in Kazakhstan in the ХІХ-ХХ centuries.
The Phenomenology of Religion
Religion and traditions
Traditions of the Nahuan Hazret Religious School
Culture of the Kazakh people and the values of Islam
Psychology of religion
History of Christianity
Sociology religions
The Basics of Catholic Faith
Islamic Anthropology
History of the Orthodox Church
Tassawwuf
Christian Mystics
Islamic philosophy
Islamic art
Religious philosophy
Ethics in Islam
Stat einter-confessional relations
Psychology of Religious Radicalism
Kalam
Theological rehabilitation
Islamic Mazhabs
Theologically communication
Kazakh religious tradition based on Hanafilik and Maturidi
History of Protestantism
Turkic Islamic History
History of the Catholic Church
Learning outcomes and competencies
Demonstrate basic knowledge in the field of socio-humanitarian, natural science disciplines that contribute to the formation of a harmonious personality with a broad outlook, a high culture of thinking, tolerance and humanism.
Know the rules of reading religious texts, analyze religious and philosophical texts and works, apply communication skills in the state and foreign languages for further self-education and self-improvement, professional communication, constructive communication with representatives of various social groups, ethnic groups and religions in the conditions of cultural diversity of society.
Know the methods of scientific research and academic writing and apply them in the field under study;
Be able to compare the history of religion and religious movements, know religious-theological and historical-scientific concepts; possess methods of studying Islamic teachings, sources of religion, distinguish between traditional and non-traditional religions, have the skills of theological analysis based on religious principles;
Carry out cultural and educational work in the field of religious relations; possess the skills of organizing scientific research and professional activities, as well as managing them; be able to determine the state of interfaith and other public relations, their interaction; state state policy in the field of religion.
To know the commentaries on the holy scriptures of the Torah, Bible, Zabur, Koran; to know the methodology of reading, analyzing and interpreting the Koran from ancient times to the present day; to be able to compose oral and written texts, interpret the basics of hadith, kalam, Islamic law.
Possess the skills of intercultural and interfaith communication with various – religious and secular – representatives of society, express and defend their views on modern religious and theological issues;
Be able to analyze the processes of interethnic and interreligious relations in various regions of Kazakhstan, as well as the conditions of changes in the religious life of ethnic groups and confessions.
Be able to explain the features of traditional Kazakh cultural and Islamic values, have in-depth knowledge on religious and national traditions of the Kazakh people
To know about the life and activities of religious and spiritual leaders, to have objective ideas about traditional and non-traditional religions of the northern region of Kazakhstan, to know the general history of the Turkic-Muslim peoples.