Islam as moral education: madrasa courses and contestation of the secular in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

In this paper, based on fieldwork in a small town in post-Soviet Tatarstan, Russia, I explore the dynamics of religious life in a rural community, highlighting the ways religious and secular education interact with and reinforce each other, contributing to the processes of religious revival in this...

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Main Author: Müller-Suleymanova, Dilyara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2015]
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2015, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-167
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tatarstan / Secularism / Madrasa / Islam / Value ethics
Further subjects:B Madrasa
B Morality
B Public education
B religious transmission
B post-Soviet Islam
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Summary:In this paper, based on fieldwork in a small town in post-Soviet Tatarstan, Russia, I explore the dynamics of religious life in a rural community, highlighting the ways religious and secular education interact with and reinforce each other, contributing to the processes of religious revival in this community. Soviet ideas and practices of moral education as well as post-Soviet concerns about morality constitute the common ground that brings secular and religious together. Adhering to the Soviet idea that society is responsible for the moral education of its young people, local schoolteachers use Islam as a source of moral values and disciplining practices to bring up the younger generation, affected by post-Soviet transformations. Teachers increasingly rely on Islamic ethics in the moral upbringing of schoolchildren that effectively challenges the separation between secular and religious education. Religion acquires growing significance as a process of moral edification and discipline.
ISSN:1465-3974
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2015.1056639