The image and social experience of religious charity in Kazakhstan

Abstract

In this article, the subjects of charity, charity events for the care of low-income families, individuals, children were demonstrated:on the part of the state, on the part of religious organizations, on the part of individuals. The material forms of the charity event were classified: the provision of financial assistance, food assistance. Assistance has been provided to ordinary people to each other; assistance provided regardless of whether the financial situation is low or good, the performance of good deeds through gifts to each other by a religious collective community, the help of patrons to the universal. Ways of expressing spiritual help or psychological support were suggested:spiritual compensation through the word, the pragmatic influence of communication, the expansion of the inner spiritual world of a person, a media corps that reconciles both sides, spiritual counseling in various misunderstandings, the provision of free knowledge and advice. The formats of required donations were proposed: requirements imposed by the state, imperatives structured according to religious conditions, actions focused on satisfying the inner spiritual soul. The basics of charity in the inner spiritual world of a person were analyzed: donations made without a measure of will, persons appointed to charity who do not think about charity. The faces of quasi-benefactors were classified: those who have little intentions just to "celebrate", those who are waiting to return to me, those who live by calculation, make a donation and say that they will return it several times later, those who will show a small, insignificant help, to look benevolent, benevolent, benevolent and increase their ranks deceived proselytism.

Keywords: religious charity, subjects, virtue, Islam, spirituality