REGULATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS IN THE PRC AND THE RK: AN ATTEMPT AT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

This article sums up the results ob tained by a group of scientists who analyzed different models of the relations between the state and religious confessions using the Republic of Kazakhstan and the People’s Republic of China as examples to conceptualize this sphere of state governance that initially seems to be of a practical scope. Our analysis relies on the following characteristics of a comprehensive approach: a wide range of sources—from legal acts and political declarations to the authors’ personal observations; the means and methods (analysis and synthesis) of a general scientific nature and discussion of individual cases to refer to specific research problems.