The article analyzes the presence of features of monotheistic religions in Tengrism as an archaic religion of the Turkic-Mongolian peoples. The characteristic features of the Semitic religions are determined in the form of the Absolute, universal anthropology, requirements for the social structure, which are absent within the framework of Tengrism. The author provides a logical analysis of the formation and development of Tengrism as a religion built on the cult of heaven. Local cultural and historical traditions and religions are formed in specific conditions, which does not require them to create abstractions and universals, therefore, dialectics and metaphysics cannot be singled out of Tengrism. It is shown that Tengrism is not transcendental in its essence, and the cult of Heaven is not transcendental in its subject matter. The article indicates reasons for the transformation of Tengrism from a folk-tribal religion into an imperial one, which united many Turkic-Mongolian nomadic peoples. Tengrism manifests itself as an open religion, syncretically intertwined with the naturalistic worldview of local cultures. Contradictions are revealed in the definition of monotheism in Tengrism by the type of Semitic religions. The author emphasizes that the concept of Tengrism is a neologism and analyzes the mechanisms of a new interpretation of archaic religious ideas in modern times.
Key words: Tengrism, culture, tradition, religion, monotheism, Absolute, worldview, nomadic culture
DOI: 10.22250/20728662_2023_4_51
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Ayas A. Danchay-ool – PhD (Philosophy), Assistant Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences; Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation; 1 Partizan Zheleznyak str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |