From Ignorance to Alleged Extremism: the Problems of Religious Expertise in Russia

Abstract

The problem of religious expertise in the questions concerning the supposed extremism of some materials is very topical in today’s Russia. Despite the fact that this type of expertise is gaining more and more importance, religious expertise is still lacking theoretical foundations and till nowadays remains beyond the scope of scientific research. Still unexplored are the questions of conditions and special methods of such expertise, the subject of expertise, the status of expert during expertise, the limits of application of special knowledge and so on.