Managing Religion And Religious Changes In Iran

Author : Sajjad Adeliyan Tous
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009460102
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran written by Sajjad Adeliyan Tous and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element offers a theoretically informed examination of the manner in which religion, especially alternative and emergent religious and spiritual movements, is managed by law and legal mechanisms in the authoritarian theocracy of Iran. It highlights how these phenomena have been affected by the intersection of law, politics, and Shiʿi theology in recent Iranian history. The growing interest of Iranian citizens in new religious movements and spiritual currents, fostered by the cultural diffusion of Western writings and ideas, is described. The development of religious diversity in Iran and a corresponding loss of commitment toward some Islamic doctrines and practices are of considerable concern to both the Iranian religious and political establishments. This has led to social control efforts over any religious spiritual movement differing from the regime's view of Islam. Those efforts, supported in large part by Western anticult ideas, culminated in the passage of a piece of stringent of legislation in 2021. The Element closes with applications of theorizing from the sociology of law and of religion.

Author : Shahrough Akhavi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791494411
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran written by Shahrough Akhavi and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1980-06-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indispensable for understanding the recent conflicts in Iran, Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran provides a political history of the fluctuating relationships between the Islamic clergy and Iranian government since 1925. How different factions of the clergy, or ulama first lost and then regained a powerful position in Iran is the subject of this book. Akhavi analyzes how various factions within the clergy have responded to the government's efforts to encourage modernization and secularization, giving particular attention to the changes in the madrasahs, or theological colleges. He examines the main themes of the AyatullaH Khymayni's book, Islamic Government, and concludes by examining the alignments among the clergy in the past that indicate how they may develop in the future.

Author : Ali M. Ansari
Publisher : Chatham House (Formerly Riia)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iran, Islam and Democracy written by Ali M. Ansari and published by Chatham House (Formerly Riia). This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tracing the historical roots of political development in Iran, Dr Ansari argues that what is taking place is an intellectual synthesis of ideas, drawing from both Western and traditional Iranian norms. He goes on to discuss the possible consequences for Iran and the region.

Author : Michael M. J. Fischer
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iran written by Michael M. J. Fischer and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike much of the instant analysis that appeared at the time of the Iranian revolution, Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution is based upon extensive fieldwork carried out in Iran. Michael M.J. Fischer draws upon his rich experience with the mullahs and their students in the holy city of Qum, composing a picture of Iranian society from the inside: the lives of ordinary people, the way that each class interprets Islam, and the role of religion and religious education in the culture. Fischer's book, with its new introduction updating arguments for the post-Revolutionary period, brings a dynamic view of a society undergoing metamorphosis, which remains fundamental to understanding Iranian society in the early twenty-first century. - Publisher.

Author : S. Behnaz Hosseini
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811526354
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yārsān of Iran, Socio-Political Changes and Migration written by S. Behnaz Hosseini and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how socio-political surroundings have affected the evolution of Yārsāni religious thought and why the Yārsāni religious belief, despite its fundamental disagreement with Islamic tenets, has been affiliated with Islam. It also considers the historical context and socio-religious milieu in which the Yārsāni belief appropriates religious forces to survive, how Yārsānis experience their religion in Islamic society, and what differences are significant in their lived experiences. The author explores how the experience of worship influences real life for the Yārsānis from the perspectives of sociology, behaviorism, content analysis, cultural studies and ethnography in Iran and diaspora with focus on Sweden. Yārsāni followers became known as those who “don’t tell secrets,” primarily because they were not allowed to promote and advertise their religion in public, but recently have started to reveal their religion, especially in social media. This book discovers the transformation of this religion, and in particular in which context an individual can change the content of religion, and bring about new ideas regarding religion and belief.

Author : Arya Parsipur
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1948321742
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Limu Shirin written by Arya Parsipur and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the notorious Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, many Iranians sought asylum abroad and resided in the free world. But what happened to those who stayed? How did they live under the turmoil of the new regime and the horrific war that followed? How was life in a land where children were trained as spies and youth were executed? Born and raised in Iran during those hard years, the author chronicles stories of her life through sad and sweet memories and tells us what it means to love your country, yet feel imprisoned within its borders.

Author : James Barry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108429041
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Armenian Christians in Iran written by James Barry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Iran's Armenian community, shedding light on Muslim-Christian relations in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Author : Bruce Lincoln
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004460292
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran written by Bruce Lincoln and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran, Bruce Lincoln offers a vast overview on different aspects of the Indo-Iranian, Zoroastrian and Pre-Islamic mythologies, religions and cultural issues.

Author : Heydar Shadi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135161102X
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran written by Heydar Shadi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the intellectual discourse in post-revolutionary Iran. It focuses on Abdolkarim Soroush, a leading Muslim liberal thinker, whose theory of religion is regarded as highly relevant to the current theological and intellectual dynamics in the Islamic world. The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran discusses why and how Soroush's thought has developed from an Islamic apologetic modernist theology in the 1970s to a liberal theory about religion in post-revolutionary Iran. Through a close and detailed analysis of Soroush's main theories, the book argues that Soroush's thought evolved, through reception of post-positivist epistemology and interaction with Islamism in practice, into a historicist and pluralist theory of religion, a theory that regards religion, including Islam, as being a contextual and historical dialogue between man and the Absolute. The book also highlights some shortcomings of Soroush’s reform project. Specifically, it notes that Soroush, consciously or unconsciously, has not yet admitted many extensive consequences of his theories, such as those relating to historicity of religious rituals (‘ibadat) or recognition of the post-Mohammadan revelations and religions. In addition, some other features and implications of Soroush’s thought, such as a historical-critical approach to the Koran, post-secular and post-Islamist theologies, and his dialogical approach that goes beyond the Orientalism–Occidentalism dichotomy, are discussed. Providing a detailed overview on this leading Muslim thinker, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Islamic Philosophy, Middle East Studies, and Philosophy of Religion.

Author : Nikki R. Keddie
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800240
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iran and the Surrounding World written by Nikki R. Keddie and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays examine Iran�s place in the world--its relations and cultural interactions with its immediate neighbors and with empires and superpowers from the beginning of the Safavid period in 1501 to the present day. The book provides important historical background on recent political and social developments in Iran and on its contemporary foreign relations. The topics explored include Iranian influence abroad on political organization, religion, literature, art, and diplomacy, as well as Iran's absorption of foreign influences in these areas. A special focus is the prevailing political culture of Iran throughout its early modern and contemporary periods. The authors combine approaches from history, political science, anthropology, international relations, and culturalstudies. Some essays address Iran�s interactions with various Arab and Turkic ethnicities in the region stretching from India to Egypt. Others examine its relations with the West during the Qajar and Pahlavi eras, women's issues, culture inside Iran during the Islamic Republic, and the Shi`ite theocracy of Iran as compared with other Muslim states.