Konwersje na chrześcijaństwo w przedrewolucyjnym Iranie = Conversions to Christianity in Pre-revolutionary Iran
Conversions to Christianity in Iran before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, being an evident result of the missionary activity conducted in this area from the 19th century, could be studied as part of the history of Christianity among Iranians. Conversions to Christianity, rather rare in the period a...
Subtitles: | Conversions to Christianity in Pre-revolutionary Iran |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Polish |
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Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego
2013
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Studia religiologica
Year: 2013, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 79-94 |
Further subjects: | B
Iran
B Islam B Chrześcijaństwo B protestantyzm B konwersje B Kościół anglikański |
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Summary: | Conversions to Christianity in Iran before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, being an evident result of the missionary activity conducted in this area from the 19th century, could be studied as part of the history of Christianity among Iranians. Conversions to Christianity, rather rare in the period analysed, are connected to the social and political changes in the whole country. There are two moments which seem to have given the best opportunity for spreading Christianity among Iranian people: 1) the political transformation starting in the 1920s - the end of the Qajar dynasty and the beginning of the reign of Reza Pahlavi, before he started to implement his national policy and 2) the 1960s - the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Among all Christian churches existing in Iran at that time, only the Anglican Church was focused mainly on proselytising and turning Iranian Muslims, Jews or Zoroastrians to the Christian faith. However, the statistics indicate that, in spite of such activity, the total number of converts prior to the revolution did not exceed 1000. |
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ISSN: | 2084-4077 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.13.007.1410 |