Pious citizens: reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran
Introduction: modernity, religion, and the production of knowledge -- Bombay and murmurs of reform: religion as "civilization" and "progress" -- The Protestant challenge to Zoroastrianism -- The Parsi response: rational religion and the rethinking of tradition -- Western religiou...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Syracuse, N.Y.
Syracuse University Press
2011
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In: | Year: 2011 |
Edition: | 1. ed. |
Series/Journal: | Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Zoroastrianism
/ History
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Further subjects: | B
Zoroastrianism India History
B India Religion B India Religion B Zoroastrianism (India) History B Zoroastrianism Iran History B Zoroastrianism (Iran) History B Iran Religion B Iran Religion |
Summary: | Introduction: modernity, religion, and the production of knowledge -- Bombay and murmurs of reform: religion as "civilization" and "progress" -- The Protestant challenge to Zoroastrianism -- The Parsi response: rational religion and the rethinking of tradition -- Western religious studies scholarship: historicism and evolutionism -- Parsi religious reform in the second generation: the recovery of "true" religion -- The Parsi rediscovery of ancient Iran -- Iranian nationalism and the Zoroastrian past -- Kay Khosrow Shahrokh: rational religion and citizenship in Iran -- Conclusion: religion and the creation of pious citizens |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-259) and index. - Introduction: modernity, religion, and the production of knowledge -- Bombay and murmurs of reform: religion as "civilization" and "progress" -- The Protestant challenge to Zoroastrianism -- The Parsi response: rational religion and the rethinking of tradition -- Western religious studies scholarship: historicism and evolutionism -- Parsi religious reform in the second generation: the recovery of "true" religion -- The Parsi rediscovery of ancient Iran -- Iranian nationalism and the Zoroastrian past -- Kay Khosrow Shahrokh: rational religion and citizenship in Iran -- Conclusion: religion and the creation of pious citizens |
ISBN: | 0815632649 |