Pious citizens: reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran
Monica M. Ringer
Pious citizens: reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran
Author
Monica M. RingerPublisher
Syracuse University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Pious citizens: reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran / Monica M. RingerPublication Details
سیراکیوس : Syracuse University Press، 2011مPhysical Description
xv, 273 p.: ill., map; 24 cm.Subject
Zoroastrianism -- India HistoryZoroastrianism -- Iran History
India Religion
Iran Religion
series
(Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 512 - 952( and index.
Contents
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