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Pious citizens [electronic resource] : reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran / Monica M. Ringer.

By: Series: Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle EastPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 273 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780815650607
  • 0815650604
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pious citizens.DDC classification:
  • 295.0954/09034 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1530 .R56 2011
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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