Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran - A Socio-Legal Analysis

This Element offers a theoretically informed examination of the manner in which religion, especially 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 Shi¿i 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 some Islamic 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 stringent of legislation in 2021.

List of contents

Introduction and relevant background; 1. Religion and religious freedom in Iran's post-revolutionary constitution; 2. Religious freedom status of minority religious groups in Iran: an overview; 3. Religious life, cultural diffusion, and religious pluralism in Iran; 4. Social control of new religious movements in Iran: a chronology and analysis; 5. Conclusions, relevant sociological theories and theoretical applications; References.

Product details

• Authors: Sajjad Adeliyan Tous, Sajjad (Independent Scholar) Richar Adeliyan Tous, James T Richardson, James T. (University of Nevada Richardson, Richardson James T., Sajjad Adeliyan Tous, Sajjad Adeliyan (Independent scholar) Tous
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009460071
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946007-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in New Religious Movements
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Iran, RELIGION / History, Alternative belief systems, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship