Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran : A Socio-Legal Analysis / Sajjad Adeliyan Tous and James T. Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adeliyan Tous, Sajjad, author.

Richardson, James T., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements

Elements in New Religious Movements Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology--Iran.

Religion and sociology.

Iran--Religion.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This Element offers a theoretically informed examination of the manner in which religion, especially alternative and emergent 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 Shiʻi 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 toward some Islamic doctrines 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 a piece of stringent of legislation in 2021. The Element closes with applications of theorizing from the sociology of law and of religion

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran

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

Early Social Control Efforts by Iranian Authorities: 2005-2010

Efforts in 2013

Efforts in 2015

Efforts in 2018-2021

5 Conclusions, Relevant Sociological Theories, and Theoretical Applications

Theoretical Coda

The Rule of Law vs. The Rule by Law

(De)judicialization of Religious Freedom

Religious Economy (Supply-Side Theory)

Structural Contradictions and "Making Law"

Final Observations

References

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jun 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009460088

1009460080

9781009460101

1009460102

9781009460095

1009460099