Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-259) 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.