Pious citizens: reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran
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Syracuse, N. Y
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Syracuse University Press
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Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 215 - 259( and index
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Monica M. Ringer
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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History ، Zoroastrianism -- India
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History ، Zoroastrianism -- Iran
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Religion ، India
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Religion ، Iran
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
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1530
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R56
2011
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5691 -
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Ringer, Monica M
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SE Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East