Title Sacred as secular : secularization under theocracy in Iran / Abdolmohammad Kazemipur

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 246 pages) : illustrations Series Advancing studies in religion ; 11 Advancing studies in religion ; 11. Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One Tectonic Shift -- 1 Deconstructing Muslim Exceptionalism -- 2 Rethinking Secularity and Causation -- 3 History of Islam in Iran -- Part Two L'État c'est nous: From Democracy to Theocracy to Autocracy -- 4 Crossing the Trench -- 5 Secularizing the State -- Part Three Backlash: Streets, Young People, Women, and Demography -- 6 Secularization on the Streets -- 7 Religiosity among Young People -- 8 Women -- Part Four Early Warnings and Aftershocks in Philosophy and Religion -- 9 A Century of Philosophical Battles -- 10 Everyday Theology Conclusion Putting It Together a New Way? -- Appendix A Report on Sunni Militant Organizations' Conversion to Shi'ism -- Appendix B Aspects of Religiosity and the 1974/2000 Survey Questions Used to Measure Them -- Notes -- References -- Index Summary "Debates about Islam and Muslim societies have intensified in the last four decades, triggered by the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and, later, by the events of 9/11. Too often present in these debates are wrongheaded assumptions about the attachment of Muslims to their religion and the impossibility of secularism in the Muslim world. At the heart of these assumptions is the notion of Muslim exceptionalism: the idea that Muslims think, believe, and behave in ways that are fundamentally different from other faith communities. In Sacred as Secular Abdolmohammad Kazemipur attempts to debunk this flawed notion of Muslim exceptionalism by looking at religious trends in Iran since 1979. Drawing on a wide range of data and sources, including national social attitudes surveys collected since the 1970s, he examines developments in the spheres of politics and governance, schools and seminaries, contemporary philosophy, and the self-expressed beliefs and behaviours of Iranian men, women, and youth. He reveals that beneath Iran's religious façade is a deep secularization that manifests not only in individual beliefs, but also in Iranian political philosophy, institutional and clerical structures, and intellectual life. Empirically and theoretically rich, Sacred as Secular looks at the place of religion in Iranian society from a sociological perspective, expanding the debate on secularism from a predominantly West-centric domain to the Muslim world."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 08, 2022) Subject Islam and secularism -- Iran Secularism -- Iran Islam and state -- Iran Islam -- Iran SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies Islam Islam and secularism Islam and state Manners and customs Religion Secularism SUBJECT Iran -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067915 Iran -- Social life and customs Subject Iran Form Electronic book ISBN 9780228009696 0228009693

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