A Theoretical Rethinking on the Academic Study of Religion in the World and in Iran: A Case Study on the University of Religions and Denominations, Qom
Yonus
Ahmadi
Ph.D. Student of Study of Religion; Faculty of Religions; University of Religions and Denominations, Qom
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Baqer
Talebi Darabi
Assistant Professor in Faculty of Religions; University of Religions and Denominations
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2019
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The study of religion or Religious Studies as an academic discipline and its being influenced by the environment is one of the topics of interest for the scholars, leading to the intra-structural and relational changes effective in formation of knowledge related to this discipline from the viewpoint of sociology of knowledge. This article has attempted to address this issue in a historical context by examining the existing documents from both theoretical and empirical points of view, and examining its conceptual and theoretical background, to explain our relation to it.
The results of the study showed that study of religion is influenced by both the social and the cultural context; and in particular, it has been shown that the University of Religions is influencing both the form and content of religious studies. This is due to the influence on the University of Religions itself from a larger environment called Qom and Iran, and a series of important issues arising from environmental priorities are raised in academic research perspectives in the study of religion.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
1
24
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1679_6f83e4db011b4564e01758a214bab127.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2019.5567.1378
The Methods for Institutionalizing and Spreading the Memorial Ceremonies
Fariba
Shayegan
Professor in Social Sciences in Amin University of Police Sciences
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2019
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The present article aims at investigating the methods for institutionalizing the memorial ceremonies for martyrs in a way that those ceremonies gain perpetual value and turn into lasting, valuable and recurrent behavioral patterns. To answer those questions, we used the qualitative method of oriented content analysis and the study tool was semi-structured interview. The statistical society was composed of cultural authorities and elites, the heads and eulogists of the religious boards, as well as the authorities and holders of the memorial ceremonies for martyrs. The sample size for interview consisted of 25 subjects selected through theoretical saturation.
The results showed that, for the interviewees, the following measures can be taken to help the institutionalization of the memorial ceremonies for martyrs:
(a) Introducing martyrs in textbooks along with writing their diaries as well as the importance of their efforts in defending the homeland by the Ministry of education;
(b) Specifying a special point in each city for holding the martyrs’ ceremonies in a heroic and splendid form by the Foundation of Martyrs;
(c)Socializing the children and transferring the value of respecting martyrs to them by the families;
d) Displaying the bravery of the soldiers by the media;
e) Supporting these measures, specifying the policies, formulating and enacting the related laws, composing books, naming streets after the martyrs and the like by the government.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
25
45
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1680_3308efbe710d67830ceed6b0775ad458.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2019.3875.1175
Management of Social Conflicts from the Point of View of Islam with Emphasis on Social Relationships
Mahdi
ShaMohammadi
PhD of Sciences of the Quran and Hadith; Qom University
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Mohammad Hadi
Mofatteh
Associate Professor of the Quran and Hadith; Qom University
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Sayyed Hossein
Sharafoddin
Associate Professor in Department of Sociology; Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute
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2019
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Social conflicts have always been a great issue in human societies and an obstacle for their growth and transcendence. Social conflicts are of various types and cover different levels of society. What has been investigated in this study is the answer to the following question: “What has Islam devised for management of social conflicts in the sphere of interpersonal relations?” The present study is an exploratory one conducted through a descriptive-analytical method using library sources to gather Qur’anic verses and traditions and then coding them to analyze their content. According to the findings of the study, Islam’s plan for managing the interpersonal conflicts consists of nine basic axes in order to adjust interpersonal relations and mange conflicts in this relational sphere. These axes are as follows: negating false superiorities, determining mutual rights, enjoining social good character, moderating emotions and feelings, forbidding conflict-making things, strengthening the relations, necessity of public reformations, necessity of public supervision, and collective thinking.
To do so, Islam has considered the individual and collective wills of the society and, in addition to regarding each if the society’s member as responsible agents in managing the social conflicts, has emphasized the role of cooperation in this regard.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
47
69
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1681_2cc949d8f956850686bc6e067253f3d4.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2019.4240.1213
Religious Hermeneutical Situation-Creators in the Cultural Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Hossein
Parkan
Ph.D. of Cultural Policy-Making in Baqer al-Oloom University
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Arezoo
Nikoo Bayan
M.A. of Social Sciences in Baqer al-Oloom University
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2019
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The atmosphere governing the superior documents of the IRI system emphasize the Islamic law and directing the society towards the Islamic government and society. Despite the general emphasis of the superior documents on religiosity, however because this concept is not in work in lower levels, various types of confrontation and ambiguity hinder the cultural policymakers. Any position taken by the politician is a hermeneutical situation created by him, and his later understandings are affected by this choice. Some situation creators are key situations and with any choice in these situations, a chain of hermeneutic situations will arise.
In this research, by using the thematic analysis method, the conflict situations in religiosity, based on six sources have been extracted; and using ISM method, the key hermeneutic situation creators have been investigated. They are as follows: “servitude and reasoning in understanding religious law”; “the harmonic relationship between morality and culture or the authoritative relationship between morality and culture?”; individual jurisprudence and governmental jurisprudence”; “value art and public art”; “limits of true happiness and frivolity”; and “the contrast between obligatory and non-obligatory hijab”. . In the end, the most important hermeneutical issues in the realm of religiosity have been investigated.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
71
97
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1682_f66e338b59c26586b77088166d8c55cb.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2019.5070.1320
Measuring Girls and Single Women’s Attitude toward Child Adoption and the Social Factors Affecting It
Fatemeh
Radan
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences in Payame Noor University
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2019
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The phenomenon of childbearing or adoption in Iran has always existed in various forms since a long time ago. According to the Recent Adoption Law approved in 1392 SH, eligible girls and single women can also legally adopt homeless and parentless children. A question is raised concerning the socio-cultural features affecting the attitude of the aforesaid community towards child adoption. The objective of the research is to measure the attitudes of girls and 30- to 50-year-old single women living in Tehran towards adopting homeless and parentless children. The practical purpose of the project is to identify the factors affecting the attitude of the research population in order to identify and reduce the different barriers and increase the factors affecting the attitude towards the child adoption. The survey method is a correlational type. 365 subjects were selected through random sampling based on Krejcie and Morgan Table. The content and facial validity of the questionnaire has been confirmed. According to the findings of the study, the factors of religiosity has the highest effect and membership in the non-institutional reference group (in terms of mental and psychological problems) has the least effect on the attitude towards child adoption.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
99
120
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1683_04a1cc8531b71aadd188c5595c294049.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2020.4915.1292
The Reflection of the Social Conditions before the Mongol Invasion in the Anwari’s Poetry and Comparing it to the Era of the Fall of the Islamic State of Andalusia
Mansur
Nik-Panah
Assistant Professor in Sarawan Higher Education Complex and Educator in Farhangian University of Zahedan
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text
article
2019
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Social pathology is the study and identification of the roots for social disorders leading to some non-equilibrium in social system and causing the political and scientific elites to be worried. A variety of social harms arises in all traditional and modern societies, with numerous causes. An investigation of the writings and the literature of the Iranian society supports this idea. The collection of the Anwari’s poems as an important source reflecting the social issues of his era is no exception. To know various social harms and their causes before Mongol invasion, we have used a descriptive research method and library sources in studying the Anwari’s collection of poems to show that, firstly, social issues such as murder and plunder, no security, carousing, slavery and homosexuality, disdaining women, greed, dissipation and extravagance, free-living and hedonism, miserliness, usury, flattery and lampoonery, moral decline, social distrust and civil wars, and bloodshed have been common in the Anwari’s time. Secondly, these issues have their roots in domestic and foreign political factors. Thirdly, the union among jurists and rulers as the elites has an important role in spread of social issues. And finally, initially the ruling caste indulge in deviation and people follow them according to the principle that says “people are following their rulers’ religion”. As a result, the society decline and would be subject to breakup.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
121
145
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1684_87e9371dcaa9eebfc6d9e823d6186c77.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2020.3340.1121
Investigating the Role of Symbols in Reinforcement and Durability of the Islamist Currents in Iran under Pahlavi: Sociological Analysis
Towhid
Rastin
Ph.D. Student of Political Sciences, Minor of Political Sociology; Islamic Azad University, Central Branch of Tehran
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Mahbooba
Paknia
Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Central Branch of Tehran
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2019
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The Islamist movement was one of the socio-political movements of the Pahlavi opposition, presented as an alternative to the monarchist movement. It played a major role in the collapse of the Pahlavi regime with the help of intellectuals and symbolic leaders attributed to it and by relying on numerous symbolic concepts in the cultural, social and political context of the society. This research examines the role of symbols in strengthening and advancing the goals of the Islamist movement under Pahlavi. The findings of this study indicate that symbols are the most important means of communication, language and writing of this process, which has played a special role in guiding and stimulating the actors involved in this process. Symbolic concepts attributed to this stream such as martyrdom, Occultation, Waiting, Muharram, ʻAshura and the like facilitated the spiritual and ideological connections between the Islamists, and during this process, they strengthened the coherence and survival of the Islamist movement, while motivating, empathizing, and mobilizing the activists.
Journal of Islam and Social Sciences
پژوهشگاه حوزه و دانشگاه
2322-2506
11
v.
22
no.
2019
147
177
https://soci.rihu.ac.ir/article_1685_e08d80b4c764c735e20e2fa0a4a813c0.pdf
dx.doi.org/10.30471/soci.2020.4862.1285