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Record Nr.

UNINA9910380739303321

Autore

Hosseini S. Behnaz

Titolo

Yārsān of Iran, Socio-Political Changes and Migration [[electronic resource] /] / by S. Behnaz Hosseini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-2635-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Disciplina

297.28

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Emigration and immigration

Cultural studies

Religion and Society

Diaspora

Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Research Overview -- Diaspora and Identity -- Yārsāni Religious Practice and Identity -- Yārsāni Religious Innovation and Transformation -- Yārsāni Community and the Internet -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how socio-political surroundings have affected the evolution of Yārsāni religious thought and why the Yārsāni religious belief, despite its fundamental disagreement with Islamic tenets, has been affiliated with Islam. It also considers the historical context and socio-religious milieu in which the Yārsāni belief appropriates religious forces to survive their religion, how Yārsānis experience their religion in Islamic society, and what are differences are significant in their lived experiences. The author explores how the experience of worship influences real life for the Yārsānis from the perspectives of sociology, behaviorism, content analysis, cultural studies and ethnography in Iran and diaspora with focus on Sweden. Yārsāni followers became known as those who “don’t tell secrets,” primarily because they were not allowed to promote and advertise their religion in public, but recently have started to reveal their religion, especially in social media. This



book discovers the transformation of this religion, and in particular in which context an individual can change the content of religion, and bring about new ideas regarding religion and belief.