Pious Citizens: Reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran

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Pious Citizens: Reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)

In Pious Citizens, Ringer tells the story of a major intellectual revolution in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century India and Iran, one that radically transformed the role of religion in society. At this time, key theological debates revolved around Zoroastrianismâ€™s capacity to generate â€œprogressâ€ and â€œcivilization.â€ Armed with both the destructive and creative capacities of historicism, reformers reevaluated their own religious tradition, molding Zoroastrian belief and practice according to contemporary ideas of rational religion and its potential to create pious citizens. Ringer demonstrates how rational and enlightened religion, characterized by social responsibility and the interiorization of piety, was understood as essential for the development of modern individuals, citizens, new public space, national identity, and secularism. She argues persuasively that reformers believed not only that social reform must be accompanied by religious reform but that it was in fact a product of religious reform.

Pious Citizens offers new insights into the theological premises behind the promotion of secularism, the privatization of religion, and the development of new national identities. Ringerâ€™s work also explores growing connections between the Iranian and Indian Zoroastrian communities and the revival of the ancient Persian past.
Country USA
Brand Syracuse University Press
Manufacturer Syracuse University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, 1 map
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780815632641
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Syracuse University Press
Manufacturer	Syracuse University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, 1 map
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780815632641
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Pious Citizens: Reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)

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