Pious citizens
Subtitle: reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran
By: Monica M. Ringer
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780815632641
Subjects: Zoroastrianism; History; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: modernity, religion, and the production of knowledge; title: Bombay and murmurs of reform: religion as "civilization" and "progress"; title: The Protestant challenge to Zoroastrianism; title: The Parsi response: rational religion and the rethinking of tradition; title: Western religious studies scholarship: historicism and evolutionism; title: Parsi religious reform in the second generation: the recovery of "true" religion; title: The Parsi rediscovery of ancient Iran; title: Iranian nationalism and the Zoroastrian past; title: Kay Khosrow Shahrokh: rational religion and citizenship in Iran; title: Conclusion: religion and the creation of pious citizens.