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Author Ringer, Monica M., 1965-

Title Pious citizens : reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran / Monica M. Ringer.

Publication Info. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xv, 273 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Series Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: modernity, religion, and the production of knowledge -- Bombay and murmurs of reform: religion as "civilization" and "progress" -- The Protestant challenge to Zoroastrianism -- The Parsi response: rational religion and the rethinking of tradition -- Western religious studies scholarship: historicism and evolutionism -- Parsi religious reform in the second generation: the recovery of "true" religion -- The Parsi rediscovery of ancient Iran -- Iranian nationalism and the Zoroastrian past -- Kay Khosrow Shahrokh: rational religion and citizenship in Iran -- Conclusion: religion and the creation of pious citizens.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Zoroastrianism -- India -- History.
Zoroastrianism.
India.
History.
India -- Religion.
Religion.
Zoroastrianism -- Iran -- History.
Iran.
Iran -- Religion.
RELIGION -- Zoroastrianism.
RELIGION -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ringer, Monica M., 1965- Pious citizens. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011 9780815632641 (DLC) 2011040056 (OCoLC)713189589
ISBN 9780815650607 (electronic book)
0815650604 (electronic book)
9780815632641 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0815632649 (cloth ; alkaline paper)