Pious citizens reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran / Monica M. Ringer.
| Author/creator | Ringer, Monica M., 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, |
| Description | xv, 273 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East. ^A410714 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-259) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011040056 |
| ISBN | 9780815632641 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815632649 (cloth : alk. paper) |