Overview
- Explores the evolution of Yarsani religious thought and its affiliation with Islam
- Examines how the experience of worship influences real life for the Yarsanis
- Debates the current transformation and increased openness of Yarsani religion
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About this book
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, how Yārsānis experience their religion in Islamic society, and what 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 thetransformation 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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
S. Behnaz Hosseini is a visiting research fellow at FRSG with Institute of Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK. Her research interests include religious minorities in Iran and Iraq, forced migration and integration. During her research she has been involved in multiple projects including “Trafficking and slavery under ISIS: Trauma and rehabilitation of Yezidi female survivors”, as well as “Analysis of Forced migration and displacement of Iraqi religious minorities in Austria”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Yārsān of Iran, Socio-Political Changes and Migration
Authors: S. Behnaz Hosseini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2635-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2634-3Published: 08 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2637-4Published: 08 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2635-0Published: 07 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 229
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Society, Diaspora, Cultural Studies