Studying the relationship between religiosity and political culture (the interaction of religion and politics) after the Iranian Islamic Revolution

Ashayeri, Taha; Hassani, Fatemeh; Mirlohi, Seyed Ali; Abbasi, Elham

Studying the relationship between religiosity and political culture (the interaction of religion and politics) after the Iranian Islamic Revolution

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

taha ashayeri ¹

fatemeh hassani ²

seyed ali mirlohi ³

elham abbasi ⁴

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of History and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil. Iran.

² BA student of Sociology, Mohagheg Ardabili University

³ PhD student in law, Imam Sadiq University

⁴ 3. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Payame noor, Tehan, Iran

Abstract

Religion means belief, values and religious-divine actions that God has sent to guide and regulate the behavior of humans in society through divine prophets and infallible imams, and this mission is the responsibility of the religious authority during the time of absence. In this way, religiosity (heavenly-extraterrestrial phenomenon) is connected with politics, governance and society (terrestrial phenomenon-this world) and finds meaning. The role of the religiosity of the society in the emergence of the Islamic revolution in Iran and the increase in political participation due to the promotion of political culture is clearly evident throughout history. according to this; The main purpose of the research is to study the relationship between religiosity and the political culture of Iran. The research method is quantitative meta-analysis, the sample size of 15 studies from the statistical population of 26 scientific documents was selected by non-probability sampling method with the evaluation of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results show that the level of religiosity has a significant effect on the political culture after the Islamic revolution and its effect is equal to 44%. Also, ritual religiosity (31 percent); Consequential religiosity (34 percent); Faithful religiosity (28 percent); Experiential religiosity (36 percent) and devotional religiosity (40 percent) have had an impact on political culture. In the end, religion and politics in Iran after the Islamic revolution are interwoven, connected, two-way interactive and complementary, and in order to compile Islamic governance based on religiosity; The presence of jihad and religious explanation in the field of politics and political culture is mandatory and the Islamic government; A new policy is needed in this field.

Keywords

Political culture

Islamic revolution

religiosity

political participation

Subjects

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