Typology of Rrligious Organizations of Women in Tehran

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Religious organizations ,as the most remarkable center for bewailing rituals, associated with the moral, cultural and social life of believers; hence it reflects the cultural –religious and even economic life of them.Islamic Revolution initiated transformation in attitude and life slyle among people ; therby their perception of main elements of religious rituals converted in such a way that transformed them formally and contently. By the late 70s new religious organizations emerged whose identical elements and constructs differ from traditional one . The typology of religious organizations of women and their cultural and social charactristics are studied by quantitative an qualitative methods. In this study, three forms of religious organization among women are specified and described...

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