The Zoroastrians of Iran: Conversion, Assimilation, Or Persistence |
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ZOROASTRIAN | 1 |
Literature on the Zoroastrians of Iran | 24 |
METHODS OF RESEARCH | 32 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
accepted activities Anjoman approach Arbob areas assimilation associated attempted attended authority Baha'is became become boundaries century club cohesion concern continued conversion created culture decline described dominant early economic effect elite environment ethnic group existed extended family forces foreign given growth head held identity increased individuals influence institutions integration interaction interest internal involvement Iran Iranian Islam Kerman kinship laws leaders leadership less maintained majority marriage merchants minority mobed Moslem networks niche nineteenth century observed occupational offered organizations Parsi participation particularly patterns period Persian persistence political population position pressures primarily relations religion religious rituals role schools seen segments Shah social society sphere status structure suggested Tehran tion traditional trians upper villages visits women Yazd youth Zoroas Zoroastrian community