Sociological Study of Islamic-Religious Lifestyle: As the Foundations of the Second Step Statement of the Revolution

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 1. Department of Law, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil,, Iran

2 2. Department of History and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

3 3. PhD in Political Science-International Relations mojtabaardabili95@gmail.comDepartment of Social Sciences , Faculty of Social Sciences, Communicaation & Media, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

4 PhD student in Cultural Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/sls.2021.19916

Abstract

The Second Step of the Revolution Statement aims to delineate the axes of development, evolution, and socio-cultural prosperity for Iranian society, grounded in Islamic civilization, religious-Islamic schools, cultural-religious identity, cultural governance, and reliance on religious lifestyle models (Islamic-religious governance). A religious lifestyle entails religious living, participation, and adopting models and criteria based on a divine vision. Within this statement, a key axis for strengthening indicators of the religious lifestyle involves attention to social, cultural, psychological, and economic policies by understanding the conditions, structure, and foundational factors affecting it. The research method employed a systematic review of studies published between 2000 and 2022. From a statistical population of 57 studies collected non-probabilistically, 37 documents meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria were selected and analyzed. Overall, results indicate that cultural-normative capital, religious reference sources, modern lifestyle, cultural knowledge/education level, cultural identity, family religiosity, religious peer groups, and social media (cultural factors); social failure, ethnic identity belonging, religious socialization, religious/moral social control, social modernization, family social cohesion, and family social trust (social factors); consumerism-ostentatious behavior, economic-financial deprivation, quality of life, socio-economic status, and biological class (economic factors); socio-psychological alienation, life satisfaction, perceived injustice/discrimination, and socio-psychological security (psychological factors) significantly influence the religious lifestyle.

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