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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
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A newly discovered Persian variety: the case of “Zoroastrian Persian”
Orientalia Suecana, 2020 Using a corpus of contemporary Yazdi Zoroastrian oral literature, this article demonstrates that the Persian dialect found in many Zoroastrian songs is different from both Standard Persian and local (Yazdi) Persian.
Chams Bernard
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Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 6, November/December 2026.ABSTRACT Social identities, such as ethno‐national and religious identities, can shape group cohesion, trust in leadership, and societal stability in politically fragmented contexts. A key factor influencing these dynamics is identity compatibility—the extent to which individuals perceive their multiple identities as harmonious or conflicting.
Magdalena Skrodzka +2 more
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Iranian Zoroastrians in Canada: Balancing Religious and Cultural Identities
, 2009 Canada, now the number-one destination for Iranian migrants, is home to one of the world’s most dynamic Zoroastrian communities, in which Iranians are increasingly represented and are playing ever more visible roles in maintaining and transforming the ...
Foltz, Richard
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KEBAIKAN DAN KEBURUKAN MENURUT ZOROASTRIANISME (MENGENAL AJARAN MORAL ZARATHUSTRA)
Ulul Albab, 2013 Religions always have two values, which are very distinctive, i.e. the goodness and the badness. Al Quran describes these two qualities with various uslub related to Arabic culture: al hasanat and al sayyi’at.
Ahmad Kholil
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“TO SEUNAGAN SEEKING HAS SPREAD”: THE TRANSMISSION OF ESOTERIC TRADITION AND HISTORY AS PROPHECY
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 411-423, September 2026.ABSTRACT In this essay, I explore accusations of heterodoxy, as well as rebuttals of these accusations, leveled at Sufi groups in late‐colonial and independent Aceh, the last region of what is today Indonesia to fall under Dutch colonial rule. What has been at stake in debates about the orthodoxy of such groups has not simply, or even primarily, been ...
DANIEL ANDREW BIRCHOK
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Religious Diversity and Multi‐Religiosity in Singapore
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 497-504, September 2026.ABSTRACT Can government‐mandated exposure to religious diversity both reinforce exclusive identities and cultivate “multi‐religiosity”? This study leverages the 2024 Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality to investigate how Singapore's state‐mandated and managed pluralism impacts the religious lives of its citizens.
Corey Resweber, Bing Han, Fenggang Yang
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British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 3, July 2026.Abstract The current research examined how inclusive versus exclusive conceptions of national identity were associated with interreligious contact avoidance across relatively public (neighbours) versus private (marriage) domains among majority and minority religious groups.
Kumar Yogeeswaran +2 more
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A GENETIC STUDY OF IRANIAN POPULATIONS: SERUM PROTEINS [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1988 A total of 1611 serum samples collected from ten ethnically distinct populations of Iran (Turks and Kurds of Rezaieh, Lurs, Zabolis, Baluchis, Turks and Kurds of Shirvan, Zoroastrians, Tehranis and Kermanis) were examined for haptoglobin, transrferrin ...
P. Amirshahi +3 more
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Social Backgrounds of The Continuing Iranian Celebrations in The Islamic Early Centuries [PDF]
پژوهشهای تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2018 Durability of Nowruz ,Mehrgun and Sadeh celebrations, along with wide rituals that had part of the Iranian community identity was indebted to a number of factors of which the share of social backgrounds seems more important.
abolfazl razavi, hamid ashrafi
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