Empirical exploration of secularization theories in Iran

علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد

Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 1 - Serial Number 21, September 2013   

Document Type: Scientific-Research

DOI: 10.22067/jss.v0i0.16061

Authors

seyed samad beheshty^* ; vahid ghasemi

Abstract

In this article initially various theories about secularization and
de-secularization universally and specially in Iran have been described. then effects of higher education, democracy and consistency with political system empirically have been explored. Hypothesis were examined with fifth waves of WVS data and structural equation modeling and displayed that despite of little effect of higher education on secularism in Iran, religion is very pervasive and Iranian are very religiousness people.

Keywords

secularization; de-secularization; Higher Education; Democracy; political system; WVS

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