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| نامه علوم اجتماعی | ||
| Article 5, Volume 13, Issue 13 - Serial Number 1139, June 1999 PDF (708.65 K) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Many sociologists believe that religion is a social institution. On the other hand, some of the Islamic scholars believe that religion is meta-institutional, hence, it should not be thought of as a social institution. Therefore, in this article, the researcher has tried to answer the following question scientifically: - Why are there two different conclusions concerning religion as a social institution? The two research hypotheses are: I. Religion is a social institution. II. Religion is not a social institution. In doing this research, an epistemological method put forward by the late professor Tabataba'i has been applied. The sociologists have also been classified in two groups: 1. The sociologists, such as Durkheim , who believe that the origin of all institutions is the society itself. 2. The sociologists who believe that since institutions are established in the society and control the human behavior, they are called so . On the basis of the research findings, it can be concluded that some of the Islamic scholars' viewpoints are different regarding religion as a social institution because they have adopted the first group's definition of a social institution and the second group's definition of religion | ||
| Keywords | ||
| religious institution; social institution; the social origin of institutions | ||
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