Content Analysis of Religious Expressions in Ruyesh Festival Scenarios

This paper studies the religious expressions in scenarios sent to the first religious short film festival of "Rouyesh". To this end, after reviewing the literature, Leoba's definition of religion by some modification is selected and based on it we recognize four dimensions for religion: theoretical, religious experience, behavioral and institutional. Sample population is all of scenarios sent to the festival which we select 158 scenarios by random systematic sampling with 95% confidence interval. The method of research is documentary and the technique of content analysis is used to investigate religious symbols in these scenarios. The results show that the religious experience dimension of religion has the lowest appearance in scenarios and the institutional appearance of religion such as religious norms or religious buildings and means have the most presence in religious scenarios. This means that the scenarios perceived as religious almost include institutional religious norms and buildings rather than religious experiences or moral values.