Quranism of the second generation of religious modernists in IranEmphasizing the views and ideas of Seyyed Assadollah Kharghani and Shariat Sangalji

Religious modernity in contemporary Iran has experienced four different generations since its inception: the first generation from the constitutional period to the beginning of Reza Shah, the second generation from the first Pahlavi period to the early 1330s, the third generation from the coup d'état of 28 August 1332 to the Islamic Revolution, And the fourth generation from the 1360s until now. The innovative ideas of the first generation, at the same time, began to decline with the fall of the Constitution; But the second generation, whose Qur'anic character was more prominent than its other intellectual features, although its innovative endeavors did not bear much fruit due to the political conditions prevailing during Reza Shah, opened the way for the third and fourth generations to continue the path of religious modernity in Iran. Given that the religious modernists of the first generation were pushed back by the coming to power of Reza Shah and their modernist efforts were fruitless and did not succeed, the second generation followed the path of modernization in a broader and more fundamental dimensions and paved the way for its emergence. Two generations later paved the way.