Religious Identity or Identities

Today identity and its related issues are very important for humanities and social scientist, The crisis of identity, identity conflict, identity change and their arised problem in this respect, constitute subtitle of identity. Religion (especially Islam in this essay) as a fundamental feature of human being civilization plays an essential role in constructing human’s identity. Religion identity analysis and religious person’s attributes are one of the necessaries in religion-searching. The impact of religion in human being’s behavior and religion teachings implications for life is not regarded alike. This essay analyses understandings of religion and its impact on human identity. Accordingly, variety of looking at religion results variety of religious identities. Generally, four major approaches are identified in religious identity analysis: Feqhi, moral, Ideological and gnostical life of religious man, based on each of these approaches, will have particular features. In this essay those features and differences of religious identities based on them have been analyzed.