دوفصلنامه اسلام و علوم اجتماعی
پیاپی 1 (بهار و تابستان 1388)

This research studies the Islamic propositions that discuss practice view of religion, and analyzes the coordination of this approach with Islamic religiousness. This discussion has a special position in the studies of religiousness and its evaluation. An analysis of Islamic sources sufficiently serves the purpose. The findings show that the religiousness of common people contains important elements of this approach. They also demonstrate that Islamic teachings have a special position in establishing this view in practical evaluation of religiousness.

Various theories have been proposed regarding the evolution and degeneration of societies. Among these theories, this research focuses on the cultural theory. Among the Muslim scholars, Seyed Jamalodin Asadabadi’s degeneration theory is not considered to fit a cultural framework. The research demonstrates that even Seyed Jamalodin Asadabadi has considered cultural factors in degeneration of Islamic societies. His theory of hexagonal castle of human happiness contains two important points that are used for proving the theory at hand: 1. The cause of degeneration can be non-political and non-structural.2. The degeneration of a society is based on internal, especially cultural, factors.

This article is a review of Shahid Morteza Motahari’s thoughts on the issue of family. It also develops a model of Islamic theorization to serve the purpose of Islamization of social science. As the developed theory involves various hypotheses in its theoretical framework, it opens grounds for different experimental research. Based on this theory, the strength of family bond depends on the consideration of the innate and natural differences of men and women.

The root of social deviations has long been the center of scholars’ attention. Many theories on the role and impact of living, psychological, and social conditions of people have been proposed. Based on Islamic thought, Shahid Motahari, while not ignoring the aforementioned factors, considers the human being as a knowledgeable and responsible being toward one’s actions, who enjoys continence. He stresses on propagation of deviated thoughts and dissension as the platform of deviated behaviors in today’s world. His view is similar to the classic view and the theory of wise selection of deviated behavior.

In this article, it is attempted to describe the practicability of the Q method in identifying the ideas toward a specific issue. Thus, the process of research using the Q method will be described in this research. Twenty sportswomen participated in this study, in which two ideas towards Hijab were achieved. In order to offer a description of these two ideas, 36 sentences are used that express the different views of sportswomen toward Hijab.