Collaborative Research: Changing World Views of Islamic Publics

该项目考察了埃及、伊朗和约旦成年人口的代表性国家样本的宗教、政治、经济和社会价值观。将进行调查以收集数据来分析：(1)在全球比较背景下当代伊斯兰公众的信仰体系；(2)更好地理解这些复杂社会中价值形成和价值变化的过程；(3)结合现有的比较历史研究，严格评估世俗化与理性-法律权威、官僚化和自由民主之间的联系；(4)探究原教旨主义的社会基础、宗教与性别的关系、宗教与民族主义的关系；(5)考察伊斯兰多元主义的程度及其与竞争性市场力量的联系。这个项目将为分析社会变化和伊斯兰社会的变化提供一个独特的经验数据库。这项研究也有可能对该地区的社会科学研究产生深远的影响。它将建立一个社会科学家网络，并向他们提供一套数据，以便在他们的社会之间进行有意义的比较，并帮助发展理论和方法技能。该项目还为进一步的合作研究、知识交流和必要的组织专业知识创造了潜力，这些专业知识涉及如何在这些社会中建立对研究、筹集资金和建立基金会的社会支持。

This project examines the religious, political, economic, and social values of representative national samples of the adult populations of Egypt, Iran, and Jordan. Surveys will be conducted to gather data to analyze (1) the belief systems of contemporary Islamic publics in a global comparative context; (2) to better understand the processes of value formation and value change in these complex societies; (3) to assess rigorously and in conjunction with the existing comparative historical research the connection between secularization, on the one hand, and rational-legal authority, bureaucratization and liberal democracy, on the other; (4) to explore the social bases of fundamentalism, the relationship between religion and gender, and between religion and nationalism; and (5) to examine the extent of Islamic pluralism and its connection with competitive market forces. This project will provide a unique empirical database for the analysis of social change and of change in Islamic societies. The research also has the potential to have far reaching impact on social scientific research in the region. It will establish a network of social scientists and provide them with a data set to facilitate meaningful comparisons between their societies, and aid in the development of theories and methodological skills. The project also creates the potential for further collaborative research, exchange of knowledge, and the requisite organizational expertise on how to establish social support for research, fund raising, and the establishment of foundations in these societies.