Collaborative Research: Changing Worldviews 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，收集数据，分析（1）在全球比较背景下当代伊斯兰公众的信仰体系;（2）更好地了解这些复杂社会中价值观形成和价值观变化的过程;（3）结合现有的比较历史研究，严格评估世俗化与理性-法律权威之间的联系，（4）探讨原教旨主义的社会基础，宗教与性别之间的关系，以及宗教与民族主义之间的关系;（5）研究伊斯兰多元化的程度及其与竞争性市场力量的联系。 该项目将为分析社会变革和伊斯兰社会的变革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，为他们提供一套数据，以促进其社会之间的有意义的比较，并帮助发展理论和方法技能。 该项目还创造了进一步合作研究、知识交流的可能性，以及关于如何为研究、筹资和在这些社会建立基金会建立社会支持的必要组织专门知识。

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.