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Secularization Signs in Shi’ite Clergymen’s Everyday Life: A Case Study in Tehran, Iran

Do clergymen experience secularization in their‎ everyday lives, despite their initial opposition to it? The present work attempts to answer‎ this question by looking for signs of secularization in the everyday lives of clergymen. The data were collected through direct observation and semi-structured interviews. To select the seventeen clergymen as participants, purposeful sampling and the snowball method were used, and the results were then classified into nine‎ clusters. The results found that one of the most prevalent‎ reasons for the emergence of secularization is a tendency to‎ coexist with their society, which teaches clergymen to avoid absolutistic views...