Shi'ite Studies

Shi'ite Studies

Analysis of the concept and model of seminary socialization

Document Type : Original Article

Author
majid kafi
Faculty member of the Sociology Department of the University and Seminary Research Institute
10.22034/shistu.2025.2062405.2536
Abstract
Among the influential educational and formative institutions in Iran are the seminaries (ḥawzah). As agents of socialization for both students and the wider community, these institutions prepare individuals to assume specialized roles, to learn communicative and pedagogical norms within a new lifestyle while preserving clerical decorum, to engage in scholarly exchange, and to adhere to seminary and academic conventions. Hence, the question arises: “What is the sociological model through which this process is realized, and what implications do sociological theories of socialization hold for understanding the phenomenon of “becoming seminary-trained” (ḥawzahization)”? This study employs the method of “semantic analysis of signification” (dalālat-pazhūhī). First, signifiers were extracted from sociological texts. Then, in order to identify the signified ones, textual data, field observations, and the lived experiences of seminary students were collected. Finally, through in-depth analysis of the data, the research question was addressed. The findings indicate that seminary socialization is a process in which the clerical lifestyle become institutionalized. The prevailing form of socialization in seminaries is a combination of organizational socialization and religious training. The dimensions of intra-organizational socialization in the seminary encompass three axes cognitive, affective, and normative which include components such as formal instruction, informal learning, organizational expectations, and educational and research activities. The principal finding of the study is that the model of seminary socialization can be formulated in two forms: linear and interactive. The informal and fluid linear model is more common in traditional seminaries, whereas the interactive model, which involves stages of cognitive, affective, and normative socialization, corresponds more closely with modern communicative and pedagogical structures.
Keywords
"؛ Socialization"؛ Seminary"؛ Study of Significance"؛ Acculturization"؛
"؛ Religious Education"

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Shi'ite Studies
Volume 22, Issue 87
Summer 2024
Pages 119-154