The understanding Religious Conversion of girls: case study girls of District 4 of Tehran

 
The change in the religiosity of girls as a new generation in the form of religious Conversion is the main issue of the current research and the research was conducted with the aim of identifying the changes in religiosity that were mostly manifested in the form of religious innovation among girls living in the 4th district of Tehran to check that girl’s What kind of lived experience do they present of the change in their religiosity? Methodical approach, qualitative and research method, narrative analysis and information gathering tool, narrative interview and sampling method in a purposeful and judgmental way. 20 girls born in the 70s were selected for interview. Out of a total of 20 girls, 2 did not accept any religion, and 18 were acute converts (completely evolved in the belief system) and 18 were non-acute converts (evolved within the belief system) who had doubts about some religious matters and now selectively and most of them are rational and religious. A more detailed examination of the changes in girls' religiosity shows that for reasons such as attending university, raising the level of literacy and education, strengthening the spirit of questioning and criticism, they have gone through the experience of changes in their religiosity and have criticized and reconsidered their religiosity, so that They have abandoned an important part of religious beliefs and practices that they did easily and without questioning in the past.
Key words: religiosity, religiosity evolutions, Religious Conversion, rethinking, girls,
 
Extended Abstract
 
Introduction
The change in the religiosity of girls as a new generation in the form of religious innovation is the main issue of the current research and the research was conducted with the aim of identifying the changes in religiosity that were mostly manifested in the form of religious innovation among girls living in the 4th district of Tehran to check that girls What is the lived experience of transformation in their religiosity? Methodical approach, qualitative and research method, narrative analysis and information gathering tool, narrative interview and sampling method in a purposeful and judgmental way. 20 girls born in the 70s were selected for interview. Out of a total of 20 girls, 2 did not accept any religion, and 18 were acute converts (completely evolved in the belief system) and 18 were non-acute converts (evolved within the belief system) who had doubts about some religious matters and now selectively And most of them are rational and religious. A more detailed examination of the changes in girls' religiosity shows that for reasons such as attending university, improving the level of literacy and education, strengthening the spirit of questioning and criticism, they have gone through the experience of changes in their religiosity and have criticized and reconsidered their religiosity, so that They have abandoned an important part of religious beliefs and practices that they did easily and without questioning in the past.
Methods
The methodological, qualitative and research approach has been narrative analysis and data collection tools, narrative interviews and purposeful sampling methods. townty  girls  selected for the interview. In this study, according to the subject that observes girls's narratives of life and the change and evolution of their views and adventures, the method of narrative analysis was used. The tool used to collect information was a narrative interview. In narrative interviews, the narratives obtained from the interviewees contain data that can be used as a substitute for semi-structured interviews. In a narrative interview, the informed person is asked to improvise the story of the subject in which he / she participated. The questioner forces the informed person to retell the subject in the form of an interconnected story of events from the beginning to the end (Flick, 1394: 92). The method of data collection was reference to the field and District 4 of Tehran (District 9 of Majid Abad neighborhood) was designated as the study area and 20 girls were selected for interview. Sampling method in this study was purposive sampling.
 
Results
The main problem of the current research was basically religious innovation arising from the current state of girls' religiosity in Tehran. The main purpose of this research was to investigate the type of understanding and interpretation of girls in Tehran about their religious orientation and also their most important reasons for choosing this type of religiosity, which was the main plot of this narrative based on the complication of change. That is, at every stage of religious life, girls have experienced personality and social changes that have finally led to religious modernization. But this modernism has not been experienced among them in a uniform and uniform way, so that some of them have been kept under the umbrella of fundamental religious beliefs and some of them have been removed from the circle of official religion. Their understanding and interpretation of their religious innovation is somewhat clear and decisive. According to their interpretation, they have consciously applied changes in their religious life, although they have not forgotten the influence of social and structural factors. In addition to this, the reasons given by them for religious innovation are reasons that they themselves have acknowledged. Therefore, their understanding and interpretation is of religious innovation, and after experiencing religious life, they have made changes in their religiosity.
Conclusion
In general, it can be said that the changes in girls' religiosity have been significant in such a way that religious modernization among girls has occurred in a more fundamental way. It seems that based on the results of this research, we can talk about a kind of plurality and diversity in the religiosity of Iranian girls; Something that has not been noticed in the traditional world. In other words, living in the modern sphere has provided a necessary and necessary basis for the evolution of the religious sphere of the investigated girls as people of the new generation. Bold streaks of transformation in religious thought and feeling and in the understanding of religious concepts and symbols such as the concept of God, as well as transformation in moral understanding, as well as in acts of worship and rituals and in beliefs and matters of faith can be seen among the girls of the new generation.
 
Funding:
There is no funding support.
Author’s contribution
Study conception and design: Kamali and Tajeddin and Mohaddesi.
 Data collection: Kamali.
 Data analysis and interpretation: Kamali andTajeddin and Mohaddesi.
Drafting of manuscript: Kamali.
 Critical revision: Kamali and Tajeddin and Mohaddesi
 
Conflict of interest:Authors declared no conflict of interest
 
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank all the people who supported us in conducting this study with their valuable comments