The Status and Role of Clerical Uniforms in the Ethical Activity of the Clergies: the Clothes of the Prophet and the Clothes of the Being a Messenger

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Department of Cultural Studies and Communication, Faculty of Culture and Behavioral Social Sciences, Baqir al-olum University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

 
The "uniforms of the Shiite clergy" has found a distinct and symbolic identity in our society. The question of the status and role of this uniform in the ethical activity of the clergy is the main concern of this article. based on the analytical-historical method, Recognition of the identity, functions, norms and ethical challenges of Clerical uniform, showed that Its symbolic and historical attribution to the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), its religious desirability and its symbolic identity - which implies the social role of the clergy and the communicative identity of this role - make it a religious and sacred garment, as it is known in popular culture of Shiite activists. "Prophet's clothing" and "messenger clothing" and religious messaging. Understanding the functions and customs, norms and moral challenges of wearing "Prophet's clothes" and "Messenger's clothes" are other results of this research.
 

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Quarterly Scientific Journal of Applied Ethics Studies
Volume 17, Issue 44 - Serial Number 66
Special issue of clerical activism ethics, commissioned by the ethics depatment of the center of family ethics and lifestyle
March 2022
Pages 173-202

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  • Receive Date: 03 March 2022
  • Revise Date: 16 March 2023
  • Accept Date: 11 April 2022

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