Discourse Analysis of the Reformation of Religious Knowledge in the Constitutional Age (Case Study: The Holy Spirit(

The confrontation of Iranian intellectuals with the Western civilization of the constitutional age led to the acceptance of Western ideas by the elites at this historical juncture, which had emerged as traditionalist, modernist discourses and reformed religious knowledge. This article seeks to recognize the characteristics of the Discourse of Religious Knowledge Reform in the Holy Spirit. Critical discourse analysis is a theoretical framework on which we extract and analyze the characteristics of the discourse of religious knowledge reform in the Holy Spirit. The reform of religious thought and knowledge is one of the most important issues that the constitutional-era press has paid particular attention to, and this is clearly seen in a number of prominent constitutional-era presses, including the Holy Spirit. Reforming religious knowledge Although it has been around for a long time in the history of Iran and Islam, it has evolved in the modern era for many reasons, including the link between internal tyranny and foreign colonialism. The need to return to original Islam, redefine the role of the clergy and its relation to the institution of politics, the need to recognize tyranny and its varieties, and to warn that Islam was in danger were among the most important features of the discourse of reforming religious knowledge in the Holy Spirit. This newspaper was one of the users of the Discourse of Religious Knowledge Reform, which sought to develop interpolation and to respond appropriately to the above difficulties by absorbing its favorable elements from traditionalist and modernist discourses.