باز بيني تحليلي پايگاه اجتماعي مسيحيان ايران در سده‌هاي چهارم تا ششم هجري

An Analytical Review of the Social Status of Iranian Christians: between the Fourth Century and Sixth Century AH

اقليت مسيحي در ايران پس از ورود اسلام به اين سرزمين، وارد عصر جديدي شد. در اين دوران كه مشخصه اصلي آن، آشفتگي ساختارهاي جامعه ايران پس از فروپاشي دولت ساساني بود، مسيحيان اقدام به تجديد قواي انديشه‌هاي مذهبي و كلامي و ساختار جامعه خويش كردند. با تحكيم پايه‌هاي اسلام در ايران و استحكام اقتدار سياسي جهان اسلام، مسيحيان بر اساس بعضي احكام اسلامي مربوط به اهل ذمّه و برخي قواعد عرفي جامعه اسلامي، كه بسياري از آنها با آموزه‌هاي دين اسلام مغايرت داشت، با محدوديت‌هايي روبه‌رو شدند. مقارن با اواخر سده چهارم هجري، اقليت يادشده در فضاي سياسي و فرهنگي تازه‌اي كه حكومت غزنوي و بعضي از متحجران ديني تحت حمايت آنان ايجاد كرده بودند، وارد يك عصر بحراني شد كه تا قرن ششم هجري امتداد يافت. در اين پژوهش، وضعيت اقليت مسيحي در ايران در سده‌هاي چهارم تا ششم هجري با نگاهي فراگير (غيرنخبه‌گرايانه) و با تاكيد بر تمام قشرهاي اين اقليت مذهبي، بررسي مي‌شود.

The Christian minority in Iran entered a new age after the spread of Islam in Iran. The Iranian Christians started to revitalize their religious and theological thoughts and reconstruct their society in this new stage which was characterized by the confusion in the social structure in Iran which followed the decline of Sasanid state. Due to the Islamic rules connected to dhimis (protected people) and some of the conventional rules of Islamic society, most of which contradicted Islamʹs doctrines, the Christian minority had some limitations after the consolidation of the edifice of Islam in Iran and the growing political authority of the Islamic world. Towards the end of fourth century AH and due to the new political and cultural atmosphere created by the Qaznavid state and some religious fanatics who were under its support, this minority entered a critical stage which continued until the sixth century AH. The present paper investigates the conditions of the Christian minority in Iran between the fourth century the sixth century AH providing a comprehensive (non-elitist) outlook with special emphasis on all the strata of this religious minority.