The purpose of this study is to formulation a new research program in sociology of religion in iran .the research literature of religious life - which is clearly seen in the work of durkheim - analyzes the relation between sacred and profane in the form of a binery . this common approach in sociology of religion in iran is also accepted .the present study converts dual into a quaternary ( nature - natural matter) , (orf-orfi matter ) , ( sharia - sharia matter ) and ( qods- qodsi matter ) , presents a new analytical tool which can explain the religious life or out of religion in iran. orfi matter is dependent on the understanding of nature and qodsi matter is dependent on understanding of sharia. in accordance with this shift of hard core from dual to quaternary , changes in the theoretical apparatus and the rules of a method as a protective belt and leading rules of the research program of religious life arise. theoretically qodsi matter is within the structure of action and legitimacy and is constantly evolving depending on the historical and cultural conditions .from the position of method for understanding the formation of religion in social structure typology of sharia structure as constelation and identified the forms of distance or near to religious life. The application of this research program to a sample of Iranian society shows that this framework, compared to competing programs such as secularization, measures and types of religiosity, or the ethnography of religion, provides a more accurate and realistic explanation of the place of religion in the social structure of Iran.