Through the development of research activities and a decade of a great deal of knowledge and organizational experience in research activities, and by changing the approach of the Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary from function-oriented to problem-oriented, the structure of the deputy was changed to the Center for Islamic Studies in Isfahan. The Center, based on the resolution of the Research Council of ISCA, has tried to pursue its goals in four research departments "Ethics", "Religions", "Philosophy and theology" and "jurisprudence and law" on December 24, 2012, and has created an ideal context for new research activities.
With regards to this background, the establishment of a research center affiliated to ISCA, with emphasis on the scientific and religious needs in Isfahan got on the agenda. Finally, in 2016, considering the background, potentials, situation, and facilities, the center was changed to the “Research Center for Theology and Family” with three departments of “Family Studies”, “Social Ethics”, and “Comparative Theology”.

Mission
Carrying out research and studies on the development of the sciences and culture of “Islamic family” based on its structure, ethics, and theology

Long-term Goals
•    Gaining scientific knowledge of the related issues and setting the priority of the studies by needs assessment
•    Identification of the problems and methods of the solving the issues from the perspective of science and Islam
•    Design and presentation of exemplars 
•    Answering the existing questions and challenges
•    Criticism of the schools, opinions, and intellectual currents opposing family
•    Increasing the interdisciplinary studies 

Short-term Goals
•    Study and design a comprehensive exemplar of family emphasizing the relationship of the couples using the Islamic sources
•    Analysis of the grounds, effects, and solutions of the issues of family from the perspective of public morality, especially honesty
•    Study the opinions and ideas concerning family in various religions, sects, schools, and intellectual currents

Department for Family Studies 
The department, considering the need of the society to know family scientifically, tries to analyze the issues of family including marriage, marital relationship, and parenting, for strengthening and promoting the structure and function of family. The department is after a deep understanding of the concept of family by carrying out scientific studies, criticising and analyzing the theories regarding family, and presentation of exemplars of an Islamic family. The mission of the department is fundamental and practical study aimed at expansion and development of the scientific view of family in Iran.

Mission
•    Carrying out research on the issues of family regarding its structure, relationships, and system

Long-term Goals
•    Identification of the family problems and design of interferences with the aim to prevent and cure family problems
•    Presentation of an exemplary Islamic family
•    Identification and presentation of the foundations, principles, and structure of an Islamic family

Short-term Goals
Research and study for
•    Discovery of the patterns of the relationship of couples and their scale based on Islamic teachings
•    Study the problems of knowledge in the relationship of couples and the methods of solving based on Islamic sources
•    Identification of the grounds of relationship problems of the users of social networks and the audience of satellite television
•    Compilation of a comprehensive educational package for improvement of family relationships

Department for Social Ethics
Undoubtedly, morality has a great share in the Islamic sources and other Abrahamic religions. So, one of the most important missions of humanities is regarding morality issues. Public Morality Department tries to browse, criticise, and theorize in the area of Islamic morality focused on the issues of family, and study the new issues of the field by using new scientific methods. 

Mission
•    Study and research in the area of family issues from the perspective of public morality

Long-term Goals
•    Methodic and scientific explanation of the foundations, principles of the Islamic morality, especially in the field of public morality and regarding issues of family
•    Pathology of the moral issues of family and identification of the problems of public morality related to family and presenting the solutions
•    Extraction and presentation of the exemplars of the life from the Islamic sources regarding the issues of family

Short-term Goals
Research and study for:
•    Analyzing the grounds and factors of dishonesty in family and its solutions
•    Analyzing the grounds and factors of deception in the media and its solutions (especially for the kids and teenagers)
•    Ways of promoting honesty based on Islamic morality, especially in families
•    Study the personal, family, and social effects of honesty and dishonesty from the perspective of Islamic morality

Department for Comparative Theology
The Comparative Theology Department focuses on theological issues of family emphasizing the Islamic thought. The department tries to study the aspects of issues of family using a variety of methods and the potential of Islamic sciences including Islamic philosophy, theology, hadith, etc. The department focuses on the practical view in understanding, demonstrating, and using the religious propositions in the area of family issues.

Mission
•    Research in the area of issues of family from the perspective of comparative theology

Long-term Goals
•    Study the issues related to the theology of religions, sects, schools, and intellectual currents in the area of issues of family
•    Analysis of the opinions and thoughts in the area of comparative theology related to family
•    Identification and answering the questions related to issues of family

Short-term Goals
Study and research for
•    Ways of strengthening the religious beliefs in family
•    Identification of methods of teaching the beliefs to kids
•    Increasing the religious beliefs, especially in the youth, using the potential of religious meetings in homes
•    Comparative study of household management in the opinions of Muslim and non-Muslim philosophers