Religious Secularity - A Theological Challenge to the Islamic State

Zusatztext The book is well written ... Scholars of Iran will find it interesting Informationen zum Autor Naser Ghobadzadeh is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Justice, the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Researching the intersection of religion and politics, his interests lie in the study of Islamic political theology, secularism, state-religion-society relations, and Middle East and Iranian politics. Klappentext Using Iran as a case study, Ghobadzadeh investigates the paradoxes of the Islamic state ideal. He develops the seemingly oxymoronic term "religious secularity" and uses it to describe the Islamic quest for a democratic secular state. Zusammenfassung Using Iran as a case study, Ghobadzadeh investigates the paradoxes of the Islamic state ideal. He develops the seemingly oxymoronic term "religious secularity" and uses it to describe the Islamic quest for a democratic secular state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Shiite Discourses on Sovereignty Chapter Two: Seeding Secularity The Rise of a Jurisprudential State Chapter Three: Religious Rationale for Separation Chapter Four: Political Construction of Clericalism Chapter Five: Clerics against Clericalism Chapter Six: Clerical Hegemony Contradictions and Paradoxes Conclusion Bibliography Notes

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• Authors: Naser Ghobadzadeh, Naser (Research Fellow Ghobadzadeh, Nasir Ghobadzadeh, Nasir Qubadzadah
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9780199391172
• ISBN: 978-0-19-939117-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Religion and Global Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education