Islam, Democracy and Religious Modernism in Iran (1953-2000) - From Bāzargān to Soroush

This book discusses the general problematic of Islam and democracy and the ideas of certain Iranian religious modernists on the issue. Examining the development of religious intellectualism in post-revolutionary Iran, it presents Abdolkarim Soroush's novel approach to this pertinent topic.

About the author

Forough Jahanbakhsh, Ph.D. (1997) in Islamic Studies, McGill University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Queen's University, Canada. She specializes in modern Islamic Thought and has written extensively on religion and politics. She is currently writing a book on a newly emerging Muslim intellectual movement.

Product details

• Authors: Forough Jahanbakhsh
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9789004119826
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11982-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 249 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Social, Economic and Political
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories