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Shi'i Theology in Iran

2011-09-12 Political Science
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Release : 2011-09-12
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Shi'i Theology in Iran by : Ori Goldberg

Download or read book Shi'i Theology in Iran written by Ori Goldberg. This book was released on 2011-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphor and identity. The discursive personality -- Stuck in the middle with you -- A double edged sword -- Anxiety and discourse. Theology and duality -- Mediated deliverance -- Faith. Wheel within a wheel -- Faith as core and structure -- Silence fraught with meaning.

Shi'i Reformation in Iran

2015-05-28 Social Science
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Release : 2015-05-28
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Shi'i Reformation in Iran by : Professor Ali Rahnema

Download or read book Shi'i Reformation in Iran written by Professor Ali Rahnema. This book was released on 2015-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shi'i Reformation in Iran, Rahnema offers a fresh understanding of Sangelaji’s reformist discourse from a theological standpoint, and takes readers into the heart of the key religious debates in Iran in the 1940s. Drawing on the writings of Sangelaji, as well as interviews with his son, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the reformist’s ideas. As such it offers scholars of religion and Middle Eastern politics alike a penetrating insight into the impact that these ideas have had on Shi’ism–an impact which is still felt today.

Shi'i Reformation in Iran

2016-03-03 Social Science
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Release : 2016-03-03
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Shi'i Reformation in Iran by : Ali Rahnema

Download or read book Shi'i Reformation in Iran written by Ali Rahnema. This book was released on 2016-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shi 'ism caught the attention of the world as Iran experienced her revolution in 1979 and was subsequently cast in the mold of a monolithic discourse of radical political Islam. The spokespersons of Shi'i Islam, in or out of power, have not been the sole representatives of the faith. Nonconformist and uncompromising, the Shi’i jurist and reformist Shari’at Sangelaji (1891-1944) challenged certain popular Shi’i beliefs and the mainstream clerical establishment, guarding and propagating it. In Shi'i Reformation in Iran, Ali Rahnema offers a fresh understanding of Sangelaji’s reformist discourse from a theological standpoint, and takes readers into the heart of the key religious debates in Iran in the 1940s. Exploring Sangelaji’s life, theological position and disputations, Rahnema demonstrates that far from being change resistant, debates around why and how to reform the faith have long been at the heart of Shi’i Islam. Drawing on the writings and sermons of Sangelaji, as well as interviews with his son, the book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the reformist’s ideas. As such it offers scholars of religion and Middle Eastern politics alike a penetrating insight into the impact that these ideas have had on Shi’ism - an impact which is still felt today.

Shi'i Theology in Iran

2011-09-12 Religion
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Release : 2011-09-12
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Shi'i Theology in Iran by : Ori Goldberg

Download or read book Shi'i Theology in Iran written by Ori Goldberg. This book was released on 2011-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a theologically oriented method for engaging with historical and cultural phenomena, this book explores the challenge, offered by revolutionary Shi’i theology in Iran, to Western conventions on theology, revolution and religion’s role in the creation of identity. Offering a stringent critique of current literature on political Islam and on Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the author suggests that current literature fails to perceive and engage with the revolution and its thought as religious phenomena. Grounded in the experience of unconditional faith in God, Shi'i thinkers recognize a distinction between the human and the divine. Concerned with the challenge of constructing a virtuous society, these thinkers pose a model of authority and morality based on mediation, interpretation and participation in the experience of faith. Ori Goldberg considers this interpretative model utilizing a broad array of theoretical tools, most notably critical theologies drawn from Jewish and Christian thought. He draws on a close reading of several texts written by prominent Iranian Shi'i thinkers between 1940 and 2000, most of which are translated into English for the first time, to reveal a vibrant, complex discourse. Presenting a new interfaith perspective on a subject usually considered beyond the scope of such research, this book will be an important reference for scholars of Iranian studies, political Islam, theology and cultural studies.

Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism

2009-02-19 Religion
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Release : 2009-02-19
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism by : Abbas Amanat

Download or read book Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism written by Abbas Amanat. This book was released on 2009-02-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in Shi'i Islam is running at unprecedented levels. International tensions over Iran, where the largest number of Shi'i Muslims live, as well as the political resurgence of the Shi'i in Iraq and Lebanon, have created an urgent need to understand the background, beliefs and motivations of this dynamic vision of Islam. Abbas Amanat is one of the leading scholars of Shi'ism. And in this powerful book, a showcase for some of his most influential writing in the field, he addresses the colourful and diverse history of Shi' Islam in both premodern and contemporary times.Focusing specifically on the importance of apocalypticism in the development of modern Shi'i theology, he shows how an immersion in messianic ideas has shaped the conservative character of much Shi'i thinking, and has prevented it from taking a more progressive course. Tracing the continuity of apocalyptic trends from the Middle Ages to the present, Amanat addresses such topics as the early influence on Shi'ism of Zoroastrianism; manifestations of apocalyptic ideology during the Iranian Revolution of 1979; and the rise of the Shi'i clerical establishment during the 19th and 20th centuries. His book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of both religious studies and Middle Eastern history.

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