Islam, democracy and religious modernism in Iran, 1953-2000 : : from Bazargan to Soroush / / by Forough Jahanbakhsh.
This volume focuses primarily on the question of the compatability of Islam and democracy. It highlights the contribution of seven prominent pre- and post-revolutionary Iranian religious thinkers on the subject.
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Superior document: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, v. 77 |
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Year of Publication: | 2001 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
v. 77. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 pages) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. What is Democracy?; Chapter Two. Democratic Norms in Islam; Chapter Three. The Emergence of Muslim Intellectualism in Modern Iran; Chapter Four. Religious Modernism and Democracy in Iran; Chapter Five. Post-Revolutionary Religious Intellectuals and Democracy. Abdulkarim Soroush; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index