Theocratic Secularism
Religion and Government in Shi'i Thought
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 February 2023
- ISBN 9780197606797
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 157x226x40 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English 294
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Short description:
In Theocratic Secularism, author Naser Ghobadzadeh questions the religious logic used to legitimize the rule of the clergy in Iran. Ghobadzadeh argues that orthodox shi'ism considers the institution of government to be outside the realm of religion and religious leaders. Coining the term 'theocratic secularism', Ghobadzadeh ultimately argues for the re-instatement of a form of political secularism in Iran.
MoreLong description:
For more than forty years, there has been a religious government in Iran that claims to be rooted in shi'i political theology. In this book, Naser Ghobadzadeh intends to show that this reading of shi'i political theology is a fundamental deviation from orthodox shi'ism.
The principle of theocracy is one of the most fundamental principles of the shi'i orthodox belief system, but its realization in practice depends on the return of the Twelfth Imam. Until that day, the institution of government and political leadership falls outside the scope of the authority of religious leaders. Naser Ghobadzadeh shows that governmental-shi'ism is less than half a century old and that its formation was not the product of a transformation in orthodox shi'i political theology. Rather, governmental-shi'ism was born in the political arena and has been able to survive because it profits from government resources.
Coining the term 'theocratic secularism', this book argues for the re-instatement of a form of political secularism in Iran.
Naser Ghobadzadeh's reputation as one of the world's leading young scholars of Shi?i Islam is reaffirmed by this enlightening and enlivening book. It shows with great clarity how the Iranian government's reigning doctrine of wilayat-i faqih was born of a revolutionary power grab that spurned the wisdom of ancient Shi?i jurists?scholars such as Shaykh alMufid and al-Sharif al-Murtada who taught that people of faith who believe in the hidden Imam are obliged to shun involvement in earthly government and resist its corrupting and potentially evil effects.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part One: The Formative Period of Shi'ism
Chapter 1: The Sorrowful Age of Presence
Chapter 2: The Minor Occultation: Collaboration and Survival
Chapter 3: The Age of Perplexity: From Moderate Shi'ism to Twelver shi'ism
Chapter 4: The Major Occultation: The Ulama and Interaction with the Usurper
Part Two: The Contingent Rise of Governmental-Shi'ism
Chapter 5: The Political Germination of a Religious Doctrine
Chapter 6: Wilayat-i faqih: The Elephant in the Room
Chapter 7: The Creeping Entrance of the Idea of Wilayat-i faqih
Chapter 8: The Genie is out of the Bottle
Conclusion
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