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Theocratic Secularism - Religion and Government in Shiai Thought (Hardcover)
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Theocratic Secularism - Religion and Government in Shiai Thought (Hardcover)
Series: RELIGION AND GLOBAL POLITICS SERIES
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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.
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