Compulsion in religion: the authoritarian roots of Saddam Hussein's Islam

This dissertation investigates the relationship between religion and state in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. It is based on extensive research with Iraqi archives. The dissertation pays particular attention to the Ba‘thist regime’s strategy of authoritarian entrenchment as a means of instrumentalizing relig...

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Main Author: Helfont, Samuel (Author)
Contributors: Haykel, Bernard 1968- (Consultant)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton Princeton University 2015
In:Year: 2015
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Religion
B Totalitarianism
B Islam and politics
B Thesis
B Authoritarianism
B Party (law)
B State
B Shi'ah
B Fundamentalism
B Political system
B Politics
B Religious organization
B Iraq
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)