Religion and Freedom: Typology of an Iranian Discussion
Freedom is essential for the blossoming of a truly democratic society, but how is the relation of religion and freedom to be understood in present-day Iran, which is ruled by a religious government and where debates over the extent of freedom and its compatibility with an Islamic state have gone unr...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2005]
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Australian religion studies review
Year: 2005, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-67 |
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Summary: | Freedom is essential for the blossoming of a truly democratic society, but how is the relation of religion and freedom to be understood in present-day Iran, which is ruled by a religious government and where debates over the extent of freedom and its compatibility with an Islamic state have gone unresolved for more than a decade? Leading Iranian intellectuals, a number of them clerics, some critics of the present Islamic regime, others, its ideologues, have discussed the issue of the compatibility of religion and freedom. This article proposes a typology applied to some discussions by a number of Iranian intellectuals on the compatibility or incompatibility of religion and freedom within a religious government. |
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ISSN: | 1744-9014 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Australian religion studies review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/arsr.2005.18.1.49 |