RT Article
T1 A typology of shī ʿī discourses and possibilities of democracy
JF Critical research on religion
VO 11
IS 2
SP 187
OP 204
A1 Ghobadzadeh, Naser
A1 Akbar, Ali
A2 Akbar, Ali
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1853379999
AB This article presents a typology of the major religio-political discourses in the Shī ʿī world, namely Shī ʿa orthodoxy, governmental Shī ʿism, and reformist Shī ʿism. We compare the political stance of the former discourse, which has received the least amount of attention in academic circles, with the other two well-researched discourses. The typology offered in this article will be helpful not only in providing a comprehensive picture of Shī ʿī politico-religious discourses, but also in providing a useful framework for further comparative analyses. We investigate the political theology and history of these discourses, as well as their capacity to accommodate popular sovereignty. We argue that while both orthodox and reformist Shī ʿī discourses embrace popular sovereignty, the linchpin of governmental Shī ʿism is divine sovereignty, which cannot be reconciled with popular sovereignty.
K1 secular democracy
K1 Ayatollah Khomeini
K1 Iran
K1 governmental shīʿism
K1 shīʿī reformism
K1 Shī ʿī orthodoxy
DO 10.1177/20503032231174203