A typology of shī ʿī discourses and possibilities of democracy

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...

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Authors: Ghobadzadeh, Naser (Author) ; Akbar, Ali (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-204
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iran / Shi'ah / Democracy / Popular sovereignty / Secularism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B governmental shīʿism
B Ayatollah Khomeini
B secular democracy
B Iran
B Shī ʿī orthodoxy
B shīʿī reformism
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