Theocratic secularism : religion and government in Shīʻī thought /
"This book articulates a religious rationale for political secularism in the Iranian/shi'i context. The genealogy of Twelver shi'i political theology shows that the bitter experience and lack of success of the shi'ia in the field of governance in the early centuries of Islamic hi...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Religion and global politics.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One: The formative period of shīʻism: 1. The sorrowful Age of Presence
- 2. The Minor Occultation: collaboration and survival
- 3. The age of perplexity: from moderate shīʻism to Twelver shīʻism
- 4. The major occultation: the ʻulamāʼ and interaction with the usurper
- Part Two: The Contingent rise of governmental-shīʻism: 5. The political germination of a religious doctrine
- 6. Wilāyat-i faqīh: the elephant in the room
- 7. The creeping entrance of the idea of wilāyat-i faqīh
- 8. The genie is out of the bottle
- Conclusion
- Bibliography.