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Religious Secularity: A Theological Challenge to the Islamic State

Religious Secularity: A Theological Challenge to the Islamic State

Ghobadzadeh, Naser

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Series: Religion and Global Politics

Religion General IslamGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0190664894
ISBN13: 9780190664893
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 1 2017
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Fundamentalism and authoritarian secularism are commonly perceived as the two mutually exclusive paradigms available to Muslim majority countries. Recent political developments, however, have challenged this perception. Formerly associated with a fundamentalist outlook, mainstream Islamist groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Nahda, have adopted a distinctly secular-democratic approach to the state re-building process. Their success or failure in transitioning to democracy remains to be seen, but the political position these Islamic groups have carved out suggests the viability of a third way.

Naser Ghobadzadeh examines the case of Iran, which has a unique history with respect to the relationship of religion and politics. The country has been subject to both authoritarian secularization and authoritarian Islamization over the last nine decades. While politico-religious discourse in Iran is articulated in response to the Islamic state, it also bears the scars of Iran's history of authoritarian secularization-the legacy of the Pahlavi regime. Ghobadzadeh conceptualizes this politico-religious discourse as religious secularity. He uses this apparent oxymoron to describe the Islamic quest for a democratic secular state, and he demonstrates how this concept encapsulates the complex characteristics of the Shiite religious reformation movement.

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