1st Edition

The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran The Epistemological Turn in Islamic Reform Discourse

By Heydar Shadi Copyright 2019
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the intellectual discourse in post-revolutionary Iran. It focuses on Abdolkarim Soroush, a leading Muslim liberal thinker, whose theory of religion is regarded as highly relevant to the current theological and intellectual dynamics in the Islamic world. The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran discusses why and how Soroush's thought has developed from an... Read more

Introduction: a Paradigm Shift in Islamic Reform Discourse?



Chapter 1 From Critique of Marxism to Critique of Islamism: Soroush's Biography and Intellectual Context



Chapter 2 Religious Post-Positivism: Soroush's Epistemology



Chapter 3 Religion as a Historical and Plural Dialogue Between Humans and God: Soroush's Theory of Religion



Chapter 4 "Westoxification," "Inauthenticity," and "Heresy": Critiques of Soroush



Chapter 5 Features and Implications of Soroush's Thought



Chapter 6 From Apology to a new Theory



Conclusion: The Expansion of Prophetic Experience and The Expansion of Soroushian Experience



Bibliography

Biography

Heydar Shadi is currently a research fellow at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt, Germany.