The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran - 9780367582845

Taylor & Francis

The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary IranThe Epistemological Turn in Islamic Reform Discourse\nAuthor(s): Heydar Shadi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367582845, 978-0367582845\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nThe Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran discusses why and how Soroush's thought has developed from an Islamic apologetic modernist theology in the 1970s to a liberal theory about religion in post-revolutionary Iran. Through a close and detailed analysis of Soroush's main theories, the book argues that Soroush's thought evolved, through reception of post-positivist epistemology and interaction with Islamism in practice, into a hist.