TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ghamari-Tabrizi,Behrooz
TI  - Islam and dissent in postrevolutionary Iran: Abdolkarim Soroush, religious politics and democratic reform 
T2  - International library of Iranian studies
SN  - 1845118804 (pbk.)
U1  - 955.0542 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I. B. Tauris
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Iran
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-1997
KW  - 1997-
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1979
KW  - Influence
KW  - BUSBOL
KW  - October2016
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
; Introduction : ideological certainties, past and present -- The Islamic roots of modernity and the modern roots of Islamism -- Legitimizing the postrevolutionary regime : the genesis of the new constitution -- Abdolkarim Soroush : the intellectual voice of the Islamic Republic -- From the reign of terror to let a thousand flowers bloom -- From liberation theology to state ideology : Shari'ati and the emergence of new religious intellectuals -- The silence of the Shari'ah : Abdolkarim Soroush and the theological foundations of political reform -- Islam, democracy, and religious pluralism -- Conclusion : social change and the symbolic universe of religion
N2  - The Iranian revolution of 1979 overhauled not only the foundations of Iranian society, religion and politics, but also our understanding of the role of religion in modern government. This title shows that the revolution unintentionally opened up the public sphere to competing interpretations of Islam
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2009275649.html
ER  -