Archive for August, 2015

New Theology in the Islamic Republic of Iran

By • Aug 18th, 2015 • Category: Works On Soroush

A Comparative Study between Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar. This dissertation describes the nature of what has been called “new theology” in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It argues that…



A distinctive form of Muslim politics: Islamism and Post-Islamism Conference in Turkish Review

By • Aug 16th, 2015 • Category: News

Since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the abolition of the institution of the Caliphate in 1924, Islam has become a focal point of reference for a variety of pan-Islamist movements, intellectual arguments and political activists. During the Cold War period…



Oxford Bibliographies: Abdolkarim Soroush

By • Aug 11th, 2015 • Category: Works On Soroush

Abdolkarim Soroush is the penname for Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbᾱgh (1945–). He is one of the most controversial figures in the religious and political polemics of postrevolutionary Iran…



What is Islamic Philosophy?

By • Aug 11th, 2015 • Category: Works On Soroush

The Iranian philosopher Abd al-Karim Soroush is an important thinker on the topics of religion knowledge and how this relates to reason. His best-known work…



Abdolkarim Soroush: The Neo-Muʿtazilite that Buries Classical Islamic Political Theology in Defence of Religious Democracy and Pluralism

By • Aug 11th, 2015 • Category: Works On Soroush