Reviews

Abrahamian, Ervand; Book Review (Political Thought in Islam, Vol1, by Mohsen kadivar) – pdf,; Islamic Law and Society,Vol.8, No.2 (2001), Brill, pp. 295-298.

Ashraf & Banuazizi; Iran's Tortuous Path Toward Isamic Liberalism (pdf); International journal of Policies, Culture & Society, Vol. 15, No. 2, Winter 2001; pp. 250 & 256.

Bakhtiari, Bahman & Norton, Augustus Richard; Voices Within Islam: Four perspectives on Tolerance and Diversity (pdf); Current History, January 2005, pp. 37-45.

  Abstract This paper discusses thress post-revolutionary dissident political theologies in Iran. They all question the absoloutist theology of the ruling clerics and utilize indigenous sources of scholarship to oppose the clerical hegemony. They ahve complementary emphases: whereas Soroush highlights the variable nature of religious knowledge, Shabestari and Kadivar underline its limited and multiple nature. They represent the maturing of the dialogue of the Iranian-Islamic thought with Western Social and political philosophy, and as the coming of age of the indigenous Islamic political theology reclaiming its pluralistic and democratic elements.…