A typology of shī ʿī discourses and possibilities of democracy
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Ghobadzadeh, Naser and Akbar, Ali. (2023). A typology of shī ʿī discourses and possibilities of democracy. Critical Research on Religion. 11(2), pp. 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503032231174203
Authors | Ghobadzadeh, Naser and Akbar, Ali |
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Abstract | This article presents a typology of the major religio-political discourses in the Shī ʿī world, namely Shī ʿa orthodoxy, governmental Shī ʿism, and reformist Shī ʿism. We compare the political stance of the former discourse, which has received the least amount of attention in academic circles, with the other two well-researched discourses. The typology offered in this article will be helpful not only in providing a comprehensive picture of Shī ʿī politico-religious discourses, but also in providing a useful framework for further comparative analyses. We investigate the political theology and history of these discourses, as well as their capacity to accommodate popular sovereignty. We argue that while both orthodox and reformist Shī ʿī discourses embrace popular sovereignty, the linchpin of governmental Shī ʿism is divine sovereignty, which cannot be reconciled with popular sovereignty. |
Keywords | Shī ʿī orthodoxy ; shīʿī reformism; governmental shīʿism; Iran; Ayatollah Khomeini; secular democracy |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Critical Research on Religion |
Journal citation | 11 (2), pp. 187-204 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
ISSN | 2050-3032 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/20503032231174203 |
Web address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503032231174203 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 187-204 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 May 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 31 Jul 2024 |
Additional information | © The Author(s) 2023. |
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
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