Political Secularism and Religion

• Other Authors: Ghobadzadeh, Naser (Editor), Akbar, Ali (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; Ahmad Qābel; religious secularity; velāyat-e faqih; foqahā; Iran; twelver shīʿism; political secularism; Shīʿi theology; theocracy; hidden imām; qāʾim; age of perplexity; ḥadīth collection; founding Shīʿī scholars; religion; Islam; Islamism; populism; education; jihad; nation-building; Turkey; AKP; Erdogan; Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd; Sayyid Qutb; Abul Ala Mawdudi; divine sovereignty; Qurʾānic hermeneutics; liberalism; secularization; critique of ideologies; Islamist terrorism; violent right-wing movements; minorities' religiosity; ethnic minority; social secularism; survival strategy; religious discourse; Hunza; Tatar; Szekler; Sami; secularism; Singapore; secularity; Butrus al-Bustani; The Clarion of Syria; Arab-Islamicate world(s); eastern Germany; church buildings; reconciliation; secular/religious divide; governance; Spain; claims-making; Islamic religious rights; reformist Islam; discursive democracy; Muslim politics; domestic politics; Islamists; Pakistan
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This reprint delves into the relationship between religious leaders and movements and secular political systems. While the secularisation thesis predicted the decline of religion in both private and public life, this reprint challenges this narrative by exploring the diverse approaches of religious...