Religious statecraft : the politics of Islam in Iran /

Religious statecraft : the politics of Islam in Iran /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tabaar, Mohammad (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Series:Columbia studies in Middle East politics.
Subjects:
Islam and politics > Iran > History > 20th century.
Islam and politics > Iran > History > 21st century.
Shīʻah > Iran.
Iran > Politics and government > 1979-1997.
Iran > Politics and government > 1997-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the politics of Islam
  • Factional causes and religious consequences of politics
  • A shi'a theory of the state
  • The "Islamic" revolution
  • Institutionalizing velayat-e faqih
  • The hostage crisis : the untold account of the Communist threat
  • Religion and elite competition in the Iran-Iraq war
  • The metamorphosis of Islamism after the war
  • The factional battle over Khomeini's velayat-e faqih
  • Media, religion, and the green movement
  • Historical revisionism and regional threats
  • The domestic sources of nuclear politics.