Contemporary Reformist Responses to Traditional Shi'a Discourses
$265.65
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2026
Summary
Based on Persian and Arabic primary sources such as seminal jurisprudential works, fatwas, articles and interviews, this book explores how contemporary Shiʿism has broken away from traditional religious discourses. Ali Akbar examines how prominent scholars from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon who operate from within Shiʿa tradition have paved the way for new interpretations of Islam in general and of Shiʿism in particular.
The book investigates the extent to which reformist Shiʿa scholarship h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399550345 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399550349 |
| Author: | Ali Akbar |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 494g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
The book is very well written and is based on a wide spectrum of primary and secondary sources. It fills in an important gap in scholarship on contemporary traditionalist seminary-based Shi’i thought. – Adis Duderija, Griffith University
Contemporary Reformist Responses to Traditional Shi’a Discourses examines recent traditionalist and reformist jurisprudence and political theory within Shia Islam. The book first presents a brief overview of the Shia Islamic tradition [and] the book’s core engages Shia traditional teachers and reformists as they confront Western liberalism. The book will deepen understanding of Iranian Shia jurisprudence and political thought for practitioners and comparativists. Suitable for Islamic seminaries and schools, collections with emphases on Islamic thought, and collections in comparative legal and political thought.Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals. – J. W. Wright * CHOICE *
Ali Akbar
Dr. Ali Akbar is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia, where he received his PhD in Islamic Studies. He is an expert in Islamic Studies with a focus on contemporary Islamic thought and Middle Eastern politics, as well as Iranian politics, with a focus on Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond.
He is co-author of Iran’s Soft Power in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Edinburgh University Press, 2023) and lead author of Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an and Its Interpretation in Iran (Routledge, 2020). He is also the sole author of Contemporary Perspectives on Revelation and Qur’anic Hermeneutics (Edinburgh University Press, 2020).
In addition to these books, Dr. Akbar has published extensively in top-tier journals, including Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, British Journal of Middle East Studies, Iranian Studies, Mediterranean Politics, Third World Quarterly, and Political Theology.
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