Authority in Contemporary Shicism

Author(s):
Bos, M. van den; Vahdat, F.
Published
2002
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

The ISIM hosted a one-day workshop on 'Authority in Contemporary Shicism' in Leiden on 1 March 2002, convened by Matthijs van den Bos. Several observations on the current state of (Iranian) Shicite studies underlay its design. Most importantly, studies of religious discourse in contemporary Iran - particularly that comprising reformist thought - often neglect the disciplinary background of religious discourse. Therefore, scientific scrutiny was due to the decisive shifts that have taken place in the relative importance of feqh, kalam, falsafa, hekmat, erfan, and tasavv of as argumentative styles in debates over religious authority in contemporary Shicism.

Shicism
Date issued
2002
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Newsletter (2002), Vol. 10, no. 1, p. 4-4
hdl
1887/16768