02139    a2200337   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001600151072001400167072001400181072001300195072001400208072001200222072001400234072002100248072002100269072002100290072002100311100001600332245007700348250000600425260003200431300001000463520131300473999001501786131705533020250317111637.0250312042016GB                   eng    a9781317055334  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 48.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aQRP2thema7 aQRAX2thema7 aNH2thema7 a3M2bisac7 aHRH2bic7 aHRAX2bic7 aHB2bic7 a3J2bisac7 aSOC0480002bisac7 aREL0330002bisac7 aREL0000002bisac7 a297.820922bisac1 aAli Rahnema10aShi'i Reformation in IranbThe Life and Theology of Shari’at Sangelaji  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20160303  a194 p  bShi 'ism caught the attention of the world as Iran experienced her revolution in 1979 and was subsequently cast in the mold of a monolithic discourse of radical political Islam. The spokespersons of Shi'i Islam, in or out of power, have not been the sole representatives of the faith. Nonconformist and uncompromising, the Shi’i jurist and reformist Shari’at Sangelaji (1891-1944) challenged certain popular Shi’i beliefs and the mainstream clerical establishment, guarding and propagating it. In Shi'i Reformation in Iran, Ali Rahnema offers a fresh understanding of Sangelaji’s reformist discourse from a theological standpoint, and takes readers into the heart of the key religious debates in Iran in the 1940s. Exploring Sangelaji’s life, theological position and disputations, Rahnema demonstrates that far from being change resistant, debates around why and how to reform the faith have long been at the heart of Shi’i Islam.   Drawing on the writings and sermons of Sangelaji, as well as interviews with his son, the book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the reformist’s ideas. As such it offers scholars of religion and Middle Eastern politics alike a penetrating insight into the impact that these ideas have had on Shi’ism - an impact which is still felt today.  c7210d7210