From The Creators of Knowledge to the Specialists of Spirit: Anti-Clericalism in Iran’s Modernist Intellectual Discourse (1925–1941)

In the early twentieth century, the Iranian Reza Shah state (1925-1941), in conjunction with the emerging group of state-trained scholars, called the status of ulama as knowledge producers into question. Existing scholarship has primarily examined the impact of state modernization on the Muslim cler...

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Main Author: Zarrinnal, Navid (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2024, Volume: 117, Issue: 4, Pages: 820-836
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kasrawī, Aḥmad 1890-1946 / Tūysirkānī, Qāsim -1993 / Iran / Ulama / The Modern
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Ahmad Kasravi
B Intellectual History
B Religious History
B Muslim scholars
B Reza Shah
B modern Iran
B Qasim Tuysirkani
B Ulama
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