[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-116075-en":3,"doc-seo-116075-105":31,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":93},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":21,"is_downloadable":21,"audit_status":21,"page_count":22,"language":23,"language_code":24,"site_id":25,"html_lang":24,"table_of_contents":26,"faqs":27,"seo_title":28,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":29,"read_time":30},116075,962084925290,"Ophelia","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_085a072bc5b1113ac321206ff7593b45",9,"Religion & Spirituality","Theocratic Secularism - Religion and Government in Shī ʿi Thought","Theocratic Secularism explores how religion and political authority interact within Shī ʿi thought, framing “theocratic secularism” as a theological solution to governing problems posed by an idealized theocracy. The work traces formative centuries of Shī ʿism, analyzes key doctrinal and institutional developments, and evaluates how religious leadership relates to state power. By examining historical episodes such as the Iranian Revolution and ecclesial transformation, the book clarifies necessity, limits, and practical implications for separating or attenuating political authority.","Theocratic Secularism  \nRELIGION AND GLOBAL POLITICS  \nSERIES EDITOR  \nJohn L. Esposito University Professor and Director  \nPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Georgetown University  \nISLAMIC LEVIATHAN Islam and the Making of State Power Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr  \nRACHID GHANNOUCHIA Democrat within Islamism Azzam S. Tamimi  \nBALKAN IDOLS Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States Vjekoslav Perica  \nISLAMIC POLITICAL IDENTITY IN TURKEY  \nM. Hakan Yavuz  \nRELIGION AND POLITICS IN POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu  \nPIETY AND POLITICS Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia Joseph Chinyong Liow  \nTERROR IN THE LAND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Guatemala under General Efrain Rios Montt, 1982–1983 Virginia Garrard-Burnett  \nIN THE HOUSE OF WAR Dutch Islam Observed  \nSam Cherribi  \nBEING YOUNG AND MUSLIM New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera CHURCH, STATE, AND DEMOCRACY IN EXPANDING EUROPE Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu  \nTHE HEADSCARF CONTROVERSY Secularism and Freedom of Religion Hilal Elver  \nTHE HOUSE OF SERVICE The Gülen Movement and Islam’s Third Way David Tittensor  \nANSWERING THE CALL Popular Islamic Activism in Sadat’s Egypt Abdullah Al-Arian  \nMAPPING THE LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF BELONGING  \nReligion and Multiculturalism from Israel to Canada Edited by René Provost  \nRELIGIOUS SECULARITYA Theological Challenge to the Islamic State Naser Ghobadzadeh  \nTHE MIDDLE PATH OF MODERATION IN ISLAM The Qur ʾānic Principle of Wasaṭiyyah Mohammad Hashim Kamali  \nONE ISLAM, MANY MUSLIM WORLDS Spirituality, Identity, and Resistance across Islamic Lands Raymond William Baker  \nCONTAINING BALKAN NATIONALISM Imperial Russia and Ottoman Christians (1856–1914) Denis Vovchenko  \nINSIDE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD Religion, Identity, and Politics Khalil al-Anani  \nPOLITICIZING ISLAM The Islamic Revival in France and India  \nZ. Fareen Parvez  \nSOVIET AND MUSLIM The Institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia Eren Tasar  \nISLAM IN MALAYSIA An Entwined History Khairudin Aljunied  \nSALAFISM GOES GLOBAL From the Gulf to the French Banlieues Mohamed-AliAdraoui  \nJIHADISMIN EUROPE European Youth and the New Caliphate Farhad Khosrokhavar  \nISLAM AND NATIONHOOD IN MODERN GREECE Stefanos Katsikas  \nWAHHABISM AND THE WORLD Understanding Saudi Arabia’s Global Influence on Islam Peter Mandaville  \nPOLITICIZING ISLAM The Islamic Revival in France and India  \nZ. Fareen Parvez THEOCRATIC SECULARISM Religion and Government in Shīʿi Thought  \nNaser Ghobadzadeh  \nTheocratic Secularism  \nReligion and Government in Shī ʿ i Thought  \nNAS ER GHO BADZADEH  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthersthe University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries.  \nPublished in the United States of America by Oxford University Press  \n198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America.  \n© Oxford University Press 2023  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted bylaw, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above.  \nYou must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Qubādzādah, Nāir, author.  \nTitle: Theocratic Secularism: Religion and Government in Shī ʿi Thought / Naser Ghobadzadeh. Description: 1. | New York City : Oxford University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifier","cbCaigET3MngJIgp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigET3MngJIgp","pdf",23575450,5,1,321,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Introduction\n## Formative Centuries of Shī ʿism\n## An Unattainable Theocracy\n## The Iranian Revolution and Ecclesial Transformation?\n## The Necessity and Importance of Theocratic Secularism\n## An Attenuated Notion of Political Secularism\n## Separation of Religious and Political Authority\n## Some Caveats\n## Part I. The Formative Period of Shī ʿism\n## 1. The Sorrowful Age of Presence\n## 2. The Minor Occultation: Collaboration and Survival\n## 3. The Age of Perplexity: From Moderate Shī ʿism to Twelver Shī ʿism","[{\"question\":\"What central argument does the book make about the relationship between religion and government in Shī ʿi thought?\",\"answer\":\"The book develops “theocratic secularism” as a theological approach for addressing how governance should relate to religious authority, avoiding an unattainable form of theocracy.\"},{\"question\":\"Which historical development is used to test or discuss the idea of theocratic secularism?\",\"answer\":\"The discussion includes the Iranian Revolution and questions about ecclesial transformation, connecting doctrine to political change.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book frame political secularism in relation to religious authority?\",\"answer\":\"It proposes an “attenuated notion of political secularism,” alongside arguments about separating religious and political authority while acknowledging limits and caveats.\"}]","Theocratic Secularism - Religion and Government in Shī ʿi Thought | PDF",1785483188,809,{"code":4,"msg":32,"data":33},"ok",{"site_id":25,"language":24,"slug":34,"title":13,"keywords":35,"description":14,"schema_data":36,"social_meta":88,"head_meta":90,"extra_data":92,"updated_unix":29},"theocratic-secularism-religion-and-government-in-shi-i-thought","",{"@graph":37,"@context":87},[38,55,70],{"@type":39,"itemListElement":40},"BreadcrumbList",[41,45,49,52],{"item":42,"name":43,"@type":44,"position":21},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":46,"name":47,"@type":44,"position":48},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":50,"name":12,"@type":44,"position":51},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/religion-spirituality/",3,{"item":53,"name":13,"@type":44,"position":54},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/theocratic-secularism-religion-and-government-in-shi-i-thought/116075/",4,{"url":53,"name":13,"@type":56,"author":57,"headline":13,"publisher":59,"fileFormat":62,"inLanguage":24,"description":14,"dateModified":63,"datePublished":64,"encodingFormat":62,"isAccessibleForFree":65,"interactionStatistic":66},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":58},"Person",{"url":42,"name":60,"@type":61},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-24","2026-07-31",true,{"@type":67,"interactionType":68,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":69},"ViewAction",{"@type":71,"mainEntity":72},"FAQPage",[73,79,83],{"name":74,"@type":75,"acceptedAnswer":76},"What central argument does the book make about the relationship between religion and government in Shī ʿi thought?","Question",{"text":77,"@type":78},"The book develops “theocratic secularism” as a theological approach for addressing how governance should relate to religious authority, avoiding an unattainable form of theocracy.","Answer",{"name":80,"@type":75,"acceptedAnswer":81},"Which historical development is used to test or discuss the idea of theocratic secularism?",{"text":82,"@type":78},"The discussion includes the Iranian Revolution and questions about ecclesial transformation, connecting doctrine to political change.",{"name":84,"@type":75,"acceptedAnswer":85},"How does the book frame political secularism in relation to religious authority?",{"text":86,"@type":78},"It proposes an “attenuated notion of political secularism,” alongside arguments about separating religious and political authority while acknowledging limits and caveats.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":53,"og:type":89,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":60,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":91,"canonical":53},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":25},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":94},[95,99,103,107,111,116,121,126,129,132,136],{"id":21,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":48,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":100,"show_sort_weight":101,"slug":102},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":54,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":104,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":106},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":108,"show_sort_weight":109,"slug":110},"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":112,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":113,"show_sort_weight":114,"slug":115},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":118,"show_sort_weight":119,"slug":120},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":122,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":123,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":125},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":128},20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":130,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":131},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":133,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":134,"show_sort_weight":133,"slug":135},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":137,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":138,"show_sort_weight":20,"slug":139},19,"General","general"]