Revolutionary Islam in Iran
Issue: Vol 19 No. 1 (2006)
Journal: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
Abstract:
The Western tendency, which is prevalent in the media, to analyse Iran in terms of generic notions of ‘Islam’ or ‘fundamentalism’, needs to be contested. This essay shows that a more contextualised analysis of religion in Iran is appropriate and could well have different policy implications.
Author: Raphael Hudson