{"product_id":"religious-secularity-9780199391172","title":"Religious Secularity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fundamentalism\" and \"authoritarian secularism\" are commonly perceived as the two mutually exclusive paradigms available to Muslim majority countries. Recent political developments, however, have challenged this perception. Formerly associated with a fundamentalist outlook, mainstream Islamist groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Nahda, have adopted a distinctly secular-democratic approach to the state re-building process. Their success or failure in transitioning to democracy remains to be seen, but the political position these Islamic groups have carved out suggests the viability of a third way. Naser Ghobadzadeh examines the case of Iran, which has a unique history with respect to the relationship of religion and politics. The country has been subject to both authoritarian secularization and authoritarian Islamization over the last nine decades. While politico-religious discourse in Iran is articulated in response to the Islamic state, it also bears the scars of Iran's history of authoritarian secularization-the legacy of the Pahlavi regime. Ghobadzadeh conceptualizes this politico-religious discourse as \"religious secularity\". He uses this apparent oxymoron to describe the Islamic quest for a democratic secular state, and he demonstrates how this concept encapsulates the complex characteristics of the Shiite religious reformation movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naser Ghobadzadeh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43577584812093,"sku":"9780199391172","price":276.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780199391172.jpg?v=1788651027","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/religious-secularity-9780199391172","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}