God and Man in Tehran: Contending Visions of the Divine from the Qajars to the Islamic Republic

Hossein Kamaly

Published by Columbia University Press 2018

God and Man in Tehran

Contending Visions of the Divine from the Qajars to the Islamic Republic

Hossein Kamaly

https://doi.org/10.7312/kama17682

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God and Man in Tehran explores the historical processes that have made and unmade contending visions of God in Iran’s capital. Hossein Kamaly examines how notions of the divine have been mobilized, contested, and transformed, emphasizing the role played by divergent conceptualizations of nature, reason, law, morality, and authority.

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Hossein Kamaly has taught at Barnard College and Columbia University.

Reviews

God and Man in Tehran is undoubtedly a valuable contribution to Iranian Studies.

Richard Bulliet:
A masterful mapping of the intellectual and spiritual currents that roiled Iran's capital for a century and a half before bursting forth in the Iranian Revolution.

Roy Mottahedeh:
From the dawning of modernity around 1800 to the present, God and Man in Tehran expertly describes the diversity of reactions among Iranians to ideas in both their own tradition of learning and imported learning from the western world. Kamaly’s extremely wide reading in primary sources in Persian, Arabic, French, and other languages enables him to describe these reactions in a wide range of cultural modes from poetry to scientific texts.

Hamid Dabashi:
Hossein Kamaly is a scholar of unrivaled learning, a writer of quiet elegance. In his God and Man in Tehran he has written an exquisite rarity: An urban history of Almighty God. An earthly theology emerges from his capable hands that will make you hear the voice of God from the elegant urbanity of a nation. An utter delight to read!

Hossein Kamaly's new book God and Man in Tehran represents a major event that should be and can be read profitably by those wishing to make sense of the intellectual roots of modern Iran as well as working through the dynamics and complexities of the Safavid period.

The book is well written and researched, and will be an important resource for those interested in Islam in Iran.

A truly admirable synthesis of intellectual and religious history.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
On Transliteration and Dates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
ONE. O God, O Heaven, O Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
TWO. Mediatory Theology and Its Discontents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
THREE. God with Us Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
FOUR. The Law: God’s and Man’s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
FIVE. Falsafeh and the Madraseh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
SIX. Sufism Returns, and with a Vengeance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
SEVEN. Varieties of Skeptical Expression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
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References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: September 24, 2018
ISBN: 9780231541084