Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran (Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics)

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites' threat perceptions. Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology.

• | Author: Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 12, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 392 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0231183674
• | ISBN-13: 9780231183673