The Resilience of the Traditional Clergy to the Hardline Challenge in Post-Revolutionary Iran

• المؤلف الرئيسي: NAQVI, Syed Ijlal Hussain
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• الموضوعات: politics; Iran; religious leaders; clergy; Asian Studies; Public Affairs; Religion
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1098
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

This paper focuses on the institution of the traditional clergy in post-revolutionary Iran. It argues that the clergy is resilient enough to survive the challenges posed by the hardliners thanks to the nature of its legitimacy. The paper also provides background information on traditional clergy, th...