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"This book explores the intellectual discourse in post-revolutionary Iran. It focuses on Abdolkarim Soroush, a leading Muslim liberal thinker, whose theory of religion is regarded highly relevant for the current theological and intellectual dynamics in the Islamic world. The Philosophy of Religion in Post-Revolutionary Iran discusses why and how Soroush's thought has developed from an Islamic apologetic modernist theology in 1970s to a liberal theory about religion in post-revolutionary Iran. Through a close and detailed analysis of Soroush's main theories, the book argues that Soroush's thought evolved through reception of post-positivist epistemology and interaction with Islamism in practice into a historicist and pluralist theory of religion; a theory that regards a religion, including Islam, as being a contextual and historical dialogue between man and the Absolute. The book also highlights some shortcomings of Soroush's reform project. Specifically, it notes that Soroush, consciously or unconsciously, has not yet admitted many extensive consequences of his theories such as historicity of religious rituals ('ibadat) or recognition of the post-Mohammadan revelations and religions. In addition, some other features and implications of Soroush's thought such as a historical-critical approach to the Koran, post-secular theology, and his dialogical approach that goes beyond Orientalism-Occidentalism dichotomy are discussed. Providing a detailed overview on this leading Muslim thinker, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Islamic Philosophy, Middle East Studies and Philosophy of Religion"--

Proceedings of the International Workshop "Islamic Peace Ethics: Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Contemporary Islamic Thought", organized 15-17 October 2015 by the Institute for Theology and Peace (ithf), Hamburg. More than 20 researchers from different countries including Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Germany, UK, USA, and Belgium discussed the peace and war in contemporary Islamic thought from different disciplines such as theology, philosophy, religious studies, cultural studies, and political sciences.

Das Buch widmet sich den Argumenten zeitgenössischer muslimischer Denker zum Thema Krieg und Frieden und behandelt die konfessionelle, geografische und ideologische Diversität islamischer Friedensethik. Ein Teil der Beiträge wurde verfasst von unterschiedlichen Gruppierungen und Gelehrten, die sowohl die sunnitischen als auch die schiitischen Zweige des Islams repräsentieren, und es gibt Beiträge zu den unterschiedlichen Einstellungen gegenüber Gewalt, ausgehend von Pazifismus und Traditionalismus hin zu Fundamentalismus und Dschihadismus. Die Beiträger sind Wissenschaftler aus verschiedenen Ländern, u.a. Indonesien, Pakistan, dem Iran, der Türkei, Deutschland, dem Vereinigten Königreich, den USA und Belgien. Die Kapitel des Buches behandeln das Thema aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären Perspektiven wie Theologie, Philosophie, Religions-, Kultur- und Politikwissenschaft. Das Buch ist in drei Teile gegliedert: a) Methodik und Theorie islamischer Friedensethik, b) Jus ad bellum und c) Jus in bello. Mit Beiträgen von: Dirk Ansorge, Abdessamad Belhaj, Seyed Hassan Eslami, Oliver Leaman, Simona E. Merati, Najia Mukhtar, Charles M. Ramsey, Sybille Reinke de Buitrago, Yahya Sabbaghchi, Heydar Shadi, Bianka Speidl und Asfa Widiyanto.