Shiism vs. Modernism [Persian Language]

Description

Discussion of the role of the clergy in relation to the forces of progress and modernization since the advent of Islam by a well-known political analyst.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

English Translation of Table of Contents

Author’s Notes
1. The Commonality and Kinship of Theocratic Systems and All Despotic Systems.
2. The Role of Clericalism in Composition of the Despotic Pyramid.
3. Ultra nationalism and Exaggeration of National Superiority.
4. The Initial Groundwork of Formation of Shiism.
5. Positions of Shiite Clergy during the Safavid Dynasty.
6. Europe in the Midst of Philosophical and Scientific Enlightenment. Iran Entangled in “School’s” Mohammad Bagher Majlesi.
7. A Brief Overview of a Few Shiite Theological Works.
8. Shiite Clergy’s Confrontation with any Type of Modernity.
9. Frigid Thoughts and Forging History.
10. An Effective Incident in the National Movement.
11. Anti “Tobacco Regie” Movement a Successful and Powerful Experiment.
12. Constitutionalism and Clericalism.
13. Evaluation of Schools of Thoughts during the Initial Constitutionalist Uprisings.
14. An Overview of the Arguments of Those who advocated the Islamized Constitution.
15. Where Did the Labeling of Constitutionalists as Babis Originate From?
16. The Consequences of Clergy’s Influence on the National Movement.
17. The Grand Constitutionalist Clerics.
18. A Thorough Examination of a Great Cleric’s Thoughts (Mirza Mohammad Hossein Naini Gharavi).
19. The Contradiction of Ideas between Theocrats and Modernists.
20. The Early Parliamentary Experiences.
21. The Clergy’s Sensitivity towards Rationalism.
22. Towards Secularism.
23. Images of Sterile Thoughts in the Clerical Community.
24. A Worthy Leadership and a Glorious Mass Movement.
25. The Religious and Political Inclination among the Constitutionalist Clergy.
26. In the Line of Events.
27. The Unholy Alliance (The Court, Clerics and Foreigners).
28. A Few Key Questions.
29. The Clerics Position after Mohammad Ali Shah’s Coup D’Etat.
30. Final Words — Summary.