Iran's Revolutionary Guards are one of the most important forces in the Middle East today.
As the appointed defender of Iran's revolution, the Guards have evolved into a pillar of the …

Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their
ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling …

This innovative study examines patterns of change in Shi'i symbols and rituals over the past
two centuries to reveal how modernization has influenced the societal, political, and …

With the first Fulbright grant for research in Iran to be awarded since the Iranian revolution in
1979, Roxanne Varzi returned to the country her family left before the Iran-Iraq war. Drawing …

Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the
future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the …

Oratory and sermons had a fixed place in the religious and civic rituals of pre-modern
Muslim societies and were indispensable for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising …

Iran, where it stayed until 1979. The new government imposed martial law and arrested most
of the existing political elite, but “assured the shah that the coup d'etat was designed to save …

The Islamic resurgence in modern times has received extensive treatment in scholarly
literature. Most of this literature, however, deals with the concept of jihad and disputes …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism Page 3 Also available from
Continuum: Faith, Ideology and Fear, Gabrielle Marranci Iran and Christianity, Mark Bradley …

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