Mehran Tamadonfar
Biographic Data
| ID | 304823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehran Tamadonfar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehran |
| FAMILY NAME | Tamadonfar |
| SIGNATURE | TAMADONFAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Islamic Polity and Political Leadership
Religion and Regimes
Introduction: Comparative Religious Politics Mehran Tamadonfar and Ted G. Jelen Chapter 1: A Tangled Web: Religion and the Regime in the United States Rachel Blum and Clyde Wilcox Chapter 2: Religion and Regimes in Brazil and Chile Christine A. Gustafson Chapter 3: From Atheism to Establishment? The Evolution of Church-State Relations in Russia Christopher Marsh Chapter 4: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Rebekah …
Islam and Roman Catholicism as Transnational Political Phenomena
In this paper, we offer some preliminary insights into a comparison of Islam and Roman Catholicism as transnational or “transcivilizational” political phenomena. We note that both traditions are monotheistic, offer universalist theologies, and have played important political roles both historically and in contemporary national and international politics. The comparison provides some additional insights into the role of ‘the sacred’ in politics at…
Islam, Law, and Political Control in Contemporary Iran
Muslims agree that the establishment of an Islamic state requires the implementation of Islamic principles and laws. In Iran, Khomeini and his supporters developed doctrinal justifications for uncontested clerical rule to ensure political order and social conformity. By emphasizing 'communal interest' in legislation and establishing an extensive institutional mechanism of legal control, the clerics gradually marginalized the Shari'ah and sacrific…
Feminism and Islam, Legal and Literary Perspectives
Islam, Law, and Political Control in Contemporary Iran
Muslims agree that the establishment of an Islamic state requires the implementation of Islamic principles and laws. In Iran, Khomeini and his supporters developed doctrinal justifications for uncontested clerical rule to ensure political order and social conformity. By emphasizing 'communal interest' in legislation and establishing an extensive institutional mechanism of legal control, the clerics gradually marginalized the Shari'ah and sacrific…
Feminism and Islam, Legal and Literary Perspectives
Islam, Law, and Political Control in Contemporary Iran
Muslims agree that the establishment of an Islamic state requires the implementation of Islamic principles and laws. In Iran, Khomeini and his supporters developed doctrinal justifications for uncontested clerical rule to ensure political order and social conformity. By emphasizing 'communal interest' in legislation and establishing an extensive institutional mechanism of legal control, the clerics gradually marginalized the Shari'ah and sacrific…
Islam and Roman Catholicism as Transnational Political Phenomena
In this paper, we offer some preliminary insights into a comparison of Islam and Roman Catholicism as transnational or “transcivilizational” political phenomena. We note that both traditions are monotheistic, offer universalist theologies, and have played important political roles both historically and in contemporary national and international politics. The comparison provides some additional insights into the role of ‘the sacred’ in politics at…
Religion and Regimes
Introduction: Comparative Religious Politics Mehran Tamadonfar and Ted G. Jelen Chapter 1: A Tangled Web: Religion and the Regime in the United States Rachel Blum and Clyde Wilcox Chapter 2: Religion and Regimes in Brazil and Chile Christine A. Gustafson Chapter 3: From Atheism to Establishment? The Evolution of Church-State Relations in Russia Christopher Marsh Chapter 4: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Rebekah …
Islamic Polity and Political Leadership
Sociology (4 works) · Islam (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works)