Hamid Mavani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4498848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hamid Mavani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hamid |
| FAMILY NAME | Mavani |
| SIGNATURE | MAVANI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont Graduate University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sunni - Shi'i Rapprochement: Internal Contradictions
Sunni-Shi’i Rapprochement: Internal Contradictions
Ecumenical initiatives to promote Sunni-Shi’i reconciliation andmutual respect have failed to take root because they do not tacklethe incendiary issues that prompt each branch to view the other withdisdain, if not as outright apostates or unbelievers. I argue that thiswill not change until the main fault lines in their worldviews, communalself-understanding, sacred narratives, history, theology, andphilosophy are confronted head-on.If this cannot…
Two Shi‘i Jurisprudential Methodologies to Address Medical and Bioethical Challenges: Traditional Ijtihād and Foundational Ijtihād
The legal‐ethical dynamism in Islamic law which allows it to respond to the challenges of modernity is said to reside in the institution of ijtihād (independent legal thinking and hermeneutics). However, jurists like Mohsen Kadivar and Ayatollah Faḍlalla have argued that the “traditional ijtihād ” paradigm has reached its limits of flexibility as it allows for only minor adaptations and lacks a rigorous methodology because of its reliance on vagu…
Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism
Ranging from the time of the infallible Imams, to the contemporary era, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Shi’i religious and political authority, focusing on Iran and Lebanon, without limiting the discourse to Khomeini’s version of an Islamic State. Utilising untapped Arabic and Persian sources, Hamid Mavani provides a detailed, nuanced, and diverse theoretical discussion on the doctrine of leadership (Imamate) in Shi’ism from tradi…
Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini
Khomeini's Concept of Governance of the Jurisconsult ( Wilayat al-Faqih ) Revisited: The Aftermath of Iran's 2009 Presidential Election
The serious crisis that has unfolded after June 2009 presidential election in Iran exposed absolutist nature of state's highest religious authority, and urgent need to critically interrogate Ayatollah Khomeini's concept of governance of jurisconsult (wilayat al-faqih). Jurists and scholars have been attempting to devise a model in which sovereignty belongs to public by basing their arguments on historical, jurisprudential, theological, philosophi…
Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini
Ayatullah Khomeini's Concept of Governance ( wilayat al-faqih ) and the Classical Shi‘i Doctrine of Imamate
The crisis that unfolded after Iran's June 2009 presidential election exposed the absolutist nature of the state's highest religious authority (wali-ye faqih), Ayatullah 'Ali Khamena'i. It also revealed the urgent need to critically interrogate Ayatullah Khomeini's doctrinal justifications for the governance of the jurist (wilayat al-faqih) in light of how 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shi'i Imam, assumed the caliphate: divine bestowal (nass) com…
Ijtihad in Contemporary Shi`ism: Transition from Individual-oriented to Society-oriented
The adoption of the Mu`tazili school of “rationalist” theology and the institution of ijtihad enabled Shi`i legal theory to exhibit vibrancy and made it adaptable to changing contingencies and circumstances. But because Shi`i jurists did not face the challenge of governing a state, their juridical focus and orientation remained fixated on resolving issues confronting the laity or their followers (muqallid) at a personal level and did not provide …
Ijtihad in Contemporary Shi`ism: Transition from Individual-oriented to Society-oriented
The adoption of the Mu`tazili school of “rationalist” theology and the institution of ijtihad enabled Shi`i legal theory to exhibit vibrancy and made it adaptable to changing contingencies and circumstances. But because Shi`i jurists did not face the challenge of governing a state, their juridical focus and orientation remained fixated on resolving issues confronting the laity or their followers (muqallid) at a personal level and did not provide …
Paradigm Shift in Twelver Shi‘i Legal Theory ( uṣūl al‐fiqh ): Ayatullah Yusef Saanei
Ayatullah Khomeini's Concept of Governance ( wilayat al-faqih ) and the Classical Shi‘i Doctrine of Imamate
The crisis that unfolded after Iran's June 2009 presidential election exposed the absolutist nature of the state's highest religious authority (wali-ye faqih), Ayatullah 'Ali Khamena'i. It also revealed the urgent need to critically interrogate Ayatullah Khomeini's doctrinal justifications for the governance of the jurist (wilayat al-faqih) in light of how 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shi'i Imam, assumed the caliphate: divine bestowal (nass) com…
Khomeini's Concept of Governance of the Jurisconsult ( Wilayat al-Faqih ) Revisited: The Aftermath of Iran's 2009 Presidential Election
The serious crisis that has unfolded after June 2009 presidential election in Iran exposed absolutist nature of state's highest religious authority, and urgent need to critically interrogate Ayatollah Khomeini's concept of governance of jurisconsult (wilayat al-faqih). Jurists and scholars have been attempting to devise a model in which sovereignty belongs to public by basing their arguments on historical, jurisprudential, theological, philosophi…
Paradigm Shift in Twelver Shi‘i Legal Theory ( uṣūl al‐fiqh ): Ayatullah Yusef Saanei
Paradigm Shift in Twelver Shi‘i Legal Theory ( uṣūl al‐fiqh ): Ayatullah Yusef Saanei
Ijtihad in Contemporary Shi`ism: Transition from Individual-oriented to Society-oriented
The adoption of the Mu`tazili school of “rationalist” theology and the institution of ijtihad enabled Shi`i legal theory to exhibit vibrancy and made it adaptable to changing contingencies and circumstances. But because Shi`i jurists did not face the challenge of governing a state, their juridical focus and orientation remained fixated on resolving issues confronting the laity or their followers (muqallid) at a personal level and did not provide …
Ijtihad in Contemporary Shi`ism: Transition from Individual-oriented to Society-oriented
The adoption of the Mu`tazili school of “rationalist” theology and the institution of ijtihad enabled Shi`i legal theory to exhibit vibrancy and made it adaptable to changing contingencies and circumstances. But because Shi`i jurists did not face the challenge of governing a state, their juridical focus and orientation remained fixated on resolving issues confronting the laity or their followers (muqallid) at a personal level and did not provide …
Ayatullah Khomeini's Concept of Governance ( wilayat al-faqih ) and the Classical Shi‘i Doctrine of Imamate
The crisis that unfolded after Iran's June 2009 presidential election exposed the absolutist nature of the state's highest religious authority (wali-ye faqih), Ayatullah 'Ali Khamena'i. It also revealed the urgent need to critically interrogate Ayatullah Khomeini's doctrinal justifications for the governance of the jurist (wilayat al-faqih) in light of how 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shi'i Imam, assumed the caliphate: divine bestowal (nass) com…
Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism
Ranging from the time of the infallible Imams, to the contemporary era, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Shi’i religious and political authority, focusing on Iran and Lebanon, without limiting the discourse to Khomeini’s version of an Islamic State. Utilising untapped Arabic and Persian sources, Hamid Mavani provides a detailed, nuanced, and diverse theoretical discussion on the doctrine of leadership (Imamate) in Shi’ism from tradi…
Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini
Khomeini's Concept of Governance of the Jurisconsult ( Wilayat al-Faqih ) Revisited: The Aftermath of Iran's 2009 Presidential Election
The serious crisis that has unfolded after June 2009 presidential election in Iran exposed absolutist nature of state's highest religious authority, and urgent need to critically interrogate Ayatollah Khomeini's concept of governance of jurisconsult (wilayat al-faqih). Jurists and scholars have been attempting to devise a model in which sovereignty belongs to public by basing their arguments on historical, jurisprudential, theological, philosophi…
Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini
Two Shi‘i Jurisprudential Methodologies to Address Medical and Bioethical Challenges: Traditional Ijtihād and Foundational Ijtihād
The legal‐ethical dynamism in Islamic law which allows it to respond to the challenges of modernity is said to reside in the institution of ijtihād (independent legal thinking and hermeneutics). However, jurists like Mohsen Kadivar and Ayatollah Faḍlalla have argued that the “traditional ijtihād ” paradigm has reached its limits of flexibility as it allows for only minor adaptations and lacks a rigorous methodology because of its reliance on vagu…
Sunni - Shi'i Rapprochement: Internal Contradictions
Sunni-Shi’i Rapprochement: Internal Contradictions
Ecumenical initiatives to promote Sunni-Shi’i reconciliation andmutual respect have failed to take root because they do not tacklethe incendiary issues that prompt each branch to view the other withdisdain, if not as outright apostates or unbelievers. I argue that thiswill not change until the main fault lines in their worldviews, communalself-understanding, sacred narratives, history, theology, andphilosophy are confronted head-on.If this cannot…
Islamic Studies and History (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (4 works)