{"product_id":"god-and-man-in-tehran-9780231176828","title":"God and Man in Tehran","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod and Man in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e explores the historical processes that have made and unmade contending visions of God in Iran’s capital. Hossein Kamaly examines how notions of the divine have been mobilized, contested, and transformed, emphasizing the role played by divergent conceptualizations of nature, reason, law, morality, and authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA truly admirable synthesis of intellectual and religious history. * Journal of Religious History *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is well written and researched, and will be an important resource for those interested in Islam in Iran. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eHossein Kamaly's new book \u003ci\u003eGod and Man in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e represents a major event that should be and can be read profitably by those wishing to make sense of the intellectual roots of modern Iran as well as working through the dynamics and complexities of the Safavid period. * Hikmat: Texts *\u003cbr\u003eHossein Kamaly is a scholar of unrivaled learning, a writer of quiet elegance. In his \u003ci\u003eGod and Man in Tehran \u003c\/i\u003ehe has written an exquisite rarity: An urban history of Almighty God. An earthly theology emerges from his capable hands that will make you hear the voice of God from the elegant urbanity of a nation. An utter delight to read! -- Hamid Dabashi\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dawning of modernity around 1800 to the present, \u003ci\u003eGod and Man in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e expertly describes the diversity of reactions among Iranians to ideas in both their own tradition of learning and imported learning from the western world. Kamaly’s extremely wide reading in primary sources in Persian, Arabic, French, and other languages enables him to describe these reactions in a wide range of cultural modes from poetry to scientific texts. -- Roy Mottahedeh\u003cbr\u003eA masterful mapping of the intellectual and spiritual currents that roiled Iran's capital for a century and a half before bursting forth in the Iranian Revolution. -- Richard Bulliet\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod and Man in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e is undoubtedly a valuable contribution to Iranian Studies. * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eOn Transliteration and Dates\u003cbr\u003e1. O God, O Heaven, O Nature\u003cbr\u003e2. Mediatory Theology and Its Discontents\u003cbr\u003e3. God with Us\u003cbr\u003e4. The Law: God’s and Man’s\u003cbr\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eFalsafeh\u003c\/i\u003e and the Madraseh\u003cbr\u003e6. Sufism Returns, and with a Vengeance\u003cbr\u003e7. Varieties of Skeptical Expression\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Electronic Resources\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400303681879,"sku":"9780231176828","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231176828.jpg?v=1730470335","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/god-and-man-in-tehran-9780231176828","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}