The flourishing of Islamic reformism in Iran : political Islamic groups in Iran (1941-61) / Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-172) and index.

Originally published: London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

The socialist theists -- History -- Reforming Islamic thought : reconciling Islam and socialism -- The methodology of reforming Islamic thought -- The historical and intellectual context of the formation of the socialist theists' views -- The Iran freedom movement -- History -- A new approach to Islam : a worldly Islam -- The methodology of working out the new approach -- Formative factors in Bazargan's approach to Islam -- The society and the devotees of Islam -- History -- A militant approach to Islam -- Social and political factors influencing fada'iyan's thought.

During the 1940s and 1950s, Islamic reformism flourished in Iran. This book examines how Iranian Islamic groups came to rethink traditional accounts of religion and nurture a politicized version of Islam. The author shows how similar social and political circumstances, but different family and educational backgrounds gave rise to socialist, democratic/scientific and fundamentalist/militant reinterpretations of Islam. What was common among these groups was a tendency towards politicizing the religion. A significant contribution to discussions of contemporary political thought in Iran, this book will be of interest to researchers and academics of Islamic political though and Iranian politics and history.