Islamic Political Theology

Massimo Campanini was professor of Islamic History at Trento University.Marco Di Donato is postdoctoral researcher in political thinking and political communication at the University of Genova.

Islamic thought has long debated questions of justice, governance, virtue, power, and sovereignty, both human and divine. Despite this rich legacy, the burgeoning field of political theology has yet to engage in sufficient depth with Muslim thinkers or Islamic categories. This edited volume offers a much needed intervention, showing both how Muslim thinkers from the classical periods to the modern day offer vital insights for the study of political theology and also how the methods of political theology aid our understanding of Islamic political thought.

• IntroductionChapter OneAlfarabi’s Political Theology in The Virtuous CityCatarina Belo, The American University in CairoChapter TwoIbn Al-Tiqtaqa’s End of History: The Just Ruler According to an Imami Shiite after the Fall of BaghdadLeonardo Capezzone, Sapienza – University of RomeChapter ThreePolitical Theology of Violence: Religion and Revolution in a few Contemporary Islamic ThinkersMassimo Campanini, Ambrosiana Academy, MilanChapter FourArt and Political Context in Islam: Some Methodological IssuesOliver Leaman, University of KentuckyChapter FiveMuhammad Abduh and the Doctrine of Tawhid: From Theology to PoliticsMargherita Picchi, Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII, PalermoChapter SixThe Shiite Islamic Theology: The Debate Between Ruhollah Khomeini and Medhi BazarganPejman Abdolmohammadi, University of TrentoChapter SevenCritique of Islamic Political Thought in the Middle Ages: Revisiting Abdessalam Yassine’s Political TheoryDriss Makboul, CRMEF, Meknes and Mohamed Elghazi, IbnZohr University, AgadirChapter EightThe Political Theology of Taha Abderrahmane: Religion, Secularism, and TrusteeshipMohammed Hashas, LUISS University of RomeChapter NineRethinking Political Theology in the Islamic Context: The Case of IranAhmad Bostani, Kharazmi University, TehranChapter TenPolitical Theology in the 19th-21st CenturiesJosep Puig Montada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid