Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Ava Chamberlain (Committee Co-chair), Awad Halabi (Committee Co-chair), Valerie Stoker (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Humanities (MHum)
Abstract
This thesis examines the role of charismatic religious leadership in Iran's two Shi'ite revolutions. Included within the larger arguments of this work, are sections addressing the scholastic categorizations of charisma, the development of the Shi'i Islamic tradition, and they way in which the charisma of the was appropriated by later Shi'i figures to bring about social, political, and religious revolutions in Iran. For this work, Shah Isma'il ibn Haydar and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini serve as examples of charismatic Shi'i figures that drew upon the suspended charisma of the Shi'i Imams. This work also briefly comments on events in contemporary Iran in order to provide insight into the future of revolutionary Iran.
Page Count
117
Department or Program
Humanities
Year Degree Awarded
2010
Copyright
Copyright 2010, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
