How does religion maintain or challenge discourses on national identity? What are the roles that religion plays on all sides – from Islamophobia of the radical right to the Christian alliances on both sides of the Atlantic, to the Islamic beliefs and... Read More about Religion in Fortress Europe: Perspectives on Belief, Citizenship, and Identity in a Time of Polarized Politics.
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Could we use blood donation campaigns as social policy tools?: British Shi’i ritual of giving blood (2020)
Journal Article
This article examines the role of the third sector and civil society in addressing the inadequacies of state policies on migration in Europe. It centres on the Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign (IHBDC), a faith-based, third sector organisation whi... Read More about Could we use blood donation campaigns as social policy tools?: British Shi’i ritual of giving blood.
Andrew’s white cross, Hussain’s red blood: Being Scottish Shia in Brexit’s no-man’s-land (2020)
Journal Article
Brexit was a project shaped at the fringes of official politics. Unusually, however, it maintained its fringe-like qualities, including its lack of clarity and ambivalence, even as it took centre stage in the political affairs of the country for more... Read More about Andrew’s white cross, Hussain’s red blood: Being Scottish Shia in Brexit’s no-man’s-land.
Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion (2020)
Journal Article
This collectively written article explores postdigital relationships between science, philosophy, and religion within the continuum of enchantment, disenchantment, and re-enchantment. Contributions are broadly classified within four sections related... Read More about Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion.
Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology (2019)
Journal Article
The standard narrative of the emergence, rise and decline of Silicon Valley companies focuses on the evolution of institutions and technological waves, not the mentality of the innovators and entrepreneurs. This article argues that this type of expla... Read More about Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology.
A Theory of Evolution of Religious Knowledge in a Post-Revolutionary Iran: And a New Frontier for Sociology of Knowledge (2018)
Book Chapter
Abdolkarim Soroush is a prominent figure in the religious intellectualism movement in post-revolutionary Iran. In 1991, he published a controversial book, The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the Sacred Law, on the social evolution of religio... Read More about A Theory of Evolution of Religious Knowledge in a Post-Revolutionary Iran: And a New Frontier for Sociology of Knowledge.
What Does It Mean To Be a Progressive Intellectual after the Refugee Crisis in Europe? A Dialogue with Tariq Ramadan (2018)
Book Chapter
This chapter examines the idea of progressivism in the context of the current refugee crisis in Europe. By investigating a variety of the progressive frameworks for the inclusion and the integration of Muslim minorities into European society, Morteza... Read More about What Does It Mean To Be a Progressive Intellectual after the Refugee Crisis in Europe? A Dialogue with Tariq Ramadan.
Theism and Atheism in a Post-Secular Age (2017)
Book
This book examines the post-secular idea of 'religion for non-believers'. The new form of unbelief which is dubbed as 'tourist atheism' is not based on absolute rejection of religion as a 'dangerous illusion' or 'mere prejudice'. Tourist atheists ins... Read More about Theism and Atheism in a Post-Secular Age.