Religion is divine, but religious knowledge is human, historical, and fallible.
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Life and Thought
Abdolkarim Soroush, born Hossein Haj Farajollah Dabbagh in Tehran in 1945, is an Iranian philosopher and scholar of religion. He developed the theory of the theoretical contraction and expansion of religious knowledge and has taught at several leading universities around the world.
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Writings and transcribed lectures16 titles
The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the Sharia
Straight Paths
The Expansion of Prophetic Experience
The Ethics of the Gods
Fatter Than Ideology
Knowledge and Value
Contemplation of Creation
The Restless Institution of the World
The Attributes of the Pious
The Tale of the Lords of Knowledge
The Romantic Gamble
The Tale of Servitude and Enchantment
Politics-Nameh
Secrecy, Intellectualism, and Religiosity
Religion and Power
The Word of Muhammad, the Dream of Muhammad
