Iranian thinker
Alireza Azad
Alireza AzadReligious Studies and HermeneuticsIranian
Life and Thought
Alireza Azad is a former assistant professor in the Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. His research interests include hermeneutics, Quranic exegesis, culture, society, and moral philosophy, and he has published works on philosophical hermeneutics and the understanding of religious texts.
Alireza Azad (Azad Amoli) was a former faculty member in the Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences at the Faculty of Theology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. He completed all his academic degrees at the same university, where he taught and held administrative roles for many years.
His main areas of research and teaching are religious studies, hermeneutics, Quranic exegesis, culture, society, art, and moral philosophy. His works include the books "Quranic Exegesis and Classical Hermeneutics", "Understanding Understanding: An Introduction to Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics", "The Role of Islamic Civilization in the Intellectual Renaissance of Europe", and a translation of "Rhetorical Explorations". He has also presented numerous articles and lecture series in these fields.
