Life and Thought
Yaser Mirdamadi is a researcher of religion, philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, and his research interests include philosophy of religion, political theology, and contemporary Islam.
Yaser Mirdamadi is a researcher of religion, philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology. He received his PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Edinburgh; his doctoral dissertation, titled The God Who Speaks with/out Words: The Philosophical Problem of Revelation in Contemporary Muslim Theology, addressed the philosophical problem of revelation in contemporary Islamic theology.
Prior to his doctorate, he studied at the seminary in Mashhad and also completed his BA and MA in Islamic Theology at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. He later earned an MA in Muslim Cultures from the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations at the Aga Khan University in London. His research interests include philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, political theology, contemporary Islam, Islamic ethics, and the problem of revelation.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures1 title
Dialogue; The Ritual of Truth-Seeking
Translations3 titles
In Praise of Reason
Fear of Knowledge
Philosophy of Religion
