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@book{fds352603,
   Author = {Kadivar, M},
   Title = {The illusion of Islamic Theocracy: The Transformation of
             Shi’ite Political Thought in the Islamic Republic of
             Iran},
   Publisher = {The University of North Carolina Press},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {December},
   Abstract = {Revisiting Shi’ite Political thoughts of the Islamic
             Republic of Iran},
   Key = {fds352603}
}

@article{fds374475,
   Title = {The Institution of Marriage in Islam: A Case Study of the
             First Pillar of the Marriage Contract},
   Pages = {35-53},
   Booktitle = {Islam and the Institution of Marriage: Legal and
             Sociological Approaches},
   Publisher = {AMI Press},
   Editor = {Lemons, K and Rooij, LD},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {November},
   ISBN = {9781915550033},
   Abstract = {The pillars of a legitimate marriage in Islam between two
             adult males and females are two: clear consent of the two
             parties themselves for marriage and binding an agreement so
             that they become husband and wife. ‘Non-verbal
             conventional marriage’ is a legitimate marriage because
             both pillars of marriage were observed in it. A written
             marriage contract and especially its submission in a legal
             center for marriage is closer to caution for a time of
             frequent disagreement. The Western style of partnership
             ‘cohabitation’ is not necessarily equivalent to
             non-verbal conventional marriage.},
   Key = {fds374475}
}

@article{fds374404,
   Title = {An Analysis of Shi’ite Political Thought},
   Pages = {3-38},
   Booktitle = {The Hawza and the State: The Shiite Islam, Question of
             Authority, Women and Geopolitics},
   Publisher = {Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Amman office},
   Editor = {Al-Taie, AM},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {November},
   ISBN = {978-9923-759-43-1},
   Abstract = {Ali Ibn Abi Talib recognized the mutual rights of the ruler
             and ruled, the sanctity of contracts, especially with the
             enemy, and freedom of speech as the cornerstones of Shite
             political philosophy. Understanding Shi’ite political
             thought is impossible without considering the doctrine of
             justice and its consequences such as the right to an
             uprising against unjust rulers, which is crystallized in
             al-Hussein b. Ali’s maxims and teachings. Ayatollah
             Khomeini’s political theory is in the absolute minority
             not only in the history of Shi’ite fiqh but also in
             contemporary Shi’ite fiqh.},
   Key = {fds374404}
}

@book{fds374476,
   Author = {Kadivar, M},
   Title = {The Punishment of Apostasy and the Freedom of Thought:
             Criticism of the punishment for apostasy and blasphemy
             according to the standards of demonstrative jurisprudence
             (Hadd al-Ridda wa Hurriyya al-‘Aqida: Naqd uqubat
             al-irtidad wa sabb al-nabi tibqan li-mawazn al-fiqh
             al-istidlali)},
   Volume = {1},
   Pages = {464 pages},
   Publisher = {Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {October},
   ISBN = {978-614-445-546-3},
   Abstract = {After the assassination of the Azerbaijani journalist Rafiq
             Taqi in 2011 under the fatwa of the Iranian jurist Muhammad
             Fadil Lankarani, who condemned him to death for a
             blasphemous news article in 2006, Mohsen Kadivar criticized
             this fatwa, condemned the assassination, and wrote a
             detailed open letter in Persian denying the ruling on
             apostasy and blasphemy in light of the deductive approach
             and evidence from the Qur’an and Prophetic Traditions as
             well as Shi’ite Imams Hadiths. Kadivar wrote a detailed
             introduction in English to the second edition of the book in
             which he presented the genealogy of the development of the
             rule of apostasy and blasphemy on one hand and religious
             freedom on the other hand among Sunni and Shiite Muslim
             jurists and thinkers. The Arabic translation of the book
             includes all of these texts and the author’s opinions on
             the issue of apostasy, blasphemy, and freedom of belief. The
             preface, entitled “Toward Removing the Punishment of
             Apostasy in Islam” is one of the features of the Arabic
             version.},
   Key = {fds374476}
}

@book{fds372977,
   Author = {Morgan, D},
   Title = {The sacred gaze: Religious visual culture in theory and
             practice},
   Pages = {1-318},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {September},
   ISBN = {9780520243064},
   Abstract = {"Sacred gaze" denotes any way of seeing that invests its
             object-an image, a person, a time, a place-with spiritual
             significance. Drawing from many different fields, David
             Morgan investigates key aspects of vision and imagery in a
             variety of religious traditions. His lively, innovative book
             explores how viewers absorb and process religious imagery
             and how their experience contributes to the social,
             intellectual, and perceptual construction of reality.
             Ranging widely from thirteenth-century Japan and
             eighteenth-century Tibet to contemporary America, Thailand,
             and Africa, The Sacred Gaze discusses the religious
             functions of images and the tools viewers use to interpret
             them. Morgan questions how fear and disgust of images relate
             to one another and explains how scholars study the long and
             evolving histories of images as they pass from culture to
             culture. An intriguing strand of the narrative details how
             images have helped to shape popular conceptions of gender
             and masculinity. The opening chapter considers definitions
             of "visual culture" and how these relate to the traditional
             practice of art history. Amply illustrated with more than
             seventy images from diverse religious traditions, this
             masterful interdisciplinary study provides a comprehensive
             and accessible resource for everyone interested in how
             religious images and visual practice order space and time,
             communicate with the transcendent, and embody forms of
             communion with the divine. The Sacred Gaze is a vital
             introduction to the study of the visual culture of
             religions.},
   Key = {fds372977}
}

@misc{fds369861,
   Author = {Holleman, A and Chaves, M},
   Title = {US Religious Leaders' Views on the Etiology and Treatment of
             Depression.},
   Journal = {JAMA psychiatry},
   Volume = {80},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {270-273},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {March},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4525},
   Abstract = {<h4>Importance</h4>Religious leaders commonly provide
             assistance to people with mental illness, but little is
             known about clergy views regarding mental health etiology
             and appropriate treatment.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the
             views of religious leaders regarding the etiology and
             treatment of depression.<h4>Design, setting, and
             participants</h4>This cross-sectional study used the
             National Survey of Religious Leaders, which is a nationally
             representative survey of leaders of religious congregations
             in the United States, with data collected from February 2019
             to June 2020. Data were analyzed in September and October
             2022.<h4>Main outcomes and measures</h4>Views about causes
             of depression (chemical imbalance, genetic problem,
             traumatic experience, demon possession, lack of social
             support, lack of faith, and stressful circumstances) and
             appropriate treatments (seeing a mental health professional,
             taking prescribed medication, and addressing the situation
             through religious activity).<h4>Results</h4>The analytic
             sample was limited to congregations' primary leaders
             (N = 890), with a 70% cooperation rate. Clergy primarily
             endorsed situational etiologies of depression, with 93% (95%
             CI, 90%-96%) endorsing stressful circumstances, 82% (95% CI,
             77%-87%) endorsing traumatic experiences, and 66% (95% CI,
             59%-73%) endorsing lack of social support. Most clergy also
             endorsed a medical etiology, with 79% (95% CI, 74%-85%)
             endorsing chemical imbalance and 59% (95% CI, 52%-65%)
             endorsing genetics. A minority of clergy endorsed religious
             causes: lack of faith (29%; 95% CI, 22%-35%) or demon
             possession (16%; 95% CI, 10%-21%). Almost all of the
             religious leaders who responded to the survey would
             encourage someone with depressive symptoms to see a mental
             health professional (90%; 95% CI, 85%-94%), take prescribed
             medication (87%; 95% CI, 83%-91%), and address symptoms with
             religious activity (84%; 95% CI, 78%-89%). A small but
             nontrivial proportion endorsed a religious cause of
             depression without also endorsing chemical imbalance (8%;
             95% CI, 5%-12%) or genetics (20%; 95% CI, 13%-27%) as a
             likely cause. A similar proportion would encourage someone
             exhibiting depressive symptoms to engage in religious
             treatment without also seeing a mental health professional
             (10%; 95% CI, 5%-14%) or taking prescribed medication (11%;
             95% CI, 8%-15%).<h4>Conclusions and relevance</h4>In this
             cross-sectional survey, the vast majority of clergy embrace
             a medical understanding of depression's etiology and
             treatment. When clergy employ a religious understanding, it
             most commonly supplements rather than replaces a medical
             view, although a nontrivial minority endorse only religious
             interpretations. This should encourage greater collaboration
             between medical professionals and clergy in addressing
             mental health needs.},
   Doi = {10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4525},
   Key = {fds369861}
}

@article{fds372822,
   Author = {Morgan, D},
   Title = {Agency, Images, and Visual Culture: the impact of Hans
             Belting},
   Journal = {Material Religion},
   Volume = {19},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {310-311},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17432200.2023.2244370},
   Doi = {10.1080/17432200.2023.2244370},
   Key = {fds372822}
}

@article{fds371507,
   Author = {Lieber, LS},
   Title = {Aesthetic Convention and Ritual Creativity in Late Antique
             Piyyut},
   Journal = {Prooftexts - Journal of Jewish Literature
             History},
   Volume = {40},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {12-58},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/prooftexts.40.1.02},
   Abstract = {In this article, I will examine how liturgical poets
             creatively reworked biblical quotations and allusions in
             service of their own poetic and liturgical ambitions through
             analysis of a late antique composition attributed to Eleazar
             Haqallir (Qallir) (late sixth/early seventh century),
             “What Man Lives and Does not See Death?” This poem,
             which takes its opening line from Psalm 89:49, was composed
             for an occasion when the Torah reading began with
             Deuteronomy 33:1, Moses’s poetic blessing of the
             Israelites before his death. Qallir’s composition
             transforms the biblical episode into a miniature,
             multivoiced drama, one that draws on an extensive body of
             postbiblical exegetical tradition. First, it depicts
             Moses’s vigorous arguments with God and various heavenly
             intercessors as he seeks to avert his fate; upon conceding
             that he cannot escape mortality, it describes how Moses is
             mourned by not only the Israelites but all creation. The
             final portion of the piyyut transitions from a depiction of
             funerary ritual (in the biblical past) to the recitation of
             the Qedushah (in the liturgical present). With its complex,
             multivocal narrative, this composition illustrates how
             liturgical poets reworked biblical poetry—in this case,
             Deuteronomy 32–33 and Psalm 90—by reading it through the
             lens of postbiblical narrative traditions while also
             leveraging the performative-ritual context in which the
             poems were experienced. This poem’s reuse of traditional
             material reflects the aesthetic conventions of the poetic
             craft and performative practices of dramatic delivery in
             late antiquity.},
   Doi = {10.2979/prooftexts.40.1.02},
   Key = {fds371507}
}

@article{fds374574,
   Author = {Lieber, LS},
   Title = {Power and Praxis: Writing and Performance in Megillat
             Ahimaatz},
   Journal = {Hebrew Studies},
   Volume = {64},
   Pages = {111-131},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hbr.2023.a912652},
   Abstract = {In this essay, the text of Megillat Ahimaatz offers a window
             into compositional conventions, particularly around liturgy,
             as well as understandings of writing at a pivotal moment,
             and in a pivotal location: southern Italy (Apulia) in during
             the 9th–11th centuries. Both writing technologies and
             ritual performances (liturgical and magical) occupy
             prominent places in Megillat Ahimaatz, and the text seems to
             reflect a moment of great cognizance concerning the
             significance of writing and performative power and praxis,
             particularly among Jews but also in other communities, as
             well, as viewed through Jewish eyes. In this essay, I will
             (1) outline the text’s general interest in writing,
             writers, performers, and performance, after which I will (2)
             present the specific varieties of writing and performance
             that occur in Megillat Ahimaatz. Finally, I will (3) examine
             the scroll’s specific vocabulary for writing (texts and
             practices) and similarly, I will consider the way liturgical
             performance is described. These elements – narrative and
             lexical – when read together offer a window into at least
             one writer’s understanding of his tradition at a pivotal
             crossroads in Jewish literary and liturgical
             history.},
   Doi = {10.1353/hbr.2023.a912652},
   Key = {fds374574}
}

@article{fds374922,
   Author = {Lieber, LS},
   Title = {SYMPOSIUM READING, WRITING, AND RITUAL: JEWISH BOOKS AND
             MANUSCRIPTS IN LATE ANTIQUITY INTRODUCTION},
   Journal = {Hebrew Studies},
   Volume = {64},
   Pages = {5-9},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hbr.2023.a912647},
   Abstract = {First, a prologue: The five essays assembled in this
             symposium were shared, in a preliminary fashion, as part of
             a panel at the 2022 Association for Jewish Studies annual
             meeting in Boston organized by Monika Amsler on the theme
             of, "How Scrolls, Tablets, and Books Shaped Early Jewish
             Minds and Ritual Practice." The papers published here are
             not those presented in that venue, but they grew out of
             questions we asked of each other before those drafts were
             written, from the conversations among our group and with
             attentive listeners in that echoey ballroom and the crowded
             hallway outside, and over dinner and via emails in the weeks
             after. During the weeks and months that followed, new
             versions of papers were written and shared the group,
             comments posted, additional sources exchanged, side
             conversations encouraged, and over time, final versions took
             shape. In short, the essays shared here truly are the
             product of a symposium: of a lengthy period of intellectual
             and social dialogue and exchange, of companionable
             give-and-take, with everyone learning and everyone teaching.
             We make cameos in each other's footnotes - and I suspect we
             will continue to do so for a long time after this, because
             this is the kind of collaborative enterprise few scholars
             (or perhaps I should say few senior scholars) have had
             graduate school. Such multimedia collegiality is, perhaps,
             more common today, facilitated by digital tools made
             familiar out of necessity, but also in a moment in which the
             humane is at least sometimes more valued in the humanities
             than once was common. I would like to thank the editor of
             Hebrew Studies, David Nelson, for the opportunity to serve
             as guest editor of this symposium, and my colleagues who
             contributed essays, for being such exemplary colleagues and
             scholars all.},
   Doi = {10.1353/hbr.2023.a912647},
   Key = {fds374922}
}

@misc{fds371871,
   Author = {Roso, J and Chaves, M},
   Title = {Clergy-lay political (mis)alignment in 2019-2020},
   Journal = {Politics and Religion},
   Volume = {16},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {533-542},
   Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
   Year = {2023},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755048323000172},
   Abstract = {We use data from the new and nationally representative
             National Survey of Religious Leaders, supplemented with the
             2018 General Social Survey, to examine the extent to which
             clergy are politically aligned with people in their
             congregations. Two assessments of alignment - clergy reports
             of how their political views compare to the political views
             held by most people in their congregations, and comparisons
             between clergy and lay voting preferences in the 2016
             election - yield the same findings. Clergy in Black
             Protestant and predominantly white evangelical churches are
             much more likely to be politically aligned with their people
             than are Catholic or, especially, white mainline Protestant
             clergy, who often are more liberal than their people.
             Contrary to media reports suggesting that evangelical clergy
             are now likely to be less conservative than their people,
             the vast majority are either politically aligned with, or
             more conservative than, their members.},
   Doi = {10.1017/S1755048323000172},
   Key = {fds371871}
}

@article{fds373413,
   Author = {Prasad, L},
   Title = {"Finding Anna"},
   Journal = {Critical Muslim},
   Volume = {44},
   Number = {1},
   Year = {2023},
   Key = {fds373413}
}

@book{fds352602,
   Author = {Kadivar, M},
   Title = {Governance by Guardianship},
   Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
   Editor = {Sadri, M},
   Year = {2023},
   Abstract = {Rule and Government in the Islamic Republic of
             Iran},
   Key = {fds352602}
}

@book{fds374477,
   Author = {Kadivar, M},
   Title = {The Rights of Mankind: Human Rights and Reformist Islam
             (Haqq al-Nas: Islam-e nowandish va hoquq-e
             bashar)},
   Pages = {532 pages},
   Publisher = {New Thoughts Press},
   Year = {2023},
   ISBN = {978-3-948894-09-2},
   Abstract = {The book contains fourteen chapters in five sections: The
             Bases for Discussions on Islam and Human Rights; Islam and
             Human Rights; Freedoms of Belief, Religion, and Politics;
             Women’s Rights; and Other Debates in Human Rights. Its
             first edition was published in 2008. The translation of the
             critical and detailed introduction to the English version
             (2021) has been added to the new edition. Anything that we
             call ‘Islamic’ today must be reasonable, just, moral,
             and more functional according to the conventions of the
             present time. The main problem of traditional Islam is that
             it is living in the 21st century while breathing in the
             atmosphere of several centuries ago. It is possible to have
             a reading of the Qur’an and the Tradition of the Prophet
             and a methodology in ijtihad and jurisprudence that is
             consistent with the criteria of human rights.},
   Key = {fds374477}
}

@article{fds352581,
   Author = {Kadivar, M},
   Title = {Islam and the State from a Shi'ite Perspective},
   Volume = {23},
   Pages = {57-80},
   Booktitle = {Secularism in Comparative Perspective — Religion across
             Political Contexts},
   Publisher = {Springer},
   Editor = {Laurence, J},
   Year = {2023},
   ISBN = {978-3-031-13309-1},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13310-7_4},
   Abstract = {The article details the perspective of Ja’fari Shi’ite
             Muslims and delves into the history of Shi’ism, the
             separation of religious and profane affairs, the
             guardianship of the jurists, Shi’ism within a
             constitutionalist context, political Shi’ism in a secular
             context, and Islamic republic. The author’s thorough
             historical overview is followed by a discussion of political
             theories of Shi’ite authorities after constitutionalism
             and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
             specifically theories proposed by Khorasani and Khomeini,
             and how other Shi’ite scholars differ from these two
             groups of thought.},
   Doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-13310-7_4},
   Key = {fds352581}
}


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