This work concerns the intellectual discourse in post-revolutionary Iran and concentrates on Abdolkarim Soroush's thought as a liberal Muslim thinker.

Introduction: a Paradigm Shift in Islamic Reform Discourse?

Chapter 1 From Critique of Marxism to Critique of Islamism: Soroush's Biography and Intellectual Context

Chapter 2 Religious Post-Positivism: Soroush's Epistemology

Chapter 3 Religion as a Historical and Plural Dialogue Between Humans and God: Soroush's Theory of Religion

Chapter 4 "Westoxification," "Inauthenticity," and "Heresy": Critiques of Soroush

Chapter 5 Features and Implications of Soroush's Thought

Chapter 6 From Apology to a new Theory

Conclusion: The Expansion of Prophetic Experience and The Expansion of Soroushian Experience

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Heydar Shadi is currently a research fellow at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt, Germany.