Religion And Culture
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Pres. Rouhani:
Fighting against oppression, extremism, terrorism, ‘duty of all divine religions’
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that fighting against terrorism, oppression and extremism is duty of all the divine religions and Muslims in particular.
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Whole framework of IR theory is positivistic: Ringmar
TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Erik Ringmar, a Professor of department of political science and International Relations of Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey says “Religious issues and conflicts have not been much theorized about among scholars of international relations. Sometimes these issues come up as a matter of the force of “ideas” as opposed to power politics or economic factors.”
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By: Javad Heirannia
Theorizing about religion has been one of the core areas inquiry in IR: Peter Haas
TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Peter M. Haas, a professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst says that the crux of the argument about secular and religious states in IR is still seen as the conflict between animating pressures on people: religious, post religious, secular.
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By: Rooholamin Saeidi
The dialectic of secularism and religionism: prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – lizabeth Shakman Hurd teaches and writes on religion and politics, the politics of human rights and the right to religious freedom, the legal governance of religious diversity, US foreign relations, and the international politics of the Middle East. Her work pursues an integrative approach to the study of politics and religion that offers insight into dilemmas of national and international governance involving difference, governance, power, law, and pluralism.
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Religion not in conflict with IR theory: Prof. Askari
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, says “I agree wholeheartedly that religion is not in conflict with international relations theory.”
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Religion is not necessarily in conflict with modernity: Kevin Richards
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Professor Kevin Richards, Chair of Liberal Arts Department at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, tells the Tehran Times that “I would agree with the larger premise that religion is not necessarily in conflict with modernity.”
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By: Ramin Saffari
2nd preparatory meeting of Imam Reza and Interfaith Dialogue conf.
MASHHAD, Jan. 09 (MNA) - The second preparatory meeting of International Conference of Imam Reza and Interfaith Dialogue was held Wed. in Razavi Islamic Sciences University, in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
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Until recently IR theory had little to say about religion: Jeff Haynes
TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Jeff Haynes, Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, says the main reason that International Relations (IR) theory has had little to say about religion is due to the background, history, and development of the discipline of IR.
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Vatican seeks to expand cultural cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Vatican’s 'culture minister' hailed the richness of Iranian culture and called for expansion of bilateral ties in different cultural scopes with Iran.
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Difficulty of building a grand theory of religion and international relations
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Professor Jonathan T. Chow from University of Macau says “religion can be an important factor in international politics, but it would be a mistake to say that it is the sole or even the most important factor.”
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By: Yasser Nazifi Gilavan
Armenians celebrate New Year in Tehran
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Armenians hold the Holy Communion rite late on December 31, into early hours of the New Year. In this video file you can see an excerpt of the ceremony filmed at Surp Targmanchats Church in Vahidiyeh of Tehran. According to unofficial accounts, more than 30000 Armenians live in Tehran now.
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Culture min. meets with Tunisian counterpart
TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) – Iranian culture minister has been received by Tunisian Minister of Religious Affairs Ahmed Adhoum.
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Kant scholar named Holberg Prize 2017 laureate
TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The Holberg Prize - one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law or theology - named British author, scholar and Philosophy Professor Onora Sylvia O'Neill as its 2017 Laureate.
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5 Christian tourists convert to Islam in Gorgan
GORGAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Five Christian tourists visiting shrine of Imamzadeh Abdullah in Gorgan converted to Islam on the night of Tasu’a on Tue., head of Endowments and Charity Office of Golestan said.