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Mohsen Kadivar
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Visiting Research Professor
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Religion
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216 Gray Building
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Campus Box Box 90964
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Phone: (919) 660-3521
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Fax: 919-660-3530
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Office Hours: Thursday, 12:30-2:30PM
and by appointment
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Homepage
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Secondary web page
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Curriculum Vitae
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Overview
Mohsen Kadivar is a visiting research professor of Islamic studies at the department of Religion, Duke University since 2009. He earned the certificate of Ijtihad from the theologian seminary of Qom and received a Ph.D. of Islamic Philosophy and theology from Tarbiate Modarress University in Tehran. Kadivar has published several books in Persian and Arabic and a dozen of essays in English. His interests span both classical and modern Islamic thought with a special focus on Islamic philosophy, theology, law, ethics, Qur'anic studies and Shi'i political thought. You can find more information about Kaivar’s recent works on his website: http://kadivar.com/
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Specialties
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Recent Publications
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- M. Kadivar.
- "From Traditional Islam to Islam as an end in itself."
- Die Welt des Islams, International Journal for the Study of Modern Islam
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- M. Kadivar.
- "Wilayat al-faqih and Democracy."
- Islam, the State and Political Authority, Medieval Issues and Modern Concerns.
- Ed. Asma Afsaruddin.
- Palgrave, Macmilan,
- December, 2011.
- 207-224.
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