Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence

This paper has several objectives. First, it briefly examines the nature and characteristics of contemporary transnational religious actors and, second, identifies the concept of transnational religious soft power, which, I argue, such actors must have in order to achieve their objectives. Third, I...

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Autor principal: Jeffrey Haynes
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74232097006
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-046&d=74232097006oai
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topic Sociología
Transnational religious actors
Shia Islam
Iran
Iraq
Nationalism
spellingShingle Sociología
Transnational religious actors
Shia Islam
Iran
Iraq
Nationalism
Jeffrey Haynes
Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence
topic_facet Sociología
Transnational religious actors
Shia Islam
Iran
Iraq
Nationalism
description This paper has several objectives. First, it briefly examines the nature and characteristics of contemporary transnational religious actors and, second, identifies the concept of transnational religious soft power, which, I argue, such actors must have in order to achieve their objectives. Third, I focus on transnational Shia networks in the context of Irans current attempt to acquire increased foreign policy influence in Iraq. The paper argues that transnational Shia networks in Iran and Iraq have relatively limited capacity to forge and pursue religious collective goals, as they are significantly undermined by nationalist and statist concerns. This is not to allege that nationalism and statism necessarily trump transnational religious goals although in our case study this is indeed the case.
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title Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence
title_short Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence
title_full Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence
title_fullStr Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence
title_full_unstemmed Iran and shia transnational religious actors. Limits of political influence
title_sort iran and shia transnational religious actors. limits of political influence
publisher Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
publishDate 2014
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74232097006
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