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Alireza Doostdar

Alireza Doostdar is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion at The University of Chicago Divinity School. His first book is The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny (Princeton University Press, 2018).

(A)theologies, Archive, New Books, RD10Q, RD10QNovember 13, 2017

Occultism and New Age Take Off in Iran: An Interview with Alireza Doostdar

By Alireza Doostdar

RD: What inspired you to write The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny?…

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