Ali Akbar Rashad

Ali Akbar Rashad (born 1955) is an Iranian philosopher and Islamic scholar who pioneered the Ibtina Theory, a theory for explaining the process and mechanism of "religious knowledge" formation.[2]

Ali Akbar Rashad
Born1955[1]
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionIslamic philosophy
SchoolIslamic jurisprudence
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, Islamic theology
Notable ideas
Ibtina theory
Logic of understanding religion

He is currently a professor at the Islamic Research Institute for Culture and Thought as well as a member of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council (SCRC). He is also the founder and chair of Imam Reza Islamic seminary. The has presented articles and delivered speeches at conferences and scientific and philosophical conventions and conferences in different countries including Germany, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, England, Bosnia, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, France, India, and Greece among others.

Education

Ali Akbar Rashad is a graduate of Tehran and Qom Islamic seminaries; he completed his introductory and first grade of Islamic seminary education, in Tehran between 1967 and 1970. Then, he went to Qom to further his education in 1970, and was admitted to Grand Ayatollah Golpayegani's Islamic Seminary school, which was considered the first scheduled educational center conducted on the new seminary methodology. He completed the second grade in this seminary school. He also took Ayatollah Shabzendehdar Shirazi's exegesis and Islamic doctrine lessons, and religions (Judaism, Christianity, Baháʼí Faith and the secretary of Wahhabism, ) lessons presented by Abd-ol-Gha'em Shooshtari during the very same period.[3]

Academic activities

Rashad has been teaching higher levels of principles of jurisprudence, philosophy of religion, philosophy and mysticism in the "Islamic seminary of Tehran" as well as the philosophy of religion and discourse and logic of Understanding Religion at university of Tehran and university of Mashhad for the past thirty years.

In the past ten years, IICT has compiled, or has been compiling, four different encyclopedias under professor Rashad's supervision:

  1. The Encyclopedia of Imam Ali (published in 13 volumes)
  2. The Encyclopedia of Qur'an (six out of twenty five volumes completed)
  3. The Encyclopedia of the Holy Prophet's Conduct (fifteen volumes; in press).
  4. The Encyclopedia of Fatimah Culture (six volumes).

Translated works
TitleLanguageFormat
Philosophy of ReligionArabicBook
Sacred DemocracyArabicBook
Philosophy of religionEnglishBook
Sacred DemocracyEnglishBook
Philosophy of religionMalayBook
Violence and ToleranceFrenchBook
Sacred DemocracySpanishBook
Philosophy of ReligionAzeriBook
A Critique on John Hick's Religious PluralismEnglishBook
The Necessity of the Provision of Philosophy of Religion, Logic of Exploring Religion, etc.EnglishArticle
The Expanse of the Functionality and Practicability of Reason in Intellection and Actualization of ReligionEnglishArticle
Sense Devoid of SenseEnglishArticle
Philosophy of Religious InsightEnglishArticle
Is Rumi a Religious Pluralist?EnglishArticle
Religion and DemocracyArabicArticle
Investigating traditionArabicArticle
The Expanse of the Functionality and Practicability of Reason in Intellection and Actualization of ReligionArabicArticle
Principles of ToleranceArabicArticle
Philosophy of PrinciplesArabicArticle
Ibtina Theory (1)ArabicArticle
Ibtina Theory (2)ArabicArticle

References
  1. "Home". en.iict.ac.ir.
  2. "Prof. Dr. Ali Akba Rashadi : CV" (PDF). En.iict.ac.ir. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  3. His official website in Persian: http://rashad.iict.ac.ir
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