Trustees of God

About the Book

This book is based on a preliminary research which is aimed to study the resurgence of faith orders, particularly as political actors. After years of so-called superficial secularisation and attempt to marginalise the ‘religious man’ in the societal affairs, we are witnessing the tidal rise of him, which is subject to examination in this book, from a systems analytic perspective as a small step towards the development of a political theory of religion.

About the Author

He is a Persian scholar who has been a political activist from his youth. He studied political science and law in Pars (Iran) and left his homeland eight years after the political transition and establishment of a clergy-driven regime in the name of Islam. The writer studied, among other things, political science and criminology in Sweden and Denmark and lives in UK now. A long-term history of journalism and political activism has provided him with insight and information which makes the book interesting to read. The book also is, to some extent, an attempt to fill a theoretical as well as empirical gap in the field of political science to approach the transactions between the political and religious systems without resorting to a theological perspective. According to the writer, this book primarily is written to raise interest among political science scholars and politicians who have special interest in the subject, but any reader will find this research interesting and, maybe, exciting.