Rare Mandaean bowls put on show at Tehran museum

TEHRAN – A select of rare bowls belonged to ancient Mandaean followers dating from 4th to 7th centuries CE are on show at an online exhibition in Tehran.

Defense minister: Reinvigorating deterrence power is a religious must 

TEHRAN - The defense minister announced on Tuesday that enhancing deterrence power is a religious necessity for the Iranian Armed Forces. 

By Javad Heirannia

Whole framework of IR theory is positivistic: Ringmar

TEHRAN - Erik Ringmar, a Professor of department of political science and International Relations of Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey says “Religious issues and conflicts have not been much theorized about among scholars of international relations. Sometimes these issues come up as a matter of the force of “ideas” as opposed to power politics or economic factors.”

By Javad Heirannia

Theorizing about religion been one of the core areas inquiry in IR: Peter Haas

TEHRAN - Peter M. Haas, a professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst says that the crux of the argument about secular and religious states in IR is still seen as the conflict between animating pressures on people:  religious, post religious, secular.

By Javad Heirannia

Religion is not necessarily in conflict with modernity: Kevin Richards

TEHRAN - Professor Kevin Richards, chair of Liberal Arts Department at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, tells the Tehran Times that “I would agree with the larger premise that religion is not necessarily in conflict with modernity.”

By Javad Heirannia

We don’t necessarily need “religious” theory of IR: Dallmayr

TEHRAN - Fred Reinhard Dallmayr, Emeritus Professor of University of Notre Dame (USA) says hence modernity is not necessarily anti-religious, and the same is true of IR.

By Javad Heirannia

Until recently IR theory had little to say about religion: Jeff Haynes

TEHRAN - Jeff Haynes, Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, says the main reason that international relations (IR) theory has had little to say about religion is because of the background, history and development of the discipline of IR.

By Javad Heirannia

I am skeptical about need of religious theory of IR: Friedrich Kratochwil

TEHRAN - Professor Friedrich Kratochwil, chair in international Politics at the European University Institute in Florence says “I am, in a way, skeptical about the need of a religious theory of IR.”

By Javad Heirannia

Religion is not major determinant of international actors' behavior: Hunter

TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that Analysis of international relations has shown that very seldom religion per se determines behavior, whenever it does, it is by being part of the states' and non-state actors' ideational, ideological and value systems.

By Javad Heirannia

Religion can be important component of restructuring of international relations theory: Entessar

TEHRAN - Nader Entessar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science from university of South Alabama says that “Religion and religious paradigms may contribute to our understanding of our complex world.”

By Javad Heirannia

No theory explains everything: Prof. Nicholas Onuf

TEHRAN – Professor Nicholas Onuf, a primary figure among constructivists in international relations, tells the Tehran Times that “No theory explains everything.”