are products of human reason that have developed during the course of time and continue to evolve. As such, they are not already prescribed in the Qur'an and Sunna. Indeed, the Qur'an remains mute with regard to our modern understanding of human rights, and yet these do not in any way contradict the divine truth contained in the Qur'an. Drawing on modern hermeneutics, Shabestari dismisses any claim that man could ever come into direct possession of God’s absolute truth. Since the early 1990s, he has been increasingly active in publishing articles in liberal daily papers and magazines in which he argues for a new, more critical approach to religion. Books Hermenutik, Kitab va Sunnat [Hermeneutics, the Book and Tradition], (Tehran: Tarh-e Naw, 1996). Iman va Azadi [Faith and Freedom], (Tehran: Tarh-e Naw, 1997). This also contains the essay titled "Christian Theology". Naqdi bar Qira’at-e Rasmi-e Din [A Critique of the Official Reading of Religion], (Tehran: Tarh-e Naw, 2000). Ta'amulati dar Qira’at-e Ensan-i az Din [Reflections on the Human Reading of Religion], (Tehran: Tarh-e Naw, 2004). Articles 'Fetrat-e Khoda joy-e Ensan dar Qur'an' in Andish-e Islami, 1, 7 (1358/1979). 'Fetrat-e Khoda joy-e Ensan dar Qur'an' in Andish-e Islami, 1, 9 (1358/1979). 'Qara'at-e rasmi az din' in Rah-e Naw, 19. Shahrivar 7, 1377/August 29, 1998. 'Qara'at-e Nabavi az Jahan' [A Prophetic Reading of the World]. 'Die prophetische Lesart der Welt'. See also Abdolkarim Soroush Eastern philosophy Iranian philosophy Islamic philosophy Modern Islamic philosophy Intellectual movements in Iran References Sources Iranian scholars Islamic philosophers Academic staff of the University of Tehran Muslim reformers 20th-century Iranian philosophers Iranian Shia clerics 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 1936 births Living people Hermeneutists People from Shabestar Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Shabestar