Document Type : Science - Research (Political Science)

Authors

• Hasan Majidi ¹
• Omid Shafiei Ghahfarkhi ²

¹ Faculty member of Imam Sadiq University

² Ph.D Student in Political Thight at Imam sadiq University

Abstract

The measure of statesmen's authorities in worldly and otherworldly affairs,
jurisdiction and coefficient influence of religion and theologians in political
affairs are among important matters that in the history of thought and
political act has been the cause of remoteness, closeness and spinning of
religion and politics in both arena of view and act. This paper with the usage
of multi direction Hermeneutic has studied and compared the thoughts of Ibn
Rushd and Aquinas, as two peripatetic claimant philosopher of composing
religion and philosophy decided to find out in what way they would see
religion and government together and in how and what extend they have
tried to uniting and putting them together. to this purpose, this paper after
explaining some of the bases of Ibn Rushd 's and Aquinas thoughts that has
been affective in shaping these two's political opinion, has shown that the
direction taken by Ibn Rushd is more pro wisdom, therefore in measuring the
relationship between religion and government, has not paid enough attention
to the maximum aspect of the religion of Islam in scaling with the
government, on the opposite Aguenas in spite of being bound to the
christianity which lacks the religious law (shariat) has tried to give anarrative
of the role of religion in relation with government, so the place and the
jurisdiction of power of government and church would be specified and
defined. We can say that both philosopher has considered the government
incapable of reaching happiness which in view of both Aristatlic
philosopher, is the ultimate level of political life, but they believe in
independence jurisdiction or the government.

Keywords

• Ibn Rushd
• Thomus Aquinas
• religion and government
• view of the government
• peripatetic claimant philosophy
• Secularism

Main Subjects

• political science