Shabestari belongs to the post-revolutionary generation of thinkers in Iran who, from within an Islamic perspective, have developed a discourse that contains important elements of humanism. His thought is strongly grounded in an Islamic worldview, but he has utilized a hermeneutic approach that posits human agency and its corollary, basic elements of human rights. This paper closely examines the thought of Shabestari and its implications for the reform of religion in Iran.