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THE BAHA‘I’ WORLD
5. Bahá’í STUDIES SEMINARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER 1977—1980
PhTER SMITH
FROM 1977 until 1980 the Departments of
Religious Studies and of Sociology at the
University of Lancaster lent their support to a
succession of four annual Bahá’í’ Studies
Seminars (16—17 April 1977; 15—16 April
1978; 7—8 April 1979; 11—13 April 1980) held
under the convenership of Peter Smith, then
a post-graduate student in the Department
of Sociology. Designed to further academic
research into the Bábi and Bahá’í religions,
these seminars afforded opportunity for a
number of post-graduates from Europe and
America to present and discuss papers on
various aspects of ‘Bahá’í’ Studies’. Most
of the substantive papers presented at the seminars have since found their way into print or have been incorporated into the participants’ doctora'l theses.
The papers presented were as follows:
Bramson, Loni (Louvain)
(1979) Internal Opposition to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Will and Testament and the Establishment of the Guardianship —See Bramson’s Ph.D. thesis, The Bahá’í Faith and Its Evolution in the United States and Canada from 1922 to 1936 (Université Catholique de Louvain, 1980)
Cole, Juan Ricardo (U.C.L.A.)
(1980) Ragztd Rigid on the Bahá’í Faith in Egypt, 1897—1921
Lambden, Stephen (Newcastle)
(1980) Divine Splendour Motifs in the Bible and Writings of Bahá’u’lláh: ‘deo’d’ in the Old Testament, ‘Doxa’ in the New Testament and Aspects of the ‘Theology of “Baha’” ’ and the Sinai Epiphany Motif in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Lee, Anthony (U.C.L.A.)
(1978) The Bahá’í community of ‘Igzqa’bdd from the beginnings t0 the Russian Revolution
—Published in slightly revised form as ‘The Rise of the Bahá’í Community of ‘Ishqábád’, Bahá’í’ Studies 5 (1979): 1—13
Machin, Denis (Cambridge, 1977—1979; Fez,
1979—1980)
(1977) The Late Eighteenth Century Reforma tion in ihflsm: Its Background and
Influence
The flzaykjt’ Reaction to Bdbism in the
Early Period
—Published as ‘Shaylgi Reactions to
the Báb’, Studies in Bdbt’ and Bahá’í’
History, ed. M. Momen (Los Angeles:
Kalimét Press, 1983), pp. 1—47
—For both the 1977 and 1978 papers
see Machin’s Ph.D. thesis, From
fltaylitism t0 Bdbism: A Study of
Charismatic Renewal in flu’fi’h Isldm
(University of Cambridge, 1979)
The Concept of ‘Jihtid’ in the Bábt’ and
Bahá’í’ Movements.
—Pub1ished in part as ‘The Bábl’
Concept of Holy War’, Religion 12
(1982): 93—129
(1980) Ritual and Semi-ritual Observances in Bdbism and Bahá’ísm
Momen, Moojan
(1977) Some Problems Connected with the Yazd Episode of 1850 —See Momen, The Bdbt’ and 'Bahá’í’ Religions, 1844—1944; Some Contemporary Western Accounts (Oxford: George Ronald, 1981), pp. 106—113 Early Contact Between Bahá’ís and Christian Missionaries —Published as “Early Relations Between Christian Missionaries and the Bábi and Bahá’í Communities’, Studies in 'Bdbl’ and Bahá’í’ History, ed. M. Momen (Los Angeles: Kalimét Press, 1983), pp. 44—82
(1979) The Social Basis of the Bábi Upheavals:
(1978)
(1979)
[Page 205]
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT BAHA’I’ ACTIVITIES
A Preliminary Analysis
—Published in International Journal for Middle East Studies 15 (1983): 157—183
(1980) The Trial‘ of Mulld ‘Alt’ Basta’mz’: A Combined Sunni—flzi‘i Fatva’ Against the Báb —Published in Iran 20 (1982): 113143
Mossop, Denise
(1978) The Mediatory Role of Bahá’í’: A Comparison of Sufi and Bahá’í’ Mysticism
Peltola, Harri (Helsinki)
(1978) The History of the Bahá’í Faith in Finland: A Case Study in the Sociology of Countercultures
Scholl, Steven
(1980) Ima’mz’ Shl"ism and the Bahá’í Faith
Smith, Peter (Lancaster)
(1977) The Routinization Of Charisma? Some Comments on Peter L. Berger’s ‘Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahaisme'
—Published in shortened and amended form as ‘Motif research: Peter Berger and the Bahá’í Faith’, Religion
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8 (1978): 210—234
The American Bahá’í community, 1894 —1917
—Published in expanded form in Studies in Bdbz’ and Bahá’í’ History, ed. M. Momen (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1983), pp. 85—233.
—See also Smith’s Ph.D. thesis, A Sociological Study of the Btibl’ and Bahá’í Religions (University of Lancaster, 1982)
Millenarianism in the Bábz’ and Bahá’í’ Religions
—Published in amended form as ‘Millennialism in the Bábi and Bahá’í Religions’, Millennialism and Charisma, ed. R. Wallis (Belfastz'The Queen’s University, 1982), pp. 231—283
Note: For short accounts of the Seminars see the following: For the 1977 and 1978 Seminars, the United Kingdom Bahá’í Journal 245 (June 1978 2 16—17 [see also the erratum in issue no. 248 (January 1979): 11]; for the 1979 Seminar, the Bulletin of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies 6 (1979): 119—123.
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(1979)
Mrs. Gayle Morrison delivering the Hasan M . Balyuzz’lecture during the seventh annual conference of the Association for Bahti’z’ Studies; 1982.
’7 A representative sampling of Baha 1 scholarly journals for general circulation issued in the period Riḍván 1979—1983 and published in the following languages (clockwise from top): Persian, English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian.
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