The Babi and Baha’i Religions
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Contents[edit]
Lists of illustrations, tables, figures and maps
Note on transliteration
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: BABISM
- Iran and Shi‘ism
- Early Shaykhism
- The emergence of Babism, 1844-5
- Expansion and the growth of opposition, 1845-8
- The radicalization of Babism, 1848-53
2 Babi doctrine and dominant motifs
- Legalism
- Esotericism
- Polarity
- Millenarianism
- Holy war and martyrdom
- Rationalism and social reformism
3 Babism as a socio-religious movement in Iran
- Growth and social composition ace
- The political aspects of religious dissent
- Social discontent and class conflict
4 The Babi recovery and the emergence of the Baha’i Faith
- Bahá’u’lláh and the revival of Babism, 1853-66
- The emergence of the Baha’i Faith, 1866-1921
5 Dominant motifs in the Baha’i Faith in the East
- The polar/theophanic motif
- Social reformism, modernization and the millennium
- The legalistic motif
- Universalism
- The esoteric—gnostic motif
6 The Iranian Baha’i community, c. 1866-1921
- Iran in crisis
- The expansion of the Baha’i community
- Conversion and appeal
- Political change: the Baha’i and Azali responses
PART III: THE BAHA’I FAITH AS A WORLD RELIGION
7 The early American Baha’i community
- The Kheiralla period, 1894-1900
- The American Baha'i community after 1900
- Activities outside the United States
- Dominant religious concerns
- Emergence from the cultic milieu
8 Institutionalization in the Formative Age
- The establishment of the Administrative Order
- Administration and succession, 1950-85
- Authority and leadership in the contemporary Baha’i community
- The polar motif.
- The legalistic motif
- Millenarianism
- Universalism and liberalism
- Systematic plans for expansion and consolidation
- Geo-cultural expansion and change
- The Middle East
- The West
- The Third World
Appendix 1 Glossary
Appendix 2 Chronologies
Appendix 3 A note on the sources and a guide to further reading
