7 Citations
Making the invisible visible: introductory books on the Baha'i religion (the Baha'i Faith)
- Art
- 2013
The present review examines five books, one by a non-Baha'i, three by a Baha'i academic, and one by a Baha'i non-academic. The non-Baha'i volume, which is very short, is by a Danish sociologist of…
“I Have Apostatized”: Self-Narratives of Catholic Apostasy as Resources for Collective Mobilization in Argentina
- Political ScienceReligions
- 2022
Since 2009, the Collective Apostasy Campaign in Argentina has mobilized some people who are opposed to the political interference of the Catholic Church through the formal act of apostatizing. The…
How to Measure Baha’i Religiosity: The CRSi-20 for Baha’is as a First Reliable and Valid Measurement
- Psychology
- 2020
The concepts and measurements in psychology of religion often adhere to its Judeo-Christian roots, which causes problems when measuring non-Christian religiosity. In this paper, two successive…
Reactionary Deconversion from Mormonism: Polarization of Ideological and Behavioral Religiosity Among Active and Former Mormons
- PsychologyReview of Religious Research
- 2018
In contrast to a growing body of literature examining the experiences and trends of those who leave their faith tradition—particularly among Christian denominations—relatively little is known about…
Free Zone Scientology and Other Movement Milieus: A Preliminary Characterization
- Biology
- 2014
The analysis in the present article uses the Free Zone plus a selection of comparable subcultures associated with other religious groups as case studies to explore the nature and structure of movement milieus.
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Baha'i and globalisation
- Political Science
- 2005
Globalisation has become a buzzword that typically refers to the intensifying integration of the world economy, especially as midwifed by technological advances. It also implies a growing political…
The Baha'i faith in America as panopticon, 1963-1997
- Political Science
- 1998
This empirical study details the history of control mechanisms employed by leaders of the Baha'i faith in the United States to shape the discourse and behavior of adherents. It covers the use of…
Fundamentalism in the Contemporary U.S. Baha'i Community*
- Political Science
- 2002
This article considers the ways in which the Baha'i faith in the United States has become more fundamentalist in the past four decades. It looks at trends toward an increasing emphasis on doctrinal…
Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East
- History
- 2000
Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the NineteenthCentury Middle East, by Juan R. Cole. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xi + 197 pages. Notes to p. 223. Bibl.…
From Babism to Baha'ism: Problems of militancy, quietism, and conflation in the construction of a religion
- Political Science
- 1983
Implicit religion in contemporary society
- Psychology
- 1997
The book reports three studies that were undertaken of what "moves" people - firstly as individuals, through verbal interviews; secondly in a public house, through working behind the bar; and thirdly…
Race, Immorality and Money in the American Baha'i Community: Impeaching the Los Angeles Spiritual Assembly
- Political Science
- 2000
Abstract This article analyses the dissolution of the Baha'i local assembly of Los Angeles in 1986–88 by the National Assembly. Official explanations for this move focused on lapses in morality and…
The Babi and Baha 'i Religions: From Messianic Shi'ism to a World Religion
- Philosophy
- 1988
Part I. Babism: 1. The Babi Movement 2. Babi Doctrine and Dominant Motifs 3. Babism as a Socio-religious Movement in Iran Part II. The Baha'i Faith in the East, c. 1866-1921: 4. The Babi Recovery and…