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Author Smith, Peter, 1947 November 27-

Title The Babi and Baha'i religions : from messianic Shiʻism to a world religion / Peter Smith
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description xiv, 243 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 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 the Emergence of the Baha'i Faith; 5. Dominant Motifs in the Baha'i Faith in the East; 6. The Iranian Baha'i Community, c. 1866-1921; Part III. The Baha'i Faith as a World Religion: 7. The Early American Baha'i Community; 8. Institutionalization in the Formative Age; 9. Modern Baha'i Motifs; 10. Worldwide Expansion; Conclusion
Analysis Babism, to 1986
Bahaism, to 1986
Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Lancaster
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index
Subject Babism -- History.
Babism.
Bahai Faith -- History.
LC no. 86016781
ISBN 0521301289
052131755X paperback
9780521301282
9780521317559 paperback