IN IRAN:
Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, Volume 3
Edited by Peter Smith
Seven scholars, Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís, have contributed
essays to this important new volume on the history of the Bábí and
Bahá'í religions in Iran. Discussed here are aspects of that history which
are still only barely understood and which are examined here for the first time. The first
three essays focus on the Bábís. Steven Lambden writes on the Islamic
origins of the stories about the Báb's childhood that found their way into
Nabíl's Narrative and other Bábí histories. Peter
Smith and Moojan Momen analyze the Bábí movement, raising
questions about recruitment, finances, communications, and so forth.
Denis MacEoin discusses early Bábí systems of hierarchy
and authority.
The last three essays turn to Bahá'í
history. Christopher Buck examines Bahá'u'lláh's multiple
claims to messiahship. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram uncovers the struggles
of the American Bahá'í women who taught at the Tarbiyat
School in Iran from 1909 to 1934. Mehri Samandari Jensen outlines her
research on family planning and the use of birth control among Bahá'ís
and Muslims in contemporary Iran.
This book, the third in a series devoted to
the academic study of the Bábí and Bahá'í
religions, is a vital addition to the library of any serious student
of Bahá'í history.
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