Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements and the Babi-Baha'i Faiths (Studies in the History of Religions)

Studies in modern religions, religious movements and the Bābī-Bahā’ī faiths......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introductory Remarks: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND MODERN RELIGIONS......Page 12
The Nineteenth Century......Page 14
Croce’s Religion of Liberty......Page 15
Modern Religious Activity: Similarity and Differences......Page 18
The Common Heritage......Page 19
The Qur\'ānic and Classical Heritage......Page 22
God and the Universe......Page 24
The Mystery of the Nature of the Divine......Page 26
Revealed God and Perfect Man......Page 28
Detachment......Page 32
Hidden Meaning and Magic......Page 33
Names of God and Magic......Page 35
Names and Letters, The Bàb......Page 38
The Letter Bā\'......Page 40
Tafsīr Basmalah......Page 43
Adventism......Page 45
Summary......Page 46
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 47
Part I: PROPHECY, MESSIANISM, AND THE MILLENNIUM......Page 50
1. On Continuity and Neutralization in Hasidism......Page 52
2. Three Types of Prophecy in Jewish Mysticism: A Succinct Survey......Page 58
4. On a Case of Ethical Prophecy in Early Hasidism......Page 67
5. Mystical Prophecy in Early Hasidism......Page 69
6. Prophecy in Some Critiques of Hasidism......Page 75
7. Abraham Abulafia’s Ḥayyei ha-ˁOlam ha-Ba\': A Handbook for Prophecy in Eighteenth Century Poland......Page 76
8. On Prophecy and Hasidism in 19th Century......Page 81
9. Some Broader Conclusions......Page 83
Introduction......Page 88
Historical Kabbalah Versus Hassidism......Page 90
The National Mysticism of Rabbi Kook and His Circle......Page 95
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 104
Moojan Momen: Millennialist Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares......Page 108
New Religious Movements......Page 109
The Bahā\'ī Faith......Page 113
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 126
Grant Underwood: Millenarianism and Nineteenth-Century New Religions: The Mormon Example......Page 128
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 136
Meir Buzaglo: Critique of Pure Gematry......Page 138
Setting the Stage......Page 139
Structure of Argument......Page 140
Answers to the Question......Page 142
The Uses of Gematry......Page 148
Midrash and Gematry: A Proposal......Page 149
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 150
Part II: THE BĀBĪ-BAHĀ\'Ī VENTURE......Page 152
1.1. Introduction......Page 154
2.1. Messianic Secrecy......Page 157
3.1. Zoroastrianism......Page 158
3.2. Judaism......Page 160
3.3. Christianity......Page 162
3.4. Islam......Page 165
3.5. Bābīsm......Page 167
4. Royal Messiah......Page 168
4.1. Tablet to the Shāh of Iran......Page 172
4.2. Tablet to Czar Alexander II......Page 174
4.3. Tablet to Napoleon III......Page 176
4.4. Tablet to Pope Pius IX......Page 177
4.5. Tablet to Queen Victoria......Page 180
5.1. The Eschatology of Globalization......Page 183
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 184
Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam: The Bābī-State Conflict in Māzandarān: Background, Analysis and Review of Sources......Page 190
The Development of the Bābī Movement......Page 192
The Bābīs, the State, and the \'Ulamā\'......Page 193
The Qiyāma: A Bābī Perspective......Page 198
An Outline of the Conflict at Shaykh Ṭabarsī......Page 199
An Analysis of the Nature of the Bābī Movement......Page 204
The Objectives of the Bābīs at Shaykh Ṭabarsī......Page 209
Conclusion......Page 220
A Note on Sources......Page 221
A. Eyewitness Accounts......Page 222
B. Other Histories of the Shaykh Ṭabarsī Conflict......Page 225
C. General Histories of the Bābī and Bahā\'ī Religions......Page 227
D. Other Bahā\'ī Sources......Page 229
A Discussion of the Reliability of the Bābī and Bahā\'ī Sources......Page 230
A. Official Chronicles of the Qājār Period......Page 231
B. Shaykh al-ˁAjam\'s Account......Page 232
III. Western Accounts......Page 233
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 234
Juan R.I. Cole: The Azālī-Bahā\'ī Crisis of September 1867......Page 238
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 261
1. Reform and Opposition in the Ottoman Empire......Page 264
2. Young Ottomans and Bahā\'īs......Page 266
3. Young Turks and “Bābis”......Page 273
4. Abdullah Cevdet and the Bahā\'ī Faith......Page 278
Conclusion......Page 282
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 283
William McCants: “I Never Understood Any of this From ˁAbbās Effendi”: Muḥammad ˁAbduh’s Knowledge of the Bahā\'ī Teachings and His Friendship with ˁAbdu’l-Bahā\' ˁAbbās......Page 286
Appearance of ˁAbdu\'l-Bahā\'......Page 288
Ridā\'’s Narrative Treatment of ˁAbdu\'l-Bahā\'......Page 290
ˁAbduh’s Friendship with ˁAbdu\'l-Bahā\'......Page 293
Concealed History......Page 299
APPENDIX I: ˁAbdu\'l-Bahā\'’s Letter to Muḥammad ˁAbduh, c. 1885 A.D.......Page 303
APPENDIX II: Muḥammad ˁAbduh’s Letter to ˁAbdu’l-Bahā\', 29 of Muḥarram, 1305 (October 17, 1887)......Page 306
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 307
Zaid Lundberg: Bahā\'ī and the Holy Land: Religiogenesis and Shoghi\rEffendi’s The Faith of Bahā\'u\'llāh: A World Religion......Page 310
Some Methodological and Theoretical Considerations......Page 313
An Emic Approach......Page 318
An Etic Approach......Page 322
Bahā\'ī, Religiogenesis and World Religion......Page 324
Conclusions......Page 325
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 326
Index......Page 330