The Baha'i Faith: A Short History

by Peter Smith

Overview

This authoritative account traces the BahNB'! Faith from its origins in mid-nineteenth-century Iran to the spiritual and social concerns of the present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780747354
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	11/06/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Peter Smith is Program Director for Social Science at Mahidol University's International College, Thailand. His many books include A concise encyclopaedia of the Bahá’í Faith, also published by Oneworld.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I: The Bábí Religion, 1844-53
1. The Islamic and Iranian Background
2. The Emergence of the Bábí Movement.
3. The Developemnt of a New Religion,
4. Conflict and Collapse, 1848-53
Part II: The Estabishment of the Bahá’í Faith
5. Bahá’u’lláh
6. The Writings and Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh
7. ’Abdu’l-Bahá
8. Bahá’í Communities, 1866 - 1921
Part III: The Bahá’í Faith since 1972
9. Shoghi Effendi
10. The Universal House of Justice.
11. Bahá’í Communities, 1866 - 1921
Conclusion
Chronology of improtant dates
Further reading
Bibliography
Index