Bahá'í and Globalisation

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Bahá'í and Globalisation

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Margit Warburg, ed.

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2005

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Denmark

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Aarhus University Press

ABSTRACT

Articles from a conference held at the University of Copenhagen in 2001.

CONTENT

	Introduction, by Margit Warburg	7
Part I: Diachronic Perspectives
1.	The Messianic Roots of Babi-Baha’i Globalism Stephen Lambden	17
2.	Globalization and the Hidden Words Todd Lawson	35
3.	Globalization and Religion in the Thought of ‘Abdu’l-Baha Juan R. I. Cole	55
4.	The Globalization of the Baha’i Community: 1892-1921 Moojan Momen	77
5.	The Baha’i Faith and Globalization 1900-1912 Robert Stockman	95
6.	Iranian Nationalism and Baha’i Globalism in Iranian Polemic Literature Fereydun Vahman	107
7.	Global Claims, Global Aims: An Analysis of Shoghi Effendi’s The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh Zaid Lundberg	119
8.	Baha’i and Ahmadiyya: Globalisation and Images of Modernity Morten Warmind	141
9.	The Dual Global Field: A Model for Transnational Religions and Globalisation Margit Warburg	153
Part II: Some Synchronic Themes
10.	Globalization and Decentralization: The Concept of Subsidiarity in the Baha’i Faith Wendi Momen	175
11.	The Globalization of Information: Baha’i Constructions of the Internet David Piff	195
12.	The Canadian Baha’is 1938–2000: Constructions of Oneness in Personal And Collective Identity Lynn Echevarria	221
13.	Etching the Idea of ‘Unity in Diversity’ in the Baha’i Community: Popular Opinion and Organizing Principle Will van den Hoonaard	245
14.	Baha’i Meets Globalisation: A New Synergy? Sen McGlinn	269
15.	Baha’ism: Some Uncertainties about its Role as a Globalizing Religion Denis MacEoin	287
	Contributors	307

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