Baha'i and globalisation

ConclusionReferences; Chapter 6. Iranian Nationalism and Baha'i Globalism in Iranian Polemic Literature; The Rise of Nationalism in Iran; Country Versus the World?; A New Allegation; Baha'i Patriotism; References; Chapter 7. Global Claims, Global Aims: An Analysis of Shoghi Effendi's...

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Contributors: Hvithamar, Annika (Other) ; Warmind, Morten (Other) ; Warburg, Margit 1952- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Aarhus Aarhus University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Series/Journal:RENNER studies on new religions v. 7
Further subjects:B Baha'i faith
B Globalization
B Electronic book
B Internationalisatie
B Bahai Faith
B Bahai Faith and world politics
B Baha'isme
B Electronic books
B RELIGION ; Baha'i
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Baha'i and globalisation. - Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, 2005
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Summary:ConclusionReferences; Chapter 6. Iranian Nationalism and Baha'i Globalism in Iranian Polemic Literature; The Rise of Nationalism in Iran; Country Versus the World?; A New Allegation; Baha'i Patriotism; References; Chapter 7. Global Claims, Global Aims: An Analysis of Shoghi Effendi's The World Order of Baha'u'llah; Global Missionary Plans; Shoghi Effendi, Globalization and Globality; The World Order of Baha'u'llah; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8. Baha'i and Ahmadiyya: Globalisation and Images of Modernity; Ahmadiyya; Mission and Expansion; Baha'i and Ahmadiyya Compared
Front Matter; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; References; Part I. Diachronic Perspectives; Chapter 1. The Messianic Roots of Babi-Baha'i Globalism; Globalism after Eschatological Warfare in Shi'i Islam; The Bab, the Qayyum al-asma' and Globalization through Jihad; Eschatological Warfare and the Religion of the Bab; The Terrestrial and Cosmic Universalism of the Bab; The Abandoning of Jihad; The Closing of the Circle; References; Chapter 2. Globalization and the Hidden Words; From Tehran to Baghdad; The Sacralization of Globalization; Enchanted Ontology
In this volume of the RENNER series on new religion, the issue of religion and globalisation is treated with a single religion as the recurring example. The Baha'i religion has been carefully chosen for this context. Few other religions express so clearly in their doctrines the view that the world should be unified, politically and religiously
Part II. Some Synchronic ThemesChapter 10. Globalization and Decentralization: The Concept of Subsidiarity in the Baha'i Faith; Globalization; Responses to Globalization; Baha'i Response to Globalization: World Government; Federalism; Subsidiarity; Governing at Sub-Global Levels; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11. The Globalization of Information: Baha'i Constructions of the Internet; The 'Promises' and 'Risks' of the Internet; Counteracting Friendly Damage; Internet and Community -- the Talisman Discussion List; Internet Apostates; Institutional Responses; Summary and Conclusions; References
The Hidden WordsReferences; Chapter 3. Globalization and Religion in the Thought of 'Abdu'l-Baha; Making the World One Place; Society; The Individual; The International System; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. The Globalization of the Baha'i Community: 1892-1921; Normative Globalization; Psychological Globalization; Financial Globalization; Institutional Globalization; Universalism and Particularism; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. The Baha'i Faith and Globalization 1900-1912; Globalization in Early Twentieth Century American Christian Perspective; Globalistic Baha'i Teachings; Activism
The Problem of the 'Seal'Born in the Take-off of Globalisation; Different Global Images of Modernity; References; Chapter 9. The Dual Global Field: A Model for Transnational Religions and Globalisation1; Religion and Globalisation; Roland Robertson's Approach to the Study of Globalisation and Religion; Development of the Dual Global Field; Baha'i and the World System of Societies; The Historical Development of the Baha'i Global Field; World-Rejecting and World-Affirming Attitudes in Baha'i in Relation to World System of Societies; A Broader Perspective; References
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Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ISBN:8779348947