The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity

Author(s):
Cole, J.R.I.
Published
1999
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism, at least in the West. However, the Baha'i faith, which originated in nineteenth century Iran, poses key conundrums to our understanding of the relationship between modernity and religion in the global South.

Baha'I fatih and Modernity
Date issued
1999
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Newsletter (1999), Vol. 2, no. 1, p. 9-9
hdl
1887/17167