The Baha'i faith in Africa : establishing a new religious movement, 1952-1962 / / by Anthony A. Lee.
In 1952, there were probably fewer than 200 Baha'is in all of Africa. Today the Baha'i community claims one million followers on the continent. Yet, the Baha'i presence in Africa has been all but ignored in academic studies up to now. This is the first monograph that addresses the est...
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| Superior document: | Studies of religion in Africa ; v. 39 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on religion in Africa ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Babi/Baha'i movement
- The African presence at the genesis of the Babi/Baha'i religions
- Opting for the apocalypse: the Baha'i response to the modern crisis in the Middle East and West Africa
- Planting the Baha'i faith in West Africa: the first decade
- The roots of Baha'i conversion in British Cameroons
- British Cameroons: a movement develops
- The Baha'i church of Calabar
- In lieu of a conclusion.