Citizens of the World, : A History and Sociology of the Baha'is from a Globalisation Perspective.

• Superior document: Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, v. 106
• Author: Margit Warburg
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 106.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (648 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Citizens of the World deals with the Baha’is and their religion. While covering the historical development in sufficient detail to serve as a general monograph on Baha’i, emphasis is laid on examining contemporary Baha’i, with the Danish Baha’i community as a recurrent case. The book discusses Baha’i religious texts, rituals, economy, everyday life, demographic development, mission strategies, leadership, and international activism in analyses based on primary material, such as interview studies among the Baha’is, fieldwork data from the Baha’i World Centre in Israel, and field trips around the world. The approach is a combination of history of religions and sociology of religion within a theoretical framework of religion and globalisation. Several general topics in the study of new religions are covered. The book contributes to the theoretical study of globalisation by proposing a new model for analysing globalisation and transnational religions.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- When the Global Meets the Local -- Approaches to Babi and Baha’i Studies -- Development of a Globalisation Perspective -- Religious Conflicts in Iran -- The Making of a Global Religion -- The Making of a Baha’i Community -- Becoming a Baha’i -- Belonging to a Baha’i Community -- Mobilisation of the Baha’is -- The Baha’i World Centre -- Baha’is Going Global -- Summary and Conclusions -- Interview Survey -- Bibliography -- Index -- Colour Plates -- Black and White Plates -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.