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Baha'i and globalisation /
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 wo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | RENNER studies on new religions ;
v. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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