Citizens of the world : a history and sociology of the Bahaʹis from a globalisation perspective /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warburg, Margit
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Studies in the history of religions ; 106.
Temas:
Globalization > Religious aspects > Bahai Faith.
Bahai Faith > History.
Religion and sociology.
Mondialisation > Aspect religieux > Foi bahaïe.
Foi bahaïe > Histoire.
Sociologie religieuse.
RELIGION > Baha'i.
Bahai Faith.
Bahaʼisme.
Internationalisatie.
Sociologische aspecten.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER ONE WHEN THE GLOBAL MEETS THE LOCAL
  • Citizens of the World
  • The Bahaâ€?i Religionâ€?One of the Old “New Religionsâ€?
  • The Historical Development of the Bahaâ€?i Religion
  • The Bahaâ€?i Organisation
  • The Bahaâ€?i Communities
  • Contemporary Bahaâ€?i Beliefs and Religious Practices
  • Social Teachings
  • Globalisation and the Bahaâ€?i Message
  • CITIZENS OF THE WORLDâ€?Scope and Contents
  • The Globalisation Perspective
  • The Making of Bahaâ€?i into a Global Religion
  • From the Global Perspective to the IndividualGlobal Centre and Global Periphery
  • Studying the Bahaâ€?is
  • Sources for the Study of the Bahaâ€?is
  • The Bahaâ€?i Language
  • Some Considerations on Methodology
  • Issues of Terminology
  • CHAPTER TWO APPROACHES TO BABI AND BAHAâ€?I STUDIES
  • Early European Studies of Babism and Bahaâ€?i
  • Josef Arthur de Gobineau
  • E. G. Browne
  • The Bahaâ€?i Ambivalence towards Browne
  • A.-L.-M. Nicolas and Later Scholars
  • Babi and Bahaâ€?i Studies Resumed
  • General Monographs, Surveys and Source Compilations
  • Surveys and Encyclopaedic WorksPublished Sources of Babi and Bahaâ€?i History
  • Histories of Western Bahaâ€?i Communities
  • Bahaâ€?i Theology
  • Bahaâ€?is in the East
  • Bahaâ€?is in the West
  • Histories by the Bahaâ€?i Leadership
  • New Religious Movement or World Religion?
  • The Review Controversy and its Background
  • The Harmony of Science and Religion?
  • A Parallel in the Study of Christianity
  • CHAPTER THREE DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBALISATION PERSPECTIVE
  • Characteristics of Globalisation
  • The Historical Uniqueness of Globalisation
  • Approaches to GlobalisationFrom World System Theories to Globalisation Theories
  • Roland Robertsonâ€?s Concept of Relativisation
  • Peter Beyerâ€?s Approach
  • Roland Robertsonâ€?s Global Field Model
  • A Theory or a Model?
  • An Evaluation of Roland Robertsonâ€?s Global Field Model
  • The “Societal Levelâ€? in Robertsonâ€?s Global Field Model
  • Totality and Dynamics of the Global Field Model
  • Robertsonâ€?s Global Field Model in a Historical Perspective
  • The Emergence of Bahaâ€?i and the Take-off of Globalisation
  • Development of the Dual Global Field ModelTransnational Imagined Communities
  • The Dual Global Field Model
  • Generalisation of the Dual Global Field Model
  • Summary of the Elements of the Dual Global Field Model
  • Cosmopolitanism and the Dual Global Field Model
  • GEMEINSCHAFT and GESELLSCHAFT Revisited
  • Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft as Ideal Types
  • Robertsonâ€?s Use of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
  • The Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft Aspects of Modern Societies
  • A Model of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft as two complementary ideal types

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