edited by Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Seena B. Fazel.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 283 p. :
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ill. ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies
Volume Designation
; 12
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Seena B. Fazel -- Messianic expectation and evolving identities : the conversion of Iranian Jews to the Baha'i Faith / Mehrdad Amanat -- The conversion of Zoroastrians to the Baha'i faith / Fereydun Vahman -- Instructive encouragement : the tablets of Baha'ullah and 'Abdu'l-Baha to Baha'i women in Iran and India / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- Baha'i schools in Iran / Moojan Momen -- Baha'i health initiatives in Iran : a preliminary survey / Seena B. Fazel and Minou Foadi -- Baha'i discourses on the Constitutional Revolution / Kavian S. Milani -- The comparative dimension of the Baha'i case and prospects for change in the future / Eliz Sanasarian -- The historical roots of the persecution of Babis and Baha'is in Iran / Abbas Amanat -- Anatomy of prejudice : reflections on secular anti-Baha'ism in Iran / H. E. Chehabi -- Anti-Baha'ism and Islamism in Iran / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- The discourse and practice of human rights violations of Iranian Baha'is in The Islamic Republic of Iran / Reza Afshari.