A Sociological Study of the Babi and Baha'i Religions
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TextProducer: Lancaster, UK : University of Lancaster 1982Subject(s): Abstract: Examination of the changing social and historical context of the Babi and Baha'i religions. The author uses the concept of "motif" - a fundamental pattern of religious experience - to describe the various dominant religious concerns which have characterized the two movements. He identifies three theoretical frameworks which provide a basis for the analysis of religious movements: a psychologically based theory of differently experienced levels of crisis ; a broad consideration of the social location and material and ideal interests of movement participants ; and what has come to be termed the resource mobilization approach.
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Examination of the changing social and historical context of the Babi and Baha'i religions. The author uses the concept of "motif" - a fundamental pattern of religious experience - to describe the various dominant religious concerns which have characterized the two movements. He identifies three theoretical frameworks which provide a basis for the analysis of religious movements: a psychologically based theory of differently experienced levels of crisis ; a broad consideration of the social location and material and ideal interests of movement participants ; and what has come to be termed the resource mobilization approach.