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020			_a9781474451680
040			_cNew Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library
100			_91135 _aGeoffrey Nash
245			_aReligion, Orientalism and Modernity: Mahdi Movements of Iran and South Asia
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aEdinburgh _bEdinburgh University Press _c2022
300			_avii, 334 pages 24 cm.
440			_91136 _aEdinburgh Historical Studies of Iran and the Persian World
500			_aAnalyses modernity and Orientalist discourses in Iranian millenarian movements Employs historical and discourse analysis to probe the conflict between orthodox and heterodox religious movements in 19th- and 20th-century Iran Links the conflict between orthodoxy and heterodoxy to the impact of modernity on Iran’s society and religion and to colonisation on India’s Muslims Broadens the scope of this conflict to include Palestine, Central Asia and Turkey Presents a postcolonial analysis of the new movements and their broader relationship to the Islamic world during the age of imperialism Religion, Orientalism and Modernity explores the emergence of the revolutionary Babis and reformist Baha’is and their conflict with mainstream Shi’a Muslims in Iran, and of the parallel Ahmadi movement in North India. It gives fresh insights into the writings that defined these innovatory movements, penned on the one hand by their proponents, and on the other by western interpreters. Comparing these movements shows that, together, they define important aspects of Islamic modernity. A focus on two case studies (Babis and Baha’is in Iran, and Ahmadis in India) reveals similarities and differences in their responses to a perceived need for change and renewal of religious authority.
650		0	_aNineteenth Century _vBaha'i Faith _zIran _9490
650		0	_9733 _aMillennialism _vBaha'i Faith
650		0	_aAhmadiyya _vIslam _91137
651		0	_9372 _aIran _vBaha'i Faith
700			_91138 _aStephanie Cronin _eSeries Editor
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