Bibliography 2: #BIB32891

Key	BIB32891
Reference type	Book
Title	The Baha'i Faith in Africa : Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962
Series title	Studies of Religion in Africa
Author	Lee, Anthony A
Year	2011
Date	2011
Publisher	Brill
Place published	Leiden ; Boston
Issue	7.
ISBN	9789004206847 (hardback : alk. paper)
Abstract	In 1952, there were probably fewer than 200 Baha'is in all of Africa. Today the Baha'i community claims one million followers on the continent. Yet, the Baha'i presence in Africa has been all but ignored in academic studies up to now. This is the first monograph that addresses the establishment of this New Religious Movement in Africa. Discovering an African presence at the genesis of the religon in Iran, this study seeks to explain why the movement found an appeal in colonial Africa during the 1950s and early 1960. It also explores how the Baha'i faith was influenced and Africanized by its new converts. Finally, the book seeks to make sense of the diverse and contradictory American, Iranian, British, and African elements that established a new religion in Africa.
Notes	LC Control Number: 2011030296 Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: The Babi/Baha'i movement -- The African presence at the genesis of the Babi/Baha'i religions -- Opting for the apocalypse: the Baha'i response to the modern crisis in the Middle East and West Africa -- Planting the Baha'i faith in West Africa: the first decade -- The roots of Baha'i conversion in British Cameroons -- British Cameroons: a movement develops -- The Baha'i church of Calabar -- In lieu of a conclusion
Language	English
Keywords	AFRICA, WESTERN; HISTORY
Number of pages	xii, 280

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