Citizens of the World:

                      CONTENTS of excerpt

List of Figures, Tables, Maps and illustrations .......... xvii

Preface ................................................. xxiii

Chapter One   When the Global Meets the Local ............... 1
  Citizens of the World ..................................... 3
  The Baha'i Religion-One of the Old
    "New Religions" ......................................... 6
    The Historical Development of the Baha'i Religion ....... 7
    The Baha'i Organisation ................................ 10
    The Baha'i Communities ................................. 11
    Contemporary Baha'i Beliefs and Religious Practices .... 12
    Social Teachings ....................................... 14
  Globalisation and the Baha'i Message ..................... 15
  Citizens of the World-Scope and Contents ................. 19
    The Globalisation Perspective .......................... 19
    The Making of Baha'i into a Global Religion ............ 20
    From the Global Perspective to the Individual .......... 22
    Global Centre and Global Periphery ..................... 23
  Studying the Baha'is ..................................... 24
    Sources for the Study of the Baha'is ................... 24
    The Baha'i Language .................................... 26
    Some Considerations on Methodology ..................... 27
  Issues of Terminology ................................... 29

Chapter Two Approaches to Babi and Baha'i Studies .......... 32
  Early European Studies of Babism and Baha'i .............. 34
    Josef Arthur de Gobineau ............................... 35
    E. G. Browne ........................................... 36
    The Baha'i Ambivalence towards Browne .................. 38
    A.-L.-M. Nicolas and Later Scholars .................... 41