Millennialism, Millerites, and Prophecy in Bahá’í Discourse

William P. Collins (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
9781032504032 (ISBN)

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This book explores the role of millennialism, the Millerites, and prophecy in the historical development of the Bahá’í faith, especially in North America. The author demonstrates the importance of the Bahá’í religion to millennialism studies and its connection to certain Protestant American and Shia Islamic modes of thought. Bahá’ís see two millennial visions on far-separated continents, within different religious milieux, and from contrasting social climates, as spiritually and prophetically linked: the Millerites who expected the return of Christ in 1844 CE and Shia Muslims who expected the Mahdí/Qá’im/Twelfth Imam in 1260 AH/1844 CE. The chapters in this volume reflect on theories about millennialist movements, the continuum from catastrophic to progressive millennialism, Bahá’í interpretations of biblical prophecy, and Bahá’í efforts to build the “Kingdom of God on earth” under a systematic divine plan. The book highlights the maturation of the Bahá’í community toward a focus on process and a capacity to deal with both catastrophe and progress. It provides scholars of religion with a detailed study of the trajectory in Bahá’í millennial ideas.

William P. Collins is retired from the Library of Congress and formerly Director of the International Bahá’í Library. He is the author of Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Bábí and Bahá’í Religions, 1844-1985 and articles on millennialism and Bahá’í history.

Introduction 1. The Bahá’í Divine Plan 2. The Millennial Motif 3. Millerism and Its Successors 4. Historicist Exegesis of Time Prophecies 5. Miller’s Exegetical Principles and Time Prophecies 6. The Bábí Movement: Escaping the Shia End-Time Script 7. The Bahá’í Religion: A Progressive Divine Plan 8. The Bahá’í Faith Comes to the United States 9. Bahá’í Time Prophecy Interpretation before 1908 10. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Authoritative Exegesis 11. Bahá’í Time Prophecy Interpretation after 1908 12. The Bahá’í Faith as a Millennialist Movement 13. Bahá’í Expectations: Envisioning the Future vs. Date-Setting 14: To Know the Future 15. From Events to Process

Erscheinungsdatum	16.08.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Religion
Zusatzinfo	8 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	710 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781032504032 / 9781032504032
Zustand	Neuware