Jewish identities in Iran : resistance and conversion to Islam and the Baha'i faith /
For minority faith groups living in nineteenth-century Iran, religious conversion to Islam - both voluntary and forced - was the primary means of social integration and assimilation. However, why was it that some Persian Jews instead embraced the emergent Baha'i Faith, which was subject to hars...
| Основен автор: | Amanat, Mehrdad. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2011.
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| Серия: |
Library of modern religion ;
9. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380564 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Jewish Identities in Iran. |
| Резюме: |
For minority faith groups living in nineteenth-century Iran, religious conversion to Islam - both voluntary and forced - was the primary means of social integration and assimilation. However, why was it that some Persian Jews instead embraced the emergent Baha'i Faith, which was subject to harsher persecution that Judaism? Mehrdad Amanat explores the conversion experiences of Jewish families during this time, and examines the fluid, multiple religious identities that many converts adopted. The religious fluidity exemplified in the widespread voluntary conversion of Iranian Jews to Baha'ism pre. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (291 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857719928 0857719920 9781845118914 184511891X 1283293102 9781283293105 |