"[Resurrection and Renewal] reflects extensive research by the author in the numerous Babi and Baha'i manuscript histories. From these he has succeeded in extracting much useful information and presenting it in an interesting and informative manner."--The Middle East Journal In historical writing of rare power, Abbas Amanat conveys the elation and terror that attend the birth of a new religious faith. Amanat here tells the story of the emergence of Babism, the forerunner of the Baha'i religion, in the mid-nineteenth century; its rapid spread into various sectors of Iranian society; and its fatal confrontation with the clerical establishment and the Qajar state.
- ISBN10 0801420989
- ISBN13 9780801420986
- Publish Date 1 March 1989
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 11 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cornell University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 461
- Language English