The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran [electronic resource] : Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present /
Cohen, R.author.
This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface              ; Acknowledgments                      ; List of Abbreviations                            ; Part I The Spiritual Background to the Imamate Shi'a- Ithna A'shariyyah and the First Half of the Twentieth Century                                                                                                                          ; 1 The Story of the Shi'a                               ; 2 The Revival of the Shi'a after the Qajars
Part II The Baha'i Faith and the Emergence of the Hojjatiyeh                                                                   3 The Baha'i Faith and Its Origins in Shi'a Islam and Despair                                                                    ; 4 The Hojjatiyeh Society                               ; Part III Postrevolution Era and the Hojjatiyeh as a Counterrevolutionary Movement                                                                                        ; 5 Danger Ahead: Challenging Khomeini
6 The Evolution of Extremism                                   Conclusions                  ; Notes            ; Bibliography                   ; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics.
Anjuman-i Ḥujjatīyah.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Religions.
Religion and sociology.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Political science.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Comparative Religion.
Sociology of Religion.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Political Science.