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The Baha'i Faith and African American Studies: Perspectives on
Racial Justice provides readers who may already have basic or even
advanced familiarity with the struggle for racial justice in the
United States with new material from a less well-known angle: that
of members of the Baha'i Faith, for whom the pursuit of racial
justice, healing, and harmony are central to their religious
expression. Inside these pages, readers will find history, social
scientific analysis, and personal memoir showcasing Black Baha'is
as well as Baha'is from diverse backgrounds who are working to
address America's "most challenging issue."
The Baha'i Faith is one of the fastest growing, but least studied,
of the world's religions. Adherents view themselves as united by a
universal belief that transcends national boundaries. Michael
McMullen examines how the Baha'i develop and maintain this global
identity. Taking the Baha'i community in Atlanta, Georgia, as a
case in point, his book is the first to comprehensively examine the
tenets of this little-understood faith.McMullen notes that, to the
Baha'i, Buddha, Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed are all divinely sent
teachers of 'the Truth', whose messages conform to the needs of
their individual cultures and historical periods. But
religion-which draws from the teaching of Baha'u'llah, a
nineteenth-century Persian-encourages its members to think of
themselves as global citizens. It also seeks to establish unity
among its members through adherence to a Baha'i worldview. By
examining the Atlanta Baha'i community, McMullen shows how this
global identity is interpreted locally. He discusses such topics
as: the organizational structure and authority relations in the
Baha'i ""Administrative Order"; Baha'i evangelicalism; and the
social boundaries between Baha'is and the wider culture.
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