
Baha’i Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey
Religions can transmit their culture by means of community religious education, writing, publication, formal scholarship and scriptural studies. This is especially important in the Baha’i Faith which is a lay religion. This essay is a preliminary survey of the history of the cultivation
and evolution of religious education in the Baha’i Faith in Iran in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Key individuals who played a role in these educational processes are briefly introduced and discussed.
Keywords: Baha’i Faith; Iran; apologetics; religious education; scholarship; transmission of culture
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: PhD 2: MA, BS
Publication date: June 1, 2014
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