Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements and the Bābī-Bahā’ī Faiths

In this book leading scholars contribute comprehensive studies of the religious movements in the late 18th and 19th the Hassidic movements in Judaism, the Mormon religion, in Christianity, and the Bābī-Bahā’ī faiths in Shī’te Islam. The studies, introduced by the editor’s analysis of the underlying common source of this religious activity, lead the reader into a rich world of messianism, millenniarism and eschatological thought fueling the intense modern developments in the three major monotheistic religions.