Moojan Momen
Moojan Momen is a retired physician and historian specializing in Baháʼí studies who has published numerous books and articles about the Baháʼí Faith including for Encyclopædia Iranica.[1] He is an editor of Bahaʼi Studies Review and serves as a faculty member at the Wilmette Institute.[2] Moojan Momen was born in Iran but raised in England, where he lives in Bedfordshire, with his wife Wendi.[3]
Articles
- Peter Smith; Moojan Momen (January 1989). "The Baha'i faith 1957–1988: A survey of contemporary developments". Religion. 19 (1): 63–91. doi:10.1016/0048-721X(89)90077-8.
- Momen, Moojan (June 2005). "The Babi and Baha'i community of Iran: a case of "suspended genocide"?" (PDF). Journal of Genocide Research. 7 (2): 221–241. doi:10.1080/14623520500127431.
- Momen, Moojan (2007). "Marginality and Apostasy in the Baha'i Community". Religion. 37 (3): 187–209. doi:10.1016/j.religion.2007.06.008.
- Momen, Moojan (August 2008). "Millennialism and Violence: The Attempted Assassination of Nasir al-Din Shah of Iran by the Babis in 1852". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 12 (1): 57–82. doi:10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.57. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.57.
Books
- Momen, Moojan (ed.) (1981). The Bábí and Baháʼí Religions, 1844-1944 - Some Contemporary Western Accounts. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-102-7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Momen, Moojan, An Introduction to Shiʻi Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism, Yale University Press, 1985.
- Momen, Moojan, ed. (1987). Selections from the Writings of E.G. Browne on the Bábí and Baháʼí Religions. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-247-3. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- Momen, Moojan (1990). Hinduism and the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-299-6.
- Moojan Momen (1991). "The Baháʼí Community of Ashkhabad: Its Social Basis and Importance in Baháʼí History". In Shirin Akiner (ed.). Cultural Change and Continuity in Central Asia. London, UK: Kegan Paul. pp. 278–305. ISBN 9780710303516.
- Momen, Moojan (1994). Buddhism and the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-384-4.
- Momen, Moojan (1997). A Short Introduction to the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1-85168-209-0.
- Momen, Moojan (2000). Islam and the Baháʼí Faith, An Introduction to the Baháʼí Faith for Muslims. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-446-8.
- Momen, Moojan (2007). Baháʼu'lláh: A Short Biography. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-85168-469-4.
- Moojan Momen (2008). The Baháʼí Faith: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-85168-563-9.
- Momen, Moojan (2009) [Originally published as The Phenomenon of Religion in 1999]. Understanding Religion: A Thematic Approach. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-85168-599-8. OL 25434252M.
- Momen, Moojan (2015). The Baha'i Communities of Iran, 1851-1921, Volume 1: The North of Iran. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 978-0-85398-585-3.
Criticism
Abbas Amanat states:
On a number of occasions, Momen also questioned the relevance of socio-political dynamics in the birth and development of the Babi movement. He does so not from a post-modernist perspective (which would have been refreshing), but from a pre-modernist, divine-interventionist perspective in which human agency does not seem to have a place.... Momen’s recent article on Qurratu’l- ‘Ayn and the Baraghani family of Qazvin (Iranian Studies, Vol. 36 [2003] pp. 317-38) also demonstrates a regrettable disregard for conventions of scholarly citation.[4]
References
- Baháʼí Library Online: Documents by Moojan Momen. Retrieved December 25, 2016
- Wilmette Institute: Moojan Momen. Retrieved December 25, 2016
- Bahaikipedia: Moojan Momen complete biography. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- Amanat, Abbas (1989). Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850. Cornell University Press. pp. xxiii. ISBN 978-0-8014-2098-6.