系列：爱丁堡伊朗和波斯世界历史研究
杰弗里·纳什（Geoffrey Nash）探讨了革命派巴比派和改革派巴哈派的出现，以及他们与伊朗主流什叶派穆斯林的冲突，以及印度北部平行的艾哈迈迪运动。它为定义这些创新运动的著作提供了新的见解，这些运动一方面由其支持者撰写，另一方面由西方口译员撰写。比较这些运动表明，它们共同定义了伊斯兰现代性的重要方面。对两个案例研究的关注（伊朗的巴比斯和巴哈教徒，以及印度的艾哈迈迪教徒）揭示了他们对宗教权威变革和更新需求的反应的相似性和差异性。
Religion, Orientalism and Modernity: Mahdi Movements of Iran and South Asia
Series: Edinburgh Historical Studies of Iran and the Persian World
Geoffrey Nash explores the emergence of the revolutionary Babis and reformist Baha’is and their conflict with mainstream Shi’a Muslims in Iran, and of the parallel Ahmadi movement in North India. It gives fresh insights into the writings that defined these innovatory movements, penned on the one hand by their proponents, and on the other by western interpreters. Comparing these movements shows that, together, they define important aspects of Islamic modernity. A focus on two case studies (Babis and Baha’is in Iran, and Ahmadis in India) reveals similarities and differences in their responses to a perceived need for change and renewal of religious authority.
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