Millennialism, Millerites, and Prophecy in Baha’i Discourse (Hardcover)

Introduction? 1. The Baha’i Divine Plan? 2. The Millennial Motif? 3. Millerism and Its Successors? 4. Historicist Exegesis of Time Prophecies? 5. Miller’s Exegetical? Principles and Time Prophecies? 6. The Babi Movement: Escaping the Shia End-Time Script? 7. The Baha’i Religion: A Progressive Divine Plan? 8. The Baha’i Faith Comes to the United States? 9. Baha’i Time Prophecy Interpretation before 1908? 10. ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Authoritative Exegesis? 11. Baha’i Time Prophecy Interpretation after 1908? 12. The Baha’i Faith as a Millennialist Movement? 13. Baha’i Expectations: Envisioning the Future vs. Date-Setting? 14: To Know the Future? 15. From Events to Process