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How Routinization Became a Saving Grace for the Baha'is 1
Author(s) -
ECHEVARRIA LYNN
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of religious history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9809
pISSN - 0022-4227
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2012.01229.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , narrative , perspective (graphical) , sociology , gender studies , epistemology , social science , philosophy , art , visual arts , linguistics
This article examines the historical process of the development of the community of Canada. It focuses upon the routinization of the religion and its effect upon the members. A sociological perspective, and excerpts from life‐history narratives (1938–1960), illuminate the challenges and transitions involved in building a community without the aid of clergy, and of negotiating new religious identities and gendered relations.