TY  - JOUR
ID  - 3915
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/momen_marginality_apostasy
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community
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JF  - Religion
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A1  - Momen,Moojan
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Y1  - 2007
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VL  - 37
IS  - 3
SP  - 187
EP  - 209
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CY  - 
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M3  - Articles
SN  - 
LA  - English
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AB  - Study of a particular type of articulate and well-educated ex-Bahá'ís, here termed "marginal" and "apostates," who first appeared in the West about 25 years ago and reached the peak of their activity in the last decade.
N1  - Also available as a PDF scan of the original document.  Below are two items: (1) the original article and (2) the follow-up commentary; both items mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/relstud. See also a published response, Challenging Apostasy: Responses to Moojan Momen's ‘Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community’. Some web-posted responses from people mentioned in this article are linked from the bottom of www.bahai-faith.com/Momen.html.  See also Bahá'í and Subud Dissent: Developments in the 2000s and Debates between MacEoin et al.
C1  - 
KW  - Criticism and apologetics
KW  - David Piff
KW  - Denis MacEoin
KW  - H-Bahá'í (email list)
KW  - Talisman (email list)
ER  -