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[McMullen] targets the internal institutional and organizational development of the Baha'i in the US from 1963 to 2013, a period of growth and development for the movement. -Choice Through a careful analysis of thousands of documents, data collected from the Faith Communities Today (FACT) research project, and interviews with adherents, McMullen presents a fascinating picture of the American Baha'i community from 1964 to 2014. Those interested in understanding how an emergent global religion has addressed issues such as race, ethnicity, and immigration, and dealt with religious persecution, while at the same time developing its institutions and engaging in community building, will find much of interest here. -Sholeh A. Quinn,University of California, Merced Provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the American Baha'i community from 1963 to 2013, a crucial fifty year period that saw its membership expand fifteen times and its resources , literature, and capacities develop commensurately. McMUllen explores the challenges of consolidation of the new members, of building new institutions, and of reaching to the public with the Baha'i teachings, challenges that remain today. By focusing on the letters from the Universal House of Justice, the Baha'i Faith's world-wide governing body, and those of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, he provides a unique window into the role of Baha'i institutions in planning, shaping, and steering the Faith's growth. -Robert H. Stockman,author of The Baha'i Faith: A Guide for the Perplexed

Through a careful analysis of thousands of documents, data collected from the Faith Communities Today (FACT) research project, and interviews with adherents, McMullen presents a fascinating picture of the American Baha'i community from 1964 to 2014. Those interested in understanding how an emergent global religion has addressed issues such as race, ethnicity, and immigration, and dealt with religious persecution, while at the same time developing its institutions and engaging in community building, will find much of interest here. -Sholeh A. Quinn,University of California, Merced Provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the American Baha'i community from 1963 to 2013, a crucial fifty year period that saw its membership expand fifteen times and its resources , literature, and capacities develop commensurately. McMUllen explores the challenges of consolidation of the new members, of building new institutions, and of reaching to the public with the Baha'i teachings, challenges that remain today. By focusing on the letters from the Universal House of Justice, the Baha'i Faith's world-wide governing body, and those of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, he provides a unique window into the role of Baha'i institutions in planning, shaping, and steering the Faith's growth. -Robert H. Stockman,author of The Baha'i Faith: A Guide for the Perplexed

Provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the American Baha i community from 1963 to 2013, a crucial fifty year period that saw its membership expand fifteen times and its resources, literature, and capacities develop commensurately. McMUllen explores the challenges of consolidation of the new members, of building new institutions, and of reaching to the public with the Baha i teachings, challenges that remain today. By focusing on the letters from the Universal House of Justice, the Baha i Faith s world-wide governing body, and those of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha is of the United States, he provides a unique window into the role of Baha'i institutions in planning, shaping, and steering the Faith s growth. -Robert H. Stockman, author of The Baha i Faith: A Guide for the Perplexed

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Mike McMullen is Professor of Sociology and Cross Cultural Studies at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He is the author of The Bahá'í: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity.

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