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Moojan Momen

Sample Publications

The Babi and Baha'i Religions 1844‑1944: some contemporary western accounts. Oxford: George Ronald, 1981

An Introduction to Shi`i Islam: the history and doctrines of Twelver Shi`ism. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; Oxford: George Ronald; New Delhi and Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1985

The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach. Oxford: Oneworld, 1999 (reprinted as Understanding Religion: A Thematic Approach. Oxford: Oneworld, 2009)

Shi`i Islam: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, 2015

The Baha'i Communities of Iran 1851‑1921. 2 vols. Oxford: George Ronald, 2015, 2121

Adam Thorne, Moojan Momen, Janet Fleming Rose and Earl Redman, The Baha'i Community of the British Isles 1844-1963. Oxford: George Ronald, 2023

“The Struggle for the Soul of Twelver Shiʿism in Qajar Iran” Die Welt des Islams 60 (2020), 31-55.    

 “Who Was a Bahā’ī in the Upper Echelons of Qājār Iran?” Religions, 14(4) (2023) 469; https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/469; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14040469.

 “Tahirih and the Religious World of Nineteenth-century Qazvin”. Hawwa (Journal of the Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World) 21 (2023) 285-303