> >>Has there been any scholarship on social problems within the Baha'i Faith, such as abusive behavior, corruption of institutions, and mind-control cults?<< > > There have been opinion pieces but, to my knowledge, no objective treatments of this subject.
I'm not sure that there could be. I'm not sure what 'mind-control cults' would mean within the Baha'i Faith unless you are talking about something like the Jensenites. There are occasions where institutions become corrupted, but the House of Justice usually deals with those. Of course, there are instances of abusive behavior within the Baha'i community just as there is anywhere. Perhaps a little more, since we are dealing with a bunch of amateurs. ;-} But these things are hardly systemic and worthy of an academic study. And how would one go about researching it? Scholars can't get access to Assembly minutes so we are left with the reports of the so-called victims and we have no means for verifying what they say. warmest, Susan ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
