Moojan Momen is a retired physician and historian specializing in Baháʼí studies who has published numerous books and articles about the Baháʼí Faith and Islam, especially Shia Islam, including for Encyclopædia Iranica[1] the British Library,[2] and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
His book An introduction to Shi'i Islam was used as required reading in university and seminary courses on Shia Islam.[3] He won the 7th annual Thomas Robbins Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements in 2009 for his article “Millennialism and Violence: The Attempted Assassination of Nasir al-Din Shah of Iran by the Babis in 1852.”[4] He is an editor of Baháʼí Studies Review and serves as a faculty member at the Bahá'í Wilmette Institute.[5]
He was born 1950, in Tabriz, Iran, but the family migrated to England in 1955 where he was educated at Queen's College, Taunton, St John's College, Cambridge, and Guy's Hospital (teaching hospital), London.[1] He is married to another scholar/publisher Wendi Momen.[1]
- ^ a b c d * "Curriculum Vitae - Dr. M. Momen" (PDF). United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (United Church of Christ). Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- "Baháʼí Library Online: Documents by Moojan Momen". Bahai-Library.com. December 25, 2016. Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- "Moojan Momen; Gale In Context: Biography". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale. 2006. Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
Given name is pronounced " Moo-zhaane"; born January 25, 1950, in Tabriz, Iran; British citizen; son of Sedratu'llah (an airplane pilot) and Gloria (a fashion designer; maiden name, Iman) Momen; married Wendi Worth (a publisher), June 12, 1971; children: Sedrhat (son), Carmel (daughter). Education: St. John's College, Cambridge, B.A., 1971, M.A., 1974; Guy's Hospital, London, B.Chir., 1974, M.B., 1975. Politics: "None." Religion: Bahá'í. Memberships: British Society for Middle East Studies, British Society for Persian Studies, Society for Iranian Studies, Association for Bahá'í Studies, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Addresses: Agent: c/o George Ronald Publishers, 46 High St., Kidlington, Oxford OX5 2DN, England. E-mail: momen@northill.demon.co.uk.
- ^ Moojan Momen (23 Sep 2019). "Discovering Sacred Texts; Baha'i sacred texts". British Library. Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- ^ * Mahmoud M. Ayoub (2014). "Shi@'I@ ISLAM: Thought and History (syllabus)" (PDF). Hartford Seminary (nondenominational). Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- S. M. Safiullah (2014). "Introduction to Shi'i Islam (syllabus)". University of Utah. Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- Kamran Scot Aghaie (2019). "Shi'ism (syllabus)". Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- ^ "Awards, Nova Religio". University of California Press. 2021. Retrieved Jun 29, 2021.
- ^ Wilmette Institute: Moojan Momen. Retrieved December 25, 2016