Reviews

Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur’an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion. Todd Lawson.1 (2011) London and New York: Routledge. 230 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-49539-4 (hbk), £85.00

The Baha’is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus. Soli Shahvar, Gad Gilbar and Boris Morozov (eds.) New York: I.B. Taurus & Co Ltd.

Volume 1: Letters of Russian Officers and Officials. International Library of Iranian Studies Volume 26. 2011 ISBN-13 978-1-84885-391-1, ISBN-10 1-84885-391-2 (hbk), $105.00

Volume 2: Reports and Correspondence of Russian Officers and Officials. International Library of Iranian Studies Volume 27. 2012 ISBN-13 978-1-84885-392-8, ISBN-10 1-84885-392-0 (hbk), $105.00

The Bahá’í Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952–1962. Anthony A. Lee. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2011 xii, 280 pp. Studies of Religion in Africa, vol. 39. ISBN-13: 9789004206847 (hbk), €105,00, $144.00

Philosophic Values and World Citizenship: Locke to Obama and Beyond. Jacoby Adeshai Carter and Leonard Harris (eds.). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010. 247 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-4803-7 (hbk), $90.00 (£57.95) ISBN 978-1-4616-3403-4 (eBook), $89.99 (£57.95)

Compassionate Woman: The Life and Legacy of Patricia Locke. John Kolstoe. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2011. 226 pp. ISBN 978-1-931847-85-8 (pbk), $21.00. Also available as eBook.