The Zoroastrian diaspora : religion and migration : the Ratanbai Katrak Lectures, the Oriental Faculty, Oxford 1985 /
What is the distinctive Zoroastrian experience and what is the common diasporic experience? This book attempts a global comparison of diaspora groups in six continents. Each chapter is based on unused original sources ranging from 19th century archives to contemporary newsletters.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Maps; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Key Issues for This Book; The Zoroastrian Perspective; A Question of Scale; The Theoretical Perspective; Conclusion; 2. Parsis in Post-Independence Bombay; Introduction; Independent India; Post-Independence Bombay; Parsis after Partition; Parsis in Independent India; Parsis in Bombay/Mumbai Post-Independence; Parsi Institutions; Bombay Parsi Society; Religious Movements, and Movements of Religious Thought; Conclusion; 3. The Global Zoroastrian Diaspora; Introduction: The Survey; Some Demographic Patterns; Conclusion
- 4. The Parsis in Hong Kong and the China SeasThe British in China; Parsis in China; Parsis in Hong Kong; The Anjuman's Perceptions of Itself, of Others, and of the Future; 5. The Parsis of Karachi; Introduction; The British in Sind; The Establishment of Pakistan; Parsis in Karachi; Parsis in Pakistan; Karachi Parsi Religious and Secular Literature; Conclusion; 6. Zoroastrians in East Africa; The Context: East African Asians; Parsis in Zanzibar: The Emerald Isle; Parsis in Kenya; Conclusion; Forgotten Parsis; 7. The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe; The Context
- A Demographic Profile of British Zoroastrians in the 1980sThe Early Settlement; British Zoroastrian Institutions; An International Centre; After the Second World War; Zoroastrians in British Politics; Religion among British Zoroastrians; British Zoroastrians at the Turn of the Millennium; Zoroastrians in Paris; Zoroastrians in Germany; European Links with ZTFE; Conclusion; 8. Zoroastrians in the United States and Canada; Introduction; Zoroastrian Settlement on the North American Continent; Religious Issues among American Zoroastrians in the Settlement Years
- The Specifically North American Dimension to Zoroastrian CommunitiesThe 1990s: A Period of Consolidation and Growth; Conclusion; 9. Zoroastrians in Australia; The Context: Asian Migration to Australia; Australian Zoroastrians in the 1980s; Zoroastrians in Sydney; Zoroastrians in Melbourne; Conclusion; 10. Globalizing Trends; Introduction; The World Zoroastrian Organization; Global Networks: Zoroastrians on the Internet; The Seventh World Zoroastrian Congress, Houston, 2000; The Global Survey; Conclusion; 11. Conclusion; The Zoroastrian Diasporas; Factors Affecting Zoroastrian Diasporas
- Distinctive Zoroastrian Diasporic FeaturesZoroastrians as a Typical Diaspora; Zoroastrianism and a Typology of Diasporas; Common Features of Maturation; End Word; Appendix 1: Speech of Sir Shapoorji Bomanji Billimoria, President of the BPP, at a Public Fashan to Mark Indian Independence; Appendix 2: Survey Data; Appendix 3: Survey Questionnaire on Contemporary Zoroastrianism around the World; Selected Bibliography on Zoroastrianism; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y