“Nash has written an interesting account of the complex entanglement of three very distinct nineteenth-century Islamic reform movements that reflects on Western Orientalist thought in the context of the asymmetric power relations with European imperialism.”
—Dietrich Jung, Die Welt Des Islams
“This book represents a valuable contribution to the study of the Bahai faith and the Ahmadiyya movement, as well as a detailed analysis of minority movements’ adoption of the coloniser’s discourse on modernity and Islam.”
—Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of History, King's College London
“Nash is to be commended for presenting an eloquently written and carefully considered study that is rooted in a postcolonial reading of foundational orientalist texts...Religion, Orientalism and Modernity demands a careful reading and will undoubtedly be rewarding for scholars who will appreciate a non-polemical postcolonial analysis of the Ahmadi, Babi, and Baha’i movements.”
—Amir Dastmalchian, The Muslim World Book Review