Dr. Holly Hanson is a Bahá’í who has authored books related to the Bahá’í Faith. In her professional career she is a Professor of History.
Background[edit]
Hanson completed a PhD at the University of Florida in 1997 and began working at Mount Holyoke College as an Assistant Professor the same year. In 2004 she became an Associate Professor and in 2011 a Professor of History also at Mount Holyoke College.[1] She currently teaches courses on African history, the history of global inequality, and the history of small-scale agriculture as well as conducting research on the history of Uganda.[2]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- 1989 - Social and Economic Development: A Bahá’í Approach
- 2003 - Landed Obligation: The Practice of Power in Buganda
- 2011 - A Path of Justice: Building Communities with the Power to Shape the World
Articles[edit]
- 1993 - Overview of Bahá'í Social and Economic Development
- 2000 - Global Dilemmas, Local Responses: Creating Patterns of Action that Make the World Different
- 2001 - Sexuality, Self, and the Shape of Society
- 2001 - Clay into Crystal: How Thought Shapes Structure in the Pursuit of Justice
- 2001 - Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence
- 2001 - The World We Want: Overcoming Barriers to Systematic Action
- 2009 - Enacting Thought: Divine Will, Human Agency, and the Possibility of Justice
- 2020 - Vision and the Pursuit of Constructive Social Change
