The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionBaha'i Publishing, 2002 - 253 pages Explore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 7
... Báb " ( Gate ) , although it was apparent from the context that he in- tended by this term a spiritual claim very different from any which had previously been associated with it.3 The charm and force of the Báb's personality , together ...
... Báb " ( Gate ) , although it was apparent from the context that he in- tended by this term a spiritual claim very different from any which had previously been associated with it.3 The charm and force of the Báb's personality , together ...
Page 8
... Báb , was born in Shiraz on October 20 , 1819 , to a family of merchants . " Both his father and his mother were descendants of the Prophet Mu- hammad . The Báb's father died while his son was still a child and the Báb was raised by a ...
... Báb , was born in Shiraz on October 20 , 1819 , to a family of merchants . " Both his father and his mother were descendants of the Prophet Mu- hammad . The Báb's father died while his son was still a child and the Báb was raised by a ...
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... Báb from the castle of Chihríq . However , the gathering was unexpectedly electrified by a daring exposition by Táhirih of some of the implications of the Báb's message . Some of the Bábís may have regarded the founder of their faith as ...
... Báb from the castle of Chihríq . However , the gathering was unexpectedly electrified by a daring exposition by Táhirih of some of the implications of the Báb's message . Some of the Bábís may have regarded the founder of their faith as ...
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