The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionExplore 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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The religious matrix of the Bahá'í Faith was Islam . Much as Christianity was born
out of the messianic expectations of Judaism , the religion that was to become the
Bahá'í Faith arose from eschatological tensions within Islam . In the same way ...
The religious matrix of the Bahá'í Faith was Islam . Much as Christianity was born
out of the messianic expectations of Judaism , the religion that was to become the
Bahá'í Faith arose from eschatological tensions within Islam . In the same way ...
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Although Sunni Muslims vastly outnumber the Shiah today , and are usually
referred to by Western scholars as " orthodox ” as opposed to the “ heterodoxy ”
of the Shiah , Shiah Islam has a long and respected tradition , a tradition that only
...
Although Sunni Muslims vastly outnumber the Shiah today , and are usually
referred to by Western scholars as " orthodox ” as opposed to the “ heterodoxy ”
of the Shiah , Shiah Islam has a long and respected tradition , a tradition that only
...
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On Friday , December 20 , 1844 , standing with his hand on the door - ring of the
Kaaba , the holiest shrine in all the Islamic world , the Báb publicly declared : “ I
am that Qá'im Whose advent you have been awaiting . " He also addressed a ...
On Friday , December 20 , 1844 , standing with his hand on the door - ring of the
Kaaba , the holiest shrine in all the Islamic world , the Báb publicly declared : “ I
am that Qá'im Whose advent you have been awaiting . " He also addressed a ...
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