The Baha'i 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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Page 1
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, ...
Page 4
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
recently ...
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
recently ...
Page 9
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 Qā'im Whose advent you have been awaiting.” He also addressed a special
...
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 Qā'im Whose advent you have been awaiting.” He also addressed a special
...
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| Title | The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Baha'i Publishing, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1931847061, 9781931847063 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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