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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Page 77
It represents the consummation of human evolution — an evolution that has had
its earliest beginnings in the birth of family life , its subsequent development in
the achievement of tribal solidarity , leading in turn to the constitution of the city ...
It represents the consummation of human evolution — an evolution that has had
its earliest beginnings in the birth of family life , its subsequent development in
the achievement of tribal solidarity , leading in turn to the constitution of the city ...
Page 90
Both Bahá'u'lláh and ` Abdu'lBahá stressed that women have all the intellectual
abilities of men and will in the future more clearly demonstrate their capacity for
intellectual and scientific achievement in all aspects of human endeavor .
Both Bahá'u'lláh and ` Abdu'lBahá stressed that women have all the intellectual
abilities of men and will in the future more clearly demonstrate their capacity for
intellectual and scientific achievement in all aspects of human endeavor .
Page 167
One other interesting feature of the consultation of Bahá'í spiritual assemblies is
the deliberate aim of achieving unanimity of view . Majority decision making is ,
therefore , regarded as a minimal requirement of Bahá'í administrative ...
One other interesting feature of the consultation of Bahá'í spiritual assemblies is
the deliberate aim of achieving unanimity of view . Majority decision making is ,
therefore , regarded as a minimal requirement of Bahá'í administrative ...
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| Title | The Bahá'í 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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