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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The first two of these Sunni dynasties, the Umayyads and the Abbasids, saw the
Imams as a challenge to their own legitimacy. Consequently, according to Shiah
accounts, one Imam after another was put to death, beginning with Hasan and ...
The first two of these Sunni dynasties, the Umayyads and the Abbasids, saw the
Imams as a challenge to their own legitimacy. Consequently, according to Shiah
accounts, one Imam after another was put to death, beginning with Hasan and ...
Page 108
The earth has been the matrix for the formation of the human race, just as the
mother's womb is the matrix for the formation of the individual human being. In
the words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: . . . man, in the beginning of his existence and in the
womb ...
The earth has been the matrix for the formation of the human race, just as the
mother's womb is the matrix for the formation of the individual human being. In
the words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: . . . man, in the beginning of his existence and in the
womb ...
Page 121
The spirit of man has a beginning, but it has no end; it continues eternally. ... The
third station is that of the divine appearance and heavenly splendor: it is the Word
of God, the Eternal Bounty, the Holy Spirit. It has neither beginning nor end.
The spirit of man has a beginning, but it has no end; it continues eternally. ... The
third station is that of the divine appearance and heavenly splendor: it is the Word
of God, the Eternal Bounty, the Holy Spirit. It has neither beginning nor end.
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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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