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 40
In them he declared himself to be the One promised in the Torah , the Gospels ,
and the Qur'án , and he called on the kings to arise and champion his faith . The
letters contained dramatic warnings that the nineteenth - century world would be
...
In them he declared himself to be the One promised in the Torah , the Gospels ,
and the Qur'án , and he called on the kings to arise and champion his faith . The
letters contained dramatic warnings that the nineteenth - century world would be
...
Page 44
In these letters Bahá'u'lláh called on the monarchs to join together in the creation
of an international tribunal that would have the authority to decide on disputes
between nations . This embryonic world government , he said , should be ...
In these letters Bahá'u'lláh called on the monarchs to join together in the creation
of an international tribunal that would have the authority to decide on disputes
between nations . This embryonic world government , he said , should be ...
Page 59
... that would reflect the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh . A major feature of this work was
the nurturing of Bahá'í administrative institutions . As called on to do under the
terms of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant , ' Abdu'l - Bahá encouraged the establishment of
...
... that would reflect the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh . A major feature of this work was
the nurturing of Bahá'í administrative institutions . As called on to do under the
terms of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant , ' Abdu'l - Bahá encouraged the establishment of
...
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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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