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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First , the Bahá'í Faith is the most recent religion . Other religions began hundreds
or thousands of years ago . Of the so - called eleven major , living religions of the
world , only Islam ( seventh century A.D. ) and Sikhism ( sixteenth century A.D. ) ...
First , the Bahá'í Faith is the most recent religion . Other religions began hundreds
or thousands of years ago . Of the so - called eleven major , living religions of the
world , only Islam ( seventh century A.D. ) and Sikhism ( sixteenth century A.D. ) ...
Page 189
On into a New Century On May 29 , 1992 , the centenary of Bahá'u'lláh's passing
, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies convened in a special two - hour session to
pay tribute to his life and work . The Speaker read a message from the Universal
...
On into a New Century On May 29 , 1992 , the centenary of Bahá'u'lláh's passing
, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies convened in a special two - hour session to
pay tribute to his life and work . The Speaker read a message from the Universal
...
Page 210
As the century progressed , these powers were tentatively tested in various of the
world's trouble spots ; as it draws to a close , they have begun to express
themselves in the form of armed intervention against particularly blatant
instances of ...
As the century progressed , these powers were tentatively tested in various of the
world's trouble spots ; as it draws to a close , they have begun to express
themselves in the form of armed intervention against particularly blatant
instances 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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