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 25
Shiah Muslims fully expected that , when the Imam Mahdi appeared , he would
not only open the way to salvation for the individual soul , but would reaffirm the
concept of a “ nation summoning mankind unto righteousness . " 27 It is against ...
Shiah Muslims fully expected that , when the Imam Mahdi appeared , he would
not only open the way to salvation for the individual soul , but would reaffirm the
concept of a “ nation summoning mankind unto righteousness . " 27 It is against ...
Page 97
The concept of unity in diversity must be applied to differences of language in the
same way as it is applied to other differences . Since the pressures for the
assimilation of minority linguistic groups come from the natural aggrandizement
of ...
The concept of unity in diversity must be applied to differences of language in the
same way as it is applied to other differences . Since the pressures for the
assimilation of minority linguistic groups come from the natural aggrandizement
of ...
Page 118
... some detail the Bahá'í concept of the nature of the Manifestations of God .
According to Bahá'u'lláh , all of the Manifestations of God have the same
metaphysical nature and the same spiritual stature . There is absolute equity
among them .
... some detail the Bahá'í concept of the nature of the Manifestations of God .
According to Bahá'u'lláh , all of the Manifestations of God have the same
metaphysical nature and the same spiritual stature . There is absolute equity
among them .
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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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