The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionBaha'i Publishing, 2002 - 253 pages Explore 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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... divine spirit and in a new divine covenant . The foundation of belief and of law is the new divine word revealed by Bahá'u'lláh . This is why the Bahá'í is not a Muslim . ” ( Ibid . , p . 114. ) 2. Under the Pahlavis ( 1925-1979 ) , the ...
... divine spirit and in a new divine covenant . The foundation of belief and of law is the new divine word revealed by Bahá'u'lláh . This is why the Bahá'í is not a Muslim . ” ( Ibid . , p . 114. ) 2. Under the Pahlavis ( 1925-1979 ) , the ...
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... divine religions embody two kinds of ordinances . First , there are those which constitute essential , or spiritual , teachings of the Word of God . These are faith in God , the acquirement of the virtues which characterize perfect ...
... divine religions embody two kinds of ordinances . First , there are those which constitute essential , or spiritual , teachings of the Word of God . These are faith in God , the acquirement of the virtues which characterize perfect ...
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The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. knowledge is divine knowledge , and not acquired - that is to say , it is a holy bounty , it is a divine revelation . ... the supreme Manifestations of God are aware ...
The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. knowledge is divine knowledge , and not acquired - that is to say , it is a holy bounty , it is a divine revelation . ... the supreme Manifestations of God are aware ...
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