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
Beginning in September 1867 , he wrote a series of letters which rank among the
most remarkable documents in religious history . They were addressed
collectively to the “ Kings of the earth ” and individually to specific monarchs . In
them he ...
Beginning in September 1867 , he wrote a series of letters which rank among the
most remarkable documents in religious history . They were addressed
collectively to the “ Kings of the earth ” and individually to specific monarchs . In
them he ...
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 ... In the words of ' Abdu'l - Bahá : ... man , in
the beginning of his existence and in the womb of the earth , like the embryo in
the ...
The earth has been the matrix for the formation of the human race , just as the
mother's womb is the matrix for the ... In the words of ' Abdu'l - Bahá : ... man , in
the beginning of his existence and in the womb of the earth , like the embryo in
the ...
Page 141
Bahá'ís believe that God is all - powerful and that he could certainly impose his
Kingdom on earth instantly if this were in fact his will . But Bahá'u'lláh explained
that God seeks to teach us certain lessons by the manner in which the Kingdom
is ...
Bahá'ís believe that God is all - powerful and that he could certainly impose his
Kingdom on earth instantly if this were in fact his will . But Bahá'u'lláh explained
that God seeks to teach us certain lessons by the manner in which the Kingdom
is ...
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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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