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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Page 55
... efforts to usurp Bahá'í leadership failed , and Kheiralla eventually returned to Syria , bitterly disappointed . With his departure the danger of a schism passed , as Muḥammad - ' Alí was never able to at- tract a following of his own ...
... efforts to usurp Bahá'í leadership failed , and Kheiralla eventually returned to Syria , bitterly disappointed . With his departure the danger of a schism passed , as Muḥammad - ' Alí was never able to at- tract a following of his own ...
Page 104
... efforts we must make to conform to the teachings of the Manifestations serve to develop our spiritual capacities . For example , when one makes an effort to rid oneself of prejudice and superstition in response to the teachings of Bahá ...
... efforts we must make to conform to the teachings of the Manifestations serve to develop our spiritual capacities . For example , when one makes an effort to rid oneself of prejudice and superstition in response to the teachings of Bahá ...
Page 231
... efforts of political and religious movements alike to provide an appropriate iden- tity around which a different type of society can be organized . Do the Bahá'í communities in those countries show signs of meeting this chal- lenge ? In ...
... efforts of political and religious movements alike to provide an appropriate iden- tity around which a different type of society can be organized . Do the Bahá'í communities in those countries show signs of meeting this chal- lenge ? In ...
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