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 158
... entire corpus was then greatly increased by the detailed interpretation of Shoghi Effendi , functioning in his role as the Guardian of the Bahá'í community . Therefore the specific provisions of the Kitáb - i - Aqdas can only be ...
... entire corpus was then greatly increased by the detailed interpretation of Shoghi Effendi , functioning in his role as the Guardian of the Bahá'í community . Therefore the specific provisions of the Kitáb - i - Aqdas can only be ...
Page 167
... entire fabric of the new religion . Superficially , one might expect to find a preference for vagueness and perhaps a lack of realism among the members of a faith focused on the goal of the unification of humankind and the creation of a ...
... entire fabric of the new religion . Superficially , one might expect to find a preference for vagueness and perhaps a lack of realism among the members of a faith focused on the goal of the unification of humankind and the creation of a ...
Page 177
... entire membership . Participation is particularly encouraged in efforts to promote the ex- pansion of the faith . Bahá'u'lláh said that the greatest service which anyone can render in this day is to " teach the Cause of God . " Each ...
... entire membership . Participation is particularly encouraged in efforts to promote the ex- pansion of the faith . Bahá'u'lláh said that the greatest service which anyone can render in this day is to " teach the Cause of God . " Each ...
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