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 11
One of the new believers was a brilliant and extremely influential theologian
named Siyyid Yahyáy - i - Dárábí , later given the name “ Vahid ” ( Unique ) . The
Báb had been placed under house arrest by the governor of Shiraz at the
instigation ...
One of the new believers was a brilliant and extremely influential theologian
named Siyyid Yahyáy - i - Dárábí , later given the name “ Vahid ” ( Unique ) . The
Báb had been placed under house arrest by the governor of Shiraz at the
instigation ...
Page 113
However , if we , through our own God - given free will , turn away from this force
or fail to make the necessary effort to develop our spiritual capacities , the result
is imperfection . Both within ourselves and in society , there will be what one ...
However , if we , through our own God - given free will , turn away from this force
or fail to make the necessary effort to develop our spiritual capacities , the result
is imperfection . Both within ourselves and in society , there will be what one ...
Page 134
The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. mary
God - given instrument for releasing this spiritual potential and for the subsequent
achievement of world unity . This Covenant provides us with a spiritual power ...
The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. mary
God - given instrument for releasing this spiritual potential and for the subsequent
achievement of world unity . This Covenant provides us with a spiritual power ...
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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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