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 81
... human race . But these latent capacities will become evident as human- kind achieves its maturity : Verily I say , in this most mighty Revelation , all the Dispensations of the past have attained their highest . . . consummation ...
... human race . But these latent capacities will become evident as human- kind achieves its maturity : Verily I say , in this most mighty Revelation , all the Dispensations of the past have attained their highest . . . consummation ...
Page 95
... human activities and problems . The Bahá'í teachings insist that man's fundamental nature is spiritual , and that there can be no lasting solution to any human problem that does not take this fact into account . Everything is ultimately ...
... human activities and problems . The Bahá'í teachings insist that man's fundamental nature is spiritual , and that there can be no lasting solution to any human problem that does not take this fact into account . Everything is ultimately ...
Page 191
... human- kind and the organization of human society . It is no doubt a sign of the Bahá'í community's growing confidence in its audience that its pub- lic discussion of global issues and the teaching efforts of its individual members seem ...
... human- kind and the organization of human society . It is no doubt a sign of the Bahá'í community's growing confidence in its audience that its pub- lic discussion of global issues and the teaching efforts of its individual members seem ...
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