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 59
... processes begun after his release from prison in Acre in 1908 for the building
of an international community that would reflect the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh . A
major feature of this work was the nurturing of Bahá'í administrative institutions .
... processes begun after his release from prison in Acre in 1908 for the building
of an international community that would reflect the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh . A
major feature of this work was the nurturing of Bahá'í administrative institutions .
Page 66
Parallel with his translation activities and the development of the World Centre of
the faith , Shoghi Effendi devoted much of his energies to bringing into existence
the system of administrative institutions as they had been conceived by ...
Parallel with his translation activities and the development of the World Centre of
the faith , Shoghi Effendi devoted much of his energies to bringing into existence
the system of administrative institutions as they had been conceived by ...
Page 138
For them this institution represents humankind's supreme effort to reach up to
God in a spirit of unity and harmony . ... of the Universal House of Justice from
error.12 There are also Bahá'í institutions at the continental , national , regional ,
and ...
For them this institution represents humankind's supreme effort to reach up to
God in a spirit of unity and harmony . ... of the Universal House of Justice from
error.12 There are also Bahá'í institutions at the continental , national , regional ,
and ...
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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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