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 98
The accidental or nonessential laws which regulate the transactions of the social
body and everyday affairs of life are changeable and subject to abrogation.36
One of the major sources of conflict between different religious systems is the ...
The accidental or nonessential laws which regulate the transactions of the social
body and everyday affairs of life are changeable and subject to abrogation.36
One of the major sources of conflict between different religious systems is the ...
Page 123
Therefore , They establish laws which are suitable and adapted to the state of the
world of man , for religion is the ... the supreme Manifestations of God ...
understand this essential connection , and by this knowledge establish the Law
of God .
Therefore , They establish laws which are suitable and adapted to the state of the
world of man , for religion is the ... the supreme Manifestations of God ...
understand this essential connection , and by this knowledge establish the Law
of God .
Page 194
God is the Source of all that is ; through his messengers in all ages he has
revealed those laws and principles that have been essentially responsible for the
civilizing of human nature . The autonomy of the individual is thus conditioned not
...
God is the Source of all that is ; through his messengers in all ages he has
revealed those laws and principles that have been essentially responsible for the
civilizing of human nature . The autonomy of the individual is thus conditioned not
...
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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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