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 10
... mullas ' opposition went far beyond denunciations from the pul- pit . In nineteenth - century Persia the Shiah clergy represented a system of power and authority parallel to that of the shah . Much of daily life was regulated by Islamic ...
... mullas ' opposition went far beyond denunciations from the pul- pit . In nineteenth - century Persia the Shiah clergy represented a system of power and authority parallel to that of the shah . Much of daily life was regulated by Islamic ...
Page 13
... mullas struck the Báb across the face , and an English physician , Dr. William Cormick , was asked to provide treatment . The following is his account : [ The Báb ] was a very mild and delicate - looking man , rather small in stature ...
... mullas struck the Báb across the face , and an English physician , Dr. William Cormick , was asked to provide treatment . The following is his account : [ The Báb ] was a very mild and delicate - looking man , rather small in stature ...
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... mullas determined to portray the movement as the enemy of both de- cency and public order . 13 The situation was made even more unstable in September 1848 , when Muhammad Shah finally succumbed to his many illnesses . His death ...
... mullas determined to portray the movement as the enemy of both de- cency and public order . 13 The situation was made even more unstable in September 1848 , when Muhammad Shah finally succumbed to his many illnesses . His death ...
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