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 15
His death precipitated the usual period of political upheaval while the question of
the succession was being settled . " 4 Hájí Mírzá Áqásí was overthrown by his
political enemies , and the mullas took advantage of the 13. Fragmentary early ...
His death precipitated the usual period of political upheaval while the question of
the succession was being settled . " 4 Hájí Mírzá Áqásí was overthrown by his
political enemies , and the mullas took advantage of the 13. Fragmentary early ...
Page 64
In this new period , it was the institution of the Guardianship which should
command the love and allegiance of the believers . The person of the appointed
Guardian was entirely subordinate . The faithful were forbidden to commemorate
any of ...
In this new period , it was the institution of the Guardianship which should
command the love and allegiance of the believers . The person of the appointed
Guardian was entirely subordinate . The faithful were forbidden to commemorate
any of ...
Page 72
The emergence of the Universal House of Justice as the unchallenged authority
in all the affairs of the community meant that the Bahá'í Faith had remained united
through the most critical period of a religion's history , the vulnerable first ...
The emergence of the Universal House of Justice as the unchallenged authority
in all the affairs of the community meant that the Bahá'í Faith had remained united
through the most critical period of a religion's history , the vulnerable first ...
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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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