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 163
... POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Yet another law upon which Bahá'u'lláh placed great emphasis is the requirement that his followers strictly abstain from political involvement of any kind . At a first glance , one might expect to find the members ...
... POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Yet another law upon which Bahá'u'lláh placed great emphasis is the requirement that his followers strictly abstain from political involvement of any kind . At a first glance , one might expect to find the members ...
Page 164
... political action , which is necessarily partisan and divisive in nature , cannot hold the answers to problems that are universal in their very essence . All political instruments , he pointed out , are limited and particular , whether ...
... political action , which is necessarily partisan and divisive in nature , cannot hold the answers to problems that are universal in their very essence . All political instruments , he pointed out , are limited and particular , whether ...
Page 234
... political sympathies were greatly intensified by nationalistic ones : the Constitutionalists were viewed in British imperialist circles as natu- ral allies against tsarist Russia , which supported the Qájár shahs . Because Browne ...
... political sympathies were greatly intensified by nationalistic ones : the Constitutionalists were viewed in British imperialist circles as natu- ral allies against tsarist Russia , which supported the Qájár shahs . Because Browne ...
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Abdu'l achievement Administrative Order Alí authority Báb Báb's Bábí Bahá Bahá'í administrative Bahá'í community Bahá'í Faith Bahá'í history Bahá'í literature Bahá'í Publishing Bahá'í teachings Bahá'í World Bahá'í World Centre Bahá'í writings Bahá'ís believe Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá body Browne capacities Christian Cited in Shoghi civilization clergy Covenant Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh created divine economic Edward Granville Browne elected established exiles existence followers founder Gleanings global God's há'í Haifa hath Holy House of Justice human race humankind Imam individual institutions International Record Iran Islam Jesus Khán Kitáb-i-Aqdas knowledge laws local spiritual assemblies major Manifestations Mírzá Husayn Mírzá Yaḥyá mission Muhammad Mullá Mullá Husayn Muslim National Spiritual Assembly nature Order of Bahá'u'lláh Persia physical political prayer Prophets religion religious represent role shah Shiah Shoghi Effendi Síyáh-Chál Siyyid social society soul Táhirih tion truth u'lláh Universal House World Centre World Order world unity writings of Bahá'u'lláh