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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... religious background . The authors show that this new faith is a distinct religion , based entirely on the teachings of its founder , Bahá'u'lláh . The authors stress the pivotal concept of the Bahá'í Faith- the oneness of humanity ...
... religious background . The authors show that this new faith is a distinct religion , based entirely on the teachings of its founder , Bahá'u'lláh . The authors stress the pivotal concept of the Bahá'í Faith- the oneness of humanity ...
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... religion . There are at least two reasons for this . First , the Bahá'í Faith is the most recent religion . Other religions began hun- dreds or thousands of years ago . Of the so - called eleven major , liv- ing religions of the world ...
... religion . There are at least two reasons for this . First , the Bahá'í Faith is the most recent religion . Other religions began hun- dreds or thousands of years ago . Of the so - called eleven major , liv- ing religions of the world ...
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... religious systems established by them are part of a single di- vine plan directed by God . In reality , there is only one religion , the religion of God . This one religion is continually evolving , and each particular religious system ...
... religious systems established by them are part of a single di- vine plan directed by God . In reality , there is only one religion , the religion of God . This one religion is continually evolving , and each particular religious system ...
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