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 76
The family , the tribe , the city - state , the nation - these represent some of the
signal stages in social evolution . The next stage in this collective growth process
, representing the culmination of human evolution , is world unity : the
organization ...
The family , the tribe , the city - state , the nation - these represent some of the
signal stages in social evolution . The next stage in this collective growth process
, representing the culmination of human evolution , is world unity : the
organization ...
Page 83
This one religion is continually evolving , and each particular religious system
represents a stage in the evolution of the whole . The Bahá'í Faith ... In particular ,
the writings of the Manifestation represent the infallible Word of God . Because ...
This one religion is continually evolving , and each particular religious system
represents a stage in the evolution of the whole . The Bahá'í Faith ... In particular ,
the writings of the Manifestation represent the infallible Word of God . Because ...
Page 141
Efforts toward social reform , in their view , however beneficial , could not claim to
represent anything more than humankind's imperfect striving after improvement .
The controversy has been reawakened in our time through the controversy ...
Efforts toward social reform , in their view , however beneficial , could not claim to
represent anything more than humankind's imperfect striving after improvement .
The controversy has been reawakened in our time through the controversy ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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