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 64
The sole exception to the retirement from a public role was the Guardian's
devotion of whatever degree of time he could spare to meeting with the steady
flow of pilgrims visiting the Bahá'í World Centre from both East and West . Even
these ...
The sole exception to the retirement from a public role was the Guardian's
devotion of whatever degree of time he could spare to meeting with the steady
flow of pilgrims visiting the Bahá'í World Centre from both East and West . Even
these ...
Page 205
28 Throughout history , great architecture has played a vital role in mobilizing the
social energy and commitment required for the accomplishment of ambitious
public goals . From civilization's earliest stages , human societies have felt it ...
28 Throughout history , great architecture has played a vital role in mobilizing the
social energy and commitment required for the accomplishment of ambitious
public goals . From civilization's earliest stages , human societies have felt it ...
Page 234
The reason was Bahá'u'lláh's assumption of the prophetic role for which the Báb
had prepared the way and his refusal to compromise the universal nature of his
message for partisan political ends . Browne's unhappiness is apparent in words
...
The reason was Bahá'u'lláh's assumption of the prophetic role for which the Báb
had prepared the way and his refusal to compromise the universal nature of his
message for partisan political ends . Browne's unhappiness is apparent in words
...
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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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