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 85
... serve as an instrument for the estab- lishment of world unity . Later chapters of this book deal with the Ad- ministrative Order in greater depth . Other categories of Bahá'u'lláh's writings that can be readily distin- guished are the ...
... serve as an instrument for the estab- lishment of world unity . Later chapters of this book deal with the Ad- ministrative Order in greater depth . Other categories of Bahá'u'lláh's writings that can be readily distin- guished are the ...
Page 104
... serve to guide us to a proper comprehension of the spiritual dynamics of life . These principles en- able us to understand the laws of existence . Moreover , the very efforts we must make to conform to the teachings of the ...
... serve to guide us to a proper comprehension of the spiritual dynamics of life . These principles en- able us to understand the laws of existence . Moreover , the very efforts we must make to conform to the teachings of the ...
Page 151
... serve on a continental level . The counselors are distinguished believers who are appointed to terms of five years , and each continental board has from eleven to nine- teen members . The Hands of the Cause , encouraged by Shoghi ...
... serve on a continental level . The counselors are distinguished believers who are appointed to terms of five years , and each continental board has from eleven to nine- teen members . The Hands of the Cause , encouraged by Shoghi ...
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