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 101
This last statement is based on the Bahá'í concept of the soul and of life after
physical death . According to the Bahá'í teachings , our true nature is spiritual .
Beyond the physical body , each human being has a rational soul , created by
God .
This last statement is based on the Bahá'í concept of the soul and of life after
physical death . According to the Bahá'í teachings , our true nature is spiritual .
Beyond the physical body , each human being has a rational soul , created by
God .
Page 105
Those virtues that befit his dignity are forbearance , mercy , compassion and
loving - kindness towards all the peoples and kindreds of the earth . Concerning
the soul or spirit of man and its relationship to the physical body , Bahá'u'lláh ...
Those virtues that befit his dignity are forbearance , mercy , compassion and
loving - kindness towards all the peoples and kindreds of the earth . Concerning
the soul or spirit of man and its relationship to the physical body , Bahá'u'lláh ...
Page 106
eth between them , the body will , in its entirety , continue to reflect the light of the
soul , and to be sustained by its power . As soon as , however , a veil interposeth
itself between them , the brightness of that light seemeth to lessen . ... The soul ...
eth between them , the body will , in its entirety , continue to reflect the light of the
soul , and to be sustained by its power . As soon as , however , a veil interposeth
itself between them , the brightness of that light seemeth to lessen . ... The soul ...
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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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