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 84
ent opinions and beliefs arrived at by fallible human beings rather than infallible
revelations of truth from a single source . Many orthodox adherents of various
religious traditions , on the other hand , argue that the prophet or founder of their
...
ent opinions and beliefs arrived at by fallible human beings rather than infallible
revelations of truth from a single source . Many orthodox adherents of various
religious traditions , on the other hand , argue that the prophet or founder of their
...
Page 87
Personal search for truth enables the individual to know why he adheres to a
given ideology or doctrine . Bahá'ís believe that , as there is only one reality , all
people will gradually discover its different facets and will ultimately come to
mutual ...
Personal search for truth enables the individual to know why he adheres to a
given ideology or doctrine . Bahá'ís believe that , as there is only one reality , all
people will gradually discover its different facets and will ultimately come to
mutual ...
Page 88
For if truth is indeed one , it is not possible for something to be scientifically false
and religiously true . ` Abdu'l - Bahá expressed forcefully this idea in the following
passage : If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of ...
For if truth is indeed one , it is not possible for something to be scientifically false
and religiously true . ` Abdu'l - Bahá expressed forcefully this idea in the following
passage : If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of ...
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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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