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... Effendi that their mandate owed nothing to the political system with which they
were familiar . ... Similarly , his administrative order would be erected first in a
social milieu characterized by materialism , lawlessness , and political corruption
.
... Effendi that their mandate owed nothing to the political system with which they
were familiar . ... Similarly , his administrative order would be erected first in a
social milieu characterized by materialism , lawlessness , and political corruption
.
Page 160
ABSTENTION FROM POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Yet another law upon which
Bahá'u'lláh placed great emphasis is the requirement that his followers strictly
abstain from political involvement of any kind . At a first glance , one might expect
to ...
ABSTENTION FROM POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Yet another law upon which
Bahá'u'lláh placed great emphasis is the requirement that his followers strictly
abstain from political involvement of any kind . At a first glance , one might expect
to ...
Page 161
30 Bahá'u'lláh held that political action , which is necessarily partisan and
divisive in nature , cannot hold the answers to problems that are universal in their
very essence . All political instruments , he pointed out , are limited and particular
...
30 Bahá'u'lláh held that political action , which is necessarily partisan and
divisive in nature , cannot hold the answers to problems that are universal in their
very essence . All political instruments , he pointed out , are limited and particular
...
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Contents
The Bábí Faith | 6 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Author | William S. Hatcher |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1985 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 9 Sep 2011 |
| ISBN | 0060654414, 9780060654412 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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