The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionHarper & Row, 1990 - 228 pages This is a study of the history, teachings, administrative structure and community life of the Baha'i faith, the youngest and fastest growing of the world's independent religions. |
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Page 90
... peace at- tained : In past ages humanity has been defective and inefficient because it has been incomplete . War and its ravages have blighted the world ; the educa- tion of woman will be a mighty step toward its abolition and ending ...
... peace at- tained : In past ages humanity has been defective and inefficient because it has been incomplete . War and its ravages have blighted the world ; the educa- tion of woman will be a mighty step toward its abolition and ending ...
Page 139
... Peace . " In the light of various statements in the Bahá'í writings , it would probably be accurate to say that this second stage is seen as the permanent cessation of war rather than as a positive and complete global peace . The Lesser ...
... Peace . " In the light of various statements in the Bahá'í writings , it would probably be accurate to say that this second stage is seen as the permanent cessation of war rather than as a positive and complete global peace . The Lesser ...
Page 140
... Peace will be inaugurated in this century.21 The Lesser Peace is seen as the necessary prelude to a third stage in the emergence of a World Order , a stage which will come about far more gradually . Bahá'u'lláh called this final stage ...
... Peace will be inaugurated in this century.21 The Lesser Peace is seen as the necessary prelude to a third stage in the emergence of a World Order , a stage which will come about far more gradually . Bahá'u'lláh called this final stage ...
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