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 4
... Shiah today , and are usually referred to by Western scholars as " orthodox " as opposed to the “ heterodoxy " of the Shiah , Shiah Islam has a long and respected tradition , a tradition that only recently has become the object of ...
... Shiah today , and are usually referred to by Western scholars as " orthodox " as opposed to the “ heterodoxy " of the Shiah , Shiah Islam has a long and respected tradition , a tradition that only recently has become the object of ...
Page 9
... Shiah , the dominant branch of Islam in Persia , the challenge was especially acute . Over the centuries , Shiah dogma had accorded unlimited authority over all human affairs to the person of the " Hidden Imam , " whose advent was to ...
... Shiah , the dominant branch of Islam in Persia , the challenge was especially acute . Over the centuries , Shiah dogma had accorded unlimited authority over all human affairs to the person of the " Hidden Imam , " whose advent was to ...
Page 195
... Shiah Muslim clergy in Iran is its very existence . Fundamentalist Muslim theology regards Muhammad as the last messenger whom God will send , and Islam as the final religion for all humankind . In this view , therefore , it is ...
... Shiah Muslim clergy in Iran is its very existence . Fundamentalist Muslim theology regards Muhammad as the last messenger whom God will send , and Islam as the final religion for all humankind . In this view , therefore , it is ...
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