The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionThis 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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The prisoners in the Síyáh - Chál lived under threat of imminent death . Each day
the executioners would descend the steps , select a victim , and conduct him to
execution . Several of the condemned were murdered on the spot . In some ...
The prisoners in the Síyáh - Chál lived under threat of imminent death . Each day
the executioners would descend the steps , select a victim , and conduct him to
execution . Several of the condemned were murdered on the spot . In some ...
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The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. the
provisions therein shaped the steadily growing Bahá ' í community after ` Abdu ' l
- Bahá ' s death . 12 During the course of World War I , ` Abdu ' l - Bahá dictated a
...
The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. the
provisions therein shaped the steadily growing Bahá ' í community after ` Abdu ' l
- Bahá ' s death . 12 During the course of World War I , ` Abdu ' l - Bahá dictated a
...
Page 100
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 , man ' s true nature is
spiritual . Beyond the physical body , each human being has a rational soul ,
created by ...
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 , man ' s true nature is
spiritual . Beyond the physical body , each human being has a rational soul ,
created by ...
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Contents
The Islamic Background | 1 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1989 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2009 |
| ISBN | 0060637935, 9780060637934 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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