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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Page 55
... by a rejection of ` Abdu'l - Bahá and an insistence on his own role as the arbiter
of the faith's fortunes in the West . However , these efforts to usurp Bahá'í
leadership failed , and Kheiralla eventually returned to Syria , bitterly
disappointed .
... by a rejection of ` Abdu'l - Bahá and an insistence on his own role as the arbiter
of the faith's fortunes in the West . However , these efforts to usurp Bahá'í
leadership failed , and Kheiralla eventually returned to Syria , bitterly
disappointed .
Page 114
Because these capacities are faculties of our immortal soul , they are eternal ,
and we must make great efforts to develop them . But such efforts are worthwhile ,
since the soul is the only part of us which endures . Whatever promotes our ...
Because these capacities are faculties of our immortal soul , they are eternal ,
and we must make great efforts to develop them . But such efforts are worthwhile ,
since the soul is the only part of us which endures . Whatever promotes our ...
Page 168
In their efforts to educate and organize the highly diversified communities
entrusted to their care , the 148 national spiritual assemblies that have so far
been established have translated and published Bahá'í prayers and literature in
over seven ...
In their efforts to educate and organize the highly diversified communities
entrusted to their care , the 148 national spiritual assemblies that have so far
been established have translated and published Bahá'í prayers and literature in
over seven ...
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Contents
The Bábí Faith | 6 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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