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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In this conception , the founders of the great religions do not reveal God to us ,
but are rather philosophers or thinkers ... Many orthodox adherents of various
religious traditions , on the other hand , argue that the prophet or founder of their
...
In this conception , the founders of the great religions do not reveal God to us ,
but are rather philosophers or thinkers ... Many orthodox adherents of various
religious traditions , on the other hand , argue that the prophet or founder of their
...
Page 116
religious founders have been viewed as human philosophers or great thinkers
who have perhaps gone further or studied more profoundly than other
philosophers of their age . On the other hand , they have been declared to be
God or the ...
religious founders have been viewed as human philosophers or great thinkers
who have perhaps gone further or studied more profoundly than other
philosophers of their age . On the other hand , they have been declared to be
God or the ...
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experiment with the teachings of its founder . Once the teaching plans were
implemented under the direction of Shoghi Effendi , however , and particularly as
these plans became global in scope , the collective life of the believers began to
...
experiment with the teachings of its founder . Once the teaching plans were
implemented under the direction of Shoghi Effendi , however , and particularly as
these plans became global in scope , the collective life of the believers began to
...
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Contents
The Bábí Faith | 6 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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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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