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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Bahá'ís believe that the organic unit which is humankind has undergone a
collective growth process under the Fatherhood of God . Much as a single
organism attains maturity in successive stages of development , so humankind
has gradually ...
Bahá'ís believe that the organic unit which is humankind has undergone a
collective growth process under the Fatherhood of God . Much as a single
organism attains maturity in successive stages of development , so humankind
has gradually ...
Page 80
13 In summary , the Bahá'í principle of the oneness of humankind means that the
human race represents an organic unit whose collective social life has gradually
developed by being reorganized on 11 Shoghi Effendi , World Order of ...
13 In summary , the Bahá'í principle of the oneness of humankind means that the
human race represents an organic unit whose collective social life has gradually
developed by being reorganized on 11 Shoghi Effendi , World Order of ...
Page 184
The writings of ` Abdu'l - Bahá and Shoghi Effendi are studded with the language
of biological analogy : “ efflorescence , " " evolution , ” “ germ , " " seed , " " organic
development , " “ nucleus , ” “ generating influence , ” “ assimilation . ” Bahá'ís ...
The writings of ` Abdu'l - Bahá and Shoghi Effendi are studded with the language
of biological analogy : “ efflorescence , " " evolution , ” “ germ , " " seed , " " organic
development , " “ nucleus , ” “ generating influence , ” “ assimilation . ” Bahá'ís ...
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Contents
The Bábí Faith | 6 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
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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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