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 75
... race is the " apogee of crea- tion , " the highest form of life and consciousness which God has created ; for among ... racial superiority are rejected by Bahá'í teachings as founded on false imagination and ignorance.4 Bahá'ís believe ...
... race is the " apogee of crea- tion , " the highest form of life and consciousness which God has created ; for among ... racial superiority are rejected by Bahá'í teachings as founded on false imagination and ignorance.4 Bahá'ís believe ...
Page 79
... race . Shoghi Effendi expressed this idea as follows : The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh , whose supreme mission is none other but the achievement of this organic and spiritual unity of the whole body of nations , should , if we be faithful ...
... race . Shoghi Effendi expressed this idea as follows : The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh , whose supreme mission is none other but the achievement of this organic and spiritual unity of the whole body of nations , should , if we be faithful ...
Page 80
... race had to pass , have receded into the background . Humanity is now experi- encing the commotions invariably associated with the most turbulent stage of its evolution , the stage of adolescence , when the impetuousity of youth and its ...
... race had to pass , have receded into the background . Humanity is now experi- encing the commotions invariably associated with the most turbulent stage of its evolution , the stage of adolescence , when the impetuousity of youth and its ...
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The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher,James Douglas Martin Limited preview - 2002 |
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