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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... religion syncretistically by bringing together different teachings chosen from other religions . In the words of Arnold Toynbee : Bahaism is an independent religion on a par with Islam , Christianity , and the other recognized world ...
... religion syncretistically by bringing together different teachings chosen from other religions . In the words of Arnold Toynbee : Bahaism is an independent religion on a par with Islam , Christianity , and the other recognized world ...
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The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. 1. The Historical Background To assert that a religion is independent of other faiths is not to argue that it began in a religious vacuum . Buddhism emerged from a ...
The Emerging Global Religion William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin. 1. The Historical Background To assert that a religion is independent of other faiths is not to argue that it began in a religious vacuum . Buddhism emerged from a ...
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... religion more clearly in focus , let us compare it with some other ways in which religion has been regarded . On one hand is the view that the various religious systems result from human striving after truth . In this conception , the ...
... religion more clearly in focus , let us compare it with some other ways in which religion has been regarded . On one hand is the view that the various religious systems result from human striving after truth . In this conception , the ...
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