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 25
... society , one that retained a large measure of cultural and religious elements familiar to his hearers , but which , as events were to show , could arouse powerful new motivation . He called upon the Shah and the people of Persia to ...
... society , one that retained a large measure of cultural and religious elements familiar to his hearers , but which , as events were to show , could arouse powerful new motivation . He called upon the Shah and the people of Persia to ...
Page 76
... society on ever higher levels of unity with greater specialization of the individual components , and with a consequent increase in the interdependence and the need for cooperation among the specialized parts . The family , the tribe ...
... society on ever higher levels of unity with greater specialization of the individual components , and with a consequent increase in the interdependence and the need for cooperation among the specialized parts . The family , the tribe ...
Page 93
... society based on Bahá'í principles because it would be impossible to accumulate vast and unnecessary wealth . Certain differences in salaries would continue to exist in order to enable society to encourage the efforts of those ( such as ...
... society based on Bahá'í principles because it would be impossible to accumulate vast and unnecessary wealth . Certain differences in salaries would continue to exist in order to enable society to encourage the efforts of those ( such as ...
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