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 78
... Unity , in the Bahá'í conception , is a unity in diversity rather than uniformity . It is not by the suppression of differences that we will arrive at unity , but rather by an increased awareness of and respect for the intrinsic value ...
... Unity , in the Bahá'í conception , is a unity in diversity rather than uniformity . It is not by the suppression of differences that we will arrive at unity , but rather by an increased awareness of and respect for the intrinsic value ...
Page 130
... unity is the Will of God : it is God who wants humankind to be united ; he has created man with the potential for unity and has provided him with the means to develop this potential . The Covenant of Bahá- ' u'lláh is regarded as the ...
... unity is the Will of God : it is God who wants humankind to be united ; he has created man with the potential for unity and has provided him with the means to develop this potential . The Covenant of Bahá- ' u'lláh is regarded as the ...
Page 190
... unity when some regional commu- nities are decades ahead of others in the integration of some of the faith's ... unity . Will it be able to maintain Bahá'í discipline in a highly diversified and rapid- ly growing religious community ...
... unity when some regional commu- nities are decades ahead of others in the integration of some of the faith's ... unity . Will it be able to maintain Bahá'í discipline in a highly diversified and rapid- ly growing religious community ...
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