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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Page 78
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.7 And in yet
another passage : It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country ,
but rather for him who loveth the whole world . The earth is but one country , and
...
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.7 And in yet
another passage : It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country ,
but rather for him who loveth the whole world . The earth is but one country , and
...
Page 130
For Bahá'ís , world unity must involve not only the emergence of a strong
sentiment of fraternity and love among all peoples , but it must also involve the
creation of global institutions necessary for the establishment of a harmonious
and unified ...
For Bahá'ís , world unity must involve not only the emergence of a strong
sentiment of fraternity and love among all peoples , but it must also involve the
creation of global institutions necessary for the establishment of a harmonious
and unified ...
Page 190
Will it be able to maintain the same degree of unity when some regional
communities are decades ahead of others in the integration of some of the faith's
teachings into their social structure , while remaining decades behind others in
terms of ...
Will it be able to maintain the same degree of unity when some regional
communities are decades ahead of others in the integration of some of the faith's
teachings into their social structure , while remaining decades behind others in
terms of ...
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Contents
The Bábí Faith | 6 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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