The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionBaha'i Publishing, 2002 - 253 pages Explore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 72
... efforts were made to divide the Bahá'í community during this critical period . It is an impressive testi- mony to the successive leadership of Bahá'u'lláh , ' Abdu'l - Bahá , and Shoghi Effendi , that such efforts failed.31 With the ...
... efforts were made to divide the Bahá'í community during this critical period . It is an impressive testi- mony to the successive leadership of Bahá'u'lláh , ' Abdu'l - Bahá , and Shoghi Effendi , that such efforts failed.31 With the ...
Page 104
... efforts we must make to conform to the teachings of the Manifestations serve to develop our spiritual capacities . For example , when one makes an effort to rid oneself of prejudice and superstition in response to the teachings of Bahá ...
... efforts we must make to conform to the teachings of the Manifestations serve to develop our spiritual capacities . For example , when one makes an effort to rid oneself of prejudice and superstition in response to the teachings of Bahá ...
Page 227
... efforts had begun to resent the successes of the Bahá'í teachers who were working in the same areas . This antagonism was exacerbated as the Bahá'í Faith began to make significant progress in Western coun- tries as well among persons of ...
... efforts had begun to resent the successes of the Bahá'í teachers who were working in the same areas . This antagonism was exacerbated as the Bahá'í Faith began to make significant progress in Western coun- tries as well among persons of ...
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