The Ascent of Society: The Social Imperative in Personal SalvationBaha'i Publishing Trust, 2007 - 331 pages In The Ascent of Society: The Social Imperative in Personal Salvation, author John S. Hatcher answers questions that have been explored by spiritual seekers for many yearshow does personal spiritual development translate into social experience? Is there a social imperative connected with individual spiritual growth? Is involvement with others necessary for one to evolve spiritually? This penetrating study describes the objective of personal spiritual growth as an ever-expanding sense of self that requires social relationships in order to develop. Hatcher focuses on the Bah belief that human history is a divinely guided process in which spiritual principles are gradually and progressively expressed in social institutions. He demonstrates that the aspirant to spiritual transformation cannot view personal health and development as being possible apart from the progress of human society as a whole. |
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... Duties - 28 Capacities Unique to Human Beings - 28 Creation Focused on Human Ascent - 31 Action as Worship - 33 The ... Duties in Relation to Physical Reality - 38 The Twin Duties as Parallel to the Twin Stations of the Prophets - 40 The ...
... Duties - 28 Capacities Unique to Human Beings - 28 Creation Focused on Human Ascent - 31 Action as Worship - 33 The ... Duties in Relation to Physical Reality - 38 The Twin Duties as Parallel to the Twin Stations of the Prophets - 40 The ...
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The Social Imperative in Personal Salvation John S. Hatcher. 3 / Our Twin Duties : Manifestations Show the Way 45 How an Ordinary Human Artist Translates Insight into Artifact - 45 Causality in Art - 46 Artist as Visionary - 48 Spiritual ...
The Social Imperative in Personal Salvation John S. Hatcher. 3 / Our Twin Duties : Manifestations Show the Way 45 How an Ordinary Human Artist Translates Insight into Artifact - 45 Causality in Art - 46 Artist as Visionary - 48 Spiritual ...
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... Duties of Human Purpose - 228 Present - Day Bahá'í Administrative Order - 228 11 / Procedures and Protocols of Governance in the Present- Day Model of the Bahá'í Commonwealth 235 Distinguishing Characteristics of Bahá'í Elections - 236 ...
... Duties of Human Purpose - 228 Present - Day Bahá'í Administrative Order - 228 11 / Procedures and Protocols of Governance in the Present- Day Model of the Bahá'í Commonwealth 235 Distinguishing Characteristics of Bahá'í Elections - 236 ...
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Contents
The Twin Duties in Relation to Physical Reality | 38 |
Spiritual Ascent as Artistic Process | 52 |
4 The Social Imperative in Personal Salvation | 65 |
Achieving Selflessness in a Contemporary Environment | 89 |
The Importance of Human Volition | 95 |
Human History as a Spiritual Dynamic | 99 |
The Need for External Assistance | 106 |
Gradual Unification of the Process | 114 |
Americas Strategic Role and Plight in This Process | 180 |
What This Ordeal Will Accomplish | 189 |
The Stage of EstablishmentClimax of the Lesser Peace | 213 |
Modeling the Future | 225 |
Procedures and Protocols of Governance in the Present | 235 |
The Baháí Calendar | 280 |
An Abiding Image of a World Commonwealth | 288 |
Notes | 295 |
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