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Zusatztext Getting clear and balanced perspectives on new religious movements is notoriously difficult, but in this account of the Bahá'í Faith, Robert H. Stockman has produced a smart, balanced and well-crafted overview of Bahá'í theology and history.Stockman has the sensitivity of an insider and the objectivity of a scholar.In this book Stockman draws on a remarkable range of specialized scholarly sources and his own extensive research and communicates all of it in an engaging and well-written book accessible to a wide audience. Informationen zum Autor Robert H. Stockman is Instructor at DePaul University, USA, and Director of the Wilmette Institute on the Bahá'í Faith, USA. "Clear introduction to the Bahaa'i; vision and development of its community"-- Vorwort Clear introduction to the Bahá'í vision and development of its community. Zusammenfassung Founded by Bahá'u'llah in Iran in the 19th century, the Bahá'í Faith is one of the youngest of the world's major religions. Though it has over 5 million followers worldwide, it is still little understood outside of its own community. The Bahá'í Faith: A Guide for the Perplexed explores the utopian vision of the Bahá'í Faith including its principles for personal spiritual transformation and for the construction of spiritualized marriages, families, Bahá'í communities, and, ultimately, a spiritual world civilization. Aimed at students seeking a thorough understanding of this increasingly studied religion, this book is the ideal companion to studying and understanding the Bahá'í Faith, its teachings and the history of its development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements \ 1. A Religion of the Word \ Part I: Teachings \ 2. The Watchword: Unity \ 3. The Divine and its Relationship to Creation \ 4. The Path of Individual Transformation \ 5. An Ever-Advancing Civilization \ Part II: Development of the Bahá'í Community \ 6. The Báb and Bábí Community, 1844-53 \ 7. The Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh, 1853-92 \ 8. The Ministry of `Abdu'l-Bahá, 1892-1921 \ 9. The Ministry of Shoghi Effendi, 1921-63 \ 10. Developments under the Universal House of Justice, 1963-96 \ 11. The Current Epoch, 1996-2012 \ 12. An Evolving Faith \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index...
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Robert Stockman is Instructor at DePaul University,
USA, and Director of the Wilmette Institute on the Bahá'í Faith, USA.
