The Baha'i Faith: A Guide For The Perplexed
1st Edition
Published on 21. November 2012
224 pages
978-1-4411-8781-9 (ISBN)
Description
Founded by Baha'u'llah in Iran in the 19th century, the Baha'i 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 Baha'i Faith: A Guide for the Perplexed explores the utopian vision of the Baha'i Faith including its principles for personal spiritual transformation and for the construction of spiritualized marriages, families, Baha'i 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 Baha'i Faith, its teachings and the history of its development.
Aimed at students seeking a thorough understanding of this increasingly studied religion, this book is the ideal companion to studying and understanding the Baha'i Faith, its teachings and the history of its development.
Reviews / Votes
Robert Stockman has written an introduction to the Baha'i Faith that is both thorough and accessible. He is not afraid to tackle difficult and controversial subjects and, although there is a wide range of views about most subjects among Baha'is, he appears to have captured well the majority view. There is particularly good coverage of the history of the Baha'i Faith. Getting clear and balanced perspectives on new religious movements is notoriously difficult, but in this account of the Baha'i Faith, Robert H. Stockman has produced a smart, balanced and well-crafted overview of Baha'i 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.More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-8781-9 (9781441187819)
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The Baha'i Faith: A Guide For The Perplexed
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Robert H. Stockman is Instructor at DePaul University, USA, and Director of the Wilmette Institute on the Baha'i Faith, USA.
Content
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 Baha'i Community \ 6. The Bab and Babi Community, 1844-53 \ 7. The Ministry of Baha'u'llah, 1853-92 \ 8. The Ministry of `Abdu'l-Baha, 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
