Abdul-Baha in America

by Robert H. Stockman

Overview

Abdul-Baha in America is the account of the journey of Abdul-Baha, eldest son of Bahaullah and appointed head of the Bahai Faith after his father’s passing, across much of the United States in 1912. His exhausting yet exhilarating 239-day trek from coast to coast took him to fifty cities and towns, where he delivered up to four talks a day—about four hundred total—to approximately ninety-three thousand people on Bahaullah’s message of the oneness of humanity and the principles of universal peace. This historic visit to the United States planted the seeds that would take root and germinate into the present-day American Bahai community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618510518
Publisher:	Baha'i Publishing Trust, U.S.
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	422
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Acknowledgments 11

1 The First Day 13

2 "My Invitation to America will be the Unity of the Believers" 23

3 "His wisdom is surely not His own" 47

4 The Oneness of Humankind 87

5 "The Temple is Already Built" 119

6 Enunciating the Bahá'í Principles 133

7 The Center of the Covenant 175

8 A New England Summer 215

9 From Boston to San Francisco 251

10 The Golden State 275

11 From Sacramento to the Celtic 317

12 "The call of God has been raised in all the cities of America" 349

Notes 369

Bibliography 495

Bibliography of Archival Sources 415