The Baha'i Faith: A Guide For The Perplexed

by Robert H. Stockman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441192011
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/27/2012
Series:	Guides for the Perplexed
Edition description:	First Tion ed.
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Robert H. Stockman is Instructor at DePaul University, USA, and Director of the Wilmette Institute on the Bahá'í Faith, USA.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"Robert Stockman is a well-known Baha'i who has served in Baha'i institutions in the United States for many years. In this book he provides a useful introduction to this religion from an insider's position; at the same time, Stockman is also dedicated to taking a scholarly approach. In this way the book can be recommended both to an audience that wants to get first-hand information about the faith as well as to more experienced readers who want to gain new insights into this religion." - Manfred Hutter, University of Bonn, Germany, Religion

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