Heritage of Light: The Spiritual Destiny of AmericaBaha'i Publishing Trust, 2009 - 386 páginas A new and fascinating examination of a religious community and a penetrating look at the spiritual destiny of America. Heritage of Light is an accessible description of the American Bahai community and a penetrating look at the spiritual destiny of America. This exploration traces the historical and spiritual connections that link the American Baha'is with the early Bahais of Iran, who displayed an unparalleled staunchness of faith and heroism in the face of unspeakable brutal persecution and oppression. The authors examination of the writings of the Bahai Faith along with extensive historical and archival records, demonstrates the unique role assigned to the American Bahais and to the American nation as a whole in the development of a unified global society and the eventual inauguration of a world civilization. |
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE CRADLE AND STRONGHOLD OF THE BAHÁÍ | 6 |
DRAMA OF THE HEROIC AGE | 9 |
THE ROLE OF THE MARTYR | 33 |
TRANSITION TO THE FORMATIVE AGE | 51 |
SEEDS OF WORLD ORDER | 65 |
THE DAWNBREAKERS OF THE FORMATIVE AGE | 93 |
CHIEF EXECUTOR AND CUSTODIAN | 155 |
STANDARD BEARERS OF THE EMANCIPATION | 269 |
THE DESTINY OF AMERICA | 309 |
The American Nation and the Baháí Community | 315 |
Contributions of the American Baháí Community and | 322 |
The Destiny of America | 331 |
A Selected Bibliography | 369 |
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LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD | 215 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abdu'l-Bahá ABDU'L-BAHÁ'S DIVINE PLAN actions administrative institutions Advent of Divine American Bahá'í community attacks Báb Báb's Bábís Bahá'í Administrative Order Bahá'í Faith Bahá'í House Bahá'í literature Bahá'í Publishing Trust Bahá'í summer schools Bahá'í World behalf of Shoghi believers birth cable dated Cause challenge Citadel of Faith companions continent dawn-breakers death defenders elected establishment extract Faith of Bahá'u'lláh followers Formative Age functions future God Passes Guardian Heroic Age Holley House of Justice House of Worship human Ibid individual Kitáb-i-Aqdas lives Local Spiritual Assemblies martyrdom martyrs mission Mullá Husayn Nabíl National Assembly National Spiritual Assembly Nayríz Nineteen Day Feast North America North American Bahá'í Order of Bahá'u'lláh organization peace persecutions Persian Bahá'ís pioneers principles Quddús religion religious responsibility revelation role served Seven Year Plan sháh Shaykh Tabarsí Shoghi Effendi attests significance social Tablets tion unique United unity Universal House West Wilmette WORLD CIVILIZATION World Order writings Zanján