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Contents

Introduction

AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH, by David Hofman

PART ONE
THE BAHÁ’Í REVELATION

I. EXCERPTS FROM THE BAHÁ’Í SACRED WRITINGS

1. Bahá’u’lláh
2. The Báb
3. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

II. EXCERPTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF SHOGHI EFFENDI

Excerpts from Call to the Nations

PART TWO
THE COMMEMORATION OF HISTORIC ANNIVERSARIES

I. THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ’S VISIT TO THE WEST

1. The Visit of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the West
2. Commemorations of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's Visit to the West

II. THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SEVEN YEAR PLAN IN THE AMERICAS

1. The First Seven Year Plan of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada
2. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Faith in Latin America Celebrated

III. THE TEN YEAR CRUSADE AND THE KNIGHTS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

PART THREE
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT BAHÁ’Í ACTIVITIES

I. THE SIX YEAR INTERNATIONAL TEACHING PLAN 1986-1992

1. The Completion of the Six Year International Teaching Plan

   A. The Bahá’í World Centre

   a. Publication of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in English

   b. Education of the Bahá’í World in the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh

   c. Restoration and Protection of Holy Places

   d. Signing of the Status Agreement

   e. The Arc and Terraces on Mount Carmel

   f. Broadening the Basis of International Relations of the Faith

   g. Turmoil in the Middle East Enveloped the Holy Land

   B. World-Wide Objectives

   a. Carrying the Healing Message of Bahá’u’lláh to the Generality of Mankind

   b. Greater Involvement of the Faith in the Life of Human Society

   c. Increasing the Worldwide Availability and Use of Bahá’í literature

   d. Further Acceleration in the Process of Maturation of Bahá’í Communities

   e. Promoting Universal Participation and the Spiritual Enrichment of Individual Believers

   f. Bahá’í Education of Children and Youth and Bahá’í Family Life

   g. Pursuing Social and Economic Development Activities in Well-Established Bahá’í Communities

   APPENDIX: “Health, Education and the Role of Women” .

2. Expansion and Consolidation of the Bahá’í Faith: Summary Statistics of the Six Year Plan 1986-1992 .

II. THE TWO YEAR SUBSIDIARY PLAN 1990-1992

III. INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT BAHÁ’Í ACTIVITIES 1986-1992

1. The Opening of the Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age

   A. A Letter from the Universal House of Justice

   B. Statement by the Research Department on the Epochs of the Formative Age

   C. International Collaboration Goals

   D. Public Recognition of the True Character of the Bahá’í Community

   a. “World Religious Statistics”

   b. “What is the Bahá’í Faith?”

2. Survey by Continents

   A. Africa

   B. The Americas

   C. Asia

   D. Australasia and the Pacific Islands

   E. Europe

3. The Persecution and Defense of the Bahá’í Community of Írán 1986-1992

   A. The Bahá’í Question

   B. Bahá’ís Killed in Írán Between Riḍván 1986 and 1992

   C. Bahá’ís Killed in Írán (1978-20 April 1992)

   D. Bahá’ís Who Disappeared Without Trace in Írán and are Presumed Dead (1979-20 April 1992)

   E. Response of the United Nations to the Persecution of the Bahá’ís (1980-20 April 1992)

4. Women’s Activities
5. Youth Activities

   A. Youth Year of Service

   B. European Bahá’í Youth Council

   C. Special Youth Projects

6. Bahá’í Scholarship

   A. The Establishment of Bahá’í Chairs at Universities

   B. Bahá’í Courses in Universities

   C. Landegg Academy and Institute of International Education and Development

   D. General Systems Research Conference, Budapest 1987

   E. The Associations for Bahá’í Studies

7. Bahá’í Professional Associations
8. Use of Computers by the Bahá’í Community During the Six Year Plan
9. Relations Between National Spiritual Assemblies and Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations and With the Public in General

   A. Brazil: Constitutional Reform

   B. South Africa: Views Submitted on Constitutional Reform

   C. Singapore: Statement on National Ideology

   D. United States: Statement on Racial Unity

10. Individual Rights and Freedoms in the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

IV. BAHÁ’Í INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION

1. The Bahá’í Faith and the United Nations: Summary of the Years 1947-1986
2. The United Nations Office of the Bahá’í International Community 1986-1992

   Annex I

   Annex II

   Annex III

3. The Office of Public Information
4. The Bahá’í Office of the Environment

V. RECOGNITION OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH

1. Incorporation of National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Incorporation of Local Spiritual Assemblies
3. A Selection of Other Documents Recording Official Recognition of the Faith
4. The German Court’s Legal Recognition of Assembly Status

   A. The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court, in German

   B. A Translation of this Decision into English

   C. An Elucidation of the Abbreviations Used

   D. Decision of the German Court: Background and Significance

PART FOUR
THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

I. THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

1. The Constitution of the Universal House of Justice
2. The Sixth International Convention for the Election of the Universal House of Justice

II. THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD

1. The Hands of the Cause of God and the Extension of their Functions into the Future

   A. The Rulers and the Learned

   B. The Hands of the Cause of God

   C. The Continental Boards of Counsellors

   D. The International Teaching Centre

2. The Work and Travels of the Hands of the Cause
3. Hands of the Cause Who Represented the Universal House of Justice at Conventions for the Election of National Spiritual Assembles
4. The Development of the Institutions of the International Teaching Centre and the Continental Boards of Counsellors

III. THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

1. Introduction
2. A Model Declaration of Trust and By-Laws for a National Spiritual Assembly
3. A Procedure for the Conduct of the Annual Bahá’í Convention
4. New National Spiritual Assemblies

IV. THE LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

1. The Institution and its Significance
2. By-Laws of a Local Spiritual Assembly

V. THE INSTITUTION OF THE MASHRIQU’L-ADHKÁR

1. Foreword, by Horace Holley
2. The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár
3. The Dedication of the first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of the Indian Sub Continent and the International Teaching Conference, New Dehli, India, 1986
4. The Temple of Bahapur as Silent Teacher

VI. THE NON-POLITICAL CHARACTER OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH

1. Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi

VII. RELATIONSHIP TO GOVERNMENT

1. Loyalty to Government
2. The Bahá’í View of Pacifism
3. Summary of the Guardian’s Instructions on the Obligations of Bahá’ís in Connection with Military Service

VIII. BAHÁ’Í CALENDAR, FESTIVALS AND DATES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

1. Foreword
2. Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting
3. Bahá’í Holy Days on which Work should be Suspended
4. Additional Material gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative regarding the Bahá’í Calendar
5. Historical Data gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative regarding Bahá’u’lláh
6. Dates of Historical Significance in the Rise of the Bahá’í Faith

PART FIVE
IN MEMORIAM

Ahdieh, Mansour	Hopper Welsh, Eleanore Lorraine (Rene)
Ahmadiyeh, Hedayatoullah	Iqani Koirala, Masheed
Aidun, Gol	Jarráḥ, Ṣaláḥ
Ariki, Pa Tepaeru	Jensen, Knud
Ashton, Beatrice Owen	Kanyerezi, Max
Baghdadi, Adib Radhi	Kavelin, Howard Borrah
Bagley, Florence E.	Kazemzadeh, Kazem
Bausani, Alessandro	Khabilpour, ‘Azíz
Bernal De Sánchez, Aura María	Khadem, Zikrullah
Bishop, Helen Pilkington	Khan, Fazal Mohamad
Blakely, Elsa Lilian (Judy)	Khazeh, Jalal
Carney, Magdalene Margaret	Khianra, Dipchand L.
Caswell, Louise	Laws, Frederick
Dobbins, Bertha	Leong, Yan Kee
Duna, Rudolfo	Lindstrom, Shirley
Evans, Esther	Lohse, Doris
Featherstone, H. Collis	Lutchmaya, Roddy Dharmah
Fitzpatrick, Henry Bertron	Macdonald, Charles
Fozdar, Shirin	Malakooti, Ehsanollah
Francis, Dorothy	Master, Mahvash
Friedland, Eberhard K.	Mazakmat, Apelis
Garcia Vazquez, Manuel	McLaren, Edith
Giachery, Ugo	McLaughlin, Robert W.
Gualavisi Farinango, Rufino	Menking, JoAnne L.
Gulick, Robert, Jr.	Mingorance Fernandez, José
Habibi, Habib	Munje, Harilal
Ḥaddád, Akbar	Nahvi, Saeed
Haenni de Bons, Mona	Navidi, Azizollah
Harvey, Winnifred	Newman, Beatrice
Hawthorne, Rose	Nielsen, Lotus
Heller, Frances	Nounou, Salim
Hoahania, Hamuel	Olson, Cynthia and Edgar
Hollibaugh, Eleanor	Ortiz Gutierrez, Aparicia
Høeg, Johanna	Suleimani, Suleiman
Papai, Ludwig	Sumah, Mohamed Lamin
Parsa Mazzoni, Noranieh	Tanyi Tambe, Solomon
Perks, Thelma	Te Paa, Ephraim
Quigley, Robert Joseph	Trojánková-Bendová, Juliána
Rice-Wray, Edris Rawshan	True, Edna M.
Rezvani, Monireh	Umegae, Kazutomo
Robarts, John	Vahid-i-Ṭihrání, Qudratu’lláh
Saavedra Gallardo, Melitón	Vajdi, Khodadad H.
Sabet, Habib	Villiers-Stuart, Jane
Sabet, Rostam	Walker, Zlmarian Stoakley
Sala, Emeric	Warde, Shirley A.
Sánchez Martinez, Juan	White, Tumanuvao William
Sears, William	Winnanik and Mubarak
Sháyání, ‘Azizu’lláh	Wolcott, Charles
Sivapiragasam, Kandiah	Worth Lamb, Dora (Dee)
Stebbins Dodge, Isabelle	Zucker, Arthur Allen
Storch, Juanita Marie

PART SIX
DIRECTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, GLOSSARY

I. BAHÁ’Í DIRECTORY

1. The Universal House of Justice
2. The Hands of the Cause
3. The International Teaching Centre
4. Continental Boards of Counsellors
5. Bahá’í International Community
6. National Spiritual Assemblies
7. Bahá’í Publishing Trusts

II. BAHÁ’Í BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Works
2. The Báb’s Best-Known Works
3. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Best-Known Works
4. Some Compilations from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
5. Shoghi Effendi’s Best-Known Works
6. Language and Literature Achievements
7. A Bibliography of Theses Relating to the Bahá’í Faith
8. A Partial Listing of Current General Bahá’í Periodicals

   A. Produced Under the Auspices Of Bahá’í Institutions

   B. Produced Under Non-Institutional Auspices

9. A Partial Bibliography of Commercially Produced Slide Shows on the Bahá’í Faith, 1971-1992

III. ORIENTAL TERMS

1. Transliteration of Oriental Words Frequently Used in Bahá’í Literature
2. Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet
3. Notes on the Pronunciation of Persian Words
4. Definitions of Some of the Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature

PART SEVEN
LITERARY AND MUSICAL WORKS

I. ESSAYS AND REVIEWS

1. The Suffering, Tribulation, Exile, Captivity, and Confinement Of Bahá’u’lláh, compiled by Donald R. Witzel
2. The Concept of Law in the Bahá’í Faith and the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh, by Amín Banání
3. Interdependence of Bahá’í Communities—Services of North American Bahá’í Women to Írán, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma‘ani
4. Jamál Effendi, by Elham Afnan
5. The Fundamental Principle: Agriculture and the Promise of Peace, by Paul Hanley
6. The Spiritual Role of Art, by Ludwig Tuman
7. Altruism and Extensivity in the Bahá’í Religion, by Wendy M. Heller and Hoda Mahmoudi

II. VERSE

III. MUSIC