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A 2‘1 Zock, Tiati 130, 131 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 6, 27, 37, 61, 113, 118—119, 120, 123, 146, 157, 164, 166, 194, 212, 227—229, 246, 247, 260, 262, 264, 266, 268 Will and Testament of 165, 179, 180 writings of 22—25, 34, 168, 302, 330 Abzug, Bella 129 Adamson, Hugh 144 Advocates for African Food Security 129 Afnan, Abbas 305 Africa 33, 35, 58, 71, 102, 103, 284, 293 Ahdieh, Hushang 306 ‘Alá’í, Chahabedine 306 Alaska 67, 71, 86, 107 Albania 15, 71, 82, 83, 106 Amatu’l—Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum 1, 29, 36, 47—54, 56, 63, 85, 177, 178 Amnesty International 152 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 101, 108 Angola 3, 29, 68, 103 Argentina 68, 113, 317, 321 Armenia 15, 100, 108 Armstrong, Leonora Holsapple 47, 49, 50, 54 arts 31, 33, 49,54, 56,66,103,111—113 Association bahé’ie de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme 139 Association for Bahá’í Studies 109—1 10 directory of317—319 Association for Women in Development (AWID)71,131 Association médicale bahé’ie 319 Australasia 34 Australia 64, 71, 72, 73, 75, 95, 131, 153, 317, 321 Austfia 66, 108, 111, 126, 130, 132, 133 Azerbaijan 15, 101, 108

B Báb, the 4, 7, 61, 157, 164, 330 Shrineof119,121, 122,123 writings of 34 Badi Foundation 240 Bahá’í Agency for Social and Economic Development (BASED) 71 Bahá’í Association for Arts 319 Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association 319 Bahá’í Conference on Law and Intemationa1 Order 85

Bahá’í Esperanto League 87, 88, 319 Bahá’í Faith administrative order of 8—9 aims of 1 1—15 history Of 49 spiritual and moral teachings 9—11 principles of 195 Bahá’í Frauen F orum (Bahá’í Women’s Forum) 74 Bahá’í Health Agency 319 Bahá’í Institute for the Built Environment 141 Bahá’í International Community 2, 4, 1213, 74, 99, 125—136, 138—140, 141, 142, 145, 154, 157, 158, 159,219, 286, 293, 294 Geneva Office 320 Office for the Advancement of Women 12, 29, 126,131,320 Office of Public Information 88, 126, 127, 134—136, 144, 145, 157, 319, 320 Office of the Environment 12, 126, 128, 129, 320 Office of the Secretary~General 319 offices and representations in 126 United Nations Office 12, 126—134, 145, 320 Bahá’í International Health Agency 302, 320 Bahá’í J ustice Society 320 Bahá’í Medical Association of Canada 320 Bahá’í Office of the Environment for Taiwan 320 Bahá’í Peace Relay 78 Bahá’í Publishing Trusts, directory of 321323 Bahá’í World Centre 4, 7, 31, 41, 61, 126, 184 Office of Social and Economic Development 236 Bahá’í World Centre, visitors to 134 Bahá’í World Web site 134, 157—160 Bahá’u’lláh 5—14, 27, 34, 35, 61, 88, 111, 123, 138, 146, 157, 164, 166, 178, 209, 210, 212, 216, 218, 219, 245, 258, 259, 260, 262, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 272, 277, 281, 285 Revelation of 190 teachings of 188

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World Order of 54, 167, 171, 177, 187, 193—194, 196 writings of 19—22, 31, 329—330 Bahamas 58, 103 Baltic States 15, 79 Bangkok Declaration 253 Bangladesh 82, 84, 89, 97, 99, 105, 108 Barbados 69, 111 Belarus 15, 43, 57, 58, 243 Belgium 61,69, 71,95, 100, 321 Belize 68, 107 Benin 108 Bergen Music F estival 111 Berlin, Isaiah 193 Bermuda 99, 100, 317 Bertha Dobbins Day 96 Black Men’s Gathering 58, 102 Bolivia 59, 106, 108, 233—236, 295 Botswana 61, 68, 72, 80, 103, 108 Boyles, Ann 197 Brazil 1, 36, 44, 47—54, 56, 64, 79, 84, 100, 106, 128, 129, 135, 136, 139, 317, 321 Federal Chamber of Deputies 36, 48, 49—51, 56 Buddhism 35 Bulgaria 42, 60, 63, 68, 88 Burkina—Faso 90, 101 Burundi 31, 67

C

Calderén Sol, Armando, President of El Salvador 64

Cambodia 15, 29, 67, 108, 129, 236

Cameroon 3, 57, 58, 67, 71, 74, 82, 95, 101, 130, 294—297, 317, 321

Canada 3, 33, 58, 67, 70, 71, 76, 88, 103, 109, 112, 118, 122, 124, 139, 261, 302, 319, 320

Canadian Bahá’í International Development Service (CBIDS) 302

Canary Islands 69, 72, 77, 109

Cape Verde 44

Cardoso, Fernando Henn'que, President of Brazil 51, 84

Caribbean region 34, 35, 58, 69, 131

Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 96

Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland 85

Central African Republic 57, 78, 96, 236

Centre for the Study of the Texts 114

Chad 58, 67, 108 Chair for Bahá’í Studies, Indore 93 Chaovalit Yong Chaiyut, Prime Minister of Thailand 99 children 30, 60, 82, 93, 94, 105, 107, 111, 112, 141, 257, 284, 286 education of 33 exploitation of 132, 133 rights of 84, 287—291 Chile 87, 317 China 91, 95, 158,199,231, 240 Christ, return of 123 Christopher, Warren, United States Secretary of State 98 Clinton, Bill, President of the United States 96, 97, 98 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, First Lady of the United States 97, 98 Club of Budapest 52, 85 Colombia 3,48, 106, 136, 299, 317 Commission on Global Governance 66, 85 community 1, 30, 33, 56—61, 105, 197—219 development of 275—281 community life, Bahá’í 11 conflict resolution 141 Congo 109 consultation 280 Continental Board of Counsellors 42, 44 Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 97 Convention on the Rights of the Child, statement on 287—291 Cook Islands 88 Costa Rica 58, 85, 106, 133 Céte d’Ivoire 67, 101, 107, 321 Couto, Sergio Resende 306 Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh 157, 269 Croatia 15, 71 Cyprus 3, 63, 84, 89 Czech Republic 15, 85, 87, 91

D

Deleuran, Tove 307

Demirel, Suleyman, President of the Turkish Republic 138

Denmark 71, 84, 132, 139, 158

development. See social and economic development

Dialogue and Universalism 109

directory of Bahá’í agencies 317—323

Djalal Eghrari Rural Institute of the Amazon 53

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Djalili, Omid 136 Dominican Republic, the 106 Dubai 134

E Earl, David M. 307 Earth Charter 128 Eastern Caroline Islands 99 Ecole Instrument de Paix (EIP) 86 Ecuador 48, 70, 129, 318 education 29, 30, 50, 54, 66, 72, 89, 148, 279, 285, 288‘ schools, Bahá’í academic 91 Egypt 35 Eidelkhani, J abbar 89 El Salvador 64, 81 Ellis, Wilma 73, 96, 98 Encyclopedia Britannica 4 environment 35, 49, 51, 81—82, 112, 128129,133,134, 219 See also Bahá’í International Community, Office of the Environment Equatorial Guinea 58, 60, 132 Eritrea 15, 107 Estonia 79, 101 Ethiopia 95, 106, 126 Ettehadieh Foundation 302 Europe 34, 36, 37, 284 European Bahá’í Business Forum 72, 88, 139,141,142, 320 European Bahá’í Family Task Force 141 European Bahá’í Task Force for Women 135 European Bahá’í Youth Council 36, 66, 139, 141, 142,143,320

F

Falkland Islands 99

Faroe Islands 34, 100, 158

Federated States of Micronesia 129, 158

Fifth International Dialogue on the Transition to a Global Society 85, 135

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Finland 63, 68, 87, 231, 243

Finnbogadéttir, Vigdis 85

France 37, 63, 71, 87, 95, 101, 106, 111, 122, 126, 132, 135, 139, 151, 319, 320

Freire, Paolo 237

French Guiana 64

French Polynesia 34

Fun’ttan, ‘Ali-Akbar 61

Fynn, Kobina 44

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Gabon 44, 103

Gambia, the 74, 101

George, Wanita 308

Georgia 15, 104, 107, 108

German Templer Colony 123

Germany 70, 71, 74,86,111, 132, 139,151, 318, 319, 321

Ghana 132, 318

global civilization 215, 216

global governance 51, 64,85, 135, 141, 264

glossary of Bahá’í terms 333~338

Gorbachev, Mikhail 129

Gore, Al, Vice-President of the United States 85

governance, participatory 279

Greece 68, 89, 95

Green Light Expedition 49, 52—53

Greenland 36, 108, 158

GROOTS 141

Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith. See Shoghi Effendi

Guardianship 8

Guinea 101, 103

Guinea-Bissau 44, 95

Guyana 64, 68, 83, 90, 236—239

H Haiti 106 Hands of the Cause of God 9 Harald V, King of Norway 111 Havel, Vaclav, President of the Czech Republic 85 Hawaii 70, 318 health 29, 74, 82, 91, 263 Health for Humanity 139, 141, 320 Holley, Horace 212, 213 Honduras 106, 136 Hong Kong 79, 82, 88, 92, 240, 320, 321 Hong Kong Bahá’í Professional Society 320 Houses of Worship 11, 5 7, 61—62 Australia 65, 75 India 61—62, 65 United States 173 human rights 12, 31, 84, 97, 126-127, 138, 247—273, 283—286, 287—291 Hungary 15,67, 82, 85, 95, 111, 124, 134, 135

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Iceland 85

India 34, 35, 61-62, 65, 72, 73—74, 79, 91, 92—93, 95,105,135,231, 318, 322

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indigenous peoples 28, 33, 34, 48, 49, 53, 54, 57, 63, 69, 73, 75, 76, 78, 86, 102, 103, 113

institutes, Bahá’í 31, 32, 56, 67, 82, 106—109

interfaith activities 56, 79—81, 90

International Association of Bahá’í Publishers and Distributors 91 , 320

International Bahá’í Archives Building 7

International Commission on Education for the 21$t Century 284

International Forum of the Association for Women in Development 71

International Labor Organization 152

International Teaching Centre 28, 31, 45, 116, 118

involvement in the life of society 55—56, 81—91

Iran 33

Bahá’í community of 2, 13, 31, 35, 126, 136, 147—156

Iráq 164

Ireland 63, 66, 75, 95, 106, 112

Irfén Colloquium 110

Israel 2, 4, 61, 95,101,122,123,124,126, 134, 164, 319

Italy 71, 86,88, 89, 126, 129, 130, 133, 231, 318, 322

J

Jamaica 88, 129, 135

Japan 59, 60, 70, 78,95, 110, 318,322 Jordan 124, 134

K

Kazakhstan 15

Kenya 67,72, 102,106, 110, 126, 133,135, 318, 322

Kiribati 70, 71—72, 92

Knights of Bahá’u’lláh 44, 96

Korea 60, 124, 134,322

Kruger, Annemarie 42, 43

Kyrgyzstan 15, 66

L

Laghari, Farooq Ahmad, President of Pakistan 97

Landegg Academy 64, 85, 110, 127, 243, 321

landmark occasions 56, 61—64

Laszlo, Ervin 52

Latin America 34, 35, 106, 131

Latvia 100, 231

Lebanon 322

Lenelgau, Jean-Marie Leye, President of Vanuatu 96, 104

Lesotho 96, 99, 129

Letsie 111, King of Lesotho 96, 99

Liberia 29

Liechtenstein 158

literacy 29, 32, 74, 90, 132, 236—239

Lithuania 105, 112

Locke, John 267

Locke, Kevin 113, 136

Locke, Patricia 73

Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda 99, 100

Louis Gregory Institute 58, 102

Lumiere de l’Unité theater group 103

Luxembourg 82, 111

M

Macau 91, 239—242

Macedonia 71

Madagascar 104

Malawi 66, 90, 106

Malaysia 73, 90, 110, 139, 208, 295, 318, 322

Mali101,103, 108

Mamobato, Queen Mother of Lesotho 96

Manifestations of God 10, 37, 158, 189

Mariana Islands 60, 70, 71, 133

Marshall Islands 70

Martin Luther King J r. Day 77

Mashriqu’l-Adhkár 277

Maun'tius 80, 98, 104

Meerburg, Hector Alexander (Lex) 308

Menuhin, Sir Yehudi 85

Mexico 85, 106, 112

Microcredit Summit 136

Mirzá ‘Ali-Muhammad. See the Báb

Mirzá Husayn-‘Ali. See Bahá’u’lláh

Mitchell, Glenford E. 1, 163

Moldova 15, 31,41, 42—43, 78, 111, 231

Monadjem, Shapoor 48

Mondschein, Jeffrey 308

Mongella, Gertrude 85

Mongolia 3, 15, 99, 104

moral development 31, 32, 50, 56, 91-—93, 227-246, 289, 290

Moral Education Project, St. Petersburg, Russia 93, 242—245

Mottahedeh Development Services 321

Mount Carmel Projects 2, 28, 31, 56, 115124

Myanmar 95

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N N’Dow, Wally, Secretary-General of Habitat II 98—99, 129, 138, 139, 143, 144, 145 Namibia 102, 158 National Spiritual Assembly 41—45 Native American Bahá’í Institute 69 Nepal 87 Netherlands 69, 71, 82, 86, 90, 111, 112, 139, 319, 322 New Zealand 58, 67, 76, 84, 103, 318 Nicaragua 129 Nigeria 44,45, 73, 80, 81, 93, 102,319,322 Nodada, Julia 309 Norway 63,111, 231,322 Nur University moral leadership training program 233—236

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Ocean of Light project 34, 83, 104

On the Wings of Words literacy project 90, 236—239

One Country 126, 135—136

P

Pacific region 34, 36

Pakistan 81, 97, 322

Palazzi, Marcello, Chairman of World Business F orum at Habitat II 142

Panama 57, 78

Papua New Guinea 34, 63, 158

Paraguay 54, 63

Patassé, Ange Félix, President of the Central African Republic 96

peace 5, 14, 56, 63, 77—79, 86, 103, 113, 132, 270

Lesser Peace 191 Most Great Peace 166, 19]

Peace Child International 141

Peace Monument, Brazil 79, 129

Peru 48, 66, 129

Philip, Prince (the Duke of Edinburgh) 134

Philippines 64, 83, 92, 93, 322

pioneering 37

Poland 15, 70, 109, 322

Pope J ohn Paul II 98

Portugal 44, 63, 64, 322

prominent people 56, 95—99

Promise of World Peace, The 14, 76, 97

Prosperity ofHumankind, The 15, 29, 76, 90,97, 99, 138,281

prosperity, global 31, 90, 128—129, 270 publications, selected new Bahá’í 325—327 Puerto Rico 319

R

race unity 55, 56, 75—77, 262

Race Unity Day 77

racism 127

radio 49, 59, 70

reading list of basic Bahá’í books 329—331

recognition 56, 100

Reunion 104

Richard Ralph, Governor of the Falkland Islands 99

Riḍván 41 , 43

Rogers, Otto Donald 112

Romania 15, 42, 84,94, 111, 112, 122, 323

Root, Martha 47, 48

Ruhi Institute, Colombia 106, 107

Russia 15, 42,63, 71, 93, 102, 110, 111, 136, 229—233, 242—245, 319, 323

Rwanda 3], 57, 95

S 850 Tome and Principe 31, 41, 44—45 Schechter, Fred 45 scholarship 56, 109—1 10 School of the Nations, Macau 91, 239—242 schools spring 60, 68 summer 59, 60 winter 60 Schreiber, Elise 44 Semle, Fritz 309 Senegal 60, 103 Seychelles 104 Sezgin, Ilhan 42 Shaikhzadeh, Mohamad 309 Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh 97 Sherrill, Velma L. 310 Shoghi Effendi 1, 7, 8, 12, 27, 43, 44, 48, 157, 158, 163—196, 210, 215, 217, 260 community builder 166—175 interpreter 175—185 vision of 185—194 writings of 331 Sicily 15, 59 Sierra Leone 29, 57, 104, 129 Singapore 69, 71, 79, 80, 110, 112, 132, 319

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Sister to Sister project 102

Slovak Republic 15, 95

Slovenia 15, 71, 129

social and economic development 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 50, 56, 60, 71,74, 8991, 94, 128—129, 130, 132, 136, 160, 263, 293—302

statistics 315—316

Solomon Islands 83, 104, 107

Somavia, Juan 129

South Africa 73, 75, 95, 136

South Korea 59, 60, 68, 70

Southeast Asia 35

Spain 63, 67, 71,72, 109, 134, 319, 323

Sparks of Peace 69

Sri Lanka 78, 105, 158

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 92

statistics of the Bahá’í world community 313—316

Strong, Maurice F. 129

Sudan 60

Suhm, Richard T. 310

Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, Foumban, West Cameroon 95, 101

Suriname 64

Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World 99, 138, 140, 275—281

Swaziland 67, 102, 158

Sweden 63, 74,95, 96, 133, 231, 302,323

Switzerland 64, 84, 89, 98, 110, 125, 126, 127, 128,139, 243, 318, 320, 321

Sylvia, Queen of Sweden 96

T

Taiwan 60, 70, 320, 323

Tajikistan 15

Tanzania 67, 106

Tartabt'l, Elena Hernandez 308

teaching the Bahá’í Faith 14, 100—106

Ten Year Plan 43, 44

Thailand 66, 92, 99, 110, 126

Thoresen, Lasse 111

Three Year Plan 45

Tito, Teburoro, President of Kiribati 72

Togo 90, 107

Tonga 106

Towers, Mare 311

Townshend International Secondary School 91

Traditional Media as Change Agent project 71, 74, 130, 131, 294—297

Trinidad and Tobago 60, 82, 319

Turkey 42, 89, 113, 116, 117, 122, 128, 134, 137—146, 164

Turkmenistan 15

Turning PointforAll Nations 14, 86, 90, 97, 138,281

U Uganda 67, 90, 94, 323 Ukraine 15, 42,43, 101, 103,231 United Kingdom 85, 95, 99, 106, 110, 111, 132, 134, 135, 139, 144, 145, 318, 319, 320, 323 Northern Ireland 106, 112 Wales 75 United Nations 12, 66, 83, 100, 125—136, 151, 153, 191, 285 Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 92, 126, 130,131,133, 291 Commission for Social Development 133 Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 133 Commission on Human Rights 84, 127, 153, 155, 156,285 Commission on Human Settlements 133 Commission on Narcotic Drugs 133 Commission on Sustainable Development 133 Commission on the Status of Women 133 Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) 12,125,128,129 Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) 2, 99, 113, 128, 129, 135, 136, 137—146, 219, 275 Convention on the Rights of the Child 127 Convention on Women 131 Decade for Human Rights Education 127, 283—286 Development Fund for (UNIFEM) 74, 130 Development Program (UNDP) 85, 87, 90 and Social Council (ECOSOC) 126, 133, 155 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean 133 Educational, Scientific, and Cultural

Women

Economic

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Organization (UNESCO) 85, 88, 141,291

fiftieth anniversary of 14, 29, 158

Fourth World Conference on Women 12,29, 73,97, 131, 132, 158

General Assembly 128, 155

Human Rights Committee 84

Human Rights Day 75, 84, 97, 285

Human Rights Sub-Comrnission 155

International Conference on Globalization and Citizenship 128

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 256

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 135

International Day of Peace 83

International Day of the Family 82

International Volunteers’ Day for Social and Economic Development 83

International Women’s Day 71, 72

International Year of Peace 158

New Agenda for Development in Africa in the 1990’s (UNNADAF) 130, 131

Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) 128

Rio + 5 Forum 128

Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance 153, 154, 155, 156

Special Representative on Iran 153, 154, 155

Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities 127, 154

United Nations Development F und for

Women (UNIFEM) 294

Declaration of Human

Rights 204, 248, 251, 254,

256, 265, 285

Vienna Declaration 253, 287

World Conference on Human Rights 12

World Food Summit 88, 129, 130, 133, 136

World Peace Day 77, 78

World Summit for Social Development 12, 14, 29, 128, 129, 144, 158

World Youth Forum 129, 133, 134

Universal

United States 42, 44, 58, 63, 67, 69, 71, 76, 77, 89, 95, 96, 97, 98, 102, 106, 108,110,125,126,131,133,134, 139,141,151,152, 200—206, 261, 271, 319, 320, 321, 323

Unity in Diversity week 76

Universal House of Justice 2, 4, 8, 9, 27—37, 42,45, 61, 115, 122, 124, 134, 135, 157, 175, 210, 237, 266, 269, 270, 273

Uruguay 83,86, 106

USA Today 159

Ustinov, Sir Peter 85

Uzbekistan 15

V

Vanuatu 62, 96, 104

Varqé Foundation 237

Varqé, Dr. ‘Ali-Muhammad 59 Venezuela 48, 110, 319

Virgin Islands 60, 108

Vision TV 76

Vivian Wesson Institute 107 Voices of Bahá choir 1 11, 112

W Wales 60 Walker, Guilda 134 Weinberg, Matthew 2 West Leeward Islands 69, 71 Western and Central Asia 34 Western Caroline Islands 59 Western Samoa 3, 65, 94 WETV 88 Willems, Wilhelmina 311 William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation 294, 297—302 Banani International Secondary School 91, 130, 297, 298—299 literacy project 298, 299 primary health care project 298, 299 William Mmutle Masetlha Institute 297—298 Wilmette Institute 110 women 3, 31,50, 52,56, 66, 71—74, 75,80, 81, 84, 86, 92, 135, 138, 141, 142, 158, 257, 263, 280 advancement of 29, 32, 36, 49, 130—133, 294—297, 299—301, 302 See also Bahá’í International Community, Office for the Advancement of Women

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world citizenship 83, 138, 279, 281

World Community Foundation 302, 321

World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) 132, 133

World Day of Refusal of Extreme Poverty 87

World Religion Day 79, 80

World Wide Web 2, 134

World Wildlife Fund 134

Y youth 29, 30, 56, 64—71, 72, 89, 100—102,

113,129,133,140,141,142—144, 148, 284, 286, 290, 299 workshops 3, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 Yugoslavia 134

Z

Zaire 107

Zambia 2, 4, 67, 91, 99, 130, 294, 297302

Zimbabwe 59, 105

ZIPOPO or The Happy Hippo Show 229233

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[Page 350][Page 351]THE Bahá’í WORLD 1996-97

153 OF THE Bahá’í ERA

[Page 352]n just over one hundred years, the Bahá’í Faith has grown from Ian obscure movement in the Middle East to the second—most widespread of the independent world religions. Embracing people from more than 2,100 ethnic, racial, and tribal groups, it is quite likely the most diverse organized body of people on the planet today. Its unity challenges prevailing theory about human nature and the prospects for our common future.

The Faith’s central message is that of unity. Its Founder, Bahá’u’lláh, teaches that there is only one God, that there is only one human race, and that all the world’s religions have been stages in the revelation of God’s purpose for humankind. Today, humanity has collectively come of age: “The earth is but one country,” Baha’u’llah asserts, “and mankind its citizens.” The emergence of the Bahá’í community offers persuasive evidence that the human race, in all its diversity, can learn to live and work as a single people in its planetary homeland.

The Bahá’í World is the principal public record of the'community’s growth and development. The volumes reproduce major documents and provide statistical data and other detailed infor— , mation on the Bahá’í Faith’s wide—ranging program of activities, which are illustrated by many photographs .and charts. In-depth . articles focus on major areas of Bahá’í concern.

For the serious researcher and the general student alike, the dramatic growth of the Bahá’í Faith raises new and interesting issues about the role of religion in social development. The Bahá’í World series has been redesigned primarily to meet these needs.

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