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A

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris letter to Leo Tolstoy view on equality of women and men writings and utterances of advancement of women institutional commitment Agence France Presse Aitmatov, Chingiz Alaska Albania Alexander II, Tsar of Russia Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet to Shoghi Effendi’s characterization of Alexander III, Tsar of Russia Shoghi Effendi’s characterization of ‘Alí-Muḥammad, Mírzá See the Báb All China Women's Federation (ACWF) Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum See Hands of the Cause of God American Samoa Andoman and Nicobar Islands Angola Annan, Kofi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Anniversaries, Bahá’í celebrations in Belgium interreligious conference celebrations in Canada celebrations in France interreligious colloquium media coverage celebrations in Germany celebrations in Ireland celebrations in the United Kingdom Antigua/Barbuda Aquino, Corazon Arbab, Farzam Argentina ARGUS Armenia arts Associated Press Association for Bahá’í Studies directory of Association médicale bahá’íe Australia Austria Auxiliary Boards Axworthy, Lloyd Azemikhah Institute Azerbaijan

B

Babi Babidy, first book published on Bábism Báb, the Shrine of terraces of the Shrine of writings of Badí, Bahá’í martyr Bahá’í Association for the Arts Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland Bahá’í community model of unity Bahá’í community life Bahá’í centers Bahá’í writings development of conferences legal recognition Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association Bahá’í Era Bahá’í Esperanto League Bahá’í Faith administrative order of aims of basic reading list history of [Page 344]:holy days 46, 340

laws and moral teachings 14

public recognition of 115–17

sacred writings of 21–28

spiritual teachings 13–14

view on equality of women and men 235–37, 241–43, 248

Bahá’í Health Agency 326

Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education 75, 134, 142, 151, 280, 284, 287–93

See also Iran, situation of Bahá’í community in

Bahá’í International Community 8, 15–17, 131–43, 146, 150, 241, 338

Geneva Office 139, 326

Office for the Advancement of Women 15, 137–38, 326

Office of Public Information 139–43, 326

Paris Office 139, 142, 147

Office of the Environment 15, 326

Secretariat 326

statements of 255–68, 287–93

United Nations Office 15, 88, 132–39, 326

Bahá’í Justice Society 326

Bahá’í Medical Association of Canada 326

Bahá’í Office of the Environment for Taiwan 326

Bahá’í Publishing Trusts, directory of 323–25

Bahá’í schools 75–79

permanent 76–77

seasonal 77–79

Bahá’í Studies, Chair in, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 74

Bahá’í World Centre 8, 10, 11, 338

Bahá’í World website 141

Bahá’u’lláh 17, 235, 339

conception of future 255–68

earliest translations of His writings 167–68

Shrine of 342

writings of 21–24, 257, 333–34

Bahamas 97

Banda, Edna 40

Bangladesh 71, 118, 242

Barbados 115, 120

Barnes, Kiser 52

BBC Newsfile 152

Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands 113, 114

Beijing Platform for Action 137, 295

Belarus 43, 103

Belgium 88, 94, 121, 128, 239, 323

Belize 80

Bellows, Bob 96

Benes, Eduard 56

Benin 84

Bermuda 110, 111

Bhutto, Benazir 245

Black Men’s Gathering 91, 92, 107

Blair, Tony 127

Blomfield, Lady Sara Louisa 125

Bolivia 71, 140, 249–54

Bosnia-Herzegovina 142, 146, 150, 246

Boston Globe 153

Boston Herald 153

Botswana 79, 107, 152

Brazil 80, 83, 103, 140, 154, 255, 323

Breakwell, Thomas 123

Breneman, Anne 330

Browne, Edward Granville 167

‎Bruntland Brundtland‎, Gro Harlem 245

Buck, Christopher 331

Bulgaria 78, 104, 142, 146, 150

Burkina 85, 89

Bushrui, Soheil

See Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland

C

Cambodia 43, 105

Cameroon 7, 85, 88, 98, 100, 321, 323

Canada 7, 75, 92, 97, 104, 107, 121, 128–30, 151, 154, 322, 326

Canary Islands 119

Canterbury, Archbishop of 135

Cape Verde 82 [Page 345]

INDEX

Central African Republic 45, 68 Centre for the Study of the Texts 63–65 Chad 82, 84 Chapman, Anita Ioas 330 Chile 81, 120, 138, 140, 321 China 140, 238 Chronicle of Higher Education 153 Chronique d’Amnesty International 153 Church of Ireland 127 civil society

definition of 198–99

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) 199–219 civilization, global 195 Clinton, William 151 Coba, Jesus 40 Colombia 7, 117, 243, 321 Commission on Global Governance 200 CONGO (Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC) 139 Congo Republic 83, 106, 141 Congo, Democratic Republic of 84, 94 consultation 39, 42, 222–24, 227, 339 Continental Counsellors 339

conference of 33–34, 49–51

Conventions, Bahá’í 339 Cook Islands 80 Cornell University 136 Costa Rica 88, 106, 111, 140 Côte d’Ivoire 85, 324 Covey, Stephen R. 240 Creating a Culture of Growth 43, 140 Croatia 78, 140, 146, 147–48, 150 Cuba 40, 98 Cyprus 7, 88, 101, 140, 246 Czech Republic 56, 77 Czechoslovakia 55 Czékus, Rolf von 52

D

Davachi, Farzin and Nancy 79 Davide, Hilarion 114 Dayton Peace Accords 145 Dean, Grace 305–06 Deleuran, Jean 306 Denmark 78 development 68–71, 195

religious values in 269–77

statistics 319–20

Dhabihi-Muqaddam, Sirus 281, 285 Die Tageszeitung 152 directory of Bahá’í agencies 321–27 Dolgorukov, Dmitri Ivanovich

See Russia, history of Bahá’í community

Dominica 120 Dominican Republic 82, 140 Downer, Alexander 151 dpa 152 Dunbar, Hooper 46, 329

E

East Leeward Islands 82, 87 Eastern Caroline Islands 97 Ecuador 81, 119, 321 education, moral 79–81 Edwards, Julius 54 Effendi, Shoghi 310 El Salvador 76, 99, 140 Encyclopaedia Britannica 8 England 93 environment

See Bahá’í International Community, Office of the Environment

Equatorial Guinea 103 Eritrea 43, 82 Ethiopia 76, 117 European Bahá’í Business Forum (EBBF) 71, 104, 142, 143, 326 European Bahá’í Youth Council 136, 327 European Task Force for Women 87 European Union (EU) 145, 146, 246

European Parliament 246

Evoghli, Arsham 95 Expo 2000, Hannover 143

F

Faroe Islands 88 Fatheazam, Hushmand 46 [Page 346]Fattakhov, Shamil 146 Fiji 7, 103, 112, 324 Finland 80, 88, 245 Finnbogadóttir, Vigdís 245 First World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth 137 Fisher, Helen 233–35, 247 Fitzgerald, Michael 329 Forgeur-Henkart, Martha 117 Four Year Plan 30–33, 49–52, 107 Fozdar, Jamshed and Parvati 57 France 88, 93, 115, 121, 123–24, 325, 326 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 152 French Guiana 94 Fukuyama, Francis 231–33, 235 FUNDAEC (the Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences) 243 Furútan, ‘Alí-Akbar

See Hands of the Cause of God

G

Gabon 83 Gambia 85 Gandhi, Indira 245 Gemayel, H. E. Amine 75 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 259 Georgia 43, 93, 112 German Templer Colony 339 Germany 69, 101, 116, 121, 128, 140, 143, 154, 239, 322, 324, 326 Ghana 94, 141, 322 Globe and Mail (Toronto) 152 glossary of Bahá’í terms 337–42 God

relationship to humanity 267

Golmohammadi, Rouhollah 306–07 Grameen Bank 242 Greece 86, 93, 115 Green Acre Bahá’í School 91 Greenland 117 Greenleaf, Robert K. 240 Grinevskaya, Isabella

Bab: Dramaticheskaya poema iz istorii Persii 170–72

Bekha-ulla: Poema tragediia v stikhakh iz istorii Persii 170

Travels to the Land of the Sun 172–73

See also Russia, history of Bahá’í community

Grossmann, Hartmut 52 Guadeloupe 97 Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith

See Shoghi Effendi

Guardianship 12 Guatemala 82, 140 Guinea 54, 55, 118 Guinea-Bissau 100 Gulpáygání, Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl 162, 167 Guyana 70, 78, 142 Gypsy peoples

See Romani peoples

H

Haake, Violette 52 Haiti 97, 119 Hands of the Cause of God 12, 44, 339

Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum 34, 44, 51, 55, 107, 129, 337

Furútan, ‘Alí-Akbar 34, 44, 51

Muhajir, Rahmatullah 55

Varqá, ‘Alí-Muḥammad 44, 51, 56

“Happy Hippo Show, The” 142, 145–50

See also Royaumont Process

Hatcher, William 75, 128, 330 Hautz, Larry 307 Hawaii 88, 96, 322 Health for Humanity 327 Hebrew University of Jerusalem 74, 140

Chair of Bahá’í Studies 35

Helgesen, Sally 233–35 Hercus, Dame Ann 101 Herzog, Roman 128 Heyzer, Noeleen 230, 239, 246 Honduras 100, 142, 253 Hong Kong 114, 324, 327 Hong Kong Bahá’í Professional Forum 327 House of Worship, Ashgabat 158, 161, 162–65 [Page 347]Houses of Worship 14 human rights 88–89 Hungary 94, 116, 140, 146, 150 Ḥuqúqu’lláh 51, 108, 340 Ḥusayn-‘Alí, Mírzá

See Bahá’u’lláh

I

Iceland 88, 108 India 81, 85, 98, 101, 107, 140, 152, 238–39, 322, 324 indigenous peoples 89–93 individualism 264 International Bahá’í Archives 11, 63

Archives Extension 64

International Bahá’í Convention 32–33, 39–47, 50, 59, 140

consultation in 32–33, 42

participation by indigenous believers in 42

International Children’s Day 103 International Council of Women (ICW) 87, 140 International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 269 International Environment Forum 327 International Herald Tribune 152 International Labour Organization 246 International Monetary Fund 259 International Teaching Centre 33–34, 50–52, 63, 65–66, 340 International Women’s Day 85, 87, 101, 114 involvement in the life of society 99–105

interfaith activities 100–02

Iran 89, 96, 115, 256

situation of the Bahá’í community in 17, 44, 135, 151–54, 279–86, 287–93

Iran Times 152, 153 Ireland 87, 96, 115, 121, 126, 154 Israel 140, 326 Italy 88, 92, 93, 322, 324

J

Jamaica 54, 81 Japan 79, 110, 322, 324 Javaheri, Firaydoun 52 Jerusalem Post 152 justice 22, 265

K

Kashifi-Najafabadi, Hidayat 281, 285 Kazakhstan 93, 108 Kazemzadeh, Firuz 109 Kenya 69, 79, 84, 94, 95, 101, 321, 324 Khachatryan, Armen 40 Khadem-Missagh, Bijan 95 Khan, Peter 46 Khurshíd-i-Khávar (Sun of the East) 164, 182 King, Lauretta 52 Kiribati 108 Kitáb-i-Ahd 168 Kitáb-i-Aqdas 109, 168 Klenke, Karin 232, 234, 235, 239 Klestil, Thomas 96 Knight of Bahá’u’lláh 340 Korea 140, 324 Kyrgyzstan 43, 93

L

La Croix 152 “La Nuit de l’espoir”

See Anniversaries, celebrations in France

Lan, David 114 Landegg Academy 77, 327 Laos 82, 108 László, ‎Andráz András‎ 128 Latin American Master’s Program in Social Development 250 Latvia 78 Le Monde 115, 152, 153 League of Nations 258 Lebanon 324 Lesotho 108 Libération 152 Liberia 31, 53–55, 81, 103 Lincoln, Joan 52 Local Spiritual Assembly 222 Locke, Kevin 94 Louis Gregory Institute 91 [Page 348]Ludher, Lee Lee 43 Luxembourg 98, 140, 142

M

MacArthur Foundation 136 Macau 97 Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 78, 142, 146, 150 Madagascar 118 Madjzoub, Tahereh 307 Magee, Edith 129 Mahmoudi, Hoda 80 Mainz Dialogue 101 Malawi 87, 111 Malaysia 57–58, 70, 71, 102, 107, 109, 110, 113, 322, 324 Mali 85 Malietoa, His Highness Tanumafili II 45 Malietoa, Princess Susuga To’oa Tosi 45 Malta 152 Mandela, Nelson 101 Manifestations of God 13 Mann, Thomas 121 Mariana Islands 83, 96, 98 Marie, Queen, of Romania 78 Marshall Islands 111 Martens, Ethel 308 Martin, Douglas 46 Martin, Mary Elizabeth 308–09 Martinique 97 Masaryk, Tomás Garigue 56 materialism 256 Maude, Roderic and Derwent 332 Mauritius 86, 105, 113 May Maxwell 122, 128 Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání, Mírzá 330 Mayor, Federico 154 McAleese, Mary 127, 245 McKinley, Hugh 309 Meir, Golda 245 Methodist Church 127 Mexico 87, 97, 98 minorities, protection of 299–302 Mitchell, Glenford 46 Moani, Hedi 310 Mogae, Fetes 79 Mohajer, Payman 52 Mohamad, Mahathir 113 Moldova 43, 94, 119 Momen, Moojan 331 Momsen, Janet 230 Monadjem, Shapoor 52 Mongolia 7, 43, 96, 142 Montessori schools 102 Montreal Gazette 152 Monument Gardens 341 Morelli, Anne 128 Mottahedeh Development Services 327 Moucho, Jose 310 Mount Carmel 341

Bahá’í projects on 59–66

Mozambique 118 Muḥammad-Taqí, ‎Ḥají Ḥájí‎ Mírzá 161 Museveni, Yoweri 113 Myanmar 79

N

Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh 166 Nadji, Ali-Akbar 311 Nakhjavání, ‘Alí-Akbar 172, 174, 175 Nakhjavání, ‘Alí 46 Namibia 69, 115 Nantais-Bourdeau, Sylvie 331 Naqvi, Allama Siyyid Kifayat Hussain 109 nation state, development of 195–97, 266 National Spiritual Assemblies, establishment of 53–58 Nepal 118, 120 Netherlands 88, 113, 114, 324, 326 New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands 120 New York Times 153, 293 New Zealand 88, 90, 102, 140, 322 Nicaragua 81 Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia 159 Niderost, Heather 331 Niger 85 Nigeria 76, 323, 324 [Page 349]Nineteen Day Feast 221, 341 non-governmental codes of conduct 195, 201–11

compared to Bahá’í teachings 212–27

Northern Ireland 104 Norway 89, 95, 116, 141, 154, 245, 325 Núr University 249–54

O

O’Brien, Philip 311 Obituaries 305–16 “On the Wings of Words” literacy project 70, 142 One Country 141 oneness of humanity 257–58 Open University

See Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 246 Oslo Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief 89, 135, 141 Ottoman Empire 122

P

Pakistan 98, 109, 325 Panama 96, 140 Papua New Guinea 76, 83 Paraguay 88, 253 Parks, Rosa 91 Parliament of World Religions 261 peace 9, 17

Lesser Peace 340

Perkins, Mary 332 Perón, Isabel 245 Peru 92, 239, 244 Philippines 89, 114, 322, 325 physical sciences, changes in 261 pioneer 341 Pishrow, Hassan 312 Poland 96, 325 Pollitt, Katha 232–33, 235 Popov, Linda Kavelin and Dan 80 Portugal 88, 93, 94, 97, 136, 325 poverty 260 Promise of World Peace, The 17, 195, 220

Promoting Positive Messages through the Media

See Royaumont Process

Prosperity of Humankind, The 18, 112, 194, 216, 217 Puerto Rico 119, 323

Q

Qudsí, Ḥusayn Big 183

R

race unity 89–93, 260 Rawhani, Ruhu’llah 89, 135, 151, 280, 288, 312 reading list of basic Bahá’í books 333–35 religious prejudice 261 Rene, Sarah 46 Réunion Island 94 Reuters 152 Riḍván 342 Robarts, Geraldine 94 Robinson, Mary 133, 151, 245 Rogers, Otto Donald 52 Roman Catholic Church 127 Romani peoples 92 Romania 94, 95, 101, 142, 146, 150, 325 Roohizadegan, Olya 115 Root, Martha 56 Rosenberg, Ethel Jenner 125 Roumeliotis, Panagiotis 146 Rowley, John 230 Royaumont Process

See also “Happy Hippo Show” 145–50

Ruaha Secondary School, Tanzania 119 Ruhe-Schoen, Janet 330 Rushdy, Gamal 312 Russia 80, 88, 93, 108, 112, 146, 323, 325

communist revolution 164, 177–81

history of Bahá’í community 157–92

Dolgorukov, Dmitri Ivanovich 158, 159, 169, 176

legal registration of 190

persecution by Soviet authorities 180–87

social and economic development in 164–65

[Page 350]Tolstoy, Leo 172, 173–76 Turgenev, Ivan 173

mentioned in the Bahá’í writings 176–80

Russian scholars of the Bahá’í Faith

Dorn, Johann Albrecht Bernhard 168

Gamazov, M. 167, 170

Ivanov, Mikhail S. 169

Kazem-Big, Mirza Alexandr 166, 170

Rosen, Baron Viktor Romanovich 162, 167

Tumanskii, Alexander 162, 167, 170

Zhukovski, V.A. 168

Rwanda 106

S Sabah 31, 53, 57, 70, 111, 113 Samandari-Hakim, Christine 128 Santitham School 142 São Tomé and Príncipe 43, 82 Sarawak 31, 53, 57–58, 82, 96 Sargent, John 313 Scandinavia 245 Schechter, Fred 52 scholarship 72–75

Bahá’í Chair for World Peace 74–75

Chair in Bahá’í Studies 74

publications of 72–73

Schwerin, Kimiko 52 science and technology 261–62 Scotland 97 Semple, Ian 46 Senegal 83, 85, 99 Seychelles 120 Sharon, Moshe

See Bahá’í Studies, Chair in, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Shoghi Effendi 10–12, 16, 331, 342

writings of 176–80, 184, 190, 335

Sicily 43, 110, 111 Sierra Leone 99 Sikh Conclave of Spiritual Leaders 101–02

Singapore 110, 116, 323 Singh, H. E. Karan 75 Sixth International Conference on Moral and Ethical Principles in a Social Market Economy 104 Slovakia 31, 53, 55–56 Slovenia 78, 116, 146, 150

Slovenia and Croatia 43

Soamsawali, Princess of Thailand 110 social and economic development

See development

Solomon Islands 83 Soltani, Ferdosieh 313 South Africa 87, 93, 101 South Korea 104 Southeastern Europe 145–50 Soviet Union

See Russia

Spain 73, 92, 93, 140, 323, 325 Spiritual Assembly, Local 220, 227, 341 Spiritual Assembly, National 220, 341 Spiritual Assembly, Regional 341 Sri Lanka 83, 97, 112, 245 St. Helena 110, 111 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 108 Statesman 153 statistics of the Bahá’í world community 317–20 Stevenson, Joy 52 Sudan 97, 117 Sunday Telegraph 152 Suriname 94 Swaziland 79 Sweden 71, 96, 97, 98, 245, 325, 327 Switzerland 77, 88, 322, 326, 327 Sydney Morning Herald 152

T Tablet 342 Taherzadeh, Adib 46 Taiwan 86, 87, 325, 326 Tajikistan 43, 93 Tanzania 99, 119, 141 teaching the Bahá’í Faith 18, 117–20 Tehran Times 152 [Page 351]

INDEX

Thailand 77, 87, 110, 140, 142

Thatcher, Margaret 245

Thomas, June Manning 331

Thoresen, Lasse 95, 96, 116, 332

Thornburgh-Cropper, Mary Virginia 125

Tibet 118

Times, The of London 153

Tofa’ahau Tupou IV 114

Togo 85

Tolstoy, Leo

See Russia, history of Bahá’í community

Tonga 82, 111, 114

“Traditional Media as Change Agent” 84

training institutes 31, 34, 56, 58, 81–83

Trinidad and Tobago 85, 87, 99, 111, 323

True, Peggy 314

Tubman, William V. S. 54

Tunisia 138, 295

Turkey 86, 89, 105, 146, 152

Turkish-Greek Women’s Peace Initiative (WINPEACE) 85–86

Turning Point for All Nations 18

Tuvalu 83

U

Uganda 85, 86, 92, 113, 141, 152, 325

Ukraine 140

United Kingdom 121, 124–28, 322, 325, 327

Bahá’í community of 124–27

early Bahá’ís 125

United Nations 15, 31, 88, 246, 247, 258, 259

charter of 265

Commission on Human Rights 134, 151, 259

Commission on the Status of Women 137, 295

fiftieth anniversary of 18

Fourth World Conference on Women 137

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 293

Millennium Forum, Summit, and Assembly 138

Third World Youth Forum of the United Nations System 97, 136

UNESCO Business Forum on Enterprise, Human Development and Culture 71

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 132, 137, 295

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 84, 230, 239, 295

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 132, 139

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 154, 237, 238

United Nations International Conference on Population and Development 86

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

fiftieth anniversary of 88, 133

World Health Organization 295

World Summit for Social Development 17

United Press International 152

United States 69, 74, 90, 91, 97, 107, 109, 118, 140, 146, 151, 154, 229, 233, 245, 325, 326, 327

unity

Bahá’í community model of 217–27

dimensions of, for emerging global order 193–227

unity of mankind 23

as prerequisite for material advancement 264–65

Universal House of Justice 8, 12, 329, 342

election of 39–47

establishment of 39

messages of 29–35, 46

view on equality of women and men 231

Uruguay 79, 140

Uteem, Cassam 105, 113

Uzbekistan 43, 93 [Page 352]

V

van den Hoonaard, Will 130

Vanuatu 112

Varqá, ‘Alí-Muḥammad

See Hands of the Cause of God

Venezuela 98, 323

Vienna, University of 140

Virgin Islands 106, 112

Virtues Guide 80

Vision TV 107

Vuyiya, Peter 314

W

Wade, John 314

Walker, Penelope 46, 52

Washington Post 153

West Australian 152

West Leeward Islands 110, 111

Western Caroline Islands 78

Western Samoa 7, 102

Whitehead, O. Z. 315

Who Is Writing the Future? 34, 140, 194, 213, 255-68

women 7

equality of 260

health of 295–97

See also Bahá’í International Community, Office for the Advancement of Women

World Bank 135, 136, 259

World Community Foundation 327

World Development Report 2001 136

World Economic Forum 211

World Faiths and Development Dialogue 135–36, 269, 276

World Religion Day 105

World War II 258, 259

Y

Yad Vashem award 117

youth 96–98

youth workshops 7

Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 145, 146, 150

Yunus, Muhammad 242

Z

Zahrai, Ruhiyyih 315

Zambia 8, 40, 89, 98, 141

Zimbabwe 78, 84, 140

ZIPOPO

See “Happy Hippo Show”

[Page 354]In just over one hundred years, the Bahá’í Faith has grown from Middle East to 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," Bahá’u’lláh 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 information 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 questions about the role of religion in social development. The Bahá’í World is designed primarily to help answer these questions.

ISBN 0-85398-982-6 (softcover)