Bahá’í World/Volume 35

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The Bahá’í World Volume 35 2006-2021

Contents

Preface
Passages from the Bahá’í Writings
Introduction to Volume XXXV
Religion in an Ever-Advancing Civilization

1. SURVEY OF THE BAHÁ’Í WORLD 2006-2021

Major Developments and Activities

Developments at the Bahá’í World Centre

New Translations of the Bahai Sacred Writings

A Tribute to His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II

Bahá’í Houses of Worship

2. ELEMENTS OF A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL ENDEAVOR

A Global Community

A New Institution of Learning: The Training Institute

The Bahá’í House of Worship: The Dawning-Place of the Mention of God

Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth

An Evolving Administrative Order

Community and Collective Action, Gustavo Correa

Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership, Ann Boyles

3. MARKING SACRED ANNIVERSARIES

On the Implementation of the Badí‘ Calendar, Holly Hanson

Bicentenaries of the Births of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb

Message of the Universal House of Justice (October 2017)

Message of the Universal House of Justice (October 2019)

Two Centenaries

Centenaries of the Travels of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Tablets of the Divine Plan

4. LETTERS, STATEMENTS, AND ESSAYS

Selected Letters of the Universal House of Justice

On Non-involvement in Political Affairs (2 March 2013)

On Economic Life (1 March 2017)

On World Peace (18 January 2019)

On Racial Prejudice (22 July 2020)

Selected Statements

A Governance Befitting: Humanity and the Path Toward a Just Global Order, Bahá’í International Community

Toward a New Discourse on Religion and Gender Equality, Bahá’í International Community

Rising Together: Building the Capacity to Recover from Within, Bahá’í International Community

Peace and Resilience: Engaging Effectively at the Local Level, Bahá’í International Community

An Open Letter to the People of Egypt, The Bahá’ís of Egypt

Peace: Beyond a Political Agreement, Bahá’í Community of Colombia

Selected Essays from the Bahá’í World website

The Crisis of Identity, Shahrzad Sabet

Rethinking Migration from a Global Perspective, Kerilyn Schewel

The Pursuit of Social Justice, Michael Karlberg

The Role of Public Institutions in Ensuring Social Well-Being, Alex Vedovi

Paying Special Regard to Agriculture: Collective Action-Research in Africa, Sanem Kavrul

Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Great War, Amín Egea

A New Cycle of Human Power: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists, Robert Weinberg

5. IN MEMORIAM

‘Alí-Muḥammad Varqá

Peter Jamel Khan

Ian Chalmers Semple

Anneliese Bopp

Mas‘úd Khamsí

Hushmand Fatheazam

‘Aṭá’u’lláh Riḍvání

Joy Stevenson

Farhang Amírí

Fred Schechter

Hartmut Grossmann

Shapoor Monadjem

Otto Donald Rogers

‘Alí Nakhjavání

Violette Haake

Farzam Arbab

James Douglas Martin

6. INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Statistics

Selected Bahai Literature and International Websites

Glossary

Notes

Index

Index of Artworks