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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

1. A Wider Loyalty—Excerpts from Call to the Nations

PART TWO
THE COMMEMORATION OF HISTORIC ANNIVERSARIES

I. THE CENTENARY OF THE TERMINATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S CONFINEMENT IN ‘AKKÁ

1. The Significance of Bahá’u’lláh’s Incarceration in ‘Akká—Excerpts from God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi
2. Excerpt from the Message of the Universal House of Justice to the Annual Conventions of all National Spiritual Assemblies— 24 March 1977
3. The Commemoration at the World Centre of the Centenary of the Termination of Bahá’u’lláh’s Confinement in ‘Akká

PART THREE
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT BAHÁ’Í ACTIVITIES

I. THE FIRST VISIT BY A BAHÁ’Í REIGNING MONARCH TO THE RESTING PLACE OF SHOGHI EFFENDI

II. THE FIVE YEAR INTERNATIONAL TEACHING PLAN 1974—1979

1. The Completion of the Five Year International Teaching Plan
2. The World Centre
3. Summary of National Goals and Accomplishments
4. Summary of Other Accomplishments
5. Expansion and Consolidation of the Bahá’í Faith including the period of the Five Year Plan—Information Statistical and Comparative

   A. Africa

   B. The Americas

   C. Asia

   D. Australasia and the Pacific Islands

   E. Europe

III. EIGHT INTERNATIONAL TEACHING CONFERENCES

1. Arise!—A Pictorial Report
2. Messages of the Universal House of Justice to the Eight International Teaching Conferences

   A. To the International Teaching Conference in Helsinki, Finland 5-8 July 1976

   B. To the International Teaching Conference in Anchorage, Alaska 23-25 July 1976

   C. To the International Teaching Conference in Paris 3-6 August 1976

   D. To the International Teaching Conference in Nairobi, Kenya 15-17 October 1976

   E. To the International Teaching Conference in Hong Kong 27-30 November 1976

   F. To the International Teaching Conference in Auckland, New Zealand 19-22 January 1977

   G. To the International Teaching Conference in Bahia, Brazil 27-30 January 1977

   H. To the International Teaching Conference in Mérida, Mexico 4-6 February 1977

3. Message of Mr. Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the International Bahá’í Conference, Paris, 3-6 August 1976

IV. INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT BAHÁ’Í ACTIVITIES 1976—1979

1. Survey by Continents

   A. Africa

   B. The Americas

   C. Asia

   D. Australasia and the Pacific Islands

   E. Europe

2. The Challenge and Promise of Bahá’í Scholarship
3. The Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá’í Faith 1975-1979

   Appendix I

   Appendix II

   Appendix III

4. Survey of Activities of Bahá’í Women in the Five Year Plan by R. Collins
5. Survey of the expanded use of Radio and Television in the Five Year Plan
6. The New Era Bahá’í School
7. Rural Development in India

V. THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH AND THE UNITED NATIONS

1. Summary of the Years 1947-1976
2. The Bahá’í International Community and the United Nations 1976-1979

   Annex I

   Annex II

   Annex III

VI. 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 Bahá’í Faith

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 Fourth International Convention for the Election of the Universal House of Justice
3. The Historic Significance of the Erection of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, by Paul Haney
4. The Construction of the Building for the Seat of the Universal House of Justice—A Pictorial Report
5. A Tribute by Chiampo

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 Inaugural Conventions for the election of National Spiritual Assemblies 1976-1979

III. THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

1. Introduction, by Horace Holley
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

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 Laying Of the Foundation Stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent
4. The Laying of the Foundation Stone of the First Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of the Pacific Islands

   A. Text of Address delivered by His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II

   B. Excerpts from the Address of the Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum

5. The Designation of the Mother Temple of the West as a National Historic Place by the United States Government

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

1. The Non—Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith—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 Nabil’s Narrative regarding the Bahá’í Calendar
5. Historical Data gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative regarding Bahá’u’lláh
6. Dates of Historical Significance in the Rise of the Bahá’í Faith

PART FIVE

IN MEMORIAM

Anderson, Angela Annette	Gupta, Nathulal
‘Azzáví, Siyyid Muḥammad	Gutos, Javan
Battrick, Jeannette Hilda	Häfner, Otto
Blackwell, Ellsworth	Hornell (Kathleen, Lady Hornell)
Blundell, Hugh K.
Boon, Choo Yeok	Huffman, Evelyn and Vern
Bowman, Amelia	‘Ilmí, Siyyid Maḥfúẓu’l-Ḥaq
Brown, Ramona Allen Bray	Irizarry, Maria T.
Busey, Garreta Helen	Iverson, Clarence John
Derozhinsky, Pamela	Jörgensen, Else
Ebo, António Francisco	el Khemírí, ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd
Enongene Joseph	Kurlawala, Ghulám-‘Alí
Fanánápadhír, ‘Ináyatu’lláh	Laite, Gordon
Fatḥ-‘Aẓam, Rúḥangíz	Laws, Elizabeth S.
Franchino, Leticia	Linfoot, Charlotte M.
Fujita, Saichiro	Maxwell, Marion Lord
Gomez, Luisa Mapa	Meymoun, Ismail Hiwari
Gregory, Ernest	Miessler, Edmund
Grossmann, Elsa Maria	Moffett, Ruth J.
Güney, Muzaffer	Mohapi, Chadwick and Mary
Richardson, Doris	Tijssen-Hartmann, Emma Margaret
Safrang, Gulbánú
Salazar, Anguel María	Tobey, Mark
Ṣamímí, Aḥmad	Trigg, Martha ‘Nakiya’ Noyakuk
Senne, Dorothy Kedibone
Sharp, Adelaide	VanSombeek, Georgette
Steffes, Marian	Wayenece, Emma
Taymúrí-Muqadam, Rúḥ’u’lláh	Yazdání, Aḥmad
Thomas, Wilma

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 of the Five Year Plan—Riḍván 1974-1979

   A. Africa

   B. The Americas

   C. Asia

   D. Australasia

   E. Europe

   F. Invented Languages

   G. Total by Continents

7. The Short Obligatory Prayer in 391 Languages, Dialects or Scripts

   A Africa

   B. The Americas

   C. Asia

   D. Australasia and the Pacific Islands

   E. Europe

   F. Invented Languages

8. Major Works and Partial List of Languages in Which they are available

   A. Works of Bahá’u’lláh

   B. Works of the Báb

   C. Works of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   D. Works Compiled from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   E. Works of Shoghi Effendi

9. A Selection of Introductory and Expository Works

   A. General

   B. For Children

   C. Periodicals

   D. International Record

10. The Publication and Dissemination of Bahá’í Literature in English, by William P. Collins
11. Bibliographies

    A. A Bibliography of Bahá’í Books and Booklets in the English Language, by Robert E. Cadwalader

    (i) The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

    (ii) The Writings of the Báb

    (iii) The Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

    (iv) Works compiled from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

    (v) The writings of Shoghi Effendi

    (vi) Messages and compilations of the Universal House of Justice

    (vii) Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

    B. An Alphabetical Listing of Authors, Compilers and Translators of Bahá’í Books and Booklets in the English Language, by Robert E. Cadwalader

    C. A Bibliography of Bahá’í’ Children’s Literature in the English Language, 1917—1979, by Robert E. Cadwalader

    D. A Partial Bibliography of English-language Books by non-Bahá’í’s in which Mention is Made of the Bahá’í Faith, by Maureen Thur

    E. A Partial Bibliography of English-language items by Bahá’ís in which Mention is Made of the Bahá’í Faith

    F. A Partial Bibliography of Theses Relating to the Bahá’í Faith

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 Unity of Religion and Science, by William S. Hatcher
2. Can There Be a Bahá’í Poetry?, by Geoffrey P. Nash
3. Highlights in the Life of Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl, by R. Mehrabkháni
4. A Portion of Radiance: A Reminiscence, by Berthalin Allien
5. Fragments from 3 Diary, by Jonathan Rishworth
6. Reginald Turvey: An Appreciation of the Man and His Art, by Lowell Johnson

II. VERSE

III. MUSIC