The Imperishable Dominion

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The Imperishable Dominion  (1981) by Udo Schaefer
The Bahá’í Faith and the Future of Man

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Contents

Foreword
Preface

1. Is Religion Finished?

The Secularization of our World
‘God is Dead!’
Religious Traditions Torn Down
Secular Salvation
The Crisis in Theology
Political Theology
Christian Atheism
A Future without Religion?


2. The Physiognomy of our Secular World

Apocalypse Now?
The Nation State - an Anachronism
Disintegration of Value Systems
Linguistic Revolution
The Utopia of an Anarchistic Society
The Permissive Society
The Innocence Mania
Secular Substitutes for Values
Escapism
The Crime Boom
Terror and Violence - Stigmata of our Time
The End of our Civilization?


3. Religion and Science - Harmony or Incompatibility?

The Question of Purpose
The Question of Values
Religion - the Origin of Purpose and Value
The Correlation between Religion and Science


4. God is not Dead!

A Change of Wind?
Religion Rediscovered
A New Vision?
Religion Renewed: God has Spoken
The Quickener of the World: Bahá’u’lláh


5. Divine Revelation in History

Who is God?
The Nature of Manifestation
The Unity of the Manifestations
The Manifestation as Skandalon


6. What is Truth?

The Profusion of Salvation Offers
The New: ‘Small’ and ‘Different’
The Principle of Distinction
Prerequisites
Purity of Heart
The Touchstone


7. The Unity of the Religious

Progressive Revelation
Divine Reformation


8. The New Society

The Horizontal Dimension
Society’s Need for Salvation
Religion - the Foundation of Social Order
The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
The Unity of Mankind
Religion - the Cause of Unity?
Unity in Diversity
Dies Irae
The Kingdom of God
The Most Great Peace


9. The Bahá’ís in the Old Order of Things

Breakdown and Renewal
The Task of the Bahá’ís
Whence Party Politics?


10. Authority and Freedom

The Authority of the Manifestation
The Sovereignty of God
Revelation and Philosophy
Submission to the Will of God
Man and Freedom
The Power of Education
Evil and Suffering
Bahá’u’lláh’s Verdict on Hedonism
On Hostility to the Law
Against the Abolition of the Penal Code
The Divine Law


11. The Responsibility of Man

The Question of Death
Life as Preparation
On Suicide
The Hour of Truth
On the Innocence Mania


12. The New Man

His Necessity
Spiritual Rebirth
The New Ethos
The Work Ethic
Moderation
The ‘Balance’ - the New Yardstick
On the Genealogy of Ethical Norms
Purification and Personal Development
All-Embracing Love of Mankind
What Motivates People?
A Religion of Joy
Deed and Example


13. The Community of Bahá’u’lláh

The People of Bahá
Whole-hearted Allegiance
The Legal Structure of the Community - Necessity and Purpose
Its Structures
Bahá’í Elections
Bahá’í Consultation
Material Means
The Proclamation of the Message
With Moderation, Tact and Wisdom


14. Prospects


Appendix
Bibliography
Index of Names
General Index