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Bahá'í Ethics in Light of Scripture: Doctrinal fundamentals

Author : Udo Schaefer

Publisher : Udo Schaefer

Page : 433 pages

File Size : 38,93 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0853985057

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There is a fundamental discrepancy between man as he is and man as he could be, if only he recognized his true being and purpose. Ethics is the discipline by which man can understand how he can pass from the first condition to the second. Udo Schaefer's Bah ' Ethics in Light of Scripture is an attempt to analyse the underlying structures and detect the interior architecture of the Bah ' moral system and is a step towards developing a Bah ' moral theology. Doctrinal Fundamentals, the first of two volumes, provides a historical overview of the Bah ' Faith, a systematic survey of it doctrines and an overview of the origin and derivation of moral values. It considers the metaphysical nature of human beings and human responsibilities, looks at reason and conscience, and explores liberty and its limits. Schaefer's second volume deals with concrete values - the virtues, divine commandments and principles of social ethics from a Bah ' perspective.



Baha’i Faith: The Basics

Author : Christopher Buck

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 48,21 MB

Release : 2020-11-26

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0429665741

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Bahá’í Faith: The Basics provides a thorough and accessible introduction to a fascinating, independent world religion. Examining its historical development, current “community-building” efforts and the social contributions of the Bahá’í Faith in the world today, this introduction covers: • Beliefs: Bahá’í spiritual teachings. • Principles: Bahá’í social teachings. • History: Bahá’u’lláh and his covenant. • Scripture: Bahá’í sacred texts and inspired guidance. • Institutions: The Bahá’í Administrative Order. • Building community: What Bahá’ís do. • Social action: Bahá’í social and economic development projects. • Public discourse: The Bahá’í International Community. • Vision: Foundations for a future golden age. With features including a glossary of terms, and references to the Bahá’í writings throughout, this is the ideal text for students and interested readers wanting to familiarize themselves with the Bahá’í Faith.



The World of the Bahá'í Faith

Author : Robert H. Stockman

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 833 pages

File Size : 13,65 MB

Release : 2021-12-30

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0429648286

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The World of the Bahá’í Faith is an outstanding guide to the Bahá’í Faith and its culture in all its geographical and historical diversity. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this volume explores the origin of this religion and contains substantial thematic articles on the living experience of the global Bahá’í community. The volume is organised into six distinct sections: Leadership and Authoritative Texts Theology Humanity Society The Contemporary Bahá’í Community History and Spread of the Bahá’í Community These sections cover such themes as the afterlife, artistic expression, Bahá’í institutions, devotional life, diversity, economics, education, the environment and sustainability, family life, gender, human nature, interfaith relations, international governance, law, marriage, peace, persecution, philosophy, race, science and religion, scripture, spirituality, and work. The development of the Bahá’í Faith is outlined in ten regional articles. This volume provides an authoritative and accessible source of information on all topics important to the Bahá’í Faith. The World of the Bahá’í Faith will be essential reading to students and scholars studying world religions and comparative religion. It will also be of interest to those in related fields such as sociology, political science, anthropology, and ethics.



Beyond Religion and the Secular

Author : Wayne Hudson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 32,67 MB

Release : 2022-11-17

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1350331732

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Deploying a distinctive disaggregative approach to the study of 'religion', this volume shows that spiritual movements with extensive counterfactual beliefs have been much more creative than one might expect. Specifically, Wayne Hudson explores the creativity of six spiritual movements: the Bahá'ís, a Persian movement; Soka Gakkai, a Japanese movement; Ananda Marga and the Brahma Kumaris, two reformed Hindu movements; and two controversial American churches, The Church Universal and Triumphant and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most of these movements have counterintuitive features that have led Western scholars making Enlightenment assumptions to dismiss them as irrational and/or inconsequential. However, this book reveals that these movements have responded to modernity in ways that are creative and practical, resulting in a wide range of social, educational and cultural initiatives. Building on research surrounding the ways in which spiritual movements engage in cultural productions, this book takes the international research in a new direction by exploring the utopian intentionality such cultural productions reveal.



The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice

Author : Michael D. Palmer

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 664 pages

File Size : 45,44 MB

Release : 2020-04-13

Category : Religion

ISBN : 111957210X

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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions. The first publication to offer a comparative study of social justice for each of the major world religions, exploring viewpoints within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism Offers a unique and enlightening volume for those studying religion and social justice - a crucially important subject within the history of religion, and a significant area of academic study in the field Brings together the beliefs of individual traditions in a comprehensive, explanatory, and informative style All essays are newly-commissioned and written by eminent scholars in the field Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and themes; indigenous people; and issues of social justice, from colonialism to civil rights, and AIDS through to environmental concerns



Bahá'í Ethics in Light of Scripture: Virtues and divine commandments

Author : Udo Schaefer

Publisher : Udo Schaefer

Page : 798 pages

File Size : 42,9 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Bahai ethics

ISBN : 0853985189

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There is a fundamental discrepancy between man as he is and man as he could be, if only he recognized his true being and purpose. Ethics is the discipline by which man can understand how he can pass from the first condition to the second. Udo Schaefer's Baha'i Ethics in Light of Scripture is an attempt to analyse the underlying structures and detect the interior architecture of the Baha'i moral system and is a step towards developing a Baha'i moral theology. Doctrinal Fundamentals, the first of two volumes, provides a historical overview of the Baha'i Faith, a systematic survey of it doctrines and an overview of the origin and derivation of moral values. It considers the metaphysical nature of human beings and human responsibilities, looks at reason and conscience, and explores liberty and its limits. Schaefer's second volume deals with concrete values - the virtues, divine commandments and principles of social ethics from a Baha'i perspective."



The Biblical World

Author : William Rainey Harper

Publisher :

Page : 468 pages

File Size : 12,67 MB

Release : 1916

Category : Bible

ISBN :

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"Books for New Testament study ... [By] Clyde Weber Votaw" v. 26, p. 271-320; v. 37, p. 289-352.



Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention

Author : Brian D. Lepard

Publisher : Penn State Press

Page : 518 pages

File Size : 32,80 MB

Release : 2015-08-26

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0271030690

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Few foreign policy issues in the past decade have elicited as much controversy as the use of military force for humanitarian purposes. In this book Brian Lepard offers a new method for analyzing humanitarian intervention that seeks to resolve conflicts among legal norms by identifying ethical principles embedded in the UN Charter and international law and relating them to a pivotal principle of "unity in diversity." A special feature of the book, which avoids the charge of ethnocentricity brought against other approaches, is that Lepard shows how passages from the revered texts of seven world religions may be interpreted as supporting these ethical principles. In connecting law with ethics and religion in this way, he takes a major step forward in the effort to formulate a normative basis for international law in our multicultural world.



Pastoral Ethics

Author : David John Atkinson

Publisher : Lion Publishing Plc

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 33,45 MB

Release : 1994-01-01

Category : Christian ethics

ISBN : 9780745928500

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A treatment of the central ethical questions from the point of view of how they affect people's day-to-day living. The stress is on everyday life rather than abstract moral philosophy. The book combines a biblical and a practical approach. It is an updated version of Pastoral Ethics in Practice.



Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide]

Author : Adam Hamilton

Publisher : Abingdon Press

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 24,32 MB

Release : 2014-09-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1501801325

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Book Description

In this six week video study, Adam Hamilton explores the key points in his new book, Making Sense of the Bible. With the help of this Leader Guide, groups learn from Hamilton as his video presentations lead groups through the book, focusing on the most important questions we ask about the Bible, its origins and meaning.