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- This article refers to the generally-recognized global Bahá'í community. See disambiguation for others.
The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th century Persia. In the early twenty-first century, Bahá'ís number around six million in more than two hundred countries around the world.See Bahá'í statistics for a breakdown of different estimates.
In Bahá'í teachings, religious history is seen as an evolving educational process for mankind, through God's messengers, which are termed Manifestations of God. Bahá'u'lláh is seen as the most recent, pivotal, but not final of these individuals. He claimed to be the long-expected educator and teacher of all peoples, prophesied in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and other religions, and that his mission was to establish a firm basis for unity throughout the world, and inaugurate an age of peace and justice, which Bahá'ís expect will inevitably arise.
Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings are the principles of the oneness of God, the oneness of religion, and the oneness of humanity. These principles have a profound impact on the theological and social teachings of this religion.
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LAPD names its first Islamic chaplain
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700
Police leaders hope that the new chaplain, who has a history of building bridges between Muslims and law enforcement, can help officers understand his community better. American Muslims have never been much of a presence in the Los Angeles Police Department, accounting for less than 1% of its nearly 10,000 officers.
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Northern Ireland Protestant paramilitary groups to disarm
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700
Holdouts Ulster Defense Assn. and the Ulster Volunteer Force say the time has come for peace and that they have decommissioned or will soon all their weapons. Lasting peace in Northern Ireland took another step forward Saturday when major Protestant paramilitary organizations announced that they had decommissioned some or all of their weapons, following a similar move years earlier by the opposing Irish Republican Army.
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
July 3, 2009: Faith Communities and Disability
stephanie winkler Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:37:55 -0000
Reverend BILL GAVENTA (Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities): In every faith community there is a scriptural basis for welcome and hospitality. But you’ve also got congregations who live in cultures where people with disabilities have been hidden and ostracized and devalued in lots of ways, and too often faith communities sanctify prejudices in the community [...]
July 3, 2009: Aravind Eye Hospital
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[media=434] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Aravind is the world’s largest eye care center, a one-stop shop that even makes many of the lenses and instruments used by its surgeons. It looks like any of India’s high tech centers where rich Indians and medical tourists can get first-world care at third-world prices. The surgical error rate is [...]
July 3, 2009: Interview: Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton
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[media=433] Read more of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’s July 1, 2009 interview in New York City with Riverside Church senior minister, the Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton: I would say it’s a time of relief, at least for me personally, to know that this moment has the potential to teach so many lessons. So it’s not relief as [...]
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Baha'ism: nudging toward becoming America's religion - Baptist Press article on the potential of Baha'ism to become the Religion of the United States.
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H-Bahai Discussion Network - H-Bahai facilitates scholarly discussion of the culture and history of millenarian and/or esoteric religious traditions originating in modern Iran, such as Shaykhism, Babism and the Baha'i Faith, and makes available diverse bibliographical, research, and teaching aids.
Juan R. Cole: Baha'i Studies - Baha'i studies information from a Middle East studies scholar and former Baha'i.
Reform Bahai Faith - The official web presence of the Reform Bahai faith. The 95 theses of the movement, statement on Bahai liberty, contacts and links.
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The Baha'i Faith - New Religious Movements' profile of the Baha'i Faith, links with abstracts, and a print bibliography.
The Bahá'í World Faith - A view of the Bahá'í Faith and other groups which identify with Baha'i Scripture, by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
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Unenrolled Baha'i - Yahoo Discussion Group - An online support group for persons who identify with some of the Teachings of Baha'u'llah while not being enrolled with the Baha'i Administration. Members only Yahoo group.
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