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Gate of the heart : understanding the writings of the Báb /
Co-published with the Association for Baháʼí Studies. In 1844 a charismatic young Persian merchant from Shiraz, known as the Báb, electrified the Shíʻih world by claiming to be the return of the Hidden Twelfth Imam of Islamic prophecy. But contrary to traditional expectations of apocalyptic holy...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Waterloo, Ont.] :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Baháʼí studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Co-published with the Association for Baháʼí Studies. In 1844 a charismatic young Persian merchant from Shiraz, known as the Báb, electrified the Shíʻih world by claiming to be the return of the Hidden Twelfth Imam of Islamic prophecy. But contrary to traditional expectations of apocalyptic holy war, the Báb maintained that the spiritual path was not one of force and coercion but love and compassion. The movement he founded was the precursor of the Baháʼí faith, but until now the Báb's own voluminous writings--complex, mystical, highly symbolic--have been seldom studied and often misunderstood. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 423 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435656345 1435656342 9781554580354 1554580358 1299313388 9781299313385 9781554581276 1554581273 6611430059 9786611430054 |