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Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Bahá.

This book presents three of the works of Abduʼl-Bahā, son of the founder of the Bahāʼi Faith, dealing with social and political issues. In The Secret of Divine Civilization (1875) Abduʼl-Bahā supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirzā Hosayn Khān, but looks mainly for organ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGlinn, Sen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2018.
Colección:Iranian Studies Series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book presents three of the works of Abduʼl-Bahā, son of the founder of the Bahāʼi Faith, dealing with social and political issues. In The Secret of Divine Civilization (1875) Abduʼl-Bahā supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirzā Hosayn Khān, but looks mainly for organic reform through the efforts of Iranian intellectuals to waken and educate the masses. In this work, Abduʼl-Bahā gives virtuous and progressive Islamic clerics a leading role among these intellectuals, indeed most of his appeals are directed specifically to them. A Traveller's Narrative (1889/90) is an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (418 pages)
ISBN:9400603207
9789400603202