World of the Bahá'í Faith

<p><em>The World of the Bahá’í Faith</em> 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:</p><ul> <li>Leadership and Authoritative Texts</li> <li>Theology</li> <li>Humanity</li> <li>Society</li> <li>The Contemporary Bahá’í Community</li> <li>History and Spread of the Bahá’í Community</li> </ul><p>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.</p><p>This volume provides an authoritative and accessible source of information on all topics important to the Bahá’í Faith. <i>The World of the Bahá’í Faith</i> 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.</p>