Gate of the heart: understanding the writings of the Báb
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1. Verfasser: Saiedi, Nader (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Waterloo, Ont.] Wilfrid Laurier University Press ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Baháʼí studies series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index
pt. 1. The interpretative revelation -- pt. 2. The metaphysics of the primal will and divine action -- pt. 3. The primal point and progressive revelation
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 423 pages)
ISBN:1299313388
1435656342
1554580358
9781299313385
9781435656345
9781554580354

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