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World Order of Baha'u'llah: Selected Letters
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| Starts: August 15, 2010
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The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh: Selected Letters singles out for special study three letters written by Shoghi Effendi: "The Goal of a New World Order," "America and the Most Great Peace," and ...
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The Writings of the Bab
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| Starts: September 01, 2010
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This course is an introduction to the principal writings of the Bab. Among the works we will study are the Commentary on the Surih of Joseph (Qayyumu’l-Asma’); tablets to secular and religious leaders; The Seven Proof...
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Introduction to Archives for Baha'i Archivists
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| Starts: September 15, 2010
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Organized by the United States National Baha’i Archives and taught by three Baha’i archivists, this course will introduce local and national Baha’i...
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Revelation and Social Reality (Sept-Nov 2010)
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| Starts: September 22, 2010
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The 2010 Ridvan letter and Paul Lample’s new book Revelation & Social Reality: Learning to Translate What is Written into Reality will be the texts for...
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Ministry of Shoghi Effendi
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| Starts: October 01, 2010
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This course looks at Shoghi Effendi’s life from birth to death, showing how he devoted his life to developing, in a variety of ways, themes that continue to help the Baha’i Faith grow into a worldwide religion. We will look briefl...
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Baha'u'llah's Early Mystic Writings
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| Starts: October 15, 2010
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In this course on Bahá’u’lláh’s Early Mystic Writings we will explore a theme that dominates Bahá’u’lláh’s early writings and continues throughout His revelation: the relationship of the individual to spiritual reality—to God, to ...
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Qur'an
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| Starts: November 01, 2010
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The Qur’án, the divine revelation on which the religion of Islam is based, is the focus of this course. The Bahá'í sacred writings are filled with quotations from and allusions to the Qur’án, and many words used by the Báb, Bahá'u...
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Exploring the Christian New Testament
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| Starts: November 15, 2010
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The Christian New Testament is a collection of letters and historical works about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Composed by a dozen different writers between 50 and 120 C.E., the works were accepted as a sacred collectio...
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One Common Faith
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| Starts: December 01, 2010
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One Common Faith is a document commissioned by the Universal House of Justice that analyzes and explains a number of phenomena related to religion in the twenty-first century. In particular, the docu...
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Baha'i Theology: Concepts of God, Revelation, Manifestation, Creation, Humanity, Afterlife, and Covenant
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| Starts: December 15, 2010
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This course on Bahá'í Theology (the study of God and creation and of the relationship between them) provides an in-depth study of many of the fundamental spiritual teachings of the Bahá'í Faith. It covers topics such as the nature...
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