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How to Study the Baha'i Writings
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| Starts: January 02, 2010
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How to Study the Baha’i Writings is one of four basic courses offered by the Wilmette Institute. It is designed to introduce students to a method of studying the Baha’i scriptures systematically by using a number ...
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Tabernacle of Unity
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| Starts: January 15, 2010
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The Tabernacle of Unity proclaims some of the central tenets of Baha’u’llah’s Faith and the universality of His prophetic claims. The book includes two tablets Baha’u’llah wrote for a Zoroastrian who admired Him and who asked ques...
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Islam for Deepening and Dialogue
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| Starts: February 01, 2010
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The course will briefly survey pre-Islamic Arabia, examine the life of Muhammad, review the process of revelation and subsequent compilation of the Qur’án, cover the teachings and practices of Islam, consider the role of the hadit...
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Charters of the Faith: Tablet of Carmel, Tablets of the Divine Plan, and the Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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| Starts: February 15, 2010
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This course studies the "three Charters" of the Baha'i Faith identified
by Shoghi Effendi: The Tablet of Carmel by Bahá'u'lláh, and
`Abdu'l-Baha's Tablets of the Divine Plan and Will and Testament. The
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Building the Fortress: Marriage and Family Life
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| Starts: March 15, 2010
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Marriage and family provide crucial environments for human development and self expression and are central to child rearing, education, morality, and spirituality. Throughout the ages, human beings have attempted to understand the...
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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
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| Starts: April 01, 2010
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Bahá'u'lláh’s last major work, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf was revealed to an enemy of the Baha'i Faith, Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi (who was surnamed "Son of the Wolf"). The book warns Shaykh Muhammad Taqi about the consequ...
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Science and Religion
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| Starts: April 15, 2010
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The course will explore science and religion, the "two most potent forces in human life," according to Shoghi Effendi. It will examine critically the connections between them; look at their dynamic relationship over time...
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