Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Bahá.
McGlinn, Sen.
Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Bahá. - Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2018. - 1 online resource (418 pages) - Iranian Studies Series . - Iranian Studies Series. .
Intro; Contents; Preface; General Introduction; Bābis and Bahāʼis; Reformists Writing in Persian; The Religious Intellectuals; Intellectual Position of Azali Authors; Ottoman and Arabic Reformist Writers; Newspapers; Masonic Lodges and Sufi Orders; Introductions to the Works of Abduʼl-Bahā; The Secret of Divine Civilization; A Traveller's Narrative; The Art of Governance; The Secret of Divine Civilization; Translator's Notes to The Secret of Divine Civilization; A Traveller's Narrative written to illustrate the history of the Bāb Translator's Notes to Selections from A Traveller's NarrativeThe Art of Governance; Translator's Notes to The Art of Governance; Further reading; References; Index
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.
9400603207 9789400603202
22573/ctv2x3vkvr JSTOR
Leadership--Religious aspects.
Political science--Philosophy.
Religion and state.
Religion and politics.
Babism.
Civilization.
Bahai Faith.
Civilization
Leadership--Aspect religieux.
Religion et État.
Religion et politique.
Babisme.
Civilisation.
Foi bahaïe.
civilization.
Middle Eastern history.
Islam.
HISTORY / Middle East / Iran
Babism
Bahai Faith
Civilization
Leadership--Religious aspects
Political science--Philosophy
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Middle Eastern history.
Islam.
Iran.
Iran
Electronic books.
BL65.L42 / .A238 2018eb
206.1
Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Bahá. - Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2018. - 1 online resource (418 pages) - Iranian Studies Series . - Iranian Studies Series. .
Intro; Contents; Preface; General Introduction; Bābis and Bahāʼis; Reformists Writing in Persian; The Religious Intellectuals; Intellectual Position of Azali Authors; Ottoman and Arabic Reformist Writers; Newspapers; Masonic Lodges and Sufi Orders; Introductions to the Works of Abduʼl-Bahā; The Secret of Divine Civilization; A Traveller's Narrative; The Art of Governance; The Secret of Divine Civilization; Translator's Notes to The Secret of Divine Civilization; A Traveller's Narrative written to illustrate the history of the Bāb Translator's Notes to Selections from A Traveller's NarrativeThe Art of Governance; Translator's Notes to The Art of Governance; Further reading; References; Index
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.
9400603207 9789400603202
22573/ctv2x3vkvr JSTOR
Leadership--Religious aspects.
Political science--Philosophy.
Religion and state.
Religion and politics.
Babism.
Civilization.
Bahai Faith.
Civilization
Leadership--Aspect religieux.
Religion et État.
Religion et politique.
Babisme.
Civilisation.
Foi bahaïe.
civilization.
Middle Eastern history.
Islam.
HISTORY / Middle East / Iran
Babism
Bahai Faith
Civilization
Leadership--Religious aspects
Political science--Philosophy
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Middle Eastern history.
Islam.
Iran.
Iran
Electronic books.
BL65.L42 / .A238 2018eb
206.1