The Baha'i Faith: A Guide For The Perplexed

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Founded by Bah'u'llah in Iran in the 19th century, the Bah' Faith is one of the youngest of the world's major religions. Though it has over 5 million followers worldwide, it is still little understood outside of its own community. The Bah' Faith: A Guide for the Perplexed explores the utopian vision of the Bah' Faith including its principles for personal spiritual transformation and for the construction of spiritualized marriages, families, Bah' communities, and, ultimately, a spiritual world civilization. Aimed at students seeking a thorough understanding of this increasingly studied religion, this book is the ideal companion to studying and understanding the Bah' Faith, its teachings and the history of its development.

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Robert Stockman has written an introduction to the Bah' Faith that is both thorough and accessible. He is not afraid to tackle difficult and controversial subjects and, although there is a wide range of views about most subjects among Bah's, he appears to have captured well the majority view. There is particularly good coverage of the history of the Bah' Faith. -- Moojan Momen, Author and researcher on the Bah' Faith and Islam
Getting clear and balanced perspectives on new religious movements is notoriously difficult, but in this account of the Bah' Faith, Robert H. Stockman has produced a smart, balanced and well-crafted overview of Bah' theology and history.Stockman has the sensitivity of an insider and the objectivity of a scholar.In this book Stockman draws on a remarkable range of specialized scholarly sources and his own extensive research and communicates all of it in an engaging and well-written book accessible to a wide audience. -- Christopher White, Associate Professor of Religion in America at Vassar College, USA

Author Bio

Robert H. Stockman is Instructor at DePaul University, USA, and Director of the Wilmette Institute on the Bah' Faith, USA.