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02353nam a2200217Ia 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230424224424.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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180524s2008 CNT 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780967042107 (paper : alk. paper). 9780967042138 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
New Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Frederick Glaysher |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2039 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Rochester, MI |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Reform Bahai Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
147 pages ; 22 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
In addition to all of the 1912 Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement, the book includes Baha'u'llah's Arabic Hidden Words, selections known as the Spirit of the Age, an address by Abdul-Baha at the Friends' Meeting House in London in 1913, and many Bahai prayers for community and individual worship and meditation.<br/>Though beginning in 2004, the Reform Bahai Faith traces its origin to the early Bahais Ruth White, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, and Julie Chanler, who sought to preserve the teachings of Abdul-Baha after his passing in 1921. They and other early American Bahais understood the Bahai Faith was being turned into an oppressive organization, under what the British Museum document expert Dr. C. Ainsworth Mitchell judged to be a fraudulent will and testament, as discussed in the book Letters from the American Desert (ISBN-13: 978-0967042114). Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Bahai Faith, as interpreted by his son Abdul-Baha for the modern world, believed in and taught a moderate, universal religion, grounded in a separation of church and state, not a theocracy, and members of the Reform Bahai Faith seek to recover and renew that universal, pluralistic vision for all humanity. |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Compilation from the early 20th century, using outdated translations, packaged by Frederick Glaysher as a way of demonstrating opposition to the Bahá'í governance structure. His introduction speaks of the Bahá'í community having a "flirtation with theocracy" and having taken a "wrong turn after the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá." He makes common cause with excommunicants (covenant-breakers) such as Ruth White, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, and Julie Chanler. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Polemics |
| Form subdivision |
Baha'i Faith |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1371 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Opposition |
| Form subdivision |
Baha'i Faith |
| 9 (RLIN) |
837 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Sectarianism |
| Form subdivision |
Baha'i Faith |
| 9 (RLIN) |
836 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Baha'i calendars |
