Earth Circles : Bahá'í Perspectives on Global Issues

For over one hundred years, the Bahá’í community has anticipated the inevitable contraction of our planet into a global neighborhood and warned of the urgent need to provide spiritual foundations for this new world order. Bahá’ís believe that the unity of the human race is the fundamental moral principle that today must direct and govern world affairs. In Earth Circles, Bahá’í writers and intellectuals again take the opportunity to look at the social issues of our time in global perspective. Each from a different point of view brings an understanding of Bahá’í teachings to bear on such problems as: homelessness, racism, disability, poverty, conflict resolution, and globalization. This book is the fifth in a series that seeks to promote the discussion of social issues from spiritual perspectives

Michael Fitzgerald
Editor's Note ix
I. PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
We Shall Come Rejoicing, Rhonda S. Palmer
Janet & Fred Bixby, Prejudice and Disability
Howard Richards, The Homeless
Marvin ``Doc'' Holladay, The Jazz Community: The First Model of Racial Unity
II. ESSAYS ON GLOBAL ISSUES
Julie Badiee, The Visual Arts and the Global Quest for God
Anne Gordon Perry, Women in Art
Craig Loehle, Spiritual Synergy for a New Ecology
Mary Fish, Economic Prosperity: A Global Imperative
Charles O. Lerche, Statecraft, Globalization, and Ethics
Stephen Gonzalez, The Conflict Resolution Movement
About the Authors 185