Once to Every Man and Nation : Stories About Becoming a Bahá'í
- Oxford : George Ronald 1985
- 146 pages ; 20 cm
This book brings together 37 true firsthand accounts.
You can read about . . .
the man who thought a fireside was a place where you roast marshmallows... the man who got stuck halfway up a mountain . . . the girl who tried praying as an experiment . . . the woman in despair who asked for a sign from God . . . the boy who heard a radio interview with his favourite musicians . . . the couple who 'shopped' through the Yellow Pages . . . the student who wondered why the girl in the library smiled so much . . . the Viet Nam veteran who was searching for an answer . . . the lunch lady who sent a note home in a little boy's lunch pail . . . the socialite who had tried everything . . . the minister's daughter who was terrified of dying . . . the farm boy who began to ask questions . . . the woman who didn't want to belong to a religious organization . . . the young man who was given a book he didn't want to read . . . the university student who already knew everything about religion . . . the girl who broke off her engagement because her fiancé had become a Bahá'í . . . the kindergarten teacher who heard a Bahá'í prayer from a two-year old . . . and many more
A heart-warming collection of true stories, of interest to Bahá'ís and to those who are making their own search.
'. . . will be enjoyed by many believers . . . should inspire readers . . . thoroughly recommend it.' Members of the Bahá'í Reviewing Panel of the United Kingdom
The contributors to 'Once to Every Man and Nation' come from all over North America and represent a wide variety of cultural, racial, social and ethnic backgrounds. Young and old, black and white, each with a different experience of life, their very diversity demonstrates the universal appeal of the Bahá'í teachings.
The editors Randie and Steven Gottlieb became Bahá'ís in the early 1970s.
An inspirational collection of personal personal conversion stories by American Bahá'ís.