TY - BOOK AU - Randie Gottlieb AU - Steven Gottlieb TI - Once to Every Man and Nation : Stories About Becoming a Bahá'í SN - 0-85398-211-2 PY - 1985/// CY - Oxford : PB - George Ronald KW - Conversion Narratives KW - Baha'i Faith N1 - 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 N2 - An inspirational collection of personal personal conversion stories by American Bahá'ís ER -