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020			_a978-0-85398-651-5
040			_cNew Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library
245			_aInfinite Horizons - The Life and Times of Horace Holley
260			_aOxford _bGeorge Ronald _c2022
300			_axiv, 488 p., illus
505			_aThis book tells the story of a unique life, of one who was part of a turning point in history and left his indelible imprint on it. It encompasses the sweeping story of the development of the North American Bahá’í community between 1914 and 1959. Horace Holley spent his energies and talents on building a better world, one he knew he would never live long enough to see. Yet this is not simply the story of someone who was exceptionally farsighted, it is the tale of a man who developed an unusual ability to read the times, to perceive and understand what was happening around him in the world and, through putting his thinking into words and action, set in motion revolutionary changes. He stood at the centre of many transitions: in the arts, in war and peace, but most of all, in the development of a new religion – the Bahá’í Faith. From the moment Horace first learned about Bahá’u’lláh and accepted Him, he set about promoting the ideals and teachings of the Bahá’í Faith both within the community of believers and to the public at large, especially among leaders of thought. Securing world peace was perhaps his greatest interest and desire. Exploring how the establishment of international institutions could bring that about, he ultimately concluded that a world government based upon spiritual principles wedded to the elimination of elements of national sovereignty was the only solution. Thus began his efforts, under the guidance of Shoghi Effendi, in the construction of the Bahá’í Administrative Order which he believed in the fullness of time would become the system adopted by the peoples of the world to govern the planet. As the old structures administering the nations were being torn down through two World Wars, Horace Holley was among the handful of devoted Bahá’ís quietly, unnoticed, busily building up the new. He was among the main individuals laying down the foundation stones. He was a champion builder starting the erection of the edifice that would govern mankind in the future, that would save it. Laying the groundwork for the establishment of that embryo of a future world government – the Universal House of Justice – became his overarching objective. In his later life, the word often used to describe him was ‘luminous’. Little wonder, then, that in 1951, Shoghi Effendi appointed him to the first contingent of those named as Hands of the Cause of God. As the fortunes of the Bahá’í Faith rise, as the numbers of its adherents and supporters increase, and as its capacity to remake society grows, Horace Holley’s accomplishments will be judged with greater clarity. Only then will humanity acknowledge the debt it owes to this quiet spiritual giant.
600		0	_930 _aHorace Holley
650		0	_9170 _aBiography _vBaha'i Faith
650		0	_aHands of the Cause of God _gAyádí Amru’lláh _vBaha'i Faith _9823
651		0	_aUnited States of America _vBaha'i Faith _9622
700			_91277 _aKathryn Jewett Hogenson
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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