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020			_a978-0-8108-5096-5
040			_cNew Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library
245			_aHistorical Dictionary of the Baha'i Faith
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLanham, Toronto, Plymouth _bScarecrow Press _c2007
300			_axcv, 611 p.
440			_aHistorical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series _91284 _v71
505			_aGrowing out of the teachings of the Báb, who introduced the idea of the coming of a great prophet (the one promised in the scriptures of all the world's major religions), the Bahá'í Faith was founded by Bahá'u'lláh, when in 1866 he publicly declared that he was the One the Báb prophesized. The A to Z of the Bahá'í Faith presents a general historical overview of both Bábí and Bahá'í religions, as well as a theological overview of the Bahá'í Faith, from their inception in the mid 19th century to the middle of 2005. It presents biographical details of the Founders and Central Figures along with numerous leaders and pioneers, most of the basic principles and precepts, as well as aspects of its organization and administration. Through the use of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on nearly every aspect of the religion, and appendixes listing the genealogy of the Founders, statistical information, and lists of apostles, disciples, Hands of the Cause, Knights of Bahá'u'lláh as well as of more than 930 believers who have contributed to its growth and development, this book is a fundamental tool for finding information on all things related to the Bahá'í Faith.
650		0	_91282 _aDictionaries _vBaha'i Faith
700			_91283 _aHugh C. Adamson
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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