Peace: More Than An End To War An inspiring blueprint both for the peace of the individual and the peace of our global society. Members of the Bahá'í Faith believe that the future is filled with hope and promise, for the Bahá'í writings state unequivocally that world peace is not only possible, it's inevitable. In this compilation, selections from the Bahá'í writings spell out how world peace can be achieved.

Concept of Peace in the Baha'i Faith

This book highlights one element in the trilogy of unity, justice and peace that arguably sits at the core of Bahá’í beliefs, through an analysis of the relevant texts of Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi. By bringing the texts into sharper focus, rather than privileging the sociological or even the historical, it is hoped that the various ideological components of the concept of peace in the Bahá’í religion will be brought to sharper relief under a different light. The study explores the logical, anthropological and ethical extensions of the key theme of peace as it moved from one stage to another in the development of a young religion heavily invested in the world.

Framed as a contribution to intellectual history, the question ultimately addressed is: what kind of peace, human nature and general morality did the key authors envisage when they made some of their weightiest proclamations on peace?

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Amidst the blinding haze generated by the accelerating collapse of outworn mindsets and institutions, this book brings into focus the forward march of the constructive process towards peace, and the powerful role each of us can play in its realization.

Alchemy of Peace Humanity stands at a critical crossroads. Social, political, religious, economic, and environmental systems are unraveling with bewildering rapidity all around us. The Alchemy of Peace offers the gift of hope and a viable path out of the current chaos. It identifies a set of dysfunctional habits borne of false assumptions and limiting beliefs. It posits that replacing these mindsets and habits with more constructive and empowering ones will open our eyes to new opportunities growing out of the ferment of our troubled times.

A World Without War In June of 1920, two gentlemen arrived in the Netherlands to hand deliver a communication from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, then head of the Bahá’í Faith, to the Executive Committee of the Central Organization for a Durable Peace at The Hague. This book examines the contents of these two Tablets, the historical circumstances that shaped nineteenth-century peace movements, and the catastrophic impact of the First World War. During this time, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was actively engaged in promoting a clear understanding of the Bahá’í perspective on peace. His example has continuing relevance for the state of the world and the discourse on peace in the twenty-first century.

Retrieving Our Spiritual Heritage Professor Bushrui calls for interfaith dialogue and focuses on some of the timeless shared values of many of the world's religions.

Way of Unity A Global Vision with Local Strategies for Planetary Flourishing. The Way of Unity is an invitation to discover something greater than ourselves: a growing, expanding, organic renewal process aligned with evolutionary forces.

Hope for a Global Ethic In a groundbreaking book which imperatively calls on the world's religions to immediately look at what they have in common, noted author and scholar Brian Lepard offers hope to a world community that has become dangerously fractionalized by economic, social, religious, and political differences. In Hope for a Global Ethic Lepard cogently argues that different societies have much more in common than they might otherwise think, beginning with a profound historic and lasting belief in religion, and that our fearful and often suspicious view of other people may be overcome by exploring what is shared in these religions. Hope for a Global Ethic moves significantly beyond ideology to discuss the values that all people have shared through the faiths of the world. It is these values that offer hope in our fearful, disordered, and terrorized world.

Humanity Coming of Age Humanity Coming of Age presents a systemic plan for achieving the elusive goal of peace and harmony for all humanity. This plan is not political or manmade, but instead derives from all the world’s great wisdom traditions.

Soul of Humanity The Soul of Humanity is an appeal to abandon blind faith and apply rational thinking to all important matters of life from science and relationships to politics and religion. The authors apply the ages-old knowledge of the world’s great religions to explain how and why rationality can help civilization climb out of the abyss of superstition and prejudice and unleash humanity’s innate powers of reason.

Heroic Female Spirit In the tradition of Joseph Campbell, these stories employ many of the moral virtues found in every religion. The heroes in each tale strive to reshape and improve the world around them, showing the qualities of the heroic female spirit at work.

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The battle for racial equality in education came at a cost to Black Americans during the civil rights era. In 1964, fourteen-year-old June Manning Thomas walked into Orangeburg High School as one of thirteen Black students selected to integrate the all-white school, while her classmates mocked, shunned, and yelled racial epithets at her and other Black students. That period was the latest stage of a long struggle to ensure basic education for people of all races, and to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual sustenance for Black children in the legally segregated South. In Struggling to Learn, Thomas offers an intimate look at how the Black community educated its children in spite of oppression, and how fledgling alliances of Blacks and white allies built a constructive vision of a better multiracial society in spite of entrenched opposition.