Principles for progress : essays on religion and modernity / by Abdu'l-Bah a ; critical editions, translation and introduction by Sen McGlinn.

Name: Principles for progress : essays on religion and modernity / by Abdu'l-Bah a ; critical editions, translation and introduction by Sen McGlinn.
Author: ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921

Title	Principles for progress : essays on religion and modernity / by Abdu'l-Bah a ; critical editions, translation and introduction by Sen McGlinn.
Author	ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921
Publication Date:	2018
Publication Place	Leiden - Leiden University Press
Type	Book
Language	eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	418
Library:	University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID	991025975305006442
Date	2018
Notes	This book presents three of the works of Abdu'l-Bahá, son of the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, dealing with social and political issues. In <i>The Secret of Divine Civilization</i> (1875) Abdu'l-Bahá supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirza Hosayn Khan, but looks mainly for organic reform through the efforts of Iranian intellectuals to waken and educate the masses. In this work, Abdu'l-Bahá gives virtuous and progressive Islamic clerics a leading role among these intellectuals, indeed most of his appeals are directed specifically to them. <i>A Traveller's Narrative</i> (1889/90) is an authoritative statement of the broad lines of Bahá'í social and political thinking. <i>The Art of Governance</i> (1892/93) was written as Iran entered a pre-revolutionary phase, and ideas that we recognise today as the precursors of political Islam were spreading. It sets out the principles underlying the ideal relationship between religion and politics and between the government and the people. In addition to presenting the first parallel text translations of these works, the Persian texts incorporate notes on variants in the early published sources. An introduction outlines the intellectual and political landscape from which Abdu'l-Bahá. wrote, and in which his expected readers lived.
Baskı	1st ed.
İlgili kişiler	McGlinn, Sen
ISBN	9789400603202 9400603207
Dizi başlığı	Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)

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Principles for progress : essays on religion and modernity / by Abdu'l-Bah a ; critical editions, translation and introduction by Sen McGlinn.

Author ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921

Publication Date 2018

Publication Place Leiden - Leiden University Press

Type Book

Language eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 418

Library University of Bielefeld Library

Record ID 991025975305006442

Date 2018

Notes This book presents three of the works of Abdu'l-Bahá, son of the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, dealing with social and political issues. In The Secret of Divine Civilization (1875) Abdu'l-Bahá supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirza Hosayn Khan, but looks mainly for organic reform through the efforts of Iranian intellectuals to waken and educate the masses. In this work, Abdu'l-Bahá gives virtuous and progressive Islamic clerics a leading role among these intellectuals, indeed most of his appeals are directed specifically to them. A Traveller's Narrative (1889/90) is an authoritative statement of the broad lines of Bahá'í social and political thinking. The Art of Governance (1892/93) was written as Iran entered a pre-revolutionary phase, and ideas that we recognise today as the precursors of political Islam were spreading. It sets out the principles underlying the ideal relationship between religion and politics and between the government and the people. In addition to presenting the first parallel text translations of these works, the Persian texts incorporate notes on variants in the early published sources. An introduction outlines the intellectual and political landscape from which Abdu'l-Bahá. wrote, and in which his expected readers lived.

Baskı 1st ed.

İlgili kişiler McGlinn, Sen

ISBN 9789400603202 9400603207

Dizi başlığı Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)