Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780755660148 | Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas | Omid Ghaemmaghami (u. a.) | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is considered the most important and sacred text of the Bahá'í Faith, a religion with some eight million adherents, found in nearly every country of the world. It sets out the laws, teachings, and institutions that shape and influence individual and collective life for members of the Bahá'í community. Despite the Kitáb-i-Aqdas's significance, it has not been extensively researched. Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith now offers a comprehensive academic study of the text.

This important new publication explores and analyzes the significance and history of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; its language, style, and translation; and its theological and spiritual foundations, including its conceptions of God, religion, and human beings. The book, moreover, examines the Kitáb-i-Aqdas's provisions for succession, interpretation, and administration within the Bahá'í religion; its devotional and other personal laws; its ordinances for promoting unity; its perspectives on justice and law; and its addresses to the world's political and religious leaders. Academically rigorous yet eminently clear and accessible, Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is an essential read for students of religion and Middle East studies.

Über den Autor

Omid Ghaemmaghami is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, USA. He is the author of works in Islamic, Bábí, and Bahá'í studies.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Images
Preface

The Bahá'í Faith: An Introduction

Introduction

1: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: History

2: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Language, Style, and Translation

3. Theological Foundations: God and the Manifestation of God

4. Human Beings: Identity, Nature, Purpose, and Journey

5. The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh: Succession, Interpretation, and the Bahá'í Administrative Order

6. Personal Devotional Laws: Prayer, Fasting, and Other Practices

7. A Holy and Pure Life: Virtues and Laws

8. Laws Related to Personal Status and Death: Marriage, Divorce, Burial, and Inheritance

9. Community Laws: Education, Consultation, the Calendar, the Feast, and the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

10. Unity: Vision and Provisions

11. Justice and Law: Principles and Administration

12. Bahá'u'lláh's Proclamation: Addresses to Kings, Rulers, and Religious Leaders

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index to Paragraph Numbers of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and "Questions and Answers"

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780755660148
ISBN-10:	0755660145
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ghaemmaghami, Omid Vafai, Shahin
Hersteller:	I.B. Tauris
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	246 x 189 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Omid Ghaemmaghami (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.08.2026
Gewicht:	0,95 kg