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Key	BIB36498
Reference type	Book
Title	Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Series title	Iranian Studies
Author	'Abdu'l-Bahá
Translator	McGlinn, Sen
Editor	McGlinn, Sen
Year	2018
Publisher	Leiden University Press
Place published	Leiden
Issue	3.
ISBN	9789087283070 9087283075
Abstract	This book presents three of the works of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, son of the founder of the Bahá'i Faith, dealing with social and political issues: 'The Secret of Divine Civilization' (1875) 'Abdu'l-Bahá supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirzá Hosayn Khán, 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'i 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.
Language	English Persian
Keywords	SOCIAL ACTION; POLITICS; REFORM; IRAN; DEVELOPMENT; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. SECRET OF DIVINE CIVILIZATION; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. TRAVELLER'S NARRATIVE; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. RISALIY-I-SIYASIYYIH
Number of pages	418
Call number	BP363 .A1 P74 2017 (BWC - COLLINS)
Accession number	ocn1038009446
File attachments	internal-pdf://2620683019/Abdul-Baha-McGlinn - Principles_Progress.pdf

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