Bibliography 2: #BIB39326

Key	BIB39326
Reference type	Electronic Article
Title	Modernity as an Age of Transition
Periodical title	The Bahá'í World Publication
Author	Schewel, Benjamin
Year	2023
Epub date	January 16, 2023
Publisher	Bahá'í World Centre
Place published	Haifa
Abstract	The Bahá’í writings describe the modern period as an age of transition toward a future world civilization that manifests the oneness and essential diversity of humankind. The “world’s equilibrium,” Bahá’u’lláh writes, has been “upset” by the “vibrating influence” of “this most great, this new World Order.” The Universal House of Justice further elaborates upon Bahá’u’lláh’s remarks by likening these disruptive transformations to the period of adolescence: “Humanity, it is the firm conviction of every follower of Bahá’u’lláh, is approaching today the crowning stage in a millennia-long process which has brought it from its collective infancy to the threshold of maturity—a stage that will witness the unification of the human race. Not unlike the individual who passes through the unsettled yet promising period of adolescence, during which latent powers and capacities come to light, humankind as a whole is in the midst of an unprecedented transition. Behind so much of the turbulence and commotion of contemporary life are the fits and starts of a humanity struggling to come of age. Widely accepted practices and conventions, cherished attitudes and habits, are one by one being rendered obsolete, as the imperatives of maturity begin to assert themselves.” This essay explores the idea of modernity as an age of transition as presented in the Bahá’í writings.
Language	English
Keywords	MODERNITY; TRANSITION
URL	https://bahaiworld.bahai.org/library/modernity-as-an-age-of-transition/
Date accessed	20230119

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