Bibliography 2: #BIB39816

Key	BIB39816
Reference type	Book
Title	'Abdu'l-Bahā Abbās : Servant-Leader of the Bahā'ī Faith
Author	Lincoln, Joshua
Year	2025
Publisher	Sutherland House Books
Place published	East York, ON
Issue	7.
ISBN	9781998365524 1998365522
Abstract	This book is a study of the life of 'Abdu’l-Bahā 'Abbās (1844-1921) in its regional and social context – the turbulent, heterogeneous and multilingual Levant that was his home in exile for a half-century. It opens with his role as secretary and shield to his father, Bahā’u’llāh, the prophet-founder of the Bahā’ī Faith, after their banishment from Iran and 1868 incarceration in Acre. It traces the rising arc of 'Abdu’l-Bahā’s social relations in Ottoman Greater Syria; his writings on contemporary issues; some of the early challenges of his ministry; the themes he raised in Lebanon and Egypt, but also in Europe and North America; his preparations for World War I; and the contacts and correspondence of his last years. 'Abdul-Bahā’s broad, deep and extensive engagement in the region emerges, replete with contacts, friendships and partnerships with leading figures, intellectual exchange, and initiatives in education, agriculture and community life. The study reframes his relations with the Arab world and his orchestration of the global growth of the Bahā’ī Faith even as it weaves the experience of the early Bahā’ī community of the Middle East back into the historical tapestry of the region in late Ottoman times."-- Provided by publisher.
Notes	Verso of title page shows First edition published by Sutherland House. However, the "Preface to the Second Edition" makes clear that this is the second edition of a work published in Tel Aviv by Idra in 2023.
Language	English
Keywords	'ABDU'L-BAHA; BIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL ACTION
Number of pages	xvi, 172, [32] pages of plates
Edition	First [i.e. Second] edition
Call number	BP393 .L56 2025 (BWC - COLLINS)

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