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key	QEHD3MK4
title	Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by 'Abdu'l-Bahá
author	'Abdu'l-Bahá
authority control	Abdu'l-Bahá
item type	Book
publication year	2018
date	2018
ISBN	978-90-8728-307-0 90-8728-307-5
abstract note	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.
number pages	418
series	Iranian Studies Series
publisher	Leiden University Press
place	Leiden
language	English, Persian
manual tags	SOCIAL ACTION; IRAN; REFORM; POLITICS; DEVELOPMENT; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. SECRET OF DIVINE CIVILIZATION; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. RISALIY-I-SIYASIYYIH; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. TRAVELLER'S NARRATIVE
editor	McGlinn, Sen
translator	McGlinn, Sen

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