Bibliography: #BIB30168

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB30168
reference type	Book
title	Compilations on Bahá'í Administration
year	2023
date	November 2023
publisher	Bahá'í Publications Australia
place published	Ingleside, NSW
issue	4.
ISBN	9781925320145
abstract	Bahá’í Elections...............................................................................................7 Fostering a Spiritual Attitude towards Elections........................................ 9 Qualifications of Those to be Elected............................................................ 11 The Non-Political Character of Elections.................................................... 15 The Absence of Nominations.......................................................................... 17 Participation in Elections.................................................................................. 20 The Role of the National Spiritual Assembly.............................................. 23 Bahá’í Funds......................................................................................................25 Importance of Giving......................................................................................... 27 The Responsibility of Assemblies in Administering Bahá’í Funds....... 42 Who Can Contribute to the Fund?................................................................ 45 Bahá’í Meetings................................................................................................51 Formative Age of the Faith........................................................................65 Huqúqu’lláh.......................................................................................................75 Foundations of the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh....................................................... 77 Application of the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh......................................................... 90 Functions of the Trustees of Ḥuqúqu’lláh and the Spiritual Assemblies.................................................................................. 109 Disbursement of Ḥuqúqu’lláh Funds............................................................ 119 A Codification of the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh................................................... 123 Institution of the Counsellors.................................................................131 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 133 International and Continental Counsellors & the Auxilliary Boards.. 136 Some Specific Aspects of the Functioning of the Institution.................. 158 Local Spiritual Assembly...........................................................................175 Establishment and Station................................................................................ 177 Membership—Qualifications and Election................................................. 180 Taking Counsel Together—Functions.......................................................... 182 Attendance and Resignation............................................................................ 189 Assembly—Relation to Believers.................................................................... 191 Believers—Relation to Assembly.................................................................... 193 Prospects of the Future...................................................................................... 197 Mashriqu’l‑Adhkár.......................................................................................201 The Institution of the Mashriqu’l‑Adhkár................................................... 203 Extracts from the Writings................................................................................ 218 Selected Prayers for the Mashriqu’l‑Adhkár............................................... 258 National Spiritual Assembly.....................................................................263 A Pivotal Instrument of the Administrative Order.................................... 265 The Administrative Order: Nucleus and Pattern of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh............................... 265 Role of the National Spiritual Assembly............................................................ 270 An Ethos of Loving Service................................................................................. 272 Interdependence of the Elected and the Appointed......................................... 278 Facilitating an Evolving Framework for Action......................................... 285 Evolution of the Administrative Order and its Institutions............................. 285 A Learning Mode................................................................................................. 288 Building Institutional Capacity and Developing Human Resources............. 296 Regional Bahá’í Councils..............................................................................................296 The Training Institute....................................................................................................300 Local Spiritual Assemblies...........................................................................................303 The Institution of the Fund..........................................................................................305 Releasing the Society-Building Power of the Cause.................................. 309 Propagation of Divine Teachings....................................................................... 309 Contributing to Social Transformation............................................................. 311 Social Action......................................................................................................................311 Involvement in the Discourses of Society................................................................316 Spiritual Health and Vitality of the Bahá’í Community.................................. 320 The Three Protagonists..................................................................................... 327 Nineteen Day Feast........................................................................................337 Introductory Letter............................................................................................. 339 General Statements............................................................................................. 343 The Threefold Feast Celebration.................................................................... 350 Feast Times........................................................................................................... 353 Feast Locations.................................................................................................... 355 Attendance of Believers at the Feast............................................................... 358 Restrictions Upon Feast Attendance.............................................................. 362 Youth and Children at Feasts........................................................................... 366 The Feast Celebration—Prayers and Scriptural Readings...................... 369 The Feast Celebration—Consultation........................................................... 372 The Feast Celebration—Socializing............................................................... 376 The Blending of Cultures in the Feast Celebration................................... 377 Letter 17 May 2009............................................................................................. 380 Universal House of Justice.........................................................................387 Index (Universal House of Justice)........................................................................... 478
language	English
keywords	ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
number of pages	481
edition	Version v.1.3

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