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Abstract:
The idea of liberation and equality is central to Bahá'í theology; the poor in the 19th century Middle East; Bahá'u'lláh and the poor; Tablet to the Kings on wealth and peace; laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Huququ'lláh; state social welfare.
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Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology

by Juan Cole

published in Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 8, pages 79-98
Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1997
Download: cole_bahaullah_liberation_theology.pdf.
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