TY  - JOUR
ID  - 7424
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/hemmat_three_purities_daoism
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Three Purities and Three-Stage Ontologies, The: From Daoism to the Baháʼí Faith
T2  - 
JF  - Religions
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A1  - Hemmat,Amrollah
A1  - Palmer,David A.
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A3  - 
Y1  - 2026/03
Y2  - 
VL  - 16
IS  - 9
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M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  - 
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 10.3390/rel17030379
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AB  - Using Daoism’s (Taoism) Three Purities, this study compares Daoist, Platonic, Sufi, and Bahá’í three-stage ontologies, highlighting creation, return, spiritual development, and ethical implications.
N1  - Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations, Part 2," online at mdpi.com, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats. 
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KW  - Arc of ascent and descent
KW  - Chinese religion
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - God
KW  - Ibn Arabi
KW  - Immanence and transcendence
KW  - Interfaith dialogue
KW  - Journey (spiritual)
KW  - Neoplatonism
KW  - Paradoxes
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophy, Greek
KW  - Philosophy, Islamic
KW  - Plato
KW  - Realms
KW  - Return
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Tajallí
KW  - Taoism (Daoism)
KW  - Unity
KW  - Worlds of God
KW  - Worldview
ER  -