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Tag: "Charity and relief work"

tag name: Charity and relief work type: Miscellaneous
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Charity_and_relief_work
variations or
mis-spellings:
humanitarian aid
referring tags: Altruism; Ayyám-i-Há; Charitable organizations; Hull House; Humanitarian Relief Fund; Nazz Rest Home
Inventory subject: Charitable associations; humanitarian activities
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_(practice); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid; bahai9.com/wiki/Charity; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Charity

"Charity and relief work" has been tagged in:

28 results from the Main Catalog

9 results from the Chronology

from the main catalog (28 results; expand)

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  1. 2025-04-21. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership. Bahá'í World. — Highlights the Baha’i principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global applica...
  2. 2024-05-26. To the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. Universal House of Justice. — The Baha’i response to conflicts and related humanitarian crises in the world; encouraging Baha’...
  3. 2022-04-01. Responding to the War in Ukraine. Universal House of Justice. — Actions Baha'is are taking in response to the invasion of Ukraine; the role of prayers and acts of s...
  4. 2020-09. Is Economic Justice Possible?: Toward a New Conception of the Equitable Distribution of Wealth and Income. Navid Sabet. — Survey of the world's current economic condition, and on the implications of Baha'i principles on th...
  5. 2020-05. The Role of Public Institutions in Ensuring Social Well-Being. Alex Vedovi. — Questions around government’s role in social welfare and the welfare state; Baha'i perspectives on...
  6. 2019-05. Begin with the Village: The Bahá'í Approach to Rural Development. Paul Hanley. — About the focus on rural areas, the role of farmers and villages in achieving sustainable developmen...
  7. 2019-05. Bonds that Sustain: Bahá'í Community-Building Efforts Through the Lens of Disaster Response. Bani Dugal. — On disaster response in the Baha'i community, systems of human resource development, community-build...
  8. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
  9. 2018. Power and the Bahá'í community. Moojan Momen. — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
  10. 2018. Lessons in Leadership. May Khadem. — A personal journey of learning about leadership; widely shared false assumptions have led many off-c...
  11. 2015-10-01. Migrants and Refugees in Europe. Universal House of Justice. — Principles to guide the response of the Bahá’í community to the dramatic social changes concer...
  12. 2015-01-13. Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts. Universal House of Justice. — A letter to and response from the House about why Baha'is do not condemn the 2014 attacks on Gaza, a...
  13. 2012. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels. Wendi Momen. — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
  14. 2010-04. 'Adasiyyah: A Study in Agriculture and Rural Development. Iraj Poostchi. — On the labor of farmers and sharecroppers in a Jordanian village, on land purchased by 'Abdu'l-Baha;...
  15. 2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
  16. 2005. `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914. Ahang Rabbani. — The story of Abdu'l-Baha's relocating the Haifa/Akka Baha'i community of some 140 people to a nearby...
  17. 2003-01-12. Avoidance of Politics and Controversial Matters. Universal House of Justice. — A short explanation that the aim of Baha'is is to reconcile viewpoints and heal divisions, but not b...
  18. 2003-01-12. Political Non-Involvement and Obedience to Government: Compilation by Peter Khan with Cover Letter from Secretariat. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Peter J. Khan, comp. . — Current world events can cause confusion and anguish among those seeking global peace. Rather than b...
  19. 2003. Protecting the Human Family: Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and Bahá'í Principles. Brian D. Lepard. — The moral and legal problems raised by the use of military force to aid human rights victims. Releva...
  20. 1998. Funerals and Burials, Preparations for: Some practical notes. Mary K. Radpour, comp. — A compilation of Baha'i directions for funerals and burials (i.e., this is not a compilation of dire...
  21. 1998. First Obligation, The: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund. Robert Weinberg. — Bio prepared for the UK Baha'i Centenary (1998-99).
  22. 1997. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology. Juan Cole. — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
  23. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
  24. 1996. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality. Paul Lample, comp. — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  25. 1996. Taxation, Drought and the Golden Rule. Neil Podger. — Agriculture is basic to human survival; the Baha'i teachings provide a broad-based way of bringing s...
  26. 1974-11-19. Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Italy. Universal House of Justice. — Regarding the alleviation of material suffering and the construction of a New World Order.
  27. 1967-12-08. Regarding a Number of Questions Related to Politics. Universal House of Justice. — Explains Baha’i non-involvement in politics, asserting unity and spiritual regeneration through Ba...
  28. 1935 March. `Abdu'l-Bahá's Historic Meeting with Jane Addams. Ruth Moffett. — On Abdu'l-Baha's visit to Hull House, the community "settlement house" in Chicago, and meeting with ...

from the Chronology (9 results; expand)

  1. 1868-07-00 — Principal Baha'is in Baghdad were arrested by the Turkish authorities and exiled to Mosul and other ...
  2. 1912-04-19 — Talk at Earl Hall, Columbia University, New York. [PUP29;
  3. 1912-12-24 — `Abdu'l-Baha received many expensive Christmas gifts; He turned them all away by returning them and ...
  4. 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
  5. 1915-05-00 — The Baha'is of Haifa and `Akka returned to their homes from the village of Abú-Sinan. [DH147]
  6. 1917-00-00 — A Children's Savings Company, which later was registered as Šerkat-e Now-nahālān, (literally `sap...
  7. 1920-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Baha was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Eff...
  8. 1941-04-08 — The passing of Urbain Joseph Ledoux (b. August 13, 1874 in Ste Hélène de Bagot, Quebec). He was b...
  9. 2016-05-23 — The first World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The summit, organized by the Unite...
 
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