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Tag: "God Passes By (book)"

tag name: God Passes By (book) type: Shoghi Effendi
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/God_Passes_By_(book)
abbreviation: GPB (see key to abbreviations)
related tags: - Writings of Shoghi Effendi on bahai.org; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of
referring tags: Bábí history; Bahá'í history; Lawh-i-Qarn (Tablet of the Centennial)
notes: Book written by Shoghi Effendi, providing a historical summary and interpretation of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith, from 1844 to 1944. First published in 1944.
references: bahaipedia.org/God_Passes_By; bahai9.com/wiki/God_Passes_By; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god-passes-by

"God Passes By (book)" has been tagged in:

31 results from the Main Catalog

2 results from the Chronology

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  1. 2026. Order of Bahá'u'lláh: A Systemic Taxonomy. Roger Coe. — A visual study exploring the hierarchy, evolution, and distinctions of the New World Order; presenta...
  2. 2025. God Passes By: Study Guide. Ehsan Bayat, comp. — This study guide offers an accessible exploration of Shoghi Effendi's seminal work. It provides summ...
  3. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
  4. 2012. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Jack McLean. — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of...
  5. 2011-04. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series. Hooper Dunbar. — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
  6. 2009-03-08. Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl), The. Universal House of Justice. — Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript u...
  7. 2009. Babi Heroism and the Recovery of the Heroic. Jack McLean. — In defining the three ages of Babi-Baha’i history, Shoghi Effendi named the first the Heroic Age, ...
  8. 2006. Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil, The. Jack McLean. — Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portra...
  9. 2005. English Translations of French Passages in God Passes By. Brett Zamir, trans, Violetta Zein, trans.
  10. 2004-09-06. Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse. Universal House of Justice. — Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the...
  11. 2003. Letters of the Quranic Dispensation and Letters of the Living (huruf). Universal House of Justice. — Some meanings of the term huruf ("letters") in Baha'i texts, including Letters of the Bayan, Letters...
  12. 2002. God Passes By: Outline and cross-reference of chapters correlated with A Traveler's Narrative and The Dawn-Breakers. Brett Zamir, comp. — A variety of indexes and tables correlating these three books.
  13. 2001. Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah". Brian Wittman. — Some references to Islam in Shoghi Effendi's English-language writings.
  14. 2001. Century of Light. Universal House of Justice. — Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Baha'i Faith's emergence from...
  15. 2001. Traveler's Narrative, A Study Outline and Cross-Reference. Brett Zamir, comp. — Summary headings and correlation of passages with The Dawn-Breakers, God Passes By, the Lawh-i-Sulta...
  16. 2000-2024. Covenant Library Unified Index and Glossary. Covenant Library, comp. — A comprehensive glossary and reference index of Baha'i sacred texts and literature, organized in two...
  17. 2000. Characterization in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi: With Special Attention to Yahya. Jack McLean. — The Guardian employed a creative literary device of adding moralistic comment about historical figur...
  18. 2000. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
  19. 1998. Tablet of the Centennial. Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . — Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Baha'is, written shortly after "God Passes...
  20. 1993-02-15. Biblical discrepancies in God Passes By. Universal House of Justice. — Citation errors for quotations from Ezekiel in God Passes By.
  21. 1991. Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith [1991 republication], The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi.
  22. 1973-04-21. Station and Titles of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The. Shoghi Effendi. — Two excerpts from Shoghi Effendi's writings, one from "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah" and the othe...
  23. 1971 [1944]. God Passes By. Shoghi Effendi. — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
  24. 1970. God Passes By: A Study Guide. Horace Holley. — Thematic index to the Guardian's key historical work.
  25. 1956. Notes on Words of the Guardian. Virginia Orbison. — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ...
  26. 1944/1971. God Passes By: Introduction. George Townshend. — Original introduction, which is often omitted from print and online versions of the book.
  27. 1944. Description of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), A. Shoghi Effendi. — Overview of the Kitab-i-Íqan, Baha’u’llah’s central doctrinal work, explaining progressive re...
  28. 1944. Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A. Shoghi Effendi. — Overview of the Kitab-i-Aqdas as Baha’u’llah’s Most Holy Book, establishing His laws, institut...
  29. 1944. Description of Tablets Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A. Shoghi Effendi. — Overview of Baha’u’llah’s later Tablets clarifying His laws and teachings, proclaiming human u...
  30. 1944. Description of the Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, A. Shoghi Effendi. — Overview of Baha’u’llah’s proclamation to world rulers and religious leaders, calling them to ...
  31. 1944. God Passes By: Foreword. Shoghi Effendi. — Introduction only, posted separate for reference as it is one of the most significant of the Guardia...

from the Chronology (2 results; expand)

  1. 1944-01-22 — Prior to mailing the manuscript to Horace Holley, Shoghi Effendi made the last corrections of the la...
  2. 1944-11-15 — The publication of God Passes By, a survey of the history of the first century of the Babi and Baha'...
 
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