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Tag "God Passes By (book)"

tag name: God Passes By (book) type: Shoghi Effendi
web link: God_Passes_By_(book)
abbreviation: GPB (see key to abbreviations)
related tags: Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of
referring tags: Lawh-i-Qarn (Tablet of the Centennial)
notes: Book 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)" appears in:

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

2.   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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