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tag name: Power type: Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Religion, general

web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Power
variations or
mis-spellings: Potent; Potency; Potential
related tags: – Concepts, Philosophical; – Concepts, Religious; – Concepts, Science; – Tags with many search results on bahai.org; Tags with multiple Inventory subjects (selected)
referring tags: Authority; Competition; Corruption; Empowerment; Religious leaders (clergy)
Inventory subject: Executive government; power of execution; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Power of love; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Power of the mind over nature; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; The mind's power of discovery; The power of example; The power of words; of speech
notes:

"... Clearly the concept of power as a means of domination, with the accompanying notions of contest, contention, division and superiority, must be left behind. This is not to deny the operation of power; after all, even in cases where institutions of society have received their mandates through the consent of the people, power is involved in the exercise of authority. But political processes, like other processes of life, should not remain unaffected by the powers of the human spirit that the Bahá’í Faith—for that matter, every great religious tradition that has appeared throughout the ages—hopes to tap: the power of unity, of love, of humble service, of pure deeds. Associated with power in this sense are words such as “release”, “encourage”, “channel”, “guide” and “enable”. Power is not a finite entity which is to be “seized” and “jealously guarded”; it constitutes a limitless capacity to transform that resides in the human race as a body..."

– Universal House of Justice, from a message dated 2 March 2013 to the Bahá’ís of Iran

references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power; bahaiquotes.com/subject/power; bahaiquotes.com/subject/one-power-of; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Power

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2025. Potent God and the Attracting God, The: Metaphysics and its Social Consequences. Moojan Momen. — Two conceptual notions of God: the view of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is based on concepts of G...
2024. 2 March 2013 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Study. Ehsan Bayat, comp. — Study guide to the letter sent to all NSAs on avoiding partisan politics: Baha'is can contribute to ...
2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. — Links to 42 interviews and narratives highlighting how Baha’i individuals and communities worldwid...
2023. Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism, An: The Case of Abu'l-Fadá'il-i-Gulpáyigání and E.G. Browne. Mina Yazdani, Omid Ghaemmaghami. — Gulpaygani’s analysis of Orientalism as presented in his book Kashfu'l-Ghita', which focused on th...
2022-11-01. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
2022-08-03. Pursuit of Social Justice, The. Michael Karlberg. — An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organizati...
2022-04. One Concern with the Notion of Power as an Element of the Conceptual Framework Guiding the Activities of the Bahá'í Community. Filip Boicu. — Power can be defined in negative or positive ways, as either adversarialism (oppressive power domina...
2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. — Explores the Persian Bayan's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into...
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
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...
2015. Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith. Mikhail Sergeev. — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
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...
2012-02-11. Materialism Wearing Away at Our Kids. Ted Slavin. — The materialism of modern society and media is distracting many of our children. Adults must be awar...
2009-12-08. Advancing Toward the Equality of Women and Men. Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. — Issues that lie at the heart of the struggle for the equality of women and men, via the Institute’...
2009. Revelation and Social Reality: Learning to Translate What Is Written into Reality. Paul Lample. — The nature of change in social reality, Baha’i understanding and practice, learning and growth, pa...
2008. Love, Power and Justice. William S. Hatcher.
2007. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life. Brian Kurzius. — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
2007. Western Liberal Democracy as a New World Order?. Michael Karlberg. — Argues that competitive liberal democracy is outdated and inequitable, proposing non-adversarial, co...
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...
1999. Love, Power, and Justice. William S. Hatcher. — The pursuit and abuse of power are moral choices for which there is no moral justification.
1998. Creating Intimacy: In the Community and With the Seeker. Phyllis K. Peterson. — On how intimacy in the Baha'i community can be created, using Baha’i scriptures as guideline. We h...
1996. Overcoming Barriers to Unity: An Essay on Group Harmony. Steven E. Ellis. — Different perspectives on unity and disunity; red flags of disunity including anger, advising, perfe...
1993. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul. Ross Woodman. — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
1956. Path to God, The: 1956 edition. Dorothy Baker. — Some elements for spiritual success: power through prayer and nine benefits of prayer, victorious li...
1912. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds. Francis Henry Skrine. — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...

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tag name:	Power	type:	Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Religion, general
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Power
variations or mis-spellings:	Potent; Potency; Potential
related tags:	– Concepts, Philosophical; – Concepts, Religious; – Concepts, Science; – Tags with many search results on bahai.org; Tags with multiple Inventory subjects (selected)
referring tags:	Authority; Competition; Corruption; Empowerment; Religious leaders (clergy)
Inventory subject:	Executive government; power of execution; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Power of love; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Power of the mind over nature; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; The mind's power of discovery; The power of example; The power of words; of speech
notes:	"... Clearly the concept of power as a means of domination, with the accompanying notions of contest, contention, division and superiority, must be left behind. This is not to deny the operation of power; after all, even in cases where institutions of society have received their mandates through the consent of the people, power is involved in the exercise of authority. But political processes, like other processes of life, should not remain unaffected by the powers of the human spirit that the Bahá’í Faith—for that matter, every great religious tradition that has appeared throughout the ages—hopes to tap: the power of unity, of love, of humble service, of pure deeds. Associated with power in this sense are words such as “release”, “encourage”, “channel”, “guide” and “enable”. Power is not a finite entity which is to be “seized” and “jealously guarded”; it constitutes a limitless capacity to transform that resides in the human race as a body..." – Universal House of Justice, from a message dated 2 March 2013 to the Bahá’ís of Iran
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power; bahaiquotes.com/subject/power; bahaiquotes.com/subject/one-power-of; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Power