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mis-spellings: Oneness of religions
related tags: - Religion; – Concepts; – Concepts, Religious; Pluralism; Progressive revelation; Unity
referring tags: - Interfaith dialogue; Changeless Faith of God; Divine Physician; I am all the Prophets (Hadith); One Common Faith (commentary)
Inventory subject: Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures
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"... There can be no doubt whatever that the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God. The difference between the ordinances under which they abide should be attributed to the varying requirements and exigencies of the age in which they were revealed. All of them, except a few which are the outcome of human perversity, were ordained of God, and are a reflection of His Will and Purpose. Arise and, armed with the power of faith, shatter to pieces the gods of your vain imaginings, the sowers of dissension amongst you. Cleave unto that which draweth you together and uniteth you..."

– Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, CXI (BH05684), cited in: Universal House of Justice, To the World’s Religious Leaders, April 2002

"The Purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves... That the divers communions of the earth, and the manifold systems of religious belief, should never be allowed to foster the feelings of animosity among men, is, in this Day, of the essence of the Faith of God and His Religion. These principles and laws, these firmly-established and mighty systems, have proceeded from one Source, and are rays of one Light. That they differ one from another is to be attributed to the varying requirements of the ages in which they were promulgated..."

– Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, CXXXII (BH00272), quoted in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 12

"... As to thy question concerning the heavenly Scriptures: The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements..."

– Bahá'u'lláh, Tabernacle of Unity, ¶2.5

See also:
Bahai.org:
– The Coming of Age of Humanity
– Selected extracts from Tabernacle of Unity
– Bahá'í Sacred Writings, chapter 7, section "The Purpose of Religion Is Unity" (Bahá'u'lláh), and chapter 12, section Religion Is One ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_Faith_and_the_unity_of_religion; bahaipedia.org/Unity_of_religion; bahaiquotes.com/subject/oneness-of-religion; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="oneness of religion"; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="one common faith"

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2025-07. Bahá'í Sacred Writings. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. . — A comprehensive collection of selections from the Writings of Baha’u’llah and the Writings and u...
2025. From Sensate Decline to Spiritual Renewal: Sorokin, the Crisis of Meaning, and the Bahá'í Faith. Behrooz Sabet. — On Sorokin’s cyclical theory of cultural change in light of the contemporary crisis of meaning and...
2025. Bahá'í Work as Worship, Prayer as Practice: Chapter 15. Deborah Clark Vance. — Religion is logical and progressive; it moves humanity closer to a unified world; human reality is o...
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...
2022-09. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles. Christopher Buck. — Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Baha's answer to the question "What has Baha’u’llah brought that we h...
2022. Key Passages from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, comp, A. Bolhuis, ed. . — Cross-reference compilation of 40 passages from the Kitab-i-Íqan selected by Shoghi Effendi for inc...
2022. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim). David Russell Garcia, Kees Poolman, trans. . — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
2022. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration. Todd Lawson. — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
2022. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage. Iraj Ghanooni, Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. . — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
2022. Two Parts of the Law of God, The: The Essential and the Secondary Teachings of the True Religion of God, and Counterfeit Doctrines. Peter Terry, comp. — Four compilations on themes related to the progressive revelation of the religion of God; essential ...
2021. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The. Todd Lawson. — On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths:...
2020-2026. Nuggets, The. Badi Shams. — A newsletter written from a Baha’i perspective consisting of inspiring stories, news, and history ...
2020-04-10. Writings of the Báb, The: Notes from Talks given by Dr. Nader Saiedi. Nader Saiedi, Anonymous, comp. . — Structured summarized notes from Dr. Saiedi’s 2019 talks on the Bab’s Writings, delivered at the...
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...
2019. Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School. Nader Saiedi. — On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell;...
2019. Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Peter Smith. — A look at the central features of the Baha’i Faith, including its history, and the key beliefs, or...
2018-05-03. 35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith. Bridging Beliefs. — Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Baha'i Faith and against relig...
2017-09-18. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks. Steven Phelps. — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
2016/2020. Taking Care with Translation of Sacred Scripture. Edward Price. — Examination of the importance of using reliable translations of the Qur’an. Includes technical dis...
2015-09. Persian Bayán: Thematic Analysis and Summary. Peter Terry. — A detailed overview of this lengthy text of The Bab, which outlines elements of Babi law, discussion...
2015 Fall. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions. Juan Cole. — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...
2015. Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith, by Mikhail Sergeev: Review. Benjamin Olshin.
2015. Reconciliation of Religions, The: Imperative for the 21st Century. Peter Terry. — While the 12 principles attributed to 'Abdu'l-Baha include the harmony of religion with science and ...
2014. Fifty Bahá'í Principles of Unity: A Paradigm of Social Salvation. Christopher Buck. — World religions are systems of salvation, liberation, or harmony, in direct response to the perceive...
2014. Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics. Rowshan Mustapha. — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
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...
2014. Ameen Rihani and the Unity of Religion: The Politics of Time and the Politics of Eternity. Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui). — Overview of the life and thought of a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual, and political activist...
2014. Baha'u'llah and the Reconciliation of Religions. Peter Terry. — The reconciliation of religions is one of the principal themes of Baha'u'llah's writings, yet one ra...
2012. Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h): Revealed for Siyyid Ja'far-i-Yazdí. Bahá'u'lláh, Afaf A. Stevens, trans. . — A tablet in which Baha'u'llah identifies with God and speaks as His mouthpiece, describes the appear...
2011-03-29. Enigmatic Questions Surrounding the Appearances of the Prophets. John S. Hatcher. — Issues related to the ontology and powers of the Manifestations can test the mettle of even deepened...
2011-01-22. There are rifts, but we have so much in common. Ted Slavin. — Unity of religions, and a review of Harold Rosen's book Founders of Faith: The Parallel Lives of God...
2011. Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria. Susan Maneck. — Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, co...
2010. Path of God, The. Wolfgang A. Klebel. — A comparison of the 'Global Ethic' (Hans Küng) with the Baha'i Faith. The core ethical principles f...
2009-11-29. Unity of Messengers. Ted Slavin. — Messengers from all the major religions come from the same source; accepting this unity helps us rec...
2009. Bahá'í Worldview on Unity of Religions: Progressive Revelation, The: Principles and Insights from the History of Science. Jena Khadem Khodadad. — Examination of the Baha’i belief in the unity of religions and the doctrine of "progressive revela...
2008. Précis Commentary on One Common Faith. William S. Hatcher. — Commentary on the statement ‘One Common Faith’.
2007. Why the Bahá'í Faith Is Not Pluralist. Grant S. Martin. — Argues against Seena Fazel that the Baha’i Faith is not a form of religious pluralism.
2007. Bahá'u'lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Tutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat. Khazeh Fananapazir. — Translations of Tutunjiyya "Sermon of the Gulf," Iftikhar "Sermon of Iftikhar," and Ma'rifat bin-Nur...
2006. Religion and Exclusivism: A Bahá'í Perspective. Julio Savi. — Various factors have distracted the attention of religionists from the essential teachings of religi...
2006. Tabernacle of Unity, The: Bahá'u'lláh's Responses To Mánikchi Sáhib. Bahá'u'lláh. — Five Tablets addressed to individuals of Zoroastrian background, including two letters responding to...
2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms re...
2005. One Common Faith: A Summary. Anonymous. — Summary of a commentary prepared in 2005 under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, th...
2004. Logos, Mythos and Kerygma: The Logic of Reconciliation and the Occultation of the Promised Qá'im in Bábí-Bahá'í Scripture. Ismael Velasco. — Theological background of the Twelfth Imam in Shi'i Islam, comprehensive interpretation of Baha'u'll...
2003-10. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim). David Russell Garcia. — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
2003-07. Religious Pluralism and the Baha'i Faith. Seena Fazel. — Provides an overview of the Baha'i poisition on religious pluralism, reviewing relevant Baha'i texts...
2003. Spiritual Footprints in the Sands of Time. Kevin Brogan. — The covenantal relationship between God and humankind; the lives of the founders of Judaism, Christi...
2003. Divine Virtues and Spiritual Qualities: A Compilation from Sacred Texts. WellSpring International Educational Foundation for the Study and Application of the Sacred Texts. — Comprehensive exploration of 77 virtues and qualities drawn from the texts of various religions.
2002-04. Letter to the World's Religious Leaders: In multiple languages. Universal House of Justice. — Letter proclaiming the importance of eliminating religious prejudices and calling for a deeper accep...
2002-04. Letter to the World's Religious Leaders. Universal House of Justice. — Letter proclaiming the importance of eliminating religious prejudices and calling for a deeper accep...
2002. From Adam to Bahá'u'lláh: The Idea of a Chain of Prophecy. Zaid Lundberg. — Whilst the modern period has seen a series of scientific paradigm shifts which have radically altere...
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...
2000. Religious Pluralism: A Bahá'í Perspective. Julio Savi. — On resolving the conflicting truth claims made by different religious traditions; finding definition...
1999-12. Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History. Peter Terry. — Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which ...
1998. Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm. Udo Schaefer, Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. . — Religious pluralism and associated issues: diversity and unity of religions, absoluteness, relativit...
1997. Baha'i Faith and Syncretism, The. Robert Stockman. — Addresses the common misunderstanding that the Baha'i Faith is syncretistic.
1997. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation. Ross Woodman. — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
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 ...
1996. Baha'u'llah's Unity Paradigm: A Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue on a Global Ethic?. Udo Schaefer. — The mystic unity of religions and the concept of progressive revelation.
1995-04. Beyond Pluralism. Moojan Momen. — Brief thoughts on the Baha'i Faith as a "metareligion."
1995. Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions. Moojan Momen. — Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways ...
1995. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique. Michael W. Sours. — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
1995. Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions. Moojan Momen. — Table comparing the lives of the Founders of the world's religions.
1995. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
1993/1997. Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism. Dann J. May. — A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic...
1993-12. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity: An interview with Pasteur Monnier on the relationship between the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity, Paris. Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Seena Fazel, ed. . — Revised translation of an interview with Pasteur Monnier, from chapter 5 of 'Abdu'l-Baha on Divine P...
1993(?)/2015. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. — A formal statement from the NSA of the Baha'is of India on the need to overcome religious, linguisti...
1993 Fall. "I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts. Juan Cole. — Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Baha'u'llah identifies ...
1993. Kitab-i-Aqdas: Its Place in Bahá'í literature. Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information. — Offers a broad introduction to the Aqdas and its themes.
1993. L'histoire de Salut et Changement de Paradigme: Deux Contributions à la Théologie Bahá'íe. Udo Schaefer. — French translation of Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm.
1992-10-15. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The. Universal House of Justice. — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
1992. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism. Michael W. Sours. — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
1991-1992. Station of Baha'u'llah: Three Letters. Universal House of Justice. — Three letters on the station of Baha'u'llah, the souls of the Manifestations, the varying intensitie...
1990-11-06. Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The. Universal House of Justice.
1986. Fourth Candle, The: The Unity of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue. Christopher Buck. — What does "Unity in Religion" mean, and how does it apply for Baha'is' interactions with other relig...
1982. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The. Juan Cole. — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
1972 (?) / 2018. Progressive Revelation and Oneness of Religion. William Sears. — A videotaped talk (possibly from 1972), along with a shorter animated 2018 presentation prepared by ...
1971-72 Winter. Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith. Daniel Conner. — Brief summary of the history and thought of Buddhism; commonalities with Western concepts; different...
1954/1966. Progressive Revelation. John Ferraby. — Short pamphlet on the oneness of religion, Messengers of God, and the religious cycle.
1953. Questions about the Second Coming. George Townshend. — Answers by Townshend to questions asked by the Baha’is of Kampala, Uganda about the return of Chri...
1942. Scriptures of Different Faiths, The. Pritam Singh. — Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teach...
1939-04-21. Manifestation, The. Albert P. Entzminger. — Explains the role and dual identities of the Manifestations of God, who guide humanity, and reveal s...
1939. Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith. George Townshend. — Using only the text of the Bible, Townshend provides a new reading of Scripture as a guidebook for t...
1937. Path to God, The: 1937 edition. Dorothy Baker. — Essay published as a pamphlet about the goal of life, revelation and access to heaven, self-improvem...
1919-09-08. ['Abdu'l-Bahá] Declares Zionists Must Work with Other Races: From the Globe and Commercial Advertiser (New York, July 17, 1919). Marion Weinstein. — An interview with 'Abdu'l-Baha on the League of Nations, Baha'i ideas for peace, and the Holy Land. ...
1915. Meeting a Prophet. Archie Bell. — Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Baha at the Sea of Galilee.
1914. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The. Thomas Kelly Cheyne. — Early history of the Babi and Baha'i movements, life stories of their participants, and their contem...
1911. Brief Account of the Bahá'í Movement, A. Ethel J. Rosenberg. — An early overview of the Baha'i Faith and its teachings, with compilation of quotations, published a...

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1913-01-18 — `Abdu'l-Baha received guests from the Muslim Community of Britain and was asked to speak at the Shah...
2002-04-21 — The Universal House of Justice issued a letter addressed to the world's religious leaders warning of...
2005-00-00 — The publication of One Common Faith by the Universal House of Justice. "

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tag name:	Unity of religion	type:	Principles, teachings; Religion, general
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Unity_of_religion
variations or mis-spellings:	Oneness of religions
related tags:	- Religion; – Concepts; – Concepts, Religious; Pluralism; Progressive revelation; Unity
referring tags:	- Interfaith dialogue; Changeless Faith of God; Divine Physician; I am all the Prophets (Hadith); One Common Faith (commentary)
Inventory subject:	Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures
notes:	"... There can be no doubt whatever that the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God. The difference between the ordinances under which they abide should be attributed to the varying requirements and exigencies of the age in which they were revealed. All of them, except a few which are the outcome of human perversity, were ordained of God, and are a reflection of His Will and Purpose. Arise and, armed with the power of faith, shatter to pieces the gods of your vain imaginings, the sowers of dissension amongst you. Cleave unto that which draweth you together and uniteth you..." – Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, CXI (BH05684), cited in: Universal House of Justice, To the World’s Religious Leaders, April 2002 "The Purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves... That the divers communions of the earth, and the manifold systems of religious belief, should never be allowed to foster the feelings of animosity among men, is, in this Day, of the essence of the Faith of God and His Religion. These principles and laws, these firmly-established and mighty systems, have proceeded from one Source, and are rays of one Light. That they differ one from another is to be attributed to the varying requirements of the ages in which they were promulgated..." – Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, CXXXII (BH00272), quoted in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 12 "... As to thy question concerning the heavenly Scriptures: The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Tabernacle of Unity, ¶2.5 See also: Bahai.org: – The Coming of Age of Humanity – Selected extracts from Tabernacle of Unity – Bahá'í Sacred Writings, chapter 7, section "The Purpose of Religion Is Unity" (Bahá'u'lláh), and chapter 12, section Religion Is One ('Abdu'l-Bahá)
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_Faith_and_the_unity_of_religion; bahaipedia.org/Unity_of_religion; bahaiquotes.com/subject/oneness-of-religion; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="oneness of religion"; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="one common faith"