THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 18 Chapter 28: Preparing for a Just Society In this chapter the present-day programme of action in the Bahá’í Faith is summarized to see if it is a practical approach to the building of a just society. The Individual Bahá’í guidelines for the …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 16 Chapter 27: The Big Picture (Cont) The cycles of religions Here, then, is something of the Bahá’í teachings on human nature. There remains one vital factor to complete the picture linking man to God. Bahá’ís believe that though man is free to …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 15 Chapter 27: The Big Picture In discussing the Bahá’í Faith’s credentials as an effective world-embracing progressive movement there are two questions which require immediate attention. The first relates to the fact that it is an independent religion with its own Prophet-Founder. It …
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THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 14 PART III: THE FUTURE Chapter 26: Where Do We Go From Here? The human race is rightly proud of its achievements in the arts and sciences. How the human spirit is raised by the beauty of music, painting, architecture, sculpture, …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 10 Chapter 10: Islam and the Idea of Equality Following the sequence of history, it is now time to turn to Islam, a religion which raised the standard of civilization over the vast regions of the globe stretching from West Africa to …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART IX Chapter 9: Christianity: The Concept of Brotherhood In tracing the historical development of the idea of the just society, it is now chronologically appropriate to consider the contribution of Christianity. Having roots in both Judaism and the Roman Empire, this religion …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART VIII Chapter 8: Pax Romana The thousand-and-more-year history of Rome has had an impact on western civilization equal only to that of Greece and Christianity. In the evolution of the idea of the just society several aspects of this history are of significance: …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART VII Chapter 7: Greece and the Rational Philosophers The spotlight now switches westward to Greece, like Israel a relatively small society when compared to the great empires of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, India, and China. Like Israel too, its special contributions to the …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART VI Chapter 6: Confucianism and the Middle Kingdom So far the discussion has revolved around civilizations associated with three of the world’s great river systems: the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, and the Indus. This chapter is concerned with a fourth: the remarkable society …
