Principles for progress : essays on religion and modernity / by Abdu'l-Bahá ; critical editions, translation and introduction by Sen McGlinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921, author.

Contributor:

McGlinn, Sen, translator, writer of introduction.

Series:

Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)

Iranian Studies Series

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Bahai Faith.

Leadership--Religious aspects.

Leadership.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Religion and state.

Physical Description:

418 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Leiden, The Netherlands] : Leiden University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

Texts in Persian and parallel English translation; Introduction and critical matter in English.

Summary:

This book presents three of the works of Abdu'l-Bahá, son of the founder of the Bahá'i Faith, dealing with social and political issues.00In 'The Secret of Divine Civilization' (1875) Abdu'l-Bahá supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirzá Hosayn Khán, but looks mainly for organic reform through the efforts of Iranian intellectuals to waken and educate the masses. In this work, Abdu'l-Bahá gives virtuous and progressive Islamic clerics a leading role among these intellectuals, indeed most of his appeals are directed specifically to them. 'A Traveller's Narrative' (1889/90) is an authoritative statement of the broad lines of Bahá'i social and political thinking. 'The Art of Governance' (1892/93) was written as Iran entered a pre-revolutionary phase, and ideas that we recognise today as the precursors of political Islam were spreading. It sets out the principles underlying the ideal relationship between religion and politics and between the government and the people.00In addition to presenting the first parallel text translations of these works, the Persian texts incorporate notes on variants in the early published sources. An introduction outlines the intellectual and political landscape from which Abdu'l-Bahá wrote, and in which his expected readers lived.

This book presents three of the works of Abdu'l-Bahá, son of the founder of the Bahá'i Faith, dealing with social and political issues.00In 'The Secret of Divine Civilization' (1875) Abdu'l-Bahá supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirzá Hosayn Khán, but looks mainly for organic reform through the efforts of Iranian intellectuals to waken and educate the masses. In this work, Abdu'l-Bahá gives virtuous and progressive Islamic clerics a leading role among these intellectuals, indeed most of his appeals are directed specifically to them. 'A Traveller?s Narrative' (1889/90) is an authoritative statement of the broad lines of Bahá'i social and political thinking. 'The Art of Governance' (1892/93) was written as Iran entered a pre-revolutionary phase, and ideas that we recognise today as the precursors of political Islam were spreading. It sets out the principles underlying the ideal relationship between religion and politics and between the government and the people.00In addition to presenting the first parallel text translations of these works, the Persian texts incorporate notes on variants in the early published sources. An introduction outlines the intellectual and political landscape from which Abdu'l-Bahá wrote, and in which his expected readers lived.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: ʻAbduʾl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Asrār al-ghaybīyah li-asbāb al-madanīyah.

Container of: ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Asrār al-ghaybīyah li-asbāb al-madanīyah. English

Container of: ʻAbduʾl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Maqālah-ʾi shakhṣī-i sayyāḥ kih dar qaz̤īyah-ʾi Bāb nivishtah ast.

Container of: ʻAbduʾl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Maqālah-ʾi shakhṣī-i sayyāḥ kih dar qaz̤īyah-ʾi Bāb nivishtah ast. English

Container of: ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Risālah-ʼi siyāsīyah.

Container of: ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Risālah-ʼi siyāsīyah. English.

Secret of divine civilization.

Traveller's narrative.

Art of governance.

ISBN:

9789087283070

9087283075

OCLC:

1038009446

Publisher Number:

99978795652