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Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas : The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith

2025 - Tauris

496 p.

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is considered the most important and sacred text of the Bahá'í Faith, a religion with some eight million adherents, found in nearly every country of the world. It sets out the laws, teachings, and institutions that shape and influence individual and collective life for members of the Bahá'í community. Despite the Kitáb-i-Aqdas's significance, it has not been extensively researched. "Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith" now offers a comprehensive academic study of the text. This important new publication explores and analyzes the significance and history of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; its language, style, and translation; and its theological and spiritual foundations, including its conceptions of God, religion, and human beings. The book, moreover, examines the Kitáb-i-Aqdas's provisions for succession, interpretation, and administration within the Bahá'í religion; its devotional and other personal laws; its ordinances for promoting unity; its perspectives on

justice and law; and its addresses to the world's political and religious leaders. Academically rigorous yet eminently clear and accessible, "Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas" is an essential read for students of religion and Middle East studies. [Publisher's Text]