Bahá'í Chronology: 1981-01-01

date	event	locations	tags	firsts
1981 1 Jan	The publication of Der Bahā'ismus, Weltreligion der Zukunft?: Geschichte, Lehre und Organisation in Kritischer Anfrage (Bahá'ism-Religion of the Future? History, Doctrine and Organization: A Critical Inquiry) by Francesco Ficicchia under the auspices of the Central Office of the Protestant Church for Questions of Ideology in Germany. This book was distributed by the Protestant Church and became the most widespread book on the Bahá'í Faith in German, and as such was widely accepted as a critical academic publication. At the time of its distribution a decision was taken to not dignify the publication with a rebuttal. This proved to be an error. Making the Crooked Straight was published in 1995 in German and translated/published by George Ronald Publishers in 2000. The purpose of the book, as the name suggests, was to address the distorted views presented in Ficicchia's publication. [MCSintroduction] See The Refutation of Francesco Ficicchia and the Dangers of Silence by Jack McLean.	Germany	Opposition; Criticism and apologetics; Making the Crooked Straight (book); Bahai Scholarship
1981 1 Jan	The European branch office of the Bahá’í International Community was established in Geneva. [BW19:33, VV54, BIC-History] [key]	Geneva; Switzerland	BIC; Bahai International Community