How Shoghi Effendi prepared Bahá’ís for the 10-Year Crusade; 27 objectives he formulated; impediments to the implementation of some of those objectives; and the place of the Crusade in history as well as future developments destined to flow from it.
published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 14:3-4, pages 1-33 Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2004
About: This essay will explore how Shoghi Effendi prepared the Bahá’í world for the Ten Year Crusade. It will examine the twenty-seven objectives he formulated and will explain the impediments which prevented the implementation of some of those objectives. Finally, it will consider the place of the Crusade in history as well as future developments destined to flow from it, as seen by Shoghi Effendi.