Index

'Abdu'l-Bahá, 7, 48-49, 50, 67, 83, 90-91, 102, 105-06 quoted, 65, 66, 69, 77-78, 86 Administrative Order, 68, 80-81, 82, 101-02, 104 American Bahá'í Community, 23-28, 215-21 need for growth 25-26 Arc (see also the Fund), 22, 30, 42, 44, 50-54, 57, 60, 62-63, 64, 76, 79, 83, 90, 91, 102, 221-26 Assemblies, Local (see also believers, local communities; maturation), 68-69 development of, 21, 36, 82, 101-02 peace 31-32 Assemblies, National (see also believers, local communities; maturation) formations, 4-5, 19, 21-22, 48, 62, 86, 104-05 peace 31-32, 33 planning 41, 43, 48, 71-72, 81, 217 relations with leaders, 56 social and economic development 8-9, 82, 101-02 Bahá'u'lláh (see also observances), 6, 7, 22-23, 50, 67, 78, 83, 91, 94, 95-96, 107-09, 233-41, 239-41 quoted, 85, 107, 108, 109, 219, 240-41 statement on, 91 Believers (see also teaching‹individual), consecration of, 5, 13, 16, 30-31, 49, 54, 64, 79, 92, 93-94, 106, 107-09, 217 social and economic development, 10 Children, 25, 40, 58 China, 61, 73, 99, 208-09 Covenant 41, 48-49, 58, 59, 78, 90-91, 105-06 Crisis and Victory, 3, 41, 53 Deepening 22, 36, 48-49 Eastern Europe/Soviet Union, 60-61, 70-72, 73-74, 86, 93, 97, 99, 209-15 Emergence from Obscurity 17-18, 20, 34, 34-35, 37, 43, 46, 55, 61-62, 87, 88, 99-100, 119-27 Feast 21, 66-70 Forces, of darkness, 79, 102-03 of light/spiritual power, 6, 14, 22-23, 28, 59, 73, 82, 85-86, 103, 106, 107, 109 Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age 41, 62, 88, 96-97, 175-81, 216-17 Fund, 161-70 and the Arc, 30, 49, 52-53, 79, 93-94, 165-67 opportunities, 11-13, 29-31, 92-95 response of the believers 20, 29, 94 replacement of contributions by Iranians, 5 Holy Year 40-41, 48-49, 63, 77, 90-91, 95, 96-97, 103, 104, 107, 226-33 Huqúqu'lláh 30, 44, 57, 91-92, 106, 170-75 Integration and Disintegration, acceleration and movement to a climax, 3 evidence of, 3-4, 37-38, 44, 55, 62, 73, 78-79, 85-86, 102-04, 127-38 Involvement in the life of society, 5, 6-7, 22, 35, 40, 61, 75-76, 82, 87-88, 93, 145-53 relating teachings to current issues 58, 99-100, 218-19 transformation of society 14, 36, 39 Kitáb-i-Aqdas 4, 57, 63, 89-90, 91, 94, 106 Learned, Auxiliary Board 19, 63, 75, 88, 89 Counsellors 8, 19, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 63, 75, 81, 88-89, 101, 105 Hands of the Cause, 3, 18-19, 39, 74-75, 87, 101, 105 International Teaching Centre 8, 19, 22, 39, 42, 63, 75, 89, 101 Local Communities 9, 36 Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, 7 India, 4, 11, 19, 29-30, 42-43, 47, 98-99 Samoa, 4, 11, 19, 29, 42 United States, 28 Maturation of the community, 5, 18 diversity of actions, 80 of the institutions, 36, 40, 41, 43-44, 56, 62-63, 66-70, 101-02, 188-96 Observance of principle, 8, 58-59, 82 Observances, centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, 40-41, 64, 72, 77, 89, 96, 105 50th anniversary of the passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, 4 50th anniversary of the systematic execution of the Tablets of the Divine Plan, 49 75th anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Baha's visit to the west, 49 Peace, 31-34, 36, 37, 62, 79, 82, 99, 102 peace statement 36, 58, 98 Persecution of the Iranian Bahá'ís, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 15-16, 18, 19, 23-24, 34-35, 43, 46, 56, 56-57, 61-62, 76, 113-19 Plans, Five Year Plan, 3 Seven Year Plan, 3, 5, 15, 18, 21, 27-28, 34, 40 accomplishments of 42-44, 49, 51 Six Year Plan 36, 40, 42-44, 48, 57, 62, 63, 65, 77, 86, 89-91, 92, 95, 97-102, 181-88 Tablets of the Divine Plan, 71, 103, 104, 178, 216, 217-18 Three Year Plan 109, 195-96 Two Year Subsidiary Plan, 70-72, 97, 208-15 Proclamation and publicity, 4, 11, 12-13, 20, 24, 27-28, 30, 98, 100 dealing with public, 5, 98 peace 31-33, 98 Radio, 5, 9, 19-20, 25, 32, 43 Shoghi Effendi 3, 41, 50-51, 62, 67, 83, 94 quoted 10, 11-12, 26, 35, 53, 54, 68, 85, 86, 104 Social and Economic Development, 5, 6, 6-10, 20-21, 34, 40, 43, 46-47, 93, 100-01, 138-45 and the Fund, 9, 12, 30 and teaching, 9-10, 20-21 literacy, 64, 75-76, 99 environment, 64, 75, 99, 102 Teaching, 196-221 accomplishments, 4-5, 20, 29, 42-43, 60, 73-74, 79, 97-98 entry by troops, 53, 55, 60, 81 importance/urgency, 47, 53-54, 57-59, 63, 64-65, 79-80, 80-81, 93 individual 26-27, 58-59, 64-65; 108-09 people of capacity/prominence, 81 and persecutions 18; 56 and social and economic development, 9-10, 20-21 systematic, 27, 80, 218 vast expansion, 40, 47-48, 53-54, 55, 60, 65, 79-80, 97-98 Technology 6, 103 Transformation 14, 36, 39, 64-65, 78 United Nations 14, 19, 22, 31, 35-36, 43, 46, 76 Unity, of the believers 5, 9, 13, 35, 66, 70, 77, 80, 106, 148-49, 219, 228 of humanity, 7, 36, 57, 70, 103, 148-49, 177, 219, 228, 240 race unity/racism 32, 47, 102, 220-21 Women 21, 36, 58, 78, 100 World Centre (see also Arc), development of, 3, 11-12, 42, 50 establishment of the Office of Social and Economic Development 8, 42 establishment of the Office of Public Information 42 Office of the Environment, 75 World Congress 41, 57, 64, 77-78, 90-91, 105-06, 217 World Order 3, 5, 13, 35, 36, 66, 68, 85-86, 96 Word of God, 58, 65 Youth, 14-17, 29, 37-39, 40, 48, 153-61 services of, 4, 25, 101 international youth year, 14, 34, 35, 39 teaching 15, 21, 58 period of service 16-17