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...eaders, since the Bahai faith is an independent religion born from Shiah Islam, not a church. However ‘church and state studies’ is the accepted name of a field of study which is not confined to Christianity. There is, for example, a Journal of Church and State, and research schools on the topic. These deal with the general issue of the relationship between organised relig...

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... Foreword Introduction Transitions and translations About this book The dynamics of globalisation The limits of theology Of church and state Religion and Politics in Islamic history In Islamic historiography In Classical Islam In Shiah Islam In Shiah Iran The pre-S...

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...ator has put a diagonal line across the oval diagram onpage 17 ( = page 25 of the pdf). CHURCH AND STATE Book 1 of a postmodern political... ...URCH AND STATE Book 1 of a postmodern political theology for the Bahai community Sen McGlinn Published in ... ... and distributed by Kalimát Press as Volume Nineteen of the series STUDIES IN THE BÁBÍ AND BAHÁ’Í RELIGIONSPrepared under... ...teen of the series STUDIES IN THE BÁBÍ AND BAHÁ’Í RELIGIONSPrepared under the supervision of Professor Johaan Ter Haar and submitted aspart of ... ... É ForewordThis book presents my own understanding of the Bahai1 teachings on some issuesthat are now critically... ...irst diagram, the individual has oneidentity: he might be a ‘gentleman’ in commerce, religion and politics. But in a1 Arjomand, ‘Diversity of Normativ... ...rights, and also provides a climate forinnovation in science and effort in commerce. The high valuation of theindividual and the recognition of rights... ...e is an original approved by the author. In a 1930letter, Shoghi Effendi’s secretary wrote: The early translations are far from being accurate, no ma... ...grims would take notes. In another letter of the sameperiod the Guardian’s secretary writes: ... whereas he welcomes the work on the Tablets ... he d...