Posted by Sen on January 5, 2009
One of the friends asked:
What is the ideal future envisioned in Baha’i religion? Is it a global order in which the world is composed of many diverse religions, each tolerant of one another, and the Baha’i just one amongst many? Or would the Baha’i be the organizing principle?
I think it is both a pluralist world of diverse religions tolerant of one another and working together, and one new world religious order, whose organising principle is one that is given in the Bahai Scriptures. Tolerance and cooperation between religions is new (although not entirely unknown in history), and it is a Bahai principle, but it is not a monopoly of the Bahais. It’s something the world must learn.
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Posted in Islam, Theology | Tagged: A Traveller's Narrative, Abdu'l-Baha, Bahai, Bahai Faith, bahai theology, Christianity, ecumenicism, Islam, Judaism, new world order, postmodern theology, religious diversity, religious pluralism, religious tolerance, Secret of Divine Civilization, Shoghi Effendi | 1 Comment »
Posted by Sen on March 29, 2008
I first wrote this as an email posting on 1 Jan 2008. I’ve reworked it as a blog entry. It concerns one of the things that puzzles Bahais from a Christian or non-religious background: what is ‘religious law’ and how do we treat the Kitab-e Aqdas?
Usually this comes up not as a broad theoretical question, but in terms of particulars. Why do women seem to be disadvantaged in the inheritance law, why are they treated differently in regard to some religious duties, and what is that verse about having no more than two wives?
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Posted in Aqdas and Law, Bahai Writings, Community | Tagged: Aqdas, Bahai, bigamy, equality, inheritance, kitab-i-aqdas, religious law, religious pluralism, supercession, two wives, women | 10 Comments »
