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Relationships of individuals, institutions, and communities
Links are to other Web sites, as noted. File paths are given for documents that can be found in the Ocean Research Library, or at Bahai Research .com.Various dates, Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, The Universal House of Justice
Bahai Library Online: Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity
Compiled by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
1998 March 24, The Universal House of Justice
Ocean/BahaiResearch: Abrogation of Past Dispensations
Path: Authoritative Baha'i/Universal House of Justice/Letters
To an Individual. Discusses the apparent contradiction in the following two statements from the writings of Shoghi Effendi:
"The Bahai Revelation ... abrogates none of the religions that have preceded it ...."
"The Baha'i Revelation abrogates unconditionally all ... the Dispensations gone before it ...."
1998 December 16, The Universal House of Justice
Bahai Library Online: Aspects of Traditional African Culture
To all National Spiritual Assemblies in Africa. Discusses the implications of the Baha'i teachings and the actions which should be taken when Baha'is are confronted with the traditional practices described in this document.
2001 April 4, The Universal House of Justice
Bahai Library Online: Withdrawal from the Faith
To all National Spiritual Assemblies. ". . . there are exceptional cases in which a former believer's spiritual attitude to the Faith may, to various degrees, create an estrangement between him and the Bahá'ís. In general, however, a person who has withdrawn from the Faith is regarded as being among the generality of humankind with whom the Bahá'ís are enjoined to associate 'in joy and fragrance'."
2002 August 26, Baha'i International Community
BIC Statement Library: Religion and Development at the Crossroads: Convergence or Divergence?
A statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. "It is becoming increasingly clear that passage to the culminating stage in the millennia long process of the organization of the planet as one home for the entire human family cannot be accomplished in a spiritual vacuum."
2005 April, The Universal House of Justice
Baha'i Reference Library: One Common Faith
To all Baha'is. Reviews "relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of the contemporary crisis," to help Baha'is respond to the need "for the religious spirit to be freed from the shackles that have so far prevented it from bringing to bear the healing influence of which it is capable."