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The Baháʼí Faith is a monotheistic religion [a] founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. [b] Established by Baháʼu'lláh, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. [14]
In 2013, the book The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography wrote, "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahaʼi was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least ...
The Babi and Baha'i Religions: From Messianic Shi'ism to a World Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521301282. Warburg, Margit (2006). Citizens of the world: a history and sociology of the Bahaʹis from a globalisation perspective. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-474-0746-1. OCLC 234309958
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Baháʼí Faith.. Baháʼí Faith – relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people, established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th-century Middle East and now estimated to have a worldwide following of 5–8 million adherents, known as Baháʼís.
While there were previous Iran or near-Iranian sources of scholarship of the religion in early periods, wide-ranging publications covering mostly western literature include Moojan Momens' 1981 The Babi and Baha'i Religions, 1844–1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts, [41] William Collins' 1992 Bibliography of English-language works on the ...
Baháʼí World News Service, news stories and press releases by the BIC Office of Public Information; One Country, quarterly newsletter; Baha'i International Community and International Organizations; Works by Baháʼí International Community at Project Gutenberg; Works by or about Baháʼí International Community at the Internet Archive
The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion is a 1984 book written by William Hatcher and Douglas Martin on the Baha'i religion. The book has been designated by the Encyclopaedia Britannica as one of the ten books of the year "that have made significant contributions to knowledge and understanding" in the domain of religion. They described ...
The Báb's first religious experience, witnessed by his wife, is dated to about the evening of April 3. [2] (1260 AH), May 22, evening, the Báb declares his mission to Mulla Husayn in Shiraz, Iran. May 22–23, overnight, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá is born to Navváb and Baháʼu'lláh. By late September Baháʼu'lláh accepts the Bábí religion. [3]