Centenary of the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: new resources

A new volume of Writings by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and a new essay about the uniqueness of His message in the West have been released by the Bahá’í World Centre.

The new volume, Light of the World, comprises a selection of seventy-six tablets, from among thousands penned by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in which aspects of the life of Bahá’u’lláh and the purpose of His Faith are recounted. “Who better to tell us about Bahá’u’lláh,” the preface of the new volume states, “than His most cherished Son, Who shared, as His closest associate, His life of exile, imprisonment, and persecution?”

Light of the World is already available online and a print version will be available from Bahá’í Distribution Service as soon as stocks arrive.

For more about the book please see the Bahá’í World News Service article, “New volume of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s writings released”.

The essay, “Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Great War” looks at how ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporaneous “progressive” movements and thinkers. The author describes how ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s warnings about the causes of war could not be understood by societies immersed in paradigms of thought totally different from the ones He presented.

For more about the essay, please see the Bahá’í World News Service article: “New essays in The Bahá’í World highlight uniqueness of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s message in the West…”.

To read the essay itself, see “Reading Reality in Times of Crisis” on the Bahá’í World Library site.