The Baha'i Faith
In Northamptonshire

[What's New?][What is the Baha'i Faith?][Summary of the key elements of the Baha'i Faith]
[Contact Details][Links]

What's New?

  • The official Northamptonshire Baha'i website is now online at www.northantsbahai.org.uk! Check it out for more infomation about the Baha'i Faith, Baha'is in Northamptonshire and, of course, the Northamptonshire Baha'i Choir! All future updates will be there, though this page will remain for reference.
  • We won joint second place in the Open Choir section of the Northamptonshire Festival of Music and Drama! More details here.

What is the Baha'i Faith?

(Taken from Baha'i World - the official Baha'i web site)

The Baha'i Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its founder, Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), is regarded by Baha'is as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.

The central theme of Baha'u'llah's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Baha'u'llah said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.

One of the purposes of the Baha'i Faith is to help make this possible. A worldwide community of some five million Baha'is, representative of most of the nations, races and cultures on earth, is working to give Baha'u'llah's teachings practical effect. Their experience will be a source of encouragement to all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.

The Baha'i Faith is the second most widespread of the world's independent religions, established in 235 countries and territories throughout the world. We come from over 2,100 ethnic, racial, and tribal groups.

(Please note that Baha'i and Baha'u'llah are simplified versions of the correct spelling - Bahá'í and Bahá'u'lláh respectively - for index and search reasons)

A summary of the key elements of the Baha'i Faith

  • Oneness: one God, one Humankind, and one Evolving Faith
  • Elimination of all forms of prejudice
  • Complete equality of women and men in all aspects of human society
  • Belief that truth is one and, therefore, scientific and religious truths are in harmony
  • Universal compulsory education for all children throughout the world
  • Establishment of a world language that everyone will learn in addition to their native language
  • World peace through world governance
  • Elimination of the extremes of wealth and poverty
  • Free and independent investigation of truth by every individual

For more detail on Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, a good place to start is the official Baha'i web site. Alternatively, there is an excellent Web-enabled version of "An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith" by Dr. Moojan Momen which can be found at Spirit Of Glory: The Baha'i Faith.

Of course, for information about the Baha'i Faith in Northamptonshire, check out our website at www.northantsbahai.org.uk

Contact Details

Links

  • Northants Baha'i - the official site of the Baha'i Faith In Northamptonshire. Check it out for more infomation about the Baha'i Faith, Baha'is in Northamptonshire and, of course, the Northamptonshire Baha'i Choir! All future updates will be there, though this page will remain for reference.
  • Baha'i World - the official Baha'i World web site
  • Baha'i Community of the United Kingdom - the site for the UK National Spiritual Assembly
  • Baha'i Faith. A very professional and slick page, with links to other sites, Baha'i writings - easy to navigate too!
  • One Country - the online newsletter of the Baha'i International Community.
  • Planet Baha'i - previously The Baha'i Faith from About.com. An excellent managed collection of links by Dale Lehman.
  • The Warwick Leaflets. A collection of the texts from some pamphlets produced by the Baha'is of Warwick, UK. Good for concise explanations of Baha'i beliefs and perspectives.
  • "An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith" by Dr. Moojan Momen
  • Spirit Of Glory - The Baha'i Faith
  • Welcome To The Baha'i Faith - a well laid out US site with some good, if US-oriented, information on the Baha'i Faith.
  • Inter-Faith Network for the UK - an organisation dedicated to building good relations between the communities of all the major faiths in Britain: Baha'i; Buddhist; Christian; Hindu; Jain; Jewish; Muslim; Sikh; and Zoroastrian.
  • Municipality of Haifa - the official Haifa tourism site. I mention it because it has some fabulous pictures of the Baha'i shrine and gardens.

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