Bahá'í Administration

by Shoghi Effendi

First published in 1928. This is the revised 1974 edition reprinted in 1998.

Genres: Baha I, Religion

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Shoghí Effendí Rabbání was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. After the death of `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1921, the leadership of the Bahá'í community entered a new phase, evolving from that of a single individual to an administrative order with executive and legislative branches, the head of each being the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice. Shoghi Effendi was referred to as the Guardian, and held the explicit authority to interpret the writings of the three central figures of the religion and define the sphere of legislative authority. His writings are effectively limited to commentaries on the works of the central figures, and broad directives for the future.

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[Wanda Presley · Rating 5 out of 5]

" The administrative aspect of the Bahá'í Cause is in reality no mere set of external regulations but the very fruit of its universal spirit. Baha'i administration is nothing less than a worldwide ethics, the special characteristic of which is to transform subjective faith into positive cooperative action - unifying the whole being of each believer through his unity with his spiritual brothers. Its unbreakable foundation is the principle of consultation, which 'Abdu'l-Bahá declared to be the fulfillment of individual conscience in this new age."