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> Letters from the American Desert: Signposts of a Journey, A Vision.
> Frederick Glaysher.
> ISBN: 9780967042114. 0967042119. Hardcover. Preface. Earthrise Press,
> 2008. 172 pages. $19.99.
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> Frederick Glaysher invokes a global vision beyond the prevailing
> conceptions entrenched in postmodernism and postmodernity.
>
So, if it extends beyond postmodenity and such, wouldn't it be
transpostmodern? Couldn't it be pre-prefixed?
- All Bad
> In Letters from the American Desert, Glaysher reflects on the cultural,
> political, and religious history of Western and non-Western
> civilizations, pondering the dilemmas of postmodernity, in a compelling
> struggle for spiritual knowledge and truth. Fully cognizant
> of the relativism and nihilism of modern life, Glaysher finds a deeper
> meaning and purpose for the individual and the world
> community in the writings and global vision of Baha'u'llah, as expressed
> in the Reform Bahai Faith. Confronting the antinomies of
> the soul, grounded in the dialectic, Glaysher charts a path beyond the
> postmodern desert.
>
> Alluding to Martin Luther and W. B. Yeats at All Souls Chapel, Glaysher
> calls Reform Bahais and others to embrace the universal,
> moderate form of the Bahai Teachings as interpreted by Abdu'l-Baha,
> Baha'u'llah's son, who had spoken throughout the West in Europe,
> England, and the United States from 1911 to 1913. Abdu'l-Baha's message
of
> the oneness of God, all religions, and humankind holds
> out a new hope and vision for a world in spiritual and global crisis.
Far
> from a theocracy, the Reform Bahai Faith envisions a
> modest separation of church and state as the will of God, in harmony and
> balance with universal peace, in a global age of pluralism.
>
> In addition to the letters written to Mrs. Elinor Gaines, an older Bahai
> from Glaysher's hometown of Rochester, Michigan, during the
> late 1980s to mid '90s, reflecting on literary and cultural matters, as
> well as Bahai, the book includes the 95 Theses, On Bahai Liberty,
> the Reform Bahai Articles, Abdu'l-Baha's Covenant, and book reviews of
> Juan Cole, William Garlington, and Sen McGlinn, along
> with other writings relevant to the Reform Bahai Faith.
>
> Available throughout much of the world on most of the same websites as
The
> Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith.
>
> Link from, http://www.reformbahai.org/reform%20bahai%20press.htm
or
check
> your favorite online bookseller.
>
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-American-Desert-Signposts-Journey/dp/0967042119/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207658187&sr=1-1
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> The Reform Bahai Press
> www.ReformBahai.org
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> Available from the Reform Bahai Press:
>
> The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith.
> Baha'u'llah & Abdu'l-Baha. Edited by Frederick Glaysher,
> with a new Introduction and the original 1912 Foreword. 148 pages.
> Reform Bahai Press, 2008.
> Paperback: ISBN-13: 9780967042107 - ISBN-10: 0967042100. 148 pages.
> $11.99.
> Hardcover: ISBN-13: 9780967042138 - ISBN-10: 0967042135. 148 pages.
> $19.99.
> http://www.reformbahai.org/reform%20bahai%20press.htm
>
> Order through Amazon.com and other online booksellers.
> Worldwide Distribution - See the Reform Bahai Press webpage:
> http://www.reformbahai.org/reform%20bahai%20press.htm
>
>
> The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith collects many of the
> early writings
> of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, published in the West, seeking to
restore
> and preserve
> their vision of the oneness of God, humanity, and all religions.
>
> In addition to all of the 1912 Universal Principles of the Bahai
Movement,
> the book
> includes Baha'u'llah's Arabic Hidden Words, selections known as the
Spirit
> of the Age,
> an address by Abdu'l-Baha at the Friends' Meeting House in London in
1913,
> and many Bahai
> prayers for community and individual wor****p and meditation.
>
> Though beginning in 2004, the Reform Bahai Faith traces its origin to
the
> early Bahais
> Ruth White, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, and Julie Chanler, who sought to
preserve
> the Teachings
> of Abdu'l-Baha after his passing in 1921. They and other early American
> Bahais understood
> the Bahai Faith was being turned into an oppressive organization, under
> what the British
> Museum do***ent expert Dr. C. Ainsworth Mitchell judged to be a
fraudulent
> will and
> testament. Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Bahai Faith, believed in and
> taught a moderate,
> universal religion, grounded in a separation of church and state, not a
> theocracy, and
> members of the Reform Bahai Faith seek to recover and renew that saving
> vision for all
> humanity.
>
> The newcomer to the Bahai Teachings will find here a brief but eloquent
> and inspiring
> introduction to the Faith of Baha'u'llah, while people already familiar
> with it will find a
> refre****ng breeze has returned to revivify and uplift the spirit.
>
> This book marks the first publication of the Reform Bahai Press, which
> will publish
> several more titles during the next few years.
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