TY - GEN T1 - Principles for Progress : Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Bahá. T2 - Iranian Studies Series. A1 - McGlinn, Sen LA - English PP - Leiden PB - Leiden University Press YR - 2018 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1048790830 AB - This book presents three of the works of Abduʼl-Bahā, son of the founder of the Bahāʼi Faith, dealing with social and political issues. In The Secret of Divine Civilization (1875) Abduʼl-Bahā supports the administrative and broader social reforms of Mirzā Hosayn Khān, but looks mainly for organic reform through the efforts of Iranian intellectuals to waken and educate the masses. In this work, Abduʼl-Bahā gives virtuous and progressive Islamic clerics a leading role among these intellectuals, indeed most of his appeals are directed specifically to them. A Traveller's Narrative (1889/90) is an. OP - 418 CN - BL65.L42 .A238 2018eb SN - 9400603207 SN - 9789400603202 SN - 9789087283070 KW - Leadership : Religious aspects. KW - Political science : Philosophy. KW - Religion and state. KW - Religion and politics. KW - Babism. KW - Civilization. KW - Bahai Faith. KW - Iran. KW - Civilization KW - Leadership : Aspect religieux. KW - Religion et État. KW - Religion et politique. KW - Babisme. KW - Civilisation. KW - Foi bahaïe. KW - civilization. KW - Middle Eastern history. KW - Islam. KW - HISTORY / Middle East / Iran KW - Babism KW - Bahai Faith KW - Leadership : Religious aspects KW - Political science : Philosophy KW - Religion and politics KW - Religion and state KW - Iran KW - Electronic books. ER -