An edition of Exploring near-to-the-heart issues (2005)

Exploring near-to-the-heart issues

the equality of women and men in the Canadian Baha'i community

1st ed.
Exploring near-to-the-heart issues
Will C. van den Hoonaard, Will ...
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An edition of Exploring near-to-the-heart issues (2005)

Exploring near-to-the-heart issues

the equality of women and men in the Canadian Baha'i community

1st ed.

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Kalimat Press
Language
English

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Table of Contents

Cultural and social backgrounds
The Baha'i context
Baha'i teachings on equality
Profiles of the Baha'i communities and the focus groups
Interesting research problems
Career of the focus groups
Statistical measures of equality
Interactions
Orientations that maintain the status quo
Middle-range orientations that involve some shifts
Orientations that offer substantial changes
Knowledge and use of Baha'i writings
Family relationships
The household
Children
Persian perspectives
What's being said about the youth
What youth say about themselves
Habits of doing
Discovering habits inside the Baha'i community
Translating individual awareness into personal effort
Arenas for collective action
Perceptions by women
Perceptions by men
Perspectives of Persian women and men
Some other practical illustrations
Size and structure of Baha'i communities
Formal aspects of Baha'i community life
Self-assessments about the Baha'i community
Formal interactions
Informal interactions
The Baha'i perception of how the larger society
Views the Baha'i community
How Baha'is visualize equality
Persian perspectives
The two "crown jewels".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Los Angeles
Series
Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í religions ;, v. 19

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
297.9/3/0820971
Library of Congress
BP370 .V36 2005

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3393170M
ISBN 10
1890688398
LCCN
2005003107
OCLC/WorldCat
57730957
Goodreads
2793685

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