{"id":3479,"date":"2017-11-22T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2017-11-27T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T19:39:46","slug":"a-list-of-bahai-books-part-2-day-22-bahai-blogging-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3479","title":{"rendered":"A list of Baha&#8217;i books, Part 2: Day 22 &#8211; Baha&#8217;i Blogging Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part 1<\/a> of this series I shared some of my favorite biographies\/autobiographies about Baha&#8217;is. This next list is books that are more introductory or history of the Faith. Part 3 is <a href=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3485\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/GodSpeaksAgain.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3481\" src=\"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/GodSpeaksAgain.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/GodSpeaksAgain.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/GodSpeaksAgain-193x300.jpeg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1207697.God_Speaks_Again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God Speaks Again<\/a><\/em> by Kenneth E. Bowers<\/strong><br \/>\n-Such a good, straightforward explanation of the Baha&#8217;i Faith. I recommend this book to anyone who doesn&#8217;t know much about the Baha&#8217;i Faith but really wants to dive into it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/131416-the-revelation-of-bah-u-ll-h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Revelation of Bah\u00c3\u00a1&#8217;u&#8217;ll\u00c3\u00a1h series<\/a><\/em> by Adib Taherzadeh<\/strong><br \/>\n-This is the most comprehensive history of the life of Baha&#8217;u&#8217;llah and the events surrounding His life that I&#8217;ve ever read. I mean, pretty much anything by Adib Taherzadeh is worth reading. There are four books in the series.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/11408.Door_of_Hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Door of Hope<\/a><\/em> by David S. Ruhe<\/strong><br \/>\n-&#8220;Door of Hope is an indispensable guide to the history and sites of pilgrimage of the Bah\u00c3\u00a1&#8217;\u00c3\u00ad Faith in the Holy Land.&#8221; Not much more needs to be said!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25146561-some-answered-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some Answered Questions<\/a><\/em> by Abdu&#8217;l-Baha<\/strong><br \/>\n-I use this book constantly in my study circle as a reference guide and find that it has been helpful for a wide variety of people. Abdu&#8217;l-Baha proofed this book after it was written, and the explanations are so interesting and cover many topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In part 1 of this series I shared some of my favorite biographies\/autobiographies about Baha&#8217;is. This next list is books that are more introductory or history of the Faith. Part 3 is here. God Speaks Again by Kenneth E. Bowers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3516,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}