The God of Baha'u'llah

Stars
4
Length
38 pages
Author
Moojan Momen
Eras
History of Mankind (5000 BC - present)
Types
Religion
Synopsis
"Thus, we may describe Bahá’u’lláh’s project as that of creating a metareligion – a religion that encompasses and provides a theoretical framework within which it is possible to see the truth of all religion. To the contradictory truth-claims of the various religions of the world, he does not assert the truth of any particular metaphysical position but rather responds in two stages. The first stage is the relativist statement that religious metaphysical truth is an individual truth which each person sees from his or her own viewpoint. The second stage is to deny that metaphysics itself is the core of religion. Although throughout the history of religion, religions have tended to define themselves in terms of certain metaphysical positions, Bahá’u’lláh denies that this is either the central point or purpose of religion. Religion is for the purpose of advancing human spirituality through the acquisition of virtues and of advancing human civilization through the achievement of greater degrees of unity. Whatever advances these goals is true religion. If metaphysical positions lead to disunity and conflict then they are the very opposite of true religion." [https://bahai-library.com/momen_god_bahaullah]
RefTags
The God of Baha'u'llah
Released
2005
Location
Global
Setting