25 September 2010

Multi-faith Approach in Teaching and learning of Religious Moral Education:The Bahã'í Faith!

Moral values deliven from a religious practices are: tolerance,love,sharing,caring,respect,forgiveness,reconciling and unity to name just a few.
Bahã'í is the youngest of world's independent religions. This faith is not a sect of Islam ,but a Bãbí religion ,a faith group in Persia (Iran)that broke away from the height beliefs in more religious expectations of around 1844 which include the coming of Messiah and it was a branch of Shí'tes. Its name comes from the faith Bahã' Ullãh which means glory of God. A Bahã'í is a follower of Bahã' Ullãh who lived between 1817 and 1892 and the most recent in the line of messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded times of human history starting from Adam. He(Bahã' Ullãh) wrote the scared scriptural book known as 'al-Kitãb al-Aqdas' which developed the Bahã'í faith doctrines into a comprehensive teaching.
The central theme of Bahã'í faith regards humanity as one regardless of race or ethnic background and that the day has come for its unification into one global society.The faith of Bahã' Ullãh is represented in every country on Earth. Bahã'ís are people who formery had different religions and who are united by Bahã'í faith.
Through a common devotion ,different economic status and social backgrounds ,the Bahã'í fulfilled their previous religious needs and expectations. The rich and poor mingle or mixes as equals and work together to establish a new order.
There are people of different nationals and different racial backgrounds. However Bahã'í faith has given them a new loyalty . The loyalty to humanity ,Bahã'í have no racial segregation because they believe that all man are equal before God.
Bahã'í recognise that there is only one God even though many had called him by different names.God had revealed his word throughout history by sending devine messengers who were restated in every age ,that's from Abraham ,Moses ,Zoroaster,Krishna,the Buddha,Jesus,Muhammad and Bahã' Ullãh.These messengers were provided to guide mankind through an evolutionary process in which Bãb initiated a new age for mankind. And final messege by Bahã'í is the fullest revelation of God's will and that is the major God-given instrument which help the world to unite. According to this faith God's revelation through a man is by means of 'Divine Manifestations'
The basic fundamental precepts of Bahã'í is the recognitions of other religions as devine origin and their principles are in complete harmony. Their differences are of no significance in its missions to mankind.
The historical background of this faith dates back in Persia (Iran) in 1844 when a young merchant called the Bãb announced that he was a messenger of God whose special mission was to prepare the people for the coming of the one spoken of in the holy books. The one who would unite the world as one under one shepherd.
Bãb 's faith spread so rapidly due to their mission and experienced massive growth in the early days of its inception that clergy and government were alarmed by nearly
5 000 000 believers worldwide,although adult converts were estimated around
2 300 000. And the consequences were bitter persecution also.This necessitated about 20 000 of the followers to put to death and Bãb himself imprisoned and martyred in 1850.
After Bahã' Ullãh's death ,he was succeeded by his son 'Abd ol -Bahã' resulted in the succession only within the progeny family until the great-grandson Shoghi Effendi Rabbãní who was elected in 1963 by the governing body known as the 'Universal House of Justice.'

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