The Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project

has the goal of producing a reliable, comprehensive, current, and easy-to-use encyclopedic reference work covering a wide range of Bahá’í subjects.

A Selection of Articles

While work on a Bahá’í Encyclopedia continues, we offer a variety of articles on topics related to the Bahá’í Faith.

The Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project is preparing a wide range of articles for eventual publication in the Bahá’í Encyclopedia. Meanwhile, we are delighted to make available an interim selection of entries. The collection will expand to include more articles from more subject categories.

 

Moments in History

14 May 1982

Amoz Gibson, a member of the Universal House of Justice since its inception in 1963, died at the Bahá’í World Center in Haifa, Israel. Born to Bahá’í parents in Washington DC on 3 August 1918, he was of African American, Creek Indian, and Scots-Irish descent. Before his election to the Universal House of Justice, he taught intermediate and secondary school. For many years he and his family lived in Arizona and New Mexico, where he worked closely with members of the Navajo and Hopi tribes. He also served and traveled widely as a member of both arms of the Bahá’í administrative order.

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Children

Persons in the stage of life from conception, when the soul comes into being, to the age of fifteen, which marks the beginning of spiritual maturity or adulthood.

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Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

Term used primarily to refer to a Bahá’í House of Worship, also known as a Temple, and its surrounding dependencies.

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