The Concept of Progressive Revelation in the Bahá’í Faith, resulting in a new understanding of religion
2013
Abstract
The aspect of continuity of God’s revelation in the history of mankind is one of the crucial testimony of the Bahá’í religion or the Bahá’í Faith that was preceded by the Bábí religion. Both Bábí and Bahá’í religions are closely interrelated, and both of them were born in the environment of Shiite Islam in the 19th century.
Both religions view critically previous great world religions, bringing a new understanding of the role of religion in the lives of both an individual and the entire human community. The specific aspects of this understanding will, however briefly, be explained in the following contribution.