Chambers Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions [Hardcover]

In addition to several informed entries on pages 66
and 67 depicting the Baha'i Faith and its expansion in the
Third World and to the plight of the Iranian Baha'i community,
a complete entry is allocated to Sir Abdu'l-Baha K.B.E. on page
two and to Shoghi Effendi on page 570. Reference is made also
to the Baha'i Faith, only to the Baha'i Faith as far as
world religions are concerned, under the Esperanto entry on
page 192. That the main Baha'i entry directs readers to
the Esperanto entry and that vice versa the Esperanto
entry cites the Baha'i Faith demonstrates the vision of the
editor and of the overarching importance of the principle of a
universal auxiliary language in the realization of world peace.
The importance of this principle is not in question. What is in
question, reading between the lines of these entries in a world
famous publication, is why so few Baha'is and non Baha'is realize
it and why we should.
That 'Chambers Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions'
is published by Hachette and distributed by Amazon.com evokes the
symbiotic melding of old and new together with the mystical dimension
of a coincidence in that Dr. Zamenhof long ago chose the former body too.
Paul Desailly. Whyalla Baha'i Community.
50 Bevan Cres. Whyalla 5608. South Australia