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Tag "Materialism"

tag name: Materialism type: General
web link: Materialism
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materialism_(disambiguation); bahaiquotes.com/subject/materialism; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Materialism
related tags: Spirituality
referring tags: Communism; Competition; Consumerism; Gold; Moderation

"Materialism" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (53 results; expand)

  1. Wendi Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels (2012). — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
  2. Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck. Academic Methodologies (1997-09-21). — Two letters to the House on the relationship between "materialistic methodologies" and "doctrinal he...
  3. Catherine Bigonnesse, Jean Marc Bigonnesse. Achieving Universal Participation of Older Adults: An Exploration of Its Challenges and Spiritual Foundations (2015). — On involving older adults in the process of participation in society; some of the root causes of age...
  4. Badi Shams. Bahá'í Essays in the Times Colonist (2017-2024). — 48 essays: spiritual cost of higher a standard of living; religious prejudice; spiritual principles ...
  5. Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  6. Nozomu Sonda. Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education (2007). — Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Baha'i perspective on moral educ...
  7. Universal House of Justice. Century of Light (2001). — Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Baha'i Faith's emergence from...
  8. Universal House of Justice. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life (2013-04-19). — Difficulties young people might face in upholding Baha'i ideals and standards of behaviour in the co...
  9. Universal House of Justice. Climate Change: Policies and Political Discourse (2017-11-29). — Letter "to three individuals" on the science behind anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming, and...
  10. William S. Hatcher. Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). — Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Baha'i World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," ...
  11. Universal House of Justice. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan (2022-11-01). — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
  12. Michael Sabet. Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals in the Bahá'í Writings: Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse (2023-01). — Baha'i exegesis can discern a framework governing the treatment of animals and our relationship to t...
  13. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Mabel Hyde Paine, comp. Divine Art of Living, The (1944/2006). — Collection of thematically arranged quotations.
  14. Habib Taherzadeh. Education of Youth and Our Twentieth Century Dilemma, The (1959 August). — Moral education is lacking in modern societies. Baha'i moral precepts can guide us towards the goal ...
  15. Tony Michel. "Evolution of Reality,: Commentary (1991).
  16. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
  17. Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011-04). — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
  18. Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). — The denial of a national identity of Baha'is in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differ...
  19. Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
  20. Universal House of Justice. How Individuals Can Improve Their Understanding of the Bahá'í Teachings (1994-08-01). — On the inability of the finite human mind to fully grasp the import of the Teachings, and how indivi...
  21. Paul Lample. In Pursuit of Harmony between Science and Religion (2016). — The capacity to unite in the investigation of truth for the advancement of civilization requires the...
  22. Lesley Shams. Insistent Self, The: How to Nurture Our Spirit (2015). — The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering o...
  23. Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
  24. Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution (1986). — Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 Fe...
  25. Jordan van Rijn. Learning to Sift: Reflections on Ten Years of Engaging with the Economics Discourse (2023-10). — Collaborators explored diverse approaches how to examine economic discourse from a Baha’i perspect...
  26. Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946-06-07). — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
  27. Kerry Mothersill. Marriage Breakdown in North America: A Psychosocial Perspective (1983). — What are the effects of marital breakdown, what are its causes, and what can be done to enhance mari...
  28. Ted Slavin. Materialism Wearing Away at Our Kids (2012-02-11). — The materialism of modern society and media is distracting many of our children. Adults must be awar...
  29. Universal House of Justice. Meditation, Prayer, and Spiritualization (1983-09-01). — Practicing personal spirituality and methods for achieving spiritual growth.
  30. Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  31. Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
  32. Deborah Clark Vance. Not Just for Consumers: An Argument for Depicting Diverse Beliefs on U.S. Television (2007). — Globally, with few exceptions, television is a conduit for reaffirming hegemonic beliefs. How can ...
  33. Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
  34. Bahá'í International Community. Overcoming Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in Public Institutions: A Baha'i Perspective (2001-05-28). — The displacement of a transcendent understanding of life by materialism is responsible for the skept...
  35. Michael Karlberg. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The (2003-07). — In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characteri...
  36. Margery Dixon, Robert Sarracino (published as Robert Sinclair Sarracino). Pathways to Equity in Addressing Climate Change: A Bahá'í Perspective (2024). — The urgency of climate change, advocating for a new relationship between science and religion, justi...
  37. Hoda Mahmoudi. Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives (2008). — Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and it...
  38. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Perspectives on Science and Religion (2013-09). — On questions about discourses in the scientific community, the existence of the soul, and certain ut...
  39. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Potential Calamities and Ensuring Sustainability of Communities (2020). — Guidance on calamitous events and our response to them.
  40. Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
  41. Amin E. Egea. Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War (2021-05-08). — How ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporan...
  42. Bahá'í International Community. Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition (2021-02). — A statement to the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development on technological innovation...
  43. Universal House of Justice. Regarding Economic Life (2017-03-01). — Themes of Baha'u'llah's teachings include the reorganization of human society, how to participate in...
  44. Pym Trueman. Return of the Dreamtime (1995). — Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan cust...
  45. Lin Poyer. Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development, The (1989). — On the challenge to develop creative, satisfying ways to live within a mass production/mass consumpt...
  46. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Growth, Essential Requisites for (1983-09-01). — Letter to Europe; its historically-recent turn away from religion, six ways to improve spirituality,...
  47. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). — Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American...
  48. John S. Hatcher. Spiritual Nature of Reality, The: Has the Future Already Been Written? (2000). — Meditations on "Who is Writing the Future": why is spiritual development a social as well as persona...
  49. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Teaching Problems / Success in Teaching (1949). — Three versions of an article: first published as "Teaching Problems" in March 1949, then as "Success...
  50. Will C. van den Hoonaard. "The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development," by Lin Poyer: Commentary (1989).
  51. Viva Rodwell. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated? (1996). — Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
  52. Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2010-04-02). — Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
  53. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, comp. World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion, The (2020-09). — Compilation of passages relevant to contemporary issues of 2020, and the appropriate disposition of ...

2.   from the Chronology (1 result)

  1. 2010-05-00 — The publication of Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism," for th...

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (1 result)

  1. 1983-09-01 — In a message addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of Norway the Universal House of Justice i...
 
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