TY  - JOUR
ID  - 6664
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/smith_comments_power_authority
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Comments on Power and Authority, Historical Consciousness, and Modes of Communication: Foreword to the 2nd Edition of Planning Progress
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JF  - Journal of Bahá'í Studies
JA  - JBS
A1  - Smith,Todd
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Y1  - 2024/12
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VL  - 34
IS  - 1-4
SP  - 119
EP  - 132
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PB  - Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
CY  - Ottawa
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M3  - Articles
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LA  - English
L3  - https://www.bahaistudies.ca/books/planning-progress[Book description on the ABS website]; https://bahai-library.com/thomas_shoghi-effendi_plans_progress[Shoghi Effendi's Plans for Progress Practical Lessons (June Manning Thomas, 1997)]
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AB  - Reflections on what Bahá'ís have achieved in the decades since this book was published, particularly in the way they seek to transform the material and spiritual dimensions of life at individual and social levels; the degraded state of today's leadership.
N1  - Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
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KW  - Capacity building
KW  - Communication
KW  - Conspiracy theories
KW  - Consumerism
KW  - Disintegration and integration
KW  - Disorder and confusion
KW  - Habits of mind
KW  - Historical consciousness
KW  - Identity
KW  - Institute process
KW  - Interdependence and interconnectedness
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Meaningful conversations
KW  - Misinformation and disinformation
KW  - Moderation
KW  - Planning
KW  - Prayer
KW  - Prosperity
KW  - Purpose of life
KW  - Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (letter)
KW  - Shoghi Effendi, Writings of
KW  - Social action
KW  - Social media
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Unity
KW  - Unity in diversity
KW  - Unity of humanity
KW  - Us and them
KW  - Vision
ER  -