239 Days in America

On ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s last full day in America, he bids goodbye to the country that was his adopted home for the past eight months. FULL STORY >>

In addition to his public activities, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá focused on building a community in North America capable of implementing the full range of his father’s vision. FULL STORY >>

Our Editor-in-Chief offers some thoughts on why ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has eluded American historians in their studies of the Progressive Era. FULL STORY >>

For audiences across America, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá constructed a new definition of religion, even as he critiqued most of what goes on in its name. FULL STORY >>

The political unity underlying the progressive movement disintegrates in the wake of the social upheavals surrounding the Great War. FULL STORY >>

In the century after ‘Abdu’l-Bahá leaves New York, spiritual and material civilization advance in the new cultural, commercial, and communications capital of the world.  FULL STORY >>

For all the challenges Americans have faced since their founding, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá tells them that their greatest sacrifices still lay ahead.  FULL STORY >>