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America on the Sidelines
In the decades before the Great War, Germany challenges Europe, Russia feigns peace, and America waits. FULL STORY >>
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The World Before the War
As ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spoke to Americans in 1912, little did anyone realize that a worldwide catastrophe was just around the corner. FULL STORY >>
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The War Will Be Staged in Europe
Gifford Pinchot, the conservationist and a Roosevelt supporter, invites ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to his estate in Pennsylvania. FULL STORY >>
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Superstition, Tradition, Mystery, and Confusion
‘Abdu’l-Bahá takes questions at the Church of the Ascension in New York, and disputes the importance of tradition in religious truth. FULL STORY >>
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Percy Stickney Grant Doubles Down on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
In spite of the controversy last April, Reverend Grant invites ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to speak once more at the Church of the Ascension. FULL STORY >>
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The Presidential Election Gathers Steam
As ‘Abdu’l-Bahá speaks to Americans in May, 1912, a major modern Presidential election is gathering steam. FULL STORY >>
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A Portrait in Moments
Minute observations of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by onlookers reveal a man always ready for conversation. FULL STORY >>
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The Good Shepherds
‘Abdu’l-Bahá argues that the binding power of religion must lie at the heart of humankind’s hopes for peace. FULL STORY >>
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“The Smell of Blood Upon Us”
‘Abdu’l-Bahá has become a regular fixture in a network of leaders who shape the peace movement in America. FULL STORY >>
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey So Far
Highlights from the first month and a half of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s journey through America. FULL STORY >>
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Baptism by Fire
‘Abdu’l-Bahá addresses an audience at a church in Harlem on the meaning of sacrifice. FULL STORY >>
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá Draws a Line in the Sand
On his final day in Boston, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá rejects ancient religious forms as irrelevant to the modern world. FULL STORY >>
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The Invasion of the Easterners
‘Abdu’l-Bahá wasn’t the first charismatic Easterner to land on American shores. FULL STORY >>
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“Free” Religion?
‘Abdu’l-Bahá offers the Free Religious Association a frank statement on religious authority. FULL STORY >>
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“You Can Kill Me as Soon as You Like,” She Said
When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was just four years old, he used to sit on the lap of the first women’s suffrage martyr. FULL STORY >>
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The Eyes of All People Are Upon Us
‘Abdu’l-Bahá prepares to leave for Boston, the birthplace of Emerson and the city that launched the American Revolution. FULL STORY >>
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“This Is a Symbol of My Power,” She Said
In the afterglow of a massive march for the vote in New York, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá addresses an audience of suffragists at the Metropolitan Temple. FULL STORY >>
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The Brotherhood Church of Howard Colby Ives
Reverend Howard Colby Ives comes to understand the true meaning of brotherhood. FULL STORY >>
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The Truth for Which Men Ought to Die
An unlikely series of events points a New Jersey preacher’s life in a new direction. FULL STORY >>
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On Earth as It Is in Heaven: The Social Gospel
A new Protestant movement in America, the Social Gospel, seeks to apply Christian ethics to society's greatest problems. FULL STORY >>
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The Amazing Race
‘Abdu’l-Bahá dispatches a lieutenant on a whirlwind overnight mission to New York. FULL STORY >>
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The Parliament of Rats
At Lake Mohonk, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá uses a Medieval fable to make a point about the political challenges of the modern world. FULL STORY >>
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá Scales “The Gunks”
At the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá lays out a holistic program for peace. FULL STORY >>
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One Spark Will Set Aflame the Whole World
Despite being ill, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá delivers a speech to the New York Peace Society in front of thousands at the Hotel Astor. FULL STORY >>
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The Collapse of the Long Peace
In the years before ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s journey across America, the nineteenth-century European world order begins to unravel. FULL STORY >>