Celestial Burning Frances Mezei shaping the nascent Bábí and

shaping the nascent Bábí and Bahá’í communities behind the scenes

and the Lesser Peace

and they also elaborate on the nature of spiritual healing and how the healing of the entire human race can be achieved

the Exemplar

through form

Celestial Burning Frances Mezei shaping the nascent Bábí andA Celestial Burning is the winner of the Association for Bah' Studies, North America's Book Award 2013 for distinguished scholarship. This book is a comprehensive study of selected writings of Shoghi Effendi Rabbani (1897 1957), the Guardian of the Bah' Faith. The author has approached Shoghi Effendi's writings from two main perspectives: the Guardian as the divine interpreter, a man of incisive religious thought; and Shoghi Effendi the eloquent