Governance - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/governance/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:01:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 A New Politics for a Peaceful Future https://bahaiteachings.org/a-new-politics-for-a-peaceful-future/ https://bahaiteachings.org/a-new-politics-for-a-peaceful-future/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85955 Politics of love: A heart in the middle of the worldIt’s hard to escape or be unaffected by the constant conflict and polarizing effects of a partisan political system.  We often think of the adversarial nature of partisan politics as...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/a-new-politics-for-a-peaceful-future/feed/ 1 Winners and Losers in the Citizenship Birth Lottery https://bahaiteachings.org/winners-and-losers-in-the-citizenship-birth-lottery/ https://bahaiteachings.org/winners-and-losers-in-the-citizenship-birth-lottery/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=27676 Winners-and-Losers-in-the-Citizenship-Birth-LotteryHonesty, decency, faithfulness, and comradeship… must be shown when dealing with those of like blood but to no one else. What happens to a Russian, to a Czech, does not...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/winners-and-losers-in-the-citizenship-birth-lottery/feed/ 9 The Baha’i Faith, Christian Prophecy, and the Promised Peace https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bahai-faith-christian-prophecy-and-the-promised-peace/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bahai-faith-christian-prophecy-and-the-promised-peace/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83929 The Baha’i Faith, Christian Prophecy, and the Promised PeaceOn a religious forum I ran across an essay on Baha’is and the United Nations in which a woman I’ll call “Jen” made a series of statements about Baha’i belief...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bahai-faith-christian-prophecy-and-the-promised-peace/feed/ 12 We Must Face the Risks to the World’s Future – Now https://bahaiteachings.org/we-must-face-risks-worlds-future-now/ https://bahaiteachings.org/we-must-face-risks-worlds-future-now/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82231 Any realistic view of our present global situation must acknowledge that we are experiencing rapid political, social, and environmental deterioration.  Unfortunately, parallels to the storm clouds that gathered before World...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/nationalism-globalism-secret-divine-civilization/feed/ 3 If We Want War to End, We Need Women to Lead https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/ https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78812 On the passing of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the entire world reflected on her reign, generally acknowledging that she loyally served her subjects and duties for an amazing...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-does-the-new-world-order-mean/feed/ 0 Changing our World – No Longer a Hopeless Dream https://bahaiteachings.org/changing-our-world-no-longer-a-hopeless-dream/ https://bahaiteachings.org/changing-our-world-no-longer-a-hopeless-dream/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87420 Changing our World – No Longer a Hopeless DreamConflict and division are not new to our world; they have been with us throughout recorded history, since physical and cultural separation was normal in our less-advanced stages of human...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/changing-our-world-no-longer-a-hopeless-dream/feed/ 0 The Future Is In Our Hands: Building a Better World https://bahaiteachings.org/the-future-is-in-our-hands-building-a-better-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-future-is-in-our-hands-building-a-better-world/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87261 The Future Is In Our Hands: Building a Better WorldIn the successive stages of human development and the advancement of civilization we have progressed through many evolutionary changes in the structure of our societies. Humanity started with the smallest...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-future-is-in-our-hands-building-a-better-world/feed/ 1 What Type of Government Do the Baha’i Teachings Recommend? https://bahaiteachings.org/what-type-of-government-do-the-bahai-teachings-recommend/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-type-of-government-do-the-bahai-teachings-recommend/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87020 What Type of Government Do the Baha'i Teachings Recommend?Of the known forms of human governance — aristocracy, autocracy, theocracy, or democracy — which do the Baha’i teachings recommend, and why? The answers to those questions reflect the fact...

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