Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
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From the frontispiece:Dedicated to the memory of Shoghi Effendi in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New Zealand.“AROHANUI”The word “Arohanui” is a Maori word and, as with many Polynesian words, there is no direct translation into English. The literal meaning is “big love”, or “much love” or “great love”. And, like most words in most languages, it has several meanings. In naming this book, “Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand”, “Arohanui” is used in its more expressive meaning, “enfolding love”, ...
Chapters (104)
- Baha'i Terms of Use
- “AROHANUI”
- Part I Letters to Individuals, before April 21st, 1926.
- (1) June 22nd, 1923
- (2) May 8th, 1925
- (3) May 9th, 1925
- (4) May 21st, 1925
- (5) May 28th, 1925
- (6) November 4th, 1925
- (7) December 5th, 1925
- (8) March 4th, 1926
- (9) April 3rd, 1926
- Part II Letters to Individuals, April 21st, 1926--April 21st, 1934.
- (10) August 12th, 1926
- (11) August 12th, 1926
- (12) August 25th, 1926
- (13) September 18th, 1926
- (14) October 23rd, 1926
- (15) November 3rd, 1926
- (16) January 11th, 1927
- (17) January 30th, 1927
- (18) May 13th, 1927
- (19) June 4th, 1929
- (20) October 4th, 1930
- (21) May 18th, 1931
- (22) December 17th, 1931
- (23) April 29th, 1933
- (24) September 1st, 1933
- Part III Letters to Individuals, May 1934–1957.
- (25) June 13th, 1934
- (26) December 22nd, 1934
- (27) January 21st, 1935
- (28) February 5th, 1935
- (29) May 20th, 1936
- (30) September 30th, 1936
- (31) December 7th, 1936
- (32) November 8th, 1937
- (33) May 17th, 1938
- (34) December 20th, 1938
- (35) March 20th, 1939
- (36) August 3rd, 1941
- (37) December 19th, 1947
- (38) November 23rd, 1949
- (39) December 18th, 1949
- (40) June 11th, 1952
- (41) January 6th, 1955
- Part IV Letters to Bahá’í Institutions.
- (42) March 31st, 1926
- (43) May 14th, 1926
- (44) January 7th, 1935
- (45) September 26th, 1935
- (46) April 26th, 1936
- (47) June 10th, 1936
- (48) November 17th, 1936
- (49) January 31st, 1938
- (50) November 2nd, 1938
- (51) March 22nd, 1939
- (52) April 19th, 1941
- (53) April 25th, 1941
- (54) April 18th, 1942
- (55) May 12th, 1944
- (56) December 18th, 1949
- (57) June 28th, 1950
- (58) November 1st, 1950
- (59) March 1st, 1951
- (60) June 16th, 1954
- (61) July 24, 1955
- (62) June 13th, 1956
- (63) September 5th, 1956
- (64) April 4th, 1957
- (65) May 20th, 1957
- (66) June 27th, 1957
- (67) July 19th, 1957
- (68) August 30th, 1957
- (69) September 9th, 1957
- Part V Telegrams to New Zealand.
- (70) January 22nd, 1949
- (71) December 29th, 1949
- (72) December 29th, 1949
- (73) December 30th, 1953
- Part VI Statements on Various Subjects.
- ALCOHOL (74)
- EVOLUTION (75)
- “HERALD OF THE SOUTH”--(76)
- “HERALD OF THE SOUTH”--(77)
- “HERALD OF THE SOUTH”--(78)
- “HERALD OF THE SOUTH”--(79)
- PHILOSOPHERS (80)
- SCOUTING (81)
- SOUL, MIND AND SPIRIT (82)
- Appendix: Notes
- Note 1. (Letter No. 1)
- Note 2. (Letter No. 1)
- Note 3. (Letter No. 2)
- Note 4. (Letter No. 2)
- Note 5. (Letter No. 15)
- Note 6. (Letter No. 16)
- Note 7. (Letter No. 16)
- Note 8. (Letter No. 23)
- Note 9. (Letter No. 33)
- Note 10. (Letter No. 37)
- Individual Addressees
- Institution Addressees
- Footnotes
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