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The Shaykhi movement was a school of theology within Twelver Shiʻa Islam that was started through the teaching of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í.Shaykh Ahmad's teachings included that the Imams were spiritual beings and thus, in contrast to the widespread Shiʻa belief, that the Imams existed within spiritual bodies, and not material bodies. [9]
The word "Baháʼí" (بهائی) is used either as an adjective to refer to the Baháʼí Faith or as a term for a follower of Baháʼu'lláh.The proper name of the religion is the "Baháʼí Faith", not Baháʼí or Baháʼism (the latter, once common among academics, is regarded as derogatory by the Baháʼís).
The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2015; Wong, Michele; Palmer, David A. (July 13, 2013). "Generating and Applying Spiritual Capital: the Case of the Baha'i Community" (PDF). Conference on the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 10–13 July 2013. The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The Baháʼí Faith is a world religion that was founded in the 19th century Middle East. Its founders and the majority of its early followers were of Iranian heritage, and it is widely regarded as the second-largest religion in Iran after Islam.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Baháʼí Faith.. Baháʼí Faith – relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people, established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th-century Middle East and now estimated to have a worldwide following of 5–8 million adherents, known as Baháʼís.
Just as there are many people who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ and yet are not official members of an established church, it seems fair to assume that there are a sizable number of individuals who identify with Baha'u'llah and his principles while remaining outside the established institutions of the Baha'i Faith... the significant ...
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US National Bahai Archives, for Louhelen Baháʼí School Library, and the National Baha'i Library, US [22] [23] Eliot Baha'i Archives [24] associated with Green Acre Baháʼí School; Los Angeles Baha'i Archives on Facebook, [25] and YouTube. [26] Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Washington, D.C. Archives [27]