Healing the Wounded Soul "I sit with my 2 ½-year-old grandson on my lap, and waves of memories engulf me. I was as trusting as that once. I was as innocent, too." -from Chapter 1.

A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Peterson recounts in clear and helpful detail the source of her deep shame, the difficulties she encountered in developing as a human being, and the healing roles of faith and her own independent investigation of spiritual truth in achieving a lasting positive self-image and the capacity to help others.

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Author Gregory C. Dahl, with many years of experience as an economist and senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offers a penetrating look at issues surrounding globalization and provides refreshing solutions to the many complex questions it raises. In One World, One People, Dahl relies on his global experience with the IMF and insights provided by the Bahá'í Faith to suggest a promising future for all of humankind.

Invisible Hand: Shaping the New World Order Examination of Baha'i Community as a working model of unified cooperation; especially as it relates to a rapidly changing world on the verge of great global reform.

Science and Spirit of Management The Science and Spirit of Management presents an evolutionary explanation of the fundamentals of management. It approaches the subject through a new paradigm that merges the physical and spiritual realities of human beings and acknowledges the oneness of humanity. This paradigm facilitates a comprehensive and coherent description of the role of management in the formation and functioning of organizations as organic systems harmonized with the concept of humans as social and spiritual beings.

Materialism: Moral and Social Consequences This book challenges the view that matter is the centerpiece of life – a view that denies spirituality, conscience and feeling. It advocates for a sensible balance between the spiritual and material aspects of life as two pillars of an equitable civilization. Second edition.

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The Fashioner takes the reader on a journey through the various ways in which the arts can touch people’s lives. Drawing on inspirational quotations from the Bahá’í Writings, as well as interviews with a number of artists, this book explores the transformative power of the arts.

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This newly-released edition of For the Betterment of the World provides an illustration of the Bahá’í community’s ongoing process of learning and action in the field of social and economic development.

Our Seven Families

Our Seven Families explores the value of human social life – why we need human connections. Drawing on her experience as a social scientist and on insights derived from a deep study of the Bahá’í Sacred Writings, McCreary expands our conception of the nature and range of human relationships, stresses the link between spiritual activities and social transformation, and suggests creative practical solutions for restoring a sense of harmony and coherence in our lives.

Navigating Materialistic Minefields

This book describes a journey of search that enabled author Viv Bartlett to navigate around the obstacles that he calls ‘materialistic minefields’. Written in a conversational style and often drawing on his personal experience, it nonetheless explores profound questions.

Among these are the views, opinions and attitudes of a society that has disconnected its thinking from higher realities, so that individuals everywhere are tending to sink into a materialistic way of life that is in the last resort deeply unsatisfying. The increase in materialistic assumptions about reality has also led to general skepticism about humanity’s capacity to rise to a higher level of civilization.

From Justice to Unity How can we contribute to a more just, united, peaceful world? This book offers a powerful and inspirational guide to creating this world that we all desire. This book provides the tools needed to create a culture of acceptance, cooperation, and mutuality in your home, workplace, organization, and community.

Crossing the Desert At the age of 16, Payam Zamani escaped persecution and made his way to America as a refugee. At 28, he secured a billion-dollar IPO. Today, he’s redefining what it means to be an entrepreneur by building a new model of capitalism. This captivating memoir describes how a former refugee launched a billion-dollar IPO—and why he wants to redefine capitalism.

Planning Progress This is a practical examination of the idea that planning as a skill is essential to human progress. The book reviews planning theory in relation to planning for a better future and explores the planning style of one key leader, Shoghi Effendi, to show how such strategies as vision, encouragement, and feedback can help improve the planning outcomes for a range of human organizations.