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Tag "Marriage"

tag name: Marriage type: Practices
web link: Marriage
referring tags: Consent (marriage); Divorce; Interracial marriage; Marriage, Civil; Marriage Prayer; Marriage certificate; Monogamy; Soul mates

"Marriage" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (53 results; less)

  1. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  2. Universal House of Justice. Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of (2002-05-28). On apparent contradictions, regarding Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Bahá and a Baby Naming Ceremony; Minimum Age of Marriage; Smoking and Firmness in the Covenant; Corporal Punishment; Táhirih as "Woman Suffragette."
  3. Nossrat Peseschkian. Applications of Positive Psychotherapy for Marriage and Family Therapy (1983). To understand observed behaviour, we need to consider transcultural conditions as well as those in the personal history of the patient. This approach underlies the author's concept for a conflict-centred therapy.
  4. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. Báb on the Rights of Women, The (2023-06). Statements of the Báb on issues such as mutʿah and tahlíl marriages, polygyny, bridal consent, divorce and spousal relations, and their significance for the rights of women in Muslim juridical opinions and social customs. Link to article (offsite).
  5. Bahá'í Marriage and Family Life (1983/1997). Selections from the Bahà’i writings.
  6. Universal House of Justice. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life (2013-04-19). Difficulties young people might face in upholding Bahá'í ideals and standards of behaviour in the context of Western culture and sexual mores.
  7. Universal House of Justice. Childhood Abuse, and Revoking Parent's Right of Marriage Consent (1992-12-22). Guidance on therapy and recovery from sexual abuse. The abusing parent's right to consent to marriage can be revoked.
  8. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge (1993(?)/2015). A formal statement from the NSA of the Bahá'ís of India on the need to overcome religious, linguistic and caste-based tensions.
  9. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity (2000).
  10. Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
  11. Hossain Danesh. Development and Dimensions of Love in Marriage (1983). As with all forms of love, love in marriage is developmental in nature. Its development is closely related to the process of maturation in the individual.
  12. Hossain Danesh. Developmental Stages in Marriage (n.d.).
  13. Universal House of Justice. Difficulty of teachings on chastity (2013-04-23). Discusses the need of institutions not to pry but to encourage willful obedience with the teachings on chastity; also covers conditions for removal of administrative rights.
  14. Anonymous. Divine Institution of Marriage, The (1983).
  15. Divine Institution of Marriage, The: Bahá'í Studies Notebook (1983). Compilation of essays on marriage from a Bahá'í perspective.
  16. Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ann Boylan, John B. Cornell, Universal House of Justice. "Easy Familiarity," Explanations of (1912/1947/1974). Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also questions on assembly infallibility, and whether one with a minority opinion should vote against his conscience.
  17. Benjamin Leiker. Faith, Theory, and Practice: Interracial Marriage as a Symbol of the Oneness of Humanity (2004-04).
  18. Moojan Momen. Family in Bahá'í Faith, The (1996). Overview of Bahá'í teachings on marriage, children, and education.
  19. Sen McGlinn. Family Law in Iran (2001). Detailed overview of 20th-century Iranian laws regarding marriage, divorce, marriage rights and duties, dowry, and inheritance. Contains passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith.
  20. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Family Life (2008). Extracts on preserving the bond between husband and wife, parent-child relationships and responsibilities, and enhancing family life.
  21. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Family Life (1991).
  22. Hossain Danesh. Healthy Communication in Marriage (n.d.).
  23. Moojan Momen. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith and to explain the Bahá'í Faith to those who are from a Hindu background.
  24. Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. The bridegroom, Bahá'ulláh, enters union as the marriage of the Manifestation with the Maid of Heaven, who releases the Logos and the newly created soul.
  25. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
  26. Hossain Danesh. Marriage and Sexuality (1991-04-13). Transcript of a talk at a private home in Springfield, Virginia, recorded and distributed for teaching and deepening.
  27. Khalil A. Khavari. Marriage and the Nuclear Family: A Bahá'í Perspective (1983). Bahá'í concepts of the purposes of marriage, courtship and dating, family communication, and children.
  28. Kerry Mothersill. Marriage Breakdown in North America: A Psychosocial Perspective (1983). What are the effects of marital breakdown, what are its causes, and what can be done to enhance marital and family stability?
  29. Marriage certificates of The Bab and Baha'u'llah (1934). Marriage certificates of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
  30. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Marriage, Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets (1992). Bahá'u'lláh said everyone should marry. Marriage unites the physical and spiritual in a "fortress for well-being" and provides for the nurturing of children. People should choose partners carefully. Discusses the ceremony, solving problems and divorce.
  31. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Marriage, Consent of Parents to (n.d.).
  32. Ruth Eyford, Helgi Eyford. Marriage: the Eternal Principle (1983). The role marriage plays in our ultimate purpose to know and worship God. The practical implications of marriage from a Bahá'í perspective. To what extent can we accept modern secular answers and therapists' techniques to marital problems?
  33. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Marriages, Preserving Bahá'í (1991).
  34. Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  35. Universal House of Justice. New Religious Movements, Tolkien, Marriage (1994-07-06). Various questions: new religious movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; eternality of the marriage bond; illumination of Bahá'u'lláh's tablets.
  36. Universal House of Justice. Notes on Letter from Shoghi Effendi re Parental Consent for Marriage (2021-03-14). Answers re a letter from the Guardian from 1929 on: the correct order of two excerpts from this letter; confirmation that he read and approved all letters written by his secretaries; this is one of few letters where a secretary offered a personal opinion.
  37. Virginia Orbison. Notes on Words of the Guardian (1956). Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Made by Virginia Orbison, January 15 to February 11".
  38. Universal House of Justice. Police Forces Bearing Arms, Bahá'í Enlistment in (1995-12). Two letters from the House on joining armed police forces, e.g. the Ulster Defence Regiment and the police force in Northern Ireland, and whether they would be allowed to bear arms. Also discussion of consummating marriage, and marrying an atheist.
  39. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck), Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, Anthony Lee. Question of Gender, A: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law (1987). Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, marriage, and feminism raised by John and Linda Walbridge's article "Bahá'í Laws on the Status of Men" (World Order 1984).
  40. Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Recognition of Bahá'í Marriage and Holidays in American State Law (1998). List of sample legal statutes and proceedings from various states, followed by specific legal counsel of the State of Oklahoma regarding recognition of Bahá'í holy days.
  41. Hooshmand Badee. Reflections on the Principle of Unity/Oneness, Some (2018). Reflections on the message of Bahá'u'lláh creating the oneness of humanity and a global society that is based on unity and love rather than factors such as economic and political gains.
  42. Denis MacEoin. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism (1994). On practices of prayer, invocations, talismans, jewelry, fasting, purity, birth, death, marriage, festivals, pilgrimage, and Feast. Includes 26 appendices with texts and translations.
  43. Universal House of Justice. Six-Year Plan, 1986 (1986). Outline of Bahá'í goals for 1986-1992, and collection of letters from the House.
  44. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American Bahá’í community, and suggestions for personal action. (Letter dated Dec. 24 1990, published March 1991.)
  45. Study Guide for Baha'i Marriage and Family Life (1986). This study guide is a companion to the compilation Bahá'í Marriage and Family Life.
  46. Bahá'u'lláh. Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet on Marriage (Lawh-i-Nikáh) (1994).
  47. Margaret Ruhe. Thoughts on Marriage, Some (1982). An essay on various aspects of Bahá'í marriage.
  48. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages (2023-08). The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the principles of consultation; addressing challenges.
  49. Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masumian; listed here for the sake of search engines and tagging.
  50. Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
  51. National Youth Committee, comp. Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh (1985). Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Bahá'í youth.
  52. Susan Gammage. Various Essays (2013-2018/2023). 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Bahá'í life, life coaching and counselling, recovery from substances or abuse, family matters, dreams, elections, debt, abortion, and more. Includes bios of Bruce Matthews and Caroline Lehmann.
  53. Universal House of Justice. Violence Against Women and Children (1993-11-23). Bahá’í principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child discipline, and community protection.

2.   from the Chronology (12 results; less)

  1. 1850-06-27 — The first known written Bábi marriage certificate was between Mírzá Muhammad Ja'far Khan and Tuba Khánum, the daughter of Vahid. It was signed and dated a few days before Vahid's martyrdom and was written in Vahid's handwriting. The dowry was set at one Vahid (19 mithqals of gold). [Vahid's Heroic Stand - Nayriz 1850 video at 11min 21seconds]
  2. 1912-09-22 —
      The marriage of Louis G. Gregory and Louisa ("Louise") A. M. Mathew, the first interracial Bahá'í couple, who met while on pilgrimage and whom 'Abdul-Bahá had encouraged to marry. They exchanged Bahá'í vows after the rites performed by Rev. Everard W. Daniel, curate of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, perhaps the most prestigious African American church in the country, in a private ceremony in his residence. In a "Tablet" (translated March 14, 1914). She was 46 and he was 8 years younger. [SYH73-75, 91]
    • `Abdu'l-Bahá lauded the Gregorys' marriage as "an introduction to the accomplishment" of harmony between the races. [`ABDU'L-BAHÁ' S 1912 HOWARD UNIVERSITY SPEECH: A CIVIL WAR MYTH FOR INTERRACIAL EMANCIPATION p117 by Dr Christopher Buck]
    • See The Journey West.
    • The prayer, "Verily, they are married in obedience to thy command. Cause them to become the signs of unity and harmony until the end of time..." was revealed for their wedding by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [FMH97]
    • "Intermarriage is a good way to efface racial differences. It produces strong, beautiful offspring, clever and resourceful." [sYH7]
    • [239D:169] reported this marriage took place on the 27th of September.
    • At this time interracial marriage was legal in Washington but not socially acceptable. It was outlawed in 25 states. It wasn't until 1967 that legislation forbidding interracial marriages was henceforth illegal. In the Washington community at this time there were white Bahá'ís who did not yet understand the principle of racial unity. [SYH80, 85-86]
    • "I made that marriage." 'Abdu'l-Bahá is reported having said to Mrs Parsons. "I wish the white and coloured races to marry"
  3. 1937-00-00 — The marriage of Ruth Browne and Ellsworth Blackwell in Chicago. Theirs was the second United States inter-racial Bahá'í marriage. [from White and Negro Alike. Stories of Baha'i Pioneers Ellsworth and Ruth Blackwell]

    In a cablegram, in 1939, the Guardian asked American Bahá'ís, "White and Negro alike," to arise and move to foreign lands, especially to countries in the Caribbean and in Central America. Ellsworth and Ruth Blackwell volunteered to give up jobs and leave their home in Chicago and go where the need was greatest. In 1940, they were the first Bahá'í pioneers to move to Haiti, where they spent more than half of the next thirty-five years. Here are stories, many told in their own words, of the victories, as well as the challenges, they experienced in Haiti and in periods when they returned to Chicago between 1940 and 1975.

  4. 1939-09-22 — The State of Illinois issued the first Bahá'í marriage licence, authorizing the Spiritual Assembly of Chicago to solemnize Bahá'í marriages and issue Bahá'í marriage certificates. [GPB373]
  5. 1950-00-00 —
      The Court of the First Instance in Karkúk, Iraq, registered a Bahá'í marriage certificate. [MBW4; UD248]
    • This was the first time in the East, outside Israel, that a Bahá'í marriage was recognized as being legal, an important precedent for other Oriental countries. [MBW4; UD248]
  6. 1960-07-01 — Ben and Louise Whitecow (early Peigan believers) married in Calgary, Alberta, were the first Bahá'ís in Canada to have a legally recognized Bahá'í marriage. [BW13:687]
  7. 1979-00-00 — The government of Denmark recognized the right of the Bahá'í Community of Denmark to perform marriages and to receive other rights owning to a religious community. [SRRB14p248-250]
  8. 1980-01-18 — The publication of the compilation on Divorce by the Universal House of Justice. [MUHJ63-86p404]
  9. 1982-02-18 — The publication of the compilation entitled "Family Life" by the Universal House of Justice. [Messages63-86p533, Compilation of CompilationsVol 1 p385]
  10. 1982-11-18 — Publication by the Universal House of Justice of the compilation on "Family Life". [BW18p41; CoC1p385]
  11. 2004-00-00 — The General Register Office in Northern Ireland officially recognised the Bahá'í Faith as a legitimate religion with authority to marry its members. Dr. Beman Khosravi has been appointed as official Bahá'í Marriage Officer. The first marriage took place in Cullybackey between Carmen Zambrana Candel and John Twiname. [The Belfast Telegraph 28 April, 2004]
  12. 2023-08-15 — The release of the compilation To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (10 results; less)

  1. 1914-04-30 — The marriage of Dr Zia Bagdadi, an Arab from Syria and devoted companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Zeenat Khánum, daughter of Hasan Aqá Tabrízí, a personal attendant of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká. It was the wish that these two Middle-Eastern Bahá'ís should be married in the Maxwell home. It was the first Bahá'í marriage in Canada. [OBCC73]
  2. 1937-03-25 —
      Shoghi Effendi married Mary Maxwell, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum. [PP151; UD115]
    • For a description of the simple wedding see GBF68–9 and PP151–2.
    • Shoghi Effendi stressed that the marriage drew the Occident and the Orient closer together. [GBF69–70; PP153]
    • The American Bahá'í community sent $19 from each of its 71 Assemblies as a wedding gift. [GBF70; PP153]
    • An extension was built onto Shoghi Effendi's apartment on the roof of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's house in Haifa to accommodate the couple. [BBD107; DH152]
    • See also MA89.
  3. 1947-11-15 — Noel Wuttunee and Gerda Chrostopherson, both who had recently moved from Calgary, accepted the Faith and were married in Winnipeg. [Bloodworth, Grains of Wheat p19]
  4. 1953-07-00 — First Bahá'í w@ddmg in London was solemnized between Dorothy Boys and Bob Smith, the Secretary and Chairman of London Assembly. Friends attended from Toronto, Hamilton and Forest. [CBN No 45 October 1953 p5]
  5. 1953-07-14 — Gale Keass and Jameson Bond were married in the Maxwell home, the first marriage to be performed there since it was declared a Shrine. [UC43]
  6. 1954-07-14 — The first Bahá'í wedding in Charlottetown took place on July 14, when Muriel Sheppard and Elwood McLeod were united in marriage by Rowland Estall. They spent a nine-day honeymoon on the Magdalen Islands, where they were able to make some friends and visit Mrs. Kay Zinky, the pioneer there. [CBN No56 Sep 1954 p5]
  7. 1956-09-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly published the policy for the performing of a Bahá'í marriage by a local spiritual assembly. [CBN No 80 September 1956 p4]
  8. 1957-02-19 — Dr Donald Kidd and Mary Campbell, both of Edmonton were married in a Bahá'í marriage ceremony in Calgary. It was the first Bahá'í wedding to take place in the province of Alberta. [CBN No87 April, 1957 p3]
  9. 1959-10-00 — In the October 1959 edition of the Canadian Bahá'í News it was announced that request from the National Spiritual Assembly to the province of Saskatchewan for authorization for Bahá'í Assemblies to solemnize marriages in the province was accepted. [CBN No 117 October 1959 p2]
  10. 1968-09-01 — The marriage of Cynthia Wrate to Reginald Newkirk in Lethbridge, AB. It was the first Bahá'í (only) marriage ceremony performed by the Lethbridge Assembly and the first interracial marriage in Lethbridge. (Source: email from Reggie Newkirk 25Sep2016)
 
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