Why is the Bahá'í Faith without clergy?

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Ritual is a common and useful human construction, as long as rigidity doesn't obscure the original meaning. The Bahá'í Faith has a few simple rituals, but much meaning and guidance for effective daily living.

The word chastity is commonly used to refer only to sexual matters, but it encompasses much more of life and health.

A review of the treatise by the son of the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, on the bases and maintenance of a peaceful and healthy civilization. If the ideas sound familiar, it is because the instructions are part of the age old core of religion, renewed for the present day.

According to the teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, the divine religions were founded for the purpose of unifying humanity and establishing universal peace.

The Bahá'í Faith teaches that the purpose of life is to know and love God. Since it is impossible to 'know' an unknowable Essence, God made a Creation in which every atom is a sign and all created things contain attributes by which mankind can learn.

Recognition of the importance of women dates from the beginning of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahíyyih Khánum is the foremost female historical figure in the Bahá'í Faith, and one of the key elements in preventing schism after Her father's death.

A Baha'i Perspective on Suffering

The Bahá'í Faith teaches that fathers are not just the financial support or family figureheads, but the equal partners of their wives in the rearing of children and the ordering of family life.