Baha'i Temple

by Candace Moore Hill

Book Overview

The Bah ' House of Worship sits on the shores of Lake Michigan, just 5 miles north of Chicago. How it came to be built in the heart of the United States is a story that begins with the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Inspired by news of the first Bah ' Temple in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, members of the Chicago Bah ' House of Spirituality drafted a petition in 1903 asking for permission to begin their own. Fifty years later, in 1953, a completed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738584215
• ISBN13: 9780738584218
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"