Course Outlines

Spiritual Parenting

Participants in this innovative Spiritual Parenting Program find encouragement to fulfill their role as the primary educators of children; establish the spiritual practices of prayer and daily readings in the home; practice the skills of encouraging, guiding, educating, and training their children; and pursue their own ongoing spiritual and practical development as parents. It is also a valuable program for grandparents and other caregivers. Some of the topics covered include

— The Station of Parents

— Standards of Parenthood

— The Spiritual Development of Parents

— The Spiritual Reality of the Child

— Fostering the Spiritual Development of Children

— Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities in the Family

— Fostering Family Relationships

— Nurturing a Spiritual Environment

— Character Training

— Loving Discipline

— Family Consultation

— The Joys and Challenges of Parenting

— Nurturing Spirituality in Children

— The Purpose of Spiritual Education

— Guiding Children Spiritually

— Consultation and Reflection

— Research and Action

— Spiritual Education in the Home

— Love in the Human Family

— The Child-Development Centered Community

— Bahá’í Classes Open to All

— Children in the Cause of God

— Love is Light

 

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Marriage and Family Life

These courses address marriage as the foundation for vibrant and loving family life, the bedrock of growing communities. Marriage workshops relate self-knowledge to success in marriage, develop the skill of consultation, explore roles and relationships within marriage, and offer strategies to solve problems and preserve marriages. Some topics include

— Know Your Own Self

— The Foundation of Marriage

— Consultation

— A Fortress for Well-Being

— Power of Love

— What is Love?

— Overcoming Difficulties Within Marriage

— A Divinely Ordained Institution

— Purpose of Marriage

— Preserving Marriage

— Family Life

— Equality in Marriage

— Roles of Family Members

— Childrearing

— Balancing Family Life and Service to Humanity

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Race Unity

Race Unity courses, based on direct study of the Bahá’í sacred texts, establish loving, spiritual environments for addressing the complexities of the most challenging issue in America, and training Bahá’ís and others in actions that foster unity in personal relationships, public meetings, and in every aspect of community life. Some topics include

— Your Role as a Race Unity Worker

— Spiritual Framework for the Race Unity Worker

— Standards of the Race Unity Worker

— Historical Legacy of the Race Unity Worker

— A New Race: The Human Race

— Destiny of Children as a New Race

— Standards and Attributes of a New Race

— Transformation

— Creating Racially Harmonious Environments

— Building of Prejudice-Free Communities

— A Shared Vision of Oneness

— A Shared Approach: Love, Service, Prayer

— A New Design for Race Unity: From Words to Actions

— Manifesting Diversity in the Community

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Equality of Women and Men

Equality workshops assist participants to identify and implement effective strategies for promoting equality in our communities and in the world at large. Some topics include

— Your Role as an Equality Worker

— This Radiant Century

— Equality: A Key to Peace

— Equality, Complementarity, and Balance

— Inherited Assumptions and Investigating Truth

— Effective Strategies for Promoting Equality

— The Example of Bahíyyih Khánum

— Spiritual Development of the Equality Worker

— Module Two — Equality in the World At Large

— Module Three — Equality in the Family

— Violence-Free Communities

— Module Four — Teaching Equality “Can Attract Much Notice”

— Táhirih, Peerless Woman of the Bábí Dispensation

— What a Woman Can Do

— The Legacy of Equality

— Envisioning Equality

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