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Baha’is who engage in social action alongside members of other faiths say a posture of mutual learning and respect is leading to more effective service. “In a nutshell,” says Noel Jost-Coq, “[these other faiths] have been walking the walk for decades, and we are infants. We have the [Baha'i] writings, but that alone doesn’t make [...]
“The enthusiasm with which many communities responded to the Preach-In signaled the Baha’i community’s growing interest in engaging in contemporary discourses and social action,” Adriance said, noting that climate change is one of the topics of discourse that the world governing body of the Faith suggested to the Baha’is of the world in a major message April 2010. “Through reflection on principles of environmental stewardship and justice many were then inspired to engage in related acts of service and social action.”