The phrase "new world order" in the Baháʼí Faith refers to the replacement of the collective political norms and values of the 19th century with a new system of worldwide governance that incorporates the Baháʼí ideals of unity and justice for all nations, races, creeds, and classes. The idea of world unification, both politically and spiritually, is at the heart of Baháʼí teachings.[1][2]

Baháʼu'lláh taught that the future order will be the embodiment of God's scheme for mankind, the end goal of which is the emergence of the "Most Great Peace".[3] Later on his successors, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, interpreted "unification of mankind" as the eventual establishment of a world commonwealth, later as a democratic elected world government based on principles of equity and justice.[4] Before the "Most Great Peace", Baháʼu'lláh envisioned a "Lesser Peace", a condition of unity and peace between countries established by governments rather than the Baháʼí community.[5]

The Baháʼí vision of a New World Order has been described as related to utopianism.[6][7] Baháʼí author Joseph Sheppherd emphasises the balance between unity and diversity in the Baháʼí system, stating that in the New world order "the cultural identity and diversity of individuals must be protected, respected and valued as integral to the whole" so as to avoid the extreme of unity leading to uniformity.[8]

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  1. ↑ Hatcher, W.S.; Martin, J.D. (1998). The Baháʼí Faith: The Emerging Global Religion. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-065441-4.
  2. ↑ Moojan Momen (October 1, 2011). "Baha'i". In Mark Juergensmeyer; Wade Clark Roof (eds.). Encyclopedia of Global Religion. SAGE Publications. doi:10.4135/9781412997898.n61. ISBN 978-0-7619-2729-7.
  3. ↑ Effendi, Shoghi (1938). "The Goal of a New World Order". The World Order of Baháʼu'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. pp. 34–35. ISBN 0-87743-231-7.
  4. ↑ Esslemont, John E. (1980). Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era. US Baháʼí Publishing Trust. pp. 133–174. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Smith, Peter (2000). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oneworld Publications, Oxford, England. pp. 266–267. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
  6. ↑ "Let Us Rise To Destiny Together: Let Us Make Belize Shine". Amandala Newspaper. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Metcalf, Barbara D. (1999). "Review of Modernity and Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 30 (3): 566–568. doi:10.1162/jinh.1999.30.3.566. ISSN 0022-1953. JSTOR 206967. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Shepperd, Joseph (1997). The elements of the Baháʼí Faith. Element. p. 74. ISBN 1-86204-145-8.

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