The Baha'i Studies Listserv Ah, by charismatic you meant cultish. I've always used the Charismatic Movement to refer to the movement in Christianity which emphasizes gifts of the spirit (charisma) such as speaking in tongues.
. I can’t help but view the Ruhi movement as being something > separate from the rest of the Baha’i community as a result of its own jargon > and community agenda. Keep in mind that the agenda has been set by the Universal House of Justice, so I'm not sure how we can say it is separate from the rest of the Baha'i community. Also, the House itself has adopted to the 'jargon' as you put it. Am I wrong in believing that without a Ruhi > “education” you can’t serve the Faith? Of course you can, at least in the US. (Can't answer for Canada, sorry.) Ruhi was designed to increase human resources not limit them. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-660050-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
