Acknowledgements Foreword Preface Part I1. Cycles of Religion: Theory and Application 1.1. Model of Religious Cycle 1.2. The Cycle of Judaism 1.3. The Cycle of Buddhism 1.

4. The Cycle of Christianity 1.5. The Cycle of Islam 2. The Project of Modernity: Pro et Contra 2.1. Defining Modern Times 2.2.

The Project of the Enlightenment 2.3. Critics of Modernity Part II3. The Bahá'í Faith: A New Paradigm 3.1. Modernity as a Point of Departure 3.2. Traditional vs.

Bahá'í Religion 3.3. The Enlightenment vs. Bahá'í Teachings 4. Principles of Bahá'í Organization 4.1. Interpretation vs. Administration 4.

2. Approaches to Unity and Dissent 4.3. Conflation of Religion and State Conclusions Postscript: Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith Appendices Charts Structure of Religious cycleReligious Cycles of Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and IslamWorld Religions: A Comprehensive ChartComparative TablesPhases of Religion: A Comparative TableSacred Scriptures and Sacred Tradition in World ReligionsThree Main Trends of the Enlightenment ThoughtPiotr Chaadaev and Two Main Ideological Trends in Modern RussiaTheory of Religious Cycles vs. Classical Westernism and SlavophilismComparative Table of New Religious MovementsThe Enlightenment Ideology / Soviet Marxism vs. the Bahá'í FaithChristianity vs. the Bahá'í Faith: A Doctrinal SummaryTraditional Religions vs. the Enlightenment: Controversial IssuesThe Bahá'í Faith vs.

Catholicism: Organizational Principles / Practices Religion and State: Comparative Table of Possible Bahá'í ModelsTimelines Timeline of World ReligionsSelf-Governance, Parliamentarism and Democracy: A TimelineBibliographyWorks Cited Additional Reading Index.