On the Election of the Apex of the Baha’i Adminstrative Order: A model for purified polity

The Guardian said that the Universal House of Justice “must be regarded as the apex of the Baha’i Administrative Order,” (God Passes By, 332). But it is more than just the leadership of a world religion. It presents something new under the sun, a model for purified polity unheard of in the history of the world. Because of our small numbers, the press does not give the Baha’i Faith or the House of Justice the same attention that it gives the Dalai Lama or the Pope. But that will surely change.

http://badiblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/p39uhj.html

I love John’s post regarding the election of the Universal House of Justice. -gw

Certain it is that these almost sixteen-hundred electors are not embroiled in calculating tactics, in manipulation, juggling names or complex power plays. Only silent prayer and reflection. Pomp, display, even oblique mention of personalities — gossip is a sin at the worst of times for Baha’is — is, whatever the subject of their deliberations, far from the tongues of the participants at that convention.

http://badiblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/p39uhj.html

{Photo: There is no clergy in the Bahá’í Faith. Bahá’ís elect their leadership by secret ballot, in a distinctive system without campaigning or nominations. Shown here are delegates from around the world voting in 1998 to elect the Universal House of Justice, the Bahá’í Faith’s supreme governing council. - Baha’i Media Bank