Paul Hanley

The Spirit of Agriculture includes 14 chapters.

INTRODUCTION:  AGRICULTURE AND RELIGION—A NECESSARY UNITY
Paul Hanley

SECTION 1: RELIGION, AGRICULTURE AND THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH: AN OVERVIEW

1.         FEEDING THE WORLD: A SACRED MISSION?
P. J. Stewart

2.         THIS VITAL AND IMPORTANT MATTER: A SURVEY OF THE BAHÁ'Í WRITINGS ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Paul Hanley

3.         THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES OF THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH IN AGRICULTURE
Iraj Poostchi

SECTION 2: RETHINKING FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

4.         A PERSPECTIVE ON FOOD IN THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH
Paul Fieldhouse

5.         AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A BAHÁ'Í PERSPECTIVE
Nava Ashraf

6.         RETHINKING THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL RURAL BUSINESSES
Michel P. Zahrai

7.         REINVENTING THE VILLAGE
Gary Reusche

8.         A BAHÁ’Í PERSPECTIVE ON THE GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS
 Paul Olson

SECTION 3: BAHÁ'Í PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICE

9.         IGI OKO: THE TREE FARMS OF SABOPA
Richard St. Barbe Baker

10.       STRENGTHENING LOCAL ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY: FUNDAEC’S EXPERIENCE
Pascal Molineaux

11.       BALANCING SCIENCE WITH INSPIRATION: A BAHÁ'Í SCIENTIST’S STRUGGLE TO DISCOVER THE HIDDEN SECRETS OF RESTORING CORALS AND FISH TO DEGRADED CORAL REEFS
Austin Bowden-Kerby

12.       GARDENS FOR MONGOLIA
Mongolian Development Centre

13.       FIVE PROJECT SUMMARIES

      AN INVESTMENT FOR WELL-BEING: RESTORING THE AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT ON BOLIVIA’S ANTIPLANO
From One Country

      A TANZANIAN SCHOOL PROMOTES SELF-RELIANCE
From One Country

      RURAL EDUCATION IN NORTHERN HONDURAS
Ineke Gijsbers

      FELIN GELLI RURAL TRAINING FARM
Ineke Gijsbers

      ECOAG SERVICE: FARM APPRENTICESHIPS FOR YOUTH
Nancy E McIntyre

14.      THE GARDEN TERRACES OF THE SHRINE OF THE BÁB: AN INTERVIEW
Fariborz Sahba


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