{"product_id":"9781618510372","title":"Portals to Freedom","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortals to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate portrait of one of the most significant religious figures in recent history, Abdul-Baha—the son and appointed successor of the Prophet of the Bahai Faith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Howard Colby Ives offers us a remarkably candid and honest description of his own personal spiritual search as a Unitarian minister struggling with questions of faith and spirituality. His search ultimately led him to a discovery of the Bahai Faith just a short time before Abdul-Baha arrived in North America in 1912 on a quest to share the teachings and vision of his father with the people of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Portals\u003c\/i\u003e we get not only Ives’s personal reflections and inner struggles, but a fascinating eyewitness account of the words and actions of one who has been described by his Prophet-father as “the Mystery of God,” is considered by Bahai's to be the perfect exemplar of the Faith’s teachings, and who emerged from a lifetime of exile at the hands of the Ottoman Empire to travel tirelessly and share the Faith’s message of unity in a profound and loving manner that touched the hearts of all with whom he came in contact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baha'i Publishing Trust, U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181563887856,"sku":"9781618510372","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781618510372_p0.jpg?v=1763854129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781618510372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}