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EP3: Basketball and the Baha'i Faith (5 Historical Moments)
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English - August 28, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsReligion & Spirituality Society & Culture baha'i faith baha'i bahai music hip hop music indie artist indie music independent artist indie rapper colby jeffers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Episode 3, I take you through a history lesson of the sport of basketball and the Baha'i Faith world religion, focusing on 5 historical moments.
5 Historical Moments in Basketball and the Baha'i Faith
1) 1861 - James Naismith is born and Baha'u'llah pens the Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude)
2) 1893 - Basketball's first international matches and the Baha'i Faith is first mentioned in the United States
3) 1936/1937 - Basketball is first played as an Olympic medal sport and the Baha'i Faith has is first systematic teaching plan, the "7 Year Plan"
4) 1946 - Formation of the National Basketball Association and the Baha'i Faith has it's second "7 Year Pan"
5) 1963 - Michael Jordan is born and the supreme governing body of the Baha'i Faith, the Universal House of Justice, is first elected.
Bonus) 1996 - Formation of the Woman's National Basketball Association and the start of the "4 Year Plan" of the Baha'i Faith, one in a series of plans spanning 25 years, through 2021.
References
The Baha'i Faith
https://www.bahai.org/
The Kitab-i-Iqan
https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-iqan/1
The Divine Plan of the Baha'i Faith
https://bahaipedia.org/Divine_Plan
The Universal House of Justice
https://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/
History of Basketball
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball
WNBA
https://www.wnba.com/
NBA
https://www.nba.com/
Michael Jordan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan