Alma Sedonia Knobloch’s name may not be as well-known as, say, Martha Root’s or May Maxwell’s - yet her pioneering efforts were singled out by ‘Abdu’l-Baha in His Tablets of the Divine Plan.

Her 13 years in Germany saw an astonishing growth in its Bahá’í community which became the largest in Europe. After returning to the United States, she dedicated the rest of her life to the cause of race unity, building up communities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

Alma’s fascinating and little-known story is told in full in the recent George Ronald publication, Alma Sedonia Knobloch: Maidservant of the Divine Plan.

In this episode of Great Reads: The George Ronald Podcast, Jennifer Redson Wiebers shares more about this inspiring, unsung heroine.

Alma Sedonia Knobloch: Maidservant of the Divine Plan is available as a book or electronic publication, here >

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This first pilgrimage by Westerners to visit ‘Abdul-Bahá in the Holy Land was a pivotal event in the history of the Bahá í Faith, a turning point that would have, and continues to have, far-reaching implications. The fascinating story of the intrepid travellers who made that journey is brilliantly told in Lighting the Western Sky: The First Pilgrimage of Western Baha’is to the Holy Land by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson, first published by George Ronald in 2010.

More recently Kathryn has given us Infinite Horizons: The Life and Times of Horace Holley, an account of a unique man from the next generation of American Baha’is who left an equally indelible imprint on the history of his community for more than four decades - and indeed on the entire Bahá’í world as a Hand of the Cause of God.

In this episode of Great Reads: The George Ronald Podcast, Kathryn Jewett Hogenson shares more about the process of researching and writing her two fascinating books.

Lighting the Western Sky: The First Pilgrimage of Western Baha’is to the Holy Land is available as a book or electronic publication, here >

Infinite Horizons: The Life and Times of Horace Holley is available as a book or electronic publication, here >

Presented and produced by Rob Weinberg

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Do you consider yourself untalented when it comes to art or, for that matter, any creative activity? Were you told early on in your education that you lacked talent or ability, that your energies would be better re-directed into something more scientific or “academic”?

In her new book published by George Ronald, Margaret Appa sets out to challenge our conventional definitions and understanding of science and art, offering a fresh perspective - rooted in the Baha’i teachings - that could revolutionize how we view human potential. Every individual, she suggests, possesses the capacity for both - if we only would open up our definitions of both to embrace the myriad ways that humans design, create, and shape our world.

In this episode of Great Reads: The George Ronald Podcast, Margaret Appa argues that the domains of science and art are not separate or in opposition to each other, but deeply interconnected aspects of human knowledge and skill.

The Science and Art of Being Human: Questioning Accepted Understandings - A Baha’i Perspective can be purchased here >

Presented and produced by Rob Weinberg

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