AMERICA’S SPIRITUAL DESTINY A Guide for Personal or Group Study Bahai Publishing Tt Wilmette, IllinoisBaha'{ Publishing Trust, Wilmette, Illinois 60091 First printing September 1983 by the Office of the Treasurer for its National Treasurer's Representative Program Second printing 1984 by the Baha'f Publishing Trust in collaboration with the Office of the Treasurer for use with the 1984 edition of The Advent of Divine Justice, by Shoghj Effendi, and the sound cassette Apostles of Bahav"llah: The American Baha'is, by Dr. Peter Khan. Both materials are available from the Baha Publishing Trust, Wilmette, Illinois 60091. Fourth printing 1985CONTENTS (Course) Summarys) ee Presenting "America's Spi itual Destiny” . 2... Instructor's Checklist. 2... ee ee ee eee Lesson | Lesson I] — Lesson III - Lesson 1V Lesson V -- Reference Sheet Study Guides America's Mission... 2... 4s Introducti eee: Course Objectives... 2 2 le (America| is Choseni ssa iene Spiritual Prerequisities Supplement AU. DDI! Supplement IB 2 It Supplement IC 2 It Supplement 1D Beare Handout 1A =p Ditechmwnt 2) | Materialism in America, .. 2... Review and Introduction. . noe Materialism en How Materialism Works: An Exampie | Detachment, . . Se eee Supplement TIA DDD DDD DDI 1 The Progress of Spiritual Activities, introduction gesweesteisectetemets Detachment from the World | 7 1 | The Relationship Between the Spiritual and the Mater Fund Exercise... . eee ee Conclusion . . . we ew wwe Supplements HWIA-E° 2 2222 Lesser Covenant. | | The Transfer of Auti rity | A Further Investigation of the Covenant, Handout IVA The Destiny of America . . . . , Review. .. Progressive Stages of Development | Active Repression in America . , ‘America and the Triumph of the Faith Conclusion tol iid