Friday

9:15-10:15
Covenant Renewed, The:
Perspective in Religious Revelation and History
Sateh Bayat

10:30-11:30
Lawh-i-Hikmat (Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Wisdom):
Spiritual Materialism vs. Dialogical Thinking
Wolfgang Klebel

12:00-13:00
Letters of Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi 'the Báb' to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part II)
Sholeh Quinn

14:30-15:30
Abdu'l-Baha's Tablets to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace at the Hague
Sima Quddusi

15:45-16:45
Mary Magdalene and the Resurrection of Jesus:
Some ancient and modern traditions and Baha'i and Perspectives
Stephen Lambden

17:15-18:15
Concept of Truth-Seeking in the Course of History
Babak Rod Khadem


Saturday

9:15-10:15
Tahrif (“scriptural falsification”) and Tanzil (“divine revelation”):
Some aspects of divine guidance through sacred Scripture
Stephen Lambden

10:30-11:30
Art of Rhetoric in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi
Jack McLean

12:00-13:00
General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi:
Summary of the major themes
Muin Afnani

14:30-15:30
Image of the Prophet of Islam in Muslim and Bahá'í Writings, The
Ghasem Bayat

15:45-16:45
Further Explorations in Baha'i Ontology:
Ontologies of self and change
Ian Kluge

17:00-18:00
Comparative study of some of the Ismaíili and Baháíi Theological concepts, A
Mozhan Khadem


Sunday

9:00-10:00
Bridging between the gist of the epistemology of the Baha'i Faith and "Minimalism"
Mahyad Zaerpour-Rahnamaie

10:15-11:15
Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Baháíuílláh:
An Exposition on Excerpts From The Persian Bayán
James B. Thomas

11:30-12:30
The Commentary of the Báb on ‘Man Arafa Nafsieh fa qad Araf Rabehí in relation to the commentaries of Bahá'u'lláh and the Master
Habib Riazati