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‘Irfán Colloquium #62 (English)

Centre for Bahá'í Studies: Acuto, Italy

July 8-12, 2005.

PROGRAM


Saturday

9:00-10:00
Translation of the Baha'i Writings:
Challenges and Opportunities

Vahid Ra'fati

10:00-11:00
Surat al-Dhikr of the Qayyúm al-Asmá' (chapter 108):
A provisional translation and commentary

Moojan Momen

11:30-12:30
Mysteries within Mysteries:
Some Notes on the Teachings of the Báb's Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n

Stephen Lambden     read online

15:00-16:00
Developing interreligious dialogue in the Bahai community:
Further considerations

S Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir

16:15-17:15
Religion and Exclusivism:
A Baha'i Perspective

Julio Savi

17:30-18:30
Voicing Authority:
A Baha'i Perspective

Marion Prentice


Sunday

10:00-11:00
Contemplating the beauty:
Nature and the manifestation of God

Iscander Tinto

11:30-12:30
Justification of the Binding Nature of Bahá'í Ethics, The
Fiona Missaghian-Moghaddam

15:00-16:00
Dimensions of Imam Ali's Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) and its Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í Interpretations
Stephen Lambden

16:30-17:30
Some Aspects of the Tafsir al-Bismillah from Abdu'l-Baha
Sasha Dehghani


Monday

9:00-10:00
Newly-Born Babe of That Day, The:
Mysticism in the age of the maturity of humankind

Julio Savi

10:15-11:15
The ‘new circusí as metaphorical embodiment of the mystical and the aesthetic with special reference to La Cirque du Soleil
Roger Prentice

11:30-12:30
Concept of "Process" in the Baha'i Writings
Vargha Taefi

15:00-16:00
Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, Part I (1753-1863)
Ramsey Zeine

17:30-18:30
Letters of Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi 'the Báb' to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part I)
Sholeh Quinn



 
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