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‘Irfán Colloquium #88 (English)

Bosch Bahá'í School: Santa Cruz, CA, USA

May 28-31, 2009.

PROGRAM


Thursday

20:30-21:30
Gateways to the Qayyúm al-Asmá' of the Báb:
Some Introductory Notes Based on an Examination of its Surah

Stephen Lambden


Friday

10:30-11:30
Elements of Immortality:
A Nexus of Proofs by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions

James B. Thomas     read online

11:30-12:30
Celestial Fire:
Bahá’u’lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire (átar) in Zoroastrianism

Farshid Kazemi

13:30-15:45
Path of God, The:
Declaration Towards a Global Ethic and the Bahá'í Faith, Parts 1 and 2

Wolfgang Klebel     read online

16:15-17:15
Soul, Spirit, Mind and Intellect:
An Intertextual Trajectory from Biblical Times and Hellenistic Antiquity to the Islamic and Bábí–Bahá'í Psychology

Stephen Lambden

17:30-18:30
Overview of the Bahá’í Writings on Iran (Part 1), An
Mina Yazdani

21:00-22:00
Overview of the Bahá’í Writings on Iran (Part 2), An
Mina Yazdani


Saturday

9:00-10:00
Historical Context of Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i Qina (Part 1), The
Sholeh A. Quinn     read online

10:15-11:15
Mathematical Model to Investigate Non-Material Realities, A
Mahyad Zaerpoor Rahnamaie

11:30-12:30
Metaphysics Reconsidered:
A Dialog between `Abdu’l-Bahá and August Forel

Ramin Neshati

14:15-15:15
Distributive Justice:
A Bahá’í Perspective

Farhad Sabetan

15:45-16:45
Tahirih’s Insight into the Inner Nature of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh
Laleh Shahriary

17:00-18:00
Resurrection:
Hell and Heaven

Ghasem Bayat

19:30-20:30
Beginning a Conversation:
Scriptural Reasoning and the Bahá’í Faith

Ben Schewel

21:30-22:30
Psychological and Spiritual Impact of Story Telling:
How our love for telling tales reveals the workings of the mind

Keyvan Geula


Sunday

9:00-10:00
Review of the History and Content of Anti–Bahá’í Publications, A
Muin Afnani

10:15-11:15
Evolution of Man, The:
Unity of Mankind

Arsalan Geula

11:30-12:30
Mysteries of Alast:
The Realm of Subtle Entities (`Alam-i Amr) and the Primordial Covenant in the Bábí–Bahá’í Writings

Farshid Kazemi



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