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| Question of Exclusivism, The: A Scientific Perspective |
Jena Khadem Khodadad |
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English |
9 |
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This study looks at the dogma of exclusivism, instituted by many Christian |
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| Discordant World Views within Bahá'í Studies and the Detracti... |
Richard Harmsen |
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English |
9 |
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Bahá'í studies appears to be at a critical juncture in its ev |
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| Understanding the Bahá'í Faith through Study of the Christian... |
Benjamin H. La Framboise |
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English |
9 |
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Any discussion of the Bahá'í Faith with Christians will revea |
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| Dream of Uniting the Nations, The: The Culminating Vision of the Hebrew Bib... |
Gary Selchert |
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English |
9 |
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That the primary source of organized opposition to the Bahá'í community and |
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| Good Tree, The: Distinguishing the Bahá'í Faith From Destruct... |
Stephen Vaccaro |
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English |
9 |
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For many Americans, the horror of the events of 1993 in Waco, Texas and oth |
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| Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Hertik or the Tablet to Hardegg: Tablets... |
Kamran Ekbal |
Stephen Lambden |
English |
22 |
Lights4 |
97-110 |
Lawh-i-Hertik, as the Tablet addressed to Georg David Hardegg is usually ca |
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| New World Order and the Convergence of Religious and Secular Opposition, Th... |
Behrooz Sabet |
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English |
9 |
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The Bahá'í concept of world order has two goals: spiritual tr |
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| Theology of Church and State in the Bahá'í Order, The: Analyt... |
Sen McGlinn |
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English |
9 |
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Because the Bahá'í Faith offers a definite model for both the |
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| Continuity of Consciousness and Phenomena, The |
Kim Bowers |
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English |
9 |
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Any worthwhile and comprehensive study of natural phenomena inherently invo |
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| Kitáb-i-Aqdas from the Viewpoint of Shoghi Effendi |
Cyrus Ala'i |
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English |
22 |
Lights1 |
21-30 |
Kitáb-i-Aqdas--the Most Holy Book--may well be regarded as the brightest em |
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| Preface |
Iraj Ayman |
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English |
- |
Lights7 |
iii |
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| Preface |
Iraj Ayman |
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English |
- |
Lights8 |
iii |
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read online |
| Preface |
Iraj Ayman |
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English |
- |
Lights9 |
iii |
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read online |
| Preface |
Iraj Ayman |
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English |
- |
Lights10 |
iii |
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| Metaphysics: Historical Perspectives and Bahá'í Horizons |
Ali Kassem |
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English |
22 |
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In the long history of (mainly Western) philosophy, no subject has been so |
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| Most Great Prison, The: An Historical Outlook on the City of 'Akká |
Kamran Ekbal |
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English |
22 |
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'Akká is one of the most ancient cities of the world, which has been |
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| Lawh-i-Ru'yá (Tablet of Vision) |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
22 |
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The Lawh-i-Ru'yá was revealed in the House of 'Udi Khammar in 'Akká for an |
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| Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
22 |
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The Arabic and Persian text of Bahá'u'lláh's 'Tablet of Medic |
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| Fire Tablet (Lawh-i-Ihtiraq) and the Tablet of the Land of Ba (Lawh-i-Arz-i... |
Moojan Momen |
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English |
22 |
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These are two tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed in the early 'A |
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| Transliteration of Oriental Terms in the English Bahá'í Liter... |
Cyrus Ala'i |
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English |
22 |
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In his letter of March 12, 1923 to the Western Bahá'í Shoghi |
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| From Alwáh to Ziyara: The Literary Forms of the Writings of the B&aa... |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
22 |
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The extensive Persian and Arabic writings of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, t |
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| Bedrock of Bahá'í Belief, The: The Doctrine of Progressive Re... |
Zaid Lundberg |
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English |
22 |
Lights1 |
53-68 |
According to Ninian Smart, the doctrinal dimension is (together with the ex |
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| Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the W... |
Moojan Momen |
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English |
22 |
Lights1 |
81-94 |
The word "amr" in Persian or "al-amr" in Arabic has a range of meaning that |
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| Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory, The: A Summary of Glorious Revelation |
William John Ridgers |
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English |
24 |
Lights1 |
95-104 |
The presently titled "The Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory" interprets |
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| Rank of Bahá'u'lláh in Relation to the Other Manifestations o... |
Nicola Towfigh |
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English |
22 |
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One of the most interesting questions in Bahá'í theology is c |
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| Developing Criteria for a Fair Comparison of Religions in Inter-religious D... |
Christoph Wagner |
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English |
22 |
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Interreligious dialogues (IRDs), with more than 250 worldwide organizations |
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| British Bahá'ís and the Western Mystical Tradition |
Lil Abdo |
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English |
28 |
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This paper is taken from a larger work that applies Sperber and Wilson's1 t |
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| Solution to the Ethnic Identity Problems in Swedish Schools with the Help o... |
Per Akerdahl |
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English |
28 |
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The center of the Christian Syrian community in Sweden in the town of Soder |
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| Concept of the "Perfect Man" (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá'í ... |
Youli Ioannesyan |
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English |
28 |
Lights2 |
53-68 |
This paper aims to trace some of the analogies and essential differences be |
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| Mysticism East and West |
Farhang Jahanpour |
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English |
28 |
Lights8 |
35-52 |
Although it would be inaccurate to suggest that all religions are identical |
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| Background and Significance of Bábí-Bahá'í Inte... |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
28 |
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Both Sunni and Shí'í Islamic traditions and sources contain n |
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| Lawh-i-Amváj ("Tablet of the Waves" [Billows]) of Bahá'u'll&a... |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
28 |
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The Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves [or Billows])
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| Religious Unity Towards the Challenge of Religious Diversity |
Anne-Sophie Lamine |
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English |
28 |
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Although the principle of religious unity is one of the central themes of t |
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| Defining Bahá'í: A Sect, a New and Independent World Religion... |
Zaid Lundberg |
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English |
28 |
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Who is to define whether Bahá'í is an Islamic sect, a new rel |
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| 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning t... |
Moojan Momen |
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English |
28 |
Lights2 |
99-118 |
This paper is a translation and commentary upon a work of' 'Abdu'l-Bahá in |
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| Fundamentalism and the Bahá'í Faith: The Chapter Karen Armstr... |
Roger Prentice |
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English |
28 |
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We live in a troubled world characterized by warring ideologies as well as |
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| Persianate Historiography and Family Trees: The Use of Genealogy in Safavid... |
Sholeh Quinn |
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English |
28 |
Lights4 |
131-140 |
In 1501, Shah Ismá'íl (r. 1501-1524) proclaimed Twelver Shi'ism the officia |
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| Point, Pillar and Manifestation: Parallels That Never Met? Kabbalah and the... |
Moshe Sharon |
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English |
28 |
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Kabbalah (Qabbalah, Cabbalah), the systematic mystical thought in Medieval |
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| Three Stages of Divine Revelation, The |
Guy Sinclaire |
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English |
28 |
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In a summary of the major themes of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, |
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| Apophatic Scholarship: When the Pen Breaks and the Ink Leaves but a Blot |
Ismael Velasco |
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English |
28 |
Lights2 |
119-134 |
If God is beyond the description of aught except Himself; if the Word of Go |
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| Firm Cord of Servitude, The |
Theo Cope |
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English |
28 |
Lights2 |
35-44 |
Many works on mysticism from a psychological point of view adopt a view tha |
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| Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective |
Adrian John Davis |
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English |
28 |
Lights2 |
45-52 |
The term intellect has been used very loosely in psychology, from being equ |
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| Justice, Fairness and the Meekness of God |
Susan Maneck |
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English |
28 |
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This presentation would discuss the distinction and confluences of the conc |
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| Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes: Hikmat (Wisdom), Ru'ya (Dre... |
Mu'in Afnani |
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English |
34 |
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Tablet of Hikmat (Wisdom):
This Tablet is arguably the most impo |
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| Mystical Themes in Bahá'í Obligatory Prayer |
Ghasem Bayat |
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English |
34 |
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Prayer is an act of reverent petition to God. It is an act of devotion, con |
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| Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review |
Ghasem Bayat |
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English |
34 |
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Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple) has been designated by t |
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| Alwáh-i-Ra'ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Ministe... |
Iskandar Hai |
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English |
34 |
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A brief historical background of the revelation of these Tablets, Sú |
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| Knowledge, Certitude, and the Mystical Heart: The Hidden Essence of God's W... |
LeRoy Jones |
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English |
34 |
Lights3 |
41-48 |
In the first lines of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Bahá'u'lláh writes of attaining "tr |
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| "For The Love of My Beauty": Love, Art and Attainment in the Revelation of ... |
Brian Miller |
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English |
34 |
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This presentation examines the importance of beauty in the Revelation of Ba |
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| Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Manikji Sahib: Introduction and provi... |
Ramin Neshati |
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English |
34 |
Lights3 |
121-128 |
Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch
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| Content and Context in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas |
Habib Riazati |
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English |
34 |
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The divine laws and ordinances could be studied from various angles and by |
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| Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh (Lawh-i-Qad Ihta... |
James B. Thomas |
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English |
34 |
Lights3 |
173-184 |
This tablet reveals a mystical intercourse between the twin stations of Bah |
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| Tablets of Salman II and Pisar-'Amm (The Issue of Sufferings of the Manifes... |
Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnemaee |
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English |
34 |
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Lawh-i-Salman
This short Tablet was revealed by Bahá'u'll |
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| Commentary of the Báb on ‘Man Arafa Nafsieh fa qad Araf Rabeh&iacut... |
Habib Riazati |
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English |
60 |
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1) “Man Arafa Nafseih fa qad Araf Rabeh”: The one who knows his own Self, |
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| General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi E... |
Muin Afnani |
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English |
60 |
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The writings of Shoghi Effendi, written over a period of 36 years (1921-195 |
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| Abdu'l-Baha's Tablets to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace at th... |
Sima Quddusi |
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English |
60 |
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In 1915, a year after the First World War, a group of people from 13 countr |
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| Art of Rhetoric in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi |
Jack McLean |
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English |
60 |
Lights8 |
203-256 |
Shoghi Effendi's use of rhetoric, demonstrated mainly through epistolary, a |
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| Bridging between the gist of the epistemology of the Baha'i Faith and "Mini... |
Mahyad Zaerpour-Rahnamaie |
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English |
60 |
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The concepts of truth/reality in philosophy are closely related to the ques |
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| Tahrif (“scriptural falsification”) and Tanzil (“divine revelation”): Som... |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
60 |
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One of the major features of the age-old polemical interaction between majo |
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| Letters of Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi 'the Báb' to Muhammad Shah Q... |
Sholeh Quinn |
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English |
60 |
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the later Tablets of the Báb |
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| Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Bah&aacu... |
James B. Thomas |
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English |
60 |
Lights7 |
239-260 |
In the Persian Bayán, the Báb advised His followers on a number of subjects |
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| Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization |
J. Vahid Brown |
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English |
- |
Lights7 |
1-28 |
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| Image of the Prophet of Islam in Muslim and Bahá'í Writings, ... |
Ghasem Bayat |
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English |
60 |
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The Prophet Muhammad, the Founder of Islam, was born in 570 A.D. in Mecca a |
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| Concept of Truth-Seeking in the Course of History |
Babak Rod Khadem |
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English |
60 |
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This presentation explores and compares the treatment of the problem of "tr |
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| Comparative study of some of the Isma'íli and Bahá'í T... |
Mozhan Khadem |
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English |
60 |
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The talk explores the following subjects: the history of the Ismaili Moveme |
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| Covenant Renewed, The: Perspective in Religious Revelation and History |
Sateh Bayat |
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English |
60 |
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From the very beginning of time, God has had a special relationship with Hi |
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| Lawh-i-Hikmat (Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Wisdom): Spiritual Mat... |
Wolfgang Klebel |
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English |
60 |
Lights7 |
119-162 |
This commentary on Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet results in these tentative and prel |
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| Haj Mehdi Arjmand |
Nikoo Mahboubian |
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English |
2 |
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A talk about Haj Mehdi Arjmand (1860-1940) by one of his great granddaughte |
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| Validity and Value of An Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Word ... |
John Hatcher |
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English |
2 |
Scripture |
27-52 |
From a Bahá'í perspective, the Manifestations Wield such inf |
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| Scripture as Literature: The Writings of Bahá'u'llah in their Litera... |
Frank Lewis |
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English |
2 |
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The writings of Mírzá Husayn-'All Núrí, Bah&aa |
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| Inner Dimensions of Revelation, The |
Ross Woodman |
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English |
2 |
Scripture |
341-368 |
"For they [the Prophets] have been made manifest In the uttermost state of |
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| Reading With or Against the Book, or the Avoidance of Interpretive Chaos |
Susan Brill |
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English |
2 |
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In the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Bahá'u'lláh quotes the fol |
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| Entombed in a Dead Language: The Saints Raising out of their Graves |
Thomas May |
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English |
2 |
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Baháíuílláh tells us of the two-fold language |
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| Mythoi: Stories of the Origin, Fall, and Redemption of Man |
William Barnes |
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English |
2 |
Scripture |
309-340 |
In Some Answered Questions (p. 122-126), 'Abdu'l-Bahá discus |
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| Bahá'i Parables |
Craig Loehle |
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English |
2 |
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Parables are a traditional vehicle of communication in revelatory writing, |
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| Koranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms in the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The |
Kamran Ekbal |
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English |
2 |
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Great similarities exist between the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Koran, n |
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| Love Relationship Between God and Humanity, The: A Commentary on Bahá... |
Julio Savi |
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English |
2 |
Scripture |
283-308 |
The poetical-spiritual atmosphere of The Hidden Words and their theologica |
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| Resurrection of Divine Wisdom: A Study of the Ontology of Greek Philosophic... |
Michael McCarron |
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English |
2 |
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in the Lawh-i-Hikmat Bahá'u'lláh posits that the sages (phil |
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| Tree of Peace and the Coming of Bahá'u'llah, The |
Aram Gomez |
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English |
2 |
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Deganawida, known by Many simply as the Great Peacemaker, was the 15th cen |
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| History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The |
Moojan Momen |
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English |
4 |
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No Manifestation of God comes into a vacuum. Baháíuíll |
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| Terms Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá'i Writ... |
Robert Stockman |
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English |
4 |
Scripture |
53-68 |
The release of the English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas invites |
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| General Nature of Divine Laws, The |
Iraj Ayman |
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English |
4 |
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The wisdom and rationale of any one of the Baháíí laws |
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| Panel Discussion: Baha'i Penal Laws |
Payam Akhavan |
Sama Peyman |
English |
4 |
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This morning was devoted to a panel discussion led by Payam Akhavan and Sam |
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| Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
S Fazel |
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English |
4 |
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Laws encapsulate principles. In some cases they appear to conflict. Althoug |
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| Origins of the Bahá’í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Gre... |
Babak Rod Khadem |
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English |
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Lights7 |
101-118 |
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| Baha'i Writings and Buddhism: An Ontological Rapprochement |
Ian Kluge |
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English |
72 |
Lights8 |
125-178 |
Bahá'u'lláh teaches the essential oneness of all religions revealed by divi |
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| Grandeur of Islam and the Magnificence of the Qur'an, The: The Bab's Dala'i... |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
72 |
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With the now widespread negative attitudes towards the Islamic religion and |
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| Mysteries within Mysteries: Some Notes on the Teachings of the Báb's... |
Stephen Lambden |
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English |
62 |
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Note: please see
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| Examination of Androgyny and Sex Specification in the Kitab- i-Aqdas, An |
Lil Abdo |
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English |
4 |
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The purpose of this paper is to consider the use of male definitions and st |
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| Service of Women on the Universal House of Justice |
Wendi Momen |
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English |
4 |
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Bahá'u'lláh often stated that men and women are equal; it is |
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| Bahá'i marriage laws in a historical perspective |
Kamran Ekbal |
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English |
4 |
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Bahá'i marriage laws in a historical perspective, especially regardi |
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| Cultivating a Bahá'i Response to Homosexuality |
Joseph Housseal |
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English |
4 |
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This presentation addresses in a simple, almost outline form, some fundamen |
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| European Themes in the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Roman Bohacek |
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English |
4 |
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Christian Europe became involved in the Baháíí Revelat |
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| Church and State in the World Order of Bahá'u'llah |
Sen McGlinn |
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English |
4 |
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Because the Baháíí Faith offers a definite model for b |
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| Experience of Taking the Most Holy Book to the Masses Using Structured Educ... |
Vadim Nomokonov |
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English |
4 |
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During the last year a number of seminars and other educational events spec |
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| Huququ'llah, Zakat, and Khums |
Vahid Behmardi |
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English |
4 |
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The roots of these three laws are to be found in the Qur'án. They we |
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| Parallels between the Kitab-i-Iqan and the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Iscander Micael Tinto |
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English |
4 |
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Parallels between the Kitab-i-Iqan and the Kitab-i-Aqdas. |
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| Distinguishing Features of the Kitab-i-Aqdas as Compared to the Bayan, The |
Habib Riazati |
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English |
4 |
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Distinguishing Features of the Kitab-i-Aqdas as Compared to the Bayan |
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| Institute for Baha'i Studies |
Robert Stockman |
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English |
5 |
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Presentation of the Institute for Baha'i Studies and its activities. The In |
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| Translation of some of `Abdu'l-Baha's tablets in honor of Haj Mehdi Arjmand |
Tandis Arjmand |
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English |
5 |
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A short presentation by Ms. Tandis Arjmand, great-granddaughter of Haj Mehd |
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