Lights of Irfan volume 20

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'Irfán Colloquia
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Sponsored by the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund
176 B.E. 2019 C.E.
ISBN 978-890688-76-2

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                                     Table of Contents 
     
Preface and title pages ................................................................ 3

The Manifestation of God in the View of Process Theology
     Roland Faber....................................................................... 7

The Mystery of Consciousness: Learning from Neuroscience and Insights
           from Bahá'í Sacred Writings
     Jena Khadem Khodadad.............................................................. 55

Sow the Seeds of My Divine Wisdom in the Pure Soil of Thy Heart: Towards Coordinating
           Langs' Communicative Approach of Psychoanalysis with the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh
     Wolfgang Klebel................................................................... 75

The Baha'i Writings and the Buddhist Doctrine of Emptiness: An Initial Survey
     Ian Kluge......................................................................... 99

Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran
     Moojan Momen..................................................................... 139

Qá'im-Maqám Faráhání in the Bahá'í Writings
     Vahid Rafati, trans. Adib Masumian............................................... 161

Dei Verbum: A Bahá'í Perspective on the Roman Catholic Dogmatic
           Constitution on Divine Revelation
     Marco Oliveira................................................................... 197

An Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih
     Foad Seddigh..................................................................... 219

A Commentary on the Occultation Prayer, or Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih
     Provisional translation by Foad Seddigh.......................................... 248

 
Elucidation

     Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-Involvement in Political Affairs
           Universal House of Justice.................................................. 253


In Memoriam

     Dr. Mehrangiz Afnan (1937-2018) ................................................. 259

     Sohrab Arjmand (1935-2019) ...................................................... 262

     Lily Ayman (Áhy) (1929-2018) .................................................... 264


Appendices

     Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and Their Abbreviations ......................... 271

     Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books 1-19 ......................................... 273

     Publications and Distributors of the 'Irfán Colloquia ........................... 288

     Vision and Aims of the Irfan Colloquia .......................................... 289