Lights of Irfan volume 20

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

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