Sunday 13 November 2016
Part 4: Social Change - "The Divine Plan"
1.
Mashriqu'l Adhkár (Arabic: "Dawning Place of the Praise of God") by
Julie Badiee and the Editors, The Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project: http://goo.gl/rcrDGR
2. "The Bahá’í House of Worship: Localisation and Universal form, by Graham Hassall: goo.gl/hHQIGN
3. 28 December Message from the Universal House of Justice (fragment): https://goo.gl/6OLBH2
4. "Changing Reality: the Bahá’í Community and the Creation of a New Reality" by Moojan Momen: https://goo.gl/fS6Tmv
5. Book "Creating a New Mind" by Paul Lemple: www.palabrapublications.com/sites/default/files/pdf/CNM_20100722_web_2.zip
6. Book "Revelation and Social Reality. Learning to Translate What is Written into Reality" by Paul Lemple: www.palabrapublications.com/sites/default/files/pdf/rsr_etext.zip
7. "The Process of Social Transformation" by Farzam Arbab: https://goo.gl/YSW8vh
8. "Social Action" prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development at the Bahá’í World Centre: https://goo.gl/hXGESB
9. Music Video "Youth Can Move the World" by Olinga Njang: https://goo.gl/Zwo3iz
10. Video: "Frontiers of Learning" - a process of community building based on concepts enshrined in the Bahá’í Teachings, 2013: http://goo.gl/pUIPVz
2. "The Bahá’í House of Worship: Localisation and Universal form, by Graham Hassall: goo.gl/hHQIGN
3. 28 December Message from the Universal House of Justice (fragment): https://goo.gl/6OLBH2
4. "Changing Reality: the Bahá’í Community and the Creation of a New Reality" by Moojan Momen: https://goo.gl/fS6Tmv
5. Book "Creating a New Mind" by Paul Lemple: www.palabrapublications.com/sites/default/files/pdf/CNM_20100722_web_2.zip
6. Book "Revelation and Social Reality. Learning to Translate What is Written into Reality" by Paul Lemple: www.palabrapublications.com/sites/default/files/pdf/rsr_etext.zip
7. "The Process of Social Transformation" by Farzam Arbab: https://goo.gl/YSW8vh
8. "Social Action" prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development at the Bahá’í World Centre: https://goo.gl/hXGESB
9. Music Video "Youth Can Move the World" by Olinga Njang: https://goo.gl/Zwo3iz
10. Video: "Frontiers of Learning" - a process of community building based on concepts enshrined in the Bahá’í Teachings, 2013: http://goo.gl/pUIPVz
Part 3: Social Change - Types of Approaches
1. "Overcoming Oppression" - Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity: http://goo.gl/YrhKZY
2. "Advancing Toward the Equality of Women and Men" - Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity: http://goo.gl/7PK2ln
3. "Bahá'i Faith and Social Action" by Christopher Buck: http://goo.gl/SAI0Wk
4. "The Search for Values in an Age of Transition" - Bahá’i International Community, 2005: http://goo.gl/rm8fVz
5&6
5. "Re-telling Reconciliation" by Roshan Danesh, 2014: https://vimeo.com/115758960
6. "Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá’ís of the Western Hemisphere" by Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum: https://goo.gl/ulzTJd
7. "There should be no confusion about aboriginal consent" by Roshan Danesh, 20-10-16: goo.gl/oGwPsB
Video Indigenous Rights and Consent (host Adam Olsen) - 9 November 2016 with Douglas S. White and Roshan Danesh: goo.gl/UGIALp
8. Powerpoint presentation: "Mahin and Brenda Root and the Oneness of Mankind" - courtesy of Skip Quinn Ebert and the Greensboro Bahá’í Community: https://goo.gl/fA4mSJ
"Cultural diversity helps us realize our basic oneness" by Brenda Root: https://goo.gl/5dZRsD
9. Video "The Power of Race Unity" sponsored by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States, 1997: https://goo.gl/eKlg7A
10. Video "Cornel West about the Bahá’i Faith": https://vimeo.com/32987768
11. Video "Done Made My Vow to the Lord: The Bahá’í Black Men Gathering 1987-2011", short documentary prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States, 2013: https://vimeo.com/74769779
12. Video "Justice, Reconciliation and the Future of Iran" by Payam Akhavan, ABS 2013: https://vimeo.com/85876952
13. "Constructive Resilience: the Bahá’í Response to Oppression" by Michael Karlberg: https://goo.gl/0CUQtz
14. "Higher Education under the Islamic Republic: the Case of the Bahá’is" by Mina Yazdani: https://goo.gl/PCc2ht
15. MA Thesis "The Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education" - "An Exploratory Study Examining the Factors Associated with the Survival of Underground Education in an Oppressive Environment" - Nayyer Ghadirian, Concordia University, Montreal, 2008: http://goo.gl/VF1ynx
16. "Education is Not a Crime":
Audio 15 February 2015 Interview with Maziar Bahari: http://goo.gl/MKKfUp
Background:
a) "Journalist Maziar Bahari on 'Rosewater' and Iran": http://goo.gl/j3y5oz
b) To Light a Candle - "The Film the Iranian Government Doesn't Want You to See": http://en.iranwire.com/features/6010/
c) "Maziar Bahari has had enough of Iranian government oppression": http://goo.gl/IZHTy6
Beginning and Expansion of the Campaign:
a) "#NotACrime: A global street art project for human rights in Iran": http://goo.gl/Df9BPX
b) "Not a Crime launches in Harlem": http://goo.gl/lYMuVZ
c) George Faison Video: https://goo.gl/ybKEOm
c) "Learning from the Legacy of Civil Rights -Not A Crime goes to Atlanta": https://goo.gl/ZmM6Qc
d) "#NotACrime goes to South Africa":
- "The Cost of Discrimination - in Iran, in South Africa, Everywhere": http://goo.gl/C8AXuk
- "Discrimination is Like Cancer - Educational Inequality in South Africa and Iran": http://goo.gl/VgwcTi
Video South Africa - 'The Cost of Discrimination' Interview Series:
https://goo.gl/5sG7pz
https://goo.gl/bdkVMS
2. "Advancing Toward the Equality of Women and Men" - Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity: http://goo.gl/7PK2ln
3. "Bahá'i Faith and Social Action" by Christopher Buck: http://goo.gl/SAI0Wk
4. "The Search for Values in an Age of Transition" - Bahá’i International Community, 2005: http://goo.gl/rm8fVz
5&6
5. "Re-telling Reconciliation" by Roshan Danesh, 2014: https://vimeo.com/115758960
6. "Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá’ís of the Western Hemisphere" by Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum: https://goo.gl/ulzTJd
7. "There should be no confusion about aboriginal consent" by Roshan Danesh, 20-10-16: goo.gl/oGwPsB
Video Indigenous Rights and Consent (host Adam Olsen) - 9 November 2016 with Douglas S. White and Roshan Danesh: goo.gl/UGIALp
8. Powerpoint presentation: "Mahin and Brenda Root and the Oneness of Mankind" - courtesy of Skip Quinn Ebert and the Greensboro Bahá’í Community: https://goo.gl/fA4mSJ
"Cultural diversity helps us realize our basic oneness" by Brenda Root: https://goo.gl/5dZRsD
9. Video "The Power of Race Unity" sponsored by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States, 1997: https://goo.gl/eKlg7A
10. Video "Cornel West about the Bahá’i Faith": https://vimeo.com/32987768
11. Video "Done Made My Vow to the Lord: The Bahá’í Black Men Gathering 1987-2011", short documentary prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States, 2013: https://vimeo.com/74769779
12. Video "Justice, Reconciliation and the Future of Iran" by Payam Akhavan, ABS 2013: https://vimeo.com/85876952
13. "Constructive Resilience: the Bahá’í Response to Oppression" by Michael Karlberg: https://goo.gl/0CUQtz
14. "Higher Education under the Islamic Republic: the Case of the Bahá’is" by Mina Yazdani: https://goo.gl/PCc2ht
15. MA Thesis "The Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education" - "An Exploratory Study Examining the Factors Associated with the Survival of Underground Education in an Oppressive Environment" - Nayyer Ghadirian, Concordia University, Montreal, 2008: http://goo.gl/VF1ynx
16. "Education is Not a Crime":
Audio 15 February 2015 Interview with Maziar Bahari: http://goo.gl/MKKfUp
Background:
a) "Journalist Maziar Bahari on 'Rosewater' and Iran": http://goo.gl/j3y5oz
b) To Light a Candle - "The Film the Iranian Government Doesn't Want You to See": http://en.iranwire.com/features/6010/
c) "Maziar Bahari has had enough of Iranian government oppression": http://goo.gl/IZHTy6
Beginning and Expansion of the Campaign:
a) "#NotACrime: A global street art project for human rights in Iran": http://goo.gl/Df9BPX
b) "Not a Crime launches in Harlem": http://goo.gl/lYMuVZ
c) George Faison Video: https://goo.gl/ybKEOm
c) "Learning from the Legacy of Civil Rights -Not A Crime goes to Atlanta": https://goo.gl/ZmM6Qc
d) "#NotACrime goes to South Africa":
- "The Cost of Discrimination - in Iran, in South Africa, Everywhere": http://goo.gl/C8AXuk
- "Discrimination is Like Cancer - Educational Inequality in South Africa and Iran": http://goo.gl/VgwcTi
Video South Africa - 'The Cost of Discrimination' Interview Series:
https://goo.gl/5sG7pz
https://goo.gl/bdkVMS
https://goo.gl/zpBXUl
https://goo.gl/3cGfut
https://goo.gl/M4eCiC
e) "Big and Bold - Not A Crime Strikes in the Heart of Brazil": http://iranpresswatch.org/post/15292/
17. "Indigenous Knowledge Recognized" Australian Bahá’i Report, Volume 8, Issue 2 - August 2004: https://goo.gl/AkmhxE
https://goo.gl/3cGfut
https://goo.gl/M4eCiC
e) "Big and Bold - Not A Crime Strikes in the Heart of Brazil": http://iranpresswatch.org/post/15292/
Part 2: Social Change - Theory
1. "The Prosperity of Humankind" - Bahá’i International Community, 1995: goo.gl/63Lui4
"The bedrock of a strategy that can engage the world's population in assuming responsibility for its collective destiny must be the consciousness of the oneness of humankind. Deceptively simple in popular discourse, the concept that humanity constitutes a single people presents fundamental challenges to the way that most of the institutions of contemporary society carry out their functions. Whether in the form of the adversarial structure of civil government, the advocacy principle informing most of civil law, a glorification of the struggle between classes and other social groups, or the competitive spirit dominating so much of modern life, conflict is accepted as the mainspring of human interaction. It represents yet another expression in social organization of the materialistic interpretation of life that has progressively consolidated itself over the past two centuries.
Bahá'u'lláh compared the world to the human body. ... it is precisely the wholeness and complexity of the order constituting the human body -- and the perfect integration into it of the body's cells -- that permit the full realization of the distinctive capacities inherent in each of these component elements. No cell lives apart from the body, whether in contributing to its functioning or in deriving its share from the well-being of the whole. The physical well-being thus achieved finds its purpose in making possible the expression of human consciousness; that is to say, the purpose of biological development transcends the mere existence of the body and its parts.
What is true of the life of the individual has its parallels in human society. The human species is an organic whole, the leading edge of the evolutionary process. That human consciousness necessarily operates through an infinite diversity of individual minds and motivations detracts in no way from its essential unity. Indeed, it is precisely an inhering diversity that distinguishes unity from homogeneity or uniformity.
From its earliest beginnings in the consolidation of family life, the process of social organization has successively moved from the simple structures of clan and tribe, through multitudinous forms of urban society, to the eventual emergence of the nation-state, each stage opening up a wealth of new opportunities for the exercise of human capacity. Clearly, the advancement of the race has not occurred at the expense of human individuality. As social organization has increased, the scope for the expression of the capacities latent in each human being has correspondingly expanded. Because the relationship between the individual and society is a reciprocal one, the transformation now required must occur simultaneously within human consciousness and the structure of social institutions. It is in the opportunities afforded by this twofold process of change that a strategy of global development will find its purpose. At this crucial stage of history, that purpose must be to establish enduring foundations on which planetary civilization can gradually take shape.
No single principle of effective authority is so important as giving priority to building and maintaining unity among the members of a society and the members of its administrative institutions. Reference has already been made to the intimately associated issue of commitment to the search for justice in all matters. ...Not only at the national, but also at the local level, the elected governors of human affairs should, in Bahá'u'lláh's view, consider themselves responsible for the welfare of all of humankind."
2. "An Introduction to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 'The Secret of Divine Civilization'" by Nader Saiedi: http://goo.gl/4Yoe5M
3. "Some Reflections on Bahá’í Approaches to Social Change" by Roshan Danesh and Lex Musta: https://goo.gl/BX1kM0
4. "The Birth of the Human Being: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity" by Nader Saiedi: https://goo.gl/BwcoeK
5. Webinar "No Jim Crow Church - The Origins of South Carolina Bahá’i Community," by Louis Venters, 4 December 2016: goo.gl/V1Oh3l
- one of the most important discussions of the Bahá’i approach to 'social equality' and social change in the US and of the current reality in the United States. Simply a must-see.
6. Webinar "Ethical Democracy: A Democratic Alternative to Liberal Democracy?" (2016), by Arash Abizadeh: goo.gl/fFBGqT
- it is not often that Bahá’i scholars have attempted to put forward a critique of the notion of liberal democracy. This is a wonderful tour of force into the limitations of the model of liberal democracy and of the institutional remedies commonly proposed to alleviate such limitations. The author proposes that liberal democracies should be concerned not only with the key notions of freedom and equality but also with the notion of nobility (or dignity) of the individual. This is a different approach from other incipient Baha'i attempts to critique liberalism primarily through the prism of the notion/ideology of individualism (see FUNDAEC, for example). In putting forward his argument, the author is using the model of Baha'i elections as a source of inspiration and critique for reconceptualizing current electoral procedures in liberal democracies. The comparison is extremely valuable although how the notion of nobility (and so questions of ethics, morality and value) could truly be inserted procedurally and institutionally into the political process remains a real question.
7. "Towards a Model of Racial Unity. A case-study of Bahá’i Teachings and Community Practices," book-chapter from "Racial Unity. An Imperative for Social Progress", by Richard W. Thomas. (author permission. waiting for copyright permission)
8. "Reflections on Human Rights, Moral Development and the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence" by Michael L. Penn: http://goo.gl/zYwiz1
9. "Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'is" by Will C. van den Hoonaard: http://goo.gl/snUV4g
10. Webinar "Discourse Matters: The Potential of Qualitative Sociology to Shed Light on Bahá’i Studies," by Deborah K van den Hoonaard: goo.gl/p0z0ug
a) The role of inductive reasoning in how we do sociological research as Bahá’is: start from facts, understanding of social context and consultation processes and only later formulate or bring in theory (similar to grounded theory). What is sociological imagination? What is the role of participation and diversity in the production of knowledge and the functioning of communities?
11. Message from the Universal House of Justice to the National Assembly of the Bahá'is of Italy, 19 November 1974: http://goo.gl/zHMOjM
"The bedrock of a strategy that can engage the world's population in assuming responsibility for its collective destiny must be the consciousness of the oneness of humankind. Deceptively simple in popular discourse, the concept that humanity constitutes a single people presents fundamental challenges to the way that most of the institutions of contemporary society carry out their functions. Whether in the form of the adversarial structure of civil government, the advocacy principle informing most of civil law, a glorification of the struggle between classes and other social groups, or the competitive spirit dominating so much of modern life, conflict is accepted as the mainspring of human interaction. It represents yet another expression in social organization of the materialistic interpretation of life that has progressively consolidated itself over the past two centuries.
Bahá'u'lláh compared the world to the human body. ... it is precisely the wholeness and complexity of the order constituting the human body -- and the perfect integration into it of the body's cells -- that permit the full realization of the distinctive capacities inherent in each of these component elements. No cell lives apart from the body, whether in contributing to its functioning or in deriving its share from the well-being of the whole. The physical well-being thus achieved finds its purpose in making possible the expression of human consciousness; that is to say, the purpose of biological development transcends the mere existence of the body and its parts.
What is true of the life of the individual has its parallels in human society. The human species is an organic whole, the leading edge of the evolutionary process. That human consciousness necessarily operates through an infinite diversity of individual minds and motivations detracts in no way from its essential unity. Indeed, it is precisely an inhering diversity that distinguishes unity from homogeneity or uniformity.
From its earliest beginnings in the consolidation of family life, the process of social organization has successively moved from the simple structures of clan and tribe, through multitudinous forms of urban society, to the eventual emergence of the nation-state, each stage opening up a wealth of new opportunities for the exercise of human capacity. Clearly, the advancement of the race has not occurred at the expense of human individuality. As social organization has increased, the scope for the expression of the capacities latent in each human being has correspondingly expanded. Because the relationship between the individual and society is a reciprocal one, the transformation now required must occur simultaneously within human consciousness and the structure of social institutions. It is in the opportunities afforded by this twofold process of change that a strategy of global development will find its purpose. At this crucial stage of history, that purpose must be to establish enduring foundations on which planetary civilization can gradually take shape.
No single principle of effective authority is so important as giving priority to building and maintaining unity among the members of a society and the members of its administrative institutions. Reference has already been made to the intimately associated issue of commitment to the search for justice in all matters. ...Not only at the national, but also at the local level, the elected governors of human affairs should, in Bahá'u'lláh's view, consider themselves responsible for the welfare of all of humankind."
2. "An Introduction to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 'The Secret of Divine Civilization'" by Nader Saiedi: http://goo.gl/4Yoe5M
3. "Some Reflections on Bahá’í Approaches to Social Change" by Roshan Danesh and Lex Musta: https://goo.gl/BX1kM0
4. "The Birth of the Human Being: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity" by Nader Saiedi: https://goo.gl/BwcoeK
5. Webinar "No Jim Crow Church - The Origins of South Carolina Bahá’i Community," by Louis Venters, 4 December 2016: goo.gl/V1Oh3l
- one of the most important discussions of the Bahá’i approach to 'social equality' and social change in the US and of the current reality in the United States. Simply a must-see.
6. Webinar "Ethical Democracy: A Democratic Alternative to Liberal Democracy?" (2016), by Arash Abizadeh: goo.gl/fFBGqT
- it is not often that Bahá’i scholars have attempted to put forward a critique of the notion of liberal democracy. This is a wonderful tour of force into the limitations of the model of liberal democracy and of the institutional remedies commonly proposed to alleviate such limitations. The author proposes that liberal democracies should be concerned not only with the key notions of freedom and equality but also with the notion of nobility (or dignity) of the individual. This is a different approach from other incipient Baha'i attempts to critique liberalism primarily through the prism of the notion/ideology of individualism (see FUNDAEC, for example). In putting forward his argument, the author is using the model of Baha'i elections as a source of inspiration and critique for reconceptualizing current electoral procedures in liberal democracies. The comparison is extremely valuable although how the notion of nobility (and so questions of ethics, morality and value) could truly be inserted procedurally and institutionally into the political process remains a real question.
7. "Towards a Model of Racial Unity. A case-study of Bahá’i Teachings and Community Practices," book-chapter from "Racial Unity. An Imperative for Social Progress", by Richard W. Thomas. (author permission. waiting for copyright permission)
8. "Reflections on Human Rights, Moral Development and the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence" by Michael L. Penn: http://goo.gl/zYwiz1
9. "Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'is" by Will C. van den Hoonaard: http://goo.gl/snUV4g
10. Webinar "Discourse Matters: The Potential of Qualitative Sociology to Shed Light on Bahá’i Studies," by Deborah K van den Hoonaard: goo.gl/p0z0ug
a) The role of inductive reasoning in how we do sociological research as Bahá’is: start from facts, understanding of social context and consultation processes and only later formulate or bring in theory (similar to grounded theory). What is sociological imagination? What is the role of participation and diversity in the production of knowledge and the functioning of communities?
b) What is discourse? Subjects, citizens,
taxpayers or consumers?(different discourses for Canadian identity). Different types of discourse and their influence.
c) Discussion of two qualitative studies of the Bahá’i
community in Canada and their findings:
1995 - “The equality of women and men: The experience of the Baha’i community in Canada” - a survey of the community (through focus groups) about the application of the principle of the equality of women and men.
1995 - “The equality of women and men: The experience of the Baha’i community in Canada” - a survey of the community (through focus groups) about the application of the principle of the equality of women and men.
2011 - "Life Histories of Baha’i Women in Canada: Constructing Religious Identity in the Twentieth Century" by Lynn Echevarria - an example of how Baha’i studies can work in an existent
academic framework to explain social
processes in the Baha’i community. Chapter 3 explores how theology may impact on the emancipation of women.
11. Message from the Universal House of Justice to the National Assembly of the Bahá'is of Italy, 19 November 1974: http://goo.gl/zHMOjM
Part 4: "The Principle of the Oneness of Mankind" as the problematic of World Order
1. "Compilation on Peace," compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, 1990: http://goo.gl/kv2yRG
2. "The Promise of World Peace" by the Universal House of Justice, 1985: http://goo.gl/nKJ5IP
3. "Short Statement of Dr. W. Andy Knight on Peace": https://goo.gl/OjDQ1P
4. "On the Failure of Leadership" by Payam Akhavan: http://goo.gl/Vc6Wxq
5. "The Search for Values in an Age of Transition" - Bahá’i International Community, 2005: http://goo.gl/rm8fVz
6. Video LA Youth Conference - Dr. Glenford Mitchell:
Part 1: https://goo.gl/KSURis Part 2: https://goo.gl/gNRS2X Part 3: https://goo.gl/VITRKp
7. "Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a new millennium" by Dr Glenford Mitchell: goo.gl/Z3mU71
"In this essay, originally published in 1997, Glenford E. Mitchell describes the Bahá’í community as a global laboratory in which an unprecedented transformation in individual and collective behaviour is progressing. In this community can be discerned, the article states, thanks to the indispensable ministry of Shoghi Effendi, the glimmerings of a new world order."
8. Audio "The Advent of Divine Justice" - talk by Richard Thomas: goo.gl/5G65JX
9. Audio "An Organic
Order: An Approach to the Philosophy of Baha'u'llah through the Writings of
Shoghi Effendi" by Roger Coe: http://bahai-library.com/coe_organic_order
10. "Achieving Reconciliation in a Conflicting World," by Ismael Velasco: goo.gl/Syuf65
11. "Time for a New Global Governance Paradigm," by W. Andy Knight: https://goo.gl/z7DfPR
Video presentation of the paper: https://goo.gl/0NcP8s
12. "Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World," by Graham Hassall (September 2016): goo.gl/vNSV7o
13. "The Bahá’í Contribution to Cosmopolitan International Relations Theory" by Nalinie Mooten: https://goo.gl/O2xru4
14. "Reforming the Multilateral System: Without Trust, Nothing Else Matters," by Bani Dugal from Bahá’i International Community: goo.gl/rA4Tuv
15. PhD Dissertation:
"Bahá’í Teachings on Economics and Their
Implications for the Bahá’í Community
and the Wider Society" by
Hooshmand Badee, August 2015, University of Leeds: goo.gl/TrBO0O
Methodology: “The exploration of Bahá’í
teachings on economics is carried out
through four broad categories of sustainable production,
distributive justice, sustainable consumption,
and globalisation.” p.34
17. "Perspective: The Integrative and Disintegrative Forces Propelling Migration" by Serik Tokbolat from the Bahá’i International Community: https://goo.gl/LdAJVJ
Part 3: "The principle of the Oneness of Mankind" in its expanded from - key Bahá’í excerpts
1. "The Goal of a New World Order" by Shoghi Effendi: https://goo.gl/KVd9BI
2. "The Unfoldment of World Civilization" by Shoghi Effendi: https://goo.gl/pIrl73
Part 2: The Oneness of Mankind: theological-mystical, sociological, legal, epistemological perspectives
1. "The Act of Interpretation in the Writings of the Bab" by Nader Saiedi (theological-mystical):
starts at 51: 23 here: https://goo.gl/cXJNhG
continues here until the end: https://goo.gl/I99stp
2. "The Birth of the Human Being: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity" by Nader Saiedi (sociological): https://goo.gl/BwcoeK
3. "From Oppression to Empowerment" by Nader Saiedi (theological-sociological): goo.gl/UsSm5S
4. Video "Social Identity and the Oneness of Humankind" by Shahrzad Sabet (sociological, IR): https://vimeo.com/292630238
5. "The Bahá’í Faith as a Response to Modernity" - fragment from "Paradise and paradigm" by Cristopher Buck, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1999 (legal): https://goo.gl/eydIQV
- Full source: https://psu-us.academia.edu/ChristopherBuck
6. "Human Rights and Multiculturalism" by Kiser Barnes (legal): https://goo.gl/pxeNqR
7. "An Integrative Approach to Knowledge and Action: A Bahá’i perspective" by Behrooz Sabet (epistemological): http://goo.gl/QMevj1
8. "The Process of Social Transformation" by Farzam Arbab (epistemological): https://goo.gl/YSW8vh
starts at 51: 23 here: https://goo.gl/cXJNhG
continues here until the end: https://goo.gl/I99stp
2. "The Birth of the Human Being: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity" by Nader Saiedi (sociological): https://goo.gl/BwcoeK
3. "From Oppression to Empowerment" by Nader Saiedi (theological-sociological): goo.gl/UsSm5S
4. Video "Social Identity and the Oneness of Humankind" by Shahrzad Sabet (sociological, IR): https://vimeo.com/292630238
5. "The Bahá’í Faith as a Response to Modernity" - fragment from "Paradise and paradigm" by Cristopher Buck, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1999 (legal): https://goo.gl/eydIQV
- Full source: https://psu-us.academia.edu/ChristopherBuck
6. "Human Rights and Multiculturalism" by Kiser Barnes (legal): https://goo.gl/pxeNqR
7. "An Integrative Approach to Knowledge and Action: A Bahá’i perspective" by Behrooz Sabet (epistemological): http://goo.gl/QMevj1
8. "The Process of Social Transformation" by Farzam Arbab (epistemological): https://goo.gl/YSW8vh
Wednesday 9 November 2016
The Bahá'í Faith: A Short Introduction
1. Video A 2 minutes introduction to the Bahá'í Faith from the "Baha'i Blog": goo.gl/Tzzpd9
2. Video "What is the Bahá'í Faith?," in the words of believers gathered at the New York Bahá'í World Congress in 1991 (9:55 mins): goo.gl/xktYJH
3. Video The Bahá'í World View," by the Bahá'í National Center in the US (10:40 mins): goo.gl/6pwNVt
4. Video "Bahá'u'lláh - the Secret of our Century" with a script by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (38:23 mins): goo.gl/qRICZ3
5. "The Bahá'í Faith: A Short Introduction," from the Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith, by Robert Stockman and Jonah Winters, Wilmette, IL: Research Office of the Bahá'í National Center, 1997: goo.gl/s1RHBM
- short and basic but well-balanced.
4. "Bahá'í Faith," from the New World Encyclopedia, December 8, 2016: goo.gl/S7xlC3
- great, up-to-date and accessible summary from a Bahá'í perspective.
5. "Bahaism, The Faith", from Encyclopaedia Iranica (J. Cole), December 15, 1988: goo.gl/5Xl3uv
- a more scholarly and neutral-like approach which has the benefit of placing things at all times in a historical perspective - and which includes greater detail and theoretical depth but which does not cover as much in spread as the article just above.
6. Bahá’i - a way of life for millions," Ebony magazine, April 1965, p.48: https://goo.gl/ysED7H (please scroll down to page 48).
-
this, in a way, is a historical document but also a good introduction
to the Bahá’i Faith from the perspective of the oneness of humankind and
of the need to adopt "freedom from racial prejudice" as "the watchword
of the entire body of American believers, in whatever state they reside"
and in every aspect of their life (private or public): "in their homes,
their business offices, their schools and colleges, their social
parties and recreation grounds." - great, up-to-date and accessible summary from a Bahá'í perspective.
5. "Bahaism, The Faith", from Encyclopaedia Iranica (J. Cole), December 15, 1988: goo.gl/5Xl3uv
- a more scholarly and neutral-like approach which has the benefit of placing things at all times in a historical perspective - and which includes greater detail and theoretical depth but which does not cover as much in spread as the article just above.
6. Bahá’i - a way of life for millions," Ebony magazine, April 1965, p.48: https://goo.gl/ysED7H (please scroll down to page 48).
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Contributions from Nottinghamshire (and or East Midlands)
1. "We Are All Learning: Intercultural Praxis and Transformative Internationalisation at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies", undergraduate dissertation by Arzhia Habibi, University of Nottingham 2015: goo.gl/qlDq77
2. "An Overview of Bahá’í Eschatology" by Bernardo Bortolin Kerr, University of Nottingham, 2016: goo.gl/FQDPqY
3. "Social Justice, Higher Education and the Oneness of Humankind" 2016: goo.gl/TWWFrD
4. Compilation on Tests and Suffering by the Bahá’í group at the University of Nottingham: https://tinyurl.com/yx7g87cb
2. "An Overview of Bahá’í Eschatology" by Bernardo Bortolin Kerr, University of Nottingham, 2016: goo.gl/FQDPqY
3. "Social Justice, Higher Education and the Oneness of Humankind" 2016: goo.gl/TWWFrD
4. Compilation on Tests and Suffering by the Bahá’í group at the University of Nottingham: https://tinyurl.com/yx7g87cb
Saturday 4 June 2016
Part 1: The Oneness of Mankind - as fundamental human reality
- from a compilation that can be seen as a key source and starting-point into the notion of the oneness of mankind.
2. Webinar "No Jim Crow Church - The Origins of South Carolina Bahá’i Community," by Louis Venters, 4 December 2016: goo.gl/V1Oh3l
- one of the most important discussions of the Bahá’i approach to 'social equality' and social change in the US and of the current reality in the United States. Simply a must-see.
3. Webinar "The Beautiful Struggle: Understanding Racism and Transforming Words into Deeds," by Ruha Benjamin, 23 August 2017: goo.gl/sQb8dN
4. "Tablet on the Struggle for Survival" by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: http://goo.gl/uPHMib
- man should expand his thinking from concern with himself, his family, or his nation towards a concern with 'bringing prosperity and blessings to the entire human race'. Cooperation, not "the struggle for survival" is innate to human reality. See excerpt illustrated above.
5. "Message from the Universal House of Justice to All National Assemblies," 13 July 1972: http://goo.gl/UQxWZ1
- "We must not allow the fear of rejection by our friends and neighbors to deter us from our goal: to live the Bahá'i life. Let us strive to blot out from our lives every last trace of prejudice - racial, religious, political, economic, national, tribal, class, cultural, and that which is based on differences of education or age."
6. Video A beautiful short interview with Tod Ewing on the oneness of humankind and the spiritual dimensions of racial reconciliation: goo.gl/4M78hG
7. "The Vision of Race Unity. America's Most Challenging Issue" - A Statement by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States, 1991: https://goo.gl/2oXqUv
"Racism is the most challenging issue confronting America. ... To ignore the problem is to expose the country to physical, moral and spiritual danger. ... The evil consequences of slavery are still visible in this land. They continue to affect the behavior of both Black and White Americans and prevent the healing of old wounds. Healing the wounds and building a society in which people of diverse backgrounds live as members of one family are the most pressing issues confronting America today. Her peace, her prosperity, and even her standing in the international community depend to a great extent on the resolution of this issue. ... Both groups must understand that no real change will come about without close association, fellowship, and friendship among diverse people."
8. Video "The Power of Race Unity" sponsored by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’is of the United States, 1997: https://goo.gl/eKlg7A
- four examples of individual initiatives developed during the 1990s to give expression to "The Vision of Race Unity" above: "Calling all Colors" - a kids project founded by a 8 year old in SC, the Bahá’i youth workshops (~ 1000) founded by Oscar DeGruy (dance, drama and song), Dan Seals's country music video "We are One," and Dr. Richard Thomas's university-wide program to teach acceptance of diversity for students and faculty at Michigan State University.
9. Music Video "I Can't Breathe" by Moanin' Sons feat. Lonnie Jordan of War: https://goo.gl/YFZ5ta
10. "Combat Racism with Oneness of Humanity," The Bahá’í International Community: http://goo.gl/yDoPPo
- "Just as a fever is a symptom of disease in the body, racism is a symptom of disease in society. Suppressing the symptom does not cure the disease, but curing the disease eliminates the symptom. The Bahá’í International Community is convinced that the disease from which society currently suffers is failure to recognize the principle of the oneness of humanity, and racism is but a symptom."
11. "Statement to World Conference against Racism," The Bahá’í International Community: https://goo.gl/IIWRwQ
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"At the root of all
forms of discrimination and intolerance is the erroneous idea that humankind is
somehow composed of separate and distinct races, peoples or castes, and that
those sub-groups innately possess varying intellectual, moral, and/or physical
capacities, which in turn justify different forms of treatment. The reality is that
there is only the one human race. We are a single people, inhabiting the planet
Earth, one human family bound together in a common destiny, a single entity
created from one same substance, obligated to 'be even as one soul'. Recognition of this reality is the antidote to racism, xenophobia and
intolerance in all its forms."
12. The Prosperity of Humankind" - Bahá’i International Community, 1995: goo.gl/63Lui4
13.""Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of Iran," 2 March 2013: https://goo.gl/AopQLI
Secondly, with a humble attitude of learning, Bahá’is seek to enter “into collaboration, as their resources permit, with an increasing number of movements, organization, groups and individuals, establishing partnerships that strive to transform society and further the cause of unity, promote human welfare and contribute to world solidarity”. Bahá’is "will not affiliate themselves with political parties, become entangled in partisan issues, or participate in programmes tied to the divisive agenda of any group or faction." “Wherever they reside Bahá’is endeavour to uphold the standards of justice, addressing inequalities directed towards themselves or towards others, but only through lawful means available to them, eschewing all forms of violent protest.”
12. The Prosperity of Humankind" - Bahá’i International Community, 1995: goo.gl/63Lui4
- "The bedrock of a strategy that can engage the world's population in assuming
responsibility for its collective destiny must be the consciousness of the
oneness of humankind.
Deceptively simple
in popular discourse, the concept that humanity constitutes a single people
presents fundamental challenges to the way that most of the institutions of
contemporary society carry out their functions.
What is true of the life of the individual has its parallels in human society. The human species is an organic whole, the leading edge of the evolutionary process. That human consciousness necessarily operates through an infinite diversity of individual minds and motivations detracts in no way from its essential unity. Indeed, it is precisely an inhering diversity that distinguishes unity from homogeneity or uniformity.
What is true of the life of the individual has its parallels in human society. The human species is an organic whole, the leading edge of the evolutionary process. That human consciousness necessarily operates through an infinite diversity of individual minds and motivations detracts in no way from its essential unity. Indeed, it is precisely an inhering diversity that distinguishes unity from homogeneity or uniformity.
13.""Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of Iran," 2 March 2013: https://goo.gl/AopQLI
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The Bahá’i
attitude to politics is shaped
by a certain framework and a particular conception of history. Humanity
is
moving from the turbulence of adolescence towards a phase of maturity
which will see the unification of the human race. This transition is
shaped by the interaction of two processes: one destructive in nature
(clearing
the barriers to change), one integrative (opening new spaces of
cooperation and
collaboration). In this process of transition and massive social
reorganization,
“the principle that is to infuse all
facets of organized life on the planet is the oneness of humankind”. Bahá’is do
not believe this transformation could come solely through their efforts. Nor do
they attempt to create a movement that would seek to impose their vision of the
future on society. Every group, nation and individual will, to a greater or
lesser degree, contribute to the emergence of a world civilization. The
question is how the Bahá’is could contribute to this process. This is proceeding according to two dimensions.
Firstly, by attempting to construct a community
(and thus a methodology for community building) with corresponding
administrative structures “which would embody the principle of the oneness of
humankind and the convictions underpinning it”. The aim here would be to
experiment with reorganizing the relationships between the individual,
community and the institutions of society on the basis of cooperation instead
of competition (i.e., the struggle for power) redefining the concept of
power as “a limitless capacity to transform that resides in the human race as a
body” (and in the powers of the human spirit such as unity, love, humble
service and ethical action) rather than as “a means of domination.” These are
very high ideals and the Bahá’i community makes no claims to perfection. But in
the current condition of the world what harm is there in investigating the
possibilities for formulating a peaceful and united world civilization?
Secondly, with a humble attitude of learning, Bahá’is seek to enter “into collaboration, as their resources permit, with an increasing number of movements, organization, groups and individuals, establishing partnerships that strive to transform society and further the cause of unity, promote human welfare and contribute to world solidarity”. Bahá’is "will not affiliate themselves with political parties, become entangled in partisan issues, or participate in programmes tied to the divisive agenda of any group or faction." “Wherever they reside Bahá’is endeavour to uphold the standards of justice, addressing inequalities directed towards themselves or towards others, but only through lawful means available to them, eschewing all forms of violent protest.”
14. Video "Forces of Integration and Disintegration" by Kevin Locke: https://goo.gl/EBHHa8
Video "The Gifts of Language and Heritage" by Kevin Locke: https://goo.gl/rtzQTT
15. "Raising Children of Light" (2008) - by Bani Dugal, principal representative of the Bahá’í International Community at the United Nations: http://goo.gl/sc8Eyg
-"As we reflect on our understanding of the world, it is our responsibility as mothers to examine our thinking, knowing that consciously or unconsciously children will absorb our attitudes, our habits, and our worldview. In a world so painfully divided by political agendas, violent conflict, extremes of wealth and poverty, gender stereotypes, racism, religious systems, and endless permutations of “us” vs. “them,” we cannot unreservedly pass on thoughts and attitudes that perpetuate the prevailing order. We need to scrutinize our own thinking. This is perhaps our greatest challenge."
16. "Unity in Diversity"- section from "The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh" (pp.41-42), by Shoghi Effendi: http://goo.gl/q5a17v
17. "Excerpts from the Letter to the United States and Canada about Racism," 1961 - by Ruhiyyih Khanum: https://goo.gl/86wgg8
-"Bahá'u'lláh warned us against the evils of civilization when carried to extremes ... Shoghi Effendi fairly thundered against our civilization--particularly the American variety of it. The future culture and civilization is therefore scarcely likely to be patterned on it."
18. "Letter from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's to the First Universal Races Congres," London, 26-29 July, 1911: https://goo.gl/4qGPiY
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"The Blessed One, Baha'u'llah, likens the existing
world to a tree, and the people to its fruits, blossoms and leaves. All should
be fresh and vigorous, the attainment of their beauty and proportion depending
on the love and unity with which they sustain each other and seek the Life
eternal. The friends of God should become the manifestors in this world of this
mercy and love. They should not dwell on the shortcomings of others.
Ceaselessly should they be thinking how they may benefit others and show
service and co-operation. Thus should they regard every stranger, putting aside
such prejudices and superstitions as might prevent friendly relations. To-day
the noblest person is he who bestows upon his enemy the pearl of generosity,
and is a beacon-light to the misguided and the oppressed. This is the command
of Baha'u'llah."
19. Bahá’i - a way of life for millions," Ebony magazine, April 1965, p.48: https://goo.gl/ysED7H (please scroll down to page 48).
- this, in a way, is a historical document but also a good introduction to the Bahá’i Faith from the perspective of the oneness of humankind and of the need to adopt "freedom from racial prejudice" as "the watchword of the entire body of American believers, in whatever state they reside" and in every aspect of their life (private or public): "in their homes, their business offices, their schools and colleges, their social parties and recreation grounds."
20. "Prejudice and Discrimination" - by Will C. van den Hoonaard: http://goo.gl/IkU61b
- a quick and basic introduction into the topic with recourse to aspects relating to the Baha'i Faith:
"Society looks most often to education and legislation to alleviate prejudice and discrimination--for reasons still not clearly known, intergroup contact alone is not enough to reduce prejudice (Klineberg, 1968: 441). On one hand, multicultural education, whether direct or indirect, constitute the mainstay of educational efforts to eliminate prejudice. On the other hand, the emphasis on civil rights, enlightened immigration policies, and mandates for quota hiring are the cornerstone of legal approaches to alleviating the effects of prejudice and discrimination. The most overlooked area in resolving the problems of prejudice and discrimination lies in the web of close relationships where genuine feelings of love can be fostered and strengthened (Robert Henderson, American Bahá'í, Nov. 1993 [check].) The private sphere may indeed be the last frontier where a solution to the problems of prejudice may have to be found."
"The root cause of prejudice and discrimination, according to the Bahá'í writings, lies in the accretion of blind imitation of the past. It is through this "aping of the past," that the "foundations of the social order" are "blown to the four winds," and that "humanity be continually exposed to direst peril" (SWAB: 247). Prejudice and Discrimination lead to disunity which results in the dissolving of society (SWAB: 31), through strife and war. World peace will elude our grasp while prejudice and discrimination continue to bedevil the collective life of humanity (PUP: 373)."
21. The 2014 Bahá’i Chair for World Peace Annual Lecture - "The Problem of Racism in 'Post-Racial' America, by Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Sociology Department, Duke University: goo.gl/KhW8iL
22. "Towards a Model of Racial Unity. A case-study of Bahá’i Teachings and Community Practices," book-chapter from "Racial Unity. An Imperative for Social Progress", by Richard W. Thomas. (author permission; waiting for copyright permission)
23. Audio: "Vision of Shoghi Effendi as Reflected in the Advent of Divine Justice" by Richard W. Thomas: https://goo.gl/RiYndp
24. "Addressing the Racial, Ethnic and Class Implications of Legacy Cities," by June Manning Thomas: http://goo.gl/MNrVzi
25. "The Canadians Bahá’is 1938-2000: Constructions of Oneness in Personal and Collective Identity" by Lynn Echevarria: http://goo.gl/cVgXJW
26. Powerpoint presentation: "Mahin and Brenda Root and the Oneness of Mankind" - courtesy of Skip Quinn Ebert and the Greensboro Bahá’í Community and with permission from Brenda Root: https://goo.gl/fA4mSJ
"Cultural diversity helps us realize our basic oneness" by Brenda Root: https://goo.gl/5dZRsD
Part 2: Social Justice and Law
1. "Justice as a Theme in the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" by Charles O. Lerche. (author permission. waiting for copyright permission)
2 "Morality, Law and Religion: A comparison of three concepts of justice" by Sun Libo. (waiting for copyright permission)
3. "An Introduction to Bahá'i Law: Doctrinal Foundations, Principles and Structures" by Udo Schaefer: http://goo.gl/Zfjtkm
4. Webinar "Imagining Bahá'i Law" by Roshan Danesh: goo.gl/O9Kd2V
5. Webinar: "Reading Kitáb-i-Aqdas" by Roshan Danesh: http://goo.gl/4r2fbm
6. "Some Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'i Faith" by Roshan Danesh. (author permission. waiting for copyright permission)
7. "The Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Five Papers Exploring the Most Holy Book: goo.gl/dkcdwL
8. "Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice" by Jack McLean: http://goo.gl/93ZDrH
9. "Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'is" by Will C. van den Hoonaard: http://goo.gl/snUV4g
10. "Bahá'i Faith and Social Action" by Christopher Buck: http://goo.gl/SAI0Wk
11. "Justice and Equality - a basis for change in our troubled world by Layli Miller-Muro: http://goo.gl/1i2uUo
12. "Overcoming Oppression" - Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity: http://goo.gl/YrhKZY
13. Message from the Universal House of Justice to the National Assembly of the Bahá'is of Italy, 19 November 1974: http://goo.gl/zHMOjM
14. 28 December Message from the Universal House of Justice (fragment): https://goo.gl/6OLBH2
15. "Advancing Toward the Equality of Women and Men" - Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity: http://goo.gl/7PK2ln
16. Music Video "O Children of Men" by Walter Heath: http://goo.gl/gWb1O8
17. & 18.
17. "Re-telling Reconciliation" by Roshan Danesh, 2014: https://vimeo.com/115758960
18. "Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá’ís of the Western Hemisphere" by Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum: https://goo.gl/ulzTJd
19. Video "Justice, Reconciliation and the Future of Iran" by Payam Akhavan, ABS 2013: https://vimeo.com/85876952
20. "Peacebuilding through Reconciliation" by Charles Lerche, IJPS, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2000: http://goo.gl/69x54d
21. "Achieving Reconciliation in a Conflicting World," by Ismael Velasco: goo.gl/Syuf65
22. "Spiritual Approaches to Peace-building" by Charles Lerche, 2014: https://goo.gl/OfsL2T
23. "Social Justice, Higher Education and the Oneness of Humankind": goo.gl/TWWFrD
24. "Modern Societies and Ethical Values" by Iraj Abedian, 2013: goo.gl/AJBkQk
On Spirituality
This post will contain Bahá’í articles on the topic of spirituality.
1. "Bahá'í Spirituality" by Moojan Moomen: http://goo.gl/3XTg69
2. "Man's Knowledge of God," SAQ: http://goo.gl/kv1sMC
3. "Essential Requisites for Spiritual Growth," UHJ, 1984: http://goo.gl/V6IIpf
4. Beginning fragment from "The Secret of Divine Civilization"): http://goo.gl/Hb2DWT
5. "Dimensions in Spirituality" - by Jack McLean: http://goo.gl/kFQ2I7
Blog: http://jack-mclean.com/articles/
6. "Letter from Mr. Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community": http://goo.gl/O71eYz
Music Video -a song recently released by his son in his memory: https://goo.gl/KAZnWT
7. "Hidden Words" - by Adib Taherzadeh, "The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh," Vol.1, pp.71-90: http://goo.gl/7Lq1rt
8. Music Video "I Have Breathed Within Thee" by Jamey Heath: http://goo.gl/NZ1oYG
9. Selection from the "Lights of Guidance" on spirituality: https://goo.gl/0XGY6I
10. "The World of the Kingdom" by Julio Savi: goo.gl/JuCTnH
11. Talk at Green Acre 2012, (about devotional attitude and spiritual characteristics in light of the model exemplified by `Abdu’l-Bahá'), by Mr. Ali Nakhjavani: goo.gl/Oe3v6y
12. "Scholarship the Power of Understanding and Service" by Mr. Ali Nakhjavani, Germany 10 November 2012: goo.gl/OezdqG
13. "Thoughts on Humility" by John Wiegley: goo.gl/4h00bA
14. "The Concept of Spirituality" by William S. Hatcher: http://goo.gl/2meidE
15. "Reclaiming Youth" by Reggie Newkirk: http://goo.gl/LBNYhM
16. "The Psychology of Beauty and Love" by Dr. Rhett Diessner: https://goo.gl/4pjN74
17. Audio "The Forces of Our Time" Lecture Series, Hooper Dunbar, 2011-04: http://bahai-library.com/dunbar_forces_our_time
1. "Bahá'í Spirituality" by Moojan Moomen: http://goo.gl/3XTg69
2. "Man's Knowledge of God," SAQ: http://goo.gl/kv1sMC
3. "Essential Requisites for Spiritual Growth," UHJ, 1984: http://goo.gl/V6IIpf
4. Beginning fragment from "The Secret of Divine Civilization"): http://goo.gl/Hb2DWT
5. "Dimensions in Spirituality" - by Jack McLean: http://goo.gl/kFQ2I7
Blog: http://jack-mclean.com/articles/
6. "Letter from Mr. Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community": http://goo.gl/O71eYz
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| Domnul Taherzadeh la Școala de Vară de la Curtea de Argeș în 1992 |
Music Video -a song recently released by his son in his memory: https://goo.gl/KAZnWT
7. "Hidden Words" - by Adib Taherzadeh, "The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh," Vol.1, pp.71-90: http://goo.gl/7Lq1rt
8. Music Video "I Have Breathed Within Thee" by Jamey Heath: http://goo.gl/NZ1oYG
9. Selection from the "Lights of Guidance" on spirituality: https://goo.gl/0XGY6I
10. "The World of the Kingdom" by Julio Savi: goo.gl/JuCTnH
11. Talk at Green Acre 2012, (about devotional attitude and spiritual characteristics in light of the model exemplified by `Abdu’l-Bahá'), by Mr. Ali Nakhjavani: goo.gl/Oe3v6y
12. "Scholarship the Power of Understanding and Service" by Mr. Ali Nakhjavani, Germany 10 November 2012: goo.gl/OezdqG
13. "Thoughts on Humility" by John Wiegley: goo.gl/4h00bA
14. "The Concept of Spirituality" by William S. Hatcher: http://goo.gl/2meidE
15. "Reclaiming Youth" by Reggie Newkirk: http://goo.gl/LBNYhM
16. "The Psychology of Beauty and Love" by Dr. Rhett Diessner: https://goo.gl/4pjN74
17. Audio "The Forces of Our Time" Lecture Series, Hooper Dunbar, 2011-04: http://bahai-library.com/dunbar_forces_our_time
Part 1: Non-involvement in politics
1. "Talk of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Boston 1912": https://goo.gl/NbMVns
2. "The Non-Political Character of the Bahá'i Faith: Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi" by Shoghi Effendi:
https://goo.gl/XSSEOQ
3. On the theme of 'obedience to the just government' from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (this seemed important to single out): goo.gl/R0bZ22
4. "Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of Iran," 2 March 2013: https://goo.gl/AopQLI
5. "Letter from the Universal House of Justice to an Individual Believer," 22 January 2010: http://goo.gl/nbL92n
6. "Politics Beyond War: Ulrich Gollmer's Contribution to Bahá’í political thought" by Arash Abizadeh: https://goo.gl/kzv0JO
7. "Non-Involvement in Politics" by Dr Ali Murad Davudi:
http://goo.gl/lNML4j
8. "On the Way to a New Type of Politics" by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer (fragment from "Making the Crooked Straight"). (waiting for copyright permission)
9. "‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Embracing Principles while Disapproving Methodologies" by Mina Yazdani: https://goo.gl/S9GG8m
2. "The Non-Political Character of the Bahá'i Faith: Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi" by Shoghi Effendi:
https://goo.gl/XSSEOQ
3. On the theme of 'obedience to the just government' from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (this seemed important to single out): goo.gl/R0bZ22
4. "Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of Iran," 2 March 2013: https://goo.gl/AopQLI
5. "Letter from the Universal House of Justice to an Individual Believer," 22 January 2010: http://goo.gl/nbL92n
6. "Politics Beyond War: Ulrich Gollmer's Contribution to Bahá’í political thought" by Arash Abizadeh: https://goo.gl/kzv0JO
7. "Non-Involvement in Politics" by Dr Ali Murad Davudi:
http://goo.gl/lNML4j
8. "On the Way to a New Type of Politics" by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer (fragment from "Making the Crooked Straight"). (waiting for copyright permission)
9. "‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Embracing Principles while Disapproving Methodologies" by Mina Yazdani: https://goo.gl/S9GG8m
Theological Concepts and Symbols
This post will contain bahá’í articles looking at key religious concepts, symbols and motifs.
1. "An Overview of Bahá’í Eschatology" by Bernardo Bortolin Kerr (in preparation): goo.gl/FQDPqY
2. Webinar - "The Role of Religion in Society" by Julia Berger: goo.gl/zCGlM1
Sequence of topics covered: a) What is understood by the term religion? b) the secularization theory c) the resurgence of religion d) the 'post-secular' problematic - "the term defines efforts to move past limitations of notions of the 'secular' and to describe present day dynamics" e) religion and modernity/modernities f) religion and the UN (touching on BIC activity).
3. "Seven Narratives of Religions: A Framework for Engaging Contemporary Research" (2015) by Benjamin Schewel: goo.gl/jfxyBm
4. "Relativism: a Basis for Bahá’í Metaphysics" by Moojan Moomen: https://goo.gl/69n0ht
5. "The Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá’í Writings" by Juan Cole: http://goo.gl/VkDrgB
6. "The Perfect Man: The Manifestation of God" by Julio Savi: goo.gl/e2cKbK
7. "The Image of the Manifestation as the Ontological Basis for a Bahá’í Psychology" by Rhett Diessner. (author permission; waiting for copyright permission)
8. "Commentary on the Islamic Tradition 'I was a Hidden Treasure...'" by Moojan Moomen: http://goo.gl/QcGyS2
9. "One Physicist's First Look at ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 'Tablet of the Universe'" by Vahid Houston Ranjbar:
https://goo.gl/wGgrH3
10. "Antinomies of Reason and the Theology of Revelation: Some Preliminary Thoughts" by Nader Saiedi: http://goo.gl/56r1s0
11. "Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions" by Jim Stokes: http://goo.gl/Z02dG9
12. "The Story of Joseph in the Babi and Bahá’í Faiths" by Jim Stokes: http://goo.gl/8MMCR8
13. "Brief thoughts on the 'camphor fountain'" by John Wiegley: goo.gl/9RxA0h
1. "An Overview of Bahá’í Eschatology" by Bernardo Bortolin Kerr (in preparation): goo.gl/FQDPqY
2. Webinar - "The Role of Religion in Society" by Julia Berger: goo.gl/zCGlM1
Sequence of topics covered: a) What is understood by the term religion? b) the secularization theory c) the resurgence of religion d) the 'post-secular' problematic - "the term defines efforts to move past limitations of notions of the 'secular' and to describe present day dynamics" e) religion and modernity/modernities f) religion and the UN (touching on BIC activity).
3. "Seven Narratives of Religions: A Framework for Engaging Contemporary Research" (2015) by Benjamin Schewel: goo.gl/jfxyBm
4. "Relativism: a Basis for Bahá’í Metaphysics" by Moojan Moomen: https://goo.gl/69n0ht
5. "The Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá’í Writings" by Juan Cole: http://goo.gl/VkDrgB
6. "The Perfect Man: The Manifestation of God" by Julio Savi: goo.gl/e2cKbK
7. "The Image of the Manifestation as the Ontological Basis for a Bahá’í Psychology" by Rhett Diessner. (author permission; waiting for copyright permission)
8. "Commentary on the Islamic Tradition 'I was a Hidden Treasure...'" by Moojan Moomen: http://goo.gl/QcGyS2
9. "One Physicist's First Look at ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 'Tablet of the Universe'" by Vahid Houston Ranjbar:
https://goo.gl/wGgrH3
10. "Antinomies of Reason and the Theology of Revelation: Some Preliminary Thoughts" by Nader Saiedi: http://goo.gl/56r1s0
11. "Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions" by Jim Stokes: http://goo.gl/Z02dG9
12. "The Story of Joseph in the Babi and Bahá’í Faiths" by Jim Stokes: http://goo.gl/8MMCR8
13. "Brief thoughts on the 'camphor fountain'" by John Wiegley: goo.gl/9RxA0h
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