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).
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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).
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