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Ian Kluge
- The Aristotelian Substratum of the Bahá’í Writings Session #42 · 2002 · Lights Vol. 4 · PDF
- Call into Being: A Prolegomena to a Baha’i Existentialism Session #44 · 2002 · Lights Vol. 4 · PDF
- Baha’i Writings and the Process of Philosophy Session #46 · 2003 · Lights Vol. 5 · PDF According to the Bahá'í Writings, all parts of creation are in a perpetual state of flux, actualizing their potentials, growing or decaying, advancing or retreating. History, both biological and human-cultural, is an evo…
- Ontology: A Basic Survey, Explications and Commentary Session #53 · 2004 · Lights Vol. 6 · PDF Like the sacred scripture of all religions, the Bahá'i Writings embody an ontology, that is, they contain teachings about the nature of what exists and the structure of reality. This paper is an initial survey and explic…
- Further Explorations in Baha’i Ontology: Ontologies of self and change Session #60 · 2005 · Lights Vol. 7 · PDF In this paper/presentation, we shall continue our exploration of Bahá'í ontology that we began in "Bahá'í Ontology: An Initial Reconnaissance." We shall examine, among other things, issues related to becoming and change;…
- Baha’i and Buddhism: Steps Towards an Ontological Rapprochement Session #65 · 2005
- Baha’i Faith and Buddhism: Steps Towards an Ontological Rapprochement. Session #67 · 2006
- Baha’i Writings and Buddhism: An Ontological Rapprochement Session #72 · 2006 · Lights Vol. 8 · PDF Bahá'u'lláh teaches the essential oneness of all religions revealed by divinely sent Manifestations, one of Whom is the Buddha. This paper seeks to provide detailed illustrations of these teachings by showing that two di…
- Panel Discussion on Minimalism and the Bahá’í Faith Session #74 · 2007
- Panel Presentation on Post-Modernism and the Bahá’í Faith Session #74 · 2007
- Postmodernism and the Bahá’í Faith Session #79 · 2007 · Lights Vol. 9 · PDF
- Relativism and the Baha’i Writings Session #79 · 2007 · Lights Vol. 9 · PDF
- Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective Session #86 · 2008 · Lights Vol. 10 · PDF By identifying and examining the philosophical positions explicitly and implicitly embedded in Some Answered Questions, this paper calls attention to the philosophical foundations of the Bahá'í teachings. The goal is to …
- Neo-Platonism and the Bahá’í Faith Session #93 · 2009 · Lights Vol. 11 · PDF This paper will analyze The Enneads of Plotinus and, to a lesser extent, Proclus' The Elements of Theology in order to identify how their teachings agree with and differ from the Baha'i Writings. Our analysis will begin …
- Plotinus and the Bahá’í Writings: Parts 1 and 2 Session #95 · 2010 This paper summarizes, builds on and expands the ideas presented in "Neoplatonism and the Baha'i Writings" in order to demonstrate how the work of Plotinus and his successors complements and offers new insights into the …
- Buddhist Doctrine of Nothingness Session #102 · 2011 `Emptiness' is one of the key concepts of Buddhism and especially of Mahayana Buddhism where we find numerous sutras and schools of interpretation dedicated to this subject. The differences among these schools notwithsta…
- Kant’s Universal Peace and the Bahá’í Vision of a Future World Order Session #102 · 2011 · Lights Vol. 13 · PDF In 1795, Immanuel Kant published Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch in which he outlined the practical steps necessary to end war among nation-states. Though focused on Europe, its intent was global and included, am…
- The New Atheism and the Bahá’í Writings Session #102 · 2011 · Lights Vol. 13 · PDF In this paper we shall examine four of the foundational works of the new atheism movement which has become a strong presence in current debates about the role of God and religion in human existence both past and present,…
- Ethics Based on Science Alone? Session #109 · 2012 In 2010, Sam Harris published The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values in order to demonstrate that values, ethics, morality do not require more than an empirical basis. There is no need for any appeal…
- Reason and the Bahá’í Writings Session #109 · 2012 · Lights Vol. 14 · PDF Unlike the scriptures of other religions, the Baha'i Writings have a great deal to say about the importance of reason. Indeed, they tell us that "in this age the peoples of the world need the arguments of reason" (`Abdu'…
- Ethics and the Bahá’í Writings: A Philosophical Survey Session #116 · 2013 · Lights Vol. 15 · PDF The Bahá'í Writings promise an ethical renewal for all the peoples and cultures in the world and ethical guidance for the future personal, social and spiritual evolution of humankind. This paper pursues a philosophical e…
- Nietzsche and the Baha’i Writings: An Introductory Exploration Session #130 · 2015 · Lights Vol. 17 · PDF First appearances to the contrary, the Baha'i Writings and Nietzsche's philosophy share a surprising number of features in common that allow Baha'is to re-vision Nietzsche from a new perspective. The basis of this re-vis…
- Meta-History and the Bahá’í Writings Session #137 · 2016 · Lights Vol. 18 The doctrine of progressive revelation is a "grand narrative" or meta-historical account of humanity's spiritual and psycho-social progress over the length of human existence. In other words, this teaching presents the s…