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Robert Stockman
- The Baha’i Faith and Higher Biblical Criticism Session #1 · 1993
- The Terms Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá’i Writings Session #4 · 1994 The release of the English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas invites a closer examination of the Bahá'í teachings and raises an entirely new series of questions about the nature of Bahá'í law. Often these questions are ba…
- Institute for Baha’i Studies Session #5 · 1995 Presentation of the Institute for Baha'i Studies and its activities. The Institute is an agency of the National Spiritual Assembly dedicated to sponsoring rigorous, academic-quality scholarship on the Baha'i Faith.
- The Limits of Discourse in the Baha’i community and their Consequences Session #8 · 1995 All human communities must set limits on their internal discourse in order to maintain cohesion and some degree of internal order. The Baha'i Faith is no exception. The limits to discourse in the Baha'i community are det…
- Millennialism in the Bahá’i Faith: Progressive and Catastrophic Themes Session #12 · 1996 Review of the different aspects of the Bahá'i vision of the future; most are optimistic and progressive.
- Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Session #14 · 1997 In both the field of comparative religion and in Bahá'i Studies, scripture is not a simple term to define. From a sociological point of view, a text becomes scripture when a group of people begin to treat it as such, by …
- Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’í Faith Session #15 · 1997 In both the field of comparative religion and in Bahá'í Studies, scripture is not a simple term to define. From a sociological point of view, a text becomes scripture when a group of people begin to treat it as such, by …
- A Survey of the Tablets of `Abdu’l-Bahá in the National Bahá’í Archives, Wilmette Session #58 · 2004 `Abdu'l-Bahá addressed thousands of tablets to Bahá'ís in the United States, many of which ended up in the National Bahá'í Archives in Wilmette, either as originals, facsimiles, or copies of translations. While the origi…
- A Study of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Guidance About Governing Bodies Session #65 · 2005
- Birth and Early Development of Spiritual Assemblies in North America: A Study in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Baha Session #72 · 2006 The development of spiritual assemblies in North America started in 1899, just a few years after the same process was initiated in Iran. The early American Bahá'ís based their organization on four sources: (1) the Kitáb-…
- A Comparative Study of Early American Baha’is interpretation of Bible and Interpretations in Some Answered Questions Session #86 · 2008
- A Brief review of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to North America Session #100 · 2010 · Lights Vol. 13 · PDF `Abdu'l-Bahá Abbás visited North America from April 11 to December 5, 1912. His eight-month sojourn took Him to some 38 localities in 15 states and the province of Quebec, Canada. Because His North American trip followed…
- Race, Religion and Progress in the Talks and Actions of Abdu’l-Bahá Session #107 · 2011 The nineteenth century dialogue among civilizations focused on several themes; among them, race, religion, and progress were particularly prominent. Race and religion related to the question of which culture was the best…