Theme · 180 papers

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Covenant & Administration

The Covenant, the Guardianship, the House of Justice, and the order of Bahá’í institutions.

• Days of Remembrance: Notes on Two Tablets Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #146 · 2017
• Religious Clergy in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
• The Situation of Iran in the 19th Century as Reflected in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
• Women Advance: The Relationship between the Bahá’í Teachings and the Women’s Movement Wendi Momen · Session #146 · 2017
• A Comparison between the commentary and interpretation of an Islamic Tradition by `Abdu’l-Bahá and Ayatu’llah Khomeini Moojan Momen · Session #138 · 2016 · PDF
• Financial Enterprises of the Early Eastern Bahá’ís Vahid Rafati · Session #138 · 2016
• Personal transformation through teaching in the Tablets of the Divine Plan Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #138 · 2016
• Role of the Bahá’í Faith in a World Government Farjam Majd · Session #137 · 2016
• State of Meditation Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #137 · 2016
• Tablets of the Divine Plan - Heading the Call: The Early Travels of the Mother of the Bahá’ís of South America, Leonora Stirling Holsapple, 1921 to1927 Kristine Leonard Asuncion Young · Session #137 · 2016
• Tablets of the Divine Plan, the Fountainhead of Guidance for the Development and Crystallization of the Bahá’í Worldwide Community Jena Khadem-Khodadad · Session #138 · 2016
• Tracing Themes found in the Tablets of the Divine Plan Wendi Momen · Session #138 · 2016
• Twin Shining Lights, Part 1: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Zayn al-Din al-Ahsa’i Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
• A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
• Holy Places and Historic Sites Mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
• Memorials of the Faithful: An Introduction Faris Badii · Session #130 · 2015
• Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Aá��mad and a Review of Its Contents Foad Seddigh · Session #130 · 2015
• Reflections on the Memorials of the Faithful: From the Background of Early Christian Experiences Per-Olof Akerdahl · Session #132 · 2015
• Significance of some Historical and Holy Places Cited in the Memorials of the Faithful Foad Seddigh · Session #132 · 2015
• The Concept of “Faithfulness”� in the Baha’i Texts in English Translation Wendi Momen · Session #132 · 2015 · PDF
• The Relevance of Abdu’l-Baha’s Secret of Divine Civilization and Treatise on Politics on the Future of Iran Habib Riazati · Session #132 · 2015
• To Study and to Teach: Twin Duties in service to the Cause of God Hooper Dunbar · Session #130 · 2015
• Life and Times of the Guardian Through His Writings and His Plans Faris Badii · Session #123 · 2014
• Symbolism and Metaphor in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi Faris Badii · Session #128 · 2014
• The Concept of Politics in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Treatise on Politics Farhad Sabetan · Session #123 · 2014
• Conflict Transformation: A Case Study of the Universal House of Justice Messages to the Bahá’ís in Iran Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #116 · 2013
• Finding a Trace of the Traceless Friend: Reflection on Bahá’í Scholarship as a Journey in the Valley of Search Wolfgang Klebel · Session #116 · 2013 · PDF
• How Economics and Business is Addressed in the Bahá’í Faith Lagha Momtazian · Session #118 · 2013
• Integration of Centralization and Decentralization in the Bahá’í Administrative Order Iraj Ayman · Session #116 · 2013
• Knowing Self, Knowing God: Discovering One’s Own Innermost Divine Reality Habib Riazati · Session #116 · 2013
• Leadership and Succession in Taoist-Buddhist Temples Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew · Session #118 · 2013
• Successorship and the Election of the Universal House of Justice: The Universal House of Justice 1963 —2013 Ali Nakhjavani · Session #118 · 2013
• The Development of the Baha’i Community: 1963 — 2013 Muin Afnani · Session #116 · 2013
• The Greatest Holy Leaf’s Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #121 · 2013 · PDF
• The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Ministry of the Universal House of Justice Shahbaz Fatheazam · Session #116 · 2013
• The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Ministry of the Universal House of Justice Shahbaz Fatheazam · Session #121 · 2013
• The Universal House of Justice: A Unique Institution in the Annals of Religion Sovaida Ma'ani · Session #121 · 2013
• `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to North America: An Illustrated Story Hussain Ahdieh · Session #111 · 2012
• Die Menschenrechte des Kindes: Die UN-Kinderrechtskonvention und das Bahá’í-Konzept von Menschheit und Mensch Karen Reitz-Koncebovski · Session #114 · 2012
• Ethics Based on Science Alone? Ian Kluge · Session #109 · 2012
• Kitáb-i-Iqán, From Bábí to Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #113 · 2012
• Ridwan Renewed: The Semitic-Abrahamic religions and Babi-Baha’i concepts of Ridvan Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 2012
• Role of Religion in the Progress of Civilization Ramin Vasli · Session #111 · 2012
• Shared Leadership and Bahá’í Community Life Roya Ayman · Session #111 · 2012
• Shared Leadership and Bahá’ís Community Life Roya Ayman · Session #113 · 2012
• Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i Imamology: Some introductory Notes on the Twelver Imams and traditions attributed to them in Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i scriptural sources Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 2012
• The Dao of Bahá: Laozi and the Bahá’í Faith Roland Faber · Session #109 · 2012
• The Organic Function of Prophecy in Baha’i Context: An essay in memoriam of the hundredth anniversary of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s journey to America with excerpts from Some Answered Questions and other religious scriptures James B. Thomas · Session #109 · 2012
• Uniting Space and Time: Ritual and the Bahá’í Faith Moojan Momen · Session #111 · 2012
• `Abdu’l-Bahá — The Mystery of God Faris Badii · Session #102 · 2011
• Abbás Effendí: Centenary of His Visit to Egypt (1910-1913) Nabil Fares · Session #107 · 2011
• Abdu’l-Bahá in New York 1912 : An Illustrated Narrative Hussein Ahdieh · Session #107 · 2011
• Abdu’l-Bahá: The Mystery of God Faris Badii · Session #107 · 2011
• Apocalyptic Thinking and Process Thinking: A Baha’i Contribution to Religious Thought Moojan Momen · Session #104 · 2011 · PDF
• Authoritative Interpretations in the Bahá’í Faith: `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Initiative Iraj Ayman · Session #102 · 2011
• Book of Proverbs meets the Hidden Words: Some preliminary notes Ami Schrager · Session #104 · 2011
• Deganawidah The Peacemaker - Many Messengers of God : A Native American Perspective Paula Bidwell · Session #107 · 2011
• Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 2. The Principle of Individual Investigation of Truth in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
• The Institution of the Nineteen Day Feast: Administrative and Social Psychological Perspective Iraj Ayman · Session #104 · 2011
• The Institution of the Nineteen Day Feast: An Administrative and Social-Psychological Perspective Iraj Ayman · Session #107 · 2011
• Towards Building a Teaching Strategy: Abdul-Bahá’s Public Addresses in the West Vargha Taefi · Session #104 · 2011
• Unsealing the Sealed Wine: Slaying the dragon of dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #104 · 2011
• Valleys: Their representation in Bahá’í and other religious writings Moshe Sharon · Session #104 · 2011
• A Brief review of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to North America Robert Stockman · Session #100 · 2010 · PDF
• Authoritative Interpretations in the Baha’i Faith: `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Initiative Iraj Ayman · Session #100 · 2010
• Authoritative Interpretations in the Bahá’í Faith: `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Initiative Iraj Ayman · Session #97 · 2010
• Historical Development: Sociological and Bahá’í Perspective Ahva Afnani · Session #95 · 2010
• Homeland Earth Keyvan Nazerian · Session #100 · 2010
• In the Beginning: An Analysis of the Opening Chapters of the Báb’s Qayyum al-asma Sholeh Quinn · Session #95 · 2010
• Ziyarat and the Tablets of Visitation Vahid Rafati · Session #97 · 2010
• Beginning a Conversation: Scriptural Reasoning and the Bahá’í Faith Ben Schewel · Session #88 · 2009
• Beyond Athens and Jerusalem: Re—Visioning the Science—Religion Conflict Steven Phelps · Session #89 · 2009
• Faith and Reason in “Some Answered Questions” Ramin Vasli · Session #89 · 2009
• Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities (`Alam-i Amr) and the Primordial Covenant in the Bábí—Bahá’í Writings Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009
• Tahirih’s Insight into the Inner Nature of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh Laleh Shahriary · Session #88 · 2009
• The “Point of the Beginning” and the “Seal of the Prophets”: An analysis of the well-known Qur’anic verse (33:40) and of the consequences of its misinterpretation by Islamists Gloria Yazdani · Session #93 · 2009
• A Commentary on Fire Tablet Nadia Khazraee · Session #83 · 2008
• Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Chapter 31 of Some Answered Questions Moojan Momen · Session #83 · 2008 · PDF
• Identifying Roots and Mechanisms of Religious Prejudice: Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings on the 12th Imám Armin Eschraghi · Session #83 · 2008
• Last Tablet of `Abdu’l-Bahá for the Bahá’ís in America: A Commentary Katayoun Khazraee · Session #83 · 2008
• Peace: Building a New Science on Classical Foundations Kimberly Syphrett · Session #83 · 2008
• The Concept of Holy and Sacred anonymous · Session #83 · 2008
• “Dispensation of Baha’u’llah” in the Light of Prevailing Conditions Sima Quddusi · Session #72 · 2006
• Birth and Early Development of Spiritual Assemblies in North America: A Study in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Baha Robert Stockman · Session #72 · 2006
• From the Surat al-mulk to the Surat al-muluk, Part 1: Kingship and Religious Authority in Two Babi-Bahai Texts S. Quinn · Session #72 · 2006 · PDF
• Tabernacle of Unity: A Book Review Bijan Bayzaee · Session #72 · 2006
• A Historical review of the evolution of the concept of Guardianship Mouzhan Khadem · Session #65 · 2005
• Art of Rhetoric in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi Jack McLean · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
• General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi: Summary of the major themes Muin Afnani · Session #60 · 2005
• Persian title yet-to-be entered Armaghan Asadi · Session #64 · 2005
• Religion and Exclusivism: A Baha’i Perspective Julio Savi · Session #62 · 2005 · PDF
• Sabaeanism and African Traditional Religion and Some Christian Islamic and Bahá’í References Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #62 · 2005
• Some Aspects of the Tafsir al-Bismillah from Abdu’l-Baha Sasha Dehghani · Session #62 · 2005
• The Covenant Renewed: Perspective in Religious Revelation and History Sateh Bayat · Session #60 · 2005
• The Newly-Born Babe of That Day: Mysticism in the age of the maturity of humankind Julio Savi · Session #62 · 2005 · PDF
• Vital Role of the Universal House of Justice in destiny of humanity Armaghan Asadi · Session #65 · 2005
• Voicing Authority: A Baha’i Perspective Marion Prentice · Session #62 · 2005
• A Bahá’í Perspective on Superstition and Idol Worship: Some of its Implications in Some Selected Beliefs and Concepts Enoch Tanyi · Session #54 · 2004
• Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet of Two Calls Farah Dustdar · Session #54 · 2004
• Power and the Bahá’í Community Moojan Momen · Session #54 · 2004 · PDF
• The Import of Shoghi Effendi’s Writings for Bahá’i Studies Jack A. McLean · Session #54 · 2004
• From Secret of Divine Civilization to Treatise on Politics Muin Afnani · Session #46 · 2003
• Globalization and the New World Order: Rethinking Social and Economic Development and the environment Augusto Lopez · Session #48 · 2003
• Unity and Progressive Revelation: Comparing Bahá’í Principles with the Basic Concepts of Teilhard de Chardin Wolfgang Klebel · Session #46 · 2003 · PDF
• An Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá) James B. Thomas · Session #40 · 2002 · PDF
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Maqsud: Counsels on Education, Leadership, Justice and Peace Ramin Neshati · Session #40 · 2002 · PDF
• Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
• Lawh-i-Ittihád (Tablet of Unity) Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #40 · 2002
• Tablet to the Pope Koorosh Zaerpoor · Session #40 · 2002
• The Arc of New Covenant Mary Chikkala · Session #42 · 2002
• The Ocean of Acceptance LeRoy Jones · Session #40 · 2002
• A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Bahá’i Scriptures: The importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Bahá’i Studies Ismael Velasco · Session #36 · 2001
• Alwáh-i-Ra’ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Minister) Iskandar Hai · Session #34 · 2001
• Cherubim, Seraphim and Demythologization: Some aspects of Babi-Bahá’i angelology and the mala’ al-a`la (Supreme Concourse) Stephen Lambden · Session #36 · 2001
• Cosmos and Chaos: Myth, Creation, and the Bahá’í Administrative Order J. Vahid Brown · Session #38 · 2001 · PDF
• Kitáb-i-`Ahdí (Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Testament) Ghasem Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
• Lawh-i- Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) Sateh Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
• Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
• Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
• The Mystical Dimensions of the Bahá’i Administrative Order Kavian S. Milani · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Theological Responses to Modernity in 19th Century Middle East: The Examples of Bahá’u’llah and Muhammad ‘Abduh Oliver Scharbrodt · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• A Presentation on the Tablet of Ishráqát Nader Saiedi · Session #30 · 2000
• Apophatic Scholarship: When the Pen Breaks and the Ink Leaves but a Blot Ismael Velasco · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• Fundamentalism and the Bahá’í Faith: The Chapter Karen Armstrong Might Have Written in Her Book The Battle for God Roger Prentice · Session #28 · 2000
• Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh Brian A. Wittman · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
• Lawh-i-Ahmad in Persian: A Question of Faith and Volition Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #32 · 2000
• Some of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Akká Muin Afnani · Session #30 · 2000
• Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
• Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh to the Christians Sateh Bayat · Session #32 · 2000
• Tablets Pertaining to the Covenant: Adrianople 1863-1868 Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares · Session #32 · 2000
• The Concept of the “Perfect Man” (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá’í Notion of the Manifestation of God Youli Ioannesyan · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• The Most Great Separation Sina M. Mossayeb · Session #32 · 2000
• The Mystic Cup: The Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá’í Faith LeRoy Jones · Session #32 · 2000 · PDF
• Alwah-i-Ra’ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Minister) Iskandar Hai · Session #24 · 1999
• Content and Context in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Habib Riazati · Session #24 · 1999
• Kitáb-i-Aqdas from the Viewpoint of Shoghi Effendi Cyrus Ala'i · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
• Mystical Themes in the Tablets Revealed During the Baghdad Period: Gems of Mysteries, Maid of Heaven, Ode of Varqá’íyyih, Tablet of All Food Muin Afnan · Session #26 · 1999
• Tablets Revealed on the Topics Related to Covenant, Tests, and Difficulties Habib Riazati · Session #26 · 1999
• Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Muin Afnani · Session #24 · 1999
• The Concept of Sacred Justice in Hebrew Eschatology Gary Selchert · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
• The Doctrine of the Most Great Infallibility of the Manifestation of God Sohrab Kourosh · Session #24 · 1999
• The Fire Tablet (Lawh-i-Ihtiraq) and the Tablet of the Land of Ba (Lawh-i-Arz-i-Ba) Moojan Momen · Session #22 · 1999
• Transliteration of Oriental Terms in the English Bahá’í Literature Cyrus Ala'i · Session #22 · 1999
• Unsealing the Significance of Allegories in the Bible Using the Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Iqán) Brent Poirier · Session #26 · 1999
• An Analytical Study of the Covenant in the Lawh-i-Ahmad (Arabic) Todd Lawson · Session #18 · 1998
• Introducing Kitáb-i-Badí’ Nader Saiedi · Session #20 · 1998
• Principles of Bahá’í Theology in the Tablet of Salmán Iraj Ayman · Session #18 · 1998
• Principles of Bahá’í Theology in the Tablet of Salmán Iraj Ayman · Session #20 · 1998
• Sociopolitical Conditions of the Ottoman Empire in the Nineteenth Century Kamran Ekbal · Session #18 · 1998
• Tablet to the Kings: Human Rights and Collective Security Sohrab Kourosh · Session #20 · 1998
• The Dangers of Silence and the Practice of Responsible Apologetics Jack McLean · Session #18 · 1998
• Bahá’i World Centre, seen from the perspective of the history of the religions Per Akerdahl · Session #14 · 1997
• Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Bahá’í Faith and the New Age Movement Paul S. Dodenhoff · Session #15 · 1997
• Religion and Science in Harmony: A New Reality Muin Afnani · Session #15 · 1997
• Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Robert Stockman · Session #14 · 1997
• Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’í Faith Robert Stockman · Session #15 · 1997
• Sectarianism and the Bahá’i Faith Iraj Ayman · Session #14 · 1997
• Sectarianism and the Bahá’í Faith Iraj Ayman · Session #15 · 1997
• The Hidden Treasure Mozhan Khadem · Session #15 · 1997
• Discordant World Views within Bahá’í Studies and the Detraction They Encourage Richard Harmsen · Session #9 · 1996
• The Dream of Uniting the Nations: The Culminating Vision of the Hebrew Bible Gary Selchert · Session #9 · 1996
• The Good Tree: Distinguishing the Bahá’í Faith From Destructive Cults Stephen Vaccaro · Session #9 · 1996
• The New World Order and the Convergence of Religious and Secular Opposition Behrooz Sabet · Session #9 · 1996
• The Theology of Church and State in the Bahá’í Order: Analytical Foundations for a Rational Synthesis of Scientific, Traditional, and Religious Cosmologies Sen McGlinn · Session #9 · 1996
• Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some Sen McGlinn · Session #5 · 1995
• Experiences with Anti-Baha’i Polemic in German-speaking Countries Udo Schaefer · Session #8 · 1995
• Possible Criticisms of the Baha’i Faith from a Feminist Perspective Lil Abdo · Session #8 · 1995
• Taqiyyih and Kitman: Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation in the Babi and Baha’i Religions Kamran Ekbal · Session #8 · 1995
• The Limits of Discourse in the Baha’i community and their Consequences Robert Stockman · Session #8 · 1995
• The Model of Penology in the Kitab-i-Aqdas John Hatcher · Session #5 · 1995
• Church and State in the World Order of Bahá’u’llah Sen McGlinn · Session #4 · 1994
• Experience of Taking the Most Holy Book to the Masses Using Structured Educational Material, On The Vadim Nomokonov · Session #4 · 1994
• Huququ’llah, Zakat, and Khums Vahid Behmardi · Session #4 · 1994
• Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas S Fazel · Session #4 · 1994
• Service of Women on the Universal House of Justice Wendi Momen · Session #4 · 1994
• The History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Moojan Momen · Session #4 · 1994
• The Love Relationship Between God and Humanity: A Commentary on Bahá’u’llah’s Hidden Words Julio Savi · Session #2 · 1994
• The Terms Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá’i Writings Robert Stockman · Session #4 · 1994
• The Tree of Peace and the Coming of Bahá’u’llah Aram Gomez · Session #2 · 1994
• The Validity and Value of An Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Word of Bahá’u’llah John Hatcher · Session #2 · 1994