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Interfaith & Comparative Religion

Dialogue with Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and the religions of the East.

Key authors Stephen Lambden 33Moojan Momen 12Nabil Fares 7Vahid Rafati 6Robert Stockman 6Moshe Sharon 6Kamran Ekbal 6Muin Afnani 6
Related themes Theology & the Nature of GodScripture & TabletsBábí History & the BábScholarship & InterpretationPersian & Islamic Context
  • Catholic Orthodoxy and Bahá’í theology Marco Oliveira · Session #153 · 2018 · PDF
  • Religious Clergy in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
  • A Study of the Role of Religion in Wealth and Poverty Hooshmand Badiee · Session #137 · 2016
  • Myths and Symbolism in the Bahá’í Writings: The Case of Joseph Vahid Rafati · Session #138 · 2016
  • Some Ottoman Documents about Babis and Bahá’ís in the Ottoman Empire Necati Alkan · Session #138 · 2016
  • The Dawn of a New Creation: The Difference in Understanding Creation in Western Philosophy, Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith Wolfgang Klebel · Session #137 · 2016
  • Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems Anthony Lee · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 1: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Zayn al-Din al-Ahsa’i Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 2: Sayyid Kazim al-Rashti Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • “He-She-It Is”� (Huwa): The re-created Basmala in Babi-Baha’i Literary Commencements Stephen Lambden · Session #130 · 2015
  • A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
  • Haj Mehdi Arjmand: A Biographical Review Faris Badii · Session #135 · 2015
  • Memorials of the Faithful: Hagiography and Models to Set Examples in a Religious Community Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #132 · 2015 · PDF
  • Memorials of the Faithful: The Democratization of Sainthood Moojan Momen · Session #132 · 2015
  • Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and St. Paul JoAnn Borovicka · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
  • Reflections on the Memorials of the Faithful: From the Background of Early Christian Experiences Per-Olof Akerdahl · Session #132 · 2015
  • A Comparative Study of Súriy-i-Sabr and Qayyúmu’l-Asmá: Clarification of References to Calf, Sámirí, Satan, and Idol Worshipers Foad Seddigh · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
  • A Comparative Study of Various Meanings and Scopes of `Irfán in the Works of Ibn `Arabí and in the Bahá’í Writings Habib Riazati · Session #123 · 2014
  • Die Siebenschläferlegende in der christlich-islamischen Tradition und in den Babi-Baha’i-Schriften Necati Alkan · Session #126 · 2014
  • Some New, Little-known, or Unstudied Writings of the Báb (1819-1850) Stephen Lambden · Session #123 · 2014
  • The Narrative of the Plagues of Exodus Understood Through the Baha’i Writings JoAnn Borovicka · Session #128 · 2014 · PDF
  • The Ode of the Nightingale (Qáá��ídíy-i-Varqá’íyyih): Its Significance and Similarities with Tá’íyyih Ibn-i-Fárid Foad Seddigh · Session #128 · 2014
  • Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh Gleaming through the Tablet of Patience Foad Seddigh · Session #121 · 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
  • Major Debates and Disputations of Belief in History and the Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #121 · 2013
  • Preliminary Contemplation on What May Be Considered as a Bahá’í Theology Shahla Mehrgani · Session #118 · 2013
  • 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
  • `Abdu’l-Bahá’s First Public Talk in America: Church of Ascension, New York Faris Badii · Session #109 · 2012
  • `Abdu’l-Bahá’s First Public Talk in America: Church of Ascension, New York Faris Badii · Session #113 · 2012
  • Connection and Disconnection between Bahá’í Faith and Enlightenment Philosophy in Islam Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
  • Die Briefe des Báb an die Könige und Herrscher seiner Zeit Armin Eschraghi · Session #114 · 2012
  • Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá’ís in Nayriz on Naw-Ruz 1909 Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #113 · 2012
  • Ridwan Renewed: The Semitic-Abrahamic religions and Babi-Baha’i concepts of Ridvan Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 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
  • Abbás Effendí: Centenary of His Visit to Egypt (1910-1913) Nabil Fares · Session #107 · 2011
  • Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentaries on the Qur’an Vahid Rafati · Session #104 · 2011
  • Abdu’l-Baha’s Visit to Montreal, 1912 Will C. van den Hoonaard · Session #104 · 2011
  • Baha’i View on the “New Atheism” and its “Moral Landscape,” A Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #102 · 2011
  • Book of Proverbs meets the Hidden Words: Some preliminary notes Ami Schrager · Session #104 · 2011
  • First We Must Speak of Logical Proofs: Some Reflections on `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Discourse in America Franklin Lewis · Session #107 · 2011
  • From Nabi (Prophet) and Rasul (Messenger) to Mazhar-i Ilahi (`Manifestation of God’): A Babí-Bahá’í Trajectory through the Biblical-Islamic Prophets and Messengers Stephen Lambden · Session #102 · 2011
  • On the Tablet of All Food Peyman Sazedj · Session #104 · 2011
  • Race, Religion and Progress in the Talks and Actions of Abdu’l-Bahá Robert Stockman · Session #107 · 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
  • A Comparative Review of Martin Heidegger’s book “Being and Time” and `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Main Teaching in Europe Arash Arjomand · Session #97 · 2010
  • A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huquq’u’lláh Nabil Fares · Session #100 · 2010
  • A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huqúq’u’lláh Nabil Fares · Session #95 · 2010
  • Abdu’l-Bahá and the Middle East Kamran Ekbal · Session #97 · 2010
  • From al-Mulk (the Dominion) to al-Mu’minin (the Believers): Some Further Thoughts on the Surah Titles of the Qayyúm al-`asmá of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
  • Ibn al-`Arabi in the Baha’i Writings Muin Afnani · Session #95 · 2010
  • Laqá Alláh: From Meeting Alláh to Attainment unto the Presence of God Ami Shrager · Session #97 · 2010
  • Perfection and Refinement: Toward an Aesthetic of the Báb Moojan Momen · Session #97 · 2010 · PDF
  • The Usage of Simile of Ocean and Sea by Bahá’u’lláh and Some Comparative Notes Moshe Sharon · Session #97 · 2010
  • Beginning a Conversation: Scriptural Reasoning and the Bahá’í Faith Ben Schewel · Session #88 · 2009
  • Celestial Fire: Bahá’u’lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire (átar) in Zoroastrianism Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009 · PDF
  • Das Pflichtgebet im Islam und im Bahá`ítum: Ein religionswissenschaftlicher Vergleich Tobias Vetter · Session #91 · 2009
  • Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation: A Comparative Study of Hinduism and the Bahá’í Faith Anupam Premanand · Session #89 · 2009 · PDF
  • Early Ishmaelite Philosophy and the Bábí—Bahá’í Religions Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
  • Early Writings of Bahá’u’lláh: Where was God before Creation? The Origins of Some Terms Moshe Sharon · Session #89 · 2009
  • Evolution of Epitaphs: from Islamic Inscriptions to Bahá’í Scripts Ami Schrager · Session #89 · 2009
  • Faith and Reason in “Some Answered Questions” Ramin Vasli · Session #89 · 2009
  • Fortschreitende Gottesoffenbarung: Eschatologische Hinweise über das Kommen einer neuen Offenbarung im Koran Ata Enayati · Session #91 · 2009
  • Gateways to the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ of the Báb: Some Introductory Notes Based on an Examination of its Surah Stephen Lambden · Session #88 · 2009
  • Hidden Words: Dawn of the Revelation of Laws and Ordinances Iraj Ayman · Session #89 · 2009
  • Interpretations of Holy Texts Provided in Some Answered Questions: An Analytical Review Vahid Rafati · Session #93 · 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
  • Names and Attributes of God Stephen Lambden · Session #89 · 2009
  • Reality Concealed Behind the Veil Nadia Khazraee · Session #89 · 2009
  • Resurrection: Hell and Heaven Ghasem Bayat · Session #88 · 2009
  • Soul, Spirit, Mind and Intellect, from Antiquity to a Bahá’í Perspective: An Intertextual Trajectory from Biblical Times and Hellenistic Antiquity to the Islamic and Bábí-Bahá’í Psychology Stephen Lambden · 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 Comparative Study of Early American Baha’is interpretation of Bible and Interpretations in Some Answered Questions Robert Stockman · Session #86 · 2008
  • Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Chapter 31 of Some Answered Questions Moojan Momen · Session #83 · 2008 · PDF
  • Holy Spirit in Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith Satey Bayat · Session #81 · 2008
  • Iranian Baha’is from Jewish Background: Recipients of Collective and Individual Tablets Arsalan Geula · Session #86 · 2008
  • Islam aus Sicht der Baha`i - Einige Gedanken zu aktuellen Konflikten Armin Eschraghi · Session #84 · 2008
  • Spiritual Impact of Story Telling: A Psychological Analysis Keyvan Geula · Session #86 · 2008
  • The Khutbas or literary “Sermons” of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • Avoda Zara: Jewish Orthodoxy and the Bahá’í Faith Moshe Sharon · Session #76 · 2007
  • Comparative notes on Global Salvation in Judaism and in the Baha’i Faith Efrat Tanne · Session #76 · 2007
  • Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat): A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages Amin Egea · Session #76 · 2007 · PDF
  • A Comparative Study of Two Istidlaliyyih Texts: The Báb’s Dal’il-i- Sab’ah (Seven Proof) and Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i Iqán Stephen Lambden · Session #67 · 2006
  • A Comparative Study of Two Istidlaliyyih Texts: The Báb’s Dal’il-i- Sab’ah (Seven Proofs) and Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i Iqán Stephen Lambden · Session #69 · 2006
  • Biblical echoes in the Du`a al-simat (Prayer of the Signs): with some notes on the Commentary of Sayyid Kazim al-Husayni al-Rashti (d.1259/1843) and Babi-Baha’i intertextualities Stephen Lambden · Session #69 · 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
  • Qur’anic Commentaries in the Bahá’í Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #69 · 2006
  • Sin and Salvation: Cogitations on Bahá’í and Christian Belief Ramin Neshati · Session #67 · 2006
  • Some Aspects of the Shi`i-Shaykhí Universe and of the Persian and Arabic Writings of Sayyid Kázim al-Husayní al-Rashtí Stephen Lambden · Session #72 · 2006
  • Tabernacle of Unity: A Book Review Bijan Bayzaee · Session #72 · 2006
  • The Grandeur of Islam and the Magnificence of the Qur’an: The Bab’s Dala’il-i Sab`ah (Seven Proofs and the Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i iqan (Book of Certitude) Stephen Lambden · Session #72 · 2006
  • A Comparative study of some of the Isma’íli and Bahá’í Theological concepts Mozhan Khadem · Session #60 · 2005
  • Developing interreligious dialogue in the Bahai community: Further considerations S Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir · Session #62 · 2005
  • Dimensions of Imam Ali’s Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) and its Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá’í Interpretations Stephen Lambden · Session #62 · 2005
  • Englishing Scripture in the 21st Century: Comparative strategies for translating Bahá’u’lláh’s poetry Franklin Lewis · Session #65 · 2005
  • Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part I) Sholeh Quinn · Session #62 · 2005
  • Mary Magdalene and the Resurrection of Jesus: Some ancient and modern traditions and Baha’i and Perspectives Stephen Lambden · Session #60 · 2005
  • Out of Jewish Roots: Studies of Prayer Patterns in Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Bahá’í Worship Ted Brownstein · Session #65 · 2005 · PDF
  • Sabaeanism and African Traditional Religion and Some Christian Islamic and Bahá’í References Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #62 · 2005
  • Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts From The Persian Bayán James B. Thomas · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
  • Some Aspects of the Tafsir al-Bismillah from Abdu’l-Baha Sasha Dehghani · Session #62 · 2005
  • Surat al-Dhikr of the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ (chapter 108): A provisional translation and commentary Moojan Momen · Session #62 · 2005
  • Tahrif (“scriptural falsification”) and Tanzil (“divine revelation”): Some aspects of divine guidance through sacred Scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Commentary of the Báb on `Man Arafa Nafsieh fa qad Araf Rabehí in relation to the commentaries of Bahá’u’lláh and the Master Habib Riazati · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Image of the Prophet of Islam in Muslim and Bahá’í Writings Ghasem Bayat · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Image of the Prophet of Islam in Muslim and Bahá’í Writings Ghasem Bayat · Session #65 · 2005
  • The Return of Apologetics: Apologetics parallels in the early Christianity, Islam and Bahá’í Faith Babak Farrokhzad · Session #62 · 2005
  • “Weder vom Osten noch vom Westen”: Islam und der Westen in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s “Das Geheimnis göttlicher Kultur” Oliver Scharbrodt · Session #56 · 2004
  • Die Koran-Auslegungen des Báb: Studien zum Schrifttum des Báb 1. Teil Armin Eschraghi · Session #56 · 2004
  • Interpretation of the Opening Words of the Qurían: A Comparative Study of the Islamic, Babi and Bahá’i Commentaries on “Bismillih” Ghasem Bayat · Session #53 · 2004
  • Prophetology in the Baháíi Faith and the Three Other Monotheistic Religions: A Comparative Approach Fiona Missaghian · Session #53 · 2004
  • Role-models and anti-models: Islam and `the West’; in `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Treatise on Civilisation Oliver Scharbrodt · Session #54 · 2004
  • Textual Resurrection: Book, Imam, and Cosmos in the Qur’án Commentaries of the Báb J. Vahid Brown · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
  • The Báb’s Dalá’il Sab`ah (Seven Proofs): Some Introductory Notes Stephen Lambden · Session #54 · 2004
  • The God of the Bible and the God of Qur’án Hushidar Motlagh · Session #58 · 2004
  • Translation of al-Kitab al-Aqdas into Hebrew: Some notes on contents and style Moshe Sharon · Session #54 · 2004
  • An Introductory Review of Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Qina’ S. Quinn · Session #51 · 2003 · PDF
  • Baghdad-Periode aus historischer Sicht: Welche politische und soziale. Entwicklungen gab es im Osmanischen Reich wahrend dieser Periode? Necati Alkan · Session #49 · 2003
  • Bahá’í-Beiträge zu einer kulturübergreifenden Bioethik Friedo Zolzer · Session #49 · 2003
  • Divine Philosophy Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #48 · 2003
  • Logic Chopping or Mystical Union: In what direction might Bahá’í-inspired philosophy of education go? Roger Prentice · Session #48 · 2003
  • Of Camels, Sheep and the Prophet Muhammad: A Dream Interpretation by `Abdu’l-Baha Necati Alkan · Session #48 · 2003
  • Panel Presentation on “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’” Muin Afnani, Stephen Lambden, and Habib Raizati · Session #46 · 2003
  • Pantheism: A Crossroads of Science and Religion Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #48 · 2003
  • Service, Joy and Sacrifice: An Essay on Commentaries by ‘Abdu’l-Baha’ James B. Thomas · Session #46 · 2003 · PDF
  • Struktur des Kitab-i-Íqan: Universalisierung christlicher und islamischer Apologetik im Buch der Gewissheit Babak Farrokhzad · Session #49 · 2003
  • Tablett der Weisheit Sascha Dehghani · Session #49 · 2003
  • The Báb’s Response to a Question about Lawh-i-Mahfúz (Preserved Tablet) Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
  • The Images of Christ in the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: (cross-published as Occasional Papers Vol. 1) Maryam Afshar · Session #46 · 2003 · PDF
  • Versöhnung und Dienstbarkeit als Grundkategorien des Wirkens der Bahá’i-Gemeinde in der Welt Ulrich Gollmer · Session #49 · 2003
  • Comparable Laws: Two Different Dispensations: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Bayán Nabil Fares · Session #40 · 2002
  • Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • Motif of Joseph’s Garment in Islamo-Biblical and Babi-Baha’i Scripture: With a translation and Commentary on the Surat al-Qamis of Baha’u’llah Stephen Lambden · Session #44 · 2002
  • Surah Al-Shams, The Sun Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • Súrih-yi-Vafá (Tablet to Vafá) Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares · Session #40 · 2002
  • Tablet of Bismilih Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • Tablet to the Pope Koorosh Zaerpoor · Session #40 · 2002
  • Tafsir-i-Súri-yi Núr (Commentary on Qur’an’s Chapter of Light) Moojan Momen · Session #44 · 2002
  • “By the Fig and the Olive”: A Tablet of `Abdu’l-Bahá in Ottoman-Turkish on the Quranic Sura 95 Necati Alkan · Session #36 · 2001
  • 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
  • Cherubim, Seraphim and Demythologization: Some aspects of Babi-Bahá’i angelology and the mala’ al-a`la (Supreme Concourse) Stephen Lambden · Session #36 · 2001
  • Lawh-i- Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) Sateh Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
  • Ling Ming Tang and the Influence of Babi and Bahá’i Teaching Jianping Wang · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • Mysticism and the Bahá’i Community Moojan Momen · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
  • Tablet of Visitation for the Báb William McCants · Session #38 · 2001 · PDF
  • Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
  • Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes: Hikmat (Wisdom), Ru’ya (Dream), and Burhan (Reason) Muin Afnani · Session #34 · 2001
  • The Parable of Majnun and Layli Jack McLean · Session #36 · 2001
  • Theological Responses to Modernity in 19th Century Middle East: The Examples of Bahá’u’llah and Muhammad ‘Abduh Oliver Scharbrodt · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Commentary on the Qur’ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul Moojan Momen · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
  • A Solution to the Ethnic Identity Problems in Swedish Schools with the Help of Bahá’í Material Per Akerdahl · Session #28 · 2000
  • Defining Bahá’í: A Sect, a New and Independent World Religion, or the Changeless Faith of God? Zaid Lundberg · Session #28 · 2000
  • 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
  • Mysticism East and West Farhang Jahanpour · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
  • Perception Into Faith: A Radical Discontinuity Within Unity William Barnes · Session #32 · 2000 · PDF
  • Point, Pillar and Manifestation: Parallels That Never Met? Kabbalah and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths Moshe Sharon · Session #28 · 2000
  • Religious Unity Towards the Challenge of Religious Diversity Anne-Sophie Lamine · Session #28 · 2000
  • Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
  • Súriy-i-Ra’ís (Tablet/Treatise to His Excellency) Addressed to ‘Alí Páshá, The Grand Vizir of the Ottomans Piruz Khorvash · Session #32 · 2000
  • Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh to the Christians Sateh Bayat · Session #32 · 2000
  • The Báb’s Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God Todd Lawson · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
  • The Background and Significance of Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretations of hurufat al-muqatta’at, the Mysterious Arabic Letters of the Qur’án Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 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 Issue of Issac/Ishmael: A Sacrifice Controversy Iskandar Hai · Session #30 · 2000
  • A Study of the Meaning of the Word “Al-Amr” in the Qur’án and in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh Moojan Momen · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
  • An Overview of the Tablets Revealed in the Early ‘Akká Period Iraj Ayman · Session #24 · 1999
  • Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Hertik or the Tablet to Hardegg: Tablets to Christians, Part I Kamran Ekbal, Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
  • Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá’u’lláh, Some Peter Terry · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
  • Developing Criteria for a Fair Comparison of Religions in Inter-religious Dialogues Christoph Wagner · Session #22 · 1999
  • Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
  • 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 with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Muin Afnani · Session #24 · 1999
  • Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta’ih: Commentary on the “Isolated Letters” Nabil Fares · Session #26 · 1999
  • The “Openness” of Differing Perspectives in Buddhist and Bahá’í Metaphysics Dann May · Session #24 · 1999
  • The Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory: A Summary of Glorious Revelation William John Ridgers · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
  • The Concept of Sacred Justice in Hebrew Eschatology Gary Selchert · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
  • The Most Great Prison: An Historical Outlook on the City of ‘Akká Kamran Ekbal · Session #22 · 1999
  • Unsealing the Significance of Allegories in the Bible Using the Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Iqán) Brent Poirier · Session #26 · 1999
  • A Comparative Study of Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith Gary Selchert · Session #20 · 1998
  • Globalization and Bahá’í Relations to World System of Society Margit Warburg · Session #18 · 1998
  • How Bahá’u’lláh Taught Christians: The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings to Followers of Jesus Christ Ted Brownstein · Session #20 · 1998
  • Religion and the Arts: The Cyclical Theory in the Bahá’í Faith Moojan Momen · Session #18 · 1998
  • The Bahá’í Position on Christianity Dann May · Session #20 · 1998
  • The Best of Stories (Ahsan al-Qasas): Joseph Motifs and the Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretation of the Joseph Narrative Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
  • The Chain of Prophecy: Progressive Revelation as a Theory of Relativity Zaid Lundberg · Session #18 · 1998 · PDF
  • The Practice of Pilgrimage: A Comparative Review Per-Olof Akerdahl · Session #18 · 1998 · PDF
  • The Tablet of the Fear of God [Righteousness, Piety...] Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
  • The Third Copernican Revolution: “Transparent Dialogue and Relational Theology” — Unity and Diversity and The Development of a Global Vision of God’s Relationality Christopher Jones · Session #20 · 1998
  • A Comparison of Mass Movements in Hindu Villages: Bahá’í and Christian Susan Maneck · Session #15 · 1997
  • African Traditional Religion: A Bahá’i View Akwasi Osei · Session #14 · 1997
  • Ascertaining the Validity of Islamic Hadíth: A Personal Prospective Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #15 · 1997
  • 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
  • Monotheistic Religion in Africa: The Example of the Swazi People Crispin Pemberton-Pigott, Margaret Pemberton-Pigott · Session #14 · 1997
  • New Age Movement and the Bahá’i Faith Zaid Lundberg · Session #14 · 1997 · PDF
  • Qa’im (Ariser) and Qayyum (Deity Self-Subsistent): The background and significance of twin messianic advents in Babi-Bahá’i scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #14 · 1997
  • Religion and Science in Harmony: A New Reality Muin Afnani · Session #15 · 1997
  • Salvation: Staticity into Motion Joan Sheppard · 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
  • Taiping and other Chinese Messianic Movements in the Nineteenth Century Kamran Ekbal · Session #14 · 1997
  • The Bahá’i Approach to Other Religions: The Example of Buddhism Moojan Momen · Session #14 · 1997
  • The Blind Men and the Elephant: Differing Perspectives in Buddhist and Bahá’í Metaphysics Dann May · Session #15 · 1997
  • The Hidden Treasure Mozhan Khadem · Session #15 · 1997
  • Christianity and the Bahá’i Faith: An Historical and Doctrinal Overview Stephen Lambden · Session #12 · 1996
  • Immortality and the Afterlife: Some Christian, Bahá’i, and Modern Western Secular Perspectives Fariba Hedayati · Session #12 · 1996
  • The Dream of Uniting the Nations: The Culminating Vision of the Hebrew Bible Gary Selchert · Session #9 · 1996
  • The God of Bahá’u’llah Moojan Momen · Session #12 · 1996
  • The New World Order and the Convergence of Religious and Secular Opposition Behrooz Sabet · Session #9 · 1996
  • The Question of Exclusivism: A Scientific Perspective Jena Khadem Khodadad · Session #9 · 1996
  • Understanding the Bahá’í Faith through Study of the Christian Faith Benjamin H. La Framboise · Session #9 · 1996
  • Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some Sen McGlinn · Session #5 · 1995
  • Eschatology and Messianic Hope in Hinduism: A Bahá’í Perspective Ali K. Merchant · Session #5 · 1995
  • Obedience to Divine Law: Evolution of the Individual’s Perception Azadeh Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #5 · 1995
  • Paradoxes and Facts of the Anti-Baha’i Polemic on the Territory of the European Part of the Former U.S.S.R. Marina Pavlova · Session #8 · 1995
  • Possible Criticisms of the Baha’i Faith from a Feminist Perspective Lil Abdo · Session #8 · 1995
  • Sacralizing the Secular: The Proclamatory Aqdas as a Response to Modernity Christopher Buck · Session #5 · 1995
  • The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Questions of Structure and Style Diana Malouf · Session #5 · 1995
  • The Position of Mírzá Yahyá Núrí Subh-i-Azal: Some aspects of Azalí Anti-Baha’i Polemic and Baha’i Apologetics Stephen Lambden · Session #8 · 1995
  • Church and State in the World Order of Bahá’u’llah Sen McGlinn · Session #4 · 1994
  • Entombed in a Dead Language: The Saints Raising out of their Graves Thomas May · Session #2 · 1994
  • European Themes in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Roman Bohacek · 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
  • Mythoi: Stories of the Origin, Fall, and Redemption of Man William Barnes · Session #2 · 1994
  • Resurrection of Divine Wisdom: A Study of the Ontology of Greek Philosophical Theology and Jewish Theology in the Context of Wisdom Revelation and its Realization in the Bahá’i Religion Michael McCarron · Session #2 · 1994
  • Scripture as Literature: The Writings of Bahá’u’llah in their Literary Context Frank Lewis · Session #2 · 1994
  • The General Nature of Divine Laws Iraj Ayman · Session #4 · 1994
  • The History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Moojan Momen · Session #4 · 1994
  • The Koranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Kamran Ekbal · 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
  • Daéna-Dén-Din: The Zoroastrian Heritage of the ‘Maid of Heaven’ in the Tablets of Baha’u’llah Kamran Ekbal · Session #1 · 1993
  • The Baha’i Faith and Higher Biblical Criticism Robert Stockman · Session #1 · 1993
  • Understanding Exclusivist Texts: Bahai approaches to Christian scriptures S Fazel · Session #1 · 1993

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