Theme · 159 papers

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Progressive Revelation

Manifestation, prophecy, dispensation, and the unfolding of religion through the ages.

• Financial Enterprises of the Early Eastern Bahá’ís Vahid Rafati · Session #138 · 2016
• Meta-History and the Bahá’í Writings Ian Kluge · Session #137 · 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
• The Transformative Power of the Maid of Heaven: An Exploration of Grammar, Gender and Poetics in Bahá’u’lláh’s Ode of the Dove Brian Miller · Session #137 · 2016
• Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems Anthony Lee · Session #137 · 2016
• A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
• Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and St. Paul JoAnn Borovicka · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
• Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Aá��mad and a Review of Its Contents Foad Seddigh · Session #130 · 2015
• The Báb’s Tablet to Mullá á��asan Gawhar: A Provisional Translation and Notes Nima Rafiel · Session #132 · 2015
• The Concept of “Faithfulness”� in the Baha’i Texts in English Translation Wendi Momen · Session #132 · 2015 · PDF
• “The world’s equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order...”: Insights from the Science of Chaos Jena Khadem-Khodadad · Session #128 · 2014
• 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
• Tablets of The Holy Mariner and their Integral Relationship with Lawh-i-Howdaj Habib Riazati · Session #128 · 2014
• 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
• Successorship and the Election of the Universal House of Justice: The Universal House of Justice 1963 —2013 Ali Nakhjavani · Session #118 · 2013
• The Universal House of Justice: A Unique Institution in the Annals of Religion Sovaida Ma'ani · Session #121 · 2013
• A Review of the style, the content and the context of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Afaf A. Stevens · Session #113 · 2012
• Kitáb-i-Iqán, From Bábí to Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #113 · 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
• Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Honor of Hand of the Cause Jináb-i-Ibn-i-Abhar Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
• The Bab’s Sahifah-yi `adliyyah in Historical Context Sholeh A. Quinn · 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
• The Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #109 · 2012
• Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentaries on the Qur’an Vahid Rafati · Session #104 · 2011
• Deganawidah The Peacemaker - Many Messengers of God : A Native American Perspective Paula Bidwell · 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
• Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #107 · 2011
• 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
• Progressive Revelation in Persian Bayán Habib Riazati · Session #95 · 2010
• The Bahá’í Faith: A Shift of Paradigm Ghasem Bayat · Session #95 · 2010
• The Concept of Progressive Revelation in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #100 · 2010
• The Genesis of Bábí Ritual as Exemplified in the Khasa’il-Sab`a (‘The Seven Directives’) of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
• Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation: A Comparative Study of Hinduism and the Bahá’í Faith Anupam Premanand · Session #89 · 2009 · PDF
• 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
• 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
• The Unity of Man and God in Gems of Divine Mysteries, the Kitáb—i—Iqán and the Seven Valleys Iscander Tinto · Session #89 · 2009
• 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
• Text, Author, Reader and the Relationship with the Sacred Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #83 · 2008
• The Use of Metaphors in the Kitáb-i-Iqán and Some Answered Questions Muhammad-Ghasem Bayat · Session #81 · 2008
• Proactive Baha’i Theology: Shoghi Effendi’s Dispensation of Baha’u’llah Jack McLean · Session #79 · 2007 · PDF
• “Dispensation of Baha’u’llah” in the Light of Prevailing Conditions Sima Quddusi · Session #72 · 2006
• A review of the concepts of “Manifestation of God” in the Bábi and Baha’i scripture Ghasem Bayat · Session #67 · 2006
• A review of The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah by Shoghi Effendi Sima Quddusi · Session #67 · 2006
• Super Babies: The Prophets of God Taeed Quddusi · Session #72 · 2006
• Contemplating the beauty: Nature and the manifestation of God Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #62 · 2005
• Persian title yet-to-be entered Habib Riazati · Session #59 · 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
• 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
• The Analysis of the content of Kitab-i-Ahd and Relating it to the Passages in Kitab-i-Aqdas, Will and Testament, Tablet of One Thousand Verses and Dispensation of Baha’u’llah Habib Riazati · Session #60 · 2005
• The Image of the Prophet of Islam in Muslim and Bahá’í Writings Ghasem 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
• Beauty and Wonder from a philosophical and spiritual point of view Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #54 · 2004
• Signs of Prophethood: An exposition on a Tablet by `Abdu’l-Bahá James B. Thomas · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
• The Báb’s Dalá’il Sab`ah (Seven Proofs): Some Introductory Notes Stephen Lambden · Session #54 · 2004
• The Import of Shoghi Effendi’s Writings for Bahá’i Studies Jack A. McLean · Session #54 · 2004
• Divine Philosophy Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #48 · 2003
• On grading religions: A Baha’i perspective on developing interreligious dialogue S Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir · 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
• 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
• The Long Obligatory Prayer: A linguistic and theological exploration Ismael Velasco · 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
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Maqsud: Counsels on Education, Leadership, Justice and Peace Ramin Neshati · Session #40 · 2002 · PDF
• 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
• Lawh-i-Ittihád (Tablet of Unity) Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #40 · 2002
• Súrah al-Sultán, The King Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
• Súrih-yi-Vafá (Tablet to Vafá) Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares · Session #40 · 2002
• Tablet to the Pope Koorosh Zaerpoor · Session #40 · 2002
• “For The Love of My Beauty”: Love, Art and Attainment in the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Brian Miller · Session #34 · 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
• Alwáh-i-Ra’ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Minister) Iskandar Hai · Session #34 · 2001
• Hallowing of the critical and the blessedness of creativity: via `spiritualization as dialectical process’ as the mystical heart of education Roger Prentice · Session #36 · 2001
• Kitáb-i-`Ahdí (Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Testament) Ghasem Bayat · Session #38 · 2001
• Knowledge, Certitude, and the Mystical Heart: The Hidden Essence of God’s Word LeRoy Jones · Session #34 · 2001 · PDF
• Mystical Themes in Bahá’í Obligatory Prayer Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
• Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple): A Review Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
• Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
• True Unity: Divinity and Manifestation Habib Riazati · Session #38 · 2001
• Defining Bahá’í: A Sect, a New and Independent World Religion, or the Changeless Faith of God? Zaid Lundberg · Session #28 · 2000
• Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh Brian A. Wittman · Session #30 · 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
• 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 Tablet of Laylatu’l-Quds Nabil Fares · Session #32 · 2000
• The Three Stages of Divine Revelation Guy Sinclaire · Session #28 · 2000
• A Journey Through The Four Valleys Ghasem Bayat · Session #24 · 1999
• A Journey Through The Seven Valleys Ghasem Bayat · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
• 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
• Alwah-i-Ra’ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Minister) Iskandar Hai · 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 Enunciating the Three Realms of God, Manifestations and Creation Habib Riazati · 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
• Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta’ih: Commentary on the “Isolated Letters” Nabil Fares · Session #26 · 1999
• The Bedrock of Bahá’í Belief: The Doctrine of Progressive Revelation Zaid Lundberg · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
• 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 Ode of Varqá’íyyih Brian Miller · Session #26 · 1999
• Unsealing the Significance of Allegories in the Bible Using the Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Iqán) Brent Poirier · Session #26 · 1999
• A Brief Overview of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh during the Istanbul-Adrianople Period Iraj Ayman · Session #20 · 1998
• A Comparative Study of Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith Gary Selchert · Session #20 · 1998
• An Overview of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh During the Istanbul-Adrianople Period Iraj Ayman · 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
• Religion and the Arts: The Cyclical Theory in the Bahá’í Faith Moojan Momen · Session #18 · 1998
• Tablet to the Kings: Human Rights and Collective Security Sohrab Kourosh · 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
• African Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Enoch Tanyi · Session #14 · 1997
• Ascertaining the Validity of Islamic Hadíth: A Personal Prospective Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #15 · 1997
• 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
• Sectarianism and the Bahá’i Faith Iraj Ayman · Session #14 · 1997
• Sectarianism and the Bahá’í Faith Iraj Ayman · 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 Hidden Treasure Mozhan Khadem · Session #15 · 1997
• In Quest of the Ocean of True Understanding: The Mystical Paradigm of Bahá’u’llah’s Book of Certitude Ismael Velasco · Session #12 · 1996
• The Continuity of Consciousness and Phenomena Kim Bowers · Session #9 · 1996
• The Dream of Uniting the Nations: The Culminating Vision of the Hebrew Bible Gary Selchert · Session #9 · 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
• E.G. Browne’s Misconceptions Nicola Towfigh · Session #8 · 1995
• Obedience to Divine Law: Evolution of the Individual’s Perception Azadeh Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #5 · 1995
• Relationship of the Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas to the Laws of the Bayan of the Bab Jeff Simmonds · 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
• The Relationship between Content and Context in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Habib Riazati · Session #5 · 1995
• European Themes in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Roman Bohacek · 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 History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Moojan Momen · Session #4 · 1994
• The Inner Dimensions of Revelation Ross Woodman · 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
• Prophecy in the Johannine Farewell Discourse: The Advents of the Paraclete, Ahmad, and the Comforter (Mu’azzí) Stephen Lambden · Session #1 · 1993