Theme · 198 papers

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Scholarship & Interpretation

Method, hermeneutics, and the practice of Bahá’í scholarship itself.

• Ancient poems as a means of Revelation, in an early Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani · Session #146 · 2017 · PDF
• Station of Baha’u’llah elucidated in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Bahá Habib Riazati · Session #146 · 2017
• The Mathnaví by Rúhu’lláh Varqá, the martyr: A few notes on its historical context and poetical content Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani · Session #146 · 2017 · PDF
• 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
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawá��-i-Liqá’ (Tablet of the Divine Presence) Nima Rafiee · Session #138 · 2016 · PDF
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i Istintáq (Tablet of the Interrogation) and the Murder of Three Azalís in Akka in 1872 Necati Alkan · Session #138 · 2016
• Some Ottoman Documents about Babis and Bahá’ís in the Ottoman Empire Necati Alkan · Session #138 · 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
• A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
• A Review and Content Analysis of Aflakiyyih, `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet of the Universe Habib Riazati · Session #130 · 2015
• Islamic and Baha’i Interpretations of the tradition “He who knoweth himself knoweth his Lord” Faris Badii · Session #130 · 2015
• Nietzsche and the Baha’i Writings: An Introductory Exploration Ian Kluge · Session #130 · 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 History of the Concept of Religion: Its Effect on Discourses Pertaining to the Bahá’í Faith Daniel Grolin · Session #132 · 2015
• “Auferstehung”: die Unsterblichkeit des Logos und die Wirklichkeit nach der Wirklichkeit. Eine transreligiöse Interpretation aus Bahai-Perspektive Thomas von Lutterotti · Session #126 · 2014
• 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
• Life and Times of the Guardian Through His Writings and His Plans Faris Badii · Session #123 · 2014
• On the Existence and Qualities of Human Soul Farjam Majd · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
• Sáqí, bi-dih ábí — O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop: A hymn to love offered by the Blessed Beauty Julio Savi · Session #125 · 2014 · PDF
• 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
• Knowing Self, Knowing God: Discovering One’s Own Innermost Divine Reality Habib Riazati · Session #116 · 2013
• Preliminary Contemplation on What May Be Considered as a Bahá’í Theology Shahla Mehrgani · Session #118 · 2013
• Shoghi Effendi’s Diary Letters Mehrdad Bashiri · Session #116 · 2013
• “Vier Täler”: Eine Analyse im Rahmen der mystischen Werke Bahá’u’lláhs Armin Eschraghi · Session #114 · 2012
• An Officer and an Academic: Alexander Grigorevich Tumanskii and His Contribution to Russian Historiography on and Policy towards the Bábí-Bahá’í Religion Soli Shahvar · Session #111 · 2012
• Eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Buch “Religion und Religionskritik” von Michael Weinrich Hans Knospe · Session #114 · 2012
• Exploring and Comparing the Concept of Value: Economic, Social and Spiritual Viewpoints Farhad Sabetan · Session #109 · 2012
• Exploring Learning Processes within a Collaborative Study Circle: Cultural-historical activity theory perspective on individual and social transformation Jean-Marie Lau · Session #111 · 2012
• Shoghi Effendi’s “Diary Letters”: An introduction and overview Mehrdad Bashiri · Session #113 · 2012
• The Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #109 · 2012
• Uniting Space and Time: Ritual and the Bahá’í Faith Moojan Momen · Session #111 · 2012
• Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentaries on the Qur’an Vahid Rafati · Session #104 · 2011
• Authoritative Interpretations in the Bahá’í Faith: `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Initiative Iraj Ayman · Session #102 · 2011
• Baha’i View on the “New Atheism” and its “Moral Landscape,” A Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #102 · 2011
• Buddhist Doctrine of Nothingness Ian Kluge · Session #102 · 2011
• On the Tablet of All Food Peyman Sazedj · Session #104 · 2011
• Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #107 · 2011
• The Bábí-Bahá’í Transformation and Interpretation of the Islamic Basmala Stephen Lambden · Session #102 · 2011
• The New Atheism and the Bahá’í Writings Ian Kluge · Session #102 · 2011 · PDF
• 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
• Ethical Economics for Today and Tomorrow Bruce Koerber · Session #100 · 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
• From the Jabulqa of God’s Power to the Jabulqa of Superstition: The Twelfth Imam in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and `Abdu’l-Bahá’ Omid Ghaemmaghami · Session #95 · 2010
• In the Beginning: An Analysis of the Opening Chapters of the Báb’s Qayyum al-asma Sholeh Quinn · Session #95 · 2010
• Laqá Alláh: From Meeting Alláh to Attainment unto the Presence of God Ami Shrager · Session #97 · 2010
• Methodologies and the Challenges Posed and Overcome in the Research of the History of the Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá in France Jan Jasion · Session #97 · 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
• 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 the Concept of Evil: A Methodology for Multidisciplinary and Multicultural Ethical Decision—Making Farhan Yazdani · Session #89 · 2009
• Celestial Fire: Bahá’u’lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire (átar) in Zoroastrianism Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 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
• 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
• Minimalism and the Bahá’í Faith Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #89 · 2009 · PDF
• 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
• 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
• `Abdu’l-Bahá and Professor T. K. Cheyne Sholeh Quinn · Session #81 · 2008
• A Comparative Study of Early American Baha’is interpretation of Bible and Interpretations in Some Answered Questions Robert Stockman · Session #86 · 2008
• And It Came to Pass: the Báb and the Fulfillment of Shí’í Islamic Messianism (Part 1) Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
• Beyond the Concept of Evil: A Methodology for Multidisciplinary and Multicultural Ethical Decision-Making Farhan Yazdani · Session #83 · 2008
• Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Chapter 31 of Some Answered Questions Moojan Momen · Session #83 · 2008 · PDF
• “Dispensation of Baha’u’llah” in the Light of Prevailing Conditions Sima Quddusi · Session #72 · 2006
• Baha’u’lláh’s Tablet to Maryam, the Crimson Leaf: An introduction and a provisional translation Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani Mazzoli · Session #69 · 2006 · PDF
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Sidrah (Lote Tree) and Sidrat al-Munataha (Lote Tree of the Extremity): Some Aspects of their Islamic and Babi-Baha’i Interpretation Stephen Lambden · Session #67 · 2006
• Concept of Truth-Seeking in the Course of History Babak Rod 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
• General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi: Summary of the major themes Muin Afnani · Session #60 · 2005
• Lawh-i-Hikmat (Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of Wisdom): Spiritual Materialism vs. Dialogical Thinking Wolfgang Klebel · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
• Religion and Exclusivism: A Baha’i Perspective Julio Savi · Session #62 · 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 Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) ascribed to Imam `Ali: Shaykhi, Babi and Baha’i Interpretations Stephen Lambden · Session #65 · 2005
• Translation of the Baha’i Writings: Challenges and Opportunities Vahid Rafati · Session #62 · 2005
• A Survey of the Tablets of `Abdu’l-Bahá in the National Bahá’í Archives, Wilmette Robert Stockman · Session #58 · 2004
• Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb: An Analysis of the Sources and their Theological Significance J. Vahid Brown · Session #58 · 2004 · PDF
• Beauty and Wonder from a philosophical and spiritual point of view Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #54 · 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
• Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation Nabil Perdu, Ismael Velasco · 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 Import of Shoghi Effendi’s Writings for Bahá’i Studies Jack A. McLean · Session #54 · 2004
• Translation of al-Kitab al-Aqdas into Hebrew: Some notes on contents and style Moshe Sharon · Session #54 · 2004
• `Abdu’l-Baha and the Daughters of Ibn-i-Asdaq Dominic Parviz Brookshaw · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
• An Introductory Review of Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Qina’ S. Quinn · Session #51 · 2003 · PDF
• Early References to the Bábi and Bahá’í Religions in Spain Amin Egea · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
• Legal terms in the translations of Shoghi Effendi and in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Moojan Momen · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
• Of Camels, Sheep and the Prophet Muhammad: A Dream Interpretation by `Abdu’l-Baha Necati Alkan · 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
• References to Karim Khan Kirmani and the Irshád al-’Avám in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán S. Quinn · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
• Tablett der Weisheit Sascha Dehghani · Session #49 · 2003
• The Bab’s Commentary on the Ultimate Reality Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003
• The Báb’s Response to a Question about Lawh-i-Mahfúz (Preserved Tablet) Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
• The Long Obligatory Prayer: A linguistic and theological exploration Ismael Velasco · Session #48 · 2003
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Maqsud: Counsels on Education, Leadership, Justice and Peace Ramin Neshati · Session #40 · 2002 · PDF
• Consultative Seminar on Translation of Scripture: Linking the Persian Bayán to Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Aqdas various · Session #42 · 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
• Tablet to the Pope Koorosh Zaerpoor · Session #40 · 2002
• The Bab’s Treatise on the Translocation of the Body of the Prophet Muhammad: An Introduction, Translation and Commentary Stephen Lambden · Session #44 · 2002
• The Chapter of the Slave: Some problems in the translation and analysis of the Surat al-Abd, Chapter 109 of the Qayyumu’l-Asma’ Moojan Momen · Session #44 · 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
• A Short Review of the Mystical Meanings of Some of the Terms Used in Bahá’u’lláh’s and Rumi’s Mathnavis Moozhan Khadem · Session #38 · 2001
• Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet to Manikji Sahib: Introduction and provisional translation Ramin Neshati · Session #34 · 2001 · PDF
• Cherubim, Seraphim and Demythologization: Some aspects of Babi-Bahá’i angelology and the mala’ al-a`la (Supreme Concourse) Stephen Lambden · Session #36 · 2001
• Markiz al-Marakiz: Qazvin and the Babi/Bahá’í historiographical tradition Sholeh Quinn · Session #36 · 2001
• Seven Valleys and the Scientific Method Robert Sarracino · 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 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
• ‘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
• Apophatic Scholarship: When the Pen Breaks and the Ink Leaves but a Blot Ismael Velasco · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• British Bahá’ís and the Western Mystical Tradition Lil Abdo · 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
• 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
• Persianate Historiography and Family Trees: The Use of Genealogy in Safavid Chronicles and Select Bábí-Bahá’í Sources S. Quinn · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
• Point, Pillar and Manifestation: Parallels That Never Met? Kabbalah and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths Moshe Sharon · 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
• 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 Lawh-i-Amváj (“Tablet of the Waves” [Billows]) of Bahá’u’lláh, Alwáh-i-Mustagath, Lawh-i-Baqá Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 2000
• Theological and Rhetorical Significance of Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak Frank Lewis · Session #30 · 2000
• Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá’u’lláh, Some Peter Terry · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
• From Alwáh to Ziyara: The Literary Forms of the Writings of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
• Kitáb-i-Aqdas from the Viewpoint of Shoghi Effendi Cyrus Ala'i · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
• 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 Bedrock of Bahá’í Belief: The Doctrine of Progressive Revelation Zaid Lundberg · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
• 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 Doctrine of the Most Great Infallibility of the Manifestation of God Sohrab Kourosh · Session #24 · 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
• 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 Dangers of Silence and the Practice of Responsible Apologetics Jack McLean · 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
• African Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Enoch Tanyi · 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bahá’u’llah’s Surat al-ism (Sura of the Name) Nuha Sabour-Willington · Session #12 · 1996
• 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
• Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some Sen McGlinn · Session #5 · 1995
• Institute for Baha’i Studies Robert Stockman · Session #5 · 1995
• Memorial Funds and Fostering Baha’i Scholarship Iraj Ayman · Session #5 · 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 Model of Penology in the Kitab-i-Aqdas John Hatcher · 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
• Translation of some of `Abdu’l-Baha’s tablets in honor of Haj Mehdi Arjmand Tandis Arjmand · Session #5 · 1995
• An Examination of Androgyny and Sex Specification in the Kitab- i-Aqdas Lil Abdo · Session #4 · 1994
• 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
• Experience of Taking the Most Holy Book to the Masses Using Structured Educational Material, On The Vadim Nomokonov · Session #4 · 1994
• Reading With or Against the Book, or the Avoidance of Interpretive Chaos Susan Brill · 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 Terms Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá’i Writings Robert Stockman · Session #4 · 1994
• The Validity and Value of An Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Word of Bahá’u’llah John Hatcher · Session #2 · 1994