Theme · 162 papers

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Science & Religion

Evolution, cosmology, and the harmony of science and religion.

• The Situation of Iran in the 19th Century as Reflected in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
• Exploration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Address to Stanford University Vafa Bayat · Session #137 · 2016
• Renewed Physical and Spiritual Healing, Understanding The Nature of Disease: A doctor’s perspective Parvaneh Farid-Monfared · Session #138 · 2016
• Role of the Bahá’í Faith in a World Government Farjam Majd · 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
• Theology of Tahirih as Revealed in Her Poems Anthony Lee · Session #137 · 2016
• A Review and Content Analysis of Aflakiyyih, `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet of the Universe Habib Riazati · Session #130 · 2015
• Examining Inherent Oneness of Phenomena Kamran Sedig · Session #135 · 2015
• Phenomenon of Newly Emerging Entities and the Twofold Process Jena Khadem-Khodadad · Session #135 · 2015
• 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
• The Universal Masculine and Feminine Farzam Majd · Session #130 · 2015
• “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
• Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self in One’s Spiritual Transformation, Powered by Love of God Bijan Ghafari · Session #128 · 2014
• On the Existence and Qualities of Human Soul Farjam Majd · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
• The Tetrarchic Self: Correlating Freud’s Transference with the Four States of Bahá’u’lláh Wolfgang Klebel · Session #123 · 2014 · PDF
• `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Articulation of the Bahá’í Concept of Peace During His Western Travels Wendi Momen · Session #118 · 2013
• A New Approach to Proof of God and Soul Based on Bahá’í Writings Farjam Majd · Session #116 · 2013 · PDF
• Ego: Scientific Investigation of the Spiritual Man: Body, Mind, and Spirit Spaces Mehrdad Ehsan · Session #118 · 2013
• Ethics and the Bahá’í Writings: A Philosophical Survey Ian Kluge · Session #116 · 2013 · 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
• Forgiveness: Its meaning and merits from religious as well as scientific viewpoint Keyvan Geula · Session #116 · 2013
• Major Debates and Disputations of Belief in History and the Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #121 · 2013
• Man’s Station in the Universe: A Scientist’s Journey Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #116 · 2013
• Preliminary Contemplation on What May Be Considered as a Bahá’í Theology Shahla Mehrgani · Session #118 · 2013
• Religion, Revelation and Peace: Approximations between Whitehead and Bahá’í Thought Roland Faber · Session #116 · 2013
• Scientific Insights into “Here Am I”: Consciousness and Space-Time Mehrdad Ehsani · Session #118 · 2013
• Spirit, Mind, and the Universe Kamran Sedig, Adib Sedig · Session #121 · 2013
• The Forces of Evolution Arsalan Geula · Session #116 · 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’ and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution Mina Yazdani · Session #109 · 2012
• Awakening: The Birth and Tribulations of a Bahá’í Community in Iran Hussein Ahdieh · Session #111 · 2012
• Connection and Disconnection between Bahá’í Faith and Enlightenment Philosophy in Islam Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
• Correlation of Concept of Spirit with Mathematics, Psycholinguistics, and Science Kamran Sedig · Session #113 · 2012
• Die Briefe des Báb an die Könige und Herrscher seiner Zeit Armin Eschraghi · Session #114 · 2012
• Ethics Based on Science Alone? Ian Kluge · Session #109 · 2012
• Historical Background of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Husein Ahdieh · 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 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
• Understanding Economic Moral Hazard and Its Implications in the Writings of `Abdu’l- Bahá Roya Ayman · Session #111 · 2012
• Yin-Yang Cosmology and the Bahá’í Faith Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew · Session #111 · 2012 · PDF
• Abbás Effendí: Centenary of His Visit to Egypt (1910-1913) Nabil Fares · Session #107 · 2011
• Baha’i View on the “New Atheism” and its “Moral Landscape,” A Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #102 · 2011
• Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 1. Unsealing the Sealed Wine -- Slaying the Dragon of Dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
• Harmony of Science and Religion in 10 Best Parenting Skills Keyvan Geula · Session #102 · 2011
• I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá’u’lláh Wolfgang Klebel · Session #102 · 2011 · PDF
• The Genetic basis of our uniquely human ability: The gift of speech and language Faraneh Vargha-Khadem · Session #104 · 2011
• The New Atheism and the Bahá’í Writings Ian Kluge · Session #102 · 2011 · PDF
• Abdu’l-Bahá and the Middle East Kamran Ekbal · Session #97 · 2010
• Aspects of the Harmony between Science and Religion as Described in `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Talks Iscander Micael Tinto · 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
• Ibn al-`Arabi in the Baha’i Writings Muin Afnani · Session #95 · 2010
• Moral Dimension of Economics: A Bahá’í Perspective Farhad Sabetan · Session #95 · 2010
• The Bahá’í Faith: A Shift of Paradigm Ghasem Bayat · Session #95 · 2010
• The Mystery of Divinity: Traditional Views in Comparison to those in Some Answered Questions James Thomas · Session #95 · 2010 · PDF
• A Mathematical Model to Investigate Non-Material Realities Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #88 · 2009
• An Overview of the Bahá’í Writings on Iran (Part 1) Mina Yazdani · Session #88 · 2009
• An Overview of the Bahá’í Writings on Iran (Part 2) Mina Yazdani · Session #88 · 2009
• Beyond Athens and Jerusalem: Re—Visioning the Science—Religion Conflict Steven Phelps · Session #89 · 2009
• Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation: A Comparative Study of Hinduism and the Bahá’í Faith Anupam Premanand · Session #89 · 2009 · PDF
• Evolution of Epitaphs: from Islamic Inscriptions to Bahá’í Scripts Ami Schrager · 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
• Interpretations of Holy Texts Provided in Some Answered Questions: An Analytical Review Vahid Rafati · Session #93 · 2009
• Kreationismus, Intelligent Design, Evolutionismus: Kein Widerspruch Nazzareno Gottardi · Session #91 · 2009
• Metaphysics Reconsidered: A Dialog between `Abdu’l-Bahá and August Forel Ramin Neshati · Session #88 · 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
• Tahirih’s Insight into the Inner Nature of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh Laleh Shahriary · Session #88 · 2009
• The Dynamics of Growth: Factors which Impact the Growth of the Bahá’í Faith: Application of Analogies and Metaphors Jena Khadem-Khodadad · Session #93 · 2009
• The Evolution of Man: Unity of Mankind Arsalan Geula · Session #88 · 2009
• The Land of Za’farán (ard-i-za’farán) in the Bábí-Bahá’í Scriptures Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
• The New Concept of God in “Some Answered Questions” Ramin Vasli · Session #89 · 2009
• The Origin and Evolution of Mankind as Elucidated in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Bahá Arsalan Geula · 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
• Theory of the Origin and the Evolution of Mankind: A Scientific Perspective Arsalan Geula · Session #93 · 2009
• Unity in Diversity: Toward a Correlation of the Bahá’í Perspective with current empirical findings in the social science literature Ismael Velasco · Session #93 · 2009
• A Comparison of Western Democracies with the Concept of Governance in `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Writings Muin Afnani · Session #81 · 2008
• A Review of a Number of the Scientific Concepts Presented in Some Answered Questions Muhammad-Ghasem Bayat · Session #81 · 2008
• Health, Science and Technology Concepts in “Some Answered Questions” Minou Foadi · Session #83 · 2008
• Identifying Roots and Mechanisms of Religious Prejudice: Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings on the 12th Imám Armin Eschraghi · Session #83 · 2008
• On Science and Religion: Technology — Ethical Issues and the Bahá’í Faith Ramin Neshati · Session #81 · 2008
• Peace: Building a New Science on Classical Foundations Kimberly Syphrett · Session #83 · 2008
• Revelation and Reason in Some Answered Questions: A Correlation Method for Science and Religion Dialogue Behrouz Sabet · Session #86 · 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
• Long Obligatory Prayer, Mirror Neurons and Recent Findings in Neuroscience: A look at changes in human brain and character Keyvan Geula · Session #74 · 2007
• Man is man: `Abdu’l-Bahá on Human Evolution Ramin Neshati · Session #74 · 2007 · PDF
• Baron Rosen’s archives in the Russian Academy of Sciences Youli Ioannesyan · Session #72 · 2006 · PDF
• Taking the Metaphors in the Bahá’í Writings to Heart Keyvan Geula · Session #67 · 2006
• The Baha’is in Sari and the Constitutional Revolution in Iran Moojan Momen · Session #69 · 2006
• A Historical review of the evolution of the concept of Guardianship Mouzhan Khadem · Session #65 · 2005
• Bridging between the gist of the epistemology of the Baha’i Faith and “Minimalism” Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #60 · 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
• 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
• 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
• Tahrif (“scriptural falsification”) and Tanzil (“divine revelation”): Some aspects of divine guidance through sacred Scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #60 · 2005
• Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet of Two Calls Farah Dustdar · Session #54 · 2004
• Dynamic shift in theological and social aspects of religious systems: Reflections on the contributions of Persian Bayán and Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #58 · 2004
• Spiritualizing Pedagogy: Mystical and Ontological Aspects of Bahá’í-inspired Education Roger Prentice · Session #58 · 2004 · PDF
• Textual Resurrection: Book, Imam, and Cosmos in the Qur’án Commentaries of the Báb J. Vahid Brown · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
• The Life and Times of August Forel Sheila Banani · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
• Baha’i Writings and the Process of Philosophy Ian Kluge · Session #46 · 2003 · PDF
• Bahá’í-Beiträge zu einer kulturübergreifenden Bioethik Friedo Zolzer · Session #49 · 2003
• Evolution oder Schöpfung: zwei sich ausschließende Konzepte? Eberhard von Kitzing · Session #49 · 2003
• Exploring Insights from the Rational and the Sacred in Moral Action: Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals and the Limits of Pure Reason Shahla Maghzi · Session #46 · 2003
• Health and Nutrition in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Baha Minou Foadi · Session #48 · 2003
• Kaleidoscope: Angelology and Colour Mysticism in Babi-Baha’i Scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
• Of Camels, Sheep and the Prophet Muhammad: A Dream Interpretation by `Abdu’l-Baha Necati Alkan · Session #48 · 2003
• Pantheism: A Crossroads of Science and Religion Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #48 · 2003
• The Approach of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the Problem of Tolerance Erfan Sabeti · Session #48 · 2003
• The Báb’s Response to a Question about Lawh-i-Mahfúz (Preserved Tablet) Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
• 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
• Commentary on Bahá’u’lláh’s Epistemological Approach to Cosmological Questions in the Lawh-i-Hikmat Dann May · Session #40 · 2002
• Tablet of Bismilih Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
• 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
• 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
• Mysticism in the African Traditional Religion and the Bahá’i Faith: classification of Concepts and Practices Enoch N. Tanyi · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Seven Valleys and the Scientific Method Robert Sarracino · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
• Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
• British Bahá’ís and the Western Mystical Tradition Lil Abdo · Session #28 · 2000
• Correlating Mystical Experience to the Knowledge of God Jack McLean · Session #30 · 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
• 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
• Metaphysics: Historical Perspectives and Bahá’í Horizons Ali Kassem · Session #22 · 1999
• Tablets with Mystical and Philosophical Themes Muin Afnani · Session #24 · 1999
• The “Openness” of Differing Perspectives in Buddhist and Bahá’í Metaphysics Dann May · Session #24 · 1999
• 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
• Tablet to the Kings: Human Rights and Collective Security Sohrab Kourosh · Session #20 · 1998
• The Chain of Prophecy: Progressive Revelation as a Theory of Relativity Zaid Lundberg · 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
• 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
• Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Bahá’í Faith and the New Age Movement Paul S. Dodenhoff · Session #15 · 1997
• New Age Movement and the Bahá’i Faith Zaid Lundberg · Session #14 · 1997 · PDF
• Religion and Science in Harmony: A New Reality Muin Afnani · Session #15 · 1997
• Salvation: Staticity into Motion Joan Sheppard · Session #15 · 1997
• The Blind Men and the Elephant: Differing Perspectives in Buddhist and Bahá’í Metaphysics Dann May · Session #15 · 1997
• Discordant World Views within Bahá’í Studies and the Detraction They Encourage Richard Harmsen · Session #9 · 1996
• The Continuity of Consciousness and Phenomena Kim Bowers · 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
• 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
• 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
• Redefining a Social Contract Rama Ayman · Session #5 · 1995
• Sacralizing the Secular: The Proclamatory Aqdas as a Response to Modernity Christopher Buck · Session #5 · 1995
• Taqiyyih and Kitman: Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation in the Babi and Baha’i Religions Kamran Ekbal · Session #8 · 1995
• The Relationship between Content and Context in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Habib Riazati · Session #5 · 1995
• Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas S Fazel · 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
• 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 Tree of Peace and the Coming of Bahá’u’llah Aram Gomez · Session #2 · 1994