Page Text: Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews: John Danesh. Selections from the Writings of E. G. Browne on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, ed. Moojan Momen: Review , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:3 (1989). [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles: Sharon Nur Hatcher. Spirituality in Medicine: Reflections of a Bahá'í Physician , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 25:4 (2015). A self-reflective piece by a family physician and educator; personal experiences and challenges with patients, students, and colleagues related to the integration of spirituality into medicine. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews: Susan Lamb. Unity: The Creative Foundation of Peace, by H. B. Danesh: Review , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:1 (1988). [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-25, in Essays and short articles: Boris Handal. Birth of Radio Bahá'í of Lake Titicaca in Peru, The , in Bahá'í News (1981). On a momentous international Bahá'í teaching project linking the sister communities of Peril and Bolivia. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-25, in Essays and short articles: Boris Handal. Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, The , in Australian Bahá'í Bulletin (2008). Overview of the Bahá'í Covenant, the nature of Covenant-breaking, and the spiritual foundation for being firm in such a fundamental principle. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-25, in Introductory: Boris Handal. Teaching Bahá'í History in Schools: A Resource Material (2010). A self-contained lesson addressing the history and growth of the Faith and the lives of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, designed for primary-school students in the broader community; contains learning objectives, learning activities, and audio-visual resources. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-21, in Essays and short articles: Boris Handal. Finding the Lamp: My Bahá'í Experience , in Catholics and Catholicism in contemporary Australia: challenges and achievements ed. Abe Ata (2012). A personal adventure of faith, influenced by a background where faith and reason talked to each other, and an oriental ethnic heritage and curiosity for Eastern cultures; thoughts on inclusive spiritual agendas for the future. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-21, in Essays and short articles: Boris Handal. Loving 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Understanding His Station , in The Australian Bahá'í (2021). Early Bahá’ís in the West struggled to understand the station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Mystery of God. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-20, in Published Articles: Boris Handal. Global Scholars as Ambassadors of Knowledge , in Academic Migration, Discipline Knowledge and Pedagogical Practice: Voices from the Asia Pacific eds. F. Rawling and C. Mason (2013). Global scholars can face challenges interacting with peers and with the community of their destination cultures, but can become agents of social change due to their unique overseas positions, and teach global citizenship, moral leadership, and unity. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-20, in Essays and short articles: Boris Handal. Metaphors in Education (2008). Knowledge is associated with the development of spiritual capabilities such as justice, confidence, patience, service, etc. Educational research and its methodologies are a vehicle to find knowledge and a tool to help us achieve our highest selves. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-18, in Books: یادگار جشن پنجاهمین سال تاسیس محفل مقدس بهائیان طهران 55-103: Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Bahá'í Assembly of Tehran B.E. 55-103 (1947). Booklet and collection of historical photographs published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tihran, published B.E. 103 (1947). Includes partial English translation (2022). [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-18, in Published Articles: Daniel Azim Pschaida. Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:3 (2022). On the originality and deep coherence of this prayer as expressed by its rhyme, alliterations, and structures organized around the number 19; the prayer is an invitation to meditate on God’s names, and see reality in a metaphysics of wholeness and unity. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-18, in Study Guides: Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude, by Bahá'u'lláh: Interlinear Presentation (2022). Parallel translations of Ali Kuli Khan (1904) and the authorized one by Shoghi Effendi (1931), and the Persian text. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles: Joshua Hall. Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:3 (2022). Comparison of the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna; this helps one understand the philosophical content and significance, and rational rigor, of Bahá’u’lláh’s own statements on God’s existence and creative act. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles: Vargha Taefi. Beyond Welfare: A Preliminary Bahá'í Normative Framework for Economic Rights and Responsibilities , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:1-2 (2022). The conceptual underpinnings of a Bahá’í approach to economic growth and disparity, mapped onto an applied framework of economic rights and responsibilities, give rise to economic justice and individual and institutional rights and responsibilities. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-17, in Book excerpts: Julia Berger. Ideas, Religion, and Social Change , in Rethinking Religion and Politics in a Plural World: The Bahá'í International Community and the United Nations (2021). Links to a book chapter and video presentation and presentation notes (offsite) presented for the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, on meaning-making processes driving NGO behavior and the Bahá'í Faith's pursuit of social change. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles: Bayan Jalalizadeh. Need for an Integrative Conceptual Framework for Addressing Mental Health Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic, The , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:1-2 (2022). Overview of the state of mental health and illness in the world during the Covid pandemic, summary of the prevailing frameworks and practices, and a potential framework which could guide a response to current mental health challenges. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles: Paul Lample. Reflections on the Challenge of Our Age , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:1-2 (2022). On how Bahá'ís expect to search for truth and build a just and peaceful world through the conscious transformation of the moral order — not by force or coercion but by example, persuasion, and cooperation. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-15, in Maps: Bahá'í World News Service. List and Map of 114 Youth Conferences in 2013 (2013). List of pages at bahai.org (offsite) with reports, descriptions, and videos of youth events across the globe. The accompanying map gives an impression of the spread of the worldwide Bahá'í community. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-13, in Biographies: Boris Handal. In Memoriam: Salomon Pacora Estrada (Pacora Blue Mountain) 1899-1969 (2022). Short bio of the first known Bahá'í of Inca descent, who served as a pioneer in Ecuador. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-11, in Bahá'í Writings: Abdu'l-Bahá à Londres (1996). [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-11, in Essays and short articles: Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009). Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-10, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice: Universal House of Justice. Update of "Additional Tablets" by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Permanency of URLs on bahai.org (2022). Answers to two questions: the PDF at bahai.org for "Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks" will be updated, and website addresses (URLs) at bahai.org are permanent and can reliably be cited. [ about ]
Posted 2022-03-06, in Published Articles: Robert K. Arbuthnot. Bab and Babeeism, The: Part 2 , in Contemporary Review Volume XII (1969). Part two of an early, relatively lengthy overview of Bábí history and theology. [ about ]