Saturday 4 June 2016

Theological Concepts and Symbols

This post will contain bahá’í articles looking at key religious concepts, symbols and motifs.

1.  "An Overview of Bahá’í Eschatology" by Bernardo Bortolin Kerr (in preparation): goo.gl/FQDPqY

2. Webinar - "The Role of Religion in Society" by Julia Berger: goo.gl/zCGlM1
Sequence of topics covered: a) What is understood by the term religion? b) the secularization theory c) the resurgence of religion d) the 'post-secular' problematic - "the term defines efforts to move past limitations of notions of the 'secular' and to describe present day dynamics" e) religion and modernity/modernities f) religion and the UN (touching on BIC activity).

3. "Seven Narratives of Religions: A Framework for Engaging Contemporary Research" (2015) by Benjamin Schewel: goo.gl/jfxyBm

4. "Relativism: a Basis for Bahá’í Metaphysics" by Moojan Moomen: https://goo.gl/69n0ht

5. "The Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá’í  Writings" by Juan Cole: http://goo.gl/VkDrgB

6. "The Perfect Man: The Manifestation of God" by Julio Savi: goo.gl/e2cKbK

7. "The Image of the Manifestation as the Ontological Basis for a Bahá’í Psychology" by Rhett Diessner. (author permission; waiting for copyright permission)

8. "Commentary on the Islamic Tradition 'I was a Hidden Treasure...'" by Moojan Moomen: http://goo.gl/QcGyS2

9. "One Physicist's First Look at ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 'Tablet of the Universe'" by Vahid Houston Ranjbar:
https://goo.gl/wGgrH3

10. "Antinomies of Reason and the Theology of Revelation: Some Preliminary Thoughts" by Nader Saiedi: http://goo.gl/56r1s0

11. "Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions" by Jim Stokes: http://goo.gl/Z02dG9

12. "The Story of Joseph in the Babi and Bahá’í Faiths" by Jim Stokes: http://goo.gl/8MMCR8

13. "Brief thoughts on the 'camphor fountain'" by John Wiegley: goo.gl/9RxA0h