VOLUME 10
 
THE BAHÁ’Í STUDIES REVIEW

A PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR BAHÁ’Í STUDIES
English-speaking Europe
 

2001/2002

Invited Commentary
ONLY ONE TRUE RELIGION?
John Hick

Paper
ALAIN LOCKE
Christopher Buck

Surveys of Methodology
F Lewis on Intellectual Discourse
M Momen on Phenomenology
U Schaefer on Apologetics
J Hatcher on Faith and Reason
W van den Hoonaard on Induction

Provisional Translation
‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ’S TURKISH
COMMENTARY

Sounding
R Weinberg on Social Activism


Commentary
W Collins on Armageddon


Books
S Fazel and D Brookshaw on Logos
B Miller on Methodology
W Collins on Comparative Religion
I Watson on Rumours
L Abdo on Biographies


Obituary
ALESSANDRO BAUSANI


Compilation
WRITING AND WRITERS


Bibliographic Guide



VOLUME 10, 2001/2002   ISSN 1354-8697
THE BAHÁ’Í STUDIES REVIEW

CONTENTS

Invited Commentary
  Only one true religion? John Hick1
Paper
  Alain Locke: Baha’i philosopher Christopher Buck 7
Surveys of Methodology
  “First we speak of logical proofs” : discourse of knowledge
in the Bahá’í writings
Methodology in Bahá’í studies
Bahá’í apologetics?
Methodology and Bahá’í studies: the bridge between realities
Unfreezing the frame: the promise of inductive research in
Bahá’í studies

Franklin Lewis
Moojan Momen
Udo Schaefer
John Hatcher
Will van den
Hoonaard

51
75
85
91

103
Provisional translation
  ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Turkish commentary – an introduction Necati Alkan 115
  Provisional translation of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s commentary on the Sura of the Fig 127
Sounding
  Early European social activism Rob Weinberg 129
Commentary
  W Collins on Armageddon 135
Books
  Nader Saiedi’s Logos and Civilization
Scripture and Revelation (edited by M. Momen)
Christopher Buck’s Paradise and Paradigm
David Piff’s Unofficial Bahá’í Lore
Khadem’s Shoghi Effendi in Oxford and Marcus’s
Queen Marie
Fazel, Brookshaw
B Miller
W Collins
I Watson

L Abdo
145
149
157
161

163
Obituary
  Alessandro Bausani H Moayyad 167
Compilation
  Introduction R Weinberg171
  Bahá’í extracts on writers and writing 173
Bibliography: Academic Bahá’í materials 1998-2000 179
Biographical Notes
183

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