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Abstract: Memorials of the Faithful is notable for the diversity of personalities described, and the sheer ordinariness of many of those remembered lives. These two aspects of the text highlight some of the broader questions raised by the Bahá'í Faith.
Notes: Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/177. The videos mentioned on page 1 are not available online anymore. |
Emblems of Faithfulness:
Pluralism in Meaning and Beauty in the Ordinary
by Helen Cheng and Catherine Nash
published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 25:3, pages 7-26Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2015
About: Memorials of the Faithful is a book consisting of stories told by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to gatherings of Bahá’ís in Haifa during World War I. This essay aims to explore some of the insights contained within it. The focus is on two readily apparent aspects of the text. First is the diversity of personalities described, while the other is the sheer ordinariness of many of those remembered lives. The discussion explores how these two aspects of the text highlight some of the broader questions raised by the Bahá’í Faith.
Download: cheng_nash_emblems_faithfulness.pdf.
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