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Lights of 'Irfán Book 3:
edited by Iraj Ayman |
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Table of Contents Preface.................................................................iii A Journey through the Seven Valleys Ghasem Bayat..........................................................1 The beginning that hath no beginning: Bahá'í Cosmogony Vahid Brown..........................................................21 Knowledge, Certitude and the Mystical Heart: The Hidden Essence of God's Word LeRoy Jones..........................................................41 The Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God Todd Lawson..........................................................49 From Adam to Bahá'u'lláh: The Idea of a Chain of Prophecy Zaid Lundberg........................................................59 The Wronged One: Shí'í Narrative Structure in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Visitation for Mullá Husayn William McCants......................................................83 The Mystical Dimensions of the Bahá'í Administrative Order Kavian Milani........................................................95 Mysticism and the Bahá'í Community Moojan Momen........................................................107 The Lawh-i-Mánikjí Sáhib: introduction and provisional translation Ramin Neshati.......................................................121 The Seven Valleys and the Scientific Method Robert Sarracino....................................................129 Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East Oliver Scharbrodt...................................................139 Mysticism in African Traditional Religion and in the Bahá'í Faith: Classification of Concepts and Practices Enoch Tanyi.........................................................155 An Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh James Thomas........................................................173 The Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China Jianping Wang.......................................................185 Appendix contents of previous volumes of Lights of 'Irfán....................201 |
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