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Lights of 'Irfán Book 9:
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Table of Contents Preface.........................................................................................i Emergence, Enchantment, Entanglement and Excellence of the Cosmos Wolfgang Klebel..............................................................................5 Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Sublime Vision" Wolfgang Klebel.............................................................................29 Postmodernism and the Bahá'í Writings Part One Ian Kluge...................................................................................61 Postmodernism and the Bahá'í Writings Part Two Ian Kluge..................................................................................115 Relativism and the Bahá'í Writings Ian Kluge..................................................................................179 Shoghi Effendi's The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh: A Theology of the Word Jack McLean................................................................................239 Insider and Outsider Scholarship in Bahá'í Studies Moojan Momen...............................................................................281 The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace `Ali Nakhjavani............................................................................287 The Súrat al-mulk and the Súrat al-mulúk: A Preliminary Comparison Sholeh A. Quinn............................................................................299 Prophets and Mountains Moshe Sharon...............................................................................315 Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani..............................................................321 Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif trans. Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani.......................................................351 The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice Ian Semple.................................................................................363 The Rise of Justice in the Spiritual and Secular Life of Man: An Exposition on excerpts from The Advent of Divine Justice by Shoghi Effendi James B. Thomas............................................................................391 Elucidations The Resurrection and Return of Jesus..........................................................415 Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith...............................................421 Appendices Appendix I: Bibliography of Bahá'í Writings and abbreviations used in this book...............425 Appendix II: Contents of Lights of 'Irfán Books One-Eight.....................................427 Appendix III: Publications of the 'Irfán Colloquia............................................435 |
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