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List of documents by Roshan Danesh

author name: Roshan Danesh
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  1. Bahá'í Law. Roshan Danesh (2021-11-02). Bahá'í law in its historical, cultural, social, religious, political, and legal contexts, within processes and discourses of social change and legal revitalization within Islamic societies; responses to modernity, colonization, and justice movements. Video.
  2. Church and State in the Bahá'í Faith: An Epistemic Approach. Roshan Danesh (2008). On the public role of Bahá'í institutions; review of current secondary literature; temporal legitimacy vs. divine sovereignty; interaction of religion and politics; maturation and unity; an open vision of church and state. Articles.
  3. From The Editor's Desk. Linda S. Covey, Roshan Danesh (2016). Introduction to this issue's articles on the unique potentials of the indigenous population of America, recovery from the residential schools, eradicating prejudice, and the intersection between the Bahá’í Faith and native peoples. Essays.
  4. Internationalism and Divine Law: A Baha'i Perspective. Roshan Danesh (2004). On the internationalism motif in Bahá'í political and legal thought; the place of divine legal claims in contemporary debates about models of world order; religion as a unifying force; concept of divine law in both Persian and Islamic history. Articles.
  5. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude. Roshan Danesh (2012). The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Bahá’u’lláh speaks about the collective spiritualization of humanity — creating new patterns of community and social relations — as the "journey" of the human body politic. Articles.
  6. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some. Roshan Danesh (2014). The concept of law in the Bahá’í Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language and discourse in Bahá’u’lláh’s writings. Religious law, rooted in conscious knowledge and the dynamics of love, rejects rigid and legalistic rules. Articles.
  7. Reflections on the Structure of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Some. Roshan Danesh (2015). While the Kitab-i-Aqdas might seem unstructured, lacking apparent logical or discernible order, there is meaning to be found in its organization — particularly the first 19 paragraphs: the pivotal constructs of Bahá’í spiritual and social teachings. Articles.
  8. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation. Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III (2023-01-08). Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted process of social transformation that genuine reconciliation implies. Articles.
  9. Some Reflections on Bahá'í Approaches to Social Change. Roshan Danesh, Lex Musta (2012-12). The Bahá’í writings foresee social change happening both through engagement in society at large and through the work of building patterns and structures within Bahá’í community life. There should be less emphasis on limiting political participation. Articles-unpublished.
  10. Themes in the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Emerging Approaches to Scholarship on Bahá'í Law. Roshan Danesh (2017). Review of what emergent scholarship has thus far accomplished relating to the study of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Bahá'í law; suggested core themes and approaches; directions which future study of this topic might encompass. Articles.
 
   
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