Bibliography: BIB20471

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB20471
reference type	Journal Article
title	Conversive Rationality in Bahá'í Scholarship : Centering the Sacred and Decentering the Self
journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
author	Brill, Susan B.
year	1995
date	June–Sept. 1995
issue	2
volume	7
abstract	This article explores ways in which the work of Bahá'í scholars might follow the process of consecration by centering the sacred within and decentering the self out of academic work. Academic discourse will be contrasted with a conversive model based conjointly on the Bahá'í writings, American Indian literary models (written and oral), Wittgensteinian philosophy, and contemporary feminist and postmodern theory. A conversive model of communication and scholarship is firmly rooted within the sacred, emphasizing relationality, intersubjectivity, and collaboration while rejecting the questionable benefits of assumed "objectivity." Such a model is presented as more in line with the Bahá'í teachings than are traditional models of academic discourse. The article concludes with several suggestions that are developed to provide concrete examples of ways by which a conversive approach could reinform and transform academic and nonacademic writing and scholarship.
language	English
keywords	SCHOLARSHIP; SACRED
pages	1–28