Bibliography: BIB28744

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB28744
reference type	Book Section
title	Some Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith
book title	Dimensions of Bahá'í Law
author	Danesh, Roshan
authority control	Roshan Danesh
year	2019
publisher	Bahá'í Publishing
place published	Wilmette, Illinois
ISBN	9781618511515
abstract	This article examines the concept of law in the Bahá'í Faith through aspects of the Islamic context within which Bahá'u'lláh promulgated laws as well as the nature of legal language and discourse in Bahá'u'lláh's writings. What emerges is a portrait of Bahá'u'lláh's concept of law that indicates a sharp and radical break from conceptions of law extant at the time. He revealed laws and, more broadly, a distinct concept of religious law rooted in conscious knowledge and the dynamics of love that rejects rigid legalistic preoccupations with rules.
notes	Originally published: The Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 24.1/2 (2014).
language	English
keywords	LAW; KNOWLEDGE; LOVE; GRADUALISM
pages	3–23