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Key	BIB39144
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	A New Wave of Bahā’ī Intellectual Thought: The Impact and Contributions of World Order Magazine
Journal	Religions
Author	Fazel, Seena
Year	2023
Date	4 April 2023
Epub date2	20230404
Issue	4
Volume	14
Abstract	This paper explores the scholarship and intellectual contribution of the second series of World Order magazine, which published from 1966 until 2008 over 38 volumes. In so doing, I provide a narrative overview of the main themes and papers in World Order, and by extension some of the topics being discussed in the worldwide Bahā’ī community. This is complemented by interviews with past World Order editors, who provided information on papers, topics and issues that generated the most interest and print runs, a listing of the number of pieces and articles by topic, and a questionnaire survey of those attending an academic Bahā’ī conference. I compare themes identified in the overview with contemporary discourses over a similar period drawing on surveys of textbook and journal contents in similar areas. In addition, I summarise available information on the most cited (from Google Scholar) and downloaded (from Bahā’ī Library online) World Order papers, and hence those contributions with the most impact using these quantitative approaches. I show that Abizadeh’s paper on 'Ethnicity, Race, and a Possible Humanity', which discusses how the concept of the oneness of humanity can potentially address racial problems, is the most cited paper, and Stokes’s paper on 'The Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions', a piece on comparative religion, is the most downloaded. Overall, the most cited and downloaded papers are indicative of the breadth of topics covered in World Order, with pieces on political philosophy, law, education, history, theology, and psychology. The number of articles and editorials on social issues, such as racial justice, women’s rights, and environmentalism, is one indication that the Bahā’ī community was at the forefront of thinking about social action.
Notes	This article is part of the Special Issue The Bahā’ī Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations.
Language	English
Keywords	SCHOLARSHIP; PUBLISHING; PERIODICALS; WORLD ORDER (JOURNAL)
URL	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/497
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14040497
Pages	497 (13)
Legal note	11.
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