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Key	BIB39713
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán : Expanding the Scope of the Bahá'í Doctrine of Progressive Revelation to Include and Engage Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
Journal	Religions
Author	Buck, Christopher and Orona, Michael
Year	2025
Epub date2	17 September 2025
Issue	9 (1193)
Volume	16
ISSN	2077-1444
Abstract	The Bahá'í doctrine of progressive revelation, while universal in principle, has been limited, in scope and application, by what has previously been described as "Arya-Semiticentrism"—with a paradigmatic focus on Semitic religions (the "Abrahamic Faiths" of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, along with the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths), and the so-called "Aryan" religions (Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism) to the relative exclusion of Indigenous religions. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán may offer a solution and resolution, to wit: "Undoubtedly in those regions [the Americas] the Call of God must have been raised in ancient times, but it hath been forgotten now." This paper provides an exegesis of the Tablet to Amír Khán—an authenticated, authoritative Bahá'í text, with an authorized translation. Our basic premise is that, just as 'Abdu'l-Bahá has "added" the Buddha and Krishna to the Bahá'í list of "Manifestations of God," 'Abdu'l-Bahá has also "added" the principle of Indigenous Messengers of God to the Americas—without naming principals (i.e., the names of individual Indigenous "Wise Ones"), thereby demonstrating that 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán effectively expands the scope of the Bahá'í doctrine of progressive revelation to include and engage Indigenous spiritual traditions.
Notes	This article belongs to the Special Issue The Bahá’í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations—2nd Edition.
Language	English
Keywords	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; RELIGION; MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD; AMERICA
URL	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/9/1193
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16091193
Pages	1–24
Legal note	11.
File attachments	internal-pdf://2386656440/Buck-Orona - Abdul-Baha_ Tablet_Amir_Khan - Re.pdf

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