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Abstract:

We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. This paper examines the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and its opposite concept, dehumanization.

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See an audio presentation of this paper, Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab.

Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/151.

The Birth of the Human Being:

Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity

Nader Saiedi

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 21:1-4, pages 1-28

Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2011

About: According to the worldview of the Bahá’í Faith we have arrived at a turning point in the evolution of human history. This turning point is primarily the moment of the birth of the human being. In this paper I will first define what I mean by “the birth of the human being” and its opposite concept, namely, the logic of dehumanization. Then I will trace the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

Download: saiedi_birth_human_jbs.pdf.

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