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Tag: "Culture, Western"

tag name: Culture, Western type: Miscellaneous
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Culture,_Western
related tags: Culture; East and West; West (Occident)
Inventory subject: Critique of Western values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Western culture

"Culture, Western" has been tagged in:

26 results from the Main Catalog

1 result from the Chronology

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  1. 2025. From Sensate Decline to Spiritual Renewal: Sorokin, the Crisis of Meaning, and the Bahá'í Faith. Behrooz Sabet. — On Sorokin’s cyclical theory of cultural change in light of the contemporary crisis of meaning and...
  2. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. — Links to 42 interviews and narratives highlighting how Baha’i individuals and communities worldwid...
  3. 2023. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States. Naghme Naseri Morlock. — The denial of a national identity of Baha'is in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differ...
  4. 2022. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage. Iraj Ghanooni, Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. . — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
  5. 2022. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim). David Russell Garcia, Kees Poolman, trans. . — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
  6. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
  7. 2013-04-19. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life. Universal House of Justice. — Difficulties young people might face in upholding Baha'i ideals and standards of behaviour in the co...
  8. 2013. Next Stage, The. Douglas Martin. — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
  9. 2012. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels. Wendi Momen. — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
  10. 2008 Fall. New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling. Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). — On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bah...
  11. 2004. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin. Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. . — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
  12. 2003-10. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim). David Russell Garcia. — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
  13. 2003-07. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The. Michael Karlberg. — In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characteri...
  14. 2002-08-22. Falta de crecimiento y el cambio de cultura, La. Universal House of Justice.
  15. 2002-08-22. Enrollments and limited growth of the Bahá'í community. Universal House of Justice. — The lack of significant numerical growth in certain Western Baha'i communities is related to the pre...
  16. 1996. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated?. Viva Rodwell. — Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
  17. 1996. Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies. Will C. van den Hoonaard. — The origins and early life of the Baha'i community in Canada as a sociological case study in the tra...
  18. 1995. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique. Michael W. Sours. — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
  19. 1993. Balance hath been Appointed, The: Some Thoughts on the Publication of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Udo Schaefer. — Significances of the Aqdas and the possible impact of its publication (1992) upon its Western audien...
  20. 1992 Summer-Fall. Invisible Occidentalism: Eighteenth-Century Indo-Persian Constructions of the West. Juan Cole. — Iranian attitudes toward Western culture, science, and philosophers in the colonial era. (No mention...
  21. 1991. Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: Some Introductory Notes. Stephen Lambden. — Islamic contributions to Western culture and science and discusses the place of Islamic Studies in t...
  22. 1988-12-29. Individual Rights and Freedoms. Universal House of Justice. — An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Baha'i community,...
  23. 1963. Islamic Contributions to Civilization. Stanwood Cobb. — Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic peopl...
  24. 1912/1947/1974. "Easy Familiarity," Explanations of. Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ann Boylan, John B. Cornell, Universal House of Justice. — Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also ...
  25. 1874. Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia, during his tour through Europe in 1873, The. Nasir al-Din Shah, J. W. Redhouse, trans. . — Contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but is useful for historical context, and a window...
  26. 1864. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe. John William Draper. — A selection of excerpts from the book. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith, but is of interest p...

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  1. 1988-12-29 — The Universal House of Justice issued a letter to the Baha'is in the United States published as Indi...
 
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