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Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History
volume thirteen
Reason and Revelation
New Directions in Bahá'í Thought
edited by Seena Fazel and John Danesh
Copyright © 2002 by Kalimát Press
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CONTENTS
Foreword ...................................................... ix
Interpreting Principles
Infallible Institutions?
Udo Schaefer ............................................ 3
Theocratic assumptions in Bahá'í literature
Sen McGlinn ............................................ 39
Prayer As Remembrance
Christopher White ...................................... 83
Understanding Texts
Scripture As Literature
Franklin Lewis ........................................ 101
Fundamentalism and Liberalism
Moojan Momen .......................................... 129
The End of History?
Sholeh Quinn .......................................... 155
Applying the Teachings
Bahá'í Universalism and Native Prophets
Christopher Buck ...................................... 171
Bahá'í Approaches to Economics
Bryan Graham .......................................... 201
Women, Education, and Development
Geeta Gandhi Kingdon .................................. 229