Addresses for International Affiliate Associations for Bahá'í Studies
Centro de Estudios Bahá'ís Association for Bahá'í Studies—Australia
Argentina Colin Dibdin, Secretary
Otamendi 215 P.O. Box 319
(1405) Buenos Aires Rosebery, N.S.W. 2018
Argentina Australia
Association for Bahá'í Studies— Associacao de Estudios Bahá'ís do Brasil
Bermuda Caixa Postal No. 11019
46 Cut Road 80.421 Curitiba-Parana
"Channel View" Brasil
St. George's G.E. 04 Brazil
Bermuda
Association for Bahá'í Studies— Asociacion de Estudios Bahá'ís—Chile
Cameroon c/o NSA of the Bahá'ís of Chile
c/o Mr. Enoch Tanyi c/o Casilla 3731
B.P. 4230–Yaounde Santiago 1
Cameroon Chile
Asociacion de Estudios Bahá'ís— The Bahá'í Study Association
Colombia East, South, and Central Africa
c/o Asamblea Espiritual Nacional c/o Dr. C. Rouhani, Secretary
de los Bahá'ís de Colombia P.O. Box 82549
Apartado Aereo 51387 Mombasa
Santa Fe de Bogota 12 Kenya
Colombia East, South, and Central Africa
Asociacion de Estudios Bahá'ís— Ecuador Association for Bahá'í Studies—
c/o Asamblea Espiritual Nacional English-Speaking Europe
de los Bahá'ís del Ecuador Roger Kingdon, Secretary
Apartado 869-A c/o 27 Rutland Gate
Quito London SW7 1PD, England
Ecuador English-Speaking Europe
Association D'Etudes Bahá'íes Gesellschaft Fur Baha'i-Studien
Europe Francophone Wirichsbongardstr. 40
24. route de Malagnou D-52062
CH–1208, Geneva Germany
Switzerland German-Speaking Europe
Association of Bahá'í Studies—Ghana Chapter Association for Bahá'í Studies—
c/o The NSA of Ghana Hawaii
P.O. Box 7098 c/o Robert McClelland
Accra-North 1414 Komo Mai Drive
Ghana Pearl City, Hawaii
USA 96782-2244
Association for Bahá'í Studies—India
C-12 Vidyanagari
Mumbai University
Santacruz (East), Mumbai-400 098
India
Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Bahá'í Association for Bahá'í Studies—Japan
c/o NSA of the Bahá'ís of Italy c/o Tokyo Bahá'í Centre
Via della Fontanella 4 7–2–13 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
I-00187, Rome Tokyo 160
Italy Japan
Association for Bahá'í Studies—Malaysia Association for Bahá'í Studies—New Zealand
c/o NSA of Bahá'ís of Malaysia c/o NSA of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand
4 Lorong Titiwangsa 5 P.O. Box 21–551
Setapak Henderson, Auckland
53000 Kuala Lumpur New Zealand
Malaysia
Association for Bahá'í Studies—Russian Federation
Moscow 107207
Uralskaya St. 6-1-66
Russia
La Asociacion de Estudios Bahá'ís—Puerto Rico
c/o Cesar Reyes, Secretary
Chemistry Dept. Univ. of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez, PR
USA 00708
Association for Bahá'í Studies—Singapore Asociacion de Estudios Bahá'ís de España
c/o Dr. Anjam Khursheed c/o Rima Sheermohamadi-Motlaq
B, #09-02, Kent Vale C/Padilla 312 2 2
105 Clementi Road 08025 Barcelona
Singapore 129789 Spain
Association for Bahá'í Studies— Association for Bahá'í Studies—
Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela
c/o NSA of the Bahá'ís of Trinidad and Tobago Apartado 934
3 Petra Street Barquisimeto
Woodbrook, Trinidad, W.I. Edo. Lara 3001-A
Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela
Association for Bahá'í Studies—
West Africa
c/o NSA of the Bahá'ís of Nigeria
P.O. Box 2029
Marina-Lagos
Nigeria
West Africa
Colloquium Human Rights and Moral Education within the Asia-Pacific Context:
A Spiritual Axis Perspective on Development
(ABS-North America Annual Conference, Washington DC, November 14-16, 1997)
Summary
In 1957 Shoghi Effendi noted the importance of the Spiritual Axis extending from the Antipodes to the northern islands of the Pacific Ocean, and in the 153 Ridvan Message to the Pacific, the Universal House of Justice reaffirmed the urgent need for development in this area. Addressing the call for greater collaborative Bahá'í scholarship, the papers in this colloquium treat human rights and developmental issues in the region, identifying current trends and future prospects, and describe specific educational projects in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.
Abstracts
1. Ms. Barbara Sims
"The Significance of the Spiritual Axis and the Development of the Bahá'í Faith in the Asia-Pacific Region"
As the opening talk of the colloquium, this presentation will provide the framework for the themes addressed in the subsequent papers. The concept of Spiritual Axis will be introduced and its development from the time of its first mention by Shoghi Effendi in the1950s up to the present will be discussed. Particular attention will be given to Shoghi Effendi's 1957 statement regarding the "spiritual equilibrium" which will effect the destiny of the Faith in the Pacific area. Historical highlights of the establishment of the Baha'i Faith in the Spiritual Axis region will be reviewed, with special emphasis on the rise of the Faith in Australia and Japan, the two poles of the Axis.
2. Dr. Graham Hassall
"Modelling Human Rights Education: A View from the Pacific"
The Asia-Pacific is a region of diverse traditions regarding human rights and obligations. With the emergence of the global human rights discourse in the second half of the twentieth century, issues of identity and difference have become increasingly important. There is no regional human rights organization in the Asia-Pacific, and a number of nations insist on defining rights from their specific historical and cultural circumstances. Thus, if Baha'i communities wish to become successfully involved in the promotion of human rights development, they will have to address two fundamental questions. First, what model of "human rights" is elaborated in the Bahá'í Writings? Second, since Baha'is promote universal human rights but also acknowledge the principles of diversity and difference, how will Baha'i communities in the Asia-Pacific approach problems caused by such diversity? Only after examining these and other important questions will Baha'i communities in the Asia-Pacific be well placed to engage in human rights discourse. What is needed, therefore, is a model of human rights education for Asia-Pacific Baha'i communities that examines the Bahá'í Writings on the subject and considers current global and national human rights viewpoints and preferable futures (global, regional, and domestic) from the Baha'i perspective.
3. Dr. Humaida Jumalon
"Values Curriculum with a Baha'i Theme for Public Secondary Schools in the Philippine Setting"
A curriculum on Values Education for public secondary schools in the Philippines was initially developed by a team of Baha'i educators and was then completed by the writer as her doctoral dissertation. The curriculum will be offered to the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the Philippine government to be used for Values Education, a subject currently taught in Philippine public secondary schools. The Values Education curriculum may also be used for out-of-school youth and for enrollees in non-formal education classes.
The curriculum includes four learning units, each containing sub-units with learning objectives, lesson plans, prototypical experiences, evaluation procedures, a glossary and references. The curriculum emphasizes the spiritual basis for human development and has a nonsectarian, rational and inductive approach involving the active participation of the students in discovering truths and principles. It focuses on affective and volitional competencies and it puts emphasis on the spiritual qualities of the individual in the context of local, national and world community. It is permeated by Baha'i teachings and principles, yet is without bias towards other revealed religions. It is hoped that this curriculum will produce students with lasting universal qualities, conscious of their human rights, and at the same time, productive and morally upright citizens.
4. Dr. Michael Higgins
"Education and Socialization for a Global Society: New Models of Ethically and Spiritually Based Education" * (not presented)
This presentation will explore the theoretical under-pinnings and the history of the development of the two IEI (International Educational Initiatives, Inc.) affiliated schools currently teaching within this philosophical matrix and adapting our Global Immersion Curriculum Guide to their specific circumstances. The talk will consider practical aspects of implementing, administering, and evaluating these two programs under very different cultural, sociological, legal, linguistic and structural settings.
5. Ms. Katayoun Sedghi-Hassall
"Human Rights Education and Collaborative Knowledge Production in the Asia-Pacific"
Discussion of human rights education begins by determining what is a human right. The production and standardization of knowledge about human rights requires an answer to the basic political and moral question: "How should we live?" Baha'i scholars do not delegate the task of answering this question to any human enterprise, but rather to Divine Educators. Therefore, Baha'i scholarship has a twofold task. On one hand, it must identify the different ways the question is answered by current practices and structures of academic, social, political and economic institutions, including the enterprise of Bahá'í scholarship itself. In addition, Bahá'í scholarship must articulate responsible ways of answering the question generated through the creative interaction between Baha'i moral principles and the way of life of the "we" inferred in the answer.
This twofold task for human rights education informs the collaborative work of Bahá'í scholarship in Asia-Pacific aimed at securing the basic human right of access to the generation and application of knowledge. Bahá'í scholarship and its institutions have the moral responsibility to develop processes of knowledge production sensitized to both Baha'i spiritual principles and to post-colonial ways of life. This requires a fundamental change in concepts of knowledge production, of power and of cognitive authority. These changes also require a shift in our understanding of "concepts"-- away from the purely analytical to those generated in practice as we go about living a Baha'i way of life.
6. Mr. Bill Barnes
"The Meeting of Baha'u'llah, the Orient, and the Occident: Concepts of Self, Human Rights and Moral Education at Daystar School Japan" * (not presented)
Daystar International School is the only Baha'i inspired school in Japan. Like many Baha'i inspired schools around the world, it faces the daunting task of forging an education which is neither Eastern nor Western, yet which cannot be fully Baha'i.. It is the on-going challenge of the school to find a path through this maze of conflicting elements to build an integrated, globally-minded educational program. This paper will discuss some of the major points of conflict the staff has experienced and will analyze how these have been resolved using Baha'i principles.
7. Dr. Mohan Narula
"Steps of a Planning and Evaluation Framework as a Tool for Bahá'í Community Development" * (not presented)
In accordance with the principles outlined in the House of Justice's 1985 message, The Promise of World Peace and the letter from the International Teaching Center titled The Complementary Elements of Teaching, Bahá'í communities need to undergo training in planning and evaluation skills. This paper will introduce a framework which can serve as a tool for Bahá'í community development. The key steps of the framework are: (1) A pre-assessment to identify communities which have the potential to set up and sustain a community development program--for example, in health, education, women's development, cottage industry or agriculture; (2) Community needs assessment as a participative activity in which the community is involved in determining its needs for and capacities to establish and operate a program; (3) Development of solutions for primary problems; (4) Development of a plan of action listing the necessary actions to address the problems; (5) Assessment of progress, a step requiring the community and its advisers to determine who will be responsible for measuring progress and suggesting changes.
Training in planning and evaluation skills is in keeping with the emphasis of the Four Year Plan on the development of human resources using the medium of teaching institutes. The utilization of such problem-solving participatory methods will move Baha'i communities from their current charismatic administrative orientation to a more systematic administrative orientation, thus diminishing the reliance on a small handful of overworked believers, and, at the same time, increasing universal participation--achievements which are key goals for successful community development.
8. Dr. Stephen Friberg
"Education as Scientific, Pedagogic, Technical, and Economic Development: The East Asian Vision of Progress"
East Asia faces the future with hopes for increasing economic success, but with an awareness of the magnitude of the social and moral problems it faces. An unprecedented emphasis on education and an enthusiastic embrace of modern science, technology and methods of economic development combined with a strong sense of family and ready acceptance of sacrifice are the key ingredients of East Asian progress. This marriage of Confucian social values and European/American models of economic development has rapidly raised economic levels, but it is widely perceived as being inadequate to some of the tasks of the next century. An acceptable "road map to the future," it is suggested in this talk, must address the need for social and moral progress in large communities while simultaneously providing a feasible model for individual development and personal fulfilment. But, it must also include a strong emphasis on scientific, pedagogic, technical and economic progress if it is to be considered seriously. In keeping with these requirements, we outline a Baha'i perspective for future moral and educational development in East Asia.
9. Dr. Sandra Fotos
"The Institute Process: An Educational Paradigm for Capacity Building in the Asian-Pacific Context"
The Four Year Plan calls for the spiritual development of individual Baha'is, their communities and the various Baha'i institutions. The Institute Process, itself a new institution, provides a systematic and structured approach to such multi-level advancement. As envisioned by the International Teaching Centre, the Institute Process comprises an extensive range of activities for establishing and carrying out long-term programs of human resource development, starting with a primary focus on the creation of spiritual insight, knowledge and skills.
An interactionist perspective suggesting that meaning is developed through discourse is supported by a number of Baha'i Writings on consultation and human relations. Demonstrating that the interactive pedagogy used in the Institute Process optimizes learning, this presentation examines the structure and function of Institutes in several Asian-Pacific locations, with special attention to instructional techniques which allow knowledge to be created through the collaboration of the learners. The consultative nature of the Institute Process is seen as particularly appropriate for the long-term development of human resources in the cultures of the Asian-Pacific region. The Institute Process thus provides a new paradigm for capacity building and moral education.
Bibliography of publications in Bábí and Bahá'í Studies, 1997-98
An ever-increasing body of literature on the Bahá'í Faith is being produced by Bahá'í publishers, and such other bodies as Associations for Bahá'í Studies. A list of current Bahá'í Publishers can be found in The Bahá'í World 1995-96. Systematic posting of essays on the world wide web is also widely regarded as "publication". Significant references to the Faith appear in the literature of religious studies, and the social sciences generally, as well as in current affairs literature. The following is a partial listing of recent literature that either refers to, or focuses on, the Bahá'í Faith. It is compiled through searches in bibliographic reference available on cd-rom and on the internet.
General
(1997). The Baha'i World 1995-96. Haifa, World Centre Publications.
Boyles, A. (1997). World Watch. The Baha'i World 1995-96. Haifa, World Centre Publications. 223-240.
Gooljar, M. (1997). The techniques of teaching in a letter to Maya: what is Bahai? New York, Vantage.
Abdu'l-Baha (1997). Wisdom of the Master. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press.
Hassall, G., Ed. (1997). Messages to the Antipodies: Communications from Shoghi Effendi to the Baha'i Communities of Australasia. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia.
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Adamson, H. C. and P. Hainsworth (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith, Scarecrow Pr.
Baha'i Justice Society (1997). "Baha'i Justice Society Directory 1997-98." .
Boyle, K. and J. Sheen (1997). Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report. London & New York, Routledge.
Colless, B. and P. Donovan (1997). Religions in the Pacific. A New Handbook of Living Religions. Oxford, Blackwell. 547-561. Maceoin, D. (1997). Baha'ism. A New Handbook of Living Religions. Oxford, Blackwell. 619-643.
Stockman, R. and J. Winters (1997). A Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Baha'i Faith. Wilmette, Research Office of the Baha'i National Center.
Welch, A. T. (1997). Islam. A New Handbook of Living Religions. Oxford, Blackwell.
Yerrinbool Baha'i School Certificate Program (1997). "Statements by the Baha'i International Community."
(1997). "Death sentences pronounced against two members of the Bahai faith in Iran." Official journal of the European Communities: Information and notices (97/C 217/326:).
Browne, E. G. (1997). A Literary History of Persia, Iranbooks.
Halm, H. (1997). Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution. Princeton, Markus Wiener Publishers. p114
Murray, W. S. (1997). "Report on Baha'is of Iran, 1925." Documents on the Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Movements No 2.
Murray, W. S. (1997). "Report on Murder of Consul Imbrie on Charges of being a Baha'i." Documents on the Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Movements 1(July).
Abizadeh, A. (1997). "Commentary on "A Scientific Proof of the Existence of God"." Journal of Baha'i Studies 8(1): 69-72.
Brown, K. (1997). Kermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Baha'u'llah. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press. 153-188.
Cameron, R. (1997). Alcheringa. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 220-222.
Chew, P. G.-L. (1997). "Life, Death and Immortality: The Taoist Religion in Singapore and the Baha'i Faith." The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 2(1): 69-90.
Clarken, R. H. (1997). "Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness." Journal of Baha'i Studies 8(1): 29-44.
Cole, J. (1997). "Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 65(Spring): 47-71.
Cole, J. R. I. (1997). Baha'u'llah and Liberation Theology. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press. 79-98.
Dibdin, C. (1997). Prerequisites for successful Baha'i-Christian dialogue. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Fazel, S. (1997). Interreligious Dialogue and the Baha'i Faith: Some Preliminary Observations. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press. 127-152.
Fozdar, J. K. (1997). "The Revivication of the Buddha's Dharma." The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 2(1): 51-68.
Hatcher, W. S. (1997). "Author's Response to Commentary." Journal of Baha'i Studies 8(1): 73-80.
Khursheed, A. (1997). "The Hindu concept of God: Unity in Diversity." The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 2(1): 3-50.
Khursheed, A. (1997). "Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity." The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 2(1): 175-229.
Khursheed, A. (1997). The Spiritual Foundations of Science. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press. 99-126.
Lambden, S. N. (1997). The Background and Centrality of Apophatic Theology in Babi and Baha'i Scriptures. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press. 37-78.
Lawson, T. (1997). "Reading Reading Itself: The Bab's 'Sura of the Bees,' A Commentary on the Qur'an 12:93 from the Sura of Joseph." Occasional Papers Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 5(November).
Malouf, D. (1997). Unveiling the Hidden Words. Oxford, George Ronald
May, D. J. (1997). The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic Perspectivism. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press. 1-36.
McLean, J. (1997). Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Baha'i Theology. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Baha'i Theology. Los Angeles, Kalimat Press.
Milani, K. S. and L. R. Milani (1997). "The Proof Based on Establishment (Dalil-i-taqrir) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayat): An Introduction to Baha'i-Muslim Apologetics." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 17-42.
Quin, C. (1997). "Purposeful Spiritual Endeavour: Baha'is and Christians." The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 2(1): 121-174.
Rowden-Rich, M. (1997). Advancing Society: an integrative process between science and faith. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Sours, M. W. (1998). The station and claims of Baha'u'llah. Wilmette, Ill., Baha'i Pub. Trust.
Woodman, R. (1997). "Commentary on "A Scientific Proof of the Existence of God"." Journal of Baha'i Studies 8(1): 81-84.
Chance, C. (1997). Despair, Anger and Beauty - The Rise of Aboriginal Writing in the Modern World. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 233-248.
Taylor, M. (1997). Helping Joe Strong. Wilmette, Ill., Baha'i Pub. Trust.
Woodman, R. (1997). "Metaphor and the Language of Revelation." Journal of Baha'i Studies 8(1): 1-28.
Perkins, J. (1997). Unity in Diversity: A Vision in Film. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 193-219.
Rowden, L. (1997). ""Notes Postmarked the Mountain of God" by Roger White." Journal of Baha'i Studies 8(1): 87-90.
Sabha, F. (1997). "Art and Architecture: A Baha'i Perspective." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(3): 53-82.
Ala'i, B. (1997). "Suhayl Ahmad Ala'i: an ordinary person who lived an extraordinary life." Herald of the South 48: 24-26.
Amanat, Abbas, (1997) Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy 1851-1896, Berlekely & Los Angeles: University of Califorinia Press.
Armstrong-Ingram, R. J. (1997). "Susan L. Moody." Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 2(June).
Armstrong-Ingram, R. R. (1997). "Horace H. Holley." Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 3(June).
Buck, C. (1997). "Review of Juan R.I. Cole, "Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus", Journal of the American Academy of Religion." Reviews of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies No 1.
Dahl, T. M. (1997). "The Great Adventure by Florence Mayberry (review)." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 87.
Harper, B. (1997). Lights of Fortitude: Glimpses into the Lives of the Hands of the Cause of God. Oxford, George Ronald.
Morgan, A. (1997). Claire Gung: Mother of Africa. Johannesburg, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South Africa.
Morgan, P. P. (1997). "Ethel Jenner Rosenberg: The Life and Times of England's Outstanding Pioneer Worker by Robert Weinberg (review)." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 91.
Perry, A. G. (1997). "The Two Selves of Roger White." Herald of the South 48: 18-21.
Piff Metelmann, V. (1997). Lua Getsinger: Herald of the Covenant. Oxford, George Ronald.
Walbridge, J. (1997). "Mulla 'Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib)." Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies No 9.
Cole, J. (1998). Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East. New York, Columbia University Press.
Garlington, W. (1997). "The Baha'i Faith in India: A Developmental Stage Approach." Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 2(June).
Hassall, G. (1997). The Australian Baha'i Community and the Aboriginal People: Early Interactions. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 47-72.
Hassall, G. (1997). "Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, Richard W. Thomas (review)." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 88-90.
Hok, Y. Y. (1997). "Chinese Family Religion and World Religion." The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 2(1): 91-120.
Lee, A. A. (1997). "The Baha'i Church of Calabar, West Africa: The Problem of Levels in Religious History." Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 1(6).
Lee, A. A. (1997). "Oral History of the Imbrie Affair." Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 8.
MacEoin, D. (1997). "The Trial of the Bab: Shi'ite Orthodoxy Confronts its Mirror Image." Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 1(May).
McMullen, M. (1998). The religious construction of a global identity: an ethnographic look at the Atlanta Bahai community. Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader. Walnut Creek, CA, AltaMira Press.
Mottahedeh, N. (1998). "Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-`Ayn Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht." Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies 2(2).
Rinehart, J. F. (1997). Revolution and the Millennium. China, Mexico, and Iran. Westport, Connecticut & London, Praeger. The Babi Revolt in chapt 3: 95-103
Rodwell, V. (1997). Recollections of Early Baha'i Involvement with Indigenous People. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 101-114.
Thomas, J. M. (1997). "Shoghi Effendi's Plans for Progress Practical Lessons." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 69-86.
van den Hoonaard, W. C. (1997). "The Baha'i Community of Canada: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(3): 17-42.
Social and Economic Development
Fallon, F. (1997). What, if anything, do we owe to future generations? From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Ghadirian, A.-M. (1997). "Drugs." Herald of the South 47: 4-7.
Hazlewood, M. (1997). Restructuring society to promote progress and avoid chaos. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Hindson, E. (1997). Aboriginal Families. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 88-100.
Humphries, E. (1997). A village-based global community. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Jahangiri, H. (1997). Perceptions of the causes of poverty: an attributional analysis. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Johnston, S. W. (1997). Who wants freedom from want? The right to development in the Southwest Pacific. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Jones, T. (1997). The Basis of Aboriginal Entrepreneurial and Managerial Skills. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 10-34.
Kolstoe, J. (1997). "Improved Access to Intelligent Responses using the Baha'i Model of Consultation: Two Exploratory Small-Sample Studies." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 1-16.
Payman, V. (1997). Aboriginal Reconciliation: Some Moral and Psychological Requisites. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 3-9.
Bullen, D. (1997). NGO Perspectives on elimination of poverty on a global scale. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Crandall, J. M. (1997). World Poverty. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Dahl, A. L. (1996). The Eco Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Oxford & London, George Ronald and Zed Books. (reviewed by Peter Calkins in JBS 7:3 1997)
Doost, R. K. (1997). "Religion, the Baha'i Faith, and Accounting: Is there a link?" Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(3): 43-52.
Fish, M. (1997). "Economic Prosperity: A Global Imperative." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(3): 1-16.
Payman, V. (1997). The prosperity of humankind: A Baha'i perspective. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Sabetan, F. (1997). "An Exploration into the Political Economy of Global Prosperity." Journal of Baha'i Studies 7(4): 43-68.
Daliri, F. (1997). Literacy at Home and in School: An Ethnographic Case Study of Ab original and Torres Strait Islander Children. Indigenous Peoples: in the Wake of Mabo. Mona Vale, Baha'i Publications Australia. 223-232.
Fitzgibbon, L. (1997). An investigation of literacy practices in home and schhol environments at the School of Nations in Macau. From Poverty to Prosperity: Proceedings from the 1996 National Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Australia. Rosebery, Association for Baha'i Studies.
Langley, W. E. (1997). "Children, Moral Development, and Global Transformation." World Order 28(3): 13-24.
Baha'i International Community (1997). The Role of Religion in Promoting the Advancement of Women. The Baha'i World 1995-96. Haifa, World Centre Publications. 285-288.
Barber, C. (1997). "The Role of Indigenous Women in a Global Society." Herald of the South 47: 22-23.
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