- Articulating a Consultative Epistemology: Toward a Reconciliation of Truth and Relativism. Todd Smith, Michael Karlberg. (2009) Epistemology has a perennial tension between two contrasting approaches to knowledge: the search for foundational truth vs. the relativity of truth. Consultation can help resolve paradoxical truth claims to develop an integrative approach to knowledge. Articles.
- Bahá'í. Michael Karlberg. (2009-11) Bahá’ís recognize nature as an expression of God’s will, view science and religion as complementary approaches to truth, and pursue processes of individual and community development that promote unity, social justice, and ecological sustainability. Encyclopedia.
- Constructive Imaginary, The. Michael Karlberg. (2020) In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept of "constructive resilience"; on the relationship of this to other concepts in discourses on social change, and its relevance to the exigencies of the age. Articles.
- Constructive Resilience: The Bahá'í Response to Oppression. Michael Karlberg. (2010-04) Example of the non-adversarial approach of the Bahá'ís in Iran toward social change, their collective response to oppression, and heuristic insights into the dynamics of peace. Articles.
- Discourse Theory and Peace. Michael Karlberg. (2012) Discourse theory, which rests on the idea that language helps constitute our reality, can shed light on the role that language plays in both direct and structural violence. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Encyclopedia.
- Discourse, Identity, and Global Citizenship. Michael Karlberg. (2008) What does it mean to be a "global citizen"? From early Greek times, the concept of citizenship expanded from "inhabitant of a city" to a democratic ideal of self-determination. It now includes global relationships, interdependence, and altruism. Articles.
- Education for Interdependence: The University and the Global Citizen. Michael Karlberg. (2010) This paper advocates the value of an outcomes-based approach to global citizenship education and suggests a framework of core learning outcomes that can guide and inform the development of global citizenship curricula in universities. Articles.
- Global Citizenship and Humanities Scholarship: Toward a Twenty-First Century Agenda. Michael Karlberg, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims. (2006) In this age of global interdependence, the critique of anachronistic social constructs is necessary but insufficient. Scholars must articulate new approaches to globalization. The international Bahá'í community illustrates a constructive, humane approach. Articles.
- Governance, Democracy and Social Change: A Bahá'í Perspective. Michael Karlberg. (2008-03-13) Audio.
- Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The. Michael Karlberg. (2003-07) In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characterized as protest. This leads to injustice and unsustainability. Bahá'í models of elections and decision-making offer a practical alternative. Articles.
- Post-Competitive Human Image, A. Michael Karlberg. (2010-12) Science is now challenging old simplistic models of human nature. Attitudes, behaviors, and institutional structures must shift to translate holistic self-understanding into new, interdependent social modes in family, education, and government. Essays.
- Power of Discourse and the Discourse of Power, The: Peace as Discourse Intervention. Michael Karlberg. (2005 Spring/Summer) Western discourses of power are inadequate for creating a peaceful and just society. Alternate models can be proposed through "discourse intervention." The Bahá'í community offers a non-adversarial, alternative social practice. Articles.
- Press as a Consultative Forum, The: A Contribution to Normative Press Theory. Michael Karlberg. (2010-04) A model of the press derived from Bahá'í teachings as a contribution to normative press theory centring on the principles and objectives of consultation. Articles.
- Pursuit of Social Justice, The. Michael Karlberg. (2022-08-03) An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice. Articles.
- Reframing Public Discourse for Peace and Justice. Michael Karlberg. (2012) At this critical juncture in human history, struggles for peace and justice should be understood, in part, as struggles to reframe public discourses according to the recognition of humanity’s increasing global interdependence.
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- Toward a New Environmental Stewardship. Michael Karlberg. (1994 Summer) The Bahá'í vision of nature; spiritual principles required in our relationship with nature; the oneness of humanity; the New World Order. Articles.
- Western Liberal Democracy as a New World Order?. Michael Karlberg. (2007) Is the Western model of democracy the natural and nevitable way to organize free and enlightened societies? Articles.
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