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tag name: Western culture

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"Western culture" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (23 results)

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

2.   from the Chronology (1 result)

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

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