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Rethinking Religion and Politics in a Plural World
Introduction -- 1. Discerning organizational rationale -- 2. Forging a global polity: the Bahá'âi International Community on the world stage -- 3. Rationale and engagement: the United Nations through a new lens (1945-1970) -- 4. A question of authority: articulating and actuating the rationale (1970-1986) -- 5. Beyond peace: the greater trajectory of social development (1986-2008) -- 6. Rationale and coherence: seeking alignment between means and ends (2008-2015) -- 7. A counter-rationality: expanded notions of religious polity in the modern world.
Paradise and Paradigm
Comparing paradise imagery in two Persian religions, early Syriac Christianity and the Baha'i Faith, this work contributes to religious studies methodology by introducing "symbolic paradigm analysis."
Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition
Technology, tourism, politics, and law have connected human beings around the world more closely than ever before, but this closeness has, paradoxically, given rise to fear, distrust, and misunderstanding between nation-states and religions. In light of the tensions and conflicts that arise from these complex relationships, many search for ways to find peace and understanding through a “global public sphere.” There citizens can deliberate on issues of worldwide concern. Their voices can be heard by institutions able to translate public opinion into public policy that embraces more than simply the interests and ideas of the wealthy and the empowered. Contributors to this volume address va...
