Systems Thinking in Bahá’u’lláh’s Teachings
The technological age in which we live is founded, among other things, on an analytical way of understanding the world. At the risk of over-simplification, reality …
The Universal House of Justice and an ever changing world
The writings of Bahá’u’lláh are a very considerable religious corpus. Yet within those writings Bahá’u’lláh provides for the guidance and unfoldment of the Baha’i community …
Manifestation of God and the Relativity of Religious Truth
In this series of articles the term “messengers” or “prophet” is generally the one used when referring to figures such as Bahá’u’lláh, Buddha, Jesus or …
The Word of God
Words are in some sense like seeds. They germinate as thoughts in the minds of readers or hearers. The exact form that the thought takes …
Render unto Caesar …
The phrase is famous and the story well-known. When the religious scholars of his day were seeking to entrap Jesus they asked him whether it …
The Kitab-i-Aqdas: A New Paradigm
The term “paradigm” is used in a way now familiar in everyday speech – such as in the phrase “a new paradigm” or “paradigm shift”. …
The Kitab-i-Aqdas: A Spiritual Life
In previous articles, we have considered what we mean by law, and we have looked at the process of law reform in the context of …
Bahá’u’lláh as Law Reformer
Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings, like the teachings of all prophets, arise in a particular time and place in history. The language used is conditioned by the language …
What is Law?
Bahá’u’lláh’s purpose throughout his mission was to promote the oneness of humankind but, he notes, that “At one time We spoke in the language of …