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The Bahá'í Tradition

 
AuthorTodd Lawson
 
Title of item
The Bahá'í Tradition
 
Subtitle of item
The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination
 
Volume
ed. John Renard
 
Pages
135-157
Parent publication   Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts
 
Publisher of this ed.
Berkeley: University of California Press
Date of this edition 2012
LanguageEnglish
Permission author
Posted 2013-03-10 by Jonah Winters
Classified in Published Articles
URLbahai-library.com/lawson_joseph_peaceable_imagination
Abstract Overview of the status of violence in the Bahá'í tradition, and the historical/social conditions in which these doctrines were articulated.
Notes Mirrored with permission from toddlawson.ca. Read more, and order a copy of the book from ucpress.edu.
Tags Allegories and metaphors; Bisharat (Glad-Tidings); Clouds; Fragrance; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jihad (Holy War); Joseph (Prophet); Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Non-violence; Opposition; Peace; Principles; Prophecies; Qaim; Return; Symbolism; Tablet of the True Seeker; War (general); Words and phrases
Cross-referencesSee also Typological Figuration and the Meaning of "Spiritual": The Qurʾanic Story of Joseph (2012).
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