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A Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith

Author	Christopher Buck
Title of item	A Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith
Volume	8:4
Pages	1-48
Parent publication	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
Publisher of this ed.	Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies
Date of this edition	1998
Language	English
Permission	author and publisher
Scanned	2005 by Taraz Buck
Posted	2005-08-31 by Christopher Buck
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/buck_symbolic_profile
Abstract	A “symbolic profile” of Bahá’í consciousness as shaped by the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ancillary texts: Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religion is used to order and classify the symbols, together with insights from Sherry Ortner & John Wansbrough.
Notes	Chapter from the author's book Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha’i Faith. See SUNY Press flyer. Also online at journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/108.
Tags	Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Covenant (general); Crimson; Crimson Ark; Gems; Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); Illumination; Javahirul-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Journey; Lawh-i-Mallahul-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner); Lover and the Beloved; Maid of Heaven; Mirrors; Mount Sinai; Paradise; Physician; Promised One; Sadratul-Muntaha (Lote Tree); Search (general); Symbolism; Unity; Water (general); Wine (symbol)
Page views	7112 hits since 2005-08-31
Last edited	2022-04-05 01:55 EST. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=buck_symbolic_profile.

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