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Abstract: We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. This paper examines the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and its opposite concept, dehumanization. Notes: See an audio presentation of this paper, Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/151. |
The Birth of the Human Being:
Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity
by Nader Saiedi
published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 21:1-4, pages 1-28Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2011
About: According to the worldview of the Bahá’í Faith we have arrived at a turning point in the evolution of human history. This turning point is primarily the moment of the birth of the human being. In this paper I will first define what I mean by “the birth of the human being” and its opposite concept, namely, the logic of dehumanization. Then I will trace the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Download: saiedi_birth_human_jbs.pdf.
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