Debate over the nature of 'Bahá'í scholarship'; the problem of anti-intellectualism; the purpose of Baha’i Studies; the needed qualities of scholars, mutual respect, and community tolerance.
Mirrored with permission from
www.udoschaefer.com/articles/english.html, which says this paper was "presented at a conference in Acuto, Italy" in 2000.
[Note: while the Irfan Colloquia have annual conferences in Acuto, I have no record of this presentation; the 2000 conference in Italy was in Persian only, see irfancolloquia.org/calendar. -J.W.]