Susan, Okay. I have a few hours to kill waiting for the publisher to show up here in my office:
The House of Justice has been provided with the power to elucidate the texts in order to carry out its legislative functions. In that sense, elucidation is an extension of the House's legislative magisterium. However, "elucidation" refers to an elaboration on what has already been written or said by Baha'u'llah, `Abdu'l-Baha, and the Guardian. Rather than new meanings being extracted from these sources, existing texts and interpretations are classified and applied by the House. If this proposition seems plausible, the next steps would be to refine it (i.e., by formulating some criteria to distinguish elucidation from interpretation) and to see if it is supported by the evidence. Sincerely yours, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas 913-469-8500 x3376 * Fax: 913-469-2589 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] My fifteen websites: http://MarkFoster.net * Office: GEB 151-D "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." --- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
