Rich, At 05:39 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote: >>That being said, while I respect Mark as a sociologist, I believe the >>responses on this list should reflect a Baha'i perspective first as its >>purpose is to explore the Faith, not academias view of the Faith.<<
Perhaps you might want to take another look at the list guidelines. For instance: 2. Please avoid posting messages which deprecate academic methodologies, or other approaches to scholarship and Baha'i studies, which might differ from your own. Criticisms should be issue specific and offer constructive alternatives. The purpose of this list is to promote scholarship, in particular academic scholarship, on the Baha'i Faith. Wholesale condemnations of standard academic methods as materialistic, secularistic, or humanistic is detrimental to that purpose. As such, we cannot allow them on this list, Furthermore, we cannot permit character attacks on scholars/academics, or on any others for that matter. Those who sincerely feel that academic methods are contrary to Baha'i Teachings or dislike the style of academic scholars should seriously consider whether they wish to participate in a list such as this. We welcome a dialogue with non-academics on matters of scholarship and method, and it is certainly legitimate to raise questions as to how such methods might be reconciled with certain aspects of the Teachings or the Covenant. However, we ask you to refrain from the use of labels, accusatory tones, and ad hominem remarks, as these tend to have a cooling effect on such discourse. >>I will also take this time to make a confession. After grad school and being >>taught about patient care from academics who hadn't seen a patient since the >>Johnson administartion, I must admit my view of academics has been soured >>somewhat.<< Again, please read the above. Via moderna, Mark A. Foster . http://markfoster.net ... since [a] word is said to be common, it can be called a universal. - Wm. of Ockham, Summa Logicae, part I Structurization Tech: http://tech.structurization.com The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/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]
