The Baha'i Studies Listserv Does anyone know of any extended treatment of the role of scholars/divines in the Bahai community, in addition to that by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani in _Asking Questions.?
I'm working on a piece on the topic, which begins with this quote == "Those divines [`ulama'], ... who are truly adorned with the ornament of knowledge and of a goodly character are, verily, as a head to the body of the world, and as eyes to the nations. The guidance of men hath, at all times, been and is dependent upon these blessed souls." (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 16-17) http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/esw-1.html#pg16 === If the guidance of the world depends, in Baha'u'llah's vision, on these divines, why is the topic not treated in our public literature, in the published introductory literature on the Bahai Faith? Bahiyyih Nakhjavani has addressed it, in _Asking Questions, but has made her task easy by positing that the Bahai Faith is "profoundly anticlerical"and not citing conflicting evidence. [other authors?] This remains a largely unploughed field, and if I could just find an accredited supervisor for it, I would love to make it a PhD topic. == Sen __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-643465-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
