Dissertations / Theses: 'Bahái'

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McAuliffe, Cameron Brian. "Multicultural futures: The negotiation of identity amongst second generation Iranians of Muslim and Bahái background In Sydney, London and Vancouver." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/688.

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McAuliffe, Cameron Brian. "Multicultural futures: The negotiation of identity amongst second generation Iranians of Muslim and Bahái background In Sydney, London and Vancouver." University of Sydney. Geosciences, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/688.

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Egea, Farzannejad Amín E. "Paz, igualdad y justicia ‘Abdu’l‐Bahá en occidente, 1911‐1913." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399379.

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Esta investigación se plantea ofrecer una síntesis basada en las conferencias y entrevistas de ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1844-1921) durante sus viajes a Europa y Norteamérica (1911-1913) acerca de su discurso en torno a los temas que más ocuparon los debates sociales en Occidente durante los años inmediatamente previos a la Primera Guerra Mundial, así como comparar las ideas que él expuso con algunas de los discursos más predominantes en la época. Para ello la investigación se ha desarrollado en tres partes. En la primera parte se analiza el discurso de ‘Abdu’l-Bahá en torno a la cuestión de las relaciones raciales, la igualdad de géneros, y el nacionalismo. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá negó la existencia de las razas y, en consecuencia, negó que se pudiera definir al individuo partiendo de criterios biológicas y abogó por una organización social en el que las categorías raciales no tuvieran cabida. Asimismo, negó la existencia de diferencias entre hombres y mujeres, enfatizó la importancia de la educación de la mujer como medio para alcanzar la igualdad, y propuso la plena participación de la mujer en todos los ámbitos. Finalmente, criticó la idea de nación como realidad objetiva, y se opuso a que el individuo fuera definido por su origen nacional. La segunda parte se centra en el tema de la paz y en sus muchos contactos con el movimiento pacifista. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá recalcó que la raíz última de las guerras está en concepciones sobre el ser humano no igualitarias y, por tanto, centró su discurso sobre la paz en la idea de la unidad del género humano. Propuso, asimismo, la creación de un tribunal supremo de alcance universal, de un parlamento mundial y la adopción de una lengua internacional auxiliar. En la tercera parte se presentan los contactos de ‘Abdu’l-Bahá con varias comunidades religiosas, así como los conceptos que él expuso acerca de la unidad esencial de las religiones, el papel de la religión en la sociedad y la necesidad del fenómeno religioso como agente cohesionador y educador.
This research aims to offer a synthesis based on the conferences and interviews of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1844-1921) during his trips in Europe and North America (1911-1913) about his discourse on those areas that were at the center of the social debates in the West during the years preceding the First World War, and to compare the ideas he presented with some of the most prevalent discourses at the time. The research has been developed in three parts. The first part analyses ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s discourse on racial relations, gender equality and nationalism. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá denied the existence of races and, as a consequence, he also denied that the individual could be defined using biological criteria and pleaded for a social organization in which racial categories would not be considered. He also denied the existence of any differences between men and women, emphasized the importance of the education of women as a means of achieving equality, and proposed the full participation of women in all affairs. Finally, he criticized the idea of nation as an objective reality, and opposed the notion that human beings could be defined by their national origin. The second part focuses on the subject of peace and on his many contacts with the peace movement. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stressed that the deep roots of war should be found in the non-egalitarian conceptions of the human being. He, therefore, centered his discourse on peace on the idea of the unity of mankind. He also proposed the creation of a world supreme tribunal, the establishment of a world parliament and the adoption of an international auxiliary language. The third part presents ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s contacts with various religious communities, and the ideas he expounded on the essential unity of religions, the role of religion in society and the necessity of religions in promoting cohesion and advancing education.

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Paiva, Cirlei Izabel da Silva. "A ação social dos Bahá ís no Brasil." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2008. http://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2795.

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This work brings the mainly theme the religion Bahá i, more specifically the social action of it in Brazil, with the objective to check which is the space that the Bahá i faith occupies in Brazilian society. To get this intention, our study based itself in first moment with Max Weber, Clifford Geertz, Peter Beger, looking for the understand of religious phenomenon and the vision of the world and of the ethos being feature of construction of religiously identity. In another moment, are present the ideas of Paulo Freire, Pablo Gentili, John Dewey, Álvaro Vieira Pinto, glimpsing a reflection about the education questions that based the social action of the Bahá i faith. Using the qualitative quotation of research, being used collected data in document analyze Interviews, participative observation, besides of bibliographic research. The results of the research indicated that the space occupied by Bahá i faith is the one of Education, that, according to the principles Bahí I formed itself in the possibility of transformation of social behavior and the construction of a world more harmonious, that prevails the unit of human gender
Este trabalho traz como tema central a religião Bahá í, mais especificamente a ação social desta no Brasil, com o objetivo de verificar qual o espaço que a Fé Bahá í ocupa na sociedade brasileira. Para atingirmos este propósito, nosso estudo fundamentou-se num primeiro momento em Max Weber, Clifford Geertz, Peter Beger, na busca da compreensão do fenômeno religioso e da visão de mundo e do ethos enquanto forma de construção da identidade religiosa. Num outro momento, estão presentes as ideais de Paulo Freire, Pablo Gentili, John Dewey, Álvaro Vieira Pinto, vislumbrando uma reflexão sobre as questões educacionais que permeiam a ação social da Fé Bahá í. Utilizamos a abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, sendo utilizados dados coletados em análise documental, entrevistas, observação participativa, além da pesquisa bibliográfica. Os resultados da pesquisa indicaram que o espaço ocupado pela Fé Bahá í é o da Educação,que, de acordo com os princípios Bahá ís constitui-se na possibilidade de transformação do comportamento social e da construção de um mundo mais harmônico, em que prevalece a unidade do gênero humano

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Towfigh, Emanuel Vahid. "Die rechtliche Verfassung von Religionsgemeinschaften eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Bahai." Tübingen Mohr Siebeck, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2773018&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Towfigh, Emanuel Vahid. "Die rechtliche Verfassung von Religionsgemeinschaften : eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Bahai /." Tübingen : Mohr-Siebeck, 2006. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/507839307.pdf.

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Lee, Anthony Asa. "The establishment of the Baha'i faith in West Africa the first decade, 1952-1962 /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1456284841&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Afshar, Faezeh. "Shared value priorities in groups : The impact of the Bahá’i Faith on Values." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2012. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/61815.

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Values such as honesty, meaning in life, pleasure, justice and freedom are guiding principles in motivating the selection and evaluation of individual behaviour and goals. They are also important for understanding cultural norms, attitudes and practices. In previous studies individuals and groups have often been found to be willing to subordinate their values toward goals and behaviours that are aligned with their own group; their ‘in-group’. Studies of values within a group have not reported evidence for the subordination of their values toward universal goals and behaviours; their ‘out-groups’. This research is the first to examine widely the values held by adherents of the Bahá’i Faith; a world-wide religious community that envisions a united global society. The main aim of this thesis is to discover and explain the system of value priorities held by Bahá’is. Data was obtained from an online survey of over one thousand responses to the cross-culturally validated ‘Schwartz Value Survey’. Data relating to the degree of commitment to religion referred to as religiosity, was also collected in addition to demographic information.
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Mash, S. David. "An examination of Baha'i Christology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Vries, Jelle de. "The Babi question you mentioned ... : the origins of the Bahá'í community of the Netherlands ; 1844 - 1962 /." Leuven : Peeters, 2002. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0704/2004412920.html.

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Amanat, Mehrdad. "Negotiating identities Iranian Jews, Muslims and Baha'is in the memoirs of Rayhan Rayhani (1859-1939) /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1155555711&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Gabr, Aly Hatem. "The influence of traditional Muslim beliefs on medieval religious architecture : of the Bahri Mamluk period." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534491.

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Mamlük medieval religious architecture was designed and built through a process which involved a deep knowledge of Sufism, the inner dimension of Islam. Through the symbolism implicit in this process, the external, limited, and sensible forms of these buildings carried within themselves inner transcendental qualities. This thesis adopts the traditionalist approach which has its foundation in objective truth based on Islamic metaphysical interpretations. This approach is applied to reach the symbolism of medieval religious buildings, focusing specifically on the Bahri Mamlük period in Cairo as a case study. The need for such a study is twofold: firstly, to know the truth about the intent and design process of the medieval Mamlük tradition; and secondly, to see if it is possible to formulate new guidelines for contemporary architects to use in today's mosque designs. Medieval historical sources emphasize that the Mamlük society had its roots in Sufi thought. Sultäns, emirs, scientists, intellectuals, the common people, and even some of the `ulama', respected and participated in Sufi rites. The hypothesis behind this study is that the Sufi thought which pervaded Mamluk society at large must have influenced the craftsmen who produced artifacts, particularly the sacred ones. A purely historical approach is used to introduce the buildings of the case study. This immediately raises several queries that have either been answered inadequately, or remain unanswered within a stylistic and historical approach; this shows the limitations of its scope of interpretation. By adopting the traditionalist approach it is possible to re-create the traditional Mamlük context applying both exoteric and esoteric dimensions of interpretation to these buildings. The context consists of both the setting and the design and building processes involved in creating a traditional product, as well as the traditional view of the relationship between the Süfi masters, the Süfi craftsmen, and the general craftsmen who were not necessarily Sufis. It is here that the relation between the symbol and the act of "creation" of traditional forms is revealed from a SO point of view to imitate the process of Divine Creation. This line of argument is adopted and applied to the different notions of architectural form which are in turn analyzed from a traditional viewpoint. Subsequently, specific architectural analyses reveal several layers of understanding in the symbolism of traditional religious buildings: the level of the elements, the level of the relationships which incorporates several elements visually and results in a second layer of symbolism, the temporal level through the sequence of spaces of a building which gives yet a further dimension to this wholistic system of symbolism. Bafiri Mamlük cases are analyzed at these three levels, and the results confirm the value of the methodology adopted in this thesis. The findings bring about a more vivid picture of how and why a traditional member of the society designed and used these buildings down to their constituents. It is at this level where architect, craftsman, and user are unified in their relations to the traditional artefact that the symbol of unity is found to be operative. The thesis ends in a general review of how a traditional prototype would have been created in the Bafiri Mamlük period. The benefits of adopting the traditionalist approach in order to re-create a lost tradition are then discussed. This is followed by a review of the basic differences between the modern and traditional processes, which sheds light on the extent of our contemporary displacement from our traditional past. The question of the relevance of this study to the contemporary situation is raised. It is here that it becomes evident that there can be no return to traditional principles while living in a modernistic society governed by modern values. The suggestion that is set forth is that there must neither be a faked tradition nor a faked modernity. If the contemporary architect is to make use of such traditional findings and symbolisms, he must first adapt his method of form-creation by learning from the principles of the traditional process so as to be able to reuse them to fit the society's contemporary needs and using the means of today.

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Tamas, Sophie. "Greater boldness, radical storytelling with Canadian Bahá'í women." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ36877.pdf.

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Majeed, Tehnyat. "The phenomenon of the Square Kufic script : the cases of Ilkhanid Isfahan and Bahri Mamluk Cairo." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432190.

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Horton, Chelsea Dawn. ""As ye have faith so shall your powers and blessings be" : the aboriginal-bahá'í encounter in British Columbia /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2093.

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Sawin, Carolyn Patterson. "Native conversion, native identity : an oral history of the Bahá'í faith among First Nations people in the southern central Yukon Territory, Canada /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6411.

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Khenissy, Saïma. "Équations aux dérivées partielles elliptiques non linéaires : équation de Ginzburg-Landau : équation de Bahri-Coron sur-critique." Paris 6, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA066197.

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Jamil, Uzma. "Minorities and "Islamic" states : explaining Baha'i and Ahmadi marginalization in Iran and Pakistan." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29509.

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This study is a comparative analysis of the marginalizarion of the Baha'is in Iran and the Ahmadis in Pakistan over the last forty years. It explores the relationship between Islam, the ulama and the state as explanatory variables. In particular, the increasing political influence of fundamentalist ulama and their closer association with state mechanisms, accompanied by the creation of a "purist," "Islamic" state ideology in Iran and Pakistan, leads to greater discrimination against these two heterodox Muslim minorities. The outcome is continuing institutionalized, state-sponsored discrimination that denies substantial legal, political and social rights to the Baha'is and the Ahmadis.

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Allenbach, Michel. "Les methodes de l'oceanographie geologique littorale : applications au domaine mediterraneen : le littoral est-algerois en baie de zemmouri-el-bahri (algerie)." Nice, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989NICE4338.

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Au cours des trente dernieres annees, l'oceanographie a nettement evolue. Le premier chapitre dresse le bilan de cette evolution a l'horizon des annees 1990 pour la geologie marine littorale. Quatre groupes de methodes d'investigations considerees comme fondamentales pour la specialite ont ete analysees dans le contexte de leurs applications au secteur cotier: positionnement, acoustique sedimentaire, prelevements et mesures des parametres majeurs de l'environnement meteo-oceanographique. L'analyse montre une evolution tres nette des equipements et une forte diversification des technologies utilisees. Une serie de reflexions sur l'application a l'environnement tiers-mondiste des methodes decrites a ete ddegagee. La transposition directe des schemas de pensee et des methodes employees dans les pays a haute technologie est difficile. Le choix des appareillages et des techniques doit prendre en compte les conditions de mise en uvre et la phase d'exploitation des resultats avec une reelle connaissance des contraintes specifiques aux pays utilisateurs. L'etude de la baie de zemmouri-el-bahri sur le littoral est-algerois, presentee dans la deuxieme partie du memoire est une monographie regionale axee sur la cartographie des depots superficiels, la caracterisation des principaux parametres de l'environnement meteo-oceanologique cotier et la definition de la dynamique sedimentaire littorale. Deux entites regionales sont distinguees de part et d'autre du cap blanc, illustrant la dissymetrie est-ouest caracteristique du secteur. Mecanismes naturels et activite anthropique expliquent l'erosion marquee du trait de cote constatee sur le domaine occidental de la baie

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Nazerian, Lua. "Rethinking representative democracy : Representation beyond contestation & partisan politics." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Internationella relationer, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38583.

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The current forms of representative democracy have come to face various fundamental challenges such as: decrease in political participation, distrust in partisan politics and politicians and perhaps increase of ideological polarization. To take solace in the belief that the current democratic tools are far from perfect yet the finest in modern societies, has not contributed to solution-oriented modifications of its efficacy. In this thesis Lua Nazerian intends to address the inadequacies and inherent limitations in the current form of representative democracy, by analyzing its underlying assumptions through a critical examination of the fundamental challenges in Classical pluralism, Agonist and Deliberative democratic theory. Furthermore, it proposes some modifications drawn from the Socratic idea of the non-pursuit of power, the bottom-up political approach and the learnings from the worldwide Baha’i community. The study is carried out within the field of international relations with a normative approach as well as it incorporates a case study of the Baha’i electoral and decision-making principle. Nevertheless, by using the Socratic idea together with the Baha’i principles in a bottom-up approach shifts then the paradigm from the inherent competitive culture of representative democracy to a more inclusive solution-oriented culture of learning.

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Bahi, Muhammad [Verfasser], Hartmut [Akademischer Betreuer] Laatsch, and Axel [Akademischer Betreuer] Zeeck. "Bandamycin as New Antifungal Agent and further Secondary Metabolites from Terrestrial and Marine Microorganisms / Muhammad Bahi. Gutachter: Hartmut Laatsch ; Axel Zeeck. Betreuer: Hartmut Laatsch." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1043991387/34.

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Williams, Ruth. "Ahliat va Masir (roots and routes) : Narratives of identity and adaptation from Persian Baha'i refugees in Australia." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2008. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/62715.

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This study aims to discover what oral history narratives reveal about the post-migration renegotiation of identity for seven Persian Baha'i refugees and to assess the ensuing impact on their adaptation to Australia.
Doctor of Philosophy

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May, Dann J. (Dann Joseph). "The Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500619/.

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The Bahá'í principle of religious unity is unique among the world's religious traditions in that its primary basis is found within its own sacred texts and not in commentaries of those texts. The Bahá'í principle affirms the existence of a common transcendent source from which the religions of the world originate and receive their inspiration. The Bahá'í writings also emphasize the process of personal transformation brought about through faith as a unifying factor in all religious traditions. The apparent differences between the world's religious traditions are explained by appealing to a perspectivist approach grounded in a process metaphysics. For this reason, I have characterized the Bahá'í view as "process perspectivism". Radical pluralism is the greatest philosophical challenge to the Bahá'í principle of religious unity. The main criticisms made by the radical pluralists are briefly examined.

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Nelson, Christopher University of Ballarat. "Spiritual Art: evoking the numinous using a 3D computer game engine." University of Ballarat, 2007. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12793.

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The Seven Valleys is an interactive 3D installation based artwork inspired by mystical writings of the Bahá'í Faith. Created as a modification of the firstperson shooter Unreal Tournament 2003 (Epic, 2003) it subverts the original paradigm of the game to create an experience of the numinous, which in spirit, is diametrically opposed to the original intent of the gameplay design. This artwork presents an exploration of, and allusion to, the often subtle and illusive concepts found in the sacred treatise The Seven Valleys (Bahá'u'lláh, 1991) in which the user engages in an experiential journey through the work. The user is faced with conditions and situations that provide motivation to question, explore and attempt to fathom the abstract sense of the numinous. Each of The Seven Valleys contains its own individual mysteries while at the same time contributing its part to the telling of a collective story.
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Nelson, Christopher. "Spiritual Art : evoking the numinous using a 3D computer game engine." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2007. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43390.

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The Seven Valleys is an interactive 3D installation based artwork inspired by mystical writings of the Bahá'í Faith. Created as a modification of the firstperson shooter Unreal Tournament 2003 (Epic, 2003) it subverts the original paradigm of the game to create an experience of the numinous, which in spirit, is diametrically opposed to the original intent of the gameplay design. This artwork presents an exploration of, and allusion to, the often subtle and illusive concepts found in the sacred treatise The Seven Valleys (Bahá'u'lláh, 1991) in which the user engages in an experiential journey through the work. The user is faced with conditions and situations that provide motivation to question, explore and attempt to fathom the abstract sense of the numinous. Each of The Seven Valleys contains its own individual mysteries while at the same time contributing its part to the telling of a collective story.
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Nelson, Christopher. "Spiritual Art: evoking the numinous using a 3D computer game engine." University of Ballarat, 2007. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14628.

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The Seven Valleys is an interactive 3D installation based artwork inspired by mystical writings of the Bahá'í Faith. Created as a modification of the firstperson shooter Unreal Tournament 2003 (Epic, 2003) it subverts the original paradigm of the game to create an experience of the numinous, which in spirit, is diametrically opposed to the original intent of the gameplay design. This artwork presents an exploration of, and allusion to, the often subtle and illusive concepts found in the sacred treatise The Seven Valleys (Bahá'u'lláh, 1991) in which the user engages in an experiential journey through the work. The user is faced with conditions and situations that provide motivation to question, explore and attempt to fathom the abstract sense of the numinous. Each of The Seven Valleys contains its own individual mysteries while at the same time contributing its part to the telling of a collective story.
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LeFort, Alexis Anne. "Instigators in doing good| Power, piety, patriarchy, and royal women's charitable endowments in Bahri Mamluk Cairo (from the reign of Shagar al-Durr to the reign of al-Ashraf Sha'ban, 648 AH--778 AH/1250 CE--1377 CE)." Thesis, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1538349.

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This thesis examines the striking disconnect between the extensive power wielded by women in medieval Cairo and the 'official' constructions of gender relationships articulated by the 'ulama'. The formal discourses produced by legal-religious scholars encouraged men to monitor, correct, and chastise women in order to limit the chaotic and destructive potential innately present in female bodies and feminine activities. However, the larger population, including the very members of the 'ulama' who constructed these narratives of patriarchy, consistently undermined these beliefs in their daily practices. The tensions produced between patriarchal ideals and the relatively egalitarian reality of gender relationships in medieval Cairene culture were especially visible in the ruling class. While royal women actively shaped the popular image of the Mamluk sultanate and participated in extending its power throughout the city, their abilities to engage in statecraft from formal and official positions of authority were restricted by their culture's constructions of gender. However, rather than being oppressed by these limitations, Mamluk women created a unique sphere of power from which they exercised enormous influence on the epistemological framework of their society, especially through the establishment of awqāf (perpetual charitable endowments).

In the following analysis, I demonstrate how royal women utilized the locations and functions of these foundations to emphasize cultural norms that linked the female population of Cairo to the spaces of death and remembrance in the city's cemeteries. Underscoring their membership in two distinct bases of power—the ruling class and women in general—female founders utilized their awqāfto cultivate interpersonal relationships with the women of Cairo and to strengthen the Mamluks' hegemonic framework through the appropriation of female concepts of piety. By focusing their architectural and charitable patronage on the female population of the city, royal women also helped reinforce the spaces central to female expressions of piety and participation in the production of knowledge.

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Liebscher, Daniela. "Auswirkungen religiösen Fastens auf anthropometrische Parameter, Blutfettwerte und Hämodynamik normalgewichtiger gesunder Probanden." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-96299.

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Ärzte sind in einer multikulturellen Gesellschaft gefordert, gesundheitsrelevante kulturelle Besonderheiten wie das religiös motivierte Fasten zu berücksichtigen, welches in unterschiedlicher Ausprägung in vielen Religionen eine zentrale Rolle einnimmt. Im Judentum gibt es vierundzwanzigstündige Fastenzeiten mit strikter Nahrungs- und Flüssigkeitskarenz. Im Christentum gibt es Fasten, welche eine veränderte Zusammensetzung der Nahrung während der Fastentage vorsehen, wie das Fasten der griechisch-orthodoxen Kirche oder das Daniel Fasten, während bei römisch-katholischen oder protestantischen Fastenexerzitien oft Heilfasten mit Nahrungskarenz praktiziert werden. Im muslimischen Mondmonat Ramadan wird tagsüber sowohl auf Nahrung als auch auf Trinken verzichtet. Das Hauptziel dieser Arbeit war, die bisher erforschten Auswirkungen der verschiedenen Fastenarten auf anthropometrische Parameter, Blutfettwerte und Hämodynamik bei normalgewichtigen, gesunden Fastenden zu untersuchen. Die Literaturrecherche wurde vorwiegend in pubmed und für das Heilfasten zusätzlich in zwei Spezialbibliotheken durchgeführt. Bei der Auswertung erfolgte zur Verbesserung der Vergleichbarkeit der Ergebnisse eine Einteilung der Studien in Gruppen nach definierten Qualitätskriterien. Zur Beurteilung der Ergebnisse wurde einzeln auf die untersuchten Themenkomplexe eingegangen. Anthropometrische Parameter: Während beim Jom Kippur nur eine leichte Abnahme des Körpergewichts aufgrund von Verschiebungen im Flüssigkeitshaushalt vorkamen, konnten bei einwöchigem Heilfasten und beim Daniel Fasten keine signifikanten Ergebnisse dokumentiert werden. Beim griechisch-orthodoxen und Ramadan-Fasten zeigte sich eine Abnahmetendenz für Gewicht und Body-mass-Index (BMI), welche sich mit der Länge des Fastens zu verstärken scheint. Für keine der Fastenarten konnte bisher ein Rebound- Effekt nachgewiesen werden. Blutfette: Im Fettstoffwechsel beobachtete Veränderungen während des Jom Kippur sind aufgrund der Kürze des Fastens lediglich als passager zu bewerten. Die zum griechisch-orthodoxen und Daniel Fasten vorliegenden Studien konnten bisher die Reduktion des Gesamt- und LDL-Cholesterols belegen, während beim Heilfasten die kurzfristigen Effekte widersprüchlich erscheinen und wenig Langzeitergebnisse vorhanden sind. Beim Ramadan-Fasten war die Variabilität der Ergebnisse groß, wobei sich jedoch fast durchgehend eine Erhöhung der Werte für HDL und HDL-Cholesterol zeigte. Hämodynamik: Zusammenfassend kann man bei der dürftigen Studienlage für alle Fastenarten entweder keine Veränderung oder eine Tendenz zur Verbesserung der Blutdruckwerte sehen. Der Vergleich des menschlichen Fastens mit Grundlagenstudien zur Kalorienrestriktion oder zum intermittierenden Fasten bei Tieren, welche deutlich gesundheitsfördernde Ergebnisse zeigen, scheint nicht uneingeschränkt zulässig. Aufgrund der Studienlage kann derzeit nicht beantwortet werden, ob diese positiven Effekte auch durch regelmäßiges religiöses Fasten im menschlichen Körper erzielt werden können. Die meisten Studien zum religiösen Fasten sind Beobachtungsstudien, deren verschiedene Umgebungsbedingungen den Vergleich der Ergebnisse, insbesondere beim Ramadan-Fasten, erschweren. Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen kommen die Studien aus Ländern, in denen das jeweilige Fasten traditionell praktiziert wird. Die Arbeit zeigt den Facettenreichtum der vorhandenen religiösen Fastenpraktiken und ihre Relevanz für die heutige medizinische Praxis. Lücken in der Studienlage und qualitative Mängel der bestehenden Daten konnten aufgezeigt werden. Es bleibt zu hoffen, dass die Anzahl der qualitativ hochwertigen Studien zu allen verbreiteten Arten des Fastens weiterhin wächst und dass derzeit noch nicht medizinisch untersuchte Fasten zukünftig ebenso in die Forschung einbezogen werden
In a multicultural society doctors are required to consider health-related cultural features such as religious fasting, which, to varying degrees, play a central role in many religions. In Judaism fasting is a strict twenty-four hour abstention from food and fluids. In Christianity there are fasts that involve a change in the variety of foods eaten, as is the case in the Greek Orthodox Church or in the Daniel Fast, while in Roman-Catholic or Protestant fasting retreats a juice fast is often observed. In the Islamic lunar month of Ramadan food and fluid intake is restricted to the night hours only. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the findings of existing research into the impact of different kinds of religious fasting on anthropometric parameters, blood lipids and haemodynamics of healthy people. The literature research has been carried out mainly through pubmed and for the juice fast two additional, specialised libraries were consulted. For the evaluation and a better comparability of the results the studies were classified into groups, defined by specific qualitative criteria. For the purpose of evaluating the results, they were analysed in groups according to the main criteria of the study. Anthropometric parameters: while during Jom Kippur only a slight reduction of body weight due to shifts in the body\\\'s fluid balance could be observed, in a one-week juice fast and in a Daniel Fast there were no significant changes. In the Greek Orthodox and Ramadan fasts a tendency to reduction of body weight and body mass index (BMI) were observed, which seemed to intensify according to the length of the fast. In none of these fasts a rebound effect was found. Blood lipids: the changes observed in lipid metabolism during Jom Kippur should be regarded as transient due to the shortness of the fast. The studies of Greek Orthodox and Daniel fasting have shown a reduction of total and LDL cholesterol, while those examining juice fasting reveal the short term effects as contradictory, with there being only few long term results available. The results pertaining to Ramadan fasting showed a high variability, though a rise in HDL and HDL cholesterol has been quite consistently reported. Haemodynamics: in summary it can be stated, considering the very sparse number of studies in this area, that in all of the above mentioned forms of religious fasting there was either no change or a slight tendency towards a reduction of blood pressure. The comparison of human fasting to experimental studies in caloric restriction or intermittent fasting in animals, which have clearly shown health enhancing effects, does not seem unconditionally valid. Based on the current state of science no definitive answer can be given on whether regular religious fasting can generate these positive results in humans. Most studies in the field of religious fasting are observational studies with differing environmental conditions, a fact that hampers the comparison of the results, especially for the Ramadan fast. Except for few exemptions the studies all originate in countries where the respective fast is traditionally held. This study revealed the great variety within the existing religious fasting practices and their relevance for today’s medical practice. Gaps in the current state of evidence and research as well as qualitative shortcomings in the existing data where revealed. It is to be hoped that the rise in high-quality studies of all common religious fasts will continue and that fasts, not medically studied to date, will in future also become the subject of research

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Chetty, Raj G. "Versions of America : reading American literature for identity and difference /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1528.pdf.

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Olivier, Anette. "Social status of elite women of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt a comparison of artistic features /." Thesis, Pretoria : UNISA, 2008. http://etd.unisa.ac.za/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-09262008-134009/unrestricted/dissertation.pdf.

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Schulz, Johannes Joagim Christoffel. "Bahai-geloof in Suid-Afrika : n' Godsdienswetenskaplike studie." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17696.

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Die Baha'i-geloof is 'n nuwe onafhanklike wereldreligie en is redelik onbekend onder die bree Suid-Afrikaanse publiek. Hierdie kwalitatiewe studie (gebaseer op die fenomenologiese metode) het ten doel om die Baha'i-fenomeen op 'n nie-veroordelende wyse sander vooroordele te beskryf en om die Baha'is se eie Suid-Afrikaanse ervaring te registreer. Dit geskied eerstens deur 'n bespreking van die Baha'ise historiese gebeure (deel 1). Op hierdie wyse word die geloof in sy religieuse familiegroepering geplaas. Terselfdertyd verklaar hierdie deel die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die Baha'i-geloof wereldwyd en in Suid-Afrika. Dit herdefinieer die verbondsgedagte en toon hoe Baha'is die eenheidsgedagte en die uitlewing van Baha 'u' llah se boodskap via die skepping van 'n Administratiewe orde vormgee. Sentrale Baha'i-konsepte (deel 2) aangaande die geestelike dimensie van die geloof word hierna aangestip. Dit word uitgebou met ongestruktureerde onderhoude met versigtig gekose deelnemers, waarin Baha'is dus self hul geloof in terme van die Baha'i-administrasie, wette, byeenkomste en bepalings, Godsbegrip en eskatologie sowel as hul antropologie en geskiedenis uitspel. Dit word ooreenkomstig die sentrale temas bespreek sodat 'n Baha'i-geheelbeeld gekonseptualiseer kan word. Dit word afgesluit met 'n bespreking van die Baha'i-wereldstaat as die vervulling van die profesie van die nuwe hemel en aarde. Verskeie gevolgtrekkings word uit hierdie data gemaak. Dit toon hoe die Baha'is Baha'u'llah se boodskap as sleutel gebruik sodat die moderne mens na die vestiging van 'n nuwe wereldkultuur gelei word. Hierdie strewe bekragtig die Baha'i-strategie en motto van eenheid in die verskeidenheid, en word as die oplossing vir die hedendaagse probleme van die moderne mens aangebied. Daar word dan met die Suid-Afrikaanse Baha'i-toekomsbeskouing afgesluit.
The Baha'i Faith is a new independent world religion and is vastly unknown to the South African public. The purpose of this qualitative research (based on the phenomenological method) is to describe the Baha'i phenomenon in an unbiased, non-judgemental way so that the own South African Baha'i experience is registered. The Baha'i history (part 1) is discussed first in order to place this faith in its own religious framework and to explain its origin and development worldwide as well as in South Africa. It establishes the message of the Covenant and shows how Baha'is are proclaming the unity idea and the message of Baha'u'llah via the establishment of the Administrative order. Central Baha'i concepts (part 2) concerning the spiritual dimension of the Baha'i faith are explored. It is expanded via unstructured interviews with carefully selected participants in order to let Baha'is explain their own administration, laws and regulations, concepts about God and their escatology as well as their anthropology and history. This is done in accordance to the central themes so that a total picture of Baha'i could be conceptualised. It ends with a discussion of the Baha'i worldstate as the fulfillment of the new heaven and earth prophecy. Different conclusions are made from these data. It shows how the Baha'is are using Baha'u'llah's message as the key in order to lead man to the establishment of a new modern world culture. This culture will be the fulfillment of the Baha'i strategy and motto of unity in diversity and serves as the Baha'i answer to the modern day problems. The thesis ends with the South African expectations of the future
Religious Studies and Arabic
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Pourshafie, Tahereh. "Essential features of wisdom education in Bahai schooling." 2007. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au/local/adt/public/adt-SFU20070727.144412/index.html.

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Draper, Thomas J. "Ibn Taymiyyah : the struggles of a mujtahid under the Bahri Mamluk sultans." 2013. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1709519.

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This study examined the context of the Medieval Islamic qadi Ibn Taymiyyah in 14th century Bahri Mamluk Syria and Egypt and his incarcerations and death in prison by order of Sultan Nasser al-Muhammad Qalawun for ijtihad. This study demonstrated Ibn Taymiyyah practiced ijtihad, held the rank of mujtahid, and incurred the wrath of the Sultan. The evidence indicates that Taymiyyah’s independent reasoning held specific social, legal, and political threats to Qalawun, the Bahri Mamluk Sultan, during his third reign. The significant role Taymiyyah’s ijtihad played in the Sultan’s imprisonment calls for a review of previous scholarship emphasizing the role of jealousy by the religious elite and affection for Taymiyyah by the Sultan as significant factors in his conflicts.
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"Searching for May Maxwell : Bahá’í millennial feminism, transformative identity & globalism." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-10-1145.

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This dissertation demonstrates that a group of western women connected to May Maxwell through ties of faith and friendship exemplified a distinct form of early twentieth-century feminism in their adoption and promotion of the transplanted Bahá’í Faith. In actualizing their doctrinal principles, they worked to inaugurate a millennial new World Order predicated on the spiritual and social equality of women. This group championed a unique organizational structure and transnational perspective that propelled them to female leadership, both as inspirational models and agents of practical change. By examining how Bahá’í doctrines shaped the beliefs, mythologies, relationships and reform goals of women, this dissertation broadens understandings of the ways in which religion can act as a vehicle for female empowerment and transformative identity. Together, western early Bahá’í women built individual and collective capacity, challenging gender prescriptions and social norms. Their millennial worldview advocated a key role for women in shaping nascent Bahá’í culture, and initiating personal, institutional, and societal change. Their inclusive collaborative organizational style, non-western origins and leadership, diverse membership, and global locus of activity, made them one of the first groups to establish and sustain a transnational feminist reform network. Although in some respects this group resembled other religious, feminist, and reform-oriented women, identifiably “Bahá’í” features of their ideology, methodologies, and reform activities made them distinctive. This research contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the role of women in the creation of modern religious and social mythologies and paradigms. A study of Bahá’í millennial religious feminism also expands current conceptions of the boundaries, diversities, and intersections of early twentieth-century western millennial, feminist, religious, and transnational reform movements.

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PLOS, Michal. "Psychologismus metod misijních náboženství." Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-116931.

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Author´s research has led to the processing of psychologism theory as a tool to detect the methodological procedure of doctrine of Jehova´s Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Bahai Faith, Haifan Bahaism from movement management, through the movement medium to the seeker and to what extent can these doctrines manipulate the seeker. The thesis attempts to extract the thinking core within new religious movements, as a prerequisite for the detection of intentions of the mentioned movements, and also it tries to extract analogous statements about how these movements may develop in the future stages of their existence. The basic tool of academic study and view: comparison, psychology of religion.

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