Ms. Violetta Zein
Violetta Zein is an artist and graphic designer living in Pointe-Noire. She has given many talks on Bahá’í history in English and French here on the Clearwater YouTube channel and elsewhere and The Guardian is her fourth illustrated chronology. Read MoreMr. Adib Masumian
Adib received his Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012, and his Master’s in Learning Technologies from that same institution in 2015, During his last year of graduate school, he spent a summer abroad in Jordan to study the fundamentals of Classical Arabic, with the goal of being […] Read More
Near Death Experiences? Comparative Analysis to the Holy Scriptures
https://bahaiteachings.org/near-death-experiences-really-tell-us/The Effects of “NDE” on Contemporary Attitudes about the Afterlife In spite of religious reassurances about the next stage of existence, it is easy to fall prey to prevailing attitudes regarding death. In the foreword to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s seminal work Death: The Final Stage of Growth, Joseph and Laurie Braga observe:… death is a subject […] Read More
Is there Life after Life?
What happens after death is perhaps the most interesting, the ultimate question upon which life’s other big questions revolve, including: What does it mean to be human? What is true reality? What is the purpose of life? This presentation will share some insights on this fascinating topic gleaned from the Baha’i writings. Read More
The Great Human Cycle
“When a cycle is ended, a new cycle begins, and the old one, on account of the great events which take place is completely forgotten, and not a trace or record of it will remain.” “The cycle has arrived when racial prejudice will be abandoned by tribes and peoples of the world.The epoch has begun wherein […] Read MoreNabil Khodadad
Nabil L. Khodadad is a lawyer based in London and is a partner in an international law firm. Read More
Social Construction of Baha’i Theology
Fundamental beliefs are probably the primary source for particular social actions and interactions. Therefore, it is necessary to understand these essential beliefs and insights to interpret and understand those actions and interactions properly. Theology is among the first religious education formed in previous religious periods, after 170 years of the Baha’i era; however, even the […] Read More
My American Dream
In this significant year commemorating the one hundred years anniversary of the ascension of Abdul Baha we are reminded again of His suffering in exile and prison as well as thousands of Baha’is who were forced to leave their homes and seek refuge in other countries.Throughout the 1960s and since, thousands of Baha’is left Iran […] Read MoreShahla Mehrgani, PhD
PhD from the University of Sheffield.Lecturer and researcher in sociology, particularly the sociology of religion with a specific interest in the Baha’i Faith. Read More
