ONE COMMON FAITH An electronic file cabinet of documents/insights/questions from the local study of the OCF document by some Baha'is of the Triangle area in North Carolina, 2005 |
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- updated 9/4/05 -
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| The document itself, formatted with paragraph numbers and unit headings (thanks to Bruce Barick) | |
| The working draft of a series of modules to be used for engaging various audiences with the concepts presented in One Common Faith ** print this out and use it to record your ideas ** | |
An overview/interpretation of One Common Faith developed by Lee Moavenzadeh |
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STUDY PIECES |
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| Unit 1 - Questions | A few questions raised by the introduction (Lee) |
| Mental Tests | Transcript of Peter Khan's 9/23/95 talk on mental tests |
| Individual Rights and Freedoms | A statement by the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of the U.S. 12/29/88 |
| Who is Writing the Future? | Reflections on the Twentieth Century by the Baha'i International Community |
| Obedience | An address given by Ian Semple 7/26/91 |
| Unit 1 - Reflections | Thoughts about the concepts and questions of the introduction (Lee) |
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| Unit 2 - Questions | A few questions raised by the "Materialism" unit (Lee) |
| Materialism Compilation | Excerpts from Baha'i Writings on materialism (Wilmette Inst.) |
| A Culture of Consumption | An article on materialism and "stuff" (Nathan) |
| Humanity's Coming Encounter With Baha'u'llah | Talk by Doug Martin 1992 |
| Unit 2 - Reflections chart | A diagram of some of the concepts presented (Lee) |
| Unit 2 - Reflections | Further thoughts (& visuals) (Lee) |
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| Unit 3 - Questions | A few questions raised by the "Global Integration and Modernity" unit (Lee) |
| Unit 3 - Questions, no. 2 | A few questions raised from the three Wilmette supplementary materials listed below |
| Modernism: Two Kinds | A compilation of secular and religious perspectives (Wilmette) |
| Globalization | Wikipedia article (Wilmette) |
| The Baha'i Faith and Globalization | article by Robert Stockman (Wilmette) |
| Message to the Kings | a summary of Baha'u'llah's Surih of Kings excerpted from God Passes By |
| The Covenant | Brief excerpt from Adib Taherzadeh and accompanying diagram (Lee) |
| Day of Resurrection | compilation of quotes from Scriptures (Lee) |
| Dogma - What is it? | compilation of quotes from Baha'i Writings (Lee) |
| Unit 3 - Reflections , sec. 3 | First part of an uncertain number of reflections on this unit (Lee) |
| Spiritual Existence is Immortality | A talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha; followed by a few quotes from Writings |
| The Development of Mankind | Essay from Julio Savi on the purpose of existence |
| Purpose of Existence chart | Inspired from Savi's article above (don't hold your breath on this one, but it WILL be developed) |
| Unit 3 - Reflections, sec. 3, ii | Yep, more reflections - these on the purpose of existence |
| Unit 3 - Reflections, sec. 4 | (oh my good gosh! more?!!) |
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| Unit 4 - Questions | A few questions raised by the "Progressive Revelation" unit (Lee) |
| Unit 4 - Bonus Question | (it's a doosie!) (Lee) |
| Letter to the World's Religious Leaders | Letter from the Universal House of Justice, April 2002 |
| Nostra Aetate | Pope Paul VI's declaration on the relation of the Church to Non-Chrisian religions , 1965 (Wilmette) |
| Necessity of Interfaith Dialogue | A Muslim perspective by Fethullah Gulen (Wilmette) |
| Tablet of the Holy Mariner | The Tablet and its context from God Passes By and Revelation of Baha'u'llah |
| Unit 4 - Reflections | (not even begun to think about it!) |
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| Unit 5 - Questions | A few questions raised by the "Civilizing Humanity" unit (Lee) |
| Conflicting Truth Claims of Different Religions | Article by John Hick (Wilmette) |
| The Context | Historical context illustrating the civilizing impact of religion; a talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha addressed to a synagogue |
| Spiritual Education | A brief overview by Julio Savi **absolutely fantastic** |
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| Unit 6 | yep, it's begun |
| GENERAL REFERENCES | |
| The Eternal Quest for God | Brilliant compilation of Baha'i Writings offering rational proofs of God, by Julio Savi |
| God's Program for Human Development | Handout from a talk on harmony of science and religion on creation/evolution given by Bill Kraus, 2001 (graphics on pg. 5 are messing up - I'm trying to fix it) |
| Evolution of Human Spirituality | by Dr. Ron Hershel -- audio files coming soon ... thanks Eric! |
| Multifaith Readings & Prayers Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 | Collected and arranged by Baha'i Community of Benton County, Oregon - 106 pages total |
| World Scripture | A comparative anthology of sacred texts compiled by the International Religious Foundation, 1991 |