Christopher Buck
Biographic Data
| ID | 3829364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Buck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Buck |
| SIGNATURE | BUCK C |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Nader Saiedi’s Logos and Civilization Revisited
Review of Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. By Nader Saiedi. Paperback. Ottawa: Association for Bahá’í Studies, 2023. xxiv + 356 pages, including notes, references
Last Prophet and Last Day
The appearance of post-Islamic religions, the Bābī and Bahā’ī Faiths, is a theoretical impossibility from an orthodox Muslim perspective, since the Qur’ān designates the Prophet Muḥammad as the “Seal of the Prophets” (Q. 33:40), widely understood as meaning the “Last of the Prophets”. To overcome this problem, the respective prophet-founders, the Bāb (1819–1850) and Bahā’u’llāh (1817–1892), each presented novel approaches which this article will …
Bahá'í Prayers for Good Governance
Bahá’u’lláh, in his last will and testament, encouraged, if not obliged, Bahá’ís to pray for their respective rulers and governments, which is effectively the same as praying for good governance, peace, and prosperity. This essay presents a newly authorized translation of a Bahá’í prayer, “A Prayer for the confirmation of the American Government”—along with a provisional translation of a prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for the Ottoman State and Caliphate.…
Winds of Change
Bahá'í Contributions to Interfaith Relations
The Bahá’í Faith “claims not to destroy or belittle previous Revelations, but to connect, unify, and fulfill them,” according to Shoghi Effendi (Bahá’í “Guardian,” 1921–57). Seena Fazel proposed “three bridges that can link the Bahá’í community to other religions in dialogue”: “ethical,” “intellectual,” and “mystical-spiritual.” The Universal House of Justice (elected international Bahá’í council) addressed its public “Letter to the World’s Relig…
The Development of the Babi/Baha’i Communities
Book Review| May 01 2015 The Development of the Babi/Baha'i Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives. The Development of the Babi/Baha'i Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives. By Youli Ioannesyan. Routledge, 2013. xii + 200 pages. $145.00 cloth; $116.00 Kindle. Christopher Buck Christopher Buck Independent Scholar Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2015) 18 (4): 123–125. https://do…
Inventing a Christian America
Inventing a Christian America deconstructs—and reconstructs—the myth of America as a Christian nation. Steven K. Green (Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Religion, Law, and Democracy at Willamette University) argues both sides of the issue with skill, precision, clarity, and even sensitivity—characteristic of a constitutional law professor who is also a trained historian. A distinctive feature of this monograph is its…
The Interracial “Baha'i Movement” and the Black Intelligentsia
This article surveys W. E. B. Du Bois's encounters with the Baha'i religion, from 1910 to 1953. Sections one and two focus on Du Bois and ‘Abdu'l‐Baha (1844–1921), while section three treats Du Bois's indirect connection to the New York Baha'i community through Nina Du Bois's documented affiliation with that group. Section four chronicles the 1937 Nashville incident involving reportedly segregated Baha'i meetings, and section five looks at Du Boi…
Paradise and Paradigm
"In a novel approach that the author terms "symbolic paradigm analysis," Paradise and Paradigm offers a "theoretically modular" systematic comparison of two "Persian" religions: early Syriac Christianity as the foundation of the East Syrian "Church of the East" (the Nestorian Church of Persia) and the Baha'i Faith, a new world religion. The author compares the hymns of the greatest poet of early Christianity, Saint Ephrem the Syrian, and the rich…
Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaʾism, Pembroke Persian Papers, Vol. 2, published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (London
Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaʾism, Pembroke Persian Papers, Vol. 2, published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (London: British Academic Press, 1994). Pp. 204. - Volume 28 Issue 3
The Identity of the Ṡāb'ūn
Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaʾism, Pembroke Persian Papers, Vol. 2, published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (London
Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaʾism, Pembroke Persian Papers, Vol. 2, published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (London: British Academic Press, 1994). Pp. 204. - Volume 28 Issue 3
The Interracial “Baha'i Movement” and the Black Intelligentsia
This article surveys W. E. B. Du Bois's encounters with the Baha'i religion, from 1910 to 1953. Sections one and two focus on Du Bois and ‘Abdu'l‐Baha (1844–1921), while section three treats Du Bois's indirect connection to the New York Baha'i community through Nina Du Bois's documented affiliation with that group. Section four chronicles the 1937 Nashville incident involving reportedly segregated Baha'i meetings, and section five looks at Du Boi…
The Identity of the Ṡāb'ūn
The Identity of the Ṡāb'ūn
Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaʾism, Pembroke Persian Papers, Vol. 2, published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (London
Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaʾism, Pembroke Persian Papers, Vol. 2, published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge (London: British Academic Press, 1994). Pp. 204. - Volume 28 Issue 3
Paradise and Paradigm
"In a novel approach that the author terms "symbolic paradigm analysis," Paradise and Paradigm offers a "theoretically modular" systematic comparison of two "Persian" religions: early Syriac Christianity as the foundation of the East Syrian "Church of the East" (the Nestorian Church of Persia) and the Baha'i Faith, a new world religion. The author compares the hymns of the greatest poet of early Christianity, Saint Ephrem the Syrian, and the rich…
The Interracial “Baha'i Movement” and the Black Intelligentsia
This article surveys W. E. B. Du Bois's encounters with the Baha'i religion, from 1910 to 1953. Sections one and two focus on Du Bois and ‘Abdu'l‐Baha (1844–1921), while section three treats Du Bois's indirect connection to the New York Baha'i community through Nina Du Bois's documented affiliation with that group. Section four chronicles the 1937 Nashville incident involving reportedly segregated Baha'i meetings, and section five looks at Du Boi…
The Development of the Babi/Baha’i Communities
Book Review| May 01 2015 The Development of the Babi/Baha'i Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives. The Development of the Babi/Baha'i Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives. By Youli Ioannesyan. Routledge, 2013. xii + 200 pages. $145.00 cloth; $116.00 Kindle. Christopher Buck Christopher Buck Independent Scholar Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2015) 18 (4): 123–125. https://do…
Inventing a Christian America
Inventing a Christian America deconstructs—and reconstructs—the myth of America as a Christian nation. Steven K. Green (Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Religion, Law, and Democracy at Willamette University) argues both sides of the issue with skill, precision, clarity, and even sensitivity—characteristic of a constitutional law professor who is also a trained historian. A distinctive feature of this monograph is its…
Winds of Change
Bahá'í Contributions to Interfaith Relations
The Bahá’í Faith “claims not to destroy or belittle previous Revelations, but to connect, unify, and fulfill them,” according to Shoghi Effendi (Bahá’í “Guardian,” 1921–57). Seena Fazel proposed “three bridges that can link the Bahá’í community to other religions in dialogue”: “ethical,” “intellectual,” and “mystical-spiritual.” The Universal House of Justice (elected international Bahá’í council) addressed its public “Letter to the World’s Relig…
Bahá'í Prayers for Good Governance
Bahá’u’lláh, in his last will and testament, encouraged, if not obliged, Bahá’ís to pray for their respective rulers and governments, which is effectively the same as praying for good governance, peace, and prosperity. This essay presents a newly authorized translation of a Bahá’í prayer, “A Prayer for the confirmation of the American Government”—along with a provisional translation of a prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for the Ottoman State and Caliphate.…
Last Prophet and Last Day
The appearance of post-Islamic religions, the Bābī and Bahā’ī Faiths, is a theoretical impossibility from an orthodox Muslim perspective, since the Qur’ān designates the Prophet Muḥammad as the “Seal of the Prophets” (Q. 33:40), widely understood as meaning the “Last of the Prophets”. To overcome this problem, the respective prophet-founders, the Bāb (1819–1850) and Bahā’u’llāh (1817–1892), each presented novel approaches which this article will …
Nader Saiedi’s Logos and Civilization Revisited
Review of Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. By Nader Saiedi. Paperback. Ottawa: Association for Bahá’í Studies, 2023. xxiv + 356 pages, including notes, references
Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
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