Contents

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Articles

Baha’u’llah’s Bishārāt (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen
    Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan 

The Press as a Consultative Forum: A Contribution to Normative Press Theory
    Michael Karlberg 

The Tablet of All Food: The Hierarchy of the Spiritual Worlds and the Metaphoric Nature of Physical Reality
    Jean-Marc Lepain 

Reports and Historical Documents
‘Adasiyyah: A Study in Agriculture and Rural Development
    Iraj Poostchi 

Translations
‘Abdu’l-Baha’s First Thousand-Verse Tablet: History and Provisional Translation
    Ahang Rabbani and Khazeh Fananapazir 

Research Note
The Global Distribution of Baha’is in the 1940s
    Peter Smith 

Commentary
Sacred Scripture as a Catalyst for Creative Expression: An Endless Ocean of God’s Ancient Inspiration
    Corinne Randall 

Reviews
Tāhirih in History: Perspectives on Qurratu’l-’Ayn from East and West, Sabir Afaqi (ed.), Studies in the Ba¯bı¯ and Báhá’í Religions, Volume 16 (2004)
    Lil Abdo

The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths in Shiraz and Fars, Mirza Habíbu’lláh Afnán (translated and annotated by Ahang Rabbani (2008)
    Moojan Momen

Take My Love to the Friends: The Story of Laura R. Davis, Marlene Macke (2009)
    Will C. van den Hoonaard

Church and State: A Postmodern Political Theology, Sen McGlinn (n.d.)
    Wendi Momen 

The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins (2006)
    Roger Kingdon