Contents

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Editors’ Introduction 

Articles
Shoghi Effendi and the Early Development of Bahá’í Administration in North America, 1922–1927
    Peter Smith 

The Articulation of the Equality and Rights of Women in Bahá’í Discourse and Implementation
    Wendi Momen 

The First Recorded Bahá’í Fireside
    Christopher Buck 

The Awakening of Spirit: Artistic and Thematic Influences on the Evolution of Mark Tobey’s ‘White Writing’
    Robert Weinberg 

An Introduction to the Bahá’í Religiolect
    Adib Masumian

Book Review
Islam at the Crossroads, Lameh Fananapazir (2015)
    Moojan Momen

Article
The Conceptual in Human Nature: Learning to Perceive the World
    Gerald Filson