45th Annual Conference
In the Footsteps of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá: Contributing to the Discourses of Our Time
Virtual • - 3,000
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Toward a new research program: An interview with the directors of the Center on Modernity in Transition
Benjamin Schewel, Shahrzad Sabet

Honouring the children: Social action for truth, reconciliation and justice
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond/Akikwe, Roshan Danesh, Jordan Bighorn

A new balance and new direction: Reflecting on the U.S. Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs 'Advancing Together' Symposium
PJ Andrews, May Lample, Kenneth Bowers

Encouragement, Challenges, Healing, and Progress: The Bahá’í Faith in Indigenous Communities
Alfred Kahn Jr., John Fitzgerald Medina, Jeff Kiely, Athena Cholas Pratt

Power to the pupil: towards a new Black liberation theology within the framework of the Bahá’í Faith

Ideas, Religion, and Social Change: The Baha'i International Community and the United Nations
Julia Berger

‘Abdu’l-Bahá as architect of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
John S. Hatcher

Science and Religion in Dynamic Interplay
Todd Smith, Tara Raam, Whitney White Kazemipour, Stephen Friberg

The biology of oneness: Achieving health equity above the skin and below the skin
Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz

The harmony of science and religion: Bias, diversity and the brain
Dan Radecki

Wings of knowledge: Empowering youth to improve their rural communities
Vahid Motazedian, Bradley Wilson

‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the peace movement
Amin Emilio Egea

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s charter for sustainable development
Nabil Leonard Khodadad

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s prophecy: American Indian ways of thinking & being as a form of holistic illumination
John Fitzgerald Medina

Engaging stakeholders in research endeavours: process and impact

Neurodiversity: a key to growth in the Faith
Sergio Rivera

Evolution, design, and faith
Robert Sarracino, Roger Neyman

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s tablet to Dr. Forel
Saba Mahanian

Fashion and spirituality: an examination of our relationship to clothing beyond consumption
Amy R. Loder

Toward a protagonist-centered Black history
Otha Malik Nash

Reconsidering the Civil Rights Movement in the Footsteps of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
June Manning Thomas

Combating corruption and promoting integrity in global water governance
Darren Hedley

Learning from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in a society characterized by ageism
Deborah K. van den Hoonaard

A Lakota Bahá’í approach to applying critical pedagogy in the classroom
Jelana Bighorn

‘Adasiyyah: a study in agriculture and rural development
Gary Arthur Reusche

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s discourse and action on agriculture inspires contemporary food system visions
Hugh Locke, Paul John Hanley

Reflections on advancing racial justice through education
Zaynab Gates, James Crawford, Andrew Matschiner

Understanding interracial unity in the American university
Timothy Levonyan Radloff

Encouraging the arts during the ministry of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: the services of master calligrapher Mishkín-Qalam
Nooshfar Afnan

A ladder to the soul: developing artistic frameworks
FRMWRK

Using systems science to support a learning mode in teams
Kurt Kreuger

Applications from higher education research to Bahá’í practice: deepening, action, and reflection
Will Rickards

Film as a tool for public discourse: race and gender
Tara Jabbari, Christina Wright, Derik Smith, Anne Gordon Perry

A rich tapestry
Nwandi Lawson, Judith McCray, Craig Rothman

Paving the path toward social justice: Advancing the discourse on anti-racism in medicine
Shahrzad Saririan, May Sanaee, Maryam Hockley

We are all one: The role of Asians in eradicating anti-Blackness
Naree Chan

Reflections on the challenge of our time
Paul Lample
