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34th ABS Annual Conference, August 12-15 2010, Vancouver, BC: Rethinking Human Nature

34th ABS Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency Vancouver, August 12-15 2010, Vancouver, BC
Theme Statement and Call for Presentations
Rethinking Human Nature
How can Bahá’í scholarship contribute to the emergence of a new consensus regarding human nature? How we see social reality depends largely on our assumptions, but much contemporary discourse implicitly or explicitly assumes that human nature is self-interested […]

Baha’i community deepens its commitment to combatting climate change

In the last couple of weeks there has been a flurry of activity in respect of climate change. Coming hard on the heels of the Islam Green Initiative (2010-2017) the Baha’i International Community particpated in the UK based Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) at Windsor Castle this month as reported by the Baha’i World News Service.
“Representatives of the […]