Volume 25 n. 1-2, 2015

Contents

From the Editor’s Desk: Scholarship and the Bahá’í Faith

The Evolving Role of Bahá’í Scholarship
Vahid Rafati

Human Nature and Mental Health: A Bahá’í-inspired Perspective
Michael L. Penn

Seven Narratives of Religion: A Framework for Engaging Contemporary Research
Benjamin Schewel

A Postsecular Look at the Reading Motif in Bahiyyih Nakhjavani’s The Woman Who Read Too Much
Mary A. Sobhani

Book Reviews

Review of Bahá’í Ethics in Light of Scripture, Vols. I and II by Udo Schaefer
Ian Kluge

Poems

Absence Heather Cardin

Apple Harvest Barbara Daniels

Cover

Le violoncelle rouge (20” x 36”, acrylic) Paul Saindon