6-10 July 2007
PRESENTATIONS

Nadema Agard

Multimedia Presentations:"The Arts and the Sacred in Native America""

The Sacred Feminine at the Heart of the Bahá'í Faith"

Amaya Blanco"

Religious translation: Shoghi Effendi's position as authorized interpreter and translator of the Bahá'í Writings

Husain Dowlatshahi

The impact of two major works of Shoghi Effendi during a most turbulent period in 20th Century history

Amin Egea

Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat) -- A study of Pre-Islamic sources onthe relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages

Stephen Lambden

1. Baha' al-Din al-`A¯mili¯ (d. 1030/1621): A Baha'i beforeBaha'u'llah and an initiate of the al-ism al-a`?am ("The Greatest Name of God")?2. The Khutbah al-Jidda (Oration at Jeddah) of the Bab

Todd Lawson

Apocalyptic and the Bahá'í WritingsMoojan MomenShoghi Effendi and Globalization

Sholeh Quinn

The Suratu'l-Mulk and the Surau'i-Muluk: Part III

Vahid Rafati

A review of Baha'u'lláh's Tablet to Hertick

Julio Savi

Salat-i-Hajat (Prayer for Needs)

Gloria Shahzadeh

.1 Maryam, Bahá'u'lláh's loyal friend, loving cousin and faithful believer

2. A soliloquy Performance

Moshe Sharon
1. Avoda Zara -- Jewish Orthodoxy and the Bahá'í Faith

2. The Place of Mountains in the Monotheistic Religions

Efrat Tanne

Comparative notes on Global Salvation in Judaism and in the Baha'i Faith

Participants arriving at Rome Fiumicino airport before 4:00 PM and Rome Ciampino airport before 5:00 PM on Friday 6 July may proceed to Acuto by special bus in the parking lot in front of the arrival gate. For other alternatives transportation from the airport to Acuto look at http://www.irfancolloquium.org/ or contact Acuto Centre at acuto@bahai.it.

For registration and reservation of accommodation contact The Centre for Baha'i Studies Hôtel La Panoramica Via Capodimonte 49 03010 Acuto (FR) ITALY Tel.: 39-0775-56061 Fax: 39-0775-56841 E-Mail: acuto@bahai.it
http://www.bahai.it/centrostudi/