Bibliography: BIB25717

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB25717
reference type	Book Section
title	'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice : A Provisional Translation and Commentary
book title	Lights of 'Irfán : Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars : Book Eight
author	Momen, Moojan
Authority control 1	Moojan Momen
authority control	Moojan Momen
year	2007
publisher	Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund
place published	Evanston, IL
abstract	Momen rebuts Juan Cole's thesis that this Tablet confirms the idea that the Universal House of Justice has only a religious authoroity over the community but no role in "affairs of state." The article includes lengthy background to the discussion, the translation, a careful explanation of how the Tablet means the opposite of what Cole proposes, and a lengthy email from Dr. Cole attempting to refute Momen's critique. Momen answers the points in Cole's email.
language	English
keywords	UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE; ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER; AUTHORITY; 'ABDU'L-BAHA. TABLET ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE; COLE, JUAN R. I.
pages	257–297
section	7.