TY  - JOUR
ID  - 2819
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/buck_symbolic_profile
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A
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JF  - Journal of Bahá'í Studies
JA  - JBS
A1  - Buck,Christopher
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Y1  - 1998
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VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 1
EP  - 48
M2  - 
PB  - Association for Bahá'í Studies
CY  - Ottawa
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M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
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AB  - A “symbolic profile” of Bahá’í consciousness as shaped by the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ancillary texts: Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religion is used to order and classify the symbols, together with insights from Sherry Ortner & John Wansbrough.
N1  - Chapter from the author's book Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha’i Faith. See SUNY Press flyer.  Also online at journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/108.
C1  - Scanned 2005 by Taraz Buck
KW  - Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys)
KW  - Covenant
KW  - Crimson
KW  - Crimson Ark
KW  - Divine Physician
KW  - Gems
KW  - Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)
KW  - Illumination
KW  - Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries)
KW  - Journey (spiritual)
KW  - Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic)
KW  - Lover and the Beloved
KW  - Maid of Heaven
KW  - Mirrors
KW  - Mount Sinai, Egypt
KW  - Paradise
KW  - Promised One
KW  - Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree)
KW  - Search
KW  - Symbolism
KW  - Unity
KW  - Water (metaphor)
KW  - Wine (metaphor)
ER  -