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Tag "Epics"

tag name: Epics type: Arts; Religions, Asian
web link: Epics
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_(genre)
related tags: - Literature; Literature, Greek; Literature, Indian; Literature, Persian; Mythology; Stories
referring tags: Mahabharata; Ramayana; Shahnameh (epic)

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  1. Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions, by Moojan Momen (1995). Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways re-capitulated each other.
  2. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The, by Todd Lawson (2021). On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths: the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Religion, and the Oneness of Humanity. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  3. Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation, by Anupam Premanand (2010). The phenomenon of Divine Revelation from the Hindu and Bahá'í points of view is studied in terms of religion as an eternal process.
  4. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023). Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
  5. Hindu Concept of God, The: Unity in Diversity, by Anjam Khursheed (1997). The fundamental unity behind Hindu concepts of God and those found in the Semitic traditions, and the principle of unity in diversity, allow Hindu and Bahá'í beliefs to come together and further their common goal of uniting the world's religions.
  6. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses, by Todd Lawson (2015). Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their resolution; relation between form and content; prominence of epiphany; manifestation, advent and apocalypse; and the theme of heroism, reading and identity.
  7. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration, by Todd Lawson (2022). Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Bahá'í teachings on the typologies of proclamation and apocalypse.
  8. Sacred Mythology and the Bahá'í Faith, by William P. Collins (1990). The mythological universe created by Bahá’u’lláh employs three significant spiritual verities: the unknowable nature of the Ultimate Mystery, the relativity of religious/mythological truth, and the necessity of science and investigation of reality.
 
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