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List of documents by Keven Brown

Author name: Keven Brown

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  1. Keven Brown. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Darwinism: Its Historical and Philosophical Context (2001). Editor's foreword to the collection of articles Evolution and Bahá'í Belief. Articles.
  2. Keven Brown. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence (2001). Includes provisional translation of Tablet on the Unity of Existence. Articles.
  3. Keven Brown. Are 'Abdu'l-Bahá's views on evolution original? (1997). The philosophical and historical context of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism. Essays.
  4. Keven Brown. Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter, A (1990). The origin of matter is spiritual. Science sees that, at its most fundamental level, reality is not particular materials or structures, but probabilities and transformation. The four elements, three-fold structure of being, and balance are also examined. Articles.
  5. Keven Brown. Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings (1990-01). Neoplatonic concepts in Bahá'í metaphysics. Articles.
  6. Keven Brown. Creation: The Nature of God and the Creation of the Universe in Bahá'í Cosmology (2003). Encyclopedia.
  7. Keven Brown, ed. Evolution and Bahá'í Belief: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Nineteenth-Century Darwinism (2001). Includes Eberhard von Kitzing's "Origin of Complex Order in Biology: `Abdu'l-Bahá's concept of the originality of species compared to concepts in modern biology." Books.
  8. Báb, The. Keven Brown, trans. Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih (2001). On effulgences, essence, and unity of existence. Translations.
  9. Keven Brown. Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1997). History of alchemy, magic, and the hermetic arts, and their reflection in the later teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. Articles.
  10. Vahid Rafati. Keven Brown, trans. Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients (2002). Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn (its recipient / "such as receive its impact") in Islamic philosophy, and their later use in Shaykhi and Bahá'í texts. Articles.
  11. Keven Brown. "On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective," by Craig Loehle: Response to Commentary (1994). Reviews.
  12. Keven Brown. Origin of the Bahá'í Principle of the Harmony between Science and Religion, The (2001-08). On the origin of the principle of scientific/religious harmony in Islamic and Bahá’í Writings, and discussion of a letter by Abdu'l-Bahá on the topic. Essays.
  13. Keven Brown. Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A (2002/2012). Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá referred to the 'hidden craft' of alchemy as part of divine philosophy, but which would only be used wisely and properly appreciated after the attainment of human maturity; some Bábí and Bahá'í references to alchemy. Articles-unpublished.
  14. Keven Brown, comp. Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation (2008). Collection of quotations from the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh, and Shaykh Ahmad, with footnotes, on the seven stages of Divine action: Will, Determination, Destiny, Decree, Permission, Term, and Book. Compilations-personal.
  15. Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, comp, Keven Brown, trans. State When Asleep, The: Dreams, Their Interpretation and Wisdom (2011). Annotated translation by Keven Brown (2011) of a compilation by Mazandarani published in Amr va Khalq (1954-1955). Compilations-personal.
  16. Abdu'l-Bahá. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A (2005). Insights into three statements by Bahá'u'lláh on pre-existence, creation, and nature as the essence of God. Translations.
  17. Abdu'l-Bahá. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Relation between Science and Religion, A (2001). Historical examples (re astronomy, the human soul, and death) showing that when a scientific theory does not correspond with Scripture, it is often later found to be incorrect. Translations.
  18. Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) (2016). On some situations relating to a person’s private rights, in this case theft and debt, with a larger meditation on the spiritual rights a person earns through righteous deeds, and God’s promise to reward good deeds and punish the wrong. Translations.
  19. Abdu'l-Bahá. Keven Brown, trans, Mehdi Wolf, ed. Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá) (1984). This Tablet illuminates a very important aspect of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism, which is His teaching that "struggle for survival," far from being innate to human nature, is really an erroneous notion, or at least a notion characterizing human Translations.
  20. Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God (2016). Summary of some themes from the Kitab-i-Iqan, concluding with a long prayer inviting the reader to see with his/her "own eyes." Translations.
  21. Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet to Ashraf (2016). Guidance to three men who later became martyrs, news to share about Bahá'u'lláh, and comments on the nature of his revelation. Translations.
 
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