The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 1997 - Volume 2, Number 1 MITA (P) 336/04/97
Papers
The Hindu concept of God: Unity in Diversity Anjam Khursheed
The Revivification of the Buddha's Dharma Jamshed K. Fozdar
Life, Death and Immortality: the Taoist Religion in Singapore and the Baha'i Faith Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
Chinese Family Religion and World Religion Yeo Yew Hock
Purposeful Spiritual Endeavour: A fundamental connection between Baha'is and Christians Colin Quin
Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity Anjam Khursheed
Journal of the Association for Baha'i Studies of Singapore The Singapore Baha'i Studies Review 1997 - Volume 2, Number 1 MITA (P) 336/04/97
Journal of the Association for Baha'i Studies Singapore The views expressed in this journal do not necessarily reflect those of the Association, nor are they authoritative renderings of Baha'i belief.
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Note from editor
Papers
The Hindu concept of God: Unity in Diversity 3 Anjam Khursheed
The Revivification of the Buddha's Dharma 51 Jamshed K. Fozdar
Life, Death and Immortality: the Taoist Religion in Singapore and the Baha'i Faith 69 Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
Chinese Family Religion and World Religion 91 Yeo Yew Hock
Purposeful Spiritual Endeavour: A fundamental connection between Baha'is and Christians 121 Colin Quin
Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity 175 Anjam Khursheed Note from editor
South East Asia is home to many different religious traditions. It is a region where Hindu, Chinese, Buddhist, Muslim and Christian communities have intermingled for centuries. Since ancient times, it has been the meeting ground for the civilisations of India and China. Its religious and cultural territory spans Confucian Singapore, Buddhist Thailand, Muslim Malaysia and Indonesia, and the Catholic Philippines. Each of these countries contain a significant number of Taoists, Hindus and Christians froma wide variety of different denominations. It is therefore fitting that a Singapore Baha'i Studies Review journal be dedicated to the Baha'i principle of the "Fundamental Unity of Religions".
Most of the papers in this volume began as talks given at the 2nd Singapore Baha'i Studies conference held on the 12th April 1997, at the Kent Vale Community Hall, Singapore. The editor would like to thank the authors whom he closely worked with over the last six months, for their openness, cooperation, and patience. Thanks must also go to Antonella Khursheed for the journal type-setting, and to Lynette Thomas for her meticulous copy-editing, which, in some instances, involved remarkable detective work.
Dr. Anjam Khursheed, editor October 1997