Name: Beyond Systems of Belief: Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation and the Reconfiguration of Human Knowledge
Start: 2026-08-08T09:00:00-0400
End: 2026-08-08T10:15:00-0400

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Beyond Systems of Belief: Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation and the Reconfiguration of Human Knowledge

Saturday August 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

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Contemporary societies face fragmentation marked by political polarization, tribalism, and increasingly materialistic worldviews. This presentation explores religious revelation—particularly the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh—not as a system of beliefs, but as a transformation in how knowledge is generated, integrated, and disseminated. Drawing on insights from philosophy, literary theory, and historical precedents, it examines how revelation disrupts rigid rational frameworks and enables new forms of intellectual synthesis. It further argues that mystical experience, far from opposing reason, provides a standpoint above all knowledge systems from which such synthesis becomes possible. Participants are invited to consider the role of Bahá'ís as learners and interlocutors, contributing humbly to collaborative discourses on humanity's collective maturation.

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Darius Amanat-Markazi

Darius Amanat-Markazi studies architecture at the University of Waterloo. He completed the Foundation Year Program at the University of King’s College where he studied the history of Western thought and received the Peggy Heller Memorial Prize, awarded annually to the top-performing... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
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