Name: Baha’i Perspectives on the Ontology of Law and Justice
Start: 2026-08-08T15:30:00-0400
End: 2026-08-08T16:45:00-0400

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Baha’i Perspectives on the Ontology of Law and Justice

Saturday August 8, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

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This presentation explores Bahá’í conceptions of law and justice as fundamentally ontological rather than merely normative or juridical. Tracing a trajectory from ancient Greek notions of nomos and dike as the discovery of being, through Abrahamic debates between legalism and mysticism, it shows how Bahá’í writings restore and deepen law’s relation to ontology, in contrast to both natural and positive law traditions in Western jurisprudence. Drawing especially on Bahá’u’lláh’s Garden of Justice Tablet and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Marriage Tablet, the presentation highlights how divine laws articulate the essential relationships that constitute reality itself, such that justice becomes the lawfulness of being and obedience a participation in cosmic harmony.

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Ali Rod Khadem

I am a tenured professor at Suffolk Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. I hold a PhD in Islamic intellectual history as well as a JD and MA. My research/publication history concerns law and religion, with a focus on Islamic intellectual history. I am also a regular consultant to... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
205

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Ali Rod Khadem

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