Fourth Annual Conference

Association for Bahá’í Studies in Southern Africa

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

27 – 30 December, 2002

Theme:

“Creating a Culture of Learning”

Programme

Thursday, 26 December
14:00 – 16:00 * Registration
Friday, 27 December
15:00	�. Creating a Culture of Learning	Ms. Sylvia Kaye
15:20	�. Science and Religion: Pattern Recognition and Mutual Growth	Mr. Erfan Farhangpour
15:40	�. Poetry: The Fruits of the Ancestors	Ms. Bonnie Moore
16:00	�. Spirituality	Dr. Robert Sarracino
Saturday, 28 December
15:00	�. Science, Religion, and Development	Dr. Farhad Aghdasi
15:20	�. African Culture and the Bahá’í Faith	Ms. Gloria Maikano and Ms. Ruth Monageng
15:40	�. HIV/AIDS	Ms. Abdia Naidoo
16:00	�. The Mystery of Sacrifice – A Dramatic Presentation	Ms. Nava Bastani
Sunday, 29 December
15:00	�. The Concept of Religious Democracy: An Introductory Bahá’í Perspective on the Democracy of the Conscience	Counsellor Enos Makhele
15:20	�. Health, Healing in the Bahá’í Context	Ms. Parastu Meidany
15:40	�. The Internet and Knowledge Management for the Bahá’í Faith	Dr. Roy Steiner
16:00	�. Music: a Ladder for the Soul	Sylvia Schulman
Monday, 30 December
15:00	�. Some Aspects of Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs	Mr. Massoud Derakshani
15:20	�. Consider your enemies as your friends: The agony of search and the ecstasy of discovery	Ms. Roselyn Mazibuko
	�. Worship	Ms. Tobeka Poswa
	�. Annual Meeting