8. READING
ASSIGNMENTS
Primary text:
Century of Light,
Bahá’í World Centre, 2001. This book may be purchased through your book sales,
or obtained on-line. The on-line sources are:
1. The
.PDF and MS word facsimiles of the published version is available on the Web
site of the International Bahá’í Library:
http://library.bahai.org/serv/ftpc.html
Century of Light is listed next to the Universal House of Justice as
author.
2. The
Bahá’í Academics Resource Library, an independently operated Web site, has an
HTML version with the endnotes places as footnotes at the bottom of each
reformatted page:
http://bahai-library.org/published.uhj/century.light/
Paragraph numbering: Please
refer to Appendix 1 of this syllabus and number the paragraphs of your copy
accordingly. You can then refer to these numbers during the course.
Optional reading:
·
“Grasping the
Significance of the Twentieth Century—A review of Century of Light”
by Firuz Kazemzadeh. Sent separately.
·
The Bahá'í Academics Resource Library has
provided a link to the following Century of Light outline, prepared by
Arjen Bolhuis:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/arjen.nandita2/outline-century-of-light.htm
·
Resolution
adopted by the General Assembly, [without reference to a Main Committee
(A/55/L.2)] 55/2 United Nations Millennium Declaration. Sent separately.
·
An understanding of Century of Light
requires of the reader to be aware of the role played by certain outstanding
world figures and individuals as well as major events which occurred in the
Bahá’í world and the world at large throughout the twentieth century. It is
very likely that different participants in the course will have background on
some topics but not others. For this reason, individuals are requested to
research and read up on those topics which they know very little about. The
Notes at the end of the book provide valuable references. General reference
books such as encyclopedias and searches on the Web may well provide the
required information. The intent is to get sufficient background to understand
the reason why individuals or events were mentioned in the book. Excessive
detail is not necessary.