Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience
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Maparyan, L. “Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections”. The Journal of Bahá’í Studies, vol. 30, no. 3, May 2021, pp. 65-75, doi:10.31581/jbs-30.3.318(2020).

Abstract

According to the Bahá’í Writings, the Black people of the world can be compared to the pupil of the eye, through which “the light of the spirit shineth forth.” We are “dark in countenance,” yet “bright in character,” potentially the “fount of light and the revealer of the contingent world” (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections 78:1). According to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, “the blackness of the pupil of the eye is due to its absorbing the rays of the sun” (Some Answered Questions 49:5). Shoghi Effendi, quoting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, recalls that...

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