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Résumé
Ross G. Woodman (1922-2014), que les bahá’ís connaissent en tant qu’érudit et enseignant, a fait en 1942 un rêve saisissant dans lequel il rencontrait le Báb. Il a longuement réfl échi à ce que ce rêve l’appelait à réaliser, et à devenir, tout le reste de sa vie. Le cheminement spirituel de Woodman a été tourmenté et complexe. Les questions de foi poétique et de foi religieuse, de révélation et de
connaissances le préoccupaient. Cet essai explore l’arc que décrit le saut périlleux au vol dans son rêve au sujet du Báb, arc qui a servi de modèle à la trajectoire de vie de Woodman. L’histoire de sa vie éclaire la question de l’engagement «esthétique» comparé à l’engagement «éthique» envers la Foi, ainsi que le défi particulier auquel
font face les universitaires ou d’autres personnes dont la vie professionnelle peut sembler exiger qu’ils compartimentent leur foi.
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