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PROFESSIONAL LEGAL EXPERIENCE
2007—present Pribanic & Pribanic, LLC (White Oak, Pennsylvania). • Associate Attorney. (Hired April 8, 2007.) • Attorney Web Page: Message to prospective clients: “You want a good trial attorney. I’ve been told by several defense attorneys that Victor Pribanic is the best plaintif’s trial attorney in the Pittsburgh area. No brag, just fact. Victor Pribanic was selected, by his peers, as 2014 [now 2020] Pittsburgh’s Best Lawyer of the Year. “When Pribanic & Pribanic accepts a new personal injury case (such as a medical malpractice or wrongful death case), Victor Pribanic will assign that case to one of his associate attorneys. That attorney will be responsible for doing most, if not all, of the work on your case in preparation for trial.” … “My professional goal is to try to make sure that my cases settle without having to go to trial. In my over eight years [now fourteen, as of April 8, 2021] of practice so far [with one exception in July 2019], Victor Pribanic has not tried a single one of my cases so far. That’s a pretty good track record for an associate attorney!”
• Attorney Video: Brief video on the important role of the pre-trial attorney in preparation for trial or settlement. • U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Rankings: Pribanic & Pribanic, LLC, Regional rankings (Metro Pittsburgh): Tier 1 in Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintifs; Tier 1 in Product Liability Litiga- tion, Plaintifs. Ranked AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell for the highest legal ability and ethical standards. • Lead Attorney: Victor H. Pribanic, Esq.: Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year, 2020” (Medical Mal- practice Law, Plaintifs, Pittsburgh); “Lawyer of the Year, 2018” (Product Liability Litigation, Plaintifs, Pittsburgh); “Lawyer of the Year, 2017” (Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintifs, Pittsburgh); “Lawyer of the Year, 2015” (Product Liability Litigation, Plaintifs, Pittsburgh); Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year, 2014” (Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintifs, Pittsburgh Area. • Practice areas: Medical malpractice; wrongful death; crashworthiness; products liability; other personal injury actions. • Bar Admissions: Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2007); U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2007). • Professional Memberships: American Bar Association (2016–present); Pennsylvania Bar Associa- tion (2007, 2018, 2020, 2021); American Association of Justice (2007–present); Pennsylvania Association of Justice (2019–present). • Published Briefs, Pleadings and Motions: Lexis Advance has published a number of Atty. Buck’s briefs, pleadings and motions. See “SELECTED LEXIS PUBLICATIONS,” below. • Legal Studies Publications: See “LEGAL STUDIES PUBLICATIONS,” and “HUMAN RIGHTS OP- EDS,” below.
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2001—present Wilmette Institute (Wilmette, Illinois). • Position: Faculty (Distance Education), Department of Religion, Philosophy, and Theology. • Faculty Web Page: http://wilmetteinstitute.org/faculty_bios/christopher-buck/. • Faculty Afliations: Adjunct Faculty, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities; the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, California).
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• Courses Taught: Bahá’u’lláh’s Proclamation to to Kings and Ecclesiastics: The Summons of the Lord of Hosts (ST046, 25-Nov-21, forthcoming); The Kitáb-i-Íqán: An Introduction (ST040, 26-Aug-21, forth- coming); The Great Spirit Speaks: Voices of the Wise Ones (RL069, with Kevin Locke, 3-Jun-2021); Gems of Divine Mysteries and Other Early Tablets by Bahá’u’lláh (RL037, 6-May-21, forthcoming); Bahá’u’lláh’s Early Mystic Writings (ST034, 18-Feb-2021); The Great Spirit Speaks: Voices of the Wise Ones (RL069, with Kevin Locke, 11-Feb-2021); Tabernacle of Unity (26-Jul-20); ST055: Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed afer the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (7-May-2020); Introduction to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (9- Jan-20); Bahá’u’lláh’s Proclamation to World Leaders: The Summons of the Lord of Hosts (20- Nov-19); The Kitáb-i-Íqán: An Introduction (15-Jun-19); From Mysticism to Prophecy: Gems of Divine Mysteries and Other Early (Baghdad Period) Tablets by Bahá’u’lláh (18-Apr-19); Bahá’u’lláh’s Early Mystic Writings (25-Jan-19); Exploring Bahá’u’lláh’s Last Major Work: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (15-Oct-18); The Destiny of America (25-Aug-18); Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed afer the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (10-May-18); A Study of the Lawh-i-Sultán (Tablet to the King) (25-Feb-18); Intro- duction to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (10-Jan-18); Summons of the Lord of Hosts (10-Oct-17); The Kitáb-i- Íqán: An Introduction (1-Aug-17); Gems of Divine Mysteries and Other Early Tablets by Bahá’u’lláh (10-May-17); Bahá’u’lláh’s Early Mystic Writings (22-Jan-17); The Epistle of Kings: A Comprehensive Study of Súriy-i-Mulúk, Bahá’u’lláh’s First Proclamatory Tablet to the Kings of the Nineteenth Century (27-Nov-16); Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (10-Oct-16); The Destiny of America (15-Jul-16); Introduction to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (22-Apr-16); Summons of the Lord of Hosts (22-Jan-16); The Kitáb-i-Íqán: An Introduction (10-Oct-15); Two Peacemakers: Deganawida and Bahá’u’lláh (7- Sep-15); Some Answered Questions (10-Jul-15); Gems of Divine Mysteries and Other Early Tablets by Bahá’u’lláh (10-Jul-15); Religious Myths and Visions of America (10-May-15); Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (20-Jan-15); Tabernacle of Unity (1-Nov-14); Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed Afer the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (10-Jul-14); Destiny of America (10-May-14); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (22-Mar-14); Summons of the Lord of Hosts (1-Dec-13); Life of Bahá’u’lláh (1-Nov-13); Zoroastrianism for Deepening and Dialogue (01-Jul-13); The Kitáb-i-Íqán: An Introduction (15-Aug-13); Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (2-Jan-13); Islam for Deepening and Dialogue (15-Nov-12); Tabernacle of Unity (15-Aug-12); Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation: A Systematic Survey (15-May-12); Exploring the Qur’an (15-Apr-12); Islam for Deepening and Dialogue (1-Oct-11); Kitáb-i-Íqán and Gems of Divine Mysteries (1-Mar-11); Islam for Deepening and Dialogue (22-Oct-10); Zoroastrianism for Deepening and Dialogue (15- Jul-10); Bahá’u’lláh’s Mystic Writings (1-Nov-03); Kitáb-i-Íqán (15-Dec-02); Mission and Destiny of America (10-Oct-02); Century of Light (1-Sep-02); Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed Afer the Kitáb- i-Aqdas (15-May-01); Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation: A Systematic Survey (1-Nov-01).
2011 (Fall Semester) Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny (McKeesport, Pennsylvania). • Rank: Adjunct Instructor (under Academic Afairs). • Course taught: Introduction to Criminal Justice (Fall 2011).
2000—2004 Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan). • Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor.
Two MSU course-based books published, based on Prof. Buck’s Religious Myths of America course: • MSU Course: Religious Myths of America (IAH-211C, 2003–2004). • Course syllabus: http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/syllabi/b/buck/Buck-20040309.pdf. • First MSU course-based book published—based on the Religious Myths of America (IAH-211C) course: • Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefned America’s World Role. Santa Barbara, CA/Westport, CT: ABC-CLIO/Praeger, 2009. (First edition.)
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• Second MSU course-based book published—also based on the Religious Myths of America (IAH-211C) course: • God & Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America. (Introduction by J. Gordon Melton, Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Institute for Studies in Religion, Baylor University.) Kingston, NY: Educator’s International Press, 2015. (Revised edition of Religious Myths and Visions of America.)
Third MSU course-based book published—written by MSU students—edited by Prof. Buck, et al.: • MSU Course: Writing: Public Life in America (ATL-135, 2000–2002) (Community Service-Learning Writing Project). • Book published—based on this MSU course: Generation Y Speaks Out: A Policy Guide. Edited by Christopher Buck, David Stowe & Shanetta Martin. Lansing: Michigan Nonproft Association & Michigan’s Children, 2002. • MSU Press Release: “MSU Students Give Voice to Social Issues” (MSU “University Relations” press release). Online at: http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2001/msu-students-give-voice-to-social-issues- b/. (Accessed 4-28-2018.) • Presented by MSU students to Michigan state legislators: MSU students later presented copies of Generation Y Speaks Out: A Policy Guide to Michigan state legislators to update them on issues important to their youngest voters (Fall 2002). • Photo (with students, taken Dec. 4, 2001): https://www.msu.edu/~ysp/updates.htm.
Other Courses Taught • 2000–2004: The Evolution of American Thought: Poetry as Social Commentary (ATL-150/WRA-150). • CoursePack: Visions of America: Poems and Lyrics on the Idea of America (Christopher Buck, ed., 2003; CoursePack layout by John A. Dowell, Technology Literacy Specialist, MSU). • 2000 (Fall Semester) The Evolution of American Thought. Special Topic: Perspectives on America: Race, Religion, and the Evolution of American Thought (Sections 001, 002, and 033). • Race Relations: Adopted course text: Richard W. Thomas, Understanding Interracial Unity: A Study of US Race Relations. Sage Series on Race and Ethnic Relations, Vol. 16. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1996. • At the end of the semester, the author, Prof. Richard W. Thomas, was invited speak to my students on importance of doing their part to promote ideal race relations.
Teaching Evaluations • Student Evaluation: “From all the activities I enjoy, writing has always been among my most favorite ones. Whether it is English or Spanish, I know I can do it better than before, and I know most of this knowledge and improvement is thanks to Dr. Buck. Despite the fact that we are already in 2011, I still remember what I accomplished at my ATL-150 course: the teamwork, the readings, the research at the library, the presentations … and the motivation and guidance from our professor: “Ana, I see that you have a promising future.” “Such phrase stayed in my mind since that frst semester at MSU, since it was one of the motivations I carried with me in the latter years while undertaking the challenging and exciting life of the engineering undergraduate student. And today, here at my home country, I am writing a letter of recommendation for my professor. Today, back in Peru, I did not hesitate to do so since I am simply grateful.”—Ana Maria Almonte, Civil Engineer, B.Sc. (Michigan State University (2007); M.S. (University of Central Florida, 2009), September 7, 2011. • Student Evaluation: “Professor Buck encouraged his students to become aware of their surround- ings. … As an example, a class assignment was attendance at the Race in 21st-Century America conference that occurred April 4–6, 2001 at the Kellogg Center (MSU). I think that attendance at this conference changed the view of many individuals, including myself. … With Dr. Buck encouraging students to attend and recognizing the importance of race relations within the class atmosphere, as well as globally, students began to identify the impact on their own lives and
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communities beginning with Michigan State University.”—April L. Sutton, MSU student (College of Engineering & College of Education), June 3, 2001.
Department Chair’s Evaluation • Chair’s Commendation: “One of his most signifcant strengths is his absolute commitment to high quality and challenging instruction and to learning that actively and regularly engages students. … He gives students the conceptual tools they need to do work at higher levels so that they can synthesize and integrate information or texts into a fuller understanding of their cultur- al meanings and applications. I have been in his classroom at least three or four times every year at his invitation and seen the kinds of high quality group reports and PowerPoint presentations (with visuals, audio, and video) his students produce.”—Douglas A. Noverr, Professor and Chair, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University, January 13, 2005.
Course Readers • Visions of America: Poems and Lyrics on the Idea of America (Evolution of American Thought: Poetry as Social Commentary). Edited by Christopher Buck. Ann Arbor: XanEdu, 2003. ISBN 1-59399-020-0. • Religious Myths of America. Edited by Christopher Buck. Ann Arbor: XanEdu, 2003. ISBN 1-59399-022-7.
Custom Course Sofware Design • Learning Sofware: Developed online sofware program, “The Toulmin Wizard” in collabora- tion with student programmer, enabling students to generate their own Toulmin arguments through a sequenced, online tutorial. Coded in PERL. For critical thinking, taught students the Toulmin model of argument, using Buck’s CREATOR Paradigm: Claim (& Qualifer), Reasons, Evidence, Authority, Truths (Warrants), Objections, Refutation.
Other Achievements • “Never Again”: Kevin Gover’s Historic Apology for the Bureau of Indian Afairs (September 8, 2000): Video of historic speech, “Never Again,” by Kevin Gover, Head of Bureau of Indian Afairs (“BIA”), on the occasion of the BIA’s 175th anniversary (September 8, 2000). Obtained by special request (by Christopher Buck) from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Telecommunications Service Ofce (Requisition DI-4-00479, 12-16-2003). “Analog to digital conversion” (from VHS) by Harkirat Chawla (one of my former students, graduated Summer 2007), Michigan State University. (Credits appear at end of video.) • Academic journal article on this historic, ofcial apology: Christopher Buck, “‘Never Again’: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Afairs.” Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 2 1 . 1 ( 2 0 0 6 ) : 9 7 – 1 2 6 , https://www.academia.edu/20339709/ _Never_Again_Kevin_Gover_s_Apology_for_the_Bureau_of_Indian_Afairs_. • View video online: https://vimeo.com/404428918 (posted on Vimeo on April 5, 2020).
2002—2003 Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan). • Rank: Adjunct Professor. • Appointment: Department of Philosophy and Religion. • Courses taught: • Fall 2002/Spring 2003: Islam (REL 314).
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2000—2001 Quincy University (Quincy, Illinois). (“A Catholic Franciscan University.”) • Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor. • Appointment: Department of Theology and Philosophy. • Courses taught: • Fall 1999/Spring 2000: World Religions (TRS 224-01/-02). • Fall 1999/Spring 2000: Comparative Religions (TRS 334-01/-02). • Fall 1999: Theology Seminar: Christ, the God-Man (TRS 356-01). • Spring 2000: Theology Seminar: Theologies of America (TRS 356-02).
Teaching Evaluation • “Dr. Buck has been one of the most versatile professors I have had the pleasure to learn from. … As the year continued…, he sought to consistently challenge our development by assigning each student in the course a world religion and bringing us together to present, debate, and collaborate on their diferences and similarities in both theory and practice. These interactions were instru- mental in teaching me to understand and appreciate not only theology, but diversity as well, which has been a great asset in my work as a psychotherapist.”—Nabeel T. Yehyawi, M.A., Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology, University of Indianapolis (September 6, 2007).
Pedagogical Methods • Emperor Akbar Debates: In world religions (“Myths & Ritual”) courses, I played the role of “Emperor Akbar” (in costume of royal turban and cape), the Mughal king in India who invited religious sages to his court, and staged student classroom debates on classic existential questions. • Great Religious Scholars: Students would impersonate great religious scholars of history and present the perspectives of world religions on perennial as well as contemporary issues. • Court Jester: Appointed a “court jester” to begin each session with religious jokes. • Dramatizing Parables: Had students dramatize parables from world religions through in-class skits or homemade videos.
1997—1999 Millikin University (Decatur, Illinois). • Rank: Assistant Professor. • Appointment: Religion Department. See “Faculty List, University Archives: Millikin Faculty: A Tradition of Excellence”: http://www.millikin.edu/staley/about-library/university-archives/mu- history/faculty-list. (Accessed May 1, 2021.)
Courses Taught • Fall 1997: University Seminar: God and Apple Pie: Visions of America’s Spiritual Destiny (IN-140-22); Religion in Human Experience (RE-100-01; RE-100-04); Religions of the World: Asian Religions (RE-282-01; RE-382-01). • January 1998: Immersion Course: Seminar in Religion: Paradise and Paradigm (RE-382-01). • Spring 1998: World Religions in America (IN-151-12); Religion in Human Experience (RE-100-03; RE-100-05); Religions of the World: Western Religions (RE-308-01); Independent Study: Academic Study of the Apocalypse (RE-391-90). • Fall 1998: University Seminar: Types of Salvation: Critical Writing, Reading, and Researching I (IN-140-21); Religion in Human Experience (RE-100-03; RE-100-05). • Summer 1998: Religion in Human Experience (RE-100-19).
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• Spring 1999: African-American Spirituality and the Conscience of America (RE-204-01); Religions of the World: South Asia (India), East Asia (China/Japan), West Asia (Arabia/Persia) (RE-308-01); University Seminar: Types of Salvation: Critical Writing, Reading, and Researching II (IN-151-20/IN-151-21).
Pedagogical Methods • Typology of African American Religions: At request of minority students (afer several racial incidents on campus), designed and taught course, African American Spirituality and the Conscience of America. Developed typology of African American religions, using three categories: (1) Indigenous (Santeria, Voodoo, Rastafarianism); (2) Independent (historic black churches such as NBC USA, Inc., AME and AMEZ, COGIC, as well as NOI [Nation of Islam]); and (3) Integrated (Catholicism, traditional Islam, Bahá’í Faith, etc.). • Typology for Study of World Religions: Developed “DREAMS Paradigm” for world religions courses. DREAMS is a mnemonic acronym for the Doctrinal, Ritual, Ethical, Artistic, Mystical, and Social dimensions of religion. Mnemonic acronyms developed for sub-categories in each dimension of religion as well.
Service-Learning Project • Service-Learning Project: Launched Millikin University’s largest service-learning project ( Jan. 1998). On May 12, 1999, Millikin University’s president, Thomas Flynn, signed a formal “Community Partner Agreement” with the Lutheran School Association’s superintendent, Charles Winterstein, in a public ceremony that generated positive publicity on local television and newspaper. • See: Valerie Wells, “Millikin, LSA sign service learning agreement,” Herald & Review (Decatur, IL: May 13, 1999, Page A3.) (Database: NewsBank.)
Peer Evaluations • Provost’s Evaluation: “Dr. Buck was one of the chief proponents of the holistic elements of the University’s curriculum. He regularly focused institutional attention on issues of mission and vision. Just this past week, he brought together a group of community and institutional leaders to establish an agreement that will enhance community service by Millikin students.… People like Chris belong in the academy. They ennoble our profession.”—Mauri A. Ditzler, Acting Provost and Vice-President for Academic Afairs, May 1999. • Dept. Chair’s Evaluation: “Dr. Buck really has received no recognition, except from me and his students, for having created a new course, ‘African-American Spirituality.’ It remains to be seen whether or not this course will be taken up by Dr. Buck’s successor. But I can say that this, along with his many informal contacts among minority students here at Millikin, has gained for Dr. Buck the respect and admiration of many of our African-American students.”—Dr. Ed Yonan, Chair, Religion Department, April 19, 1999.
1993—1996 Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). • Rank: Sessional Lecturer. • Appointment: Department of Religion (1993–1996 academic years). • Course taught: • 1993–1996: Introduction to Islam: Revelation, Tradition, Principle (34.109*). • Teaching scores: 3.9 (Winter 1994), 4.1 (Winter 1995) and 4.1 (Winter 1996). (Student evaluations on a 5.0 scale.)
Pedagogical Methods • Taught contemporary Islam through a typology of seven responses to modernity (Radical Islam- ism, Traditionalism, Neo-Traditionalism, Modernism, Secularism, Postmodernism, and post-
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Islamism). Asked students to interpret current events in the Muslim world in light of one or more of these seven Islamic responses to modernity.
LEGAL EDUCATION
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Lansing, Michigan). • Degree: Juris Doctor (conferred January 22, 2006). • Attendance: Part-time: Spring 2002–Spring 2004 (while teaching full-time at Michigan State University). Full-time: Summer 2004–Fall 2005.
Honors • Certifcates of Merit (top student in class): Constitutional Law Seminar (Summer 2004) • Collective Bargaining (Summer 2004) • Federal Indian Law (Fall 2004). • Academic Honors: Dean’s List: Spring 2004 (3.31 GPA, Hilary Term) • Summer 2004 (3.53 GPA [for seven courses], Trinity Term) • Fall (3.18 GPA, Michaelmas Term) 2004. • Scholarships: 25% Honors Scholarship: Winter 2004 • Summer 2005. • American Inns of Court: On February 22, 2005, invited (“based on your outstanding achievement at Cooley Law School”) to join the Thomas M. Cooley Chapter of American Inns of Court.
Achievements • Published Federal Indian Law Paper: Published research paper written for Federal Indian Law course: “Never Again”: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Afairs, 21 Wicazo Sa Review 97 (2006) (peer-reviewed academic journal). • Published Directed Study Paper: Published research paper written for “Directed Study” course in Constitutional Law (Professor Maurice Munroe, supervisor) ($1,000 honorarium when accepted for publication): “The Constitutionality of Teaching Islam: The University of North Carolina Qur’an Controversy.” Essay VIII. Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities. Edited by Mumtaz Ahmad, Zahid H. Bukhari and Sulayman S. Nyang. Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2012. Pp. 137–177. (Release date: July 1, 2012.) (Discussing Yacovelli v. Moeser, 324 F. Supp. 2d 760 (M.D.N.C. 2004).) • Best Paper: “It is my pleasure to have supervised Dr. Christopher Buck in writing his Constitutional Law paper. The paper is an impressive piece of scholarship entitled: The Constitutionality of Teaching Islam: The University of North Carolina Qur’an Controversy. … Frankly, I have been teaching at this law school for 20 years, and I have supervised countless papers, but this is defnitely the best paper I have seen.—Prof. Maurice Munroe (Professor Emeritus, Constitutional Law, Cooley Law School, December 6, 2004). • Best Presentation: “In the Indian law class, Dr. Buck basically taught the entire two-hour class, complete with the best PowerPoint presentation I have ever seen.”—Prof. Philip J. Prygoski (Pro- fessor Emeritus, Constitutional Law, author, Sum & Substance Quick Review on Constitutional Law, April 28, 2005).
GRADUATE EDUCATION
1991—1996 University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). • Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (conferred Nov. 21, 1996). GPA 3.92. • Transcript: https://www.academia.edu/33527484/Buck_2017_Academic_Transcripts.pdf • Supervisor: Willard G. Oxtoby, PhD (1933–2003), founder, Centre for the Study of Religion, Uni- versity of Toronto. See: “In Memoriam: Willard G. Oxtoby 1933–2003.” Religious Studies News 18.3 (May 2003): 10. [Invited by the American Academy of Religion.]
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• Discipline: Study of Religion. • Major: Phenomenology of Religion and the Comparative Method. • First Minor: The Bahá’í Tradition. • Second Minor: Early Eastern (Syriac) Christianity. • Dissertation: Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in ‘Persian’ Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toronto (Canada). ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 1996. NN18989. • Defense: Defended Friday, June 21, 1996 (“PhD Orals,” University of Toronto, The Bulletin 49.20 ( June 3, 1996), p. 6.) See http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/people/phd-graduates. • Dissertation Published: Paradise and Paradigm (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999). • Contribution to scholarship: First formal (academic) comparison of the Bahá’í Faith and Christian- ity, notwithstanding a wealth of apologetic literature on this topic.
Dissertation Appraisal • External Examiner: The late Jonathan Z. Smith (d. 2017), Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities, University of Chicago. • Dissertation Appraisal: Jonathan Z. Smith ( June 13, 1996): “Of the nearly one hundred dissertations I have served as director or reader for, in the felds of history of religions and early Christianities, this is, without question, one of the two or three best.” (For full text of Dissertation Appraisal, please see SELECTED GRADUATE SCHOOL PAPERS, entry #7, below.)
1989—1991 University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). • Degree: Master of Arts (conferred June 1991). GPA 3.73. • Transcript: https://www.academia.edu/33527484/Buck_2017_Academic_Transcripts.pdf • Supervisor: Andrew Rippin, PhD (1950–2016), Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria; former Dean, Faculty of Humanities. • Discipline: Religious Studies. • Major: Western Religions. • Thesis: Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Bahá’í Faith. Master’s Thesis. University of Calgary (Canada). Thesis Advisor: Andrew Rippin, Ph.D. University of Calgary Library catalogue no.: BP 365 B83 1991. Collection: Legacy Theses. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/PRISM/20147. Courtesy of Kathryn Ruddock, Manager, Digitization & Repository Services, University of Calgary. Posted online on May 9, 2018. • Defense: Thesis oral examination: January, 1991. • Thesis Published: Symbol and Secret. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1995. Reprinted 2004. • Contribution to scholarship: “Christopher Buck’s book represents the frst book-length attempt in the English language to analyse one of the major works of Bahā’u’llāh.”—Moojan Momen, Review of Symbol and Secret, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series) 7.2 ( July 1997): 290–291. • Graduate Record Exam: Taken December 1990, to qualify for the Ph.D. program at the University of Toronto: • Verbal: 610 (82 percentile); Quantitative: 500 (35 percentile); Analytical: 490 (38 percentile).
1968—1972 Pacifc Lutheran University (Tacoma, Washington). • Degree: Bachelor of Arts (conferred August 18, 1972). GPA 3.02.
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• Transcript: https://www.academia.edu/33527484/Buck_2017_Academic_Transcripts.pdf • Major: Physical Education. • Minor: English. • NAIA District #1 Champion: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) District #1 Two-Mile Race Walk ( June 13, 1972): First Place. Time: 16:44.6. • Assistant Cross-Country Coach: Men’s Cross-Country, Pacifc Lutheran University (Fall 1972.) • Track & Field Head Coach: Head Coach of Pacifc Lutheran University’s frst Women’s Track & Field team (Spring 1971). (See Saga 1971 (PLU Yearbook), p. 154.) • “Most Inspirational” Award: Men’s Track & Field. (Spring 1972.) • Athletic Letters: Men’s Cross-County (1968–1971). [Awarded four consecutive years.] • Athletic Letters, Men’s Track & Field, Pacifc Lutheran University. [Awarded two consecutive years.]
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
2021
186. 2021 “Bahá’í Prayers for Good Governance.” (By Christopher Buck and Necati Alkan.) Journal of Ecumenical Studies 56.3 (Summer 2021 [tentatively]). (Forthcoming. Copyedited for publication.) 185. 2021 “The ‘Baha’i Question’ in Iran: Infuence of International Law on ‘Islamic Law’.” Menschenrechte in der Islamischen Republik Iran (Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran), ed. Anja Pistor-Hatam (Würzburg, Germany: Ergon-Verlag, 2021). Pp. 161–188. (Forth- coming. Invited book article. Accepted and edited for publication.) 184. 2021 Review of 175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis & Baha’is of Iran, by Fereydun Vahman. London: Oneworld Publications, 2019. Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online March 22, 2021.)
2020
183. 2020 Bahá’í Faith: The Basics. London/New York: Routledge (imprint of Taylor & Francis), 2020 (©2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429023088. (Released: Nov. 26, 2020 (Print Book); Nov. 27, 2020 (eBook).) ISBN: Hardbound: 9781138346178 | Paperback: 9781138346161 | eBook: 9780429023088 (available in Apple Books and other vendors) | Kindle: 9781138346161 | Nook Book: 9780429663024 | Google eBook: 978042966302s | PDF eBook: 9780429665745 | ePub eBook: 9780429663024 | Kobo eBook: 9780429663024 | Mobipocket eBook: 9780429660306 | Walmart 586604574. The Basics series is “intended for students approaching a subject for the frst time, the books both introduce the essentials of a subject and provide an ideal springboard for further study.” Table of Contents 1. Introduction: What is the Bahá’í Faith? 2. Beliefs: Bahá’í Spiritual Teachings 3. Principles: Bahá’í Social Teachings 4. History: Bahá’u’lláh and His Covenant 5. Scripture and Authoritative Writings: Bahá’í Sacred Texts and Inspired Guidance 6. Institutions: The Bahá’í Administrative Order 7. Building Community: What Bahá’ís Do 8. Social Action: Social and Economic Development 9. Public Discourse: The Bahá’í International Community 10. Vision: Foundations for a Future Golden Age
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Libraries Worldwide: Total (print & eBook editions): 89 (21 print books; 68 eBooks). [WorldCat, April 25, 2021.] Review • Todd Lawson, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Thought, University of Toronto, Canada (endorsement appears on frst page of book): This excellent, beautifully organized introduction provides an accurate and unusually rich entré into a relatively new and still somehow frequently misunderstood religion. The author, Christopher Buck, is a leading scholar of the Bahá’í religion. His book is richly enhanced with quotations from ofcial translations of the Bahá’í sacred writings, insights into the formation of distinctive Bahá’í institutions and rare glimpses of key moments in Bahá’í intellectual history from an introduction to the infuential African American Bahá’í philosopher, Alain Locke (d. 1954) known as ‘the father of the Harlem Renaissance’, to a discussion of the more recent development of the Ruhi Institute process. This introduction goes beyond existing textbooks in both scope and detail. It will be warmly welcomed by researchers and students of the Bahá’í Faith.” • Jack McLean, “Baha’i Faith: The Basics by Christopher Buck: Review (2020).” Excerpts: One outstanding feature of this book for either Bahá’ís or non-Bahá’ís is its contempor- ary relevance. Even well-informed readers could not possibly be fully aware of the overview presented by Buck of all the multifarious activities taking place in the Bahá’í world community. … Buck’s treatment of the material is throughout well-researched, and rich in the detail that an alert reader expects. In sum, despite its unpretentious title, this book is more than the Basics of the Bahá’í Faith. It not only covers well the religion’s early history, three central holy fgures, spiritual and social teachings and organization, but also it presents a complete contemporary picture of the remarkably diverse econo- mic, social, and spiritual activities that are being planned and executed by the Bahá’í community in all countries of the world.
182. 2020 Review of The Ocean of God: On the Transreligious Future of Religions, by Roland Faber. New York: Anthem Press, 2019. Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online July 30, 2020.) 181. 2020 Review of Tafsir as Mystical Experience: Intimacy and Ecstasy in Quran Commentary. Tafsīr sūrat al-baqara by Sayyid ‘Alī Muhammad Shīrāzī, The Báb (1819–1850), by Todd Lawson. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online April 30, 2020.) 180. 2020 “The Anatomy of Figuration: Maimonides’ Exegesis of Natural Convulsions in Apocalyptic Texts (Guide II.29).” Sephardic Heritage Update, Newsletter Special: Maimonides Resources, pp. 6–20. (“A Publication of the Center for Sephardic Heritage, published January 6, 2020 online, with introduction by editor, David Sasha (pp. 6–7), and by Christopher Buck (“Author Introduction,” p. 7).) 2020 publication (not peer- reviewed) of 1990 graduate school paper. [“Text of Oral Presentation. Submitted to Professor Andrew Rippin, Religious Studies 601.01: Interpretation of Scripture (Depart- ment of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 19 March 1990).”]
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179. 2019 “The First Recorded Bahá’í Fireside.” Baha’i Studies Review 21 (cover date, 2015; publication date, 2019): 57–85. (Invited article. Published on or before November 20, 2019.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/bsr.21.1.57_1/https://www.ingentaconnect.com/ content/intellect/bsr/2015/00000021/00000001/art00004. 178. 2019 “Bahá’í Contributions to Interfaith Relations.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 54.2 (Spring 2019): 260–277. (Published August 2019.) DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2019.0018. Available in Project Muse (“Launched on MUSE: 2019-8-29”). 177. 2019 “Foreword.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. iii–viii.
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Hardbound: 352 pages. ISBN-10: 0863563880; ISBN-13: 978-0863563881. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.) Review • Review by Kirsten Mogensen, Nordicum-Mediterraneum: Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies, Vol. 15, no. 1 (2020). Excerpts: “The Arab spring has awakened the world to the legitimate aspirations of Muslims worldwide to democracy—inspired by western values yet infused by Islamic ideals,” writes Dr. Christopher Buck, an independent scholar and attorney from the USA, in one of his essays in Winds of Change (p. 87). Unfortunately, such legitimate aspirations have not yet been met, and the MENA region is as war-torn as ever. … Buck is the author of three analyses related to norms, ethics and law. One is about good governance, one about the possible development of a shared moral compass for Sunnis and Shi’is, and the third about testing the value of Sharia laws. In each case, the methodology is the same. Buck interprets key Islamic texts and discusses Islamic practices. For example, he interprets basic principles for good governance from a letter written by the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, Caliph Ali, who is respected by both Sunnis and Shi’is. This respect is important because his idea is to create a set of shared Islamic guidelines for good governance. He interprets the spirit of each para- graph in the letter and relate it to present-day situations. In the two other essays the key text is the Qur’an. In one of these essays, he asks: “Does Islamic law mirror Islamic ethics”? (p. 169). A Pew Research Center survey cited in his article found that most Muslims in many countries approve of executing apostates. Buck writes: “There is a clear contradiction between the sharia law of apostacy and Islamic claims to ‘freedom of religion” and to a “well-known Qur’anic verse: ‘Let there be no compulsion in religion” (p. 176). Buck then discusses this diference and Islamic scholars’ writings about it.
Saqi Books • On Saqi Books, see: Kamila Shamsie, “Books under fre in Beirut,” The Guardian (19 Aug. 2006): At the heart of Saqi’s ethos is an understanding of the need for two-way exchanges— Western books translated into Arabic, Arabic books translated into English, constant conversations between Beirut and London, titles which demand that readers from diferent parts of the globe reconsider their perceptions of their own worlds and also that they look more deeply into received wisdom about other worlds.
176. 2019 “Chapter 6: Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. 87–111. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.) 175. 2019 “Chapter 8: Defning Islamic Social Principles: A Preamble.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. 125–133. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.) 174. 2019 “Chapter 11: ‘Be Just’: Quranic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. 168–181. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.) 173. 2019 “Alain Locke’s ‘Moral Imperatives for World Order’ Revisited.” Journal of Bahá’í Studies 29.1–2 (Spring/Summer 2019): 37–64. [March, 2019. Published online on July 17, 2019.] 172. 2019 Arabic translation of: “Kahlil Gibran.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement XX. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s Reference/The Gale Group, 2010. Pp. 113–129. Translated from English into Arabic by Mr. Gamal
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Hassan. (Arabic translation commissioned by the Burhan Institute.) Published online: July 6, 2019. Translated into French by Philippe Maryssael. (See entry #166, infra.) This article was highly recommended by the late Suheil Bushrui, BA, PhD, Hon LHD (d. 2015), who wrote: “Not only did Dr. Buck contribute an excellent entry on Gibran, he also provided overwhelming support for Gibran’s inclusion in the American literary canon.” (See Dr. Bushrui’s “Letter of Reference” at the very end of this CV.) Shortly before he passed away at the age of 85, Dr. Bushrui planned to have this article translated into Arabic for the Arabic-speaking readers. Dr. Bushrui—as (former) Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace, University of Maryland—was recognized as “the world’s foremost authority on the works of Lebanese poet, artist and writer Kahlil Gibran.” (See entry #166 below, for French translation as well.)
171. 2019 “Robert Hayden.” By Christopher Buck and Derik Smith (Claremont McKenna College). Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. (Published online: April 26, 2019.) DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/ 9780190201098.013.485. Summary and Keywords Robert Hayden was made poet laureate of Senegal in 1966 and ten years later became America’s frst Black poet laureate. He was acclaimed as “People’s Poet” early in his career, but he was largely ignored by the American literary establishment until late in life. In his poetics of history and his nuanced representations of black life, Hayden’s art showed that the African American experience was quintessentially American, and that blackness was an essential aspect of relentlessly heterogeneous America. As he fgured it in his late-in-life poem, “[American Journal],” national identity was best metaphorized in “bankers grey afro and dashiki long hair and jeans / hard hat yarmulka mini skirt.” Hayden’s archetypal eforts to demonstrate the kaleidoscopic quality of both black and American identity produced an art that transcended propagandistic categories of race and nation, and pathed the way for a large cadre of late 20th and early 21st century poets who, like Hayden, understand themselves to be simultaneously black and American, but ultimately human. Keywords: Robert Hayden, poetry, poet laureate, Black Arts Movement, national identity, African American, Bicentennial, Bahá’í.
170. 2019 Review of Kayanerenkó:wa: The Great Law of Peace, by Kayanesenh Paul Williams (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2018). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: February 25, 2019.) 169. 2019 Review of Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, 5th Ed., by Andrew Rippin and Teresa Bernheimer (New York, NY: Routledge, 2018). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: January 5, 2019.) 168. 2019 “Chapter 1: The Bahá’í ‘Pupil of the Eye’ Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America.” The Bahá’í Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity. Edited by Loni Bramson. Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Lexington Books, 2019. (Release date: December 3, 2018.) Pp. 1–41. Cloth ISBN: 978-1-4985-7002-2. Paper ISBN: 978-1-4985-7004-6 (delayed). Elec. ISBN: 978-1-4985-7003-9. 167. 2019 “Chapter 3: Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá’í Faith.” The Bahá’í Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity. Edited by Loni Bramson. Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Lexington Books, 2019. Pp. 91–116. (Release date: December 3, 2018.) Cloth ISBN: 978-1-4985-7002-2. Paper ISBN: 978-1-4985-7004-6 (delayed). Elec. ISBN: 978-1-4985-7003-9.
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166. 2018 Christopher Buck, “Un auteur américain: Khalil Gibran (Bécharré 29, 6 janvier 1883— New York, 10 avril 1931),” trans. Philippe Maryssael, Khalil Gibran—Le Fol: Ses Paraboles et
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Poèmes. Traduit de l’anglais: The Madman: His Parables and Poems (Arlon, Belgium: DEMDEL Éditions, 2018). Pp. lxv–ciii. ISBN 978-2-87549-265-4. https://www.demdel- editions.com/arts-et-essais/241-87549-265-9872875492654.html. [French translation of Christopher Buck, “Kahlil Gibran.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement XX. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s Reference/The Gale Group, 2010. Pp. 113–129. Note: The Madman was Kahlil Gibran’s frst work in English.]
165. 2018 “Introduction.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and Gamal Hassan. Arabic translation of English original by .Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 17–24 .(ريــــــاح الــــــتغيير: فــــــي الشــــــرق الوســــــط وشــــــمال أفــــــريــــــقيا) Gamal Hassan (Release date: November 1, 2018.) ISBN: 9786140320994. 164. 2018 “Chapter 5: Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and ريـــاح الـــتغيير: فـــي الشـــرق) Gamal Hassan. Arabic translation of English original by Gamal Hassan (.Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 133–166. (Release date: November 1, 2018 .(الوسـط وشـمال أفـريـقيا ISBN: 9786140320994. 163. 2018 “Chapter 6: Defning Islamic Social Principles: A Preamble.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and Gamal Hassan. ريـــــــــــاح الـــــــــــتغيير: فـــــــــــي الشـــــــــــرق الوســـــــــــط وشـــــــــــمال) Arabic translation of English original by Gamal Hassan :Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 167–180. (Release date: November 1, 2018.) ISBN .(أفــــــــــــــــــريــــــــــــــــــقـيـا 9786140320994. 162. 2018 “Chapter 7: ‘Be Just’: Quranic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and ريـــاح الـــتغيير: فـــي الشـــرق) Gamal Hassan. Arabic translation of English original by Gamal Hassan (.Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 181–198. (Release date: November 1, 2018 .(الوســط وشــمال أفــريــقيا ISBN: 9786140320994. 161. 2018 Review of The Production of American Religious Freedom, by Finbarr Curtis (New York: New York University Press, 2016). Journal of Law and Religion (Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. Cambridge University Press) 33.2 (October 2018): pp. 1–5. (Published online: October 30, 2018.) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2018.34.) 160. 2018 Review of The Pragmatist Turn: Religion, the Enlightenment, and the Formation of American Literature by Giles Gunn (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2017). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: September 28, 2018.) 159. 2018 “Interview with Christopher Buck, author of God & Apple Pie,” by Troy Mikanovich, Assistant Editor, and Christopher Buck. Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: September 14, 2018.) 158. 2018 “Political Philosophy: Alain Locke’s Philosophy of Democracy.” Studies in Bahá’i Philosophy: Selected Articles. Edited by Mikhail Sergeev (Swampscott, MA: M-Graphics P u b l i s h i n g , 2 0 1 8) . ( R e l e a s e d Au g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 8 . ) I S B N- 1 0 : 1 9 4 0 2 2 0 9 0 4 . ISBN-13: 978-1940220901. 157. 2018 Review of How to Do Comparative Theology, edited by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. and Klaus von Stosch (New York: Fordham University Press, 2018). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: April 30, 2018.) 156. 2018 “Scholar Meets Prophet: Edward Granville Browne and Bahá’u’lláh (Acre, 1890).” By Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Baha’i Studies Review 20 (cover date, 2014; publication date, 2018): 21–38. (Edited by Steve Cooney.) (Published online: January 11, 2018.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/bsr.20.1.21_1/https://www.ingentaconnect.com/ contentone/intellect/bsr/2014/00000020/00000001/art00002. 155. 2018 “Baha’u’llah’s ‘Paradise of Justice’.” By Christopher Buck and Adib Masumian. Baha’i Studies Review 20 (cover date, 2014; publication date, 2018): 97–134. (Edited by Steve
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Cooney.) (Published online: January 11, 2018.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/bsr.20.1.97_7; https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/bsr/2014/00000020/00000001/ art00007. 154. 2018 Review of The Americas’ First Theologies: Early Sources of Post-Contact Indigenous Religion, edited and translated by Garry Sparks (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2017). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: January 9, 2018.) 153. 2018 “Ninian Smart (1927–2001).” British Writers. Supplement XXIV. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons/The Gale Group, 2018. Pp. 269–283. ISBN-13: 978-0684325156. (Release date: September 8, 2017. Available in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database.) 152. 2018 “David Bottoms.” American Writers. Supplement XXVIII. Edited by Jay Parini. Farming- ton Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons/The Gale Group, 2018. Pp. 21–36. ISBN-13: 978-0684325170. (Published/Released September 2017.) Available in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database.
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151. 2017 “Robert Hayden.” Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature (online reprint of original article; for print version, see #41 below): https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/ acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-485/version/0. (Published online: July or September 2017.) [For updated article (with co-author, Derik Smith, published online on April 26, 2019), see entry #166, above.] 150. 2017 Review of The Bahá’ís of America: The Growth of a Religious Movement, by Mike McMullen (New York: NYU Press, 2015). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: August 23, 2017.) 149. 2017 “Islamic Approaches to Symbolism.” (Arabic translation forthcoming.) Burhan Institute, 2017. (Published online.) [Previously unpublished section of the author’s Master’s thesis: Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Bahá’í Faith (Chapter 3, “Islamic Approaches to Symbolism,” pp. 69–145). See entry #7, infra.] 148. 2017 Review of The Imperatives of Progressive Islam, by Adis Duderija (New York: Routledge, 2017). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion.” (Published online: May 29, 2017.) 147. 2017 “The 1893 Russian Publication of Bahá’u’lláh’s Last Will and Testament: An Academic Attestation of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Successorship.” By Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Baha’i Studies Review 19 (cover date, 2013; publication date, 2017): 3–44. (Edited by Steve Cooney.) (Published May 2017.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ bsr.19.1.3_1/https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/bsr/ 2013/00000019/00000001/art00001. 146. 2017 “Discovering” [the Qur’an]. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an. Second edition. Edited by Andrew Rippin and Jawid Mojaddedi. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 23–42. ISBN: 978-1-118-96480-4. (Published April 21, 2017.) Available online via Wiley Online Library (through subscribing universities). 145. 2017 Review of Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers, by Daniel L. Dreisbach (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: March 23, 2017.) 144. 2017 Persian translation of: Christopher Buck, “Beyond the ‘Seal of the Prophets’: Bahā’u’llāh’s Book of Certitude (Ketāb-e Iqān).” Religious Texts in Iranian Languages. Edited by Clause Pedersen & Fereydun Vahman. København (Copenhagen): Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 2007. Pp. 369–378. Persian translation by Khosrow Dehghani. 143. 2017 Ramz va Rāz. Persian translation of: Christopher Buck, Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1995. Reprinted
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2004. ISBN-13: 978-0933770805. ISBN-10: 0933770804. (“Christopher Buck’s book represents the frst book-length attempt in the English language to analyse one of the major works of Bahā’u’llāh.”—Moojan Momen, Review of Symbol and Secret, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series) 7.2 ( July 1997): 290–291.) Persian translation by Khosrow Dehghani. Translation commissioned by the “Advanced Bahá’í Studies Institute” for two courses: “1. Since the Kitáb-i-Íqán is the main textbook of the course titled ‘Study of the Writings VI’, we will use Symbols and Secrets [sic] in the areas of introduction, understanding and comprehension, the station of Íqán [sic] among the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, and its place in the expository literature.” And: “2. In the advanced level of ‘Studies in Religions’, Kitáb-i-Íqán is the textbook. Therefore, parts of Symbols and Secrets [sic] will be used from the perspectives of methodology and research in religious studies.”—Translation (August 2005) by the National Persian-American Afairs Ofce, [U.S.] Bahá’í National Center, sent as an enclosure with a cover letter by Manuchehr Derakhshani, Director, Persian-American Afairs Ofce (October 27, 2005).)
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142. 2016 “Bahāʾīs.” Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān: Supplement. Edited by Jane McAulife. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. (Published online on December 1, 2016.) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_050505. Original, longer article that was invited, accepted, and edited (6,160 words) and briefy published online (as I recall). Then a new word-limit was imposed, such that I had to cut 2,255 words. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17267.25123. 141. 2016 Review of New Patterns for Comparative Religion: Passages to an Evolutionary Perspective, by William E. Paden (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016). Reading Religion: A Publica- tion of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: 2016.) 140. 2016 “‘Be Just’: Quranic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law.” (English, with Arabic translation by Gamal Hassan.) Burhan Institute. (Published online.) https:// burhaninstitute.org/?p=501. 139. 2016 “Defning Islamic Social Principles: A Preamble.” (English, with Arabic translation by Gamal Hassan.) Burhan Institute. (Published online.) https://burhaninstitute.org/?p=517. 138. 2016 “Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance.” (English, with Arabic translation by Gamal Hassan.) Burhan Institute. (Published online August 12, 2016.) https://burhaninstitute.org/?p=525. 137. 2016 “Bahá’í Faith.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 136. 2016 “Sikhism.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 135. 2016 “Jainism.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 134. 2016 “Zoroastrianism.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 133. 2016 “Sufsm.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 132. 2016 “Ismaili Islam.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 131. 2016 “Shia Islam.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 130. 2016 “Sunni Islam.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. (Release date: August 5, 2016.)
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129. 2016 “Introduction to Islam.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. Online database. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Solutions. (Schools Edition: ISBN 978-1-59884-798-7.) Advisor: J. Gordon Melton (Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Institute for Studies in Religion, Baylor University). (Release date: August 5, 2016.) 128. 2016 Erfan Sabeti, Ph.D., translator. Persian translation of: Christopher Buck, “The Interracial ‘Bahá’í Movement’ and the Black Intelligentsia: The Case of W. E. B. Du Bois.” Journal of Religious History 36.4 (December 2012): 542–562. (Special Issue: Bahá’í History, guest- edited by Todd Lawson.) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9809.2012.01230.x. Published online: http://aasoo.org/articles/93/. 127. 2016 Erfan Sabeti, Ph.D., translator. Persian translation of: Christopher Buck, “Naw-Rúz, Festival of (March 21).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. By J. Gordon Melton, Editor, with James A. Beverley, Christopher Buck, and Constance A. Jones. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-59884-205-0. eISBN: 978-1-59884-206-7 Pub. date: September 13, 2011. Vol. 2, pp. 225–228. Published online: http://aasoo.org/articles/91/. 126. 2016 Baha’i Faith: A Quick Reference. Series: Quick Reference Guides. New York: Facts On File/ Infobase, 2016. (Release date: March 1, 2016.) (ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-6675-9.) Electronic publication (eBook/ePub) edition. 125. 2016 Persian translation of: Christopher Buck, “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Studies in Contemporary Islam 5.1–2 (Spring/Fall 2003): 83–106. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 2–3 May 2003. (Published June 2005.) Published online: http://negah.org/2295. ( January 30, 2016.) Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 124. 2016 “Deganawida, the Peacemaker.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement XXVI. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s Reference/The Gale Group, 2016. Pp. 81–100. (Available in Gale Ebooks and in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database.)
2015
123. 2015 Review of Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding. By Steven K. Green (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). Journal of the American Academy of Religion 83.4 (December 2015): 1183–1186. (“Published: 09 September 2015.”) DOI: https:// dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfv068. 122. 2015 “Alain Locke’s Philosophy of Democracy.” Studies in Bahá’í Philosophy 4 (2015): 24–45. 121. 2015 God & Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America. (Introduction by J. Gordon Melton, Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Institute for Studies in Religion, Baylor University.) Kingston, NY: Educator’s International Press, 2015. (Hardbound release date: March 27, 2015; Paperback release date: November 10, 2015.) ISBNs: Hardbound: 9781891928154 | Paperback: 9781891928451 | Kindle: 9781891928185 | Nook Book: 9781891928222 | Google eBook: 9781891928307. Available online via EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection (through subscribing universities). Libraries Worldwide: Total (print & eBook editions): 94 (55 print books; 39 eBooks). [WorldCat, April 25, 2021.] “Held by Big Ten Academic Alliance” (WorldCat). See https:// www.amazon.com/God-Apple-Pie-Religious-Visions/dp/1891928457. Reviews • “Interview with Christopher Buck, author of God & Apple Pie.” By Troy Mikanovich, Assistant Editor, and Christopher Buck. Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. (Published online: September 14, 2018.) • Reading Religion (“A Publication of the American Academy of Religion). Review of God & Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America by Emily Goshey (PhD candidate, religious studies, Princeton University): “This overview of religions in America and their relationship with America as both “nation and notion” covers tremendous ground. …
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God and Apple Pie is a veritable encyclopedia of both primary and secondary sources, but with the beneft of a more digestible presentation and a coherent narrative framework. Although the numerous, lengthy block quotes require some extra work from the reader, the overall efect is to empower the reader to see for themselves exactly how people within a given tradition mythologize and theologize America. That is to say, Buck shows as well as tells. … God and Apple Pie ofers a valuable contribution to readers looking to understand why religion matters in America and how diferent American religious groups have seen their relationship with their country. Any reader, no matter how well versed in religious traditions, would learn a great deal by perusing its pages.” (Published online: August 14, 2017.) • Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 20.4 (May 2017): pp. 130– 131. Review by Donald A. Westbrook (UCLA): “Thus, the volume has clear import for both theological studies and religious studies, and is unique in that it attempts to summarize, systematize, and synthesize the visionary and mythical examples it defly surveys. … On the whole, this revised and expanded volume is impressive for the breadth and depth it accomplishes and will be of value to researchers, teachers, and especially general readers.” DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2017.20.4.130 • Religion: (Published online: October 26, 2016.) Review by Daniel Liechty PhD, DMin, ACSW (Professor of Social Work, Illinois State University): “Fascinating … The chapter on Mormonism … is itself alone worth the price of the book. Other chapters, on Black Muslim and contemporary Islamic views, as well as Buddhist and Bahá’í visions of America … are, to my knowledge, the very best sources available for summarization of this material. … The reading itself is quite accessible. It could easily function not only as an undergraduate textbook, but also as the main reading for any adult education class or discussion group.” DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2016.1244636.
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120. 2015 “Fify Bahá’í Principles of Unity: A Paradigm of Social Salvation.” Baha’i Studies Review 18 (cover date, 2012; publication date, 2015): 3–44. (Published June 23, 2015.) (Edited by S t e v e C o o n e y. ) D O I : http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/bsr.18.1.3_1/ https:// www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/bsr/2012/00000018/00000001/art00001. (Presented at Princeton University, February 21, 2014.) Video of presentation: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=38_ElzcX6Wo. Thanks to Emily Goshey, PhD (for setting up this event with Princeton), and to Tahi Hicks and Sahand Keshavarz Rahbar (for posting the video of the presentation). 119. 2015 Review of Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur’an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion, by Todd Lawson (London and New York: Routledge, 2011). Baha’i Studies Review 18 (cover date, 2012; publication date, 2015): 153–161. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1386/bsr.18.1.153_5/https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/ bsr/2012/00000018/00000001/art00008. (Published June 23, 2015.)
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118. 2015 Review of Philosophic Values and World Citizenship: Locke to Obama and Beyond, edited by Jacoby Adeshai Carter and Leonard Harris (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010). Baha’i Studies Review 18 (cover date, 2012; publication date, 2015): 172–178. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1386/bsr.18.1.153_5/https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/ bsr/2012/00000018/00000001/art00008. (Published June 23, 2015.) 117. 2015 Review of The Development of the Babi/Bahá’í Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen’s Archives, by Youli Ioannesyan. Nova Religio 18.4 (May 2015): 123–125. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1525/nr.2015.18.4.123. 116. 2015 “Edward Granville Browne.” British Writers, Supplement XXI. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons/The Gale Group, 2015. Pp. 17–33. (Released September 3, 2014.) (Available in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database.)
2014
115. 2014 “Baha’i: Theological Exchanges, Current Issues.” Handbook of Religion: A Christian Engagement with Traditions, Teachings, and Practices. Edited by Terry C. Muck, Harold A. Netland, and Gerald R. McDermott. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014. Pp. 720– 724. 114. 2014 “Baha’i: History, Beliefs, Practices.” Handbook of Religion: A Christian Engagement with Traditions, Teachings, and Practices. Edited by Terry C. Muck, Harold A. Netland, and Gerald R. McDermott. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014. Pp. 714–719.
2013
113. 2013 “‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation.” ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity. Edited by Negar Mottahedeh. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Pp. 111–144. DOI: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137032010. 112. 2013 “Alain Locke.” Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 111. 2013 “Alain Locke.” The African American Experience: The American Mosaic. Edited by Marian Perales, Spencer R. Crew, and Joe E. Watkins. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 110. 2013 “Harlem Renaissance.” The African American Experience: The American Mosaic. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 109. 2013 “New Negro Movement.” The African American Experience: The American Mosaic. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 108. 2013 “Science and Religion Are Complementary.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. (Academic Edition: ISBN 978-1-61069-122-2.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO, 2013. Invited student-oriented argument essay, demonstrating the present writer’s “CLEAR Argument Paradigm,” a generative paradigm (based on philosopher Stephen Toulmin’s analytical model of argument) to assist students in writing their own arguments: Claim (Position), Limits (Qualifer), Evidence (Reasons, Grounds), Assump- tions (Warrants & Backing), and Rebuttal (to objections).
2012
107. 2012 “The Interracial ‘Bahá’í Movement’ and the Black Intelligentsia: The Case of W. E. B. Du Bois.” Journal of Religious History 36.4 (December 2012): 542–562. (Special Issue: Bahá’í History, guest-edited by Todd Lawson.) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ j.1467-9809.2012.01230.x. 106. 2012 “Chapter 13: Bahá’í Faith.” The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice. Edited by Michael D. Palmer and Stanley M. Burgess. Malden, MA, Oxford, UK: Wiley- Blackwell, 2012. Pp. 210–223. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444355390.ch13.
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105. 2012 “The Bahá’í ‘Race Amity’ Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America: Alain Locke and Robert S. Abbott.” Baha’i Studies Review 17 (cover date, 2011; publication date, 2012): 3–46. (Edited by Steve Cooney.) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/bsr.17.3_1/ https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/bsr/2012/00000017/00000001/ art00001. [Published September 2012.] 104. 2012 “The Constitutionality of Teaching Islam: The University of North Carolina Qur’an Controversy.” Essay VIII. Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities. Edited by Mumtaz Ahmad, Zahid H. Bukhari and Sulayman S. Nyang. Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2012. (Release date: July 1, 2012). Pp. 137–177. Review: The editors describe Christopher Buck’s essay as the frst comprehensive treatment of the 2002 University of North Carolina controversy, characterized by Michael Sells as “suing the Koran on behalf of the Bible” (pp. xxiii and 138). This narrative-cum-analytic essay by an attorney and independent scholar documents an important post-9/11 controversy at a major university and demonstrates that even the academic study of Islam is not safe from what some observers have called the “Islamophobia industry.” (Usaama al-Azami, Review of Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities (2012). The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 30:3 (2013): 94–97 [96].)
103. 2012 “America is a Multifaith Nation.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. (Academic Edition: ISBN 978-1-61069-122-2.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012. 102. 2012 “Public Schools May ‘Teach About Religion’—Not ‘Teach Religion’.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. (Academic Edition: ISBN 978-1-61069-122-2.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012. Introduces Buck’s “DREAMS Paradigm.” “DREAMS” is a mnemonic acronym for the Doctrinal, Ritual, Ethical, Artistic, Mystical, and Social dimensions of religion. Developed as a classroom tool (for university students) in formally comparing world religions:
DREAMS Paradigm Doctrinal Dimension (metaphysics, philosophy of religion) [Acronym: CASE.] • Cosmology (cosmogony/theodicy). • Anthropology (soul/consciousness/purpose). • Soteriology (predicament/salvation). • Eschatology (aferlife/apocalypse). Ritual Dimension (anthropology of religion) [Acronym: CROW.] • Calendar (type/special features). • Rites of Passage (rites of life/life-crisis rites/rites of faith). • Observances (festivals and fasts/pilgrimages). • Worship (communal/domestic). Ethical Dimension (philosophy of religion) [Acronym: LIVE.] • Laws (prescriptions/proscriptions). • Intentions (motives/reactions). • Virtues (saints/saintliness). • Ethics (moral principles/social principles). Artistic Dimension (art history, iconography) [Acronym: MAPS.] • Music (liturgical/devotional). • Art & Architecture (visual arts, temples, shrines, pilgrimage sites/assembly halls). • Performance (dance/drama). • Symbols (literary/concrete). Mystical Dimension (psychology of religion) [Acronym: GASP.] • Goal of Attainment (quest/preparation). • Activities (spiritual exercises/mystical orders). • Stages (path/progress). • Peak Experiences (visions, auditions/transformations).
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Social Dimension (sociology of religion) [Acronym: DORM.] • Distribution (heartland/diaspora). • Organization (hierarchy/community). • Relations (church/state relations/interfaith relations). • Missions (domestic/foreign).
101. 2012 “Religions Share Enduring Values.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. (Academic Edition: ISBN 978-1-61069-122-2.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Argument essay, introducing the present writer’s “CLEAR Argument Paradigm”—a generative model for writing arguments, based on Stephen Toulmin’s model for analyzing arguments—to assist students in writing their own argument essays: Claim (Position), Limits (Qualifer), Evidence (Reasons, Grounds), Assump- tions (Warrants & Backing), and Rebuttal (to objections). 100. 2012 Persian translation of: “Baha’u’llah’s Bisharat (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen.” By Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Bahá’í Studies Review 16 (2010): 3–28. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/bsr.16.3/1. Posted on Negah: http:// negah.org/1498. ( January 17, 2012.) Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. See also (serially published): Entries #81–84, below. [See entry #80 for original English publication.]
2011
[#85–#99]: 2011 Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. By J. Gordon Melton, Editor, with James A. Beverley, Christopher Buck, and Constance A. Jones. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-59884-205-0. eISBN: 978-1-59884-206-7 Pub. date: September 13, 2011. [See below for entries.] 99. 2011 “‘Abdu’l-Baha, Ascension of (November 28).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:1–4.) 98. 2011 “Ayyam-i-Ha (Bahá’í Intercalary Days) (February 25–March 1).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:60– 63.) 97. 2011 “Bab, Festival of the Birth of the (October 20).” (Christopher Buck and J. Gordon Melton.) Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:65–67.) 96. 2011 “Bab, Festival of the Declaration of the (May 23).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:67–73.) 95. 2011 “Bab, Martyrdom of the ( July 9).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:73–76.) 94. 2011 “Baha’i Calendar and Rhythms of Worship.” (Christopher Buck and J. Gordon Melton.) Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:79–86.) 93. 2011 “Baha’i Fast (March 2–20).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:94–96.) 92. 2011 “Baha’u’llah, Ascension of (May 29).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:96–99.) 91. 2011 “Baha’u’llah, Festival of the Birth of (November 12).” (Christopher Buck and J. Gordon Melton.) Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:99–102.) 90. 2011 “Covenant, Day of the (November 26).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (1:225–228.)
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89. 2011 “Naw-Rúz, Festival of (March 21).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (2:620–623.) 88. 2011 “Nineteen-Day Feast (Bahá’í).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (2:641–645.) 87. 2011 “Race Unity Day.” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (2:727–731.) 86. 2011 “Ridvan, Festival of (April 20–May 2).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (2:744–747.) 85. 2011 “World Religion Day ( January).” Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. (2:936–939.) 84. 2011 “Baha’u’llah’s Bisharat (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen. Persian translation, Part 4: Payám-i-Bahá’í, No. 374 ( January 2011): 28–30. [See entry #80 for original English publication.]
2010
83. 2010 “Baha’u’llah’s Bisharat (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen. Persian translation, Part 3: Payám-i-Bahá’í, No. 373 (December 2010): 35–45. [See entry #80 for original English publication.] 82. 2010 “Baha’u’llah’s Bisharat (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen. Persian translation, Part 2: Payám-i-Bahá’í, No. 372 (November 2010): 14–18. [See entry #80 for original English publication.] 81. 2010 “Baha’u’llah’s Bisharat (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen. Persian translation, Part 1: Payám-i-Bahá’í, No. 371 (October 2010): 51–57. [See entry #80 for original English publication.] 80. 2010 “Baha’u’llah’s Bisharat (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen.” By Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Bahá’í Studies Review 16 (2010): 3–28. (Edited by Moojan Momen.) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/bsr.16.3/1. 79. 2010 “Kahlil Gibran.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement XX. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s Reference/The Gale Group, 2010. Pp. 113–129. (Available in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database.) Translated from English into Arabic by Mr. Gamal Hassan. (Arabic translation commissioned by the Burhan Institute.) Published online: July 6, 2019. Translated into French by Philippe Maryssael. (See entry #166, supra.) This article was highly recommended by the late Suheil Bushrui, BA, PhD, Hon LHD (d. 2015), who wrote: “Not only did Dr. Buck contribute an excellent entry on Gibran, he also provided overwhelming support for Gibran’s inclusion in the American literary canon.” (See Dr. Bushrui’s “Letter of Reference” at the very end of this CV.) Shortly before he passed away at the age of 85, Dr. Bushrui planned to have this article translated into Arabic for the Arabic-speaking readers. Dr. Bushrui—as (former) Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace, University of Maryland—was recognized as “the world’s foremost authority on the works of Lebanese poet, artist and writer Kahlil Gibran.”
78. 2010 “Baha’i Temples.” Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 2nd edition. Edited by J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Vol. 6, pp. 2817–2821. 77. 2010 “Birth of the Bab.” By Christopher Buck and J. Gordon Melton. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 2nd edition. Edited by J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Vol. 1, pp. 352–353. 76. 2010 “Birth/Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh.” By Christopher Buck and J. Gordon Melton. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 2nd edition. Edited by J.
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Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Vol. 1, pp. 353–355. 75. 2010 “Ridvan, Festival of.” Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 2nd edition. Edited by J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Vol. 5, pp. 2414–2416. 74. 2010 “World Religion Day.” Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 2nd edition. Edited by J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Vol. 6, pp. 3138–3140. 73. 2010 “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia of African American History. Edited by Leslie Alexander & Walter Rucker. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Pp. 959–963 (Vol. 3). 72. 2010 “Thirteenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 549–550 (Vol. 2). 71. 2010 “Fifeenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 768–770 (Vol. 3). 70. 2010 “Locke, Alain.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 224–227 (Vol. 1). 69. 2010 “Harlem Renaissance.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 795–799 (Vol. 3). 68. 2010 “New Negro Movement.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 925–927 (Vol. 3). 67. 2010 “Talented Tenth.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 1047–1048 (Vol. 3).
2009
66. 2009 Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefned America’s World Role. Santa Barbara, CA/Westport, CT: ABC-CLIO/Praeger, 2009. Hardbound edition. ISBN: 978-0-313-35959-0. eISBN: 978-0-313-35960-6. (Release date: April 30, 2009.) Libraries Worldwide: Total (print & eBook editions): 1,122 (205 print books; 917 eBooks). [WorldCat, April 25, 2021.] “Held by Big Ten Academic Alliance.” See http:// www.amazon.com/Religious-Myths-Visions-America-Redefned/dp/0313359598.
Reviews • Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 15.3 (February 2012): 139– 141. Review by Irén E. Annus (University of Szeged, Hungary): “This volume may be of interest to readers involved not only in Religious Studies, but also in Political Science, History, Intellectual History, American Studies, and Cultural Studies. … In the course of the detailed and well-documented analysis of individual religions, Buck reveals a highly elaborate and in-depth picture of the various beliefs, which is indeed impressive. … He argues that the original myth and vision of America as a nation was captured by the Protestant notion of manifest destiny. This has been challenged by the other faiths … that have transformed the idea of manifest destiny into America’s common destiny. … The book is overall a fresh and stimulating cultural reading of some of America’s religions and the complex ways in which their followers make sense of and act in the world.” [Electronic Database (full text available): ATLA Religion Database; JSTOR.] • Journal of American History 98.1 ( June 2011): 279–280. Review by Richard Kyle (Tabor College): “Religious Myths and Visions of America has many strengths. The author has defended his thesis with solid research. He has also made an original contribution to American studies.” • Multicultural Review 18.4 (Winter 2009): 66. Review by Vladimir F. Wertsman (New York Public Library): “This interesting, thoroughly researched scholarly study examines how ten minor religions interpreted America’s reality (“nation and notion”) and generated numerous
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religious myths and visions of America. … [t]his volume is certainly a welcome addition to the topic of racial, cultural, and ethnic studies. … Recommended for comparative ethnic and religion collections.”
2008
65. 2008 “Religious Minority Rights.” The Islamic World. Edited by Andrew Rippin. London/New Yo r k : R o u t l e d g e , 2 0 0 8 . P p . 6 3 8 – 6 5 5 . [ F i n a l c h a p t e r. ] D O I : https:// www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203019139.ch49. 64. 2008 Persian translation of “Religious Minority Rights.” The Islamic World. Edited by Andrew Rippin. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 638–655. [Final chapter.] DOI: https:// www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203019139.ch49. Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 63. 2008 “Alain Locke: Four Talks Redefning Democracy, Education, and World Citizenship.” Edited and introduced by Christopher Buck and Betty J. Fisher. World Order 38.3 (2006/2007): 21–41. Features four previously unpublished speeches by Alain Locke: “The Preservation of the Democratic Ideal” (1938 or 1939); “Stretching Our Social Mind” (1944); “On Becoming World Citizens” (1946). “Creative Democracy” (1946 or 1947). [Published in 2008.] 62. 2008 “Robert Hayden’s ‘[American Journal]’: A Multidimensional Analysis.” Online Journal of Bahá’í Studies 2 (2008): 1–37. 61. 2008 “Bureau of Indian Afairs.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Vol. 1, pp. 215–220. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n91. 60. 2008 “Harlem Renaissance.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Vol. 2, pp. 585–588. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n238. 59. 2008 “Melting Pot.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Vol. 2, pp. 885–888. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n361. 58. 2008 “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Vol. 2, pp. 1048–1051. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n429. 57. 2008 “Talented Tenth.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Vol. 3, pp. 1295–1297. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n541.
2007
56. 2007 “Beyond the ‘Seal of the Prophets’: Bahā’u’llāh’s Book of Certitude (Ketāb-e Iqān).” Religious Texts in Iranian Languages. Edited by Clause Pedersen & Fereydun Vahman. København (Copenhagen): The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters/Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab—Historiske-flosofske Meddelelser 98, København, 2007. Pp. 369–378. [Courtesy of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, this entire multi-author work is now available online: http:// www.royalacademy.dk/Publications/Low/2085_.pdf.] 55. 2007 “Judicial Activism.” Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Edited by Gary L. Anderson & Kathryn G. Herr. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. Vol. 2, 785–789. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n459. 54. 2007 “Baha’i Faith and Social Action.” Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Vol. 1, 208–213. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n97.
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53. 2007 “Messengers of God in North America Revisited: An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Tablet to Amir Khan.” Co-authored by Don Addison (Choctaw Elder). Online Journal of Bahá’í Studies 1 (2007): 180–270.
2006
52. 2006 “‘Never Again’: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Afairs.” Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 21.1 (2006): 97–126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1353/wic.2006.0002. Available in Project Muse (“Launched on MUSE: 2006-08-09”). • “Never Again”: Kevin Gover’s Historic Apology for the Bureau of Indian Afairs (September 8, 2000): Video of historic speech, “Never Again,” by Kevin Gover, Head of Bureau of Indian Afairs (“BIA”), on the occasion of the BIA’s 175th anniversary (September 8, 2000). Obtained by special request (by Christopher Buck) from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Telecommunications Service Ofce (Requisition DI-4-00479, 12-16-2003). “Analog to digital conversion” (from VHS) by Harkirat Chawla (one of my former students), Michigan State University. (Credits appear at end of video.) • View video online: https://vimeo.com/404428918 (posted on Vimeo on April 5, 2020).
51. 2006 “Discovering” [the Qur’an]. The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an. Edited by Andrew Rippin. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. Pp. 18–35. [Lead chapter.] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1002/9780470751428.ch2. [A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007.] 50. 2006 Persian translation of “Discovering” [the Qur’an]. The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an. Edited by Andrew Rippin. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. Pp. 18–35. [Lead chapter.] Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia.
2005
49. 2005 Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 2005. Pub date: July 3, 2005. ISBN-13: 978-1890688387. ISBN-10: 189068838X. Libraries Worldwide: Total (print edition): 44. [WorldCat, December 31, 2019.] In print. (Order from Kalimát Press: http:// www.kalimat.com/Locke.html.) Reviews • Derik Smith. World Order 38.3 (2006/2007): 42–48. (Published in 2008.): ”Christopher Buck’s recent book, Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, is a welcome addition to the literature on early twentieth-century American and African American culture. But, perhaps more important, Buck’s study is a signifcant contribution to scholarship on the history of the Bahá’í Faith in the United States. … Any future study of Locke must necessarily make its way through Christopher Buck’s Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. The scholar forcefully proves his thesis that, in Locke’s thinking, philosophy and religious belief operated as synergistic terms. He has shown that the Bahá’í Faith was integral to Locke’s life and ideology. … Yet, afer reading Buck’s work, it is difcult to imagine Locke the philosopher rapt in prayer. Of course, this is not a shortcoming of the book. Rather it is an indication that, while he may have wanted to portray a more pious fgure, Buck maintains the vow he made in his introduction to Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy “to constrain any grandiose claims on Locke as a Bahá’í.” • M. Anthony Fitchue. Journal of African American History 92.1 (Winter 2007): 131–133: “But the jewels in this book are unmistakable. … Clearly, Buck has given voice to the men and women who not only put the Bahá’í faith frst in their lives, but also lef key documents, personal letters, notes, and memoranda related to the life of philosopher Alain LeRoy Locke for future researchers to ponder and use for years to come.” • William P. Collins. Insights (Library of Congress Professional Association Newsletter) 38.1–3 ( Jan–Oct 2006): 10–12: “Both of these books [Lights of the Spirit and Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy] go a long way toward correcting the historians’ failure to note the important role played by the Bahá’í Faith and prominent African-American Bahá’ís in the struggle for racial equality in the United States.”
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• “Selected New Publications.” The Bahá’í World (2004–2005): An International Record (Vol. 33; Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 2006) p. 305. “Alain Locke was one of the leading African-American intellectuals of his day. Best known as the father of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, he also pioneered calls for multicultural democracy. This book is a study of Locke’s identity and commitment as a Bahá’í, and explores how the Bahá’í principles influenced Locke’s thinking.”
48. 2005 “Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá’í Pluralist.” Special Issue: “Alain Locke: Dean of the Harlem Renaissance and Bahá’í Race-Amity Leader.” World Order 36.3 (2005): 7–36. Winner of the 2006 DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award of Excellence: Class B. Periodicals—Single Issue, Magazine, National (B-1), for excellence in religion communi- cations and public relations. Awarded to: (1) Dr. Betty J. Fisher, Editor; (2) World Order magazine; and (3) the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. S e e http://www.religioncommunicators.org/assets/documents/ derosehinkhouseawardwinners2006.pdf 47. 2005 “Alain Locke in His Own Words: Three Essays.” Edited and annotated by Christopher Buck and Betty J. Fisher. World Order 36.3 (2005): 37–48. [Features four previously unpublished works by Alain Locke: “The Moon Maiden” (37); “The Gospel for the Twentieth Century” (39–42); “Peace between Black and White in the United States” (42– 45); and “Five Phases of Democracy” (45–48).] 46. 2005 “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Studies in Contemporary Islam 5.1–2 (Spring/Fall 2003): 83–106. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 2–3 May 2003. (Published June 2005.) 45. 2005 Persian translation of “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Studies in Contemporary Islam 5.1–2 (Spring/Fall 2003): 83–106. Proceedings of the Twenti- eth Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 2–3 May 2003. (Published June 2005.)
2004
44. 2004 Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1995/2004. ISBN-13: 978-0933770805. ISBN-10: 0933770804. (“Christopher Buck’s book represents the frst book-length attempt in the English language to analyse one of the major works of Bahā’u’llāh.”—Moojan Momen, Review of Symbol and Secret, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series) 7.2 ( July 1997): 290–291.) Reviews • Frank Lewis. Baha’i Studies Review 6 (1996): 76–91 [16 pp.]. “Simply brilliant. Symbol and Secret is a ground-breaking study, setting a standard for and describing the agenda of the exegesis of Bahai texts for some time to come.” • Jonah Winters. Iranian Studies 32.1 (Winter 1999): 141–145. “Buck has undertaken a project that is to be commended on many fronts. This study is daring in that it is the frst extended analysis of the Islamic context and content of Baha’ullah’s thought and writings. The rigor with which Buck has treated his topics is a model for anyone engaging in textual scholarship: his research is broad, his attention to detail thorough, and his coverage of the topics exhaustive. Finally, many of his conclusions, the light he throws on the Íqán and its content, and in places even his methods are frankly brilliant.” • Jonah Winters. Journal of Bahá’í Studies 9.3 (September 1999): 69–75. “Christopher Buck’s Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, volume 7) can be seen as a work of genius: it is ground- breaking—daring, innovative, and even brilliant. … As Symbol and Secret is the frst work written in English to examine Bahá’í scripture and hermeneutics in any analytical depth, Buck’s work can without exaggeration be declared seminal. … First, this study is
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daring in that it is the frst extended analysis of the Islamic context and content of Bahá’u’lláh’s thought and writings. Buck’s tangential self-defense on pages 260–261 indicates that he, too, is well aware of the daringness of the topic and of his academic approach to it. Second, the rigour with which Buck has treated his topics is a model for anyone engaging in textual scholarship: his research is broad, his attention to detail thorough, and his coverage of the topics exhaustive. Finally, many of his conclusions, the light he throws on the Íqán and its content, and in places even his methods are frankly brilliant.” • Moojan Momen. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series) 7.2 ( July 1997): 290–291. “Christopher Buck’s book represents the frst book-length attempt in the English language to analyse one of the major works of Bahā’u’llāh. … One main theme that Buck explores in this book is the question of whether the text of the Īqān contains hints by Bahā’u’llāh of his future claim. Some have expressed doubt as to whether any such hints exist but Buck demonstrates, conclusively I think, that there are many covert and even overt indications of what he calls ‘Bahā’u’llāh’s messianic secret’. … Buck has created a good starting point for what one would anticipate will be a new genre: critical analyses of the writings of Bahā’u’llāh.” • John Hatcher. Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Bulletin 30.1 ( July 1996): 70–71. “Buck ofers insightful analysis of Bahā’u’llāh’s exegetical technique.”
43. 2004 “The Eschatology of Globalization: Bahá’u’lláh’s Multiple-Messiahship Revisited.” Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths. Edited by Moshe Sharon. Numen Book Series: Studies in the History of Religions, 104. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004. Pp. 143–178. (Released September 1, 2004.) Available online via EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection (through subscribing universities). News story: Bahá’í World News Service, “Bahá’í Chair at Hebrew University hosts conference on modern religions” ( January 18, 2001), https://news.bahai.org/story/84/. Photo of present writer speaking during a discussion in one of the conference plenary sessions: https://www.datocms-assets.com/6348/1543418239-bwns4665-0.jpg.
42. 2004 “Alain Locke.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement XIV. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s Reference/The Gale Group, 2004. Pp. 195–219. (Released September 22, 2004.) (Available in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) database.) 41. 2004 “Robert Hayden.” Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Edited by Jay Parini. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Vol. 2, 177–181. Reviews: 2004 Choice “Outstanding Academic Title”; 2004 Pennsylvania School Librarians Association “Best Reference Title”; 2004 Library Journal: Best Reference. Published Online Version: 2005. eISBN: 9780195307726. Republished online in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature (July or September 2017): https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/acrefore/ 9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-485/version/0. 40. 2004 “Alain Locke and Cultural Pluralism.” Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá’í Thought. Edited by Seena Fazel and John Danesh. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 2004. Pp. 94–158. 39. 2004 Review of Nader Saiedi, Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. H-Bahai, H-Net Reviews (May 2004). 38. 2004 “Religious Myths of America” (Syllabus). American Academy of Religion Syllabus Project (March 2004). [Invited by the American Academy of Religion.]
2003
37. 2003 Review of Daniel Grolin, Jesus and Early Christianity in the Gospels: A New Dialogue. Baha’i Studies Review 11 (2003): 108–112. 36. 2003 “In Memoriam: Willard G. Oxtoby 1933–2003.” Religious Studies News 18.3 (May 2003): 10. [Invited by the American Academy of Religion.]
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2002
35. 2002 Generation Y Speaks Out: A Policy Guide. Edited by Christopher Buck, David Stowe & Shanetta Martin. Lansing: Michigan Nonproft Association & Michigan’s Children, 2002. 34. 2002 “Baha’i Universalism and Native Prophets.” Reason and Revelation: New Directions in Bahá’í Thought. Edited by Seena Fazel and John Danesh. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 2002. Pp. 172–201. 33. 2002 “Alain Locke: Bahá’í Philosopher.” Baha’i Studies Review 10 (2001/2002): 7–49.
2001
32. 2001 “Bahāʾīs.” Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an. Edited by Jane McAulife. Vol. One: 197–199. L e i d e n : B r i l l A c a d e m i c P u b l i s h e r s , 2 0 0 1 . D O I : http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQSIM_00042. See http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/ entries/encyclopaedia-of-the-quran/bahais-EQSIM_00042. was apparently , بـــهائـــیت کـــریســـتوفـــر جـــورج بـــوک ,Note: The Persian (Farsi) translation of this article excluded from publication by the “EQ Persian Translation Project,” presumably due to the controversial nature of the Bahá’í Faith (i.e. the problem of a post-Islamic religion) as a legitimate academic topic in an Islamic studies context. See: https:// iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/eq-persian and https://www.academia.edu/ 23185082/Encyclopaedia_of_the_Quran_Persian_Translation_Vol._1.
2000
31. 2000 Review of Will C. van den Hoonard, The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898– 1948. University of Toronto Quarterly 69.1 (Winter 2000): 290–291.
1999
30. 1999 Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith. Albany: S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w Yo r k P r e s s , 1 9 9 9 . I S B N - 1 0 : 0 7 9 1 4 4 0 6 1 3 . ISBN-13: 978-0791440612. (Release date: May 13, 1999.) First formal (academic) comparison of the Bahá’í Faith and Christianity, notwithstanding a wealth of apologetic literature on this topic. Cover illustration by Shiew Yeu Loh (one of my former students at Millikin University—an international student from Malaysia, and now a professional Senior External Development Artist at Electronic Arts (Computer Games), Redwood City, CA). Libraries Worldwide: Total (print & eBook editions): 1,926 (191 print books; 1,735 eBooks). [WorldCat, April 25, 2021. Available online via EBSCO Academic Com- prehensive Collection (through subscribing universities). Opening Paragraph Religions enshrine symbols, the stained-glass windows of faith. Sacred symbols present an explorable treasury of religious thought—an information-rich, condensed language of spirituality. Symbols are the prisms of ideals and of other religious concerns. Symbols are susceptible of analysis and are proper objects of study. As symbols encode ideas, they require interpretation to be both understood and meaningfully compared. “We can see that an essential ingredient of the modern study of religion,” writes Ninian Smart, “is symbolic analysis, which tries to throw light on the various themes which can be discovered cross-culturally through the exploration of various worldviews” (1985, 33). Symbolic analysis involves not only the exploration of religious worldviews intrinsically, but comparatively as well.—Paradise & Paradigm, p. 1.
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Conclusion
Symbols ensoul ideas. In the Abrahamic faiths generally, the most important symbol complex is eschatological imagery, the positive focus of which is Paradise. Visions of the empyreal realm have, historically, had an extraordinary power to inspire. Paradise is iconoplastic. The beatifc panorama, the symbolic landscape, the ideals and imagery that inform Paradise in the religious imagination are grounded in root metaphors and are animated by key scenarios refecting a theology of activity, in a dynamic interplay of belief and behavior, myth and ritual, within the religious grasp of totality. Paradise allegorizes ideals. These ideals are projected onto heaven. There, in the wish- images of the communal dream, ideals are reifed and beatifed. In a Bergeresque process of paradisical world building, Heaven functions as the impressionistic blueprint of the ideal faith-community. Paradise imagery is then dislocated from the speculative and refocused on Earth. When once the heart is transformed and society reformed, Paradise is realized. In the intersection of eschatology and ethics, in the interplay of ideas and imagery, and as a function of an organizing principle, an overarching paradigm, Paradise becomes utopia.—Paradise & Paradigm, p. 329.
Reviews • Kathleen McVey. International Journal of Middle East Studies 35.3 (Aug. 2003): 494–496. • Will C. van den Hoonaard. Studies in Religion. Sciences Religieuses 31.3–4 (2002): 501– 502. • Brannon Wheeler. Religious Studies Review 28.3 ( July 2002): 293: “Buck’s theoretically innovative analysis of ‘paradigmatic diferences’ in East Syrian (or Nestorian) Christianity and the early Bahá’í faith is a fascinating and intellectually challenging book. … In all, a forceful and clearly argued book which should be read by scholars interested in questions of religious symbolism and the comparative method.” • Andrew Rippin. University of Toronto Quarterly 71.1 (Winter 2001/2002): 170–172. • William Collins. Baha’i Studies Review 10 (2001/2002): 157–160. • Edward G. Farrugia, S.J. Orientalia Christiana Periodica 66.2 (2000): 480–483. • John Renard. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 34.2 (2000): 212–213. • Daniel Grolin. H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences ( July 2000). • Harold Coward. (Unpublished) (2000). • “Selected New Publications.” The Bahá’í World (1998–99): An International Record (Vol. 27; Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 2000), p. 331.
Post-publication Scholarship Paola Orsatti, “Syro-Persian Formulas In Poetic Form In Baptism Liturgy,” Persian Origins—Early Judaeo-Persian and the Emergence of New Persian. Collected Papers of the Symposium, Göttingen 1999. Edited by Ludwig Paul (Iranica Vol. 6, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), pp. 147–176.
29. 1999 Review of Moojan Momen, The Phenomenon of Religion. Baha’i Studies Review 9 (1999): 93– 99. [Introduces Buck’s “DREAMS Paradigm.” “DREAMS” is a mnemonic acronym for the Doctrinal, Ritual, Ethical, Artistic, Mystical, and Social dimensions of religion. Developed as a classroom tool (for university students) in formally comparing world religions.]
1998
28. 1998 “A Symbolic Profle of the Bahá’í Faith.” Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1998): 1–48. [Published December, 1998.] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31581/jbs-8.4(1998).
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27. 1998 “Baha’u’llah as Zoroastrian Saviour.” Baha’i Studies Review 8 (1998): 14–33. 26. 1998 “The Kitáb-i Íqán: An Introduction to Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Certitude, with Two Digital Reprints of Early Lithographs.” Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi & Bahá’í Studies 2.5 ( June 1998). 25. 1998 New World Transliterator. Calgary: Symmetry Specialty Foundry, 1998. Reviews • Brannon Wheeler. Religious Studies Review 24.4 (Oct. 1998): 385. • Kevin Reinhart. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 27.2 (Dec. 1993): 294. • New World Transliterator was used by the State University of New York Press to typeset Paradise and Paradigm (1999) and by Kalimát Press to typeset Symbol and Secret (1999/2004).
24. 1998 Review of Moshe Idel and Bernard McGinn (eds.), Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Religious Studies Review 24.4 (Oct. 1998): 385.
1997
23. 1997 Reviews of Peter Smith, A Short History of the Bahá’í Faith; and Moojan Momen, A Short Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith. Baha’i Studies Review 7 (1997): 95–99. 22. 1997 Review of Willard G. Oxtoby, World Religions: Western Traditions/Eastern Traditions. Religious St u d i e s R e v i e w 2 3 . 3 ( Ju l y 1 9 9 7 ) : 2 6 3 . D O I : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ j.1748-0922.1997.tb00325.x. 21. 1997 Review of Juan R. I. Cole, “Behold the Man: Bahá’u’lláh on the Life of Jesus.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 65.1 (1997): 47–71. Reviews of Shaykhi, Babi & Bahá’í Studies No. 1 (May 1997).
1996
20. 1996 Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in ‘Persian’ Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toronto (Canada). Defended Friday, 21 June 1996. See “PhD Orals,” University of Toronto, The Bulletin 49.20 ( June 3, 1996), p. 6. ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 1996. NN18989. [Published in 1999 as Paradise and Paradigm.] 19. 1996 “The Universality of the Church of the East: How Persian was Persian Christianity?” Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society 10.1 (1996): 54–95. 18. 1996 “Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá’í Universalism.” Baha’i Studies Review 6 (1996): 97–133. (Invited by Christine Zerbinis, editor.) [Award for Excellence in Bahá’í Studies. Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1994.] 17. 1996 Review of Denis MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahá’ísm. International Journal of Middle East Studies 28.3 (August 1996): 418–422. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020743800063546. 16. 1996 Review of Udo Schaefer, Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm. Baha’i Studies Review 6 (1996): 68–71. 15. 1996 Review of R.W. Ferrier, A Journey to Persia: Jean Chardin’s Portrait of A Seventeenth-Century Empire. Periodica Islamica: An International Contents Journal 6.3 (1996): 71–72.
1995
14. 1995 Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1995. Reprinted 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0933770805. ISBN-10: 0933770804. (“Christopher Buck’s book represents the frst book-length attempt in the English language to analyse one of the major works of Bahā’u’llāh.”—Moojan Momen, Review of Symbol and Secret, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series) 7.2 ( July 1997): 290– 291.) Award: “The Bosch Bookshop Book of the Year Award for 1995–96.” See “Canada Roundup,” Bahá’í Canada, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Nov. 1996), p. 11.
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13. 1995 “Computing Strategies for Transliterating Syriac.” SyrCOM-95: Proceedings of the First International Forum on Syriac Computing (in association with Syriac Symposium II), June 8, 1995, the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Edited by George Anton Kiraz. Cambridge: Syriac Computing Institute, 1995. Pp. 113–126. [Post-conference on- demand proceedings volume.] 12. 1995 “Sapiential Theosis: A New Reading of Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymns on Paradise.” Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society 9.2 (1995): 80–125.
1994
11. 1994 “Book Reviewer’s Response to Commentary on Review of The Prophecies of Jesus.” Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1994): 72–77. [Rejoinder. Published March, 1994.] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31581/jbs-6.1.6(1994). [“This article is not available to download at the present time.”]
1992
10. 1992 Review of Michael Sours, The Prophecies of Jesus. Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1992): 79–86. [Published June, 1992.] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31581/jbs-5.2(1992). 9. 1992 “Baha’u’llah as ‘World Reformer’: Correction.” Journal of Bahá’í Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1992): 69–72. [Published March 1992.] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31581/jbs-5.1(1992). [“Correction” not listed or published online.]
1991
8. 1991 “Baha’u’llah as ‘World Reformer’.” Journal of Bahá’í Studies 3.4 (1991): 23–70. [Award for Excellence in Bahá’í Studies. Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1991.] The original last chapter of the [Previously unpublished section of the author’s Master’s thesis: Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Bahá’í Faith (Chapter 5: “The Authority of the Reformer,” pp. 239–296). See entry #7, infra.] 7. 1991 Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Bahá’í Faith. Master’s Thesis. University of Calgary (Canada), University of Calgary Library catalogue no.: BP 365 B83 1991. Collection: Legacy Theses. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.5072/PRISM/20147. Courtesy of Kathryn Ruddock, Manager, Digitization & Repository Services, University of Calgary. Posted online on May 9, 2018. [Thesis published (with a new fnal chapter) in 1995/2004 as Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán.]
ABSTRACT Nineteenth-century Islam saw the rise of several messianic movements of which only one broke decisively from Islam: the Bahā’ī Faith. Its founder, Bahā’u’llāh, in 1862 revealed in Baghdad a work of some 200 pages in Persian, known as the Book of Certitude [Persian: Kitāb-i īqān]. Written on the eve of his proclamation to European and Middle Eastern monarchs and pontifs that the world must inevitably unite, this work proved critical in the formulation of Bahā’ī ideology. Islamic reform became world reform, in Bahā’u’llāh’s professed mission as the “World-Reformer” sent to “unify the world.” Bahā’u’llāh’s spiritual authority therefore became a key issue. Though the Book of Certitude focuses on the Qur’ān, it does so for purposes of legitimation rather than edifcation. To qualify the Book of Certitude as the most important modern work of Quranic exegesis outside the Muslim world is tempting but inappropriate, since the purpose of the work is to point beyond the Qur’ān itself. A transition from exegesis (advance legitimation) to ideology (overt legislation) served to create the “suprareligious ecumen” which Bahā’u’llāh sought to establish—free of Islamic political claims. This thesis will take particular interest in how Bahā’u’llāh overcomes theoretical obstacles to a realized eschaton, the most formidable of which is Islam’s doctrine of revelatory fnality founded on the Quranic designation of Muhammad as the “Seal of the Prophets” (Q. 33/40). Bahā’u’llāh sought to disenchant popular as well as clerical speculations on the
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eschaton, the impossibility of literal fulfllment of which efectively preempted its realization. This thesis will argue that Bahā’u’llāh advanced rhetorical-style arguments to establish that fguration underlies eschatological symbolism in the Gospels and the Qur’ān. Once interpreted, symbols in prophecy are contemporized within Bahā’u’llāh’s own historical present, leaving the reader to accept or reject their fulfllment. Classical Islamic approaches to symbolism will be critically assessed as to precedent, leaving aside questions of dependence. The Mu’tazilī/Ash’arī controversy over anthropomor- phisms in the Qur’ān provided the historical stimulus for investigating the symbolic or deep structure of the Qur’ān. The Islamic disciplines of rhetoric and philosophy made their own contributions to the discussion of fguration and symbolism. Mysticism rendered the Qur’ān more experiential and a symbolic blueprint of the heart’s spiritual landscape was drawn, while sectarian exegesis opened up new vistas for the legitimation of authority in Islam. As to Bahā’u’llāh’s own hermeneutic, this thesis will take Wansbrough’s observations on the inter-dynamics of rhetorical and allegorical exegesis as a theoretical point of departure. Bahá’u’lláh’s exegeses will be analyzed within what Wansbrough terms “procedural devices” employed across the spectrum of the classical exegetical tradition. A survey of the range of explicative elements in the Book of Certitude will tested for patterns of rhetorical-style appeal (rationalization) to Quranic fguration seen as the substratum of symbolism. The presence of symbolism demands allegorical interpretation. As an exegetical constant, Bahā’u’llāh extends anti-anthropomorphism to eschatological imagery, to identify the expected encounter with God as encounter with God’s Prophet. This eschatological savior-fgure is identifed as the Bāb (d. 1850), considered the precursor to a greater “Manifestation of God” with whom Bahā’u’llāh implicitly identifes, betraying an element of Bahá’u’lláh’s own messianic secrecy. Exegesis established a doctrinal foundation for the Faith that Bahá’u’lláh was to create. In the course of events, the Book of Certitude played an important role in establishing Bahā’u’llāh’s authority as eschatological deliverer and thus as lawgiver. A bridge to a new body of doctrine, the Book of Certitude, in efect, served as preamble to Bahā’u’llāh’s non-exegetical teachings. Sociomoral concomitants of Baha’u’Ilah’s new symbolic universe—linkages struck between personal morality and world order—represent Bahā’u’llāh’s subsequent legislative activity. Bibliography: pp. 297–318.
6. 1991 “EasternEnglish Transliteration Typeface.” Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 25.1 ( July 1991): 96–99. 5. 1991 Táj-i-Vahháj: Crown of Glory. Memoirs of Jináb-i-Azíz’u’lláh Azízí. Translated from the original Persian by Nahzy Abadi Buck & Christopher Buck. (First published New York, 1988.) English translation edited by Hamid & Sandra Azizi. North Vancouver, B.C., 1991. [Privately published. Peer-reviewed by editors.] 182 pp. Published online (May 2, 2016): http://bahai-library.com/azizi_crown_glory.
1986
4. 1986 “A Unique Eschatological Interface: Bahá’u’lláh and Cross-Cultural Messianism.” In Iran. Edited by Peter Smith. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1986. Pp. 157–179.
1984
3. 1984 “The Identity of the Sābi’ūn: An Historical Quest.” The Muslim World 74.3/4 ( July/Oct. 1984): 172–186. [Published online 3 April 2007, Wiley Online Library.] DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.1984.tb03453.x. Electronic Database (full text available): ATLA Religion Database; Wiley.
1983
2. 1983 “Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A ‘Trajectory’ of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Bahá’í Theophanology.” Abstracts: American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 1983 (Dallas). Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1983, p. 86.
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• Cited twice by Hans Küng (d. April 6, 2021). From New York Times obituary: “Peter Hebblethwaite, a Vatican expert, wrote that all Dr. Küng’s proposals at the Second Vatican Council were accepted, some in modifed form, in the council’s fnal documents. ‘Never again would a theologian have such infuence,’ he wrote.” – Douglas Martin, “Hans Küng, Catholic Theologian Critical of the Church, Dies at 93,” New York Times (April 6, 2021, emphasis added). https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/world/europe/hans-kung- dead.html.) • Citations by Hans Küng: • “Present-day scholars like Christopher Buck also have come to the same conclusion: ‘In the course of time the Ebionites together with the Sabaean Baptists seem to have become established in Arabia. This fertilization invites the hypothesis that the Qur’an refects Ebionite prophetology’.” – Hans Küng, Christianity: Essence, History, and Future (New York: Continuum, 1995), p. 106 and 819, n. 177. • “Present-day scholars too have concluded: ‘In the course of time the Ebionites together with the Sabaean Baptists seem to have become established in Arabia. This fertilization invites the hypothesis that the Qur’an refects Ebionite prophetology’.” – Hans Küng, Islam: Past, Present, and Future. Translated by John Bowden (Oxford: Oneworld, 2007), p. 42 and p. 672, note 58: “C. Buck, report to American Academy of Religion, Abstracts AAR/SBL 1983.” 1. 1983 “On Jesus’ Cry from the Cross.” Bahá’í Studies Bulletin 1.4 (March 1983): 111–113.
LEGAL STUDIES PUBLICATIONS
2021
23. 2021 “The ‘Baha’i Question’ in Iran: Infuence of International Law on ‘Islamic Law’.” Menschenrechte in der Islamischen Republik Iran (Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran), ed. Anja Pistor-Hatam (Würzburg, Germany: Ergon-Verlag, 2021). Pp. 161–188. (Forth- coming. Invited book article. Accepted and edited for publication.)
2019
22. 2019 “Chapter 6: Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. 87–111. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.) 21. 2019 “Chapter 8: Defning Islamic Social Principles: A Preamble.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. 125–133. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.) 20. 2019 “Chapter 11: ‘Be Just’: Quranic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law.” Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Cyrus Rohani and Behrooz Sabet. London: Saqi Books, 2019. Pp. 168–181. (Release date: November 7, 2019. Prepublication release: July 2019.)
2018
19. 2018 “Chapter 5: Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and ريـــاح الـــتغيير: فـــي الشـــرق) Gamal Hassan. Arabic translation of English original by Gamal Hassan (.Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 133–166. (Release date: November 1, 2018 .(الوسـط وشـمال أفـريـقيا ISBN: 9786140320994. 18. 2018 “Chapter 6: Defning Islamic Social Principles: A Preamble.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and Gamal Hassan.
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ريـــــــــــاح الـــــــــــتغيير: فـــــــــــي الشـــــــــــرق الوســـــــــــط وشـــــــــــمال) Arabic translation of English original by Gamal Hassan :Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 167–180. (Release date: November 1, 2018.) ISBN .(أفــــــــــــــــــريــــــــــــــــــقـيـا 9786140320994. 17. 2018 “Chapter 7: ‘Be Just’: Quranic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law.” Winds of Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Crisis, Catharsis, and Renewal, ed. Behrooz Sabet and ريـــاح الـــتغيير: فـــي الشـــرق) Gamal Hassan. Arabic translation of English original by Gamal Hassan (.Beirut: Dar al-Saqi, 2018. Pp. 181–198. (Release date: November 1, 2018 .(الوســط وشــمال أفــريــقيا ISBN: 9786140320994. 16. 2018 Review of The Production of American Religious Freedom, by Finbarr Curtis (New York: New York University Press, 2016). Journal of Law and Religion (Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. Cambridge University Press) 33.2 (October 2018): pp. 1–5. (Published online: October 30, 2018.) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2018.34.)
2016
15. 2016 “‘Be Just’: Quranic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law.” (English, with Arabic translation by Gamal Hassan.) Burhan Institute. (Published online.) https:// burhaninstitute.org/?p=501. 14. 2016 “Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance.” (English, with Arabic translation by Gamal Hassan.) Burhan Institute. (Published online August 12, 2016.) https://burhaninstitute.org/?p=525. 13. 2016 Persian translation of: Christopher Buck, “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Studies in Contemporary Islam 5.1–2 (Spring/Fall 2003): 83–106. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 2–3 May 2003. (Published June 2005.) Published online: http://negah.org/2295. ( January 30, 2016.) Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia.
2012
12. 2012 “The Constitutionality of Teaching Islam: The University of North Carolina Qur’an Controversy.” Essay VIII. Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities. Edited by Mumtaz Ahmad, Zahid H. Bukhari and Sulayman S. Nyang. Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2012. (Release date: July 1, 2012.) Pp. 137–177. Review: The editors describe Christopher Buck’s essay as the frst comprehensive treatment of the 2002 University of North Carolina controversy, characterized by Michael Sells as “suing the Koran on behalf of the Bible” (pp. xxiii and 138). This narrative-cum-analytic essay by an attorney and independent scholar documents an important post-9/11 controversy at a major university and demonstrates that even the academic study of Islam is not safe from what some observers have called the “Islamo- phobia industry.” (Usaama al-Azami, Review of Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities (2012). The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 30:3 (2013): 94–97 [96].) 11. 2012 “Public Schools May ‘Teach About Religion’—Not ‘Teach Religion’.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. (Academic Edition: ISBN 978-1-61069-122-2.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012.
2010
10. 2010 “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia of African American History. Edited by Leslie Alexander & Walter Rucker. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010. Pp. 959–963 (Vol. 3). 9. 2010 “Thirteenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 549–550 (Vol. 2).
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8. 2010 “Fifeenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of African American History, 2010. Pp. 768–770 (Vol. 3).
2008
7. 2008 “Religious Minority Rights.” The Islamic World. Edited by Andrew Rippin. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 638–655. [Final, capstone chapter.] DOI: https:// www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203019139.ch49. 6. 2008 Persian translation of “Religious Minority Rights.” The Islamic World. Edited by Andrew Rippin. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 638–655. [Final chapter.] DOI: https:// www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203019139.ch49. Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 5. 2008 “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Pp. 1048–1051. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n429. 4. 2008 “Bureau of Indian Afairs.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008. Pp. 215–220. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.4135/9781412963879.n91.
2007
3. 2007 “Judicial Activism.” Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Edited by Gary L. Anderson & Kathryn G. Herr. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. Vol. 2, 785–789. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n459.
2006
2. 2006 “‘Never Again’: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Afairs.” Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies 21.1 (2006): 97–126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1353/wic.2006.0002. • Article based on the historic apology to Native Americans by Kevin Gover, Head of Bureau of Indian Afairs (September 8, 2000). Video obtained (by special request from Christopher Buck) from U.S. Department of the Interior, Telecommunications Service Ofce (Requisition DI-4-00479, 12-16-2003). Digital video converted from VHS cassette by one of my MSU students. • View video online: https://vimeo.com/404428918 (posted on Vimeo on April 5, 2020).
2005
1. 2005 “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Studies in Contemporary Islam 5.1–2 (Spring/Fall 2003): 83–106. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 2–3 May 2003. (Published June 2005.)
SELECTED LEXIS / LEXIS+ PUBLICATIONS
2021
167. 2021 MYERS v. INDIANA REGIONAL MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. 12096 CD 2020 | Lexis Citation: 2021 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 188 | Content: Answer (“Plaintif’s Omnibus Responses to Defendants’ Preliminary Objections, and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Indiana County) | Date: 2021-03-16. 166. 2021 PUGH v. NOVAK | Civil Action No. 2019-3639 | Lexis Citation: 2021 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 219 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) |
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Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2021-01-11. 165. 2021 SHRUM v. UNIONTOWN HOSP. | Civil Action No. 1351 of 2020 CD | Lexis Citation: 2021 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 1 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Fayette County) | Date: 2021-01-05.
2020
164. 2020 MYERS v. INDIANA REGIONAL MED. CTR | Civil Action No. 12096 CD 2020 | Lexis Citation: 2020 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 9412 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Indiana County) | Date: 2020-12-02. 163. 2020 GILBERT v. ZITELLI & BRODLAND | Civil Action No. GD-20-000292 | Lexis Citation: 2020 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 7778 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2020-10-08. 162. 2020 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2020 PA C.P. CT. MOTIONS LEXIS 3117 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Omnibus Responses to Defendants’ Motions to Summary Judgment, and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2020-09-18. 161. 2020 SPARICO v. McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2020 PA C.P. CT. MOTIONS LEXIS 1874 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant Riverside’s Motion for Summary Judgement, Brief in Support, and Proposed Order of Court.”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2020-08-05. Redacted Zoom video of argument (based on my Brief) by colleague, Matthew Doubler: https://youtu.be/8NeNhO-T6go. 160. 2020 LUNARDI v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-015339 | Lexis Citation: 2020 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 8401 | Content: Pleading (“Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2020-07-27.
2019
159. 2019 PALONE v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-19-014753 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 8295 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-10-17. 158. 2019 JORDAN v. MEADVILLE MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. AD-2019-471 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 5759 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Crawford County) | Date: 2019-07-30. 157. 2019 WEEMS v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-18-015958 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 4806 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-07-26. 156. 2019 STAINS v. GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM | Civil Action No. 2019-461 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 2305 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Mifin County) | Date: 2019-07-01. 155. 2019 MUSHINSKY v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK HEALTHCARE@HOME | Civil Action No. GD-19-002986 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 573 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-06-07.
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154. 2019 LIBERATORE v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-18-012089 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 578; 2019 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 20240 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-05-27. 153. 2019 WEEMS v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-18-015958 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 576 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-05-27. 152. 2019 MATALAVAGE v. SOMERSET HOSP. | Civil Action No. 331 Civil 2019 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 574 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Somerset County) | Date: 2019-05-14. 151. 2019 HANNOLD v. CLARION HOSP. | Civil Action No. 95 CD 2018 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 23989 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Clarion County) | Date: 2019-04-17. 150. 2019 HARSHBARGER v. ASSOCIATES IN FAMILY EYECARE | Civil Action No. 2019-1427 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 581 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2019-04-11. 149. 2019 KIKTA v. ST. CLAIR MEM. HOSP. | Civil Action No. GD-19-005432 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 580; 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 1407; 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 1804 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-04-08; 2019-04-11. 148. 2019 GRZYB v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-19-004588 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 577 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-03-26. 147. 2019 BELLORA v. ST. CLAIR MEM. HOSP. | Civil Action No. GD-18-003149 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 575 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-02-20. 146. 2019 SCHORR v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-18-015398 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 579; 2019 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 19489 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-02-11. 145. 2019 WILLIAM E. ADAMS, III, Ex’r of the ESTATE OF ELIZABETH ADAMS v. WILDPRET | Civil Action No. A.D. 2017-11044 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 219 | Content: Pleading (“Sixth Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Butler County) | Date: 2019-01-18. 144. 2019 WOOD v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-17-005105 | Lexis Citation: 2019 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 1 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2019-01-05.
2018
143. 2018 LUNARDI v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-015339 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 9495 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-11-18. 142. 2018 YOWONSKE v. JAIN | Civil Action No. 2504 of 2018 GD | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6179 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Fayette County) | Date: 2018-11-15.
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141. 2018 WILLIAM E. ADAMS, III, Executor of the ESTATE OF ELIZABETH ADAMS v. WILDPRET | Civil Action No. A.D. 2017-11044 | Lexis Citation: PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6180 | Content: Pleading (“Fifh Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Butler County) | Date: 2018-11-13. 140. 2018 KOSS v. Plaintifs, UNIV. ORTHOPEDICS CTR. | Civil Action No. 2018-4177 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 16656 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Centre County) | Date: 2018-10-13. 139. 2018 ICKES v. CONEMAUGH HEALTH SYS. | Civil Action No. 2018-GN-1454 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 12351 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Blair County) | Date: 2018-10-05. 138. 2018 LASURE v. MERCY | Civil Action No. GD-17-016589 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 9008 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-09-13. 137. 2018 LUNARDI v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-015339 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 8922 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-08-30. 136. 2018 LASURE v. MERCY | Civil Action No. GD-17-016589 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 8904; 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 9008; 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 8922 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-08-05; 2018-08-31. 135. 2018 DOBRANSKY v. EQT PROD. CO. | Civil Action No. AD-142-2014 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 3668 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Omnibus Brief Opposing Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment and to Exclude Expert Testimony”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Greene County) | Date: 2018-08–01. 134. 2018 BISS v. UPMC | Civil Action No. GD-18-003604 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6177 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-07-18. 133. 2018 DOBRANSKY v. EQT PROD. CO. | Civil Action No. AD-142-2014 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6176 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Greene County) | Date: 2018-07–02. 132. 2018 YASKO v. ASSOCIATES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY | Civil Action No. GD-17-015763 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 9006 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-04-28. 131. 2018 HARVEY v. RENEWAL, INC. | Civil Action No. 2014-1772 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 7730 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant’s Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2018-04-20. 130. 2018 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 365 | Content: Motion (“Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Omnibus Response to Defendants’ Preliminary Objections to Plaintif’s Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-03-12. 129. 2018 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 648 | Content: Motion (“Omnibus Response to Defendants’ Preliminary Objections to Plaintif’s Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-03-12.
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128. 2018 WOLFGANG v. UPPER ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYS. | Civil Action No. 2017-10883 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6178 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (McKean County) | Date: 2018-02-28.c94. 2018 EICHENAUER v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-17-013280 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 550 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-02-05. 127. 2018 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 4409; 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 1017 | Content: Pleading (“Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-02-03; 2018-02-04. 126. 2018 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2018 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 4399 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2018-01-01.
2017
125. 2017 EICHENAUER v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-17-013280 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 11689 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-12-14. 124. 2017 GIANNANDREA v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-014402 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 7561 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-12-12. 123. 2017 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6081 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-12-06. 122. 2017 YASKO v. ASSOCIATES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY | Civil Action No. GD-17-015763 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 15132 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-11-19. 121. 2017 KELLER v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-011024 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 6081 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-11-12. 120. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: [N/A] | Content: Brief (“Plaintifs’ Pretrial Statement”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-11-10 119. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. DIST. CT. MOTIONS LEXIS 60973 | Content: Response & Brief (“Brief in Support of Plaintifs’ Response Opposing The Goodyear (“Goodyear”) Tire & Rubber Company’s Motion to Strike Certain Portions of and Exhibits to Plaintifs’ Opposition to Summary Judgment”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-10-28. 118. 2017 UMBEL v. UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL | Civil Action No. 1132 of 2017 GD | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 12058 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Fayette County) | Date: 2017-10-24. 117. 2017 GIANNANDREA v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-17-014402 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 19944 | Content: Pleading
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(“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-10-22 116. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 395 | Content: Response & Brief (“Plaintifs’ Response Opposing the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment” and “Brief in Support of Plaintifs’ Response Opposing the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-10-09. 115. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 397 | Content: Response & Brief (“Plaintifs’ Brief in Response to Defendant, The Goodyear Tire & Company’s (“Goodyear”) Motion for a Choice of Law Determination”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-09-12. 114. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. DIST. CT. MOTIONS LEXIS 43331 | Content: Response & Brief (“Plaintifs’ Response to Defendant, The Goodyear Tire & Company’s (“Goodyear”) Motion for a Choice of Law Determination”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-09-12. 113. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 392 | Content: Response & Brief (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Sanctions” and “Plaintifs’ Brief Opposing Defendant The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Sanctions”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-09-12. 112. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: [N/A] | Content: Motion (“Plaintifs’ Third Request for Production of Documents”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-07-09. 111. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: [N/A] | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-07-09. 110. 2017 HARVEY v. RENEWAL, INC. | Civil Action No. 2014-1772 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 11036 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif’s Sur- Reply”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2017-05-26. 109. 2017 HARVEY v. RENEWAL, INC. | Civil Action No. 2014-1772 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 11037 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2017-05-18. 108. 2017 AMOS-ABANYIE v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-16-021002 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 4922 | Content: Motions (“Plaintif’s Response to Preliminary Objections to First Amended Complaint” and “Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Response to Preliminary Objections to First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-04-10. 107. 2017 RESNICK v. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH OF UPMC | Civil Action No. GD-14-009949 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 283; 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2233 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-03-20. 106. 2017 NORGREN v. JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Civil Action No. GD-14-014788 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 2675 | Content:
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Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-02-28. 105. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 397 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Brief in Response to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Choice of Law Determination”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-02-20. 104. 2017 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 392 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Sanctions” and “Plaintif’s Brief Opposing Defendant The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Sanctions”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2017-02-20. 103. 2017 AMOS-ABANYIE v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-16-021002 | Lexis Citation: 2017 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 2096 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2017-01-21.
2016
102. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 3763 | Content: Motions (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant Riverside’s Preliminary Objections to Plaintif’s Fifh Amended Complaint, Brief in Support Thereof, and Proposed Order”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-12-20. 101. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 29910 | Content: Pleading (“Fifh Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-11-08. 100. 2016 AMOS-ABANYIE v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-16-21002 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 37270 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-10-31. 99. 2016 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 183. | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Motion for Limited Discovery”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2016-10-26. 98. 2016 ARNOLD v. ELK REGIONAL HEALTH SYS. | Civil Action No. 2011-1131 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 30 | Content: Motion in Limine (“Brief in Reply to Defendant Dr. Reddy’s Response to Plaintif’s Third Motion in Limine to Preclude Informed Consent Defense”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Clearfeld County) | Date: 2016-10-19. 97. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 29909 | Content: Pleading (“Fourth Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-09-30. 96. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 25666; 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 33288 | Content: Pleading (“Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-08-26. 95. 2016 McGUIGGAN v. ALLEGHENY GEN. HOSP. & MEDEVAC AMBULANCE SERV. | Civil Action No. GD-16-001573 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 29934 | Content: Pleading (“Fourth Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-08-15.
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94. 2016 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 176 | Content: Response and Brief (“Plaintif’s Response to Defendant the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment” and “Plaintif’s Brief Opposing Defendant the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2016-08-08. 93. 2016 SOLTIS v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-16-13897 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 2404 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-07-28. 92. 2016 McARAW v. LEE LOOKABAUGH | Civil Action No. GD-12-009706 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 3005 | Content: Brief (“Plaintifs’ Pretrial Narrative Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-07-22. 91. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 25632; 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 33254 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-07-19. 90. 2016 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 186 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Brief in Response to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion for Choice of Law Determination”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2016-07-13. 89. 2016 McGUIGGAN v. ALLEGHENY GEN. HOSP. & MEDEVAC AMBULANCE SERV. | Civil Action No. GD-16-001573 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 25667; 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 33289 | Content: Pleading (“Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-06-22. 88. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 29908 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-06-20. 87. 2016 McGUIGGAN v. ALLEGHENY GEN. HOSP. & MEDEVAC AMBULANCE SERV. | Civil Action No. GD-16-001573 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 25636; 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 33258 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-06-01. 86. 2016 TEETS v. EXCELA HEALTH WESTMORELAND HOSP. EXCELA HEALTH PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, INC. | Civil Action No. 1825 of 2016 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 46296 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2016-06-01. 85. 2016 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 179 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Brief in Response to Defendant the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion to Exclude the Testimony, Opinions, and Reports of Dennis Carlson”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2016-05-25. 84. 2016 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 180 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’s Brief in Response to Defendant the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s Motion to Exclude the Testimony, Opinions, and Reports of Bill Woehrle”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2016-05-25.
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83. 2016 SPARICO v. UPMC McKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-16-000655 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 26857| Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-05-23. 82. 2016 BABEO v. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK | Civil Action No. GD-16-002076 | Lexis Citation: 22016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 36803 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-05-23. 81. 2016 McGUIGGAN v. ALLEGHENY GEN. HOSP. & MEDEVAC AMBULANCE SERV. | Civil Action No. GD-16-001573 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 29933 | Content: Pleading (“First Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-05-14. 80. 2016 McGUIGGAN v. ALLEGHENY GEN. HOSP. & MEDEVAC AMBULANCE SERV. | Civil Action No. GD-16-001573 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 20469 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-04-04. 79. 2016 BRUNETTI v. WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYS. | Civil Action No. GD-15-014650 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 45833 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2016-02-24. 78. 2016 LUKETIC v. FIGAS | Civil Action No. 6340 of 2013 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 32 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintifs’ Sur-Reply to Defendants’ Reply”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2016-02-09. 77. 2016 LUKETIC v. FIGAS | Civil Action No. 6340 of 2013 | Lexis Citation: 2016 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 31 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintifs’ Response to Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2016-01-26.
2015
76. 2015 BOLIN v. JEFFERSON REGIONAL MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. GD-15-014661 | Lexis Citation: 2015 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 30626 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2015-11-09. 75. 2015 KELLY v. TOUCH NIGHTCLUB, INC. | Civil Action No. GD-07-004895 | Lexis Citation: 2015 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 17678 | Content: Motion (“Plaintif’s Response to Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2015-09-25. 74. 2015 BROWN v. BLUMBERG | Civil Action No. GD-15-006591 | Lexis Citation: 2015 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 30584 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2015-06-01. 73. 2015 JOLL v. WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM | Civil Action No. GD-14-023155 | Lexis Citation: 2015 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 25332 | Content: Brief (“Plaintif’ ]s Response to Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2015-05-15. 72. 2015 CERNIGLIA v. KIM | Civil Action No. GD-14-020344 | Lexis Citation: 2015 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 26383 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2015-03-19.
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2014
71. 2014 MCCALL v. MAGEE-WOMENS HOSP. OF UPMC | Civil Action No. GD-14-023156 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 19078 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2014-12-18. 70. 2014 CERNIGLIA v. KIM | Civil Action No. GD-14-020344 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 21163 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2014-11-05. 69. 2014 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 23079 | Content: Brief (“Plaintifs’ Motion to Compel Discovery and Brief in Support”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2014-10-14. 68. 2014 MINCONE v. KAZOZA MAZZUKI | Civil Action No. GD-10-020355 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 2 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Omnibus Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Responses to Defendants’ Respective Motions for Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2014-09-30. 67. 2014 FOX v. UPMC HAMOT HOSP. | Civil Action No. 12356-2013 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 33189 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Erie County) | Date: 2014-09-30. 66. 2014 McARAW v. LEE LOOKABAUGH & ALL R.R. SERVS. CORP. | Civil Action No. GD-12-009706 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 128 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintifs’ Response to Defendant Lee Lookabaugh and Defendant All Railroad Services Corporation’s Renewed Motions for Partial Summary Judgment, and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2014-09-09. 65. 2014 ESHAGHI v. THREE RIVERS OPTICAL COMPANY ET AL. | Civil Action No. 2:14cv1068 | Lexis Citation: [N/A] | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Pittsburgh) | Date: 2014-08-11. 64. 2014 ELI LONG, Plaintif, v. PHILADELPHIA SQUARE MANAGEMENT CO., Defendant, v. DON HUEY CUSTOM BUILDING AND REMODELING, INC., Additional Defendant | Civil Action No. 10632-CD-2013 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 1 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif's Omnibus Response to Defendants’ Joint Motion for Summary Judgment, and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Indiana County) | Date: 2014-07-29. 63. 2014 BURKE v. GEISINGER HEALTH SYS. FOUND. | Civil Action No. 2014-1533 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 33 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania (Centre County) | Date: 2014-07-21. 62. 2014 GIANNATTASIO v. MERCY JEANNETTE HOSP. | Civil Action No. 5968 of 2008 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2 | Content: Brief (“Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2014-07-14. 61. 2014 MINCONE v. KAZOZA MAZZUKI | Civil Action No. GD-10-020355 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 129 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif’s Response to Additional Defendant Erin Nicholson's Motion for Summary Judgment, and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2014-06-15. 60. 2014 RESNICK v. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH OF UPMC | Civil Action No. GD-14-009949 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 14594 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2014-06-06.
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59. 2014 SMITH v. EXCELA HEALTH WESTMORELAND HOSP. | Civil Action No. 913 of 2014 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 34 | Content: Pleading (“Third Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2014-05-09. 58. 2014 LUKETIC v. FIGAS | Civil Action No. 6340 of 2013 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 35 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2014-03-03. 57. 2014 KRAVETZ v. FIGAS | Civil Action No. 6343 of 2013 | Lexis Citation: 2014 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 32 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2014-03-03.
2013
56. 2013 CHARCALLA v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. | Civil Action No. 13-204 | Lexis Citation: 22013 U.S. Dist. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 15777 | Content: Brief (“First Amended Complaint”) | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court (Erie) | Date: 2013-12-08. 55. 2013 LESLIE R. NEAL, Administrator of the ESTATE OF STEVEN M. GLATT v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO., ANDREW B. TUTTLE, CARLA JEAN GUSTAFSON, SAMANTHA M. GUSTAFSON, ANN M. GURSKY & FRANKLIN G. SUMMERSON, Administrators of the ESTATE OF ALLEN F. GURSKY | Civil Action No. 2013-452 | Lexis Citation: 2013 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 59 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint in Declaratory Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Elk County) | Date: 2013-11-13. 54. 2013 KIMMELL v. NAREA | Civil Action No. GD-13-011220 | Lexis Citation: 2013 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 1 | Content: Motions (“Response to Preliminary Objections to Plaintif’s First Amended Complaint, With Brief in Support”)| Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2013-09-23. 53. 2013 SHAEFFER v. REGIONAL INDUS. DEV. CORP. | Civil Action No. GD-10-018065 | Lexis Citation: 2013 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 2 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif’s Response to Motion for Summary Judgment by Defendant, Regional Industrial Development Corporation and Brief in Support Thereof”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2013-08-07. 52. 2013 McARAW v. LEE LOOKABAUGH & ALL R.R. SERVS. CORP. | Civil Action No. GD-12-009706 | Lexis Citation: 2013 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 235 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintifs’ Response to Defendant Lee Lookabaugh and Defendant All Railroad Services Corporation’s Motions for Partial Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2013-05-28. 51. 2013 KIMMELL v. NAREA | Civil Action No. GD-13-011220 | Lexis Citation: 2013 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 2528 | Content: Motions (“Response to Preliminary Objections to Plaintif’s First Amended Complaint” and “Brief in Support of Response to Preliminary Objections to Plaintif's First Amended Complaint”)| Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2013-02-26. 50. 2013 NEAL v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. | Civil Action No. 2013-452 | Lexis Citation: 2013 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 3 | Content: Motion (“Response to Preliminary Objections to Plaintif's Amended Complaint in Declaratory Judgment, and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Elk County) | Date: 2013-01-15.
2012
49. 2012 GIANNATTASIO v. MERCY JEANNETTE HOSP. | Civil Action No. 5968 of 2008 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 36 | Content: Pleading (“Amended
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Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2012-12-21. 48. 2012 ROBB v. MERCY | Civil Action No. GD-11-008904 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 9 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Plaintifs’ Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2012-12-06. 47. 2012 RAMSEY v. TOWNER | Civil Action No. GD-11-000064 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 14 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintifs’ Response to Motion for Partial Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2012-10-19. 46. 2012 LEPRESTI v. PRIME MED. GROUP, P.C. | Civil Action No. 837 of 2009 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 13 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Response to Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Fayette County) | Date: 2012-07-17. For the published opinion of President Judge, Gerald R Solomon, denying Defendant’s motion, see: Lepresti v. Prime Med. Grp.. PC, 2012 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 1055 | Date: 2012-10-29. 45. 2012 PHILHOWER v. CSX TRANSP., INC. | Civil Action No. 7717 of 2010 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 12 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Response to Motion for Summary Judgment And Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2012-06-13. 44. 2012 STANCHIK v. UPMC-MCKEESPORT | Civil Action No. GD-09-006961 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 7 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Plaintif’s Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2012-04-19. 43. 2012 OWENS v. HUMANE SOCIETY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY, INC. | Civil Action No. 3196-2006 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 1 | Content: Motion for Reconsideration (“Brief in Response to Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration/ Certifcation for Interlocutory Appeal”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2012-04-09. 42. 2012 MOFFETT v. BRADFORD REGIONAL MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. 966-CD-2008 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 6 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Brief in Response to Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (McKean County) | Date: 2012-04-04. 41. 2012 RUPERT v. FORD MOTOR CO. | Civil Action No. 12-331 | Lexis Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 15326 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court | Date: 2012-03-21. 40. 2012 KEGLEY v. GIANT EAGLE, INC. | Civil Action No. GD-08-026137 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 8 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: 9Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2012-01-27. 39. 2012 DEIBLER v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. | Civil Action No. 11-929 | Lexis Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 24118 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintif's Memorandum of Law Opposing Summary Judgment”). | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court | Date: 2012-01-25. 38. 2012 OWENS v. HUMANE SOCIETY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY, INC. | Civil Action No. 3196-2006 | Lexis Citation: 2012 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 2 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Response to Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2012-01-06.
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2011
37. 2011 PETRICCA v. CONSOLIDATION COAL CO. | Civil Action No. GD-08-009966 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 1 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Response to Defendant’s Reply Brief”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-12-11. 36. 2011 PETRICCA v. CONSOLIDATION COAL CO. | Civil Action No. GD-08-009966 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 5 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Reply Brief in Response to Plaintif’s Response and Brief in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-12-09. 35. 2011 PETRICCA v. CONSOLIDATION COAL CO. | Civil Action No. GD-08-009966 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 2 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Response to Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-11-28. 34. 2011 KEGLEY v. GIANT EAGLE, INC. | Civil Action No. GD-08-026137 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 8 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Amended Response to Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-11-12. 33. 2011 SMITH v. ALLEGHENY GEN. HOSP. | Civil Action No. GD-08-027194 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-07-27. 32. 2011 HORNFECK v. WHITE OAK VILLAGE APTS. | Civil Action No. GD-08-009234 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Plaintifs’ Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-04-06. 31. 2011 FISHER v. UPMC PRESBYTERIAN HOSP. | Civil Action No. GD-11-003901 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 22102 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-03-01. 30. 2011 COLUSCI v. KIM | Civil Action No. GD-07-020080 | Lexis Citation: 2011 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 3 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Plaintifs’ Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania |Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2011-01-25.
2010
29. 2010 ERIE INS. EXCH. v. BASH | Civil Action No. 11876-CD-2009 | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 3 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Brief in Support of Response to Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Indiana County) | Date: 2010-12-01. 28. 2010 JOHNSON v. CITY OF MEMPHIS | Civil Action No. 10-696 | Lexis Citation: 2010 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 4596 | Content: Petition for Writ of Certiorari (“Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with Appendix”) | Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of the United States | Date: 2010-11-22. 27. 2010 TROUT v. LATROBE AREA MUN. AUTH. | Civil Action No. 4729 of 2007 | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 1 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Brief in Support of Response to Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2010-11-01. 26. 2010 HATCH v. ANDERSON | Civil Action No. 2007-00436 P | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 2 | Content: Motion for Directed Verdict (“Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Response to Defendant’s Motion for Directed Verdict”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Armstrong County) | Date: 2010-08-09.
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25. 2010 HATCH v. ANDERSON | Civil Action No. 2007-00436 P | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 152 | Content: Motion in Limine (“Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Response to Defendant’s Motion in Limine”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Armstrong County) | Date: 2010-08-09. 24. 2010 HATCH v. ANDERSON | Civil Action No. 2007-00436 P | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 151 | Content: Motion (“Plaintif’s Memorandum on Duty of Care and Negligence Per Se and Brief Opposing Defendants’ Motion in Opposition to Plaintif’s Request for Jury Instruction Request 3.07”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Armstrong County) | Date: 2010-08-09. 23. 2010 DEVINNEY v. CONEMAUGH VALLEY MEM. HOSP. | Civil Action No. 2008-2591 | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1 | Content: Trial Court Brief (“Pretrial Statement”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2010-08-01. 22. 2010 NOVOSEDLIAK v. NEIGHBORS | Civil Action No. GD-03-26133 | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 150 | Content: Motion for Reconsideration (“Statement of Errors Complained of on Appeal”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2010-07-20. 21. 2010 BUCK v. THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCH. | Civil Action No. 09-1545 | Lexis Citation: 2010 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 5215 | Content: Petition for Writ of Certiorari | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Supreme Court | Date: 2010-06-15. 20. 2010 NOVOSEDLIAK v. NEIGHBORS | Civil Action No. GD-03-26133 | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 149 | Content: Motion for Reconsideration (“Petition for Reconsideration: Integrated Motion and Supporting Brief”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2010-05-28. 19. 2010 NOVOSEDLIAK v. NEIGHBORS | Civil Action No. GD-03-26133 | Lexis Citation: 2010 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 153 | Content: Motion in Limine Brief (“Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Response to Defendant’s Motion in Limine RE: Statute of Limitations”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2010-05-16.
2009
18. 2009 ROBINSON v. QUAIRIERE | Civil Action No. 2008-00349 | Lexis Citation: 2009 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 35 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Fayette County) | Date: 2009-12-11. 17. 2009 LEPRESTI v. PRIME MED. GROUP, P.C. | Civil Action No. 837 of 2009 | Lexis Citation: 2009 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 17 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Fayette County) | Date: 2009-08-20. 16. 2009 WILLYOUNG v. COLORADO CUSTOM HARDWARE, INC. | Civil Action No. 1:08- cv-17-SJM | Lexis Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 44039 | Content: Motion to Dismiss (“Plaintif’s Response to Renewed Motion to Dismiss of The Bent Gate, Inc. t/ d/b/a Bent Gate Mountaineering”) | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court | Date: 2009-03-09. 15. 2009 WILLYOUNG v. COLORADO CUSTOM HARDWARE, INC. | Civil Action No. 1:08- cv-17-SJM | Lexis Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 44038 | Content: Motion to Dismiss (“Plaintif’s Response to Colorado Custom Hardware’s Renewed Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2)”) | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court | Date: 2009-01-16.
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2008
14. 2008 PINO v. NUSSBAUM | Civil Action No. 2008-858 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 50 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Elk County) | Date: 2008-12-29. 13. 2008 SCOBBIE v. HORIZON | Civil Action No. 2008-4049 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 46 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Mercer County) | Date: 2008-12-22. 12. 2008 MOFFETT v. BRADFORD REGIONAL MED. CTR. | Civil Action No. 966-CD-2008 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 45 | Content: Pleading (“Second Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (McKean County) | Date: 2008-12-11. 11. 2008 LOCKETT v. CLEARFIELD HOSP., CLEARFIELD AREA HEALTH SERVS. | Civil Action No. 08-1691-CD | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 48 | Content: Pleading (“Amended Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Clearfeld County) | Date: 2008-11-05. 10. 2008 DEIULIIS v. GREATER PITTSBURGH COUNCIL, INC. | Civil Action No. 4904 OF 2006 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 13 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Brief in Support of Response to Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2008-10-31. 9. 2008 DEIULIIS v. GREATER PITTSBURGH COUNCIL, INC. | Civil Action No. 4904 OF 2006 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 12 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Response to Motion for Summary Judgment”). | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2008-10-31. 8. 2008 DEIULIIS v. GREATER PITTSBURGH COUNCIL INC. | Civil Action No. 4904 OF 2006 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Motions LEXIS 14 | Content: Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintifs’ Second Motion for Summary Judgment”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Westmoreland County) | Date: 2008-09-25. 7. 2008 DEVINNEY v. CONEMAUGH VALLEY MEM. HOSP. | Civil Action No. 2008-2591 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 340 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Cambria County) | Date: 2008-05-14. 6. 2008 HORNFECK v. WHITE OAK VILLAGE APTS. | Civil Action No. GD-08-009234 | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 47 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2008-05-06. 5. 2008 BURNS v. MAXILLOFACIAL | Civil Action No. 08-146-2008-CD | Lexis Citation: 2008 PA C.P. Ct. Pleadings LEXIS 49 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas ( Jeferson County) | Date: 2008-02-13. 4. 2008 FALLA v. HARBAUGH | Civil Action No. GD-07-024599 | Lexis Citation: Falla etal vs Harbaugh D.O. etal | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2008-02-06. 3. 2008 WILLYOUNG v. COLORADO CUSTOM HARDWARE, INC. et al. | Civil Action No. 1:08cv17 | Lexis Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 44039 | Content: Response/ Brief to Renewed Motion to Dismiss (“Plaintif's Response to Renewed Motion to Dismiss of The Bent Gate, Inc. t/d/b/a Bent Gate Mountaineering”) | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court | Date: 2008-01-16. 2. 2008 WILLYOUNG v. COLORADO CUSTOM HARDWARE, INC. et al. | Civil Action No. 1:08cv17 | Lexis Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. Ct. Motions LEXIS 44038 | Response/Brief to Motion (“Plaintif’s Response to Renewed Motion to Dismiss of The Bent Gate, Inc. t/d/ b/a Bent Gate Mountaineering” and “Brief in Support of Plaintif’s Response to
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Renewed Motion to Dismiss of The Bent Gate, Inc. t/d/b/a Bent Gate Mountaineering”) Content: Other Court Documents | Jurisdiction: U.S. Federal | Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court | Date: 2008-01-16.
2007
1. 2007 DIXON v. UPMC PRESBYTERIAN HOSP. | Civil Action No. GD 07-14871 | Lexis Citation: 2007 PA C.P. CT. PLEADINGS LEXIS 119 | Content: Pleading (“Complaint”) | Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania | Court: Court of Common Pleas (Allegheny County) | Date: 2007-12-28.
HUMAN RIGHTS OP-EDS
16. 2010 “The Trial of the Yaran under the Iranian ‘Citizens’ Rights’ and ‘Legal Procedures for Revolutionary Courts’ Standards.” Iran Press Watch (Feb. 20, 2010). 15. 2010 Persian translation: “The Trial of the Yaran under the Iranian ‘Citizens’ Rights’ and ‘Legal Procedures for Revolutionary Courts’ Standards.” Iran Press Watch Farsi ( Jan. 15, 2012). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 14. 2010 “The Trial of the Yaran under Iranian Criminal Procedure: ‘The Justice of God’ or Procedural Injustice?” Iran Press Watch (Feb. 6, 2010). 13. 2010 Persian translation: “The Trial of the Yaran under Iranian Criminal Procedure: ‘The Justice of God’ or Procedural Injustice?” Iran Press Watch Farsi (Feb. 13, 2010). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 12. 2010 “Iranian Islam, not the Yaran, on Trial in the Court of International Opinion.” Iran Press Watch ( Jan. 12, 2010). 11. 2010 Persian translation: “Iranian Islam, not the Yaran, on Trial in the Court of International Opinion.” Iran Press Watch Farsi ( Jan. 17, 2010). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 10. 2009 “Criminalizing the Bahá’í Religion.” Iran Press Watch (Mar. 15, 2009). 9. 2009 Persian translation: “Criminalizing the Bahá’í Religion.” Iran Press Watch (Mar. 15, 2009). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 8. 2009 “Irani Irony: International War Crimes vis-a-vis Internal Peace Crimes.” Iran Press Watch (Feb. 28, 2009). 7. 2009 Persian translation: “Irani Irony: International War Crimes vis-a-vis Internal Peace Crimes.” Iran Press Watch (Feb. 28, 2009). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 6. 2009 “If ‘We are the world,’ then ‘We are Iran’: Time to Join the Global Day of Action for Iran.” Iran Press Watch ( July 25, 2009). 5. 2008 “Denial of Education: An Appeal by an Academic.” Iran Press Watch (Dec. 9, 2008). 4. 2008 “Religious Minority Rights.” The Islamic World. Edited by Andrew Rippin. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 638–655. [Final chapter.] Iran Press Watch (Dec. 3, 2008). 3. 2008 Persian Translation: “Religious Minority Rights.” Iran Press Watch (Dec. 3, 2008). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia. 2. 2008 “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Iran Press Watch (Nov. 29, 2008). 1. 2008 Persian Translation: “Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.” Iran Press Watch (Nov. 29, 2008). Persian translation by Faruq Izadinia.
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ARTICLES FOR BAHAITEACHINGS.ORG
2013–2020 (by Author and Co-authors)
As of March 11, 2021: 360 articles (including articles with co-authors) I’ve contributed have been published on BahaiTeachings.org (293 articles by me; 66 articles by me and various co-authors, including 36 articles with Kevin Locke):
2013–2021 Christopher Buck (293 articles—as of 4-12-2021) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck 2015–2020 Christopher Buck and Kevin Locke (Lakota) (36 articles—as of 4-12-2021) https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-kevin-locke 2016, 2020 Christopher Buck and Adib Masumian (4 articles) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-adib-masumian 2020 Christopher Buck and Steven Kolins (1 article) https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-steven-kolins/ 2020 Christopher Buck and Charleen Maghzi-Ader https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-charleen-maghzi-ader/ 2020 Christopher Buck and Joseph L. Lewis III (1 article) https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-joseph-l-lewis-iii/ 2019 Christopher Buck and Bitahnii Wayne Wilson (Navaho/Diné) (7 articles) https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-bitahnii-wayne-wilson 2019 Christopher Buck and Nosratollah “Nosrat” Mohammadhosseini, LL.D., M.A. (3 articles) https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-with-dr-nosratollah- mohammadhosse 2017 Christopher Buck and Joshua Hall (4 articles) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-joshua-hall 2016–2017 Christopher Buck and Necati Alkan (3 articles) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-necati-alkan 2017 Christopher Buck and Foad Seddigh (1 article) https://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-foad-seddigh/ 2017 Christopher Buck and Richard Hollinger (1 article) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-richard-hollinger 2015–2016 Christopher Buck and Nahzy Abadi Buck (3 articles) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-nahzy-abadi-buck 2014 Christopher Buck and Paula Bidwell (Lakota) (3 articles) http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck-and-paula-bidwell
2013–2021 (Chronological)
2021
360. 2021 Baha’u’llah as the Return of Ulikron, Panama’s Indigenous Messenger | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Apr 12, 2021.
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359. 2021 Justice, Unity, Consultation: The Power to Transform the World | Christopher Buck | Mar 11, 2021. 358. 2021 Nanabush, the Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Sacred Teacher and Trickster | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 18, 2021. 357. 2021 Wesakechak, the Cree Sacred Lawgiver and Trickster | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 15, 2021. 356. 2021 Gluskap: Trickster, Transformer, Teacher | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 11, 2021.
2020
355. 2020 What Does the Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent Symbolize? (“Updated”) | Christopher Buck | Dec 28, 2020. 354. 2020 America’s Black Newspaper and the Baha’i Faith | Christopher Buck | Dec 10, 2020. 353. 2020 Dr. David Ruhe’s Tribute to Indigenous Messengers of God | Christopher Buck | Nov 26, 2020. 352. 2020 How the Founder of America’s Most Important Black Newspaper Became a Baha’i | Christopher Buck | Nov 24, 2020. 351. 2020 The Cheyenne Messenger Sweet Medicine’s Sacred Teachings | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Nov 19, 2020. 350. 2020 The Fate of Baha’u’llah’s Faithful Servant Isfandiyar | Christopher Buck | Nov 17, 2020. 349. 2020 Sweet Medicine’s Baha’i-like Path of Spiritual Brotherhood | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Nov 12, 2020. 348. 2020 More on Isfandiyar, the Former Slave Baha’u’llah Set Free | Christopher Buck | Nov 10, 2020. 347. 2020 Delving into Baha’u’llah’s Epistle to the Son of the Wolf | Christopher Buck | Oct 18, 2020. 346. 2020 Baha’i “Theosis”: Exemplifying Godly Attributes by Acquiring Virtues | Christopher Buck | Oct 10, 2020. 345. 2020 How Our Questions Propel the Search afer Truth | Christopher Buck | Oct 4, 2020. 344. 2020 Two Questions About “Questions” as an Attribute of God | Christopher Buck | Sep 27, 2020. 343. 2020 Voices of Earth and Sky—Discovering Indigenous Holy Ones | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Sep 23, 2020. 342. 2020 White Bufalo Calf Woman’s Four Sacred Songs | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Sep 6, 2020. 341. 2020 Abdu’l-Baha’s Visit to an African American Baha’i in San Francisco | Christopher Buck & Charleen Maghzi-Ader | Sep 4, 2020. 340. 2020 Jesus Foretold the “Glory of God”—Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck & Adib Masumian | Aug 16, 2020. 339. 2020 Honoring Indigenous Customs: Promoting Reciprocal Respect | Christopher Buck | Aug 9, 2020. 338. 2020 How Dreams Prove the World Beyond | Christopher Buck | Aug 7, 2020. 337. 2020 Was Baha’u’llah the Return of Krishna? | Christopher Buck | Aug 2, 2020. 336. 2020 The Return of Krishna: Which One? | Christopher Buck | Jul 26, 2020. 335. 2020 Why the Indigenous Messengers of God Matter | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jul 19, 2020.
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334. 2020 Listening to the Wise Ones—Voices of the Great Spirit | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jun 13, 2020. 333. 2020 To “Reverence the Profound Spiritual Truths” in Indigenous Religions | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jun 6, 2020. 332. 2020 African American Baha’is During Abdu’l-Baha’s Lifetime | Christopher Buck & Steven Kolins | Jun 1, 2020. 331. 2020 How Baha’is Promote the Recognition of Indigenous Beliefs | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | May 30, 2020. 330. 2020 How to Learn About the Writings of Baha’u’llah—Online | Christopher Buck | May 7, 2020. 329. 2020 Religion Renewed Means a New Religion | Christopher Buck | May 5, 2020. 328. 2020 Kalki, the Hindus, and the Problem With Complex Prophecies | Christopher Buck | Apr 28, 2020. 327. 2020 Zoroaster, the “Spirit of Purity” | Christopher Buck & Adib Masumian | Mar 26, 2020. 326. 2020 The Baha’i Festival of Naw-Ruz, Explained | Christopher Buck | Mar 19, 2020. 325. 2020 Preserving Spiritual Seeds for Posterity and Prosperity | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Mar 13, 2020. 324. 2020 The Role of Intelligence in Racial Advancement: Teddy P. Brains | Christopher Buck & Joseph L. Lewis III | Mar 1, 2020. 323. 2020 How Would a Prophet Advise His Sons? | Christopher Buck | Feb 27, 2020. 322. 2020 Sacred Council Fires and the Baha’i Spark | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 23, 2020. 321. 2020 Two Faiths that Form One Entity | Christopher Buck & Nosratollah Mohammadhosseini | Feb 18, 2020. 320. 2020 The Bab as a Primary Source of Baha’u’llah’s Teachings | Christopher Buck & Nosratollah Mohammadhosseini | Feb 17, 2020. 319. 2020 Advance Permission, Appropriation and Sacred Indigenous Knowledge | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 13, 2020. 318. 2020 The Spiritual Destiny of Indigenous Peoples | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 5, 2020. 317. 2020 How Atonement Transforms the World | Christopher Buck | Feb 2, 2020. 316. 2020 4 Indigenous Steps to “Enlighten the Whole World” | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jan 30, 2020. 315. 2020 Baha’u’llah’s New Vision of Christ’s Atonement | Christopher Buck | Jan 26, 2020. 314. 2020 How to Build Unity in a Dis-unifed World | Christopher Buck | Jan 19, 2020. 313. 2020 Alain Locke: the Pulitzer Prize, Legacy and Privacy | Christopher Buck | Jan 12, 2020.
312. 2020 Zoroastrian Prophecies and the Baha’i Faith | Christopher Buck | Jan 5, 2020.
2019
311. 2019 The Zoroastrian Prophecies about the Bab and Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck | Dec 29, 2019. 310. 2019 Gluskap: Ancient and Modern Teachings | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Dec 22, 2019. 309. 2019 The Parallels Between John the Baptist and the Bab | Christopher Buck | Dec 18, 2019.
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308. 2019 Gluskap the Indigenous Messenger: Tall Tales, or Timeless Truths? | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Dec 15, 2019. 307. 2019 How Dreams Prove the World Beyond | Christopher Buck | Dec 8, 2019. 306. 2019 The Legend of the Eastern Algonquian Holy Man Gluskap | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Dec 5, 2019. 305. 2019 How the World Beyond Infuences this World | Christopher Buck | Dec 1, 2019. 304. 2019 Keeping Indigenous Languages—and Adopting a Universal One | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Nov 28, 2019. 303. 2019 How We Make Progress In the World Beyond | Christopher Buck | Nov 24, 2019. 302. 2019 What Will We Do In the World Beyond? | Christopher Buck | Nov 17, 2019. 301. 2019 Christ’s New Name: The Glory of God | Christopher Buck | Nov 10, 2019. 300. 2019 Christ’s New Name and the New Jerusalem | Christopher Buck | Nov 3, 2019. 299. 2019 Baha’i Social Principles First Proclaimed by the Bab | Christopher Buck | Oct 24, 2019. 298. 2019 How the Bab’s Laws Afect Modern Baha’i Life | Christopher Buck | Oct 20, 2019. 297. 2019 The Infuence of the Bab’s Teachings on Baha’i Belief | Christopher Buck | Oct 16, 2019. 296. 2019 How the Bab’s New Calendar Transforms Time | Christopher Buck | Oct 13, 2019. 295. 2019 The Bab’s Infuence on Baha’i Devotions | Christopher Buck | Oct 9, 2019. 294. 2019 The Bab’s Infuence on Baha’i Life Today | Christopher Buck | Oct 3, 2019. 293. 2019 Baha’u’llah and the Navajo Talking God | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Sep 29, 2019. 292. 2019 How Navajo Traditions Lead to the Baha’i Faith | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Sep 21, 2019. 291. 2019 Remembering “Forgotten” Indigenous Religions | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Sep 15, 2019. 290. 2019 What Does It Mean to Be “Trans-religious?” | Christopher Buck | Sep 12, 2019. 289. 2019 The Right to Cultural Identity | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Sep 8, 2019. 288. 2019 Twin Spiritual Perspectives: the Navajo and Baha’i Teachings | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Sep 1, 2019. 287. 2019 5 Glimpses of the Aferlife from the Baha’i Writings | Christopher Buck | Aug 28, 2019. 286. 2019 Spiritual Traveling on the Rainbow and Corn Pollen Path | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Aug 25, 2019. 285. 2019 How We Can Begin to Understand Our Aferlife | Christopher Buck | Aug 21, 2019. 284. 2019 Pressing on to Meet the Dawn: Patricia Locke | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Aug 18, 2019. 283. 2019 The Sacred Covenant of the Navajos—and the Baha’is | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Aug 4, 2019. 282. 2019 The Connections Between Navajo and Baha’i Spirituality | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Jul 28, 2019. 281. 2019 The Navajo Spirit: The Diné Tradition and the Baha’i Faith | Christopher Buck & Bitahnii Wayne Wilson | Jul 21, 2019. 280. 2019 What Can We Do About Cultural Appropriation? | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jul 14, 2019. 279. 2019 Indigenous Spiritual Traditions and Cultural Colonialism | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jun 30, 2019.
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278. 2019 How to Be An Upholder and Defender of the Victims of Oppression | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jun 23, 2019. 277. 2019 Why Baha’is Respect Indigenous Sacred Traditions | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jun 8, 2019. 276. 2019 Breathmaker and Seminole Sacred Tradition | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jun 2, 2019. 275. 2019 Native Messengers: Lone Man and the Mandan Sacred Values | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | May 26, 2019. 274. 2019 The Indigenous Prophets: Lone Man in Mandan Sacred Tradition | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | May 19, 2019. 273. 2019 Want to Add Some Inner Beauty? | Christopher Buck | May 12, 2019. 272. 2019 Do All Peoples Have a Prophet? | Christopher Buck & Nosratollah Mohammadhosseini | May 9, 2019. 271. 2019 Aboriginal and Baha’i: Merging Traditional and New | Christopher Buck | May 5, 2019. 270. 2019 What Does the Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent Symbolize? | Christopher Buck | Apr 28, 2019. 269. 2019 Bunjil the Aboriginal Deity and Why You Should Learn More About Him | Christopher Buck | Apr 21, 2019. 268. 2019 Australian Aboriginal Identity and the Baha’i Faith | Christopher Buck | Apr 15, 2019. 267. 2019 Quetzalcoatl and Indigenous Spiritual Truth | Christopher Buck | Apr 8, 2019. 266. 2019 Recognizing and Respecting Indigenous Messengers of God | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Apr 1, 2019. 265. 2019 The Prophet the Book of Revelation Promised | Christopher Buck | Mar 22, 2019. 264. 2019 The Book of Revelation, Chapter 20: A Baha’i Interpretation | Christopher Buck | Mar 18, 2019. 263. 2019 Sweet Medicine: Cheyenne Messenger of God | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Mar 5, 2019. 262. 2019 Connecting, Unifying and Fulflling Indigenous Spiritual Traditions | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 26, 2019. 261. 2019 The Ten Commandments of Lakota Life | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 19, 2019. 260. 2019 Satan in Prophecy: Symbol or Superstition? | Christopher Buck | Feb 16, 2019. 259. 2019 White Bufalo Calf Woman’s Spiritual Message | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 12, 2019. 258. 2019 When Indigenous Beliefs and the Baha’i Faith Meet | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Feb 5, 2019. 257. 2019 Reason and the Resurrection: Can Faith Stand the Test of Science? | Christopher Buck | Feb 2, 2019. 256. 2019 White Bufalo Calf Woman, The Peacemaker, and Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jan 29, 2019. 255. 2019 America and Social Salvation | Christopher Buck | Jan 12, 2019. 254. 2019 Does Humanity Have a Right to a Livable Climate? | Christopher Buck | Jan 2, 2019.
2018
253. 2018 What Would Jesus Say Today? | Christopher Buck | Dec 25, 2018.
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252. 2018 Sir Isaac Newton & Baha’u’llah: A Harmony of Science and Religion | Christopher Buck | Dec 22, 2018. 251. 2018 Paradise in Heaven and on Earth | Christopher Buck | Nov 25, 2018. 250. 2018 An Antidote for Anti-Semitism | Christopher Buck | Nov 16, 2018. 249. 2018 A Baha’i Prayer for Good Governance | Christopher Buck | Nov 11, 2018. 248. 2018 Did Baha’u’llah Fulfll the Prophecies of Jesus? | Christopher Buck | Nov 6, 2018. 247. 2018 Pittsburgh: How We Can All Respond to Anti-Semitism | Christopher Buck | Nov 2, 2018. 246. 2018 Do Baha’is Believe in the Day of Judgement? | Christopher Buck | Oct 28, 2018. 245. 2018 Will There Really Be a Day of Judgement? | Christopher Buck | Oct 24, 2018. 244. 2018 Baha’u’llah as the Prince of Peace | Christopher Buck | Oct 20, 2018. 243. 2018 Baha’u’llah as the “Glory of His Father” | Christopher Buck | Oct 17, 2018. 242. 2018 The Fascinating Story of Major Alfred Goggins | Christopher Buck | Oct 15, 2018. 241. 2018 One of the First Positive Black Characters in American Film | Christopher Buck | Oct 12, 2018. 240. 2018 Building the Moral Force that Sustains Society | Christopher Buck | Oct 7, 2018. 239. 2018 How the Baha’is Fought Jim Crow in Miami | Christopher Buck | Sep 30, 2018. 238. 2018 Why Did Early Black Civic Leaders Become Baha’is? | Christopher Buck | Sep 25, 2018. 237. 2018 How a Baha’i Letter to a Black Man Revealed Dignity and Justice | Christopher Buck | Sep 20, 2018. 236. 2018 What Happened in Miami when the Baha’is Integrated | Christopher Buck | Sep 1, 2018. 235. 2018 The Early—and Integrated—Baha’i Community in Miami | Christopher Buck | Aug 30, 2018. 234. 2018 How Miami’s Renowned Black Entrepreneur Became a Baha’i | Christopher Buck | Aug 26, 2018. 233. 2018 Meet Miami’s First Black Millionaire, Who Worked to Worship | Christopher Buck | Aug 24, 2018. 232. 2018 From Racial Bias Training to Race Unity | Christopher Buck | Aug 15, 2018. 231. 2018 How to Be Color Brave—and Color Befriending | Christopher Buck | Aug 10, 2018. 230. 2018 Starbucks: How to Become “Color Brave” | Christopher Buck | Aug 3, 2018. 229. 2018 He and She: the Spirit of Truth and the Holy Spirit | Christopher Buck | Jul 28, 2018. 228. 2018 Baha’u’llah and Isaiah’s Triple Prophecy | Christopher Buck | Jul 20, 2018. 227. 2018 God Asks Questions: We Should, Too | Christopher Buck | Jun 18, 2018. 226. 2018 An Oxford Scholar on the Spirit of Truth | Christopher Buck | Jun 16, 2018. 225. 2018 Baha’u’llah as the Spirit of Truth | Christopher Buck | Jun 15, 2018. 224. 2018 The “Return” of Christ: What Does it Mean? | Christopher Buck | Jun 13, 2018. 223. 2018 How to Test the Truth of a Prophecy | Christopher Buck | Jun 12, 2018. 222. 2018 Do Prophecies Prove Anything? | Christopher Buck | Jun 11, 2018. 221. 2018 Recognizing and Respecting the Sacred Lakota Traditions | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Mar 13, 2018. 220. 2018 Prophecy: Far More Predicative than Predictive | Christopher Buck | Mar 12, 2018. 219. 2018 White Bufalo Calf Woman: Messenger of God | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Mar 12, 2018.
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218. 2018 How to Beware of False Prophecies | Christopher Buck | Feb 8, 2018. 217. 2018 Science and Religion Are Complementary | Christopher Buck | Feb 5, 2018. 216. 2018 Baha’u’llah as the Future Buddha, Continued | Christopher Buck | Feb 3, 2018. 215. 2018 Understanding Zoroaster and His Prophecies | Christopher Buck | Jan 29, 2018. 214. 2018 Let’s De-Mystify Religious Prophecies | Christopher Buck | Jan 27, 2018. 213. 2018 Baha’u’llah: the Zoroastrian Savior | Christopher Buck | Jan 26, 2018. 212. 2018 Who is the New Maitreya Buddha? | Christopher Buck | Jan 25, 2018. 211. 2018 The Prophecies of the Bhagavad-Gita | Christopher Buck | Jan 24, 2018. 210. 2018 Who Was Krishna—and Has He Returned? | Christopher Buck | Jan 23, 2018. 209. 2018 Baha’u’llah and the Return of Krishna | Christopher Buck | Jan 22, 2018. 208. 2018 The Tenth Avatar | Christopher Buck | Jan 21, 2018. 207. 2018 Awaiting the Hindu Messiah | Christopher Buck | Jan 19, 2018. 206. 2018 The Graphic Battles in the Holy Books | Christopher Buck | Jan 17, 2018. 205. 2018 Baha’u’llah as the Hindu Kalki Avatar | Christopher Buck | Jan 16, 2018.
2017
204. 2017 Prophecy, Secret Codes, and the Harmony of Science and Religion | Christopher Buck | Dec 31, 2017. 203. 2017 Rapture, Apocalypse, and Prophecy: Symbolic, Not Literal | Christopher Buck | Dec 24, 2017. 202. 2017 Using Your Spiritual Senses to Go Beyond the Literal | Christopher Buck | Nov 27, 2017. 201. 2017 Baha’u’llah’s Most Holy Tablet—to the Christians | Christopher Buck | Oct 7, 2017. 200. 2017 Baha’u’llah Replies to the First Christian Baha’i—and to All Christians | Christopher Buck | Oct 6, 2017. 199. 2017 The First Christian Baha’i, and His Letter to Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck | Oct 5, 2017. 198. 2017 Baha’u’llah’s Welcome to the First Christian Baha’i | Christopher Buck & Joshua Hall | Oct 4, 2017. 197. 2017 The First Christian to Become a Baha’i | Christopher Buck | Oct 3, 2017. 196. 2017 A Baha’i Prayer for the United States Government | Christopher Buck | Aug 24, 2017. 195. 2017 The Secret of Understanding Miracles | Christopher Buck | Aug 3, 2017. 194. 2017 Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of Emancipation | Christopher Buck | Jul 27, 2017. 193. 2017 A Baha’i Prayer for Islam | Christopher Buck | Jul 7, 2017. 192. 2017 The Problem with Miracles | Christopher Buck | Jul 5, 2017. 191. 2017 Demon Possession, the Devil and True Exorcism | Christopher Buck | Jun 5, 2017. 190. 2017 Muhammad: the Last Prophet? | Christopher Buck | May 15, 2017. 189. 2017 A Key Islamic Prophecy, Fulflled by a New Faith | Christopher Buck | May 13, 2017. 188. 2017 New Teachings on the Virtue of Patience | Christopher Buck & Foad Seddigh | May 2, 2017. 187. 2017 The Attributes of the Creator: One or Many? | Christopher Buck & Joshua Hall | Apr 30, 2017. 186. 2017 Seeking Power To Do, Not Power Over | Christopher Buck & Joshua Hall | Apr 28, 2017. 185. 2017 Reaching Across the Racial Divide | Christopher Buck | Apr 8, 2017.
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184. 2017 Mysticism Feeds Our Souls | Christopher Buck | Apr 4, 2017. 183. 2017 The 3 Most Pressing Duties for Today’s Press | Christopher Buck | Mar 26, 2017. 182. 2017 Time to Celebrate the Renewal of the World | Christopher Buck | Mar 20, 2017. 181. 2017 Abdu’l-Baha Visits Phoebe Hearst’s Servant | Christopher Buck & Richard Hollinger | Mar 11, 2017. 180. 2017 A Baha’i Prayer for America | Christopher Buck & Joshua Hall | Mar 4, 2017. 179. 2017 Two Spiritual Suns: Deganawida and Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck | Jan 31, 2017. 178. 2017 Has God Sent Prophets to Every Culture? | Christopher Buck | Jan 26, 2017. 177. 2017 No More Jihad: Muhammad’s Message in Baha’u’llah’s Dream | Christopher Buck & Necati Alkan | Jan 23, 2017.
2016
176. 2016 How to Become Luminous | Christopher Buck | Nov 20, 2016. 175. 2016 How to Be Truly Afectionate | Christopher Buck | Nov 19, 2016. 174. 2016 A Time for Afection: From Passion to Compassion | Christopher Buck | Nov 17, 2016. 173. 2016 Years of Bounty and Generosity | Christopher Buck | Nov 14, 2016. 172. 2016 Looking at Justice in a Whole New Way | Christopher Buck & Adib Masumian | Nov 4, 2016. 171. 2016 Justice, Equity and Courtesy: What do they have in Common? | Christopher Buck & Adib Masumian | Nov 3, 2016. 170. 2016 Twin Birthdays: The Glorious Birth of Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck | Nov 1, 2016. 169. 2016 Twin Birthdays: The Mystery of the Birth of the Bab | Christopher Buck | Oct 31, 2016. 168. 2016 The Baha’i “Pupil of the Eye” Metaphor—What Does it Mean? | Christopher Buck | Sep 28, 2016. 167. 2016 The Black Pupil of the Eye: The Source of Light | Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck | Sep 16, 2016. 166. 2016 Do We Have Spiritual Ancestors? Meet Pocahontas Pope | Christopher Buck | Sep 15, 2016. 165. 2016 The Black Pupil: Where the Light of the Spirit Shines | Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck | Sep 9, 2016. 164. 2016 A Boy Achieves Spiritual Manhood | Christopher Buck | Sep 1, 2016. 163. 2016 The Phoenix Factor: Turning Myth into Reality | Christopher Buck | Aug 29, 2016. 162. 2016 Inner Gold: Alchemy of Attributes | Christopher Buck | Aug 13, 2016. 161. 2016 The Fourth Answer: Recognizing Native Spirituality | Christopher Buck | Aug 9, 2016. 160. 2016 The Cradle of Christianity—and Islam | Christopher Buck & Necati Alkan | Aug 6, 2016. 159. 2016 Peter in Antioch—the Wisdom of the First Christians | Christopher Buck & Necati Alkan | Aug 3, 2016. 158. 2016 How to Get Rich in God | Christopher Buck | Aug 1, 2016. 157. 2016 The Year of Joy, and Becoming a Bringer of Delight | Christopher Buck | Jul 20, 2016. 156. 2016 Is God Present? A Month of Questions, A Year of Answers | Christopher Buck | Jul 12, 2016. 155. 2016 Love Holds the Universe Together | Christopher Buck | Jun 27, 2016. 154. 2016 Zoroaster and Isaiah Converse: An Ancient Interfaith Dialogue? | Christopher Buck | Jun 20, 2016.
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153. 2016 A Brand New Word—and a New Concept—for Generosity | Christopher Buck | Jun 16, 2016. 152. 2016 Every Friday is “Independence” Day | Christopher Buck | Jun 11, 2016. 151. 2016 Modest but Majestic: How to Refect the Light of God | Christopher Buck | May 31, 2016. 150. 2016 War and the Social Commentary of Poetry | Christopher Buck | May 29, 2016. 149. 2016 Every Wednesday, Think of Justice | Christopher Buck | May 26, 2016. 148. 2016 In Every Day of Every Week, Creating Channels of Grace | Christopher Buck | May 24, 2016. 147. 2016 When God Speaks—Eloquently | Christopher Buck | May 21, 2016. 146. 2016 Developing Spiritual Power | Christopher Buck | May 20, 2016. 145. 2016 Genius, Knowledge and Universal Enlightenment | Christopher Buck | May 16, 2016. 144. 2016 The Mystical Source of Human Will-Power | Christopher Buck | May 13, 2016. 143. 2016 Might as Spiritual Empowerment | Christopher Buck | May 11, 2016. 142. 2016 Understanding Names and Attributes as Energies | Christopher Buck | May 8, 2016. 141. 2016 Perfection as a Verb | Christopher Buck | May 6, 2016. 140. 2016 Words as Deeds | Christopher Buck | May 3, 2016. 139. 2016 Have Mercy! How to Be Merciful | Christopher Buck | May 1, 2016. 138. 2016 How to Be Truly Honored—and Honorable | Christopher Buck | Apr 29, 2016. 137. 2016 Using Light for Enlightenment | Christopher Buck | Apr 25, 2016. 136. 2016 Developing Grandeur of Spirit | Christopher Buck | Apr 22, 2016. 135. 2016 Glory: Respect is Better Than Fame | Christopher Buck | Apr 20, 2016. 134. 2016 How to Personify Beauty | Christopher Buck | Apr 17, 2016. 133. 2016 Poetic License and Mystical Wonderment | Christopher Buck | Apr 9, 2016. 132. 2016 The Secret of Attaining Spiritual Splendor | Christopher Buck | Mar 27, 2016. 131. 2016 Achieving Lofiness without Pride | Christopher Buck | Mar 14, 2016. 130. 2016 Spiritual Dominion: How to Be In Control of Your Life | Christopher Buck | Mar 11, 2016. 129. 2016 Poems as Treasures, Poems as Deeds | Christopher Buck | Mar 7, 2016. 128. 2016 Thoughts as Deeds | Christopher Buck | Mar 6, 2016. 127. 2016 What If You Ruled the World? Achieving Personal Sovereignty | Christopher Buck | Feb 22, 2016. 126. 2016 The Seal of the Prophets: Meeting God on the Last Day | Christopher Buck | Feb 12, 2016. 125. 2016 The Baha’i Month, and Godly Attribute, of Questions | Christopher Buck | Jan 26, 2016. 124. 2016 Baha’u’llah on America’s Spiritual Destiny | Christopher Buck | Jan 24, 2016. 123. 2016 A Prophet’s Advice to His Sons | Christopher Buck | Jan 20, 2016. 122. 2016 White Bufalo Maiden’s Sacred Songs | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Jan 18, 2016. 121. 2016 Do We Need A World Religion Day? | Christopher Buck | Jan 16, 2016. 120. 2016 The Perfect Results when the Races Intermarry | Christopher Buck | Jan 14, 2016. 119. 2016 President Teddy Roosevelt and the Baha’i Faith | Christopher Buck | Jan 6, 2016.
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2015
118. 2015 Where Heaven and Earth Meet | Christopher Buck | Dec 29, 2015. 117. 2015 Memphis 1917: Building Racial Unity in the Lynching Era | Christopher Buck | Dec 27, 2015. 116. 2015 The New Jerusalem: Literal or Symbolic? | Christopher Buck | Nov 22, 2015. 115. 2015 Revering Christ and Baha’u’llah as Heart and Soul | Christopher Buck | Sep 27, 2015. 114. 2015 The Trials of the Spiritual Tourist | Christopher Buck | Aug 27, 2015. 113. 2015 The Power of Contentment | Christopher Buck | Aug 22, 2015. 112. 2015 The Pupil of the Eye: An Ennobling Racial Metaphor | Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck | Aug 20, 2015. 111. 2015 Alain Locke—the Black Plato—Goes to the Holy Land | Christopher Buck | Aug 16, 2015. 110. 2015 What Do “the Wolf and the Lamb” Symbolize? | Christopher Buck | Aug 6, 2015. 109. 2015 Understanding the Prophecy of the Sun, Moon & Stars | Christopher Buck | Aug 4, 2015. 108. 2015 Decoding Prophetic Code: One Baha’i Example | Christopher Buck | Aug 3, 2015. 107. 2015 How Do We Teach the Young not to Hate? | Christopher Buck | Jul 24, 2015. 106. 2015 Resolving the Paradox: Why Evil Does–and Does Not–Exist | Christopher Buck | Jul 21, 2015. 105. 2015 Why Did God Allow the Holocaust? (Wrong Question) | Christopher Buck | Jul 14, 2015. 104. 2015 Langston Hughes and Alain Locke go to Palestine—or Do They? | Christopher Buck | Jul 8, 2015. 103. 2015 Getting Answers to the Deepest Spiritual Questions | Christopher Buck | Jul 6, 2015. 102. 2015 How One Baha’i Battled Jim Crow | Christopher Buck | Jun 24, 2015. 101. 2015 Journey to the City of God | Christopher Buck | Jun 20, 2015. 100. 2015 Memphis Baha’is—Both Black & White—Finally Break Bread Together | Christopher Buck | Jun 19, 2015. 99. 2015 Despite Jim Crow, the Memphis Baha’is Contemplate Integration | Christopher Buck | Jun 17, 2015. 98. 2015 Breaking Bread between Black & White in the Jim Crow Era | Christopher Buck | Jun 15, 2015. 97. 2015 Music and Inner Harmony | Christopher Buck | Jun 7, 2015. 96. 2015 Identifying Figurative Language to Interpret Prophecies | Christopher Buck | Jun 4, 2015. 95. 2015 4 Steps for Understanding the Mysteries of Prophecy | Christopher Buck | May 29, 2015. 94. 2015 Progressive Revelation: Historical and Contemporary | Christopher Buck | May 21, 2015. 93. 2015 True Prophets, the Early Years of Faith and Ebionite Christianity | Christopher Buck | May 18, 2015. 92. 2015 God & Apple Pie–A New Look at American Religions | Christopher Buck | May 12, 2015. 91. 2015 How the World’s Newest Religion Began | Christopher Buck | May 6, 2015. 90. 2015 Celebrating the Twelve-Day Festival of Ridvan | Christopher Buck | May 2, 2015. 89. 2015 Open Letter about Race to Starbucks and USA Today | Christopher Buck | Apr 11, 2015. 88. 2015 Salvation: For One and All | Christopher Buck | Apr 7, 2015. 87. 2015 When Do Prophets Know their Destiny? | Christopher Buck | Apr 6, 2015. 86. 2015 Using History to Make History | Christopher Buck | Mar 30, 2015.
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85. 2015 Little Angels Need Heavenly Teachings | Christopher Buck | Mar 29, 2015. 84. 2015 The Power & the Great Power Bring Peace | Christopher Buck | Mar 25, 2015. 83. 2015 The Joy of Promoting Happiness—Without Proselytizing | Christopher Buck | Mar 24, 2015. 82. 2015 Circle the World with Study Circles | Christopher Buck | Mar 23, 2015. 81. 2015 Improving Your Neighborhood | Christopher Buck | Mar 22, 2015. 80. 2015 The Life and Death of Satan | Christopher Buck | Mar 8, 2015. 79. 2015 Want Peace? Teach the Children First | Christopher Buck | Mar 6, 2015. 78. 2015 White Bufalo Maiden: Sacred Rites, Dances, Songs, Values | Christopher Buck & Kevin Locke | Mar 5, 2015.
2014
77. 2014 The Grace of God is One | Christopher Buck | Nov 28, 2014. 76. 2014 Do You Believe in One God? | Christopher Buck | Nov 23, 2014. 75. 2014 The Harmonic Power of Science and Religion | Christopher Buck | Nov 5, 2014. 74. 2014 “King among Men”: Meet The Slave Baha’u’llah Freed | Christopher Buck | Nov 3, 2014. 73. 2014 How Can I Learn More about the Baha’i Faith? | Christopher Buck | Oct 30, 2014. 72. 2014 Defending Islam from the Islamic State | Christopher Buck | Oct 16, 2014. 71. 2014 Sing the Ballad of Alain Locke—Burying the Black Plato | Christopher Buck | Oct 10, 2014. 70. 2014 Laying a Great Man to Rest—the Final Interment of Alain Locke | Christopher Buck | Oct 7, 2014. 69. 2014 God Has Sent Messengers to All People | Christopher Buck & Paula Bidwell | Oct 2, 2014. 68. 2014 The Prophet, the Abolitionist, the Liberator | Christopher Buck | Sep 28, 2014. 67. 2014 Liberating Every Slave | Christopher Buck | Sep 24, 2014. 66. 2014 The Slave’s Prayer of Freedom | Christopher Buck | Sep 22, 2014. 65. 2014 In Spiritual Matters, Handsome is as Handsome Does | Christopher Buck | Sep 15, 2014. 64. 2014 Deganawida Converts Hiawatha: From Cannibalism to Compassion | Christopher Buck | Sep 13, 2014. 63. 2014 The Reality of the Perfections of Christ | Christopher Buck | Sep 4, 2014. 62. 2014 The Prophets: Each One Identical with the Other | Christopher Buck | Sep 1, 2014. 61. 2014 Christ’s Return: What will His Name Not Be? | Christopher Buck | Aug 28, 2014. 60. 2014 Manifest Destiny and Native American Religion | Christopher Buck & Paula Bidwell | Aug 20, 2014. 59. 2014 Native Messengers of God: One Native Baha’i’s Perspective | Christopher Buck & Paula Bidwell | Aug 18, 2014. 58. 2014 Native Messengers of God: Another Baha’i Perspective | Christopher Buck | Aug 5, 2014. 57. 2014 Native Messengers of God: One Baha’i Perspective | Christopher Buck | Jul 30, 2014. 56. 2014 Black Plato on World Citizenship | Christopher Buck | Jul 25, 2014. 55. 2014 Religion and That Mystic Feeling | Christopher Buck | Jul 24, 2014. 54. 2014 God, the Divine Feminine and the Maid of Heaven | Christopher Buck | Jul 11, 2014. 53. 2014 God and Gender | Christopher Buck | Jul 9, 2014. 52. 2014 Baha’i Prayer: With a Little Help from My Friends | Christopher Buck | Jul 1, 2014.
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51. 2014 How Baha’i Prayer Works | Christopher Buck | Jun 20, 2014. 50. 2014 50 Baha’i Principles of Unity: From Individual to International Relations | Christopher Buck | Jun 10, 2014. 49. 2014 “Cartoon Man” Comes Back: A Simple Act of Trustworthiness | Christopher Buck | Jun 6, 2014. 48. 2014 Black Plato’s Advice to Black Graduates | Christopher Buck | May 27, 2014. 47. 2014 Black Plato and the Harlem Renaissance | Christopher Buck | May 25, 2014. 46. 2014 What Will They Say When You Die? | Christopher Buck | May 23, 2014. 45. 2014 First Baha’i Race Relations Event | Christopher Buck | May 21, 2014. 44. 2014 Poet Laureate Robert Hayden’s Poem on America | Christopher Buck | May 16, 2014. 43. 2014 America’s Bicentennial Poem | Christopher Buck | May 12, 2014. 42. 2014 Honoring Your Departed Mother and Father | Christopher Buck | May 11, 2014. 41. 2014 Iroquois Confederacy (Six Nations) & World Federation (All Nations) | Christopher Buck | May 2, 2014. 40. 2014 The Baha’i Calendar: Transforming Time | Christopher Buck | May 2, 2014. 39. 2014 Equality (& Superiority) of Women | Christopher Buck | Apr 30, 2014. 38. 2014 Two Great Peacemakers: Deganawida & Baha’u’llah | Christopher Buck | Apr 25, 2014. 37. 2014 The Great Law of Peace | Christopher Buck | Apr 23, 2014. 36. 2014 Princeton University: “Fify Baha’i Principles of Unity” | Christopher Buck | Apr 8, 2014. 35. 2014 Comparing the Teachings of Two Peacemakers | Christopher Buck | Apr 2, 2014. 34. 2014 The First Baha’i College | Christopher Buck | Mar 30, 2014. 33. 2014 The Return of Viracocha, the Prophet of the Incas | Christopher Buck | Mar 28, 2014. 32. 2014 The Baha’i Prayer that Freed the Slaves | Christopher Buck | Mar 25, 2014. 31. 2014 The Return of White Bufalo Calf Woman | Christopher Buck | Mar 22, 2014. 30. 2014 Quetzalcoatl, the “Plumed Serpent” | Christopher Buck | Mar 18, 2014. 29. 2014 Jesus said: “Become passers-by.” | Christopher Buck | Mar 11, 2014. 28. 2014 Native American Messengers of God | Christopher Buck | Mar 7, 2014. 27. 2014 The “Lincoln of the Spirit” and the “Black Plato” | Christopher Buck | Feb 21, 2014. 26. 2014 The Shining Light of Black Spirit | Christopher Buck | Feb 12, 2014. 25. 2014 Robert Turner, Slave by Birth, Freed by Lincoln, Enlightened by Faith | Christopher Buck | Feb 11, 2014. 24. 2014 Devil in the Details; Angel in the Patterns | Christopher Buck | Feb 9, 2014. 23. 2014 The New Baha’i Teachings—Religion Revitalized | Christopher Buck | Jan 30, 2014. 22. 2014 Interracial Emancipation: Freedom from Racism | Christopher Buck | Jan 25, 2014. 21. 2014 The Races—Robed in Black or White | Christopher Buck | Jan 21, 2014. 20. 2014 A Slave Educates a Prophet | Christopher Buck | Jan 16, 2014. 19. 2014 Baha’u’llah Frees the Slaves | Christopher Buck | Jan 13, 2014. 18. 2014 The Universal Emancipation Proclamation | Christopher Buck | Jan 12, 2014. 17. 2014 Sports Equity: Competing for Gender Equality | Christopher Buck | Jan 10, 2014. 16. 2014 Truth Unifes, Lies Divide | Christopher Buck | Jan 3, 2014.
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2013
15. 2013 The Baha’i Gospel of Unity | Christopher Buck | Nov 27, 2013. 14. 2013 Narrowing Your Search—Part 2 | Christopher Buck | Nov 4, 2013. 13. 2013 Narrowing Your Search—Part 1 | Christopher Buck | Nov 3, 2013. 12. 2013 New Teachings on Christ | Christopher Buck | Nov 1, 2013. 11. 2013 A Way to Make Tomorrow Better | Christopher Buck | Oct 20, 2013. 10. 2013 A Way to Make Today Better | Christopher Buck | Oct 19, 2013. 9. 2013 Perfecting Your Work | Christopher Buck | Oct 13, 2013. 8. 2013 Unsealing the “Seal of the Prophets” | Christopher Buck | Oct 1, 2013. 7. 2013 Kind Words Mean More | Christopher Buck | Sep 23, 2013. 6. 2013 Satan’s Epitaph | Christopher Buck | Sep 15, 2013. 5. 2013 Our Eyes Mirror the Animals | Christopher Buck | Sep 7, 2013. 4. 2013 Awakening Empathy for Every Living Thing | Christopher Buck | Sep 3, 2013. 3. 2013 A Mouse in My Spiritual House | Christopher Buck | Aug 30, 2013. 2. 2013 Animals’ Eyes Are the Mirrors of Our Souls | Christopher Buck | Aug 20, 2013. 1. 2013 From Frightened to Enlightened | Christopher Buck | Aug 6, 2013.
2013–2020 (by Series)
• See “List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org by Christopher Buck” (Excel spreadsheet prepared by Arjen Bolhuis, posted online April 3, 2020: buck_articles_bahaiteachings.xlsx. • Articles, by series, contributed by Christopher Buck, as of April 14, 2021: • Indigenous Messengers of God (77 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/indigenous- messengers-of-god/. • Figuring Out Prophecy (65 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/fguring-out-prophecy/. • The Universal Emancipation Proclamation (61 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the- universal-emancipation-proclamation/. • Transforming Time: Turning Godly Perfections Into Goodly Actions (44 articles): https:// bahaiteachings.org/series/transforming-time-turning-godly-perfections-into-goodly-actions/. • The Báb’s Living Legacy (8 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the-babs-living-legacy/. • The World Beyond (6 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the-world-beyond/. • The Baha’i Faith and Early Christianity (6 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the-bahai- faith-and-early-christianity/. • The First Christian Bahá’í (5 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the-frst-christian-bahai/. • How to Connect with Your Local Bahá’í Community (5 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/ how-to-connect-with-your-local-bahai-community/. • 50 Baha’i Principles of Unity (4 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/50-bahai-principles-of- unity/. • The Passing Poetry of Life (4 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the-passing-poetry-of- life/. • Baha’i Quotes that Changed My Life (4 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/bahai-quotes- that-changed-my-life/. • How Starbucks Can Welcome Every Color (3 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/how- starbucks-can-welcome-every-color/.
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• The Spiritual Search (3 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/the-spiritual-search/. • Monotheistic Religions in a Nutshell (2 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/monotheistic- religions-in-a-nutshell/. • How Baha’i Prayer Works (2 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/how-bahai-prayer-works/. • Looking into Paradise (2 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/looking-into-paradise/. • God and Gender (2 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/series/god-and-gender/. • Miscellaneous Articles [Not in Series] (49 articles): https://bahaiteachings.org/author/ christopher-buck/.
MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
12. 1997 “As others see him: Jesus asks all people ‘Who do people say that I am?’ Replies from several non-Christians.” Ottawa Citizen (March 1997). 11. 1986 “The Fourth Candle: The Unity of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue.” Dialogue Magazine 1.2 (May 1986): 9–11. [Invited article.] 10. 1979 “A Forum: Concerning Saint Paul.” World Order 13.4 (Summer 1979): 7–9. 9. 1976 “Tin.” Klipsun 6.4 (April 1976): 12–13. Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University). Short story. Issue won Mark of Excellence Award by Society of Professional Journalists, Seattle WA, as Region 10 winner in the student magazine category. Republished: Part 1: “A Mouse in My Spiritual House.” BahaiTeachings.org (August 30, 2013); Part 2: “Awakening Empathy for Every Living Thing.” BahaiTeachings.org (September 3, 2013). 8. 1975 “Sorts of Sorcery” Klipsun 6.1 (Nov. 1975): 10–11. Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University). Interview with Thomas Ernest Cicchitti, Jr. (d. 2017), a Bahá’í and former practitioner of magick. 7. 1972 “Probing the Dimensions of a Problem: Drug Use at PLU?” Co-author: [Illegible.] The Mooring Mast 50.11 (Mar. 23, 1973): 14 (PLU Archives, Mooring Mast 1972–73, pp. 246–47 of 316.) [Investigative news story.] 6. 1972 “PLU Dismisses Judy Baker.” Co-author: Ray Wheeler. The Mooring Mast 50.11 (Nov. 17, 1972): 14 (PLU Archives, Mooring Mast 1972–73, p. 232 of 316.) [News story.] 5. 1972 “Final Statement on Socks.” The Mooring Mast 50.11 (Nov. 17, 1972): 14 (PLU Archives, Mooring Mast 1972–73, p. 142 of 316.) [Poem.] 4. 1972 “The Walk.” The Mooring Mast 50.11 (Nov. 17, 1972): 12 (PLU Archives, Mooring Mast 1972– 73, p. 140 of 316. [Poem.] 3. 1972 “The Pond.” The Mooring Mast 50.8 (Oct. 27, 1972): 2 (PLU Archives, Mooring Mast 1972– 73, p. 86 of 316. [Poem.] 2. 1972 “Survival.” The Mooring Mast 49.20 (Apr. 7, 1972): 1 (PLU Archives, Mooring Mast 1971–72, p. 253 of 333.) [Poem; cover.] 1. 1972 “While We Watched the Crucifx.” The Mooring Mast 49.18 (Mar. 17, 1972): 1 (Pacifc Lutheran University [PLU] Archives, Mooring Mast 1971–72, p. 233 of 333.) [Poem; cover.
SELECTED GRADUATE SCHOOL PAPERS
YALE UNIVERSITY
1997
1. 1997 “Future Tense: Visions of the End as Revisions of History” (Yale University post-doc proposal, 1997). Application for post-doctoral fellowship in the Mellon/Sawyer seminar
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on “Millennialism: Motifs and Movements” coordinated by the Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University. Abstract Apocalypses are coded ideological revolutions, religiously fred and metaphorically controlled by the future as tense metaphor. This future tense, permeated by hortative and optative moods, heightens eschatological tensions, which are themselves in tension with a sequence of historical presents, century afer century. As a form of crisis literature, a collective depression is documented, a cultural angst expressed in terms of world-historical and cosmic proportions. In the manic phase of mantic vaticinations, the subjunctive indicts the indicative. Apocalypses typically use the language of natural convulsions and cosmic contests in the context of intended social revolution, in which the geocentric ofen metaphorizes the ethnocentric. Apocalypses typically begin as social commentaries and end up as ideological engines of transformation command- eered by a messianic claimant, whether religious or political, or both. This project proposes a six-dimensional model for the analysis of selected apocalypses a study unifed by a hypothesis which holds that apocalypses are past events (drawn from the author’s/redactor’s historical present) projected as last events, in which prophecy fulfllment employs the authority of the past in order to legitimate the present as instantiated future. Since it is not enough to invoke the authority of scripture for leader- ship purposes, the fuzzy specifcity of apocalyptic vaticinations can be appealed to as proof-texts by messianic claimants of otherwise unattested spiritual lineage. The six dimensions proposed for the holistic study of apocalyptic are as follows: 1. Apocalypse as genre. 2. Apocalypse as coded history. 3. Apocalypse as social critique and wish-image. 4. Apocalypse as ethnocentrism. 5. Apocalypse as legitimation. 6. Apocalypse as exemplar of discrete religious paradigms.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
1991–1996
7. 1996 Dissertation Appraisal Jonathan Z. Smith ( June 13, 1996). “Confdential: May be shown to the candidate only afer the fnal doctoral examination.”
FROM: Jason Smith Books PHONE NO.: 312 294 0147 Jun. 13, 1996 10:54 AM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The College 1116 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Appraisal, Mr. Christopher George Buck,
PARADISE AND PARADIGM: KEY SYMBOLS IN ‘PERSIAN’ CHRISTIANITY AND THE BAHA’I FAITH. Centre for the Study of Religion. School of Graduate Studies. University of Toronto. Mr. Buck’s thesis is a superior piece of work, one of the most sophisticated exercises on comparison that I have read, and, therefore, a work of historic importance with respect to the study of ‘patristic’ Christianity, a feld that is notably ‘primitive’ with respect to comparative issues. Of the nearly one hundred dissertations I have served as director or
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reader for, in the felds of history of religions and early Christianities, this is, without question, one of the two or three best. Mr. Buck’s lengthy methodological introduction (pp. 1–27) is a remarkable theoretical essay. He shows a capacity to work with a variety of contemporary fgures and issues in the general study of religion and to extract from serious conversation with them a complex, comprehensive, critical and constructive proposal that is both persuasive and original. This proposal is systematically carried through the body of the thesis, providing both the organizational principles for the data and the procedures which govern his com- parisons. I am much impressed by his concluding chapter (295–308) which undertakes a self- critical evaluation of the models and methods he employed. (This last is all too ofen omitted in dissertations in the human sciences.) Obviously, I have some questions. As Mr. Buck notes, his model is eclectic, drawing from a variety of fgures, so that fgures of quite disparate orientations are made to support one another. With respect to his particular area of comparison, the proposal would have been enhanced by a specifc and detailed contrast with the analogous projects of Robert Murray and Geo Widengren. I am most appreciative of Mr. Buck’s thick historical narrative in which the symbolic investigations are situated. (More work could be done on the theoretical relations of the one to the other, but what he has done is well in advance of the vast majority of works in the feld). Again, at times, we difer in historical judgement (e.g. it is increasingly less likely that [the] Gospel of Thomas can be claimed as a Syrian document) but these do not afect the overall thesis. The extraction of the central symbolic logic of both the Syriac and Bahá’í materials is utterly convincing and reveals, among other virtues, a thorough command of both the primary and secondary literature. This, then, contributes to a comparison across diferences of the logics which richly illuminates both the specifc symbols and the cultural matrix in which they are found. This is one of those rare theses in which the parts are so intricately and necessarily interrelated that one hopes for the rapid publication of the entire work rather than the separate publication of one or two chapters. Without hesitation, I strongly recommend that the thesis be accepted in partial fulfllment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Jonathan Z. Smith Jonathan Z. Smith, Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities University of Chicago
5. 1996 Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in ‘Persian’ Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toronto (Canada). ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 1996. NN18989. [Published in 1999 as Paradise and Paradigm.] 4. 1993 “Transposition and Equivalence: Comparing Key Symbols in the Bahá’í Faith and Syriac Christianity” (Dissertation Proposal: Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 27 January 1993). 3. 1992 “Comparison and Transposition of Metaphors in Bahá’í and Syriac Christian Conceptual Systems.” Submitted to Professor Donald Wiebe, REL 1000Y: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion (Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 15 April 1992). 2. 1992 “Justifying Symbols: Towards a Typology of Exegetical Logic”: Submitted to Professor Willard G. Oxtoby, REL 1001F: Language and Religion, Thematic Interdisciplinary Seminar (Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 12 January 1992). 1. 1992 “From Myth to Symbol: The Ghost of Bardaisan in the Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian.” Submitted to Professor John Corbett, REL 1215Y: Early Eastern Christianity (Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 7 January 1992).
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UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
1989–1991
8. 1991 Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Bahá’u’lláh’s Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Bahá’í Faith. Master’s Thesis. University of Calgary (Canada). Thesis Advisor: Andrew Rippin, Ph.D. University of Calgary Library catalogue no.: BP 365 B83 1991. Collection: Legacy Theses. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/PRISM/20147. Courtesy of Kathryn Ruddock, Manager, Digitization & Repository Services, University of Calgary. (Posted online: May 9, 2018.) 7. 1990 “The Anatomy of Figuration: Maimonides’ Exegesis of Natural Convulsions in Apocalyptic Texts (Guide II.29).” Text of Oral Presentation. Submitted to Professor Andrew Rippin, Religious Studies 601.01: Interpretation of Scripture (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 19 March 1990). 6. 1989 “The Problem of the Buddha-Nature ‘Self’ in the Nirvana Sutra: Dual Indic/Sinic Infuence on the Creation of a Secret Atman.” Submitted to Professor L. Kawamura, Religious Studies 603 (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 3 December 1989). 5. 1989 “‘Saint’ Buddha as ‘Avatar’/Visnu as ‘Bodhisattva’: Transpositional Approaches to Transconfessional-ism.” Submitted to Professor Hugo Meynell, Religious Studies 601 (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 29 November 1989). 4. 1989 “The Problem of the ‘Self’ in the Nirvana Sutra: An Application of Rawlinson’s ‘Conceptual Nets’.” Submitted to Professor L. Kawamura, Religious Studies 603 (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 22 November 1989). 3. 1989 “The Figurative Structure of Eschatological Arabic”: Submitted to Professor Naphtali Kinberg, Linguistics 599: Structure of Arabic (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 12 November 1989). 2. 1989 “Paraconsistent Logic and Global Theology: ‘Truth Value’ In Contradictory Truths- Claims?” Submitted to Professor Hugo Meynell, Religious Studies 601 (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 30 October 1989). 1. 1989 “Emptiness Pregnant with Compassion: A Term to Unify All of Nagarjuna’s Thought?” Submitted to Professor L. Kawamura, Religious Studies 603 (Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, 23 October 1989).
ST. MARK’S COLLEGE
1985
1. 1985 “Monarchy and Worship: The ‘Equal in Honor?’ Problem as the Communal Dimension of the Arian Controversy?” Submitted to Rev. Paul C. Burns, C.S.B., Graduate Seminar on Arianism (St. Mark's College, Vancouver, 15 December 1985).
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
1984
1. 1984 “The Golden Age of Jewish/Christian Relations Revisited: The Contribution of H.J. Schoeps to Interfaith Dialogue.” Submitted to Professor C. G. William Nicholls (Chair, Department of Religious Studies) and Professor Moshe Amon (Visiting Scholar, University of Tel Aviv) for a seminar, “The History of Christian Anti-Semitism” (Department of Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, 22 March 1984). Personal correspondence between Bahá’í scholar, Dr. Udo Schaefer (Germany), and Dr.
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Hans Joachim Schoeps (Germany) is provided in the Appendix and translated into English from the original German.
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
1983
1. 1983 “Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A ‘Trajectory’ of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Bahá’í Theophanology.” Submitted to William K.B. Stoever (now Professor Emeritus), chair of Liberal Studies (Department of Religious Studies, Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University), April 1983). • The “Abstract” was published in 1983: Abstracts: American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 1983 (Dallas). Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1983, p. 86. • Cited twice by Hans Küng (d. April 6, 2021). (Vide supra, ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS, entry #2.) • This is the author’s research paper for his frst graduate course, “Problems in Ebionism,” a directed study at Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University), under William K.B. Stoever (now Professor Emeritus), chair of Liberal Studies. The paper was awarded an A on its completion in June 1982. Dr. Stoever is named on the last page of the paper. Although the paper itself is unpublished, it may be considered to be the equivalent of a peer-reviewed paper insofar as the paper was critically reviewed by Dr. Stoever. (Word-processed, courtesy of Carol Lenhard.)
UNPUBLISHED PAPERS
1980
1. 1980 “The Mystery of the Sworded Warrior in Hindu Apocalypse: Was Kalki Visnuyasas Bahá’u’lláh?” (1980).
PRESENTATIONS
2021 “Book Launch — Bahá’í Faith: The Basics.” Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute. (Zoom session streamed live on February 26, 2021.) See PowerPoint (Keynote) presentation. 2020 “Bahá’í Contributions to Interfaith Relations” (“Keynote Speaker,” Webinar). 2020 International eConference on Interreligious Dialogue (Dec. 4–6, 2020. Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR). (December 6, 2020.) Zoom video: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vpzz8L8RRis. 2020 “A Bahá’í Perspective on Indigenous Messengers of God, Part II.” Presented by Kevin Locke and Christopher Buck. Hosted by Green Acre: A Bahá’í Center of Learning (Eliot, Maine). (Zoom event and live-streaming on YouTube). (Streamed live on April 16, 2020.) 2020 “A Bahá’í Perspective on Indigenous Messengers of God, Part I.” Presented by Kevin Locke and Christopher Buck. Hosted by Green Acre: A Bahá’í Center of Learning (Eliot, Maine). Zoom event (limited to 100 participants, with 100 viewers online for this presentation). (Recorded live on April 2, 2020.) 2017 Presentation: God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America. Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity, Scaife Hall, Room 208. A Spirituality Development Month event. Sponsored by: CMU Spirituality & Interfaith Initiatives (Division of Student Afairs), CMU Council of Religious Advisors, Bahá’í Community of Pittsburgh. (November 17, 2017.) 2016 Book-signing: God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America. Waterfront Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Pittsburgh, PA. (April 29, 2016.)
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2015 “Memorials of the Faithful” weekend (May 23–24, 2015). Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute. Eloi, AZ. • “Pupil of the Eye: An Ennobling Racial Metaphor.” Presented by Christopher Buck and Nahzy Abadi Buck. (May 23, 2015, morning session). • “America’s Bicentennial Poem: Robert Hayden’s ‘American Journal’.” (May 23, 2015, afernoon session). Presented by Christopher Buck. • “Black Plato: Alain Locke and the Bahá’í Faith.” Presented by Christopher Buck and Nahzy Abadi Buck. (May 24, 2015, morning and afernoon sessions.) 2015 “God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America.” The Wilmette Institute’s fourth Web Talk, marking its Twentieth Anniversary. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=CHsp3P3hlCg. PowerPoint (made in Apple’s Keynote): http://wilmetteinstitute.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/01/Buck_2015_Apple_Pie_Web_Talk11.pdf. (May 3, 2015.) 2014 “Fify Bahá’í Principles of Unity: A Paradigm of Social Salvation.” Princeton University. (February 21, 2014.) Video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38_ElzcX6Wo. Thanks to Emily Goshey, PhD (for setting up this event with Princeton), and to Tahi Hicks and Sahand Keshavarz Rahbar (for posting the video of the presentation). 2012 Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck, Tablet of Glad-Tidings: A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen. Grand Canyon Bahá’í Conference. Phoenix, AZ. (December 24, 2012.) 2012 Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefned America’s World Role. Grand Canyon Bahá’í Conference. Phoenix, AZ. (December 23, 2012.) 2012 Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Discourse for Interracial Emancipation. Grand Canyon Bahá’í Conference. Phoenix, AZ. (December 22, 2012.) 2012 Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck, Tablet of Glad-Tidings. Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute. Eloy, AZ. (May 26–27, 2012.) 2012 Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck, Public Discourse on Race: ‘Abdu’l-Bahā’s Howard University Speech. Louhelen Bahá’í School. Davison, MI. (February10–12, 2012.) 2011 God and Apple Pie: Ten Religions on America’s Destiny. Invited public lecture for “Spiritual Development Month,” organized by Student Life. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. (November 16, 2011.) 2011 Faith 101: Bahá’í Faith. Invited lecture for “Faith 101” series, organized by Student Life. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. (September 21, 2011.) 2011 Religious Myths and Visions of America: Ten Faith Perspectives on America’s World Role. Green Lake Bahá’í Conference. Green Lake, WI. (August 27, 2011.) 2011 Alain Locke: Pioneer of Multiculturalism and Race Amity. National Race Amity Confer- ence. Wheelock College. Boston, MA. ( June 10, 2011.) 2010 Religious Myths and Visions of America: Ten Faith Perspectives on America’s World Role. Green Lake Bahá’í Conference. Green Lake, WI. (August 28, 2010.) 2007 Never Again: Kevin Gover’s B.I.A. Apology to Native Americans. Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board. Pittsburgh, PA. (November 19, 2007.) 2007 Alain Locke: “Race Amity” and the Bahá’í Faith. Alain Locke Centenary Program. Association of American Rhodes Scholars. Howard University. Washington, DC. (September 24, 2007.) 2007 Alain Locke: Bahá’í Principles and the Salvation of Democracy. Martha Root Memorial Lecture Series. Chautauqua Institution. Lake Chautauqua, NY. (August 12, 2007.) 2006 The Salvation of Democracy: Alain Locke’s Philosophy of Social Evolution. Sponsored by the African & African American Studies Program, Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI. (September 27, 2006.) 2006 Alain Locke: Race, Religion, and Democracy. Louhelen Bahá’í School. Davison, MI. (April 21–23, 2006.)
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2006 Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá’í Pluralist. Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel. Howard University. Washington, DC. (April 15, 2006.) 2006 Book-signing: Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Howard University Bookstore, Howard University. Washington, DC. (April 14, 2006.) 2005 Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá’í Pluralist; and Book-signing: Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Michigan State University. Sponsored by the African American and African Studies Program (organized by Prof. Richard W. Thomas). East Lansing, MI. (November 15, 2005.) 2004 First public showing of VHS videotape of historic speech, “Never Again,” by Kevin Gover, Head of Bureau of Indian Afairs (September 8, 2000), obtained (by special request from Christopher Buck) from U.S. Department of the Interior, Telecommunications Service Ofce (Requisition DI-4-00479, 12-16-2003). Digital video converted from VHS cassette by one of my MSU students. I was the frst in the country to do so, as I was later told by Phil Bellfy (White Earth Anishnaabe), Professor Emeritus of American Indian Studies, Michigan State University, who later contacted the Bureau of Indian Afairs himself.) Video shown at Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. (February 9, 2004.) 2003 Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís in Iran. Read in absentia by Andrew Rippin. Islam and Minorities. American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Conference. University of Victoria, Canada. (May 3, 2003.) 2002 Religious Diversity: Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream of the “World House.” Multicultural Develop- ment’s Super Saturday. Racial and Ethnic Student Afairs. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. ( January 19, 2002.) 2001 Chair and Commentator: Session 16: Many Ways of Worship: Exploring the Diversity of the African American Religious Experience. Diaspora Paradigms: New Scholarship in Comparative Black History. Comparative Black History Conference 2001. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. (September 23, 2001.) 2000 The Eschatology of Globalization: Bahā’u’llāh’s Multiple-Messiahship Revisited. First International Conference on Modern Religions and Religious Movements. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Israel. (December 18, 2000.) News story: Bahá’í World News Service, “Bahá’í Chair at Hebrew University hosts conference on modern religions” ( January 18, 2001), https://news.bahai.org/story/84/. Photo of present writer speaking during a discussion in one of the conference plenary sessions: https:// www.datocms-assets.com/6348/1543418239-bwns4665-0.jpg.
2000 A Phenomenology of the Bahá’í Faith using Mnemonic Acronyms: A Test of the DREAMS Paradigm. 2000 Annual Meeting. American Academy of Religion. Nashville, TN. [DREAMS is a mnemonic acronym for the Doctrinal, Ritual, Ethical, Artistic, Mystical, and Social dimensions of religion, representing Buck’s refnement of Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religions.] (November 18–21, 2000.) 2000 Race Against Time: The Millennium in Black and White. African-American Studies Faculty Candidate Teaching Presentation. University of Illinois. Springfeld, IL. (February 28, 2000.) 2000 “A Phenomenology of the Bahá’í Faith using Mnemonic Acronyms: A Test of the DREAMS Paradigm.” Bahá’í Studies Colloquy. 2000 Annual Meeting. American Academy of Religion. Boston, MA. (November 19, 2000.) 1999 Thirty-Three Bahá’í Principles of Unity. Bahá’í Studies Colloquy. 1999 Annual Meeting. American Academy of Religion. Boston, MA. (November 20–23, 1999.) 1999 “Prayer Meeting for Columbine Victims Set,” The State Journal-Register (Springfeld, IL, May 6, 1999, p. 13): “Afer the prayer meeting, Dr. Christopher Buck, assistant professor of religion at Millikin University; and Dr. Vibert White, assistant professor of African American Studies at UIS [University of Illinois at Springfeld], will lead a discussion on the prospects for world peace.” (Database: NewsBank.) (Springfeld Bahá’í Center; May 7, 1999.)
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1999 “African American Spirituality and the Bahá’í Faith”: “The program will include presentations by Vibert White, assistant professor of African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfeld, and Christopher Buck, assistant professor of religion at Millikin University.” (“Bahá’ís to Discuss African American Spirituality,” The State Journal-Register (Springfeld, IL, Feb. 24, 1999, p. 10). (Database: NewsBank.) (Springfeld Bahá’í Center; Feb. 27, 1999). 1998 Problems with Truth-Claims and Proofs-Texts: The Case of Bahā’u’llāh as Zoroastrian Savior and Hindu Messiah. Bahá’í Studies Colloquy. Annual Meeting. American Academy of Religion. Orlando, FL. (November 21, 1998.) 1995 Symbol Transformation in “Persian” Religions: Bahá’í Faith: Early Syriac Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith as Responses to Late Antiquity and Modernity. The 1995 Texas Bahá’í Studies Conference, Austin, TX. (November 25, 1995, 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.) 1995 Book-signing: Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán (1995). The 1995 Texas Bahá’í Studies Conference, Austin, TX. (November 25, 1995; 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.) 1995 A Symbolic Profle of the Bahá’í Faith. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. (November 19, 1995.) [Bahá’í Studies Colloquy, substitute presentation.] 1995 A Symbolic Profle of the Bahá’í Faith. Association for Bahá’í Studies, 19th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. (October 13, 1995.) 1995 Book-signing: Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán (1995). Association for Bahá’í Studies, 19th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. (October 13, 1995.) 1995 Sacralizing the Secular: The Proclamatory Aqdas as a Response to Modernity. Fifh Scripture Studies Colloquium. Theme: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Institute for Bahá’í Studies. Wilmette, IL. (April 1, 1995.) “Saturday afernoon closed with Christopher Buck’s ‘Sacralizing the Secular: The Proclamatory Aqdas as a Response to Modernity.’ Mr. Buck noted that the Tablet of Glad Tidings (Lawh-i-Bishárát) could be viewed as a ‘re-revelation’ of selected laws of the Aqdas for the purpose of proclaiming them to the world. The tablet was sent to two prominent western scholars, reinforcing the likelihood the tablet had been revealed for the purpose of proclamation. Mr. Buck noted that the Glad Tidings sacralized—made sacred—many secular values, such as the value of democratic elections in forming governments, while it desacralized—abrogated—some Christian, Islamic, and Babi practices.”
1995 Computing Strategies for Transliterating Syriac. First International Forum on Syriac Computing. Washington, DC. (June 8, 1995.) 1995 Comparing Symbolic Profles: Dimensional Models of the Bahá’í Faith and Syriac Christianity. The Syriac Symposium II: Syria at the Crossroads: Cultural Interchange in Late Antiquity. Washington, DC. (June 9, 1995.) 1994 Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá’í Universalism. “Anarchy into Order: Understanding Humanity’s Role and Destiny.” 18th Annual Conference. Cambridge, MA. (August 13, 1994.) Received award for Excellence in Bahá’í Studies (University Category). Association for Bahá’í Studies. Presented by Dr. David S. Ruhe (retired member, Universal House of Justice), August 13, 1994, Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School. (The American Bahá’í 25.14 (September 27, 1994).) (Conference cited in The Bahá’í World: An International Record (1994–95), Volume 23 (Haifa, Israel: Bahá’í World Centre, 1996), p. 90.) 1993 Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá’í Universalism. Bahá’í Studies Seminar. Read in absentia by Wendi Momen at the Religious Studies Special Interest Group of the ABS- ESE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. December 3–5, 1993. 1991 The Tablet of Glad-Tidings as a “Proclamatory Aqdas.” Irfan Colloquia, Session 38. Louhelen Bahá’í School, Davison, MI. (October 6–7, 1991.) See Abstract: http://irfancolloquia.org/38/ buck_tidings. 1986 A Bahá’í Theology of Pluralism as a Basis for Bahá’í/Christian Dialogue. Bahá’í Studies Seminar: The Bahá’í Faith and Christianity. (Presented in absentia by Todd Lawson.) American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. Georgia. (1986.)
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1986 The Seven Proofs: The Foremost Polemical Work of the Bab. Conference on the Bab and His Writings. Vancouver, BC. (December 14, 1986.) 1986 Can Faiths Be Friends?: The Case for Transconfessional Afnity. Conference organized by Christopher Buck. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC. (Spring, 1986.) 1984 A Unique Eschatological Interface: Bahā’u’llāh and Cross-Cultural Messianism. American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. (December 8, 1984.) (See “Recent Conferences,” Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 19.1 ( July 1985): 128–146 [136]. 1984 A Unique Eschatological Interface: Bahā’u’llāh and Cross-Cultural Messianism. Panel Presentation, “Difusion of the Bahá’í Faith” (Chairman: Robert Ellwood, University of Southern California), Western Regional Conference. American Academy of Religion. Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, CA. (March 30, 1984.) 1983 Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A “Trajectory” of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Bahá’í Theophanology. Association for Bahá’í Studies, 8th Annual Conference, Palmer House. Chicago, IL. (November 4–7, 1983.) (Cited in “500-plus attend Association’s 8th Conference,” The American Bahá’í (December 1983), p. 5. See also “Association’s 8th annual Conference,” U.S. Bahá’í News, Issue 634 ( January 1984), p. 10.) 1983 Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A “Trajectory” of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Bahá’í Theophanology. American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Pacifc Northwest Region, Annual Meeting. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (April 22, 1983.) 1983 The Lost Christianity of Peter. Association for Bahá’í Studies Conference. Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. 1982 Illuminator vs. Redeemer: Is Ebionite Christianity the Historical Correlate of the Bahá’í Concept of Christianity? Fifh Annual Pacifc Northwest Conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies. Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. (December 19, 1982.) 1982 Was Bahā’u’llāh Shāh Bahrām Varjāvand Despite Zoroastrian Prophecies? American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Pacifc Northwest Region, Annual Meeting. Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR. (April 24, 1982.) 1981 Was Bahā’u’llāh Shāh Bahrām Varjāvand Despite Zoroastrian Prophecies? Pacifc Northwest Confer- ence. Association for Bahá’í Studies. Mission, British Columbia. (December 19, 1981.) 1981 The Mystery of the Sworded Warrior in Hindu Apocalypse: Was Kalki Visnuyasas Bahā’u’llāh? American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Pacifc Northwest Region, Annual Meeting. Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, British Columbia. (May 8, 1981.) (Abstract published in “Abstracts: AAR/SBL—Pacifc Northwest Region, Annual Meeting, 7–9 May 1981, Abstract #16.) 1980 The Mystery of the Sworded Warrior in Hindu Apocalypse: Was Kalki Visnuyasas Bahā’u’llāh? Vancouver Regional Conference. Canadian Association for the Studies on the Bahá’í Faith. Presented, in absentia, by Jane Nishi Goldstone. (December 30, 1980.) 1979 The Lost Christianity of Peter. Vancouver Regional Conference. Canadian Association for the Studies on the Bahá’í Faith. Surrey, British Columbia. (December 28, 1979.) 1978 Nazoraean/Ebionaean Christianity and the Emergence of Historical Theology. 3rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for the Studies on the Bahá’í Faith. Surrey, British Columbia. ( January 1, 1978.) (Cited in The Bahá’í World: A Biennial International Record (1976–1979), Volume 17 (Haifa, Israel: Bahá’í World Centre, 1981), p. 201. See also “Third Annual Meeting CASBF,” Bahá’í Canada, Issue 312 (February 1978), p. 5.)
ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
2009 Author profle: “Christopher Buck.” Contemporary Authors, vol. 285. Florence, KY: Gale-Cengage Learning, Inc., 2009; “Christopher Buck.” Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2017. Gale Literature Resource Center. Accessed 28 Apr. 2021. Contemporary Authors Online;
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Scribner Writers Series; Literature Resource Center; Biography Resource Center (Gale-Cengage online databases). 2005 Who’s Who in Education. 6th edition, 2004–2005. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who’s Who, 2004. 2001 Who’s Who in America. 55th edition, 2001. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who’s Who, 2000. 2000 Who’s Who in America. 54th edition, 2000. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who’s Who, 1999. 1996 Open Doctoral Fellowships (University of Toronto). 1991–1996. 1996 Award: “The Bosch Bookshop Book of the Year Award for 1995–96” for Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1995. See “Canada Roundup,” Bahá’í Canada, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Nov. 1996), p. 11. 1994 Award for Excellence in Bahá’í Studies (University Category). Association for Bahá’í Studies. Presented by Dr. David S. Ruhe (retired member, Universal House of Justice), August 13, 1994, Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School. (The American Bahá’í 25.14 (September 27, 1994).) 1991 Award for Excellence in Bahá’í Studies (University Category). Association for Bahá’í Studies. 1991. See “Association for Bahá’í Studies holds 16th annual Conference,” The American Bahá’í, Vol. 22, No. 10 (October 1991), p. 15. 1991 Graduate Assistantships for Research (University of Calgary). 1989–1991.
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS (FOR HONORARIA)
• Review of Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. [Acknowledged in 2007 edition: Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 7th Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007 (xxvii): “Throughout the revision process, the manuscript (partial and complete) benefted from the advice of reviewers with expertise in various aspects of student research and writing, including … Christopher Buck (writing, rhetoric, and American cultures, Michigan State University).” • Review of Joseph M. Williams, Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 7th edition. New York: Longman, 2003. • Review of James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr., Essential Guide to Research Writing Across the Discipline. 3rd edition. New York: Longman, 2003.
LANGUAGES
• Reading profciency: • French. • Classical Persian. • Classical Arabic. • Ecclesiastical Latin. • Koine and Hellenistic Greek.
ATHLETICS
1972 Assistant Cross-Country Coach: Men’s Cross-Country, Pacifc Lutheran University. (Fall 1972.) 1972 “Most Inspirational” Award, Men’s Track & Field, Pacifc Lutheran University. (Spring 1972.) 1972 NAIA District #1 Champion: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) District #1 Two-Mile Race Walk ( June 13, 1972): First Place. Time: 16:44.6.
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1972 National AAU Junior 15-km Race Walk Championships (Delta Park, North Portland, May 14, 1972): 5th place. Time: 1:30.46. (See “Race walking AAU Junior Championship at Delta Park (15-km course),”* The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Monday, May 15, 1972, Page 41. 1971 Head Coach: Head Coach of Pacifc Lutheran University’s frst Women’s Track & Field team (Spring 1971). (See Saga 1971 (PLU Yearbook), p. 154.) 1971 National AAU Senior 20-km Race Walk Championships (Pan American Games Trials, San Francisco, May 23, 1971): 33rd place. Time: 2:02:05: “Chris Buck has been attending Pacifc Lutheran College and competed in both track and cross country. He is really taking an interest in race walking, having raced three times this year (only 4 times in his career). On Jan. 30 he walked an indoor mile in 7:30.8 and fnished second. On May 9 he fnished 5th in the National AAU Jr. 20 Km. in 1:59:30, and then on May 23 got 33rd in the National Sr. 20 Km. (2:02:05).” (See Northern California Running Review, No. 8 ( June 1971), p. 1.) (See also “Rundown on Results,” Ohio Racewalker 7.4 ( June 1971), p. 5.) 1971 National AAU Junior 20-km Race Walk Championships (Delta Park, North Portland, Sunday, May 9, 1971): Fifh place. Time: 1:59.30. (See “Scoreboard Race walking National AAU Cham- pionships Junior 20 Km At Delta Park,”* The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Monday, May 10, 1971, Page 37. See also: “Scully Captures Junior 20 KM,” Ohio Racewalker 7.3 (May 1971), p. 4.; Northern California Running Review (formerly West Valley Newsletter), No. 8 ( June 1971), p. 1.) Alternate for U.S. Olympic Training Camp. (The AAU recruited the top three US “junior” (under-21) athletes as part of its Olympic development training program for 1972 Olympics.) 1971 11th Annual Oregon Indoor Invitational Meet ( January 30, 1971, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR). Mile Walk: 2nd Place. Time: 7:30.8. (See Northern California Running Review, No. 8 ( June 1971), p. 1.) (1st Place Time: 7:30.1.) 1971 to 1972: Athletic Letters, Men’s Track & Field, Pacifc Lutheran University. [Awarded two consecutive years.] 1970 First place, Two-Mile Race Walk. (Time: 17:49.4.) Willamette University (Salem, OR), “College All-Comers Meet,” Saturday, May 9, 1970, at McCullouch Stadium. Broke stadium record by 2:40 (not reported) in my frst-ever race walk competition. (See: “McCulloch Stadium Records Smashed,”* The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), Monday, May 11, 1970, Monday, Main Edition, Page 26; “Records Fall in All-Comers Go,”* Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), Sunday, May 10, 1970, Section III, Page 27; “Phillips Set Field Mark,”* The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Sunday, May 10, 1970, Sunday, Page 87). 1968 to 1971: Athletic Letters, Men’s Cross-County, Pacifc Lutheran University. (Saga 1972, p. 212.) [Awarded four consecutive years.] 1965 to 1968: Cross-Country, Leigh High School (San Jose, CA). Coach: Homer Latimer. See Dan Levin, “The Dipsea Doodle,” Sports Illustrated (Sept. 13, 1976), pp. 31–32, 35 (photo on p. 32). * Newspaper clippings courtesy of Steven Kolins (April 29, 2018).
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
• Council of Religious Advisors, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA). • Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2007–present). • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2007–present). • American Bar Association (2016–present). • Pennsylvania Bar Association (2007, 2018, 2020, 2021). • American Association of Justice (2007–present). • Pennsylvania Association of Justice (2019–present).
PAST AFFILIATIONS
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• American Inns of Court (2005–2006, Lansing; 2011–2019, Pittsburgh) • General Editor, Online Journal of Bahá’í Studies (2007–2008). • American Academy of Religion. • Society of Biblical Literature. • Association for Bahá’í Studies.
PERSONAL
• American citizen • Born: Quantico (Marine Corps base), Virginia (October 11, 1950). • Canadian citizen • Entered Canada 28 September 1983. Landed immigrant on 18 December 1985. Naturalized on 29 June 1994 (Court of Canadian Citizenship, Ottawa, Ontario) • Citizen ID: 5700087.
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LETTER OF REFERENCE Suheil Bushrui, BA, PhD, Hon LHD [Deceased, September 2, 2015] Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace 1141 Taliaferro Hall · University of Maryland · College Park, Maryland 20742 Tel: 301 405 6391 · Fax: 301 314 8581 · Email: [email protected] 01 October 2009 TESTIMONIAL ON BEHALF OF DR. CHRISTOPHER BUCK It is a distinct pleasure to write this testimonial on behalf of Dr. Christopher Buck. I have known Dr. Buck for several years; at all times, and in every aspect of his work, Dr. Buck has carried out his duties to the highest standard of professionalism as a teacher and a scholar. Dr. Buck is devoted to his colleagues and students, and is always prepared to serve them in a spirit of cooperation. His extensive scholarship and breadth of knowledge of religion in America is evidenced in his new book, Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefned America’s World Role (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009) in which he facilitates a deeper appreciation of this topic by illuminating the wider cultural context in which this material was originally embedded. Moreover, the novel subject matter of this work, as well as its thesis and contemporary relevance, refects an impres- sive originality of thought—one that can make a real contribution to scholarship in a meaningful and socially signifcant way. Among Dr. Buck’s forthcoming publications is a 10,000-word article on Kahlil Gibran for Scribner’s “American Writers” series. Not only did Dr. Buck contribute an excellent entry on Gibran, he also provided overwhelming support for Gibran’s inclusion in the American literary canon. Given the fact that Gibran’s celebrated masterpiece, The Prophet, is America’s bestselling book afer The Holy Bible, acknowledging this contribution is further evidence of Dr. Buck’s range of knowledge regarding religion and spirituality in America. In addition to his outstanding academic qualifcations, Dr. Buck is also able to draw on the strength of his legal training. As the subject of religion in America is one in which there are implications not only of social concerns, but of far-reaching legal ramifcations, Dr. Buck’s background in law serves as a fne complement to his advanced academic training and experience. I have been a university professor for over ffy years, and I have taught in several frst-rate universities, including Oxford (UK). I have also had the unique experience of acting as Senior Cultural Advisor to the President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. My experience both in academia and inter- national afairs has been very valuable, and it is with this background that I am able to speak of the unique qualities of mind and spirit of Dr. Buck. I have found Dr. Buck to be exceptionally talented, sincere, studious, and determined to achieve success. In addition to his outstanding intellectual prowess, integrity, and hard work, he is an excellent team player, and his manner is such that those who work with him regard him as a friend, a champion, and ally. His compassion, thoughtfulness, and regard for others set the highest example for those around him. Perhaps his greatest quality resides in his sterling character, his sense of fairness, and his adherence to ethical principles in all his dealings on a personal and community level, as well as his conscientiousness and sense of duty. I am certain that Dr. Buck will honor all his obligations with distinction, and his continuing record of excellence will no doubt bring credit to any institution of higher learning which may be fortunate enough to have him as a faculty member. If there is any further information you may need, it will be my honor and pleasure to oblige. Yours sincerely,
Suheil Bushrui, BA, PhD, Hon LHD
Research Professor Emeritus, The University of Maryland Professor and Director, Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace Senior Scholar, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership Senior Scholar (Peace Studies), Center for International Development and Confict Management
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