Contents

The 25th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture
Emergence from Obscurity: The Journey of Sociology in the Bahá'í Community
Will van den Hoonaard

The Permanence of Change: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives on Modernity
Hoda Mahmoudi

How Bahá'ís Should Vote 
Arash Abizadeh

Achieving Reconciliation in a Conflicting World 
Ismael Velasco

Review of Take My Love to the Friends by Marlene Macke
Lynn Echevarria

Cover: Searchers
Shirin Sahba