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Dr. Buck’s fourth book: Alain
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Dr. Buck’s third book: Generation
Y Speaks Out: A Policy Guide (2002)
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Dr. Buck’s second book: Paradise
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Dr. Buck’s first book: Symbol
and Secret (2004/1995)
Book Chapters
“Kahlil
Gibran." American Writers XX (2010)
“Religious
Minority Rights.” The Islamic World
(2008)
“Discovering.”
The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an
(2006)
“Alain
Locke.” American Writers XIV
(2004)
“Alain
Locke and Cultural Pluralism.” Search
for Values (2004)
“Bahá’í
Universalism and Native Prophets.” Reason
and Revelation (2002)
Alain Locke Studies
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Rare Film Clip of
Alain Locke in Washington, D.C. (1937)
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Rare Film Clip of
Alain Locke at Howard University (1937)
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Rare Film Clip of
Alain Locke at Harmon Art Exhibit (1933)
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“Alain
Locke.” Encyclopedia of African
American History (2010)
Christopher
Buck and Betty J. Fisher, “Alain
Locke: Four Talks Redefining Democracy, Education, and World Citizenship.”
World Order
(2008)
“Alain
Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá’í Pluralist.”
World
Order (2005)
“Alain
Locke.” American Writers
XIV (2004)
“Alain
Locke and Cultural Pluralism.” Search
for Values (2004)
“Alain
Locke: Bahá’í Philosopher” (2002)
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Dr. Buck’s Alain
Locke Centenary Program presentation, “Alain
Locke ‘Race Amity’ & the Bahá’í
Faith” (American Association of Rhodes
Scholars, Blackburn Hall, Howard University (24
September 2007): Keynote
presentation (PDF with presenter’s
notes). (3.5 MB)
PDF
of Alain
Locke Centenary Program (2007)
Cover/Back Page
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of Alain
Locke Centenary Program (2007)
Program Events
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“Alain Locke: Bahá’í Principles and the Salvation
of Democracy.” Martha Root Memorial
Lecture Series. Chautauqua
Institution. Lake Chautauqua NY
(12 August 2007): Keynote
presentation (PDF). (8.4
MB)
African American Studies
“Alain
Locke.” Encyclopedia of African
American History (2010)
“Harlem
Renaissance.” Encyclopedia
of African American History (2010)
“New
Negro Movement.” Encyclopedia
of African American History (2010)
“Talented
Tenth.” Encyclopedia of African
American History (2010)
“Plessy
v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia
of African American History (2010)
“Fifteenth
Amendment.” Encyclopedia of
African American History (2010)
“Thirteenth
Amendment.” Encyclopedia of
African American History (2010)
“Robert
Hayden’s ‘American Journal’: A Multidimensional Analysis”
OJBS:
Online Journal of Bahá’í Studies
(2008)
“Harlem
Renaissance.” Encyclopedia of Race,
Ethnicity, and Society (2008)
“Talented
Tenth.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity,
and Society (2008)
“Melting
Pot.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity,
and Society (2008)
“Robert
Hayden.” Encyclopedia of American
Literature (2004)
Islamic Studies
“Religious
Minority Rights.” The Islamic World
(2008)
“Discovering.”
The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an
(2006)
Legal Studies
“Plessy
v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia
of African American History (2010)
“Fifteenth
Amendment.” Encyclopedia
of African American History (2010)
“Thirteenth
Amendment.” Encyclopedia
of African American History (2010)
Criminalizing
the Baha’i Religion. Iran
Press Watch (March 15th,
2009)
“Religious
Minority Rights.” The
Islamic World (2008)
“Plessy
v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia
of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (2008)
“Bureau
of Indian Affairs.” Encyclopedia
of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (2008)
“Judicial
Activism.” Encyclopedia
of Activism and Social Justice (2007)
“‘Never
Again’: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau
of Indian Affairs.” Wicazo
Sa Review (2006)
Editorials
Criminalizing
the Baha’i Religion. Iran Press Watch
(March 15th, 2009)
Denial
of Education: An Appeal by an Academic. Iran
Press Watch (December 9th, 2008)
Bahá’í Studies
“Religious
Minority Rights.” The Islamic
World (2008)
“Bahá’í
Faith and Social Action.” Encyclopedia
of Activism and Social Justice (2007)
“Islam
and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís”
(2005)
“Islam
and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís.”
Persian Translation (2005)
“The
Eschatology of Globalization: Bahá’u’lláh’s
Multiple-Messiahship Revisited” (2004)
“Bahá’ís.”
Encyclopaedia
of the Qur’an (2001)
“A
Symbolic Profile of the Bahá’í Faith” (1998)
“The
Kitáb-i Íqán: An Introduction”
(1998)
“Bahá’u’lláh
as Zoroastrian Saviour” (1998)
Paradise
and Paradigm, Ph.D. Dissertation. University
of Toronto (1996)
“Native
Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá’í
Universalism” (1996)
Native American Studies
“Bureau
of Indian Affairs.” Encyclopedia
of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (2008)
“Messengers
of God in North America Revisited.” OJBS:
Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies (2007)
“‘Never
Again’: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.”
Wicazo Sa Review (2006)
“Bahá’í
Universalism and Native Prophets.” Reason
and Revelation (2002)
“Native
Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá’í
Universalism” (1996)
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video (or view streaming video): “Remarks
of Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs: Address to Tribal
Leaders" (8 September 2000).
This rare video was obtained by Dr. Christopher Buck directly from the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. It is provided here as a public service. Legally,
this video is “public domain” and may be freely distributed
for educational purposes.
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Dr. Buck's Native
American Heritage Day presentation, “‘Never
Again’: Kevin Gover’s B.I.A. Apology” (Pittsburgh,
24 September 2007) here: PDF
of Keynote presentation
(3.9 MB)
Syriac Studies
“How
Persian was Persian Christianity?” (1996)
“Ephrem
the Syrian’s Hymns on Paradise” (1995)
Zoroastrian Studies
Persian Translations
Persian
translation of “Criminalizing
the Baha’i Religion.” Iran
Press Watch (2009)
Persian
translation of “Irani Irony.”
Iran Press Watch (2009)
Persian
translation of “Religious Minority
Rights.” The Islamic World
(2008)
Persian
translation of “Discovering
[the Qur'an].” The
Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an (2006)
Persian
translation of “Islam
and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís”
(2005)
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Ramz va Ráz
(2008).
Persian translation of Symbol &
Secret (2004/1995)
translated by Khosrow Dehghání
Book Reviews
Review
of Logos &
Civilization (2004)
Review
of Jesus &
Early Christianity (2003)
Review
of Origins
of the Bahá’í Community of Canada
(2000)
Review
of The Phenomenon of Religion
(1999)
Review
of A Short
History of the Bahá’í Faith (1997)
Review
of “Bahá’u’lláh
on the Life of Jesus” (1997)
Review
of Rituals
in Babism and Baha’ism (1996)
Review
of Beyond the
Clash of Religions (1996)
Reviews of Religious Myths & Visions of America
Reference
and Research Book News (August
2009)
Reviews of Faith & Philosophy
Journal
of African American History (2007)
Insights
(Library of Congress Professional Association
Newsletter) (2006)
Reviews
of Paradise & Paradigm
International
Journal of Middle East Studies (2003)
University
of Toronto Quarterly (2002)
Middle
East Studies Association Bulletin
(2000)
Reviews of Symbol & Secret
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entire text file of Symbol
& Secret (1995/2004)
Academic & Legal CVs (Résumés)
Reference
Letters & Teaching Evaluations
Academic Software
Download
New World Transliterator
(1999) (Mac OS
TrueType font)
Early Publications
“A
Forum: Concerning Saint Paul.” World Order (1979)
“Sorts
of Sorcery.” Klipsun
(1976)
Family News
“Teenage
Genius: 18-year-old Senior to Graduate from MSU, Pursue Doctorate”
(2006)
“MSU
Child Geniuses Found” (2005)
“14-year
old ‘Genius’ Becomes Spartan” (2002)
Athletics
Growing up with my brother, Carter
“Ashraf
Abadi” (1929–2006)
Obituary
Contact
Christopher Buck, Ph.D., J.D.
P. O. Box 8183
Pittsburgh, PA 15217-0183
E-mail: buckc-AT-msu.edu
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