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Christopher
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Pittsburgh, PA

Christopher Buck (Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1996; J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2006) is an attorney (Pittsburgh), independent scholar, faculty instructor at the Wilmette Institute (2001–present, Department of Bahá’í History & Texts, distance education), and former professor at Michigan State University (2000–2004, visiting assistant professor), Quincy University (1999–2000, visiting assistant professor), Millikin University (1997–1999, assistant professor) and Carleton University (1994–1996, sessional lecturer). Dr. Buck is the author of several books, including: Bahá’í Faith: The Basics (2021); God & Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America (2015), with an introduction by J. Gordon Melton (Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Baylor University); Religious Myths and Visions of America (2009, “an original contribution to American studies,” Journal of American History, June 2011); Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy (2005), Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha'i Faith (1999), Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i Iqan (1995/2004), and Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations (co-author, 2011). He has also contributed chapters in such books as: Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2021); Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa (2019, three chapters); The Baha’i Faith and African American History (2019, two chapters); Abdu’l-Baha’s Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity (2013); Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities (2012); American Writers: “David Bottoms” (2018), “Deganawida, the Peacemaker” (2016); “Kahlil Gibran” (2010); and “Alain Locke” (2004); British Writers: “Ninian Smart” (2018); and “Edward Granville Browne” (2015); The Islamic World (2008); and The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an (2006/2017). He has published a number of academic journal articles and encyclopedia articles as well. As for popular, online articles, Buck has contributed over 350 articles to BahaiTeachings.org, and has collaborated with Kevin Locke (Tokaheya Inajin in Lakota, translation “First to Rise”), renowned Lakota hoop dancer and flutist, on the ongoing “Indigenous Messengers of God” series (80 articles so far, culminating in three articles on “Indigenous Land and Spiritual Acknowledgments”). In 2021, Buck and Locke teamed up to teach an online course, “The Great Spirit Speaks: Voices of the Wise Ones” (offered three times in 2021, by popular demand).

BY Christopher Buck
RELIGION
To Interpret Prophecies, Add the Word “Spiritual”

To Interpret Prophecies, Add the Word “Spiritual”

Christopher Buck | Dec 8, 2021
RELIGION
Bochica, Indigenous Messenger of God in Colombia

Bochica, Indigenous Messenger of God in Colombia

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Nov 15, 2021
RELIGION
Tunupa, the Aymara Messenger of God from Lake Titicaca

Tunupa, the Aymara Messenger of God from Lake Titicaca

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Nov 9, 2021

RELIGION
Ibeorgun, Spiritual Founder of Guna Culture

Ibeorgun, Spiritual Founder of Guna Culture

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Nov 2, 2021
RELIGION
Kuuchamaa, the Kumeyaay Indigenous Holy Messenger

Kuuchamaa, the Kumeyaay Indigenous Holy Messenger

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Oct 29, 2021
RELIGION
Mother Corn: Personification or Prophet?

Mother Corn: Personification or Prophet?

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Oct 26, 2021

JUSTICE
Dr. King Highlights Major Black Philosophers

Dr. King Highlights Major Black Philosophers

Christopher Buck | Sep 13, 2021
HISTORY
Abdu’l-Baha: From Prisoner to Honored Guest

Abdu’l-Baha: From Prisoner to Honored Guest

Christopher Buck | Aug 27, 2021
HISTORY
Champions of Unity: Abdu’l-Baha and Rabbi J. Leonard Levy

Champions of Unity: Abdu’l-Baha and Rabbi J. Leonard Levy

Christopher Buck | Aug 22, 2021

HISTORY
Alain Locke’s Advocacy of the Baha’i Faith

Alain Locke’s Advocacy of the Baha’i Faith

Christopher Buck , Michael Rochester | Jul 20, 2021
HISTORY
Alain Locke’s Final Baha’i Fireside Gathering

Alain Locke’s Final Baha’i Fireside Gathering

Christopher Buck , Michael Rochester | Jul 16, 2021
RELIGION
The Seal of the Prophets, Unsealed

The Seal of the Prophets, Unsealed

Christopher Buck , Dergham Aqiqi | Jun 30, 2021

RELIGION
After the Seal of the Prophets, the Prophetic Presence of God

After the Seal of the Prophets, the Prophetic Presence of God

Christopher Buck | Jun 27, 2021
RELIGION
Going Beyond Indigenous Recognition to Action

Going Beyond Indigenous Recognition to Action

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Jun 14, 2021
RELIGION
The Pawnee Homecoming, and What It Means to Live on Native Land

The Pawnee Homecoming, and What It Means to Live on Native Land

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Jun 10, 2021

RELIGION
Indigenous Land  and Spiritual Acknowledgment

Indigenous Land and Spiritual Acknowledgment

Christopher Buck , Kevin Locke | Jun 7, 2021
HISTORY
The Public Reacts to the First Race Amity Convention in 1921

The Public Reacts to the First Race Amity Convention in 1921

Christopher Buck | May 31, 2021
RELIGION
Baha’u’llah’s Book of Certitude: Illuminating Spiritual Wisdom

Baha’u’llah’s Book of Certitude: Illuminating Spiritual Wisdom

Christopher Buck | May 29, 2021

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