BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

PETER HULME has degrees in English Literature and Psychology, and a M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology. He is Head of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialism within a District Psychology Service. He currently serves as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom.

STEPHEN LAMBDEN is a doctoral candidate at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the field of Bahá'í Studies. He has published many articles in The Bahá'í Studies Bulletin which he coedits with M. Momen. Other publications include "An Episode in the Childhood of the Báb" in Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, vol. 2 (1982) and "The Siniatic Mysteries" in Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, vol. 5 (1988).

DR MOOJAN MOMEN is well-known for his research in the fields of Oriental and Bábí/Bahá'í Studies. His Introduction to Shi'i Islam (1985) has rapidly established itself as a leading general and reference work. He has had work published in various journals including The International Journal of Middle East Studies, Iran, Past and Present, Religion and The Journal of Bahá'í Studies, and is a contributor to the Encyclopœdia Iranica. He is editor of The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts (1981); Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, vol. I (1982) and vol. 2 (1984) coedited with J.R. Cole; Selections from the Writings of E.G. Browne on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions (1987); Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, vol. 5 (1988).

DR JOHN PARRIS is a medical practitioner who practices in Edinburgh. He currently serves the Bahá'í Faith as an Auxiliary Board Member in Scotland and the Scottish Isles.

PHILLIP R. SMITH has a M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham for his thesis "From a Movement to a Religion: an Examination of the Development of the Bahá'í Faith in Britain from 1900 to 1950". He is currently studying part-time for a Ph.D. at Birmingham University focussing on the Bahá'í Faith's claims to be a world unifying religion. He has published an article on "What was a Bahá'í? Concerns of British Bahá'ís, 1900 to 1920" in Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, vol. 5 (1988).

MICHAEL W. SOURS lives in Oxford, where he works and pursues his own private research. He is author of a number of books exploring the relationship between the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity including: A Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Christians, The Prophecies of Jesus, and two study manuals: Understanding Biblical Evidence and Understanding Christian Beliefs.