Active in Bahá’í scholarship for more than a decade, Ismael Velasco lives in the United Kingdom. A graduate of Edinburgh University in history with a professional background in social and economic development, Velasco has published scholarly articles and book chapters on Bahá’í scripture, history and community development. Ismael Velasco publishes an online blog, Bahá’í Epistolary, at http://bahai-epistolary.blogspot.com.

Email: mayel_vel@yahoo.co.uk

General Editor:
Christopher Buck

Dr. Christopher Buck (Ph.D., Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 1996; J.D., Constitutional Law and Civil Rights, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2006) is an attorney and independent scholar. Author of Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy (2005), Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith (1999), Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán (1995/2004), and contributor of a lead chapter to the Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an (2006), Dr. Buck practices law at the law firm of Pribanic & Pribanic (White Oak, PA). At Michigan State University (2000–2004), Quincy University (1999–2000), Millikin University (1997–1999), and Carleton University (1994–1996), Dr. Buck taught American studies, African American studies, Islamic studies, and religious studies. A number of Dr. Buck’s academic publications may be accessed online at http://christopherbuck.com.

Email: buckc@msu.edu

Managing Editor:
Steve Cooney

Commercial software developer and director of Software Mage, a software development consultancy, Steve Cooney is Coordinator for the Association for Bahá’í Studies New Zealand, an agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í of New Zealand, under whose auspices the Online Journal of Bahá’í Studies is published. He is also known as a long-standing Bahá'í bibliophile. Consistent with the broad technical skills that the digital environment demands, Cooney is responsible for the actual online publication and hosting of the Journal itself.

Email: webmaster@ojbs.org

Address for Service:

Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies,
C/- Association for Bahá'í Studies New Zealand
140 Raumati Road,
Paraparaumu,
Kapiti 5032,
New Zealand
Ph: 064 04 902 3805

OJBS Masthead Graphics.

The editors would like to thank the generous contribution of the OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá’í Studies journal masthead graphics by Ṭaráz Buck.