Frederick Glaysher

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Frederick Glaysher, author (born 1954, Detroit, Michigan) studied with the poet Robert Hayden prior to his death in 1980, and is the editor of two collections of Hayden's work. Glaysher has also taught at several colleges and universities.

1 Biography
2 Works
- 2.1 Books
- 2.2 Website
3 Sources
4 Role in Renewing the Reform Bahai Faith
5 External links

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Biography

Glaysher lived in Japan where he taught at Gunma University in Maebashi; in Arizona, on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation; in Illinois, on the central farmlands and on the Mississippi River; ultimately returning to his suburban hometown of Rochester, near Detroit, Michigan.

A Fulbright-Hays scholar to China in 1994, Glaysher studied at Beijing University, the Buddhist Mogao Caves on the old Silk Road, and elsewhere in China, including Hong Kong and the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.Template:Fact While a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar in 1995 on India, he further explored the conflicts between the traditional regional civilizations of Islamic and Hindu cultures and modernity.

An outspoken advocate of the United Nations, Glaysher was an accredited participant at the UN Millennium Forum (2000).

As much inspired by the example and writings of Martin Luther as the Bahai reformers Ruth White and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Glaysher has been central to the renewal of the Reform Bahai Faith since 2004.

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Works

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Books

(ed.) Robert Hayden's Collected Prose (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1984) ISBN 0472063510
(ed.) Robert Hayden's Collected Poems (Liveright, 1985). ISBN 0871406497
Into the Ruins: Poems. Earthrise Press, 1999. Preface. 73 pages.
The Bower of Nil: A Narrative Poem. Earthrise Press, 2002. 71 pages.
The Grove of the Eumenides: Essays on Literature, Criticism, and Culture. Earthrise Press, October, 2007. 337 pages. Table of Contents
WorldCat Includes two books that critique the Haifan Baha'i denomination and renew the Reform Bahai Faith:
1. (ed.) The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith. Baha'u'llah. Abdu'l-Baha. Reform Bahai Press, 2008. 148 pages. January, 2008.
2. Letters from the American Desert: Signposts of a Journey, A Vision. Earthrise Press, 2008. 172 pages. April, 2008.

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Website

One official website of Frederick Glaysher
"The Mission of Earthrise Press", by Frederick Glaysher

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Sources

Poems Niederngasse Review of The Bower of Nil : "...Frederick Glaysher was a Fulbright-Hays scholar to China in 1994..."
"INDIVIDUALISM AND THE STATE IN CHINA: Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad to China", archived from library.kcc.hawaii.edu to archive.org showing that he was a participant in the Fulbright Scholars Abroad program.
Brief autobiography, by Frederick Glaysher
Brothers Judd Interview of Frederick Glaysher : "...I grew up in suburban Detroit..."
Meditations in an Old Barn Essay in Modern Age.
T. S. Eliot and “The Horror! The Horror!” Essay in Modern Age.
[1] "Re-centering: The Turning of the Tide and Robert Hayden"
[2] "Robert Hayden in the Morning Time" in The Grove of the Eumenides (above: 247-265). Glaysher studied with Robert Hayden, who happened to be a Baha'i, knew him closely on a personal level, worked for him as a secretary, and edited the collected editions of his prose and poems. Includes discussion of Hayden's ambivalence towards Baha'i fundamentalism.
Millennium Forum Participant List.

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Role in Renewing the Reform Bahai Faith

7th Circuit Court of Appeals, February 20, 2009. From the Court Record, "Judge Bauer: How about Reform Baha'i? Can they use that term?" [i.e., the word Baha'i]
US Court of Appeals Record. Three-minute audio clip regarding religious freedom and Reform Bahai. Judge Diane S. Sykes: "Clearly raises some Constitutional concerns."
Responds to "Baha'i rift: Baha'is upset with Orthodox Baha'i Faith. The Chicago Tribune. May 18, 2009.
Sects of Bahais. Role as a Reformer.
Reform Bahai Faith, "prominent Baha'i dissident Frederick Glaysher." "The only currently existing Baha'i sect that is not based on disputes about the Guardianship."
Religion 37 (2007) 187-209. Libelled as an "apostate."
Science Direct article. Published version of attack on him as an "apostate": Religion 37 (2007) 187-209.
"A response to Takfir" Glaysher replies; published in "Challenging apostasy: Responses to Moojan Momen's ‘Marginality and Apostasy in the Baha'i Community.’" Pages 384-393. Religion 38 No 4 2008.
"A response to Takfir" Glaysher replies; available on the Internet at The Baha'i Faith & Religious Freedom of Conscience.
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Cited.
Reform Bahai Faith. Official Website.
The Baha'i Faith & Religious Freedom of Conscience. Documents censorship and suppression of free speech and conscience within the Baha'i Faith. Glaysher was central to the creation of talk.religion.bahai on Usenet from 1997 to 1999. Still the only uncensored and unmoderated forum on the Internet for Bahai discussion.