'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice : A Provisional Translation and Commentary 

<br/><br/> Momen rebuts Juan Cole's thesis that this Tablet confirms the idea that the Universal House of Justice has only a religious authoroity over the community but no role in "affairs of state."  The article includes lengthy background to the discussion, the translation, a careful explanation of how the Tablet means the opposite of what Cole proposes, and a lengthy email from Dr. Cole attempting to refute Momen's critique. Momen answers the points in Cole's email.