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- Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City, by Duane L. Herrmann (2002). Early history of the Bahai Faith in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, from 1896 to 1919 and beyond. Includes three new provisional translations. [about]
- 'Abdu'l-Baha: A Biblical Figure?, by Combiz Nuri (2009). Biblical prophecies that could relate to Abdu'l-Baha and the Seventh Angel of the Apocalypse, and the nature of the Covenant. [about]
- Achieving Planetary Consciousness: Reality, Reason, and Revelation, by William S. Hatcher (2008). [about]
- Arabic Grammar of the Bab, The, by William McCants. Muslim detractors of the Bab have often criticized his grammar. Did the Bab make grammatical errors due to a poor knowledge of the language, or did he intentionally coin a new grammar? [about]
- Babi Martyrs, Some, by John Walbridge, in Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History (2002). Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, and others. [about]
- Baha'i and Subud Dissent: Developments in the 2000s, by Bei Dawai (2011). Overview by a non-Baha'i on dissident movements, ex-Baha'is, and contemporary ideological debates. [about]
- Baha'i Bhajans: An example of the Baha'i Use of Hindu Symbols, by William Garlington, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 2:1 (1998). [about]
- Baha'i Church of Calabar, West Africa, The: The Problem of Levels in Religious History, by Anthony A. Lee, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 1:6 (1997). [about]
- Bahá'í Communities in the Asia-Pacific: Performing Common Theology and Cultural Diversity on a 'Spiritual Axis', by Graham Hassall and William Barnes (1998). [about]
- Baha'i Faith: Prophecy and Conversion, by Brian J. Mistler (2001). Results of a field study of Baha'is in the United States and Australia which demonstrate that family connections and social teachings are greater incentives to conversion than prophecy is.
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- Baha'i Faith in Hong Kong, by Graham Hassall (1998). [about]
- Baha'i Faith in India, The: A Developmental Stage Approach, by William Garlington, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 2 (1997). [about]
- Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The, by John Walbridge, in Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History (2002). Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" and bios of Ayatollah Khomeini and Zill al-Sultan. [about]
- Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The, by John Walbridge, in Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History (2002). Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history. [about]
- Bahá'í Spirituality, by Moojan Momen (1997). [about]
- Baha'is of the United States, The, by Robert Stockman. [about]
- Bahá’í Approach to Cosmopolitan Ideas in International Relations, The, by Nalanie Mooten (2006). A Bahá’í approach to the cosmopolitan tradition in International Relations theory, and what contributions the Bahá’í model can offer to this growing tradition. [about]
- Bahá’í Faith in Tasmania 1923-1963, by Graham Hassall, in The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges (1995). [about]
- Baha’i Proselytization in Malwa, India, by William Garlington, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 5:2 (2001). [about]
- Baha’i Writings, Philosophy and Environment, by Ian Kluge (2009). Philosophy is one of the most under-utilized resources in the quest for an improved psycho-spiritual environment and an improved relationship to the natural world. [about]
- Bioprospecting and Indigenous Knowledge in Australia: Implications of Valuing Indigenous Spiritual Knowledge (v6.3 upadated July 2006), by John Hunter and Chris Jones. Co-authored/painted paper by Aboriginal and 'Western' authors primarily focusing on spiritual issues in law. [about]
- Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah, by David Merrick. Childhood and Early Life of Baha'u'llah, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud. [about]
- Birth and Childhood of the Bab, by David Merrick. Childhood and Early Life of the Bab, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud. [about]
- Black Pearls: The African Household Slaves of a Nineteenth Century Iranian Merchant Family, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (2003). The African slave trade to Iran in the 1800s, and the lives of household slaves of one specific merchant family from Shiraz, that of The Báb, as described in the narrative of Abu'l-Qasim Afnan. [about]
- Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and Lynn Echevarria-Howe (1994). Survey of African-Americans in Canada, their activities in the Baha'i community, and statistical information. [about]
- Brief Analysis of the features of Bábí Resistance at Sheikh Tabarsi, by Sepehr Manuchehri (1998). [about]
- Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith (1996). Chronology of Baha'i history from 1844 to 1996. [about]
- Brief Introduction to Millennial Zeal in the Nineteenth Century, A, by Chris Manvell and Carolyn Sparey-Gillies (1997). [about]
- Broad Contours of the Canadian Baha'i Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and Deborah K. van den Hoonaard (1994). Historical and sociological overview of the Canadian Baha'i community. [about]
- Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Baha'i Faith and the New Age Movement, by Paul Doden hoff (1999). [about]
- Change of Culture, A, by Moojan Momen (2007). [about]
- Chaos as Metaphor for the Study of Social Processes in the Postmodern World: A Baha'i Illustration, by Will C. van den Hoonaard and William W. Hackborn (1997). How ideas drawn from the study of chaos theory can be used to describe some aspects of a social environment. [about]
- Chasm of Belief, by Barbara L. McLellan (1996). Post traumatic stress disorder, its challenge to the Baha'i community, and steps which may assist the community to face this issue. [about]
- Christianity from a Baha'i Perspective, by Robert Stockman (1998). Includes two topics: "A Baha'i approach to the Bible" and "Baha'i Writings on Jesus Christ." [about]
- Church and State in the World Order of Baha'u'llah, by Sen McGlinn (1994). The concept of theocracy as it applies to the Baha'i model of government. [about]
- Clay into Crystal: How Thought Shapes Structure in the Pursuit of Justice, by Holly Hanson (2001). Explores the concept that social structures emerge out of patterns of thought, illustrated with the history of political transformation in Uganda, of economies in Europe, of the academy. [about]
- Clouds and the Hiding God: on the origins of some terms, by Moshe Sharon. Metaphorical usage of clouds and rain in the mystical Tablets Rashh-i-Amá, Lawh Kullu't-Ta'ám, and Qasídiyyih-Varqá'iyyih. [about]
- Coincidentia Oppositorum in the Qayyum al-Asma: The terms "Point" (nuqta), "Pole" (qutb), "Center" (markaz) and the Khutbat al-tatanjiya, by Todd Lawson, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies (2001). [about]
- Common Language for Postmodern Political Theologies, A, by Sen McGlinn (2006). Delivered to the Society for the Study of Theology 2006 Annual Conference, 3-6 April 2006. [about]
- Common Threads: A Theory and Practice of Community Development, by John W. Suggs, Jr. and Lin Deahl-Coy (1999). Results of a sociological study designed "to teach practical skills of love, support and belonging." [about]
- Communicative Interaction: Relating Habermasian Universalism to Baha'i Consultation, by Jonah Winters (1996). The philosophy of Jurgen Habermas has been influential in formulating definitions of morality. These theories are similar to the unique use by Baha'is of "consultation" as a tool for creating civil societies and nonrepressive moral codes. [about]
- Comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith, by Richard Ater (1997). Analytical overview of the theology of prophethood in both religions. [about]
- Consultation in the Quest for World Peace, by Roger Coe (1987). The Universal House of Justice in The Promise of World Peace indicated that Baha'is conduct their affairs utilizing a system of "commonly accepted consultative principles". This is a brief but comprehensive study of that system. [about]
- Contemporary developments in Baha’i studies: An examination using citation analysis, by Seena Fazel, in H-Baha'i Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 7:1 (2003). Investigation of contemporary developments using the technique of citation analysis, a widely used method to report trends in academia. [about]
- Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity, by Sulayman S. Nyang (1999). Contains only brief mention of Baha'is, but discusses the Iranian Revolution and related topics. [about]
- Conversion Movements within Hindu Village Culture, by Susan Maneck (1997). Hindu, Christian, and Baha'i conversion patterns in India. [about]
- Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of The Bab, by Peter Ashelman (2001). Hermeneutics in early Babi/Baha'i history and its relationship to conversion, and the historical evolution of the world Bahá’í community since its origins. [about]
- Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature, A, by Vance Salisbury (1997). Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Baha'is suppress or distort historical texts. Includes tables of changes made in different editions of four popular Baha'i books. [about]
- Death and Dying in the Bahá'í Faith, by Moshe Sharon. [about]
- Declaration of Baha'u'llah in the Ridvan Garden in 1863, by David Merrick. Baha'u'llah's Declaration in the Garden of Ridvan, told in plain english suitable for reading aloud. Based on many accounts. [about]
- Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Shari'a: Babi and Baha'i Solutions to the Problem of Immutability, by Denis MacEoin (1997). Ways in which the Bab and Baha'u'llah adopted and changed the Islamic shari`a in their own, new codes of law. [about]
- Development of the Baha'i Faith in Malwa, The: 1941-1974, by William Garlington, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 3:1 (1999). [about]
- Disconnected Letters of the Qur'an and the Significance of the Number Nineteen, by Robert T. Cameron (1997). Critique of Rashad Khalifa's (disputed) study purporting to find a "deep structure" of 19 in the Qur'an. [about]
- Document and Narrative Sources for the History of the Battle of Zanjan, by John Walbridge, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 2:4 (1998). Analysis of Muslim and Baha'i historical texts, including Dawnbreakers. [about]
- Elements of Immortality: A Nexus of Proofs by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions, by James B. Thomas. This paper approaches the mystery of immortality in four steps that are based on objective reasoning by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: the spirit of man; immortality of the spirit; proof with respect to progress after death; entrance into the Kingdom of God. [about]
- Epistemological Views of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, by Mikhael Sergeev (2009). A comprehensive reconstruction of Abdu’l-Bahá's epistemological views that are scattered throughout many of his writings and utterances. [about]
- Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Baha'u'llah, by John Walbridge (1997). Mystical symbolism in early Baha'i poetry. [about]
- Exploration of the Ridvan 2010 Message, An, by Sana Rezai (2010). Six common elements of Plan letters by the Guardian and the Universal House of Justice (praise, analysis, directives, reminder of fundamentals, guidance, encouragement), statistically analyzed by word counts. [about]
- Finishing the Work: `Abdu'l-Bahá in Dublin, 1912, by Phillip E Tussing. [about]
- Footnotes to Baha'i Studies and its Methodology, Some, by Udo Schaefer (2000). [about]
- Forging the Divine Economy, by Justin Scoggin (2002). Advancing the establishment of Bahá'u'lláh's divine economy through the operation of community currency. [about]
- Global Dilemmas, Local Responses: Creating Patterns of Action that Make the World Different, by Holly Hanson (2000). Globalization through the metaphor of the world as a body: as a diseased body, as a beautiful but dead body, and of political and social institutions as a growing body. [about]
- Good Tree, The: Distinguishing the Baha'i Faith From Destructive Cults, by Stephen Vaccaro. [about]
- Guardianship and the House of Justice, by Sen McGlinn (1997). [about]
- Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2001). Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals. [about]
- How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah, by Alison Marshall (1999). Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys. [about]
- Human Evolution: Directed?, by Fariborz Alan Davoodi (2001). Overview of contemporary biological theories of evolution and some of their failings in the face of a philosophy of evolution guided by God; includes details on photosynthesis, glycolysis, and geological time [about]
- Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, by Sen McGlinn (1995). [about]
- Intelligent Life in the Universe and Exotheology in Christianity and the Baha'i Writings, by Duane Troxel (1996). Theological statements on extraterrestrial life in Christian and Baha'i texts, and in the work of Giordano Bruno and Galileo. [about]
- Introduction to the History and Culture of Iran, An, by John Walbridge, in Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History (2002). [about]
- Investigating Spiritualization: Noticing, Processing and the Function of Time — Empirical Evidence for a Cognitive Model, by Sandra Fotos and Lynne Hansen (1995). surveys and analysis of the personal adoption of virtues among Mormons and Baha'is. [about]
- Jewish Conversion to the Baha'i Faith, by Moshe Sharon. [about]
- Justice, Fairness and the Meekness of God, by Susan Maneck (1999). How the concepts of justice and fairness relate to the responsibilities laid upon the rulers, whether Baha'i or civil, and especially as related to the Learned, be they clerics, scholars, or members of the Institutions. [about]
- Kitab-i-Iqan: Key to Unsealing the Mysteries of the Holy Bible, by Brent Poirier. [about]
- Leo Tolstoy and Ameen Rihani: The Interaction Between Two Creative Worlds, by Mikhail Rodionov (2002). Mentions of the "favorable attitude" to the Baha'i Faith held by Tolstoy and by Ameen Rihani. [about]
- Locke, Shock, and Abbott: Baha’i Theology and the Acceleration of the African American Civil Rights Movement, by Guy Emerson Mount (2010). African American responses to Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 visit to America, Abdu'l Baha's teachings among prominent African American leaders, and the nature of the 'Black Church' during the wider 'Progressive Era' of Jim Crow segregation. [about]
- Loyalty to the Covenant and Critical Thought, by Udo Schaefer (2001). A commentary for Bahá’ís examining the balance of critical thought with loyalty to Bahá’í institutions. [about]
- Maintaining Minority Beliefs in an Indifferent Workplace, by Deborah Clark Vance (2003). [about]
- Man: The Crown of Creation or Its Destroyer?, by Udo Schaefer (2001). [about]
- Many Messengers of God, A Native American Perspective: Deganawidah The Peacemaker, by Paula Bidwell (2011). [about]
- Marking Boundaries, Marking Time: The Iranian Past and the Construction of the Self by Qajar Thinkers, by Juan R. I. Cole (1995). [about]
- Martyrdom in Jihad, by Jonah Winters (1997). Unlike Judeo-Christianity, Islam does not contain a core of martyrdom. Rather, it occurs in three disparate areas: war/jihad, asceticism, and Shi'ism. I examine the relationship between jihad and martyrdom and their classical and contemporary meanings. [about]
- Martyrdom of the Bab, by David Merrick. Martyrdom of the Bab, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud. Based on many early accounts. [about]
- Meaning of Baha'i History, The, by Moshe Sharon (1999). [about]
- Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov, by Moshe Sharon. [about]
- Memories of Hájí Muhammad Nayrízi, by Haji Muhammad Nayrizi. [about]
- Miscellaneous historical and doctrinal topics, by John Walbridge, in Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History (2002). "Seven Proofs," "Lawh-i-Aqdas," Islamic vs. Baha'i philosophy; Dreams; Greek philosophers and the Jews; Dreams; Evolution; RMS Titanic [about]
- Neo-Platonism: Framework for a Baha'i Ontology, by Mark Foster (1995). Ways to approach the language of philosophical symbolism in the Baha'i teachings. [about]
- Neoplatonism: Framework for a Bahá'í Metaphysics, by Nima Hazini (1995). [about]
- New Atheism, The: A Baha’i Perspective, by Ian Kluge (2009). Logically and philosophically speaking, the works of the "new athiests" are deeply flawed and are often in disagreement with the Bahá’í Writings – though on a number of
issues there are points of agreement. [about]
- New Development in the Bahá'í Community, A, by R. Mehrabkhani. [about]
- Notes on Islam from a Baha'i Perspective, by Robert Stockman (1998). Overview of Islamic history and teachings and brief notes on Islam and the Baha'i Faith. [about]
- Notes on Judaism from a Baha'i Perspective, by Robert Stockman (1998). Overview of Judaism with many comments on Baha'i teachings on Jewish history and prophets; includes chronology of Judaism. [about]
- Notes on The Báb, Some, by Robert Stockman (1998). Brief overview of sources on the Babi period, the Bab's history, and his writings. [about]
- Novelty in Ayyám-i-Há and the Badí Calendar, by John Taylor (2000). The place of calendars in a religion, and the meaning of the Badi calendar for Baha'is. [about]
- Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions, by Juan Cole, in Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Bahá'í Studies, 2:6 (1998). History of the writing of this early Babi historical text, and some recent interpretations of its history. [about]
- Organizing Digital Collections: The Case of the Baha'i Academics Resource Library, by Dharlene Valeda (2001). Library Science analysis of the Baha'i Library's content and architecture, observations about online information retrieval, and ways to structure digital libraries. [about]
- Origins of Shi'ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship, by Jonah Winters (1996). Shi'ism, representing about 10% of the umma, is often regarded as illegitimate by the majority Sunnis. Using Western historiographical methods, I examine three key events occuring during the life of Muhammad that are used to legitimize Shi'i origins. [about]
- Parallels Between Islamic and Baha'i laws and Constitutional Principles, by Afshin A. Khavari (1998). The roles of Sunnah, Hadith, and Ijtihad in Islamic constitutional law, and the development of the Baha'i legal order and its unique approach to law-making. [about]
- Persian Bahá’í Women in the United States – Do They Feel Freer?, by Deborah Clark Vance (2003). [about]
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