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- Persian Bahá’í Women in the United States – Do They Feel Freer?, by Deborah Clark Vance (2003). [about]
- Prophecy of Bahá'u'lláh, The: A Backward Bending Supply Curve Theorem, by Sathia Varqa. The fates of some of the dictators to whom Bahá'u'lláh addressed his tablets, and the choices and constraints facing a political dictator in pursuing the objective of maximizing power. [about]
- Protocols of the Followers of Baha'u'llah: Anti-Baha'i propaganda in Iran, by Abdu'l-Bab as-Sahyuni (1998). A sympathetic overview by "Freethought Mecca" of persecution of Baha'is, and activities of the Iranian government. [about]
- Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitab-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (1996). [about]
- Purposes and Objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship, The: Compilation and commentary, by Peter Terry. Compilation on the objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship, attaining to the knowledge of God, and the study of philosophy. [about]
- Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees: A commentary on the Sura of Joseph, "The Best of Stories", by Báb, The. Includes lengthy commentary. [about]
- Question of Gender in Canadian Baha'i History, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1994). The position of Baha'i women in the Canadian community and the extent to which they participated in teaching and administrative activities. [about]
- Quranic Witness to Biblical Authority, The, by Sam Shamoun. Written for a Muslim audience, this article expounds on the Muslim view that the Bible is authentically the Word of God. The article does not mention the Baha'i Faith, but its topic is relevant to Baha'i studies. [about]
- Qur’an and the Apocalyptic Imagination, The, by Todd Lawson (2010). [about]
- Reason and the Baha'i Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion, by Ian Kluge (2001). How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic. [about]
- Reconciling the Other: The Baha'i Faith in America as a Successful Synthesis of Christianity and Islam, by Anthony Lee (1995). [about]
- Reflections of a Human Spirit in a Male Body, by William S. Hatcher (2008). Includes discussions of the nature of patriarchy, chauvinism, and feminism. [about]
- Reforming the Marja` at-Taqlid: The Baha'i Example, by Linda Walbridge (1997). Shi'i leadership paradigms and the marja` at-taqlid, "clerical exemplar" or "religious guide."
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- Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' in New Ireland, by Graham Hassall (2001). [about]
- Religions of the World: Divisive or Divine?: A Look at Religious Fundamentalism, by Moojan Momen (2001). [about]
- Results of Talisman Attitudes Survey, by Eric Hadley-Ives (2000). Detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talisman2 (circa 1999). [about]
- Revelation in the voices of Baha'u'llah, by Alison Marshall (1999). Paper examines how the process of revelation can be understood by examining how ordinary human beings create speech and write, and explores the voices Baha'u'llah uses in six of his mystical works. [about]
- Routinization of Charisma?, The: Some Comments on “Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahaisme”, by Peter Smith, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 2:6 (1998). Discussion of sociologist Peter Berger and themes from his dissertation "From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Baha'i Movement." [about]
- Searching for the Scientific in the Spiritual, by Moshe Sharon. [about]
- Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation, by Ahmad Aniss (1998). A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation. [about]
- Self and society: Biography and Autobiography in Baha'i literature, by Graham Hassall (1999). [about]
- Seventy Five Years of the Baha'i Faith in Victoria, Australia, by Graham Hassall (1998). [about]
- Sexuality, Self, and the Shape of Society, by Holly Hanson (2001). Argues that our culture's current understanding of sexuality is relatively new, is materialistic, and ultimately unjust, especially in the highly politicized discourse about homosexuality. [about]
- Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority, by Juan R. I. Cole (1993). [about]
- Shi'i Qur'an: An Examination of Western Scholarship, by Jonah Winters (1997). In the Kitab-i-Iqan (pp. 84-89) Baha'u'llah rejects the charge that the text of the Bible has been tampered with. Many Shi'is have charged the same, accusing Sunnis of removing the proofs of Ali's appointment as leader of the community from the Qur'an. [about]
- Social Crises and Their Connections to Global Ecological Problems, by Arthur Lyon Dahl (1994). Global warming and the social roots of environmental problems. [about]
- Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Canadian Baha'i Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1991). Statistics and analysis of enrollment and growth patterns. [about]
- Spiritual Assembly as Arbitrator, The, by John B. Cornell (1997). The function of Spiritual Assemblies in arbitrating disputes among Baha'is, and some historical insight into the development of Baha'i practice. [about]
- Suggestions for Baha'i Hermeneutics, by Mark Foster (1999). Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility: Sinlessness and Prophetic Ecology," "The Case of Some Answered Questions [pedagogy and evolution]," and "The Gospel According to Nabíl." [about]
- Switching the Reference: Bahá’í Life and Existential Philosophy, by Jack McLean (2008). The role of passion in the search for truth; existence and essence in living-in-the-world; epiphany and experiences of spiritual crisis; return to a belief in the soul; existentialism in sacred Bahá’í history; Bahá’u’lláh’s theology of the self. [about]
- Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Baha'i traditions, by Michael McCarron (1997). Meanings of the various realms of God. [about]
- Tablet (Lawh) in Bahá’í Usage, by Todd Lawson. Meanings of the common Baha'i terms lawh (tablet), ketáb (book), sahífa (treatise), resála (epistle), etc. [about]
- Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, by Bahá'u'lláh. Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji. [about]
- Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2001). The historical application of taqiyyah and instances where Bábís cooperated with the authorities in suppression of their peers, and the attitude of government officials towards these individuals. [about]
- Themes of 'The Erotic' in Sufi Mysticism, by Jonah Winters (1996). Mystical writing is replete with symbolism of love and eros, and it can also be found in the mystical poetry of Baha'u'llah. This paper provides background for that topic by surveying the use of themes of the erotic in writings by seven Sufi mystics. [about]
- Time and the Containment of Evil in Zoroastrianism, by Susan Maneck (1997). [about]
- Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá’í Families, The, by Stephen Licata (1997). Includes a survey on cultural values in Persian Bahá’í families. [about]
- Truth Triumphs: A Baha'i Response to Misrepresentations of the Baha'i Teachings and Baha'i History, by Peter Terry (1999). Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which aims toward one world government and one common faith." [about]
- Understanding and Eliminating Oppression: Baha’i Writings and Social Theory Combined, by Marie Gervais and Tim Heins (2010). The theme of oppression is addressed frequently in the Baha'i Writings. This article examines good/evil and social theory to analyze race, gender, poverty, and ethnicity. [about]
- Unhealthy Science, Religion, and Humanities: The Deep Connection and What Bahá'u'lláh Had to Say About It, by Ron House (2000). How the "calamity" mentioned by Baha'u'llah manifests in errors in the scientific method; fundamentalism and unbelief; the philosophy of Descartes, Hume, and Kuhn; and the Big Bang. [about]
- Unity in Diversity: Orientations and Strategies for Building a Harmonious Multicultural Society, by Michael Harris Bond (1998). Insights from the discipline of psychology can be used to design societies compatible with the exigencies and opportunities provided by the 21st Century. [about]
- Unity is the Law and Purpose of Life: The Case of the Baha'is in Iran, by Elham M. (2001). An account of the persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran and how the Baha'i communities managed to organize in secret, based in part on the author's own personal experiences. [about]
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Baha'i Scriptures, The, by Juan R. I. Cole, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 3:2 (1999). [about]
- Use of Generative Imagery in Shoghi Effendi's Dispensation of Baha'u'llah, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (1998). Examination of metaphors such as "conception," "offspring," and "seed" in some of the Guardian's writings. [about]
- World Peace in a Piecemeal World: An exposition on excerpts from the writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá, by James B. Thomas. World peace is a challenge facing mankind that must be clearly identified; remedies are put forth for possible solutions in vanquishing the barriers to peace; both secular and religious underpinnings are proposed to support a universal solution for peace [about]
- World We Want, The: Overcoming Barriers to Systematic Action, by Holly Hanson (2001). Explores the process through which humanity can create a peaceful and just world society, as presented in The Secret of Divine Civilization, "The Promise of World Peace," and letters of the Universal House of Justice. [about]
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