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- Father and the Maiden, The: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine, by Mark A. Foster (1999). [about]
- Fear of Teaching: A Meditation on Authenticity in Human Relationships, by William S. Hatcher (2008). [about]
- First Public Mentions of the Baha'i Faith in the West, by Bahá'í Information Office of the UK (1998). Short essay based on research by Moojan Momen and Derek Cockshutt. [about]
- Food and Farming: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Foreword: Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, by Peter Khan, in Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1991). [about]
- Fourth Candle, The: The Unity of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue, by Christopher Buck, in dialogue magazine, 1:2 (1986). What does "Unity in Religion" mean, and how does it apply for Baha'is' interactions with other religious communities? An essay inspired by Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet "Seven Candles of Unity," utopia, Hans Kung, and the Lesser Peace. [about]
- Freedom of Speech: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Funerals and Burials, Preparations for: Some practical notes (1998). A compilation of Baha'i directions for funerals and burials (i.e., this is not a compilation of direct quotations from the Writings). [about]
- Future of Monarchy, The: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity, The, by Juan R. I. Cole, in ISIM Newsletter, 2 (1999). Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism. The Baha'i faith, which originated in Iran, poses key conundrums to our understanding of the relationship between modernity and religion in the global South. [about]
- Global Interfaith Movement, The, by Stephen A. Fuqua (2003). [about]
- Global Prosperity for Humankind: The Bahá'í Model, by Noojan Kazemi, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). [about]
- Globalization and the Environment, by Arthur Lyon Dahl (1998). Some responses to possible problems associated with globalization. [about]
- God's Promise to Humanity: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Great Bridge–Maker, The, by Stephen A. Fuqua (2005). The papacy and Pope John Paul II. [about]
- H. Collis Featherstone 1913-1990: An Extraordinary, Ordinary Man, by Graham Waterman and Kaye Waterman, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). [about]
- Healing through Unity newsletter (1998). Back issues of a newsletter "dedicated to serving the principles of physical and spiritual health envisioned in the Baha'i Teachings." [about]
- Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah: A Reflection, by George Townshend, in Baha'i World, Volume 3 (1928-30). [about]
- Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- History of the house of Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
- Holy Grail of Objectivity, The: Some Considerations for Balancing Sacred and Secular in Baha'i Scholarship, by Rick Harmsen, in Deepen, No 8 Vol. 3.3. Discussion of an apologetic nature about an interpretive or hermeneutic principle relating to Baha'i scholarship articulated by Shoghi Effendi. [about]
- Homosexuality in the Kitab-i-Aqdas, by Kamran Hakim (1996). Some informal notes, posted to an email discussion list, on the treatment of homosexuality in the Kitab-i Aqdas and its background. [about]
- Humor and Laughter, by Omid Djalili and Annabel Knight, in Baha'i Studies Review, 7 (1997). Essay written as introduction to the Compilation on Humor and Laughter, both published in BSR 7. [about]
- Huqúqu'lláh: The Right of God, by Aflatoon Payman, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). [about]
- I am a Baha'i, by Guy Murchie (1958). "An Exotic Faith Has Built One of the World's Great Temples Here. A Believer Tells What That Faith Means to Him." [about]
- Indigenous rights and women’s rights in the Samoan Bahá’í community, by Maureen Sier, in Baha'i Studies Review, 9 (1999). [about]
- Infallibility: An Essay, by Susan Maneck (1998). [about]
- Information Technology Strategies for the Promotion of Gender Equality, by Andrew Stranieri, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). Equal opportunity of women and men is best achieved if both genders embrace the changes now occurring in communication and information use. [about]
- Inheritance, by Seena Fazel, in Baha'i Studies Review, 4:1 (1994). The apparent contradiction between sexual equality and the unequal inheritance laws contained in the Aqdas. [about]
- Inside The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948: A Personal Narrative, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1996). [about]
- Interrelationship of Bahá'í, Australian Statute and Common Law, The: A Family Law Perspective, by Afshin A. Khavari, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). Application of Bahá'í Laws in Australia within the context of the existing common and statue laws of the country, and the history, conceptual basis, and developments of Bahá'í laws. [about]
- Introduction to Compilation on Writers and Writing, by Robert Weinberg, in Baha'i Studies Review, 10 (2001). [about]
- Introduction to Green Acre Baha'i School, by Anne Gordon Atkinson and Robert Stockman, in History of the Green Acre Bahá'í School in Eliot, Maine. [about]
- Introduction to the Tablet of Ashab, by Juan Cole. [about]
- Introduction: Aims and Purposes of the Bahá'í Faith, by David Hofman, in The Bahá'í World 1979-1983, Vol. XVIII (1986). 6-page Introduction to this Baha'i World volume. [about]
- Is the Bahá'í Faith a "New Religious Movement"? (1997). [about]
- Is the Bahá'í view of evolution compatible with modern science?, by Eberhard von Kitzing, in Baha'i Studies Review, 7 (1997). [about]
- Is the Baha'i view of evolution compatible with modern science?, by Eberhard von Kitzing, in Baha'i Studies Review, 7 (1997). [about]
- Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast, by Susan Maneck (2009). [about]
- Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Kitab-i-Aqdas: its place in Baha'i literature, in The Baha'i World, 1992-93 (1993). Offers a broad introduction to the Aqdas and its themes. [about]
- Kitáb-i-Íqán: Introduction to the 1950 Edition, by Helen Reed Bishop (1950). Overview of its themes and historical context. [about]
- Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n, Book of Five Qualification: Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (1999). [about]
- Law and Order: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Lessons on Detachment in the Tablet to Pope Pius IX, by Cynthia C. Shawamreh (1998). [about]
- Letters of Abdu'l-Bahá, by George Townshend, in The Mission of Bahá'u'lláh and Other Literary Pieces (1952). [about]
- Lidia Zamenhof, by John Dale. [about]
- Life after Death: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Life of Agnes Alexander, by Duane Troxel. [about]
- Life of Baha'u'llah, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil, in Star of the West, Set 7, Vol 14, Num 10, Page 291. Life of the Baha'u'llah by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani) [about]
- Life of the Bab, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil, in Star of the West, Set 7, Vol 14, Num 7, Page 193. Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani) [about]
- Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence, by Holly Hanson (2001). [about]
- Making of Portraits of Some Bahá’í Women by O.Z. Whitehead, The, by Wendi Momen, in Solas, 3 (2003). Recollections by the editor/publisher of stories behind the writing of O.Z. 'Zebby' Whitehead's books, and some biographical information about Whitehead himself. Includes brief review by Edwin McCloughan from The Irish Times. [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]
- May Ellis Maxwell, in A Compendium of Volumes of the Baha'i World I-XII, 1925-1954. Detailed biography; includes photo. [about]
- Meaning and Significance of Certitude, by Ruhiyyih Skrenes (1998). Nature of Certitude and the process of its attainment as described in the Kitab-i-Iqan. [about]
- Meaning of Detachment, The, by Phyllis Peterson. [about]
- Meanings of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, by Sen McGlinn, in Vizier. [about]
- Memories of Ashchi, by Ahang Rabbani and Sen McGlinn. [about]
- Modelling Human Rights Education: A View from the Pacific, by Graham Hassall (1997). [about]
- Moral Relativism and the Baha'i Faith, by Brendan Cook (2006). The essay challenges indiscriminate obedience to religious commandments. Right and wrong are relative to situations and to the needs of human beings in a given time and place. [about]
- My Visit to Temple University, by Martha L. Root, in Baha'i Magazine, 22 (1931). [about]
- Mystical Aspects of the Baha'i Faith as presented in the Seven Valleys, by LeRoy Jones (1998). Mystical aspects of the Bahá'í Faith are of paramount importance and may sometimes get overlooked in favor of its social aspects. [about]
- Mystical content and symbology of Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys, by David Langness, in Seeker's Path (1997). [about]
- Neo-platonic framework for Bahá'í philosophy, by Theo Cope. [about]
- New Age, The: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- New Millennium, The: A Baha'i View: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- New Typology of Religious Organization, by Mark Foster (1995). Overview of models normativist, arcanist, routinized, and charismatic. [about]
- New World Order, The: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Next Five Years, The: An Internet Perspective, by Marc Wasley, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). Some predictions (made in 1996) of how the Internet will change and how Baha'is can make best use of it. [about]
- Nineteenth Century Islamic Mahdism in Iran and the Sudan: A brief analysis of the teachings and influence of The Bab and Muhammad Ahmad (The Sudanese Mahdi), by Jason Illari (2001). [about]
- Non-Involvement in Politics, by Ali-Murad Davudi. [about]
- Notes on Bahá'í population in India, by Charles Nolley and William Garlington (1997). Informal emails describing Indian membership numbers, and how "enrollment" there has a different meaning than in developed countries. [about]
- Notes on Feminist Theory, Some, by Mary Day (1997). Implications of feminism for Baha'i thinking. [about]
- Notes on the Christian "Antichrist", by Dann May. [about]
- Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series, by John Walbridge. [about]
- Number 19 in the Qur'an, The, by Abdulrahman Lomax (1995). [about]
- Obituary: Knight of Baha'u'llah Mary Zabolotny McCulloch, by Universal House of Justice and Kenneth McCulloch. [about]
- Off the Grid: Reading Iranian Memoirs in Our Time of Total War, by Negar Mottahedeh, in Middle East Research and Information Project (2004). Observations on contemporary culture and gender issues in Iran. [about]
- Old Charges for a New Religion, Some, by Susan Maneck (2009). [about]
- On History's Greatest Breakthrough in Knowledge, by John Taylor (2000). [about]
- On Postmodernism, by Stephen R. Friberg (1998). [about]
- One Human Race: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Opening Address: National Bahá'í Studies Conference, Hobart, Australia, July 1994, by M. A. Hannon, in The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges (1995). [about]
- Overview of the Abjad numerological system, by Frank Lewis (1999). [about]
- Pastoral Care of Baha'i Children: Warwick Leaflet, by Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Warwick (1989). [about]
- Peace Notes, by Trudy Mesbah and Ruie Mullin, in dialogue magazine, 1:3 (1986). "Peace Takes a Holiday," a profile of the annual Peace Festival in Madison, WI; a report on the group "Beyond War: A New Way of Thinking," a report on the "Magic Peace Project" (Buhl, Idaho); follow-up letters from Marylin Higgins and Joan Russ. [about]
- Persian, Arabic, and Provisional Translations, by Iraj Ayman and Robert Stockman. [about]
- Personal Interpretation of the term Seal of the Prophets, A, by Kamran Hakim. [about]
- Pharisaic Phenomenon and the Dynamics of Denial, The, by Susan Maneck (1999). [about]
- Philosophical Basis for the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Technology, A, by Lawrence D. Staudt, in Solas, 3 (2003). Nature of the physical world, the principle of sustainability, the present energy situation, options for Ireland, a vision for the use of renewable energy in Ireland, and the role of the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of
Tech (CREDIT). [about]
- Place, A, by Susan Stitt, in dialogue magazine, 2:2-3 (1988). A chapter from Mango Joy, a book of poetry and reflections about pioneering in Vanuata and the culture of the South Pacific. [about]
- Politics of Service, The: Medical Aid to the Philippines, by David Langness, in dialogue magazine, 1:4 (1987). On delivering volunteer hospital services and emergency aid to a corrupted country lacking political stability. [about]
- Powerseeking and Ideology, by William S. Hatcher (2008). Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith. [about]
- Précis Commentary on One Common Faith, by William S. Hatcher (2008). [about]
- Primer for Bahá'í Assemblies, by Marzieh Gail. [about]
- Problem Solving in the Family, by Erik Blumenthal, in The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges (1995). [about]
- Radiant Acquiescence, by Orcella Rexford, in World Order (1937). [about]
- Recollections of Muriel Handley, by Muriel Handley and John Handley, in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia (1996). Personal history of an early Baha'i life in Australia. [about]
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