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<title>Infallibility of the Manifestations of God</title>
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<description>Affirming the essential infallibility of the Manifestations of God, clarifying individual interpretation’s limits, and emphasizing humility, faith, and contextual understanding of scripture. Author: Universal House of Justice. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Life of Service — Following the Example of Abdu'l-Baha: Warwick Leaflets</title>
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<description>Service to humanity as a spiritual duty, a form of worship, and the path to personal and collective happiness. Author: Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Abdu'l-Baha — the Master: Warwick Leaflets</title>
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<description>Introductory biography of &#039;Abdu&#039;l-Bahá — Bahá&#039;u&#039;lláh&#039;s son, appointed leader, authorised interpreter, and selfless exemplar of Bahá&#039;í life. Author: Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Execution of the Jewish Tribe of Banu Qurayẓih: Historical, Religious, and Ethical Considerations</title>
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<description>Examination of the historical context of this event from the days of the Prophet Muḥammad, 627 CE. Author: Mohammad Norozi. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Games of Religion and the Game of Knowledge</title>
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<description>On the roles religion plays relative to growth, social change and development, justice, knowledge, and cosmology. Author: Filip Boicu, Steven Phelps. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Advancement of Women: A Baha'i Perspective</title>
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<description>Explores Bahá’í teachings on gender equality, women’s education, family transformation, moral dignity, and how equal partnership between sexes advances peace and society. Author: Peter J. Khan, Janet A. Khan. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No Shaykh, No Slave: Anti-Structure and Egalitarian Mysticism in Tahirih's Liminal Poetics</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/mohajer_no_shaykh_slave</link>
<description>Tahirih’s poetry rejects clerical and social hierarchy, using liminal mystical imagery to envision equality, women’s emancipation, spiritual renewal, and communal justice. Author: Neha Mohajer. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Structural Assessment of the Baha'i Peace Program</title>
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<description>Examination of the structural and theoretical foundations of Bahá&#039;u&#039;lláh&#039;s peace program and assesses the degree to which it departs from the inherited tradition of earlier peace proposals. Author: Bahman Nadimi. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ridvan 2025: Baha'i Era 182</title>
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<description>Annual message to the Bahá&#039;ís of the world. Author: Universal House of Justice. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ridvan 2026: Baha'i Era 183</title>
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<description>Annual message to the Bahá&#039;ís of the world. Author: Universal House of Justice. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shaykhi Religious School: Historical Subjects, Teachings, by Y. A. Ioannesyan: Review</title>
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<description> Author: Christopher Buck. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On the Need for One-on-One Mentoring</title>
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<description>Proposal for the systematic integration of one-on-one mentoring into the Bahá’í community’s efforts under the Nine Year Plan; mentoring should be voluntary and could be coordinated by LSAs or committees; 16 topics for deepening new believers. Author: Wm. Keith Bookwalter. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On Community Building and the Nine Year Plan: A Balancing Point?</title>
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<description>This paper explores community building in the Bahá&#039;í Nine Year Plan as a balance between inner and outer community spheres, emphasizing expansion, consolidation, and guiding individuals across the “threshold” into committed membership. Author: Wm. Keith Bookwalter. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On How to Increase Universal Participation in the Work of Community Building: A Proposal for Mature Local Spiritual Assemblies</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_participation_community_building</link>
<description>This proposal outlines how Bahá’í assemblies can increase universal participation in community building by engaging individuals, fostering service, and aligning personal initiative with collective goals via consultation, co-support, and systematic action. Author: Wm. Keith Bookwalter. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Divine Springtime: Louise Caswell Recalls the Early Years of the Baha'i Faith in Central America and Panama</title>
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<description>Overview of Bahá&#039;í pioneering to and growth in Central America, covering the period from the late 1930s to 1975. Author: Daniel Nelson Wegener. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Explanations Concerning Passage No. 1 of the Persian Hidden Words</title>
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<description>Chapter #4 from the book, provided as a sample by the publisher. Author: Dariush Maani. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Poems to Live By</title>
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<description>Poems of youth, of nature and love, and poems of the spirit. Author: Stanwood Cobb. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Interregnum</title>
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<description>An open, candid interview offering a unique view of what he terms the &quot;interregnum,&quot; linking today&#039;s turbulent world to xeno-racism and structural racism, and showing how honest intellectual dialogue can help society reflect and find hope. Author: Filip Boicu, W. Andy Knight. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Write from My HeART: Jaine's Musings on Writing and Creativity</title>
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<description>A selection of poems addressing the quest for creativity. Author: Jaine Toth. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Letter to the NSA of the Bahá'ís of Canada</title>
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<description>Letter summarizing a recent trip to Canada and experiences visiting Indian reservations; Bahá&#039;ís must find new ways to approach and respect native culture and spirituality in order to attract them to the Faith; the Peigan Pipe Ceremony. Author: Rúhíyyih Khánum. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Scent of Spirituality: Jaine's Poems in Search of the Divine</title>
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<description>A selection of poems on taking a poetic path in search of the Divine. Author: Jaine Toth. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One Common Faith: A Summary</title>
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<description>Summary of a commentary prepared in 2005 under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, that reviews passages from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of the contemporary religious crisis. Author: Anonymous. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Knowledge Game and the Baha'i Faith: Ten Perspectives from Baha'i Scholarship</title>
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<description>What does the Revelation have to contribute to the modern system of knowledge and academic disciplines? To what extent does the understanding of the Revelation depend on the modern system of knowledge? This problematic is the knowledge game of religion. Author: Filip Boicu. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Badi'u'llah</title>
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<description>Regards the translation of a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh (“Be generous in prosperity…”) by Shoghi Effendi. Author: Universal House of Justice, Research Department. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anatomy of Prejudice: Reflections on Secular Anti-Baha'ism in Iran</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/chehabi_anatomy_prejudice</link>
<description>On social attitudes toward Bahá&#039;ís in Iranian society; religious and cultural prejudice; anti-Bahá&#039;í arguments and conspiracies; their political prominence under the Sháh; Iranian nationalism and Bahá&#039;í cosmopolitanism; Bahá&#039;ís and Persian culture. Author: H. E. Chehabi. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/cohen_hojjatiyeh_society_iran</link>
<description>History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha&#039;i movement but found itself leading an anti-Khomeini agenda; spiritual background to Imamite Shi&#039;ism and the historical context; a counter-revolutionary movement that echoes today. Author: Ronen A. Cohen. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Persianization of Shaykhism: The Doctrine of Rukn-i Rabiʿ from Ahmad al-Ahsaʾi to Karim Khan Kirmani</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/chamankhah_persianization_shaykhism</link>
<description>On the concepts of authority, leadership, and the doctrine of the Fourth Pillar in Shaykhism; the theology of maʿrifa (gnosis); how Kirmání and his successors deal with the Bábí cause; Kirmání&#039;s attempts to Persianize the Shaykhi creeds. Author: Leila Chamankhah. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Publications of Arash Abizadeh</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/abizadeh_list_publications</link>
<description>Listing of articles and other material, including audio/visual, online at the author&#039;s website, many with content related to Bahá&#039;í studies. Author: Arash Abizadeh. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran, Israel and the Shi'ite Crescent</title>
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<description>Conference proceedings on the relations between the regional powers of Iran and the Arab world, and the relations between Iran and Israel since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Only passing mention of Bahá&#039;ís, but of general relevance. Author: Uzi Rabi, Ronen A. Cohen. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Social Injustice and Problem of Human Rights In Indonesian Baha'i Community</title>
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<description>Religious freedom in Indonesia; political and social dynamic with the Muslim majority; religious conflicts and minority rights; political and social consequences of surviving as a Bahá&#039;í. Author: Amanah Nurish. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/nurish_injustice_indonesian_bahai</guid>
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<title>Subtraction Narratives</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/schewel_subtraction_narratives</link>
<description>On the claims that religion flourishes when ignorance, powerlessness, and passivity govern human life, giving way to a more secular rationalism; on the thought of Daniel Dennett, John Dewey, and Maurice Gauchet. Author: Benjamin Schewel. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Triple Exclusion of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization: Their Activities for Human Rights in Iran as a Voice in the Wilderness</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/cohen_exclusion_mojehedin-khalq</link>
<description>On the Iranian Islamist semi-Marxist organization founded by students in Tehran in 1965 to oppose the Shah; history of repression in contemporary Iran. No mention of the Faith other than in footnotes. Author: Ronen A. Cohen. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/cohen_exclusion_mojehedin-khalq</guid>
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<title>place</title>
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<description>On the historical background of the Hojjatieh Society and its philosophy; the Islamic revolution; Khomeini and Halabi. Author: Ronen A. Cohen. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Concept of Spiritual Force: Teilhardian and Baha'i Perspectives</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/schewel_concept_spiritual_force</link>
<description>The concept of spiritual force - purpose, and growth in capacity - constitutes an important component of both Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s thought and a Bahá’í conceptual framework; overview of historical approaches to the concept of spiritual force. Author: Benjamin Schewel. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Los problemas sociales, economicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva baha'i</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/jstr_social_economic_bahai</link>
<description>15 articles in a journal issue dedicated to Bahá&#039;í studies.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>مَکاتیب عَبدُالبَهآء: جلد نهم</title>
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<description> Author: Abdu'l-Bahá. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>place: مقدمة</title>
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<description>Short introduction praising the author for this study, beneficial for those who are engaged in teaching and for seekers of knowledge. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Book of Certitude: The Main Theological Principles</title>
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<description>Detailed presentation on the historical background of the Íqán; its content and structure; the themes of God, the Manifestations of God, and the Human Being; signs of a new revelation. Author: Marco Oliveira. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Figurative Structure of Eschatological Arabic</title>
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<description>Much of the Qur&#039;an concerns heaven and hell and the final judgment to come, using various kinds of figures of speech, like transference, metaphor, symbol; exploration of these figures as phenomenological, cognitive, and meaning-intended. Author: Christopher Buck. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Balancing Constancy and Change in the Baha'i Faith</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/khan_constancy_change</link>
<description>Address to the 2010 United States Bahá&#039;í convention: transcript, video, and audio. Author: Peter J. Khan. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Continental Boards of Counselors: Letters, Extracts from Letters, and Cables from The Universal House of Justice</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/us-nsa_compilation_boards_counselors</link>
<description>Compilation covering all aspects of this institution. Includes address by Edna True on the relationship of the boards of counselors to national spiritual assemblies. Author: Universal House of Justice.  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Relationship of the Continental Boards of Counselors to National Spiritual Assemblies: An Address</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/true_relationship_counselors_nsas</link>
<description>On the true nature and theory of operation of Bahá&#039;u&#039;lláh&#039;s Administrative Order. Author: Edna M. True. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>place: Религіозно-политическія смуты въ Персіи въ 1844-1852 годах</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/kazem-beg_bab_babidui</link>
<description>On the origins of the Bábí Faith; the Mazandaran, Nayriz, and Zanjan events; the life of the Bab; and religious doctrine.
 Author: Aleksandr Kazem-Beg. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Knowledge, Volition, and Action: The Steps to Spiritual Transformation</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/jordan_knowledge_volition_action</link>
<description>A comprehensive deepening program on knowledge of God&#039;s purpose for man; the role of volition in spiritual transformation; the role of self-disciplined action in spiritual transformation. Author: Daniel C. Jordan. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comparison and Transposition of Metaphors in Baha'i and Syriac Christian Conceptual Systems</title>
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<description>Comparison of doctrinal metaphors found in Christianity and the Bahá&#039;í Faith through the lens of Saint Ephrem, the greatest poet of the era; this pairing of metaphors with doctrinal concepts is a theological contribution to the phenomenology of religion. Author: Christopher Buck. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Community Development Using Spiritually Based Indicators in the South African Baha'i Community</title>
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<description>On creating measures to assess development progress through the perspective of five ethical and spiritual principles: unity in diversity equity and justice; equality of the sexes; trustworthiness and moral leadership; independent investigation of truth. Author: Farzin Aghdasi, Abbas Shaker. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>About the Long Obligatory Prayer</title>
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<description>Gives examples how through the Long Obligatory Prayer, believers gain divine guidance, find receptive souls, and achieve confidence, unity, and effective service. Transcript not formatted. Author: John Robarts. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Principles for Baha'i Scholarship</title>
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<description>On the use and development of the intellect; the nature and importance of scholarship; its pursuit in contemporary context; the Bahá&#039;í model as an example. Author: Robert Sarracino. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Music - The Ladder for the Soul</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/schulman-benatar_music_ladder_soul</link>
<description>How music can elevate our spirit; brief overview of some highlights of music history from different cultures; quotations from the Writings and other sources on the importance of music. Author: Sylvia Schulman-Benatar. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Creating a Culture of Learning</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/kaye_creating_culture_learning</link>
<description>Transformation of human character and existence; evolution toward a new world order; change of culture; pedagogy and learning; collective evolution. Author: Sylvia Kaye. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Collected Essays</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/wiegley_collected_essays</link>
<description>Dozens of essays on numerous topics of Bahá&#039;í thought and practice. Author: John Wiegley. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Health and Healing</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/meidany_health_healing</link>
<description>On four general themes in the Bahá&#039;í Writings that address healing and infirmities, along with a short collection of quotations. Author: Parashtu Meidany. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Internet and Knowledge Management for the Baha'i Faith: A Slide Presentation</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/steiner_internet_knowledge_management</link>
<description>Slides on what is knowledge management, knowledge sharing, access to information within Bahá&#039;í communities, the Institute Process, and changing community culture. Author: Roy Steiner. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/steiner_internet_knowledge_management</guid>
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<title>The Concept of Religious Democracy: An Introductory Baha'i Perspective  on the Democracy of the Conscience</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/makhele_concept_religious_democracy</link>
<description>On the meaning of religious democracy in Bahá’í literature compared with political literature; the obligations and roles of institutions and the government vs. Bahá’í collective institutions such as feasts, Spiritual Assemblies, and conventions. Author: Enos Makhele. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Science, Religion and Development</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_science_religion_development</link>
<description>Development planning must take into account the culture of the people they&#039;re working with; incorporating the spiritual dimensions of human existence into programs to alleviate poverty; the failure of materialism. Author: Farhad Aghdasi. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_science_religion_development</guid>
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<title>Color Conscious - The Political Morality of Race, by K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann: Review</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_color_conscious_review</link>
<description> Author: Farzin Aghdasi. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Universal House of Justice: Baha'u'llah's Agent of Change</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/marks_uhj_agent_change</link>
<description>On the nature of change within a community, its methods and authority; the rate and parameters of socially-acceptable change; how the Universal House of Justice exercises wisdom in leading the Bahá&#039;í community. Author: Geoffrey W. Marks. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Fundamentals of a True and Lasting African Renaissance: An Introductory Baha'i Perspective</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/makhele_fundamentals_african_nenaissance</link>
<description>On Africa&#039;s many challenges. The African Renaissance is essentially the transformation of society; moral and spiritual change is at the root of all aspects of its development, be they political, economic, educational, social, cultural, or scientific. Author: Enos Makhele. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Reflections on the Teachings of the Faith on Some Aspects of Basotho Culture</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/pholosi_aspects_basotho_culture</link>
<description>On issues that have faced the Bahá&#039;í community in the 45 years since the Faith was introduced in Lesotho; challenges faced by these early and latter-day believers; responsibilities of teaching and administration; brief history of the Faith in the region. Author: Khoeli Pholosi. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Characteristics of Baha'i Administrative Order and Liberal Democratic Notions: A Comparative Study</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_administrative_order_democratic</link>
<description>Characteristics of Western civilization and its forms of democratic government; the Bahá&#039;í Administrative Order differs in almost every respect; the Bahá&#039;í ideals and practices represent a higher stage of the development of human social organization. Author: Farzin Aghdasi. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_administrative_order_democratic</guid>
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<title>Divine Philosophy and the Gift of Understanding</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_divine_philosophy_understanding</link>
<description>On the need for a basic understanding of the concepts of religion for the improvement of society. Author: Robert Sarracino. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_divine_philosophy_understanding</guid>
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<title>Proofs of the Existence of God</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_proofs_existence_god</link>
<description>Outline and summary of traditional proofs of God, and cosmological, teleological, and ontological; theological arguments from Abdu&#039;l-Bahá. Author: Robert Sarracino. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_proofs_existence_god</guid>
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<title>Ethics of African Culture and Its Relation to the Baha'i Faith</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/derakhshani_ethics_african_culture</link>
<description>Overview of some aspects of African traditional practices from a Bahá&#039;í perspective. Author: Mojgan Derakhshani. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/derakhshani_ethics_african_culture</guid>
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<title>The Information Dispensation: The Baha'i Faith and the Information Age</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/christensen_information_dispensation</link>
<description>Outline of the Information Age: its nature and potential, its history, and relevance in Bahá&#039;í teachings. Author: Phil Christensen. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/christensen_information_dispensation</guid>
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<title>Gender Equality Based on the Teachings of the Baha'i Faith, and its Application in Southern Africa</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_gender_equality_southern-africa</link>
<description>The nature of prejudice; the role of religion in advancement of women; the first educator; tradition and culture; the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation; education programs; the practice of consultation and gender equality in Bahá&#039;í communities. Author: Farhad Aghdasi. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_gender_equality_southern-africa</guid>
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<title>A Study Course on the Century of Light: Web Pages for Distance-Education Courses Offered Via Email</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_century-light</link>
<description>Support material for a structured course on the this book&#039;s context, importance, and contents. Includes excerpts from various materials, study questions, and outline. Online at archive.org Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_century-light</guid>
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<title>Association for Baha'i Studies in Southern Africa: Website archive</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/abs_southern_africa_archive</link>
<description>Backup of the homepage of ABS-SA, with local links to any material imported into BLO.  — in process Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/abs_southern_africa_archive</guid>
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<title>A Study Course on Abdu'l-Baha's Secret of Divine Civilization: Web Pages for Distance-Education Courses Offered Via Email</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_sdc</link>
<description>Support material for a structured course on the this book&#039;s context, importance, and contents. Includes excerpts from various materials, study questions, and outline. Online at archive.org Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_sdc</guid>
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<title>A Tablet of the Bab Addressed to Shaykh 'Aliy-i-Turshizi ('Azim)</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_tablet_ali-turshizi</link>
<description>A brief tablet on the memory of Abraham and Moses; the verity of God’s decrees; patience amidst adversity; and mention of a &quot;book.&quot; Author: The Báb.  Mohammad Norozi, trans. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_tablet_ali-turshizi</guid>
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<title>A Study Course on Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Íqan, The Book of Certitude: Web Pages for Distance-Education Courses Offered Via Email</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_kitab-iqan</link>
<description>Support material for a structured course at the undergraduate level, on the Íqán&#039;s context, history, importance, and contents. Includes many scholarly articles, excerpts from other materials, glossary, bibliography, outline. Online at archive.org Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_kitab-iqan</guid>
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<title>Importance de l'art dans la promotion de la Foi</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_art_spierckel</link>
<description> Author: Pierre Spierckel, trans, Universal House of Justice, comp. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_art_spierckel</guid>
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<title>کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/bab_yazdi_bayan_farsi</link>
<description>A typed copy of the Persian Bayán originally in the handwriting of the Báb&#039;s amanuensis Husayn Yazdi. Author: The Báb. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/bab_yazdi_bayan_farsi</guid>
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<title>Se coordonner pour le bien commun: Institutions gouvernementales en partenariat avec l'action communautaire et l'initiative individuelle</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/bic_coordonner_bien_commun</link>
<description>Déclaration de la communauté internationale Bahá’íe à la 64e session de la commission du développement social. Author: Bahá'í International Community.  Pierre Spierckel, trans. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/bic_coordonner_bien_commun</guid>
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<title>Ma rencontre avec Abdu'l-Baha en 1899</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/peeke_spierckel_rencontre_abdul-baha</link>
<description> Author: Margaret B. Peeke.  Pierre Spierckel, trans. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/peeke_spierckel_rencontre_abdul-baha</guid>
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<title>Reconceptualizing Justice: Laying Foundations for a Gender-Equal World</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/bic_reconceptualizing_justice</link>
<description>A statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Author: Bahá'í International Community. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/bic_reconceptualizing_justice</guid>
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<title>Pour un nouveau concept de la justice: Jeter les bases d'un monde egalitaire</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/bic_nouveau_concept_justice</link>
<description>Une déclaration de la Communauté internationale bahá’íe à la 70e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme des Nations unies. Author: Bahá'í International Community.  Pierre Spierckel, trans. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/bic_nouveau_concept_justice</guid>
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<title>Teardrops</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/toth_teardrops</link>
<description>Poems in tribute to Bahá’í friends who’ve relocated to the Kingdom of Abhá. Author: Jaine Toth. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/toth_teardrops</guid>
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<title>Index for Relatives of Baha'u'llah and The Bab</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/index_relatives_bahaullah_bab</link>
<description>Index of names of all family members; note on the construction of Persian names. Archive of an old webpage; no links active. Author: Author unknown. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/index_relatives_bahaullah_bab</guid>
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<title>Riaz Masrour: In Memoriam</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/masrour_riaz_masrour_biography</link>
<description> Author: Nader Masrour. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/masrour_riaz_masrour_biography</guid>
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<title>حاجی شیخ زین العابدین ابراری: Haji Shaykh Zaynu'l-'Ábidin Abrari</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/sulaymani_shafipour_abidin_abrari</link>
<description>English translation and Persian original, of a short biography of Shaykh Zayn-al-‘Abidin, a servant of the cause distinguished for detachment, humility, and tireless service, and recipient of a number of Tablets. Author: Azizu'llah Sulaymani.  Adel Shafipour, trans. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/sulaymani_shafipour_abidin_abrari</guid>
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<title>خاتمیت رد وحدت وجود غایت خلقت عالم وجود بدایتی ندارد</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/roshani_khatamiyyat_radd_wujud</link>
<description>On the concept of the Finality of Prophethood. Author: Rouhi Roshani. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/roshani_khatamiyyat_radd_wujud</guid>
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<title>منتخباتی از مطالب کتاب مستطاب اقدس: نگاهی كوتاه به كتاب اقدس</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/davudi_montekhabati_kitab_aqdas</link>
<description>Brief introduction to the Most Holy Book. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/davudi_montekhabati_kitab_aqdas</guid>
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<title>Baha'i and Globalisation, ed. Margit Warburg, Annika Hvithamar and Morten Warmind: Review</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/beyer_warburg_bahai_globalisation</link>
<description> Author: Peter Beyer. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/beyer_warburg_bahai_globalisation</guid>
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<title>مکاتب فلسفی</title>
<link>http://bahai-library.com/davudi_arani_makatab_falsafi</link>
<description> Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí.  Iman Motlagh Arani, comp. and ed. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://bahai-library.com/davudi_arani_makatab_falsafi</guid>
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