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List of documents by Stanwood Cobb

author name: Stanwood Cobb
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  1. Stanwood Cobb. Ayesha of the Bosphorus: A Romance of Constantinople (1915). A novella combining fiction with scenes from the lives of Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'ís in Haifa in the early 1900s. Includes introduction by Bei Dawud. Fiction.
  2. Stanwood Cobb. Character: A Sequence in Spiritual Psychology (1938). A spiritual autobiography; scientific and religious foundations for character; self-development; the law of duty; altruism and selflessness; progress. Includes discussion of two days spent with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1908. Books.
  3. Stanwood Cobb. Difficulties of the Young Turk Party, The (1912-01). Reflections on the character and political fortunes of the Young Turks, written shortly before the partitioning of Ottoman empire. Essays.
  4. Stanwood Cobb. Essential Mysticism, The (1918). Clarification of some of the spiritual problems of humanity; the real value of Oriental mysticism; the mystery of the soul of man in terms not of psychology but of daily life; the value of spirituality in daily life. Books.
  5. Stanwood Cobb. Homoculture: Principles of Baha'i Education (1935). With its teachings of universal civilization the Bahá'í Faith contains a wealth of directions regarding pedagogy, and exerts a revolutionary effect upon cultural and spiritual education. Articles.
  6. Roy Wilhelm, Stanwood Cobb, Genevieve L. Coy. In His Presence: Visits to 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1989). Re-publication of Wilhelm's Knock and It Shall Be Opened Unto You (1908), Cobb's Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1962), and Coy's A Week in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Home (1921). Text missing quotation marks. Books.
  7. Stanwood Cobb. Islamic Contributions to Civilization (1963). Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic people and nations. Books.
  8. Stanwood Cobb. Meaning of Life, The (1932). The sole purpose of life, so far as the individual is concerned, is growth through struggle. Not to be active is to stagnate and atrophy; movement and change is the sign of life. Articles.
  9. Stanwood Cobb. Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1962). Recollections by eminent American Bahá'í author Cobb (1881–1982). Pilgrims.
  10. Stanwood Cobb. New Horizons for the Child (1934). Understanding the child; character training; home life; the child as an individual; limitations of activity education; children as creative and active beings; romanticism vs. classicism; builders of civilization. Includes 20 pages of childrens' poetry. Books.
  11. Stanwood Cobb. New Leaven, The: Progressive Education and Its Effect upon the Child and Society (1928). On principles of the new education; revolutionizing pedagogy and transforming the child; importance of social engagement in schools; the ages of enrollment of children and preparatory schools, from nursery-primary through secondary school to college. Books.
  12. Stanwood Cobb. Real Turk, The (1914). Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall of Abdul Hamid; the character of the Turkish, their temperament, and their way of looking at life. Books.
  13. Stanwood Cobb. Security for a Failing World (1934). An overview of the influence of religion on the world and its relation to modern problems. Bahá'í precepts are included in the text without the work being a strictly introductory work on the Bahá'í Faith. Books.
  14. Stanwood Cobb. Simla, a Tale of Love (1919). A Hindu legend retold in poetic form: a story of love and devotion that reconciles flesh and spirit, love and life, the world and the soul. Books.
  15. Stanwood Cobb. Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1951). On worries about the future; the New World Order; solutions of economic problems; prejudice; one world language; science and religion; education. Books.
  16. Stanwood Cobb. Unity of Nations, The (1938). A look six decades into the future (from 1938) to envision the Lesser Peace. Essays.
  17. Stanwood Cobb. Various Books: 12 Books for Download (1932-1977). Titles include: Discovering the Genius Within You, Sage of the Sacred Mountain, Radiant Living, Trouble: How to Meet It, Expanding Our Spiritual Consciousness, Joy of Existence, Scientific Study of the Hand, Thoughts on Education, Spiritual Power. Books.
  18. Stanwood Cobb. What Is God? (1955). Poetic meditations on the nature of God and our search for the divine, "an attempt to open up vistas into the Infinite in a way that prose could not accomplish." Books.
 
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