The Bahá'í Faith (Part Two): Bahá'u'lláh and His Teachings - Holm,Filip (2020)
Part two of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=75jZKEY2aRo. See also The Baha'i Faith (Part One): Origins and the Bab.
Keywords: 19th century

The Bahá'í Faith 1957-1988: A Survey of Contemporary Developments - Smith,Peter; Momen,Moojan (Religion, 1989)
A general account of developments in the Bahá'í Faith during these three decades.
Also available in PDF format, mirrored from academia.edu.
Keywords: 1957; 1960s; 1970s; 1988; Bahá'í history; Expansion; Growth; Statistics

The Bahá'í Faith and African American History: Introduction - Bramson-Lerche,Loni (Lexington Books, 2018)
Contents, Introduction, and Index from this book, with links to two chapters (by Christopher Buck).
Excerpt mirrored from google.com/books. See also two articles by Christopher Buck, Chapter 1 "The Bahá'í 'Pupil of the Eye' Metaphor" and Chapter 3 "Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith".
Keywords: African Americans; Race; Race amity; Race unity; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Faith and Christianity - Ma'sumian,Farnaz, compiler (2008)
Lecture notes compiled by Ma'sumian for teaching at a community college and a university, partly from other online sources.
This compilation is also available as a Word document.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue

The Bahá'í Faith and Globalization 1900-1912 - Stockman,Robert (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking inspired much of the practice of Baha’i proselytising; overview of the practical activism of the early American Baha’is and the mutual bonds of assistance between the Baha’i communities of North America and Iran.
Mirrored from kamalacademy.org.
Keywords: 1900; 1900s; 1912; Canada; Globalization; Iran (documents); Teaching; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism: A Brief History - Berry,Adam (International Social Science Review, 2004)
Bahá'í history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian converts in America; Jewish responses to the Faith.
Written as an undergraduate student of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science at Emory University. PDF mirrored from nhbahais.com, HTML from highbeam.com.
Keywords: Christianity; Conversion; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Israel; Judaism; Opposition; Persecution, Iran; Prophecies; Sociology; Teaching; United States (documents); Zoroastrianism

The Bahá'í Faith and Peace Psychology: The Potential for Science and Religion to Collaborate - Diessner,Rhett (Peace Psychology Bulletin, 1994)
On the potential for Bahá’í peace initiatives, coupled with empirical peace psychology approaches, regarding: ethnicity and peace, feminism and peace, and peace and education.
Keywords: Education; Equality; Ethnicity; Gender; Peace; Psychology; Race; Unity; Unity in diversity; Women

The Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction - Tidhar,Lavie (nanobison, 2005)
Short essay published in a "speculative fiction e-zine."
See also The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories. Original site defunct, archived at archive.org; see also a PDF version at nanobison's own archives.
Keywords: Literature; Science fiction

The Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction - Tidhar,Lavie (Internet Review of Science Fiction, 2004)
Contacts between Sci-Fi and Bahá'í have so far been minimal, but the origins of these two seemingly-disparate groups are shared by Western influences of the Enlightenment, urbanization, industrialization, Modernism, and the world of mass consumption.
See also The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories. Mirrored from irosf.com; see comments at the end of the original article.
Keywords: Fiction; Literature; Science fiction

The Baha'i Faith and Syncretism - Stockman,Robert (Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith, 1997)
Addresses the common misunderstanding that the Bahá'í Faith is syncretistic.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Progressive revelation; Syncretism; Unity of religion

The Baha'i Faith and the Environment - Landau,Richard (Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change volume 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, 2002)
Participation of the Bahá'í International Community in UN-sponsored development and environmental initiatives for resolving the difficult challenges before humanity.
Keywords: Environment; Nature; Sustainable development

The Bahá'í Faith and the Equality, Rights, and Advancement of Women: A Survey of Principles, Praxis, and Discourse - Momen,Wendi (Religions, 2023)
Equality of women and men; education, advancement, and rights of women and girls; their application within the Bahá’í community; Bahá'í individual and institutional efforts to influence the international discourse on women. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/491, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Abuse; Education; Equality; Gender; Human rights; Leadership; Statistics; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

The Bahá'í Faith and the Market Economy - Rassekh,Farhad (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2001)
Bahá'í teachings relevant to the market system as described in classical economics and the roles of self-interest and morality in economic life; human beings are naturally endowed with a desire to better their lives.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/119.
Keywords: Economics

The Bahá'í Faith and the Perennial Mystical Quest: A Western Perspective - Savi,Julio (Baha'i Studies Review, 2007)
Mysticism is an intrinsic aspect of the Bahá'í Faith and mystical experience as formulated by William Ralph Inge and as expounded in the Bahá'í writings, emphasizing its practical and logical aspects; criticisms of mysticism; a Bahá'í mystical path.
In March 2006 the NSA of the United Kingdom suspended the "Association for Bahá'í Studies (English-speaking Europe)" and replaced it with the "Association for Bahá'í Studies (United Kingdom)". At that time the Bahá'í Studies Review was given a new editorial board and a new publisher, Intellect, and housed at atypon-link.com where this article was provided as a free download. BSR has moved to yet a third website, ingentaconnect.com, which no longer offers this PDF online.
Keywords: Mysticism

The Bahá'í Faith and the Singapore Women's Movement: Challenges for the Next Millennium - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
On the relationship between religion and the fight for women's rights after the founding of the Singapore Council of Women; the interplay between gender, religion and the women's movement; challenges for the next millennium with regards to equality.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 4.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Singapore; Women

The Bahá'í Faith and the Spiritualists: A Bibliographic Survey - Jasion,Jan T., compiler (2017)
Citations from the private database of the International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Occultism; Spiritualism; Theosophy

The Baha'i Faith and the Western Esoteric Tradition - Osborn,Lil (2015)
The importance of individuals seeped in the mystical, the occult, and esoteric to the early 20th-century creation of Bahá'í perspectives on modernity and mysticism.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: 20th century; Esotericism; Mysticism; Occultism; Paganism

The Bahá'í Faith and Traditional Societies: Exploring Universes of Discourse - Momen,Moojan (dialogue magazine, 1987)
How misunderstandings can arise between pioneers and the cultures they've moved to; traditional vs. modern ways of communication, and the dynamics of conversion.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Communication; Conversion; Cultural diversity; Pioneering

The Baha'í Faith and Wicca: A Comparison of Relevance in Two Emerging Religions - Osborn,Lil (Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 2009)
On the growth of the Baha’i Faith and Wicca in Britain, compared through the lens of the "Theory of Relevance" as the driving force in their further development.
Paper first presented at the 2008 International Conference, London, UK. Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Esotericism; Occultism; Paganism; Wicca

The Bahá'í Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962 - Lee,Anthony (Brill, 2011)
African presence in early Bábí and Bahá'í history; Bahá'í response to crises in Middle East and West Africa; histories of British Camaroons, Calabar. Studies of Religion in Africa series, vol. 39.
This book is online at academia.edu; was first posted to scribd.com.
Keywords: 1950s; 1952; 1962; Africa; Bahá'í history by country; Calabar, Nigeria; Cameroon; Middle East; Namibia; New religious movements (NRM)

The Bahá'í Faith in Austin: The Early Years - Gent,Catherine (1992)
Covers years 1912–1971, and includes appendix "Anna Reinke: First Baha'i in Texas."
Keywords: 1912; 1971; 20th century; Austin, TX; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Texas, USA

The Bahá'í Faith in Egypt: A Historical Survey of the First Twelve Decades - Mustapha,Rowshan (2023)
Detailed chronology and lengthy chapters on Bahá'u'lláh's blessings to Egypt, Abdu'l-Bahá's travels, the origins of the Egyptian Bahá'í community, teaching plans, and growth of the administration 1911 through 1981.
Also available in online "page viewer" at publitas.com/poly-tel/the-bahai-faith-in-egypt. Published here with approval of the NSA of Egypt. Also online at rowshanmustapha.com.
Keywords: 1911; 1981; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Egypt; Persecution; Persecution, Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt

The Baha'i Faith in Europe - Fazel,Seena (2020)
Overview of the history of the Faith in Europe; its beginnings in Paris, London, and Stuttgart; Abdu'l-Bahá's visits; notable European Bahá'ís; themes of European community life; membership statistics.
Written for publication in a handbook edited by R. Stockman (forthcoming). See also Fazel's 100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe (1998).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Europe; Statistics

The Bahá'í Faith in India: A Developmental Stage Approach - Garlington,William (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Studies, 1997)
5 distinct stages of development of Bahá'í history in India, each with its own unique personalities and events, patterns of community organization and missionary endeavor; the internal and external dynamics which led to these changes.
See also the author's Development of the Bahá'í Faith in Malwa and Bahá'í Bhajans: An example of the Bahá'í Use of Hindu Symbols. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/india1.htm.
Keywords: Buddhism; Hinduism; India; Islam; Malwa, India; Zoroastrianism

The Bahá'í Faith in Iran - Walbridge,John (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.
First written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Aqa Najafi (Son of the Wolf); Ayatollah Khomeini; Ayatollahs; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Iran (documents); Iranian revolution (1979); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof); Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Martyrs; Mir Muhammad-Husayn Khatunabadi (She-Serpent); Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir Isfahani (the Wolf); She-Serpent; Sultan-Masud Mírzá Zillal-Sultan

The Bahá'í Faith in Kansas 1897-1947 - Herrmann,Duane L. (Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1992)
An introduction to the first half century of the Kansas Bahá'í community, with unique insight into their patterns of growth and inactivity.
Keywords: 1897; 1947; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Faith in Malwa: A Study of a Contemporary Religious Movement - Garlington,William (1975)
A broad overview of Bahá'í history in general and in India in particular. Examination of present-day activities, sociological frameworks of village life, and development of local Bahá'í administrative orders.
PhD dissertation, Australian National University. This document is online at digitalcollections.anu.edu.au.
Keywords: Buddhism; Hinduism; India; Islam; Malwa, India; Sanskrit language; Zoroastrianism

The Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East: Part 1 (1753-1863) - Zeine,Ramsey (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
Bábí and early Bahá'í links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is a fusion of Persian and Arab origins.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #62, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 8-12, 2005). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/62/zeine_arabic.
Keywords: 1863; 18th century; 19th century; Arabic language; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Iraq; Irfán Colloquia; Middle East; Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Basṭámí; Mírzá Muhammad Mustafá Baghdádí; Names and titles; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykh Muhammad-i-Shibl; Sheikh Jaafar Al-Tahhan; Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs); Youth (title); Zia Bagdadi

The Bahá'í Faith in the West: A Survey - Smith,Peter (Baha'is in the West: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 2004)
General account of the development and expansion of the Faith in Europe and North America 1894-1994, including distribution and social composition of contemporary communities. Includes Foreword to the volume.
See more at the author's website, icpetermahidol.wordpress.com. Also available as uncorrected Word document: smith_faith_west_survey.doc [5MB].
Keywords: 1894; 1994; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Europe; Expansion; Growth; Sociology; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia: A History of the Initial Nine Decades - Mustapha,Rowshan (2024)
History of the Faith in Tunisia, written in first-hand perspective; rise of opposition by the authorities; how one Tunisian woman obliged the President of the Republic to undo the steps he had taken to deport her Bahá'í husband from the country.
Aussi disponible en français La foi bahá'íe en Tunisie.
Keywords: 1956; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Tunisia

The Bahá'í Faith in Turkey - Walbridge,John (Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History, 2002)
Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Bahá'í history.
First written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Andaruni and biruni; Ataturk; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Central Asia; Diaspora, Turkish; Edirne, Turkey; Fuad Páshá; Iran (documents); Istanbul, Turkey; Jamal Pasha; Ottoman Empire; Sultán `Abdu'l-Azíz; Turkey; Turkish language; World War I; `Abdu'lláh Páshá; `Alí Páshá

The Bahá'í Faith Seen through the Eyes of Major Encyclopedias - Fazel,Seena (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Overview of some themes and organization/structure common to articles about Bahá'í topics published in encyclopedias; includes a list of references to the Bahá’í Faith in major encyclopedias (as of 1992).
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Bibliography; Encyclopedias

The Baha'i Faith: 50 Years in Singapore - Author unknown (Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Singapore, 2000)
History of Bahá'í activity and teaching in Singapore, from May 26 1950, when the first Baha’i pioneer, Dr. K.M. Fozdar, arrived in Singapore, until the year 2000.
Made available w/ the permission of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Singapore.
Keywords: 1950; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Singapore

The Baha'i Faith: A Future-Oriented Religion - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (Future Generations, 1997)
The rise and fall of civilizations as regards future human development.
Mirrored with permission from bcca.org/ief/ddahl97b.htm.

The Bahá'í Faith: A Non-ideological Approach to Religion - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

The Bahá'í Faith: An Introduction - Bahá'í International Community (1998)
An overview of the Bahá'í Faith, in words and pictures.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations - Various (Religions, 2023)
Twelve articles in a special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations" of the journal Religions, volume 14 (sub-issue numbers 3, 4, and 6). Links to articles offsite.
All articles online at mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/8650Z35FTQ, where they are also available in HTML and epub formats.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies

The Bahá'í Faith: Sect or Religion? - Schaefer,Udo (Baha'i Studies, 1988)
Lengthy study defining the distinguishing features of the Bahá'í Faith as contrasted with other contemporary religious movements.
Article also posted at the ABS monograph series page. (Permission to cross-post given by ABS editor in 1997 when I built the first bahai-studies.ca website. -J.W.) See also review by Roger Lapointe.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith: The Birth of a New World Religion - Sharon,Moshe (2002)
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, November 5 2002. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm [archive.org].

The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion - Hatcher,William S.; Martin,Douglas (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1985)
Overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, designed as an introductory textbook. Available in English or in Persian.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Basics; Douglas Martin; E-books; Introductory; Soul; Teachings; William Hatcher

The Bahá'í Faith: World Religious Statistics - Kazemzadeh,Firuz (Britannica Book of the Year, 1988)
A reprint of the widely-circulated encyclopedia article showing the Bahá'í Faith to be the world's second most wide-spread religion.
See also the Britannica's article The Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: 1999; Expansion; Statistics

The Bahá'í Fast: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2012)
A summary of the laws and principles of the Fast.
Keywords: Fasting; Introductory

The Bahá'í Fireside Notebook - Priestley,Reginald L. (2012)
A believer's personal fireside notebook, compiled for his study and deepening: notes, timelines, and quotations summarizing the Bahá'í teachings.
See also the author's autobiography and the story of his accepting the Bahá'í Faith, Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley. Mirrored from slideshare.net/TCE/itchyfeet-reg-priestley.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Firesides; Introductory; Islam; Prophecies; Reginald L. Priestley; Teaching

The Bahá'í House of Worship in Europe - M.,Massrouri; et al. (Bahá'í-Verlag, 2005)
Brochure about the history and architectural design, with photos, of the Bahá'í Temple in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany.
Keywords: Europe; Frankfurt, Germany; Germany; Langenhain, Germany; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Langenhain

The Bahá'í House of Worship: Localization and Universal Form - Hassall,Graham (Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, 2012)
On the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Bahá'í thought and practice; interplay between the universal specifications for this architectural form and its enculturation in regional settings: European, African, Oceanic, Asian, and American.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu. See also brill.com/view/title/20960, and see more excerpts from this book at books.google.com.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship)

The Bahá'í House of Worship: The Meaning of the Temple - Christian,W. Kenneth (National Bahá'í Center, 1953)
Text and scan of a flyer about the Chicago House of Worship, summarizing the history and facts of this Mashriqu'l-Adhkar.
Scroll down for high-res images of this brochure. Brochure printed as a single large sheet folded in 6 pages, suitable for mailing. While this brochure has no date, MacEoin notes in his bibliography that a version was published in Third World 1 (1 April 1975). An earlier brochure is dated 1953. See also The Bahá'í Temple, House of Worship of a World Faith (1942) and Photo brochure of the Bahá'í Temple in Wilmette (1965).
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Quotations in; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The Bahá'í Hymns: Explanations and Meanings - Author unknown
Four page summary of some Bahá'í hymns, followed by study questions.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also Bahá'í Hymns of Peace and Praise.
Keywords: Music; Songs

The Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran - Bahá'í International Community (1999)
Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely decentralized, university system run by Bahá'ís in Iran.
Mirrored from bic org.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Canada; Education; Higher education; Human rights; Iran (documents); Non-violence; Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran; Service; United States (documents); Universities

The Bahá'í Life: Excerpts from the Writings of the Guardian On - Shoghi Effendi
Compilation on living the Bahá'í life.
Date unknown, but appears to be similar to the November 1972 version below. Later republished as "Living the Life" in Compilation of Compilations Vol. II, pp. 1-28. Mirrored from bahai.works.
Keywords: Behavior; Ethics; Life (general); Living the life; Virtues

The Bahá'í Message - Guy,Walter Bryant (Fernandina Beach News Leader, 1927)
A series of 16 newspaper articles summarizing Bahá'í history and teachings in "Florida's Oldest News Weekly Newspaper" by a writer who visited Abdu'l-Bahá several times between 1901-1921 and traveled extensively among the Bahá'ís in foreign lands.
See also Bahá'u'lláh's Garden: Jacksonville, Florida, 1919-1969.
Keywords: 1901; 1910s; Florida, USA; Newspaper articles; Pilgrims notes; Travelogues; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Movement for Universal Religion - Remey,Charles Mason (Persian American Bulletin, 1912)
Dictionary-like summaries of Bahá'í personages and teachings.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. This proofread version is also available in Word format. See similar content in "The New Day: The Bahai Revelation, a brief statement of its history and teaching" (1919). While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this paper he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Bahá'í Movement for Universal Religion: Bahá'ísm - Dreyfus-Barney,Hippolyte (Bahai Publishing Company, 1909)
Early scholarly defense of the necessity of religion and the Bahá'í Faith in particular, including discussion of Bahá'í history and principles, written by the first French Bahá'í.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, and another version was later posted to afnanlibrary.org.

The Bahá'í Movement, with Some Recollections of Meetings with Abdul Baha - Holbach,Maude M. (The Nineteenth Century and After, 1915)
Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, and an account of a multi-day visit with Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: 1911; 1912; 1913; New York City, NY; Paris, France; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í Movement: A Series of Nineteen Papers - Remey,Charles Mason (J. D. Milans & Sons, 1912)
Essays on Bahá'í history and teachings.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available as a corrected Word document. Some content in this book is similar to essays in "The Bahai Revelation and Reconstruction." While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this essay he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Bahá'í Perspective on Water - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1997)
Water in the Bahá'í Faith and Bahá'í Writings.
Presented at the Second Klingenthal Symposium: "Water." Klingenthal, France, 26-30 November 1997. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl97e.htm [archived]
Keywords: Environment; Water; Water (metaphor)

The Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature - Kluge,Ian (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
How the essential reality of the individual — the human soul and its powers of rational thought, willpower, memory, and reflection — translates these capacities into physical action through the intermediary of the brain.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/218. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Animals; Character; Creation; Dualism; Free will; Human nature; Mind; Philosophy; Reason; Soul

The Bahá'í Proofs - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl (J.W. Pratt & Co., 1902)
A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the Faith from a Christian point of view. Until Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, it was a standard Bahá'í textbook. Persian original included.
This book is also online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2025).
Keywords: 1880s; 19th century; Bahá'í Proofs (book); Biography; Christianity; Introductory; Miracles; Proofs; Prophecies

The Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America - Buck,Christopher (The Bahá'í Faith and African American History, 2018)
On the notable contribution to promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America by the Bahá'í Faith which, though small in number, was socially significant in its concerted efforts to foster and advance harmony between the races.
This PDF has been combined from three sources, resulting in different page sizes. See also Buck's chapter 3 in this book, Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith, and Introduction.
Keywords: Metaphors and allegories; Pupil of the eye; Race; Race amity; Race unity; Tablet of Emancipation; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Question: A Case of Religious Discrimination in Post-Revolutionary Iran - Astani,Sina (2010)
Overview of the situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran, 1979-2010.
Keywords: 1979; 2000s; 2010; Persecution, Iran

The Bahá'í Question: Cultural Cleansing in Iran - Bahá'í International Community (2008)
See this book online, including in HTML and in higher print-resolution versions, at question.bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Human rights; Iran (documents); Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Bahá'í Reception of the Qur'an - Lawson,Todd (2016)
Quranic themes inform much of the Bahá'í proclamation. One theme is unity: there is one god, one humanity, and one religion. Another is the importance of Revelation through God's recurring messengers, and Apocalypse as but the dawn of a new message.
Presented at the "Communities of the Qur'an: Modern and Classical Interpretations of Islamic Scripture" conference (March 10-11 2016), Rice University, Houston.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran; Unity; Violence

The Baha'i Religion: Maqasid Syariah of Social Religious Frictions in Indonesia - Muzammil,Shofiyullah (Fikrah: Jurnal Ilmu Aqidah dan Studi Keagamaan, 2023)
Analyzing socio-religious tensions involving Bahá'ís in Indonesia, advocating for government accommodation and societal dialogue to promote coexistence and multicultural values.
Mirrored from journal.iainkudus.ac.id. For a historical perspective, see the following two sources: Persoon, G. (1987). Views Of Participating Outsiders: Two Civil Servants Leaving The Island Of Siberut (Mentawi Archipelago, Indonesia'). The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology: Essays in Honour of P.E. De Josselin de Jong. R. D. Ridder and J. A. J. Karremans. Leiden, New York, Kobenhavn, Koln, E.J. Brill: pp. 141-160; Persoon, G. A. (2004). Religion and Ethnic Identity of the Mentawaians on Siberut (West Sumatra). Hinduism in Modern Indonesia: A Minority Religion between Local, National, and Global Interests. M. Ramstedt. London; New York, Routledge Curzon: pp. 144-159.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Indonesia

The Bahá'í Religion: Papers Read at the Conference on some Living Religions within the British Empire, 1924 - Holley,Horace; Afnan,Ruhi (Papers Read at the Conference on Some Living Religions within the British Empire, 1925)
Text of two presentations at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, in 1924, both titled "The Bahá'í Religion."
Keywords: 1924; Conferences; London, England

The Bahá'í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity: Part 1 (1912-1996) - Thomas,Richard (Baha'i World, 2021)
The American Bahá’í community’s historical efforts to address racial injustice which has afflicted the United States since its founding.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (part of the collection History).
Keywords: 1912; 1996; Race; Race amity; Race unity; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Bahá'í Revelation - Dodge,Arthur Pillsbury (The Open Court, 1905)
Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the Faith. Introduced by Paul Carus with a brief essay, "The Behaist Movement."
The article to which Dodge is responding is Babism: A New Religion.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Criticism and apologetics

The Bahá'í Revelation - Chase,Thornton (Bahá'í Publishing Committee; Baha'i Publishing Society, 1933)
Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, emphasizes the Bahá’í teachings as a vehicle for personal spiritual transformation. Continued to be reprinted until the 1920s. Cited Bahá'í Writings may have been superseded by later authorized translations.
First posted online in 2000 as uncorrected raw scan made by Duane Troxel ca. 1995; retyped and formatted by Bobbi Lyons, 2011; converted to PDF in 2012. See also a Microsoft Word version, updated with newer translations and additional references by Mike Thomas (2023). See also Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase.
Keywords: Christianity; Introductory; Thornton Chase

The Bahá'í Revelation - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1986)
Passages from Fire and Light and Selections from the Writings of the Bab published in Bahá'í World as a section titled "Part One: The Bahá'í Revelation."
The complete versions of these compilations can be found at bahai-library.com/Compilations. See also index to Bahá'í World vol. 18.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Fire and Light (compilation); Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Bahá'í Revelation and Reconstruction - Remey,Charles Mason (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1919)
A treatise on the history and the spiritual, social, and economic principles of the Faith, with special regard to the application of these principles to, and their influence on, the coming peace of nations and the tranquillity and welfare of humanity.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, including a fairly clean text version; this version is from Google Books. Some content in this book is similar to essays in "The Bahá'í Movement: A Series of 19 Papers." While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this book he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Bahá'í Revelation: Including Selections from the Bahá'í Holy Writings and Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Baha'í Publishing Trust (of the British Isles), 1970)
An excerpt from the book, consisting just of those items which are not already online in other books.
Also available as scan of the original [PDF, 19 MB]. Add links or comments pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Bahá'í Revelation: Its Western Advance - Masson,Jean (The American Review of Reviews, 1909)
Three-page overview of Bahá'í history and teachings.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

The Bahá'í Settlements in the Jordan Valley, 1882-1954 - Rozen,Shay (2011)
Lecture in Hebrew hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, April 5 2011. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.
Keywords: 1882; 1954; 20th century; Agriculture; Hebrew language; Israel; Jordan; Palestine

The Bahá'í Statement on Nature - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1987)
Prepared as official statement by the BIC Office of Public Information for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Environment; Nature; Statements

The Bahá'í System of Transliteration - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
Extensive collection of history and notes about transliteration in general and the unique Bahá'í system in particular, including sources such as Shoghi Effendi's notebooks, the Royal Asiatic Society, International Congress of Orientalists, and the UHJ.
Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2025). See also author's encyclopedia article.
Keywords: Transliteration and diacritics

The Bahá'í Temple of Universal Peace - Vail,Albert Ross (The Open Court, 1931)
Short essay on the construction of the temple in Wilmette, and an overview of the Bahá'í Faith.
Below is the image-scan PDF first, followed by a version proofread and formatted by Ernie Jones in 2017. This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The Bahá'í Temple, House of Worship of a World Faith, Commemorating Completion of Exterior Ornamentation - Abdul-Bahá; Author unknown; McDaniel,Allen B. (National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, 1942)
Photographs and essays about the construction of the American temple in Chicago. Likely published as a progress report to distribute at the 1942 National Convention.
Some of this content also appeared in Bahá'í World.
Keywords: 1942; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The Bahá'í Tradition: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination - Lawson,Todd (Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts, 2012)
Overview of the status of violence in the Bahá'í tradition, and the historical/social conditions in which these doctrines were articulated.
Mirrored with permission from toddlawson.ca. Read more, and order a copy of the book from ucpress.edu.
Keywords: Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Clouds; Fragrance; Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Joseph (Prophet); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Non-violence; Opposition; Peace; Principles; Prophecies; Qá'im; Return; Symbolism; Tablet of the True Seeker; War; Words and phrases

The Baha'i View of the Educated Person: A Case Study in Religious Education - Reagan,Timothy (1996)
How Bahá'ís conceive of universal education; nine principles of faith including social teachings, oneness of humanity, elimination of prejudice, and spirituality. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association.
This document is available in three formats: a scan of the original, reagan_educated_person_scan.pdf; a cleaned-up Word document prepared by M. Thomas in 2021 (updates to styles, prime sources, corrections to Endnotes, revised/expanded References); and a new PDF produced from that, which is below.
Keywords: Education; Principles

The Bahá'í Village Granary: Spiritual Underpinnings and Applications to North America - Calkins,Peter; Girard,Benoit (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
A village granary helps lay the systemic foundations of Bahá’u’lláh’s spiritualized new world economic order for both rural and urban society, the capstone of God’s progressive revelation of rural institutions for the sustainable use of natural resources.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/view/39.
Keywords: Agriculture; Canada; Economics; Granaries; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World); Rural development; Social action; Sustainable development; Villages; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í World 2004-2005: Activities Report - Bahá'í International Community (Baha'i World, 2007)
The Bahá'í community's promotion of human rights, the advancement of women, social development, and reform processes at the United Nations.
Keywords: 2004; 2005; Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World 2005-2006: Activities Report - Bahá'í International Community (Baha'i World, 2008)
The BIC's promotion of human rights, the advancement of women, social development, and reforming the human rights machinery at the United Nations; involvement with the 2005 World Summit.
Keywords: 2005; 2006; Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Complete issues - Various (1925)
See also indexes and lists for these volumes, and list of all online documents from Bahá'í World.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes; Periodicals

The Bahá'í World: Volume 01 (1925-1926) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1926)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. Then titled Bahá'í Year Book.
See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1925; 1926; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 02 (1926-1928) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1928)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. Then titled The Bahá'í World: a biennial international record.
See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1926; 1928; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 03 (1928-1930) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1930)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1928; 1930; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 04 (1930-1932) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1932)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1930; 1932; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 05 (1932-1934) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1936)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1932; 1934; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 06 (1934-1936) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1937)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1934; 1936; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 07 (1936-1938) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1939)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1936; 1938; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 08 (1938-1940) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1942)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
This is a low-quality OCR. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org. See also In Memoriam.
Keywords: 1938; 1940; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 09 (1940-1944) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1945)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1940; 1944; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 10 (1944-1946) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1948)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1944; 1946; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 11 (1946-1950) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1952)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1946; 1950; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 12 (1950-1954) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (Baha'i World, 1956)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1950; 1954; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 13 (1954-1963) - Various (Baha'i World, 1970)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. Includes formatted, proofread version (of pp. 1-478 only).
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1954; 1963; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 14 (1963-1968) - Various (Baha'i World, 1974)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1963; 1968; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 15 (1968-1973) - Various (Baha'i World, 1976)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1968; 1973; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 16 (1973-1976) - Various (Baha'i World, 1978)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1973; 1976; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 17 (1976-1979) - Various (Baha'i World, 1981)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See complete volume online at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org. See also In Memoriam.
Keywords: 1976; 1979; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 18 (1979-1983) - Various (Baha'i World, 1986)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works.
Keywords: 1979; 1983; Auguste Forel; Badi calendar; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í World volumes; Bahá'í Writings; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í schools; Bahá'í studies; Bernard Leach; Bibliography; Chronology and timelines; Conferences, Bahá'í; Glossaries; Hands of the Cause; Holy days; House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá (Akká); In Memoriam; India; Introductory; Iran (documents); Kaushal Kishore Bhargava; Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times); Life (general); Local Spiritual Assemblies; London, England; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, New Delhi; Media (communication); Metaphors and allegories; Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan; National Spiritual Assemblies; New Delhi, India; Newspapers; Obligatory prayer, Short; Opposition; Periodicals; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Persian language; Plans; Politics; Pronunciation; Recognition (legal); Samoa; Seven Year Plan (1979-1986); Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak; Seven martyrs of Yazd; Sweden; Terminology; Translation; Transliteration and diacritics; United Kingdom; United Nations; Universal House of Justice; Yazd upheaval; Yazd, Iran; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í World: Volume 19 (1983-1986) - Various (Baha'i World, 1994)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
This PDF is from bahai.org/library. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works.
Keywords: 1983; 1986; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 20 (1986-1992) - Various (Baha'i World, 1998)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
PDFs and OCR-ed (uncorrected) text from bahai.works and bahai.org/library.
Keywords: 1986; 1992; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 21 (1992-1993) - Various (Baha'i World, 1993)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1992; 1993; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 22 (1993-1994) - Various (Baha'i World, 1994)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1993; 1994; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 23 (1994-1995) - Various (Baha'i World, 1996)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Images from bahaimedia.org/Category:BW_v23, combined in one PDF and optimized for posting here; uncorrected text from bahaitext.org/The_Bahá’í_World/Volume_XXIII. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1994; 1995; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 24 (1995-1996) - Various (Baha'i World, 1997)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Images from bahai.media/Category:BW_v24, combined in one PDF and optimized for posting here; uncorrected text from bahai.works/The_Bahá’í_World/Volume_XXIV. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1995; 1996; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 25 (1996-1997) - Various (Baha'i World, 1998)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1996; 1997; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 26 (1997-1998) - Various (Baha'i World, 1999)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1997; 1998; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 27 (1998-1999) - Various (Baha'i World, 2000)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1998; 1999; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 28 (1999-2000) - Various (Baha'i World, 2001)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 1999; 2000; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 29 (2000-2001) - Various (Baha'i World, 2002)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 2000; 2001; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 30 (2001-2002) - Various (Baha'i World, 2003)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 2001; 2002; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 31 (2002-2003) - Various (Baha'i World, 2004)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 2002; 2003; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 32 (2003-2004) - Various (Baha'i World, 2005)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 2003; 2004; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 33 (2004-2005) - Various (Baha'i World, 2006)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: 2004; 2005; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 34 (2005-2006) - Various (Baha'i World, 2007)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
Documents from bahai.works/Bahá'í_World. See also bahaiworld.bahai.org. Note: after Volume 34, there is a lengthy gap before Volume 35; nothing is missing.
Keywords: 2005; 2006; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 35 (2006-2021) - Various (Baha'i World, 2025)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. This document is not yet online, but is linked here for completeness.
Order from bahaibookstore.com. Note: before Volume 35, there is a lengthy gap after Volume 34; nothing is missing.
Keywords: 2006; 2021; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í Worldview on Unity of Religions: Progressive Revelation: Principles and Insights from the History of Science - Khodadad,Jena Khadem (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
Examination of the Bahá’í belief in the unity of religions and the doctrine of "progressive revelation" through the lens of Thomas Kuhn's concept of scientific revolutions.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #86, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 9-12, 2008). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/86/khodadad_unity.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Progressive revelation; Science; Unity of religion; Worldview

The Bahá'í Writings and Kant's "Perpetual Peace" - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Kant's Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795) outlined practical steps necessary to end war through the establishment of a "league of peace" and a union of nations. This essay traces similarities between Kant's and Bahá'í proposals.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #102, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/102/kluge_kant.
Keywords: Immanuel Kant; Peace; Philosophy; Unity

The Bahá'í Writings and the Buddhist Doctrine of Emptiness: An Initial Survey - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
Agreements and convergence of the Buddhist concept of sunyata with the Bahá'í Writings.
This article was first posted to bahai-library.com in 2013, and then later reformatted for publication in Lights of Irfan in 2019. This article is an expansion of the section on emptiness in a previous paper, “Buddhism and the Bahá’í Writings: An Ontological Rapprochement” (2007), which showed that the Bahá’í Writings and key Buddhist teachings were either in agreement or on a convergent path in regards to key ontological issues. Mirrored with permission from http://irfancolloquia.org/u/kluge_emptiness.
Keywords: Buddhism; Emptiness; Illusion; Interfaith dialogue; Philosophy; Philosophy, Buddhist; World is an illusion or play

The Bahá'í Writings: A Meta-ethical Excursion - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Philosophical examination of the Writings' ethical teachings, how they relate to the major ethical systems proposed in the past, and how they deal with some of the difficulties inherent in past systems.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #116, Bosch (2013). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/116/kluge_ethics.
Keywords: Ethics; Philosophy; Sam Harris

The Bahá'ís - Parrinder,Geoffrey (What World Religions Teach, 1963)
Two-page excerpt from Chapter 12, "Sikhs, Bahais, and Theosophists," and two other passing mentions.
Keywords: Bahá'í history

The Bahá'ís - Smart,Ninian (Religious Experience of Mankind, 1969)
Short treatment of Bahá'í history and thought, in a commonly-assigned university textbook.
Keywords: Bahá'í history

The Bahá'ís - Blomfield,Lady Sarah Louisa (The Sufi Quarterly, 1928)
A "comprehensive account of the inspiration and ideals upon which Baha’ism is built up" — overview of the history and teachings of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also the following section of this volume, Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Scanned by Payam Afsharian, then proofread and formatted by Adib Masumian.
Keywords: Appreciations; Bernard Temple; E. G. Browne; George Curzon; Horace Holley; Inayat Khan; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; London, England; Sufism; United Kingdom; Unity of humanity; Varqa, Valiyullah; `Abdu'l-Bahá in London (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Baha'is and Higher Education in Iran - Batebi,Ahmad (2008)
An outsider's overview of the political and religious barriers to Bahá'í schools, the state of human rights, and contemporary arrests of Bahá'í leaders in Iran.
Includes Persian text.

The Baha'is and the Constitutional Revolution: The Case of Sari, Mazandaran, 1906-1913 - Momen,Moojan (Iranian Studies, 2008)
Accounts of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran have tended to ignore the role of the Baha’is. They educated people about the reforms envisaged and about the modern world, for which they were persecuted.
Posted by author at academia.edu. Also available as the original Word document.
Keywords: 1906; 1913; Constitutional Movement (Iran); Constitutions (general); Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Iranian constitution; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Politics; Reform; Sari, Iran

The Baha'is as a Mystic Community, by Moojan Momen: Response - McLean,Jack (World Order, 2006)
The meanings of mysticism in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and Shoghi Effendi.
This response was published with Dr. Momen’s rejoinder (not included). Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Mysticism

The Bahá'ís in Iran: Twenty Years of Repression - Kazemzadeh,Firuz (Social Research, 2000)
Overview of the modern persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran.
Mirrored from highbeam.com (formerly elibrary.com). Also found at www.scribd.com/doc/17569065/F-Kazemzadeh-On-Allegations-of-Origin-and-Relations.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Bahá'ís of America: The Growth of a Religious Movement by Mike McMullen: Review - Momen,Moojan (2016)
Posted by author at academia.edu.

The Bahá'ís of America: The Growth of a Religious Movement, by Mike McMullen: Review - Buck,Christopher (2017)
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu and readingreligion.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Growth; United States (documents)

The Bahá'ís of Baltimore, 1898-1990 - Clark,Deborah (Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1992)
The story of the Bahá'ís in the Baltimore area, who also hosted Abdul-Baha during his travels in America.
Keywords: 1898; 1990; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Baltimore, MD; Maryland, USA; United States (documents)

The Bahá'ís of Iran: Socio-historical Studies, by Dominic Brookshaw and Seena Fazel: Reviews - Lambden,Stephen; Quinn,Sholeh A.; Scharbrodt,Oliver; Shahvar,Soli (2008)
Four reviews from various publications.

The Bahá'ís of the Caucasus - Balci,Bayram; Jafarov,Azer (Caucaz Europe News, 2007)
Three short articles: "Who are the Baha’is of the Caucasus?," "From Russian Tolerance to Soviet Repression," and "An Independent Azerbaijan."
Assembled from www.caucaz.com [defunct] archived at archive.org. Author notes: Bayram Balci: Director of the French Institute for Central Asian Studies IFEAC, Tashkent; Azer Jafarov: Baku.
Keywords: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahá'í history by country; Caucasus; Georgia; Persecution; Persecution, Russia; Russia; Soviet Union

The Bahá'ís of the United States - Stockman,Robert (Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, 2006)
Overview of the history and teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, with reflections on it as a "New Religious Movement." Two versions of an article, one draft (undated) and one published.
See other excerpts from this book at bahai-library.com/gallagher_ashcraft_new_religions. See also the author's older United States of America: History of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Introductory; New religious movements (NRM); United States (documents)

The Bahá'ís: Contributing to an Emerging Global Civilization - Bahá'í International Community (2017)
A popular magazine-format introduction to the Faith produced by the Office of Public Information of the Bahá’í International Community.
First published in 1992 [amazon.com] and revised in 2017; see this press release. Also downloadable for free from bahaibookstore.com.
Keywords: Bahais (magazine); Basics; Introductory; Magazines; Publications; Visuals

The Bahai Movement: A paper read by Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - Shoghi Effendi (The Dawn, 1923)
Text of an address given to the Oxford University Asiatic Society, February 1921, before the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and before Shoghi Effendi was appointed the "Guardian."
This entire issue is online at afnanlibrary.org. The text was also published in Prelude To The Guardianship (R. Khadem, 2014); text below updated to fix minor errors and spellings (A. Bolhuis, 2021). Also online, with introductory notes, at senmcglinn.wordpress.com. The complete citation is: "The Bahai Movement: A paper read by Shoghi Effendi at Oxford," in The Dawn, A monthly Bahai Journal of Burma, Vol. 1, No. 1 (September 1923); No. 2 (October 1923); Nos. 3 and 4 (November & December 1923); No. 5 (January 1924); No. 6 (February 1924); No. 7 (March 1924); and No. 8 (April 1924).
Keywords: Balliol College, Oxford University; Chicago, IL; Dawn, The (newsletter); Funds; Introductory; Iran (documents); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Dependencies of; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Oxford University; Oxford University Asiatic Society; Persecution, Iran; Prayer; Prophecies; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Social action; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); United Kingdom; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Bahai Revelation - Author unknown; Wilhelm,Roy
An 18-page pamphlet summarizing Baha'i teachings. Date and editor not known, but it is thought to have been compiled and published by Roy Wilhelm. Lacking a title, the pamphlet is referred to by its opening line.

The Banning of Bahá'í Religious Institutions in Iran: An Open Letter - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran (1983)
An open letter from the NSA of Iran, translated from the Persian and sent to the American Bahá'ís by the US NSA, in response to the 1983 banning of the Bahá'í Faith in the country.
Keywords: 1983; Persecution, Bans; Persecution, Iran

The Basis of the Bahá'í Community: A Statement Concerning the New History Society - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1941)
A statement on Ahmad Sohrab's activities and its trademark infringement case.
Received by Robert Stauffer from BWC, 1985-01-17. See also the trademark infringement case referred to in this letter.
Keywords: Basis of the Bahá'í Community, The (statement Concerning the New History Society); Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Covenant-breaking; Mirza Ahmad Sohrab; New History Society; United States (documents)

The Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí and Bayán-i-'Arabí): Letters and Letters of the Living - Universal House of Justice; Ayman,Iraj; Afnan,Muhammad; Stockman,Robert (1994)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Station of; Báb, Writings of; Huruf (letters); Knowledge is twenty-seven letters; Letters of the Living; Names and titles; Prophecies; Research Department, Questions and answers; Words and phrases

The Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí and Bayán-i-'Arabí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Poirier,Brent; Buck,Christopher; Momen,Moojan; Winters,Jonah (1997)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. See also Excerpts from the Persian Bayán Discuss the Persian Bayán or the Arabic Bayán.
Keywords: Bayan; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

The Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsí - Zabihi-Moghaddam,Siyamak (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)
Analysis of first of four major clashes between the Bábís and the Qájár state from 1848-1853. The Bábís were not intent on revolt; factors include the increased public hostility toward the Bábís, their understanding of holy war, and political instability.
See also the lecture The Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853 (audio). See also a version of this article published in Iranian Studies (2002). Later published in The Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, ed. Fereydun Vahman (2020).
Keywords: 1848; 1850s; 1853; Dawn-Breakers (book); Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Shaykh Tabarsí siege

The Beautiful Flight toward the Light: Reflections on an Artist's Life - Chandler,Robin M. (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
Subjective reflections about the nature of creativity from the author's own point of view, training and experiences as a social scientist and as an artist.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Biography; Painting

The Beauty of the Human Psyche: The Patterns of the Virtues - Diessner,Rhett (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
Insights from science and the Bahá'í Writings combine to show how the human soul is a shining of divine attributes reflected into our mind, where they manifest as virtuous thoughts and spiritual emotions.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/214. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Brain; Ethics; Psychology; Science; Soul; Virtues

The Beauty of the Organic Oneness of Nature and Humanity: Environmental Psychology and the Bahá'í Writings - Diessner,Rhett (Nashriyeh Andisheh Naw (New Thought Publication), 2012)
The interdependence of humanity and nature through the lens of environmental psychology: human cognition, emotions, and values are influenced and shaped by the natural environment; the beauty and health of nature are in turn influenced by humans.
See also an earlier version, in Word format, at the author's page at academia.edu. The journal in which this was originally published, Nashriyeh Andisheh Naw, was produced by the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education. It is not the journal of the same name mentioned in the book Khalil Maleki (see google.com/books).
Keywords: Beauty; Environment; Nature; Psychology

The Bedrock of Bahá'í Belief: The Doctrine of Progressive Revelation - Lundberg,Zaid (Lights of Irfan, 2000)
The importance of doctrine and systematic theology in understanding the Baha' Faith, and the process of "doctrinalization" in Bahá'í history.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #22, London, England (August 27-29, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/22/lundberg_progressive.
Keywords: Irfán Colloquia; Progressive revelation

The Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester - Hall,Edward T. (Manchester Bahá'í Assembly, 1925)
A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Bahá'í in the North of England circa 1906, and the author himself who converted in 1910.
See mention of the author in History of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.K..
Keywords: 1906; 1910s; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Manchester, England; United Kingdom

The Beginning That Hath No Beginning: Bahá'í Cosmogony - Brown,Vahid (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
The dimensions of myth in the Bahá'í Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, religious history, and Administrative Order.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #38, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/38/brown_cosmos.
Keywords: Active force and its recipient; Administrative Order; Be and it is (phrase); Cosmology; Creation; Elements; God; God, Will of; God, Word of; Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Manifestations of God; Mythology; Pen; Philosophy; Philosophy, Islamic; Quran; Relativism; Shaykhism; Words and phrases

The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America: Some Remembrances - Lamb,Artemus (VanOrman Enterprises, 1995)
Overview of Bahá'í history in South America, with autobiographical reflections of time in Chile in the 1940s.
Keywords: 1940s; Artemus Lamb; Bahá'í history by country; Chile; Latin America

The Benevolence of Chaos and Uncertainty - Todd,Billy D. (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Chaos and complexity are essential for self-organization and resilience in advanced systems. Human society, like natural systems, cannot avoid disorder but benefits from it; complexity allows for adaptability and error tolerance, necessary for evolution.
See also the rest of this issue.

The Bible: Extracts on the Old and New Testaments - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Authenticity; Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Judaism; Metaphors and allegories; Prophecies; Symbolism; Torah

The Bible: King James version in Multilinear Format with Bahá'í References by Verse - Zamir,Brett, compiler
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work at http://www.bahai9.com/wiki/Bible. Any cross-references from the Bahá'í Writings found to be missing from the multilinear Bible pages linked below can be added at this collaborative website (and may be incorporated into the multilinear Bible in the future).The multilinear version of the Bible referenced below can also be found within this experimental (currently Chromium-based browser only) offlineable web app.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Quotations from the Bible; Translation, Parallel

The Big Bang Standard Model and Bahá'í Cosmology: Resolving a Present Disparity Through Science and Religion - McLean,Jack (2025)
On cyclic models that posit a universe before the Big Bang; comparison of theories of dynamic expansion and contraction vs. Steady State and Cosmic Inflation; parallels between modern science and ancient Greek, Jewish and Hindu cosmology.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com/articles/bahai-cosmology.
Keywords: Atheism; Cosmology; Creation; Eschatology; Hinduism; McGill University; Pythagoras; Sam Harris; Universe

The Birth of a Monotheistic Religion in Modernity: On Jihad and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith - Dehghani,Sasha (Martyrdom in the Modern Middle East, 2014)
The Bahá'í Faith responds to major questions of modernity such as the claims of science, world peace, and women's rights. Elements of continuity between early Christianity and mystical Islam can be found in the abolishment of military jihad.
Mirrored from nomos-elibrary.de. Download complete issue, dehghani_martyrdom_middle_east.pdf.
Keywords: Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Martyrdom

The Birth of Radio Bahá'í of Lake Titicaca in Peru - Handal,Boris (Baha'i News, 1981)
On a momentous international Bahá'í teaching project linking the sister communities of Peril and Bolivia.
Keywords: Bahá'í Radio; Bolivia; Peru

The Birth of the Human Being: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity - Saiedi,Nader (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2011)
We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. This paper examines the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and its opposite concept, dehumanization.
See an audio presentation of this paper, Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Animals; Báb, Declaration of; Báb, Martyrdom of; Consultation; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Ethics; Evolution; Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Heaven and hell; Human nature; Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Maturity of humanity; Modernity; Monarchy (kingship); Philosophy; Science; Signs of the coming of age of humanity; Soul; Sphinx; Spiritualization; Symbolism; Unity; Worldview

The Book of Certitude: An Interview with Hooper Dunbar - Dunbar,Hooper (1998)
Significance and themes of the Kitáb-i-Íqán; its Islamic context; meaning of "certitude"; the importance of deepening and knowledge of the Writings.
Mirrored from bahai-education.org (re-published 2024).
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Deepening; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hooper Dunbar; Institute process; Interfaith dialogue; Interviews; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Memorization; Purity; Spirituality; Teaching

The Book of Ighan: (The Kitáb-i-Íqán) - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1915)
An early edition of the Book of Certitude, prepared with supervision of Abdu'l-Bahá (editions: 1904, 1907 and 1915).
See the authorized translation of this book online here. See also the 1907 version on Archive.org and Interlinear presentation with Shoghi Effendi's translation and the Persian original.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Howard MacNutt; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); `Alí Kulí Khán

"The Book of Names" Mentioned in the Tablet of Carmel - Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2003)
Letter from the House and a compilation explaining "People of Bahá" and the line in the Lawh-i-Karmil "Ere long will God sail His Ark upon thee, and will manifest the people of Bahá who have been mentioned in the Book of Names."
Keywords: Ark; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Book of Names; Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Monument Gardens (Haifa); People of Bahá; Research Department, Questions and answers; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)

The Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory: A Summary of Glorious Revelation - Ridgers,William (Lights of Irfan, 2000)
Bahá'í interpretation of St. John's Book of Revelation.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #24, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 8-12, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/24/ridgers_revelation.
Keywords: Armageddon; Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Day-year principle; Interpretation; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Judaism; Millennialism; Prophecies; Symbolism; Translation

The Book of Revelation: Explanations from the Letters of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Mirza Abul Fazl - Author unknown (1933)
Discussion of the content and symbolism of the biblical Book of Revelation.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Pages 8 and 13 are missing. Note that the correct spelling of this book of the Bible is "The Book of Revelation," with no 's.' This talk was likely given by a very knowledgeable early Baha’i scholar due to this statement in the text, “It is beyond the limits of this short essay“, and his/her extensive knowledge of Eastern history. The use of A.B.A. indicates that the person doing the hand correcting, was also an early Baha’i because that was the name commonly used for 'Abdu'l-Bahá, particularly by the Persians. [-E.J., 2021]
Keywords: Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Prophecies

The Books of God Are Open - Campbell,E. S. (Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1950)
Two editions of a compilation prepared by a former Baptist minister, presenting the Faith to those from a background of the Old and New Testaments, covering the themes "The Great Day Of God," "The Best Beloved is Come," and "The Most Great Peace."
The first PDF below is online at bahai.works/The_Books_of_God_are_Open; the second was scanned by Anita Graves, 2019.
Keywords: Christianity; Prophecies

The Brain Drain from Iran to the United States - Torbat,Akbar E. (Middle East Journal, 2002)
Excerpt from article mentioning the exodus of Bahá'í intelligentsia from Iran in 1979, and the Bahá'ís' attempt at underground education.
Email me if you need the rest of this article.
Keywords: 1980s; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Education; Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Brilliant Proof - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl (Kalimat Press; Baha'i News Service, 1998)
Two editions of a work of apologetics by an eminent Bahá'í scholar, first published in 1912 and reprinted 1998.
Kalimat edition contributed by and posted with permission of publisher. Please support this online re-printing by ordering a copy. Both PDF versions below optimized by M. Thomas (2022), who also prepared a Microsoft Word version.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Unique teachings; Brilliant Proof (book); Criticism and apologetics; Pantheism and panentheism; Principles; Proofs; Prophecies

The Brutal Slashing to Death of Dr Berjis - Mohajer,Nasser (Baha'i Studies Review, 2011)
English translation of an article in Persian about persecutions during the Pahlavi regime, and the death of a Bahá'í doctor in 1950.
Posted with permission of translator/editor, who explains that Mohajer is a researcher, writer, and human rights activist with no affiliation to the Bahá'í community.
Keywords: 1950; 1950s; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran

The Call of Mt. Carmel - Holbach,Maude M. (Bible Ways in Bible Lands: An Impression of Palestine, 1912)
Includes passing references to Abdu'l-Bahá and Akka, a description of life in Haifa at the time, and some history of Laurence Oliphant.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel; History (general); Laurence Oliphant; Palestine

The Calligraphy of Mishkin-Qalam - Badiee,Julie; Badiee,Heshmatollah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
The life and work of a one-time court artist for Nasiri'd-Din Shah, who was present for the nascent years of the Baha’i revelation and moved to Edirne to be near to Baha'u'lláh; examples of Islamic calligraphic traditions and his own compositions.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Calligraphy; Mishkín-Qalam

The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries - Ahdieh,Hussein; Chapman,Hillary (Ibex Publishers, 2017)
Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On the life and martyrdom of Tahirih; the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the conference of Badasht; spiritualism and suffrage.
Keywords: 1848; 19th century; African Americans; Badasht, Iran; Bahá'í inspired schools; Biography; Conference of Badasht (1848); Education; Equality; Gender; Great Disappointment; Human rights; Iran (documents); Millennialism; New York, USA; Persecution; Poetry; Seneca Falls, NY; Suffrage; Translation; United States (documents); Veils; William Miller; Women; Womens rights; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Canadian Bahá'ís 1938-2000: Construction of Oneness in Personal and Collective Identity - Echevarria-Howe,Lynn (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
On how globalization includes greater consciousness of the whole world, and a sociological perspective on how this consciousness has been nurtured within the Canadian Bahá'í community.
Keywords: 1938; 2000; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Canada; Globalization; Unity; Unity of humanity

The Cases of Dhabihu'llah Mahrami and Musa Talibi - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; Amnesty International; United States Department of State; Dershowitz,Alan (1998)
In June 1994 and January 1996, two Bahá'ís in Iran were arrested and later sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy from Islam. These 9 documents and articles are about their case.
The following documents are arranged chronologically and compiled as one document. As of April, 1998, I collected no further news regarding the case. [-J.W.]
Keywords: 1994; 1996; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran

The Causality Principle in the World of Being - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Philosophy

The Cause of the Rise and Fall of Civilizations - Moffett,Ruth (1954)
A chart correlating the growth of maturity of humanity and the evolution of religions with major events in history.
Moffett personally gave a copy of this chart to Roger Coe in 1972. Coe had it scanned by a printshop in 2012. This scan was done at fairly high resolution but was scanned and saved in bitmap (not grayscale) format, and was then embedded in a PDF, so the resulting image is pixelated. The image data was later extracted from the PDF and saved in PNG format. This was then rotated, reduced, and saved in PNG and GIF formats. All versions are below.
Keywords: Chronology and timelines; Civilization; History (general); Religion (general); Ruth Moffett; Visuals

The Cause of Universal Peace: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Enduring Impact - Hogenson,Kathryn Jewett (Baha'i World, 2021)
On Abdu'l-Bahá's interest in the Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration in New York, 1912, and the Quaker founders Albert and Alfred Smiley; Leroy Ioas and the World Unity Conferences; World Unity magazine (later World Order).
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org. See more about the Mohonk conferences at wikipedia, and also Who Will Bell the Cat? 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Lake Mohonk by Janet Ruhe-Schoen (academia.edu).
Keywords: 1912; Albert Smiley; Alfred Smiley; Bahá'í International Community; Biography; Ella Goodall Cooper; Florence Morton; Horace Holley; International peace conferences; Kathryn Frankland; Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration; Lake Mohonk, NY; Leroy Ioas; Mary Rumsey Movius; New York, USA; Peace; Quakers; Rabbi Rudolph Coffee; San Francisco, CA; United Nations; United States (documents); World Order magazine; World Unity (magazine); World War I; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Challenge and Promise of Bahá'í Scholarship - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (Baha'i World, 1981)
Issues that face students of religion, and especially scholars coming from a Bahá'í perspective.
In Bahá'í World vol. 17 this letter was attributed to "Universal House of Justice," but in a
Keywords: Bahá'í scholarship; Scholarship; Science

The Challenge of Baha'u'llah: Proofs of the Bahá'í Revelation - Matthews,Gary L. (George Ronald, 1993)
Link to book (offsite).
Keywords: Proofs; Prophecies; Science

The Challenge of Change for the Chinese in Southeast Asia - Shuen,Yin Hong (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2000)
Chinese Bahá'ís in some Asian countries are a microcosm of Chinese people in this region. An email survey asked what attracts Southeast Asians to the Faith, difficulties they face, and how adopting a world religion helps guide their future challenges.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 5.
Keywords: China; Diaspora, Chinese; Migration; Sociology; Southeast Asia

The Chaos of Cults: A Study in Present-Day Isms - Baalen,Jan Karel van (Pickering and Inglis, 1956)
Fourteen-page chapter on the Faith from a critical yet somewhat sympathetic Christian perspective ("Bahá'ísm has some very fine points...").
Keywords: Christianity; Criticism and apologetics

The Child of the Covenant - Taherzadeh,Adib (George Ronald, 2000)
Link to book (offsite).
See a page about this book at bahaipedia.org. See also the companion volume The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: 1921; 1963; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Covenant; Covenant-breakers (individuals); Custodians; Guardianship; Hands of the Cause; Huqúqu'lláh; Interregnum (1957-1963); Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant); Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Shoghi Effendi, Family of; Steadfastness; Supreme Tribunal; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Choice of the West for Abdu'l-Bahá's Epoch-Making Trip - Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Reasons for Abdu'l-Bahá choosing Western nations for the climax of his ministry, and results he achieved in Europe and the United States.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #107, Louhelen Bahá'í Center (October 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/107/ma'ani_west.
Keywords: Canada; China; Europe; India; Japan; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Choice Wine - Harris,Bob
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm A transcript is available at bahai.works.
Keywords: Humor; Motivation; Teaching; Youth

The Chosen Highway - Blomfield,Lady Sarah Louisa (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1940)
Oral Bahá'í histories collected by an eminent early English Bahá'í, first published in 1940.
Text below has been only minimally formatted and proofread. Also available as proofread Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2025). Posted here with the kind permission of the Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 27, Rutland Gate, London. See obituary "Sara, Lady Blomfield, "Sitarih Khanum", 1859-1939," in Bahá'í World Volume, VIII, p. 651. A partial bio of Blomfield can also be found in Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund.
Keywords: 1939; 19th century; Abu-Sinan, Israel; Adasiyyih, Palestine; Akka, Israel; Asfiya, Palestine; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, The; Covenant-breaking; Daliya, Palestine; Eyewitness; Haifa, Israel; Holy Family; Iran (documents); Iraq; Israel; Israel, Bahá'í relations; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Mirrors; Munirih Khanum; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Nughayb, Palestine; Palestine; Pilgrims notes; Samirih, Palestine; Stories; Travelogues; Tuba Khanum; Turkey; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Death threats to; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Knighthood (KBE)

The Chosen Path: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God - Ahdieh,Hussein; Chapman,Hillary (CreateSpace, 2020)
Overview of the life of Tahirih of Qazvin and this period of Bábí history, written for a Bahá'í youth audience. PDF of the book, and an audio podcast about it.
Order online at amazon.com, read about this book on the author's website, and see a flyer.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Youth; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Christ of Primitive Christian Faith in the Light of Religio-Historical Criticism - Pfleiderer,Otto (The Monist, 1904)
Section "Babism — A Recent Parallel" finding commonalities in the stories of Jesus and the Báb.
Keywords: Báb, The

The Christian Faith and the Formation of the Principles of Ideas and its Church Organizations - Ekbal,Kamran (2011)
On the Christian religion and the process of formulating principles, concepts, and organizational structure in relation to the history of religious thought. [article in Persian]
Title and abstract translated by google. Please contact me if you know Persian and can improve this translation.
Keywords: Christianity

The City of Dancing Dervishes: And other sketches and studies from the Near East - Lukach,Harry Charles (Macmillan and Company, 1914)
One-half page summary of the Mahdi and Bahá'í history.
Author's name is here written as "Harry Charles Lukach," but in other publications the surname is given as "Luke." This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Báb, The; Mahdi (Mihdi); Mentions

The City of Love: Ishqábád and the Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár - Whitmore,Bruce (Baha'i News, 1975)
History of the building of the temple in Turkmenistan, north of the Iranian province of Khurasan.
Reprinted in
Keywords: Ashgabat; Iran (documents); Khurásán, Iran; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Turkmenistan

The Clouds of the Realms Above: The Tablet Rashh-i-'Amá with Persian and English Side-by-side - Bahá'u'lláh (2019)
Original text of Rashḥ-i-ʻAmáʼ (as transcribed by Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín, a typescript of which was provided to Masumian by the World Centre) and the authorized English translation (published in Call of the Divine Beloved).
See also Call of the Divine Beloved (2019).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Translation, Parallel

The Coming Age of Humanity and its Implications for Psychotherapy - Kerr,Diane Robinson (2013)
Humanity is undergoing inevitable and revolutionary change. The transition from turbulent adolescence to global maturity especially affects our understanding of human psychology. This thesis examines the impact on psychotherapy in particular.
Thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in Transformational Psychology at The University of Philosophical Research. Also available as an e-book from the author's website, dianerobinsonkerr.com. The transition from turbulent adolescence to global maturity especially affects our understanding of human psychology.
Keywords: Maturity of humanity; Mental health; Psychology

The Coming of "The Glory" - Pinchon,Florence (Simpkin Marshall, 1928)
An introduction to the Bahá’í Faith by an early British Bahá’í.
Public-domain document scanned by afnanlibrary.org. Also available in an updated, annotated version by Mike Thomas [2021] in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Introductory

The Coming of the Glory: How the Hebrew Scriptures Reveal the Plan of God - Maddocks,Eileen (Something or Other Publishing Co., 2020)
Prophecies dating back to the book of Genesis about the future time of glory, when their descendents would inherit the promises associated with the Covenant: an age of global peace and the unity of humankind.
A portion of these books have been shared by the author, with permission of the publisher, for promoting them. They can be purchased from Amazon here: Vol. 1 paperback, Vol. 1 Kindle, Vol. 2 paperback, and Vol. 2 Kindle. They are also carried by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust at bahaibookstore.com. See also the author's 1844: Convergence in Prophecy for Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Genesis (Bible); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Noah (Bible); Prophecies

The Coming Synthesis: Bahá'í Scholarship in an Age of Conflict and Controversy - Harmsen,Rick (1999)
Whilst science and reason have come to dominate Western society, the Bahá'í writings propose that unadulterated divine revelation and authentic scientific enterprise are complementary processes that will eventually be harmonized and integrated.

The Common Goal of Universal Peace in Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith: A Paper delivered to the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace - Bahá'í International Community (1990)
Statement on the launching of "The Promise of World Peace" initiative, shared principles of Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, and some of the barriers to world peace and the role that religions must play.
Mirrored from bic.org/statements
Keywords: Absolute existence; Buddha; Buddhism; Interfaith dialogue; Man-made doctrines and dogmas; Metaphysics; Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement)

The Community as Family: Opportunities of Growth - Gabriel,Ros (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Acceptance; Aging; Bahá'í community as example; Belonging (community); Change; Children; Community (general); Consultation; Education; Family; Friendliness and friendship; Globalization; Growth; Individualism; Living the life; Love; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Dependencies of; Migration; Nineteen Day Feast; Parents; Participation; Prayer; Spiritual Assemblies; Support; Transformation; Unity; Virtues

The Community of Religions - Randall,John Herman (The Meaning of Religion for Man, 1946)
Chapter on religious tolerance, inclusivism, and the need for a World Faith, with a passing discussion of Bahá'í principles, written by a Baptist minister who addressed Bahá'í audiences and received a letter from the Guardian.

The Concept of 'Faithfulness' in the Bahá'í Texts in English Translation - Momen,Wendi (Lights of Irfan, 2016)
On faithfulness (being faithful as an individual; God being faithful to His people; believers being faithful to the Covenant; Bahá’u’lláh calling for fidelity to the new Manifestation) and behavior expected of the followers.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #132 (Italy, 2015). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/132/momen_faithfulness.
Keywords: Covenant; Ethics; Faithfulness

The Concept of 'Light' in Iranian Religion - Momen,Moojan (2003)
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, March 25 2003. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm.
Keywords: Fire; Glory (general); Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Light; Zoroastrianism

The Concept of Divine Law - Meshgin,Mehrdad K. (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book, vol. 1, 1996)
The changing impact of divine law on society; legal principles current in Europe are derived largely from the works on jurisprudence and the legal decision of Muslim theologians; Bahá'u'lláh's social teachings offer flexibility to address new concerns.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

The Concept of Freedom of Belief and Its Boundaries in Egypt: The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Bahá'í Faith between Established Religions and an Authoritarian State - Pink,Johanna (Culture and Religion, 2005)
On how the Egyptian courts have dealt with the two most important non-Islamic faiths in Egypt, both of which have been officially dissolved and face strong opposition.

The Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings - Cole,Juan (Baha'i Studies, 1982)
Lengthy overview of Bahá'í theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
Article also posted at the ABS monograph series page. (Permission to cross-post given by ABS editor in 1997 when I built the first bahai-studies.ca website. -J.W.)
Keywords: Cosmology; Emanation; God; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Philosophy, Islamic; Prophets; Psychology; Soul; Sufism; Theology; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd); Unity of religion

The Concept of Nature in Baha'i Philosophy - Lepain,Jean-Marc (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2014)
Philosophies of nature and of science; holistic approach to reality; subjectivity; the theory of intelligibility; metaphysics; nature as the will of God; continuity and discontinuity in nature; origin of the universe; emanation and manifestation.
See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Nature; Philosophy

The Concept of Process in the Bahá'í Writings - Taefi,Vargha (2005)
Thesis is in Persian only, no English translation is available.
BA thesis, Institute for Advanced Bahá'í Studies (Iran), 2005. Also presented at the Irfan Colloquia, Session #62 (Italy, 2005).
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings; Process (general)