Fear of God - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2002)
Keywords: God, Fear of

Fear of Teaching: A Meditation on Authenticity in Human Relationships - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Teaching

Feast Programs - Gammage,Susan (2013)
Programs for nine Bahá'í months, with Youtube links for opening and closing music, a selection of relevant quotations, and some commentary or annotations.
Originally written as blog posts for susangammage.com [archive.org]. Selected by author, and formatted by David Bowie (2023) for posting here. See also Holy Day Programs. See also a list of Feast months and their names in Persian and English at bahai.org.
Keywords: Devotional programs; Nineteen Day Feast

Feast, Nineteen Day - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Nineteen Day Feast

Feast, Nineteen-Day - Buck,Christopher (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Nineteen Day Feast

Featured Pieces
The Bahá'í Library Online posts a large amount of material, and interesting items can be overlooked. To highlight noteworthy additions, we select some to "feature."
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Featured Updates (2020)
List of items that have a significant update or new version, but are not new.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles - Osborn,Lil (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces patriarchy with the suggestion that sexual equality is independent of, and unrelated to, gender images of the Divine.
Keywords: Christianity; Gender; God; God, Gender of; Holy Spirit; Maid of Heaven; Women

Feminine Forms of the Divine in Bahá'í Scriptures - Drewek,Paula A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Examples of the interaction between male and female principles in the writings. Complementarity of masculine and feminine images of divinity enriches our understanding of the divine–human encounter, but does not supplant the unity or unknowability of God.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Gender; God; God, Gender of; Holy Spirit; Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Maid of Heaven; Mount Carmel; Women

Feminism, Men and the Bahá'í Faith - Wilson,Morgan (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Separate reflections on feminism and on men and the Bahá'í Faith. The challenges faced by each are acknowledged and the need for a balance between the two asserted.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Equality; Feminism; Gender; Men; Women

Feminist Movements in the Late Qajar Period - Afary,Janet; et al. (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1999)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at referenceworks.brillonline.com.
Keywords: 20th century; Equality; Gender; Iran (documents); Qajar dynasty; Women

Festivals, Bahá'í - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1999)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use." Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/festivals-vi-vii-viii.
Keywords: Holy days

Fifteen Steps to Becoming a Skilled Choral Singer - Manifold,Lorraine Hetu (2024)
On Abdu'l-Bahá's exhortations to bring music to the highest stage of development: 15 techniques for improving one's own skill, both as an individual and as a member of a choir, written by an experienced conductor.
Keywords: Choirs; Singing

Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with cognitive dissonance in a Bahá'í sect - Balch,Robert W.; Domitrovich,John; Mahnke,Barbara Lynn; Morrison,Vanessa (Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements, 1997)
An academic article about the prophetic expectations of a covenant-breaker group, Baha’is Under the Provisions of the Covenant. Followed by "The End is Nearish," Chase's predictions satirized by Harper's.
See also the author's earlier study, When the Bombs Drop: Reactions to Disconfirmed Prophecy in a Millennial Sect. The "Bahá'í sect" discussed in this article is not affiliated with the Bahá'í Faith, follows a different set of writings, and has been sued by the legal trademark holders for illegitimate use of Bahá'í terms; see WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net". On whether the real Bahá'í Faith has "sects," see The Covenant, Bahá'u'lláh's "Supreme Gift", Protects The Bahá'í Faith From Schism (offsite). This article was reprinted in a later collection, Expecting Armageddon: Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy, ed. Jon R. Stone (Routledge, 2000), pp. 269-282. Read both on Amazon: the 1997 publication and the 2000 publication. See below for "End is Nearish."
Keywords: Covenant-breaking; Prophecies

Fiftieth Anniversary of The Master: Performance piece - Wood,Jim (1968)
An artistic piece appropriate for play at the commemoration of the ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Produced, performed, and narrated by Jim Wood; also read by Deborah Buttrey.
Audio ripped by Roger Coe, 2000. Coe explains: "This particular piece is quite appropriate for play at the commemoration of the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. It's almost guaranteed to be a spiritual experience if the friends seat themselves in a circle in a darkened room with a single candle in the center, and are prepared to sit quietly and meditate for about half an hour." Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Holy days; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing of Bahiyyih Khanum, The Greatest Holy Leaf - Various (Baha'i World, 1986)
Includes compilations about Bahiyyih Khanum, a selection of her letters, the 50th anniversary commemoration (1982), a bibliography, and tributes by Ruhiyyih Khanum, Ali Nakhjavani, and Bahiyyih Nakhjavani.
See Bahá'í World volume 18 table of contents. See also A Tribute to Bahíyyih Khánum, from Bahá'í World vol. 5.
Keywords: 1932; 1982; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Biography; In Memoriam

Fifty Bahá'í Principles of Unity: A Paradigm of Social Salvation - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 2014)
World religions are systems of salvation, liberation, or harmony, in direct response to the perceived human predicament. To Baha’is, this predicament is profound estrangement and the solution is world unity, from family to international relations.
This document is available in three forms, below: the slideshow which accompanied the presentation, in PDF; the soon-to-be-published article form; and a video of the presentation. With permission of the publisher, this draft paper is released in advance of its forthcoming publication in Baha’i Studies Review; purchase a copy at ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/bsr.
Keywords: Administration; Century of Light (book); Equality; Family; Peace; Seven Candles of Unity; Unity; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd); Unity of religion; Women

Fifty Three Years In Syria - Jessup,Henry H. (Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910)
Passing encounters between Bahá'ís and a Christian missionary in Iran, 1867-1901.
See petition at petition_persian_reformers_world-order. This entire book is available online in a variety of formats at archive.org: Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Keywords: 1867; 1901; 19th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Christian missionaries; Henry Jessup; Iran (documents); Petitions; United States (documents); United States government

Fighting for the Nuṣayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the ʿAlawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire - Alkan,Necati (Die Welt des Islams, 2012)
Overview of the Alawites/Nusayris (Syrian Shi'is) in the start of the 19th century, political attitudes in Syria and Istanbul, and the influence of Protestant missionaries.
Mirrored from academia.edu.
Keywords: 19th century; Alawi; Christian missionaries; Christianity; History (general); Middle East; Nusayri, Iran; Syria; Turkey

Figures in a Garden - White,Roger (The Witness of Pebbles, 1981)
Fictional monologues of the Persian poet Táhirih (1817/18-1852) and the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Emily Dickinson; Roger White; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Film, Television, Media and Poetry: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII Poetry - Price,Ron (2006)
The poetry here deals with some of my experiences with the arts and humanities as well as the print and electronic media as a backdrop to an analysis of my own poetry.
I try to connect my own experience and society's to that of the vast world of the arts and humanities, especially as found in the print and electronic media. The relationship of the Bahá'í Faith to various art forms and various media is also explored. In this discussion I also analyse the role and function of my poetry.
Keywords: Media (communication); Ron Price

Filosofía del Trabajo - Sanchez,Pedro Donaires (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2001)
El trabajo como un fin consistente en la realización de valores y no meramente como un medio para alcanzar bienes materiales.
Author note: Abogado, Profesor de ‘Lógica Jurídica’ y ‘Teoría General del Derecho’ de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.

Filosofías y Analogías en Educación - Handal,Boris (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2002)
Teorías educativas recientes han validado académicamente el rol de las creencias, opiniones y emociones en el aprendizaje y la enseñanza, inclusive en las llamadas ciencias fácticas como las matemáticas.
Author note: Doctor en pedagogía. Bahá'í peruano residente en Sidney, Australia. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.
Keywords: Education; Religion (general); Science

Finding a Trace of the Traceless Friend: Reflection on Bahá'í Scholarship as a Journey in the Valley of Search - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Prerequisites of search; independent investigation and the role of the heart, culture and tradition; dealing with distractions; exclusivity of search and sacrificing; seeking truth in every soul; and the standard of Majnún — seek her everywhere.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #116, Bosch (2013). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/116/klebel_scholarship.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Research; Scholarship; Search

Finding the Lamp: My Bahá'í Experience - Handal,Boris (Catholics and Catholicism in contemporary Australia: challenges and achievements, 2012)
A personal adventure of faith, influenced by a background where faith and reason talked to each other, and an oriental ethnic heritage and curiosity for Eastern cultures; thoughts on inclusive spiritual agendas for the future.
Keywords: Christianity; Conversion; Interfaith dialogue; Lima, Peru; Peru

Finishing the Work: `Abdu'l-Bahá in Dublin, New Hampshire, 1912 - Tussing,Phillip E. (2007)
Overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's three-week visit to a small town in northeast United States.
Keywords: 1912; Dublin, NH; New Hampshire, USA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Fire and Light in the Báb's Tablet Proclaiming to be the Qá'im - Saiedi,Nader (2016)
Online at bahaiblog.net, researchbahai.com, and youtube.com.
Keywords: Abjad system; Amir Kabir; Burning Bush; Báb, The; Calligraphy; Conference of Badasht (1848); Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Fire; God, Names of; Heaven and hell; Hidden Imam; Kull-i-Shay (all things); Laws; Light; Living (title); Mullá Shaykh AIí Turshízí (Azím); Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Names and titles; Occultation; Purity; Qá'im; Removal of the sword; Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat; Unity of humanity; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Fire and Light: Excerpts from the Bahá'í Sacred Writings - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Verlag, 1982)
Reprinted from Bahá'í World Volume 18 (1979-83), pages 9-38. All excerpts save No. XI are translated by Habib Taherzadeh et al. Originally published as Fire and Light (Hofheim-Langenhain: Bahá'í Verlag, 1982). Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF prepared by Romane Takkenberg, and in Microsoft Word format (prepared by M. Thomas, 2024). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Fire and Light (compilation)

Fire as a symbol used in the Sacred Writings - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Keywords: Candles; Fire; Symbolism

Fire on the Mountain-Top - Faizi,Gloria A. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1973)
A collection of stories about early members of the Bahá’í Faith, based on accounts gathered in Persia by 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani.
Text from Ocean, first online at bahai-library.net (no relation). Also available in Spanish translation.
Keywords: 19th century; Azizullah Sulaymani; Biography; Iran (documents); Stories

Fire Tablet - Bahá'u'lláh (1937)
Tablet of "The Hearts of the Sincere are Consumed in the Fire" (Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún).
See also the authorized translation (1980).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet); Tests and difficulties

Fire Tablet - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, 1994)
Tablet of "The Hearts of the Sincere are Consumed in the Fire" (Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún).
Includes the authorized translation, for comparison. See also Ali Kuli Khan and Marzieh Gail's translation (1937) and the authorized translation (1980).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet)

Fire Tablet - Bahá'u'lláh (1980)
Well-known Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh, included in many prayer books.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library. For more information about this Tablet, see: Taherzadeh, Adib, The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, vol. 3, Oxford: George Ronald, p. 226-234.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Fire; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet); Prayer texts; Tests and difficulties

Fire Tablet (Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add links or comments pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet); Voices of revelation; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Firmness in the Covenant and Protection of the Cause of God - Remey,Charles Mason (1914)
Two versions of an essay written in response to "certain conditions of violation" of the Covenant in London and other European assemblies: a 5-page essay from 1914, and a 28-page (unpublished?) article from 1918.
While these were typed from two separate manuscripts, they each open with a intro paragraph dated March 27, 1918, but these two intro paragraphs differ slightly. While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote these essays 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.
Keywords: Covenant; Covenant-breaking

First and Finest: John Henry and Clara Hyde Dunn in Australia - Hassall,Graham (Herald of the South, 1985)
Introduction of the Bahá'í Faith to Australia and New Zealand.
Keywords: 20th century; Australia; Biography; Clara Dunn; Hyde Dunn; New Zealand

First Newspaper Stories of the Events of the Bábí Faith: November 1845 - Kolins,Steven, compiler (2013)
Six versions of some the first public mentions in English of the Bábís, from November 1845. [Mentions from April 1845 have since been found.]
See even earlier citations Earliest Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West (April 8) and Early Published Mention (April 16).
Keywords: 1845; Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; First mentions; Iran (documents); Mentions; Newspaper articles

First Public Mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the West - Bahá'í Information Office of the United Kingdom (1998)
Short essay based on research by Moojan Momen and Derek Cockshutt. The first mention for the Faith in the West was not in 1893, but rather in a number of earlier talks on the Faith in England, and reports on the Babis in the 1850s.
Published for the Centenary of the Bahá'í Faith in the United Kingdom (1998). Posted with permission of editors. On the earliest reports of the Babis, see also Early Mention of Bábís in Western Newspapers, Summer 1850, Historical mentions of the Bábí/Bahá'í Faiths, and Newspaper Collections and the Bahá'í Faith,
Keywords: 1850s; Bahá'í Faith, Early Western Accounts of; Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Newspaper articles; Parliament of the World's Religions; United Kingdom; United States (documents)

First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun): Excerpts - Bahá'u'lláh (2001)
Compiled from Ismael Velasco’s rendering of Dreyfus’s translation into French in L’oeuvre de Bahaou’llah [Works of Bahá’u’lláh] and Shoghi Effendi’s translation in The Promised Day Is Come. First posted to the H-Bahá’í listserve 02/98 by Velasco; revised and posted to Tarjuman 12/01; published here with the permission of the translator.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III); Tablets to kings and rulers

First Use of the Title Bahá'u'lláh - Universal House of Justice; Shoghi Effendi (2009)
Quotation from the Guardian answering the question of when the Blessed Beauty was first addressed by the title Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Bahá (title); Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb; Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Boxes containing Writings; Chihríq, Iran; Conference of Badasht (1848); Haykal (temple); He Whom God shall make manifest; Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrizi; Tehran, Iran; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

"First we speak of logical proofs": Discourse of knowledge in the Bahá'í writings - Lewis,Frank (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Recovering the intellectual context of particular discourses in the Bahá'í writings can help to evaluate whether a given statement is meant to convey a propositional fact or a rhetorical truth.
Keywords: Authenticity; Discourse (general); Knowledge; Paris Talks (book); Philosophy; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Some Answered Questions (book)

Five Books About 'Abdu'l-Baha: Review - Kazemzadeh,Kazem; Kazemzadeh,Firuz (World Order, 1971)
Brief reviews of books by Myron Phelps (1904), Howard Colby Ives (1962), Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani (1914), Habib Mu'ayyad (1961), and Yunis Khan-i-Afrukhtih (1952).
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Habib Muayyad; Howard Colby Ives; Memories of Nine Years in Akka (book); Myron Phelps; Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; Pilgrims notes; Youness Khan Afroukhteh; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Five Questions: Loss of Voting Rights, Mani, Magi, Five-Pointed Star, Joseph Smith - Universal House of Justice (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
Responses to various questions. Closes with quotations on Confucianism and Genesis.
Published and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Administrative rights; Bible; Confucianism; Creation; Five (number); Five-pointed star; Genesis (Bible); History (general); Jesus Christ; Joseph Smith; Magi (priests); Mani (Manichaeism); Manichaeism; Mormonism (Latter Day Saints); Numerology; Religion (general); Research Department, Questions and answers; Symbolism

Five unpublished contemporary documents relating to The Bab's examination at Tabriz in 1848 - Browne,E. G., translator (Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, 1848)
Keywords: 1848; Báb, The; Báb, Trial of; Iran (documents); Tabríz, Iran

Five Year Plan - Hall,Stephen (2006)
Two talks.
The first talk is from "Serving the Divine Plan Programme," 2006; see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. The second talk had the date "2007.04" in the original filename, but no context is given. Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Plans

Five Year Plan (1974-1979) Statistical Report - Bahá'í World Centre (1978)
Survey of the progress made towards achieving the goals of the 5-year plan, both at the World Centre and throughout the global community.
Distributed at the Fourth International Convention.
Keywords: 1974; 1979; Five Year Plan (1974-1979); Statistics

Five Year Plan Approaching the Midway Point - Hall,Stephen (2008)
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. No information is given about the context of the lecture; if you know, please contact us.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Plans

Five Year Plan, 2001-2006 - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (2001)
Includes both HTML and PDF versions.
See also a talk by Peter Khan on the Five Year Plan. Mirrored with permission from www.usbnc.org/communications/nsa/5Yearplan.pdf [defunct].
Keywords: 2001; 2006; Five Year Plan (2001-2006); Plans

Five Years in a Persian Town - Malcolm,Napier (E. P. Dutton, 1907)
Many passing mentions, plus a detailed overview, in an account by a Christian missionary in Yazd, first published in 1905.
Keywords: 19th century; Bahá'í history; Christian missionaries; Mentions; Yazd, Iran

Five-Year Plan: Three Talks - Price,Tom (2011)
Three audio talks: "The Organic Process of the Five Year Plan," "The Twofold Mission of the Five Year Plan," and "The High Calling of the Five Year Plan"
These talks were given at the Tennessee Baha’i School (Dubose Conference Center, Monteagle, Tennessee), September 2-5, 2011.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2011-2016); Plans

Fixing the Gaze: Reflections on "The Order of Bahá'u'lláh" in the Báb's Persian Bayan - Velasco,Ismael (Baha'i Studies Review, 2006)
On the word nazm, "order," and how Bahá'u'lláh and then Shoghi Effendi extended used this as a foundation to build the concept of a Bahá'í World Order, a sacred socio-political entity. Includes translation of Bayan 3:16.
Article written in 2006, published in 2012 BSR under the new title "Sacred Text, Social Hierarchy, World Polity: The Journey of a Single Sentence That Shaped a World Religion" (see ingentaconnect.com).
Keywords: Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Four rivers of Paradise; Interpretation; Modes of revelation; Quran; Words and phrases; World order

Flash Fiction: Spiritual Conversations - Herrmann,Duane L. (2014)
Nine short stories; brief conversations that may aid enlightenment.
See also Herrmann's Short Stories, more poetry and writing at amazon.com/Duane-L-Herrmann, and an article about Herrmann.
Keywords: Stories

Florilège d'écrits de Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (Maison d’éditions bahá’íes, 2006)
Voir aussi religare.org/livre/bahai/ba-bah-florilege.php. Aussi disponible en audio, preparé par D. Marchal (2022).
Keywords: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Flow of Divine Authority - Poirier,Brent (Deepen, 1996)
Scriptural authority for the Universal House of Justice to function infallibly without the presence of a living Guardian.
This essay was later republished in The American Bahá'í, August 1, 1996.
Keywords: 1963; Covenant; Guardianship; Infallibility; Universal House of Justice; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Flowers Culled from the Rose Garden of Acca - Finch,Ida A.; Knobloch,Fanny Alma; Knobloch,Alma S. (1908)
Lengthy notes of talks with three visitors, taken November 7-13, 1908.
See also a scan of the original book, from archive.org [PDF, 2MB], and a cleaned, optimized version [PDF, 1MB] of it. See also an updated, corrected Microsoft Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). All obvious errors found in the original are retained and marked with "sic" following the error.
Keywords: 1908; Akka, Israel; Alma Knobloch; Fanny Knobloch; Ida Finch

Flowers to `Akká - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Baha'i News, 1969)
Some history of Sayessan, a Bahá'í village near Tabriz; of Mullá Asad’u’lláh, who prophesied the coming of the Bab; of Bahá'u'lláh's gift of seed potatoes; and Sayessani pilgrims travelling to Akka to meet Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes pictures.
Keywords: 19th century; Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh; Flowers; Gifts; Iran (documents); Pilgrimage; Sayessan, Iran; Tabríz, Iran

Food and Farming: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2001)
Keywords: Agriculture; Animals; Economics; Food; Health and healing; Moderation

Food, Justice, and the Baha'i Faith - Fieldhouse,Paul (2005)
PhD Dissertation tests the claim that "food," both literal and metaphorical, provides a practical way through which Bahá’ís can articulate and achieve their ethical goals.
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2005
Keywords: Alcohol; Fasting; Food; Health and healing; Justice; Meat; Moderation; Vegetarianism

Footprints in the Sands of Time - Gillbanks,Shahla (2019)
Memoir of time as a Bahá'í in Iran and pioneer to other countries around the world, and a historical account of service in the United States, New Zealand, and Czechoslovakia.
See also a Facebook page about this book and its author. Also posted at afnanlibrary.org.
Keywords: 1880s; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Caribbean; Czech Republic; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Kenya; New Zealand; Philippines; Pioneering; Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir; Slovakia; Tampa, FL; Travelogues; Tudeh Party of Iran; United States (documents)

For a Trustworthy Government - Stevens,Leon (2015)
A short meditation on how to reorganize the executive and legislative branches of the US government to improve its functioning.

For the Betterment of the World, to the Glory of God: The Emergence of Bahá'í Houses of Worship - Boyles,Ann (Baha'i World, 2019)
Overiew of the concept and history of the Bahá'í House of Worship.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, where this article is also available as HTML and includes illustrations.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Chicago, IL; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship)

For the Betterment of the World: The Worldwide Bahá'í Community's Approach to Social and Economic Development - Office of Social and Economic Development (2003)
Essays, photographs, and overviews of local projects around the world, illustrating how Bahá'í principles are being carried out in practice, prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í International Community.
See also the SED paper Social Action. Because each edition is different, all are included below.
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Agriculture; Arts and crafts; Bahá'í inspired schools; Bahá'í schools; Basics; Betterment of the world; Capacity building; Economics; Education; Equality; For the Betterment of the World (document); Funds; Grassroots; Health and healing; Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP); Institute process; Justice; Learning; Media (communication); Prosperity; Public discourse (discourses of society); Service; Social action; Social and economic development; Statistics; Visuals; Women; Worldwide

For the Student of Religion - Bahá'í International Community (1985)
Adapted from William S. Hatcher and Douglas Martin's The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion (1985), for posting at bahai.org (2006).
Mirrored with permission from info.bahai.org/article-1-3-7-1.html (archived).
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Introductory; Religion (general)

Forces of Light and Darkness - Dunbar,Hooper (1989)
No information is given about the context of this talk; email me if you know.
Keywords: Forces of light and darkness; Hooper Dunbar

Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series - Dunbar,Hooper (2011)
Six lectures series at Bosch Bahá'í School, April 15-17 2011.
See also Dunbar's dialogue article "Forces of Our Time" (1986), and his lecture series from 1991 Forces of Our Age. Audio approved for distribution by Marilyn Dunbar.
Keywords: Aging; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Bahá'u'lláh; Communication; Computer Translation Aid (CTA); Deeds; Deepening; Enoch Olinga; Evil; Fasting; Forces of light and darkness; Future Manifestations of God; Gate of the Heart (book); God; God Passes By (book); God, Day of; Hands of the Cause; Health and healing; Heaven and hell; Hooper Dunbar; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Immediate knowledge; Integration and disintegration; Iran (documents); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Latin America; Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Santiago; Materialism; Modes of revelation; Obligatory prayer; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Prayer; Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Publishing, Review; Religion (general); Revelation; Selections from the Writings of the Báb (book); Shoghi Effendi, Family of; Soul; Spirit (general); Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains (play); Spirituality; Teaching; Technology; Tests and difficulties; Translation; Unity; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Universal House of Justice, Election of; Virtues; Yaran

Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way - Ahdieh,Hussein; Chapman,Hillary (George Ronald, 2019)
Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society; his experience as a immigrant in the United States, struggle to make the American dream, and helped the innovative Harlem Prep, a Bahá'í inspired School.
Keywords: 20th century; Alternative schools; Biography; Education; Harlem Preparatory school (Harlem Prep); Human rights; Hussein Ahdieh; Iran (documents); Migration; Nayriz, Iran; New York, USA; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Race inequality; Refugees; United States (documents); Ábádan, Iran

Foreword - Wolcott,Charles (The Creative Circle, 1989)
Essay on the meaning of music, and the dynamics of artistic endeavor in the context of the pull toward community, by a member of the Universal House of Justice, who passed away the very day he dictated this essay. Includes preface by Michael Fitzgerald.
From books.google.com.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Charles Wolcott; Creativity; Music; Poetry

Foreword and Introduction: Promulgation of Universal Peace - MacNutt,Howard (1922)
1982 foreword (by anonymous) and 1922 introduction (by Macnutt) to Promulgation of Universal Peace, which is often omitted from online versions of the book.
See Promulgation of Universal Peace. Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2024).
Keywords: Promulgation of Universal Peace (book)

Foreword to 'Abdu'l-Baha in America: The Diary of Agnes Parsons - Hutchison,Sandra Lynn (Abdu'l-Baha in America: The Diary of Agnes Parsons, 1996)
Overview of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to America and his meetings with Agnes Parsons.
Note: this author's name is sometimes given as "Sandra Hutchinson," e.g. on one page of Abdu'l-Bahá in America (see Google Books), but the extra 'n' is incorrect.
Keywords: 1912; Agnes Parsons; Biography; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Foreword: Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi - Khan,Peter J. (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
Originally posted at, and mirrored with permission from, usbnc.org/bnc/depts/eso/AppendixB.pdf. Reproduced with permission of publisher. Add or read comments or links pertaining to the Writings of Shoghi Effendi here. See also Introduction.
Keywords: Peter Khan; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Foreword: Time and the Badí` Calendar - Schaefer,Udo (Time and the Baha'i Era: A Study of the Badí' Calendar, 2008)
An investigation of ‘time’ and the ‘Badí‘ calendar’ and its inherent symbolism.
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com/articles/english.html.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Calendars (general); Time; Udo Schaefer

Forewords and Preface to Tablets of the Divine Plan - Holley,Horace; Banani,Amin; Marks,Geoffrey W. (1974)
Preface to the 1974 edition by Horace Holley; foreword to 1977 edition by Amin Banani; forewords to 1993 edition by Geoffrey W. Marks and by the publisher.
See Tablets of the Divine Plan by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Tablets of the Divine Plan

Forging More Perfect Unions - Barnes,William (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Social advances toward inclusive political structures must be accompanied by a moral advance toward universal values; three stages of global political unification as described in the Bahá’í writings are confederation, federation, and commonwealth.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/437. See also Commentary (J. Grayzel, 1994) and Response (Barnes, 1994).

"Forging More Perfect Unions," by William Barnes: Commentary - Grayzel,John A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
See also original article (Barnes, 1992), and author's response to this commentary (Barnes, 1994).

"Forging More Perfect Unions," Commentary by John A. Grayzel: Author's Response - Barnes,William (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
See also original article (Barnes, 1992), and Commentary (Grayzel, 1994).

Forging the Divine Economy - Scoggin,Justin (2002)
Advancing the establishment of Bahá'u'lláh's divine economy through the operation of community currency.
Keywords: Economics

Forgotten Schools: The Baha'is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899-1934, by Soli Shahvar: Review - Banani,Amin (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2010)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/350.
Keywords: 1899; 1934; Bahá'í schools; Iran

Formation de la Secte des Babi - Serena,Carla (Hommes et Choses en Perse, 1883)
Also sections "Les Exploits de la Secte de Babi," "Mort du Point," "Complot des Bábí contre Nasser-Eddin," and "Attentat." Historical overview from a traveller to Persia in 1877-1878, who says she met with a witness to events.
See also bahaipedia.org, which notes that Gobineau was a source. Pages 1-18 included for context. Downloaded the rest from books.google.com.
Keywords: 1877; 1878; Bábísm; Comte Arthur de Gobineau; Eyewitness; Iran (documents); Travelogues

Formative Age of Our Faith, Significance of the - Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Formative Age; Time

Forum Concerning St. Paul - Buck,Christopher; Cole,Juan; Hatcher,William S. (World Order, 1979)
Responses to Hatcher's review (World Order, 1978) of Schaefer's Light Shineth in Darkness, by Buck, Hatcher, Gregory Shaw, Willibald Duerschmid, and Marzieh Gail (World Order, 13:4) and by Cole (World Order 13:2, Winter 1978).
Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Paul (Apostle)

Forutan, Alí-Akbar - Ayman,Iraj (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2012)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/forutan-ali-akbar.
Keywords: 1905; 2003; Biography; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Fostering Good Working Relations between Bahá'í Institutions and Bahá'í Scholars - Momen,Wendi (Associate, 2001)
Lists of things that make Bahá'í scholarship important, some ways institutions can support scholars, ways scholars can support the institutions, and brief comments on Review.
Paper presented at the ABS-ESE conference 'Foundational Issues in Bahá’í Studies,' Oxford, April 2000. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 33-34.

Foundation of Happiness - Barnes,Kiser (2007)
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. Possibly from "Serving the Divine Plan Programme"; no information is given about the context of the lecture, if you know, please contact us.
Keywords: Happiness; Kiser Barnes

Foundations for a Spiritual Education: Research of the Bahá'í Writings - National Bahá'í Education Task Force (National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, 2005)
A sourcebook of Bahá'í principles for the training of children, covering the purpose and content of a core spiritual curriculum, as well as a process framework for spiritual education.
Keywords: Children; Curriculum; Education; Spiritual education

Foundations of Mathematics: An Overview at the Close of the Second Millennium - Hatcher,William S. (Converging Realities, 2000)
Article posits that the foundational study of mathematics has only emerged in this century, and discusses its evolutionary growth.
Originally published at converge.landegg.edu, archived at archive.org. Also available as formatted PDF from william.hatcher.org. Article re-posted here with permission of publisher (notwithstanding the publisher's copyright restrictions).
Keywords: Mathematics; Science

Foundations of World Unity - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1979)
A collection of talks and writings of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. PDF created by Ernie Jones, 2017.
Keywords: Foundations of World Unity (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Foundations of World Unity Cross-Referenced to Other Works - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
The Foundations of World Unity Wiki page allows information to be shared about the unique talks/Tablets.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Foundations of World Unity (book)

Four Talks Redefining Democracy, Education, and World Citizenship - Locke,Alain (World Order, 2008)
The Preservation of the Democratic Ideal; Stretching Our Social Mind; On Becoming World Citizens; Creative Democracy. Includes introduction by Buck and Fisher.
See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index. Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: Alain Locke

Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Ayman,Iraj; Afnani,Muin (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Four-Year Plan, 1995-1999: Messages to the Bahá'ís of the World - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: 1995; 1999; Four Year Plan (1995-1999); Plans

Fourth Dimensional Consciousness - Watson,Marie A. (1921)
(Alleged) words of Abdu'l-Bahá, taken from notes from a pilgrimage to Haifa in 1921.
See also commentary by Keith Bookwalter, Watson's "My Pilgrimage to the Land of Desire," and the letter "Prayers and Tablets, Authenticity of", where the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice states: "This so-called tablet from 'Abdu'l-Bahá is erroneous; Shoghi Effendi has stated that it is not a work by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.".
Keywords: 1921; Authenticity; Marie Watson; Pilgrims notes

Framework for Action: 2006-2016, Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material - Universal House of Justice (Palabra Publications, 2017)
58 letters from the House; "Social Action," by the Office of Social and Economic Development; "Insights from the Frontiers of Learning" and "Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning," prepared by the International Teaching Centre.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-universal-house-of-justice/framework-action
Keywords: 2006; 2016; Action; Institute process; International Teaching Centre; Social action; Training Institutes; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

Främmande religionsurkunder - Soderblom,Nathan (Hugo Gebers Förlag, 1907)
Short excerpt in Swedish titled "Foreign religious deeds" which quotes the Bahá'í Writings.
Mirrored with permission from www.uga.edu/bahai/2003/1907.html. No translation was provided; try Google translate.

Freedom and Liberty - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1981)
Short talk on the meanings of "liberty" in the Bahá'í writings.
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. No information is given about the date or context of the lecture; if you know, please contact us.
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Freedom and liberty

Freedom and the Bahá'í Writings - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
Bahá'í philosophy is based on principles of reason and non-contradiction. It is coherent because its teachings are interdependent and mutually supportive. The Writings cover a spectrum of issues about freedom and the metaphysical basis of free will.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/kluge_freedom.
Keywords: Brain; Ethics; Free will; Freedom and liberty; Mind; Philosophy; Sam Harris

Freedom for Truth: Peace among Religions - Kung,Hans (dialogue magazine, 1986)
One-page essay calling for patience and tolerance between religions and their search for truth.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.

Freedom from Prejudice - Lincoln,Joan (2006)
Talk from Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre.
From "Serving the Divine Plan Programme," see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm.
Keywords: Prejudice

Freedom of Religion on Trial in Morocco: The Nador Case - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá'í International Community, 1963)
A formal response to a court case in Morocco from the previous month in which three Bahá'ís were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government, subvert religion, and disrupt the public order.
Comments have been added to give the English translation of text in French and Italian, and transcription of names to reflect the original Arabic/Berber spelling (download the Word version, below).
Keywords: Islam; Morocco; Nador, Morocco; Persecution; Persecution, Morocco

Freedom of Speech: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1997)
Keywords: Consultation; Freedom and liberty; Freedom of expression; Introductory; Media (communication); Moderation; Press (media)

Freedom's Age - Hein,Kurt (World Order, 1990)
In the 1980s, unprecedented social convulsions shook the world. Two aspects of these events are noteworthy: they occurred simultaneously and worldwide, and they captured the attention of people everywhere. Freedoms must be tempered by responsibilities.
Keywords: 1980s

Freemasonry, Bahá'ísm, and British Tudehis - Dareini,Ali Akbar, translator (The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust, 1999)
Overview of Bahá'í activities during the period of Mohammad Reza Shah, from the hostile perspective of Hossein Fardoust, deputy head of SAVAK.
See more about Fardoust at Wikipedia.
Keywords: 20th century; Criticism and apologetics; Freemasonry; Iran (documents); Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi; Opposition; Tudeh Party of Iran

Freud's Transference and the Four States of Bahá'u'lláh - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
On the tetrarchic structure of Bahá'u'lláh's "Firstness and lastness, outwardness and inwardness" and Freud's concept of transferences, which are impulses from the past that the patient experiences as present and mistakenly relates back to the therapist.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #123. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/123/klebel_freud.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Psychology; Sigmund Freud

Freya Stark: A Biography - Izzard,Molly (Hodder and Stoughton, 1993)
Three passing mentions of the Faith in a book about a British explorer and travel writer. Includes excerpt from Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark by J. F. Geniesse.
Keywords: 1927; 1930; Freya Stark; Mentions

Freya Stark: Letters: Volume 1: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-1930 - Stark,Freya (Compton Russell Ltd., 1974)
Letters about a stay in Baghdad in 1929, with a few passing references to Bahá'ís she met.
Keywords: 1929; Baghdad, Iraq; Biography; Freya Stark; Travelogues

From Adam to Bahá'u'lláh: The Idea of a Chain of Prophecy - Lundberg,Zaid (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
Whilst the modern period has seen a series of scientific paradigm shifts which have radically altered the scientific understanding of man and nature, no theory of religion has had similar success; the potential of the Bahá’í perspective.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #18, London (August 21-24, 1998). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/18/lundberg_prophecy.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Confucianism; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Jainism; Judaism; Manichaeism; Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Unity of religion; Zoroastrianism

From Adrianople to 'Akká', The Austrian Lloyd - Beveridge,Kent (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1986)
Aiming to identify the Lloyd vessels transporting Bahá'u'lláh and His companions, investigating vessels from Gallipoli to 'Akká via Alexandria, using Lloyd Triestino archives for identification.
Link to document at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/journals/bsb.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Austrian Lloyd steam ships; Bahá'u'lláh; Edirne, Turkey; Exile (banishment); Gallipoli, Turkey; Ships; Turkey

From Adrianople to Akka - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Conqueror of Hearts, 1968)
A talk to the Oceanic Conference, Palermo, Sicily, on the exile journeys of Bahá'u'lláh.
Originally published in 1969 as a booklet by the UK Bahá'í Publishing Trust, London. This was later typed by Shirley Macias, and permission was given by the Publishing Trust for use of the talk and for posting it here. Also available as a formatted, corrected Word document.
Keywords: Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Italy; Palermo, Italy; Sicily, Italy

From Copper to Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker - Gilstrap,Dorothy Freeman (George Ronald, 1984)
This biography’s purpose is to reflect not only the chronology of Baker’s life, but also the drives, the suffering, the delights, and the peak moments of decision that helped make her who she was.
This book was not posted online until an epub version appeared at bahaiebooks.org. PDF created from Word version [31MB].
Keywords: 1898; 1954; Albert Vail; Biography; Dorothy Baker; E-books

From Iran East and West - Cole,Juan, editor; Momen,Moojan, editor (Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, 1984)
Essays on Bahá'í history in the Middle East, the United States, and India.
See also at books.google.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Conversion; Hinduism; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; India; Iran (documents); Kalimat Press; Mírzá `Abdu'lláh; Naqshbandi sufis; Periodicals; Reality magazine; Sufism; United States (documents); Yazd, Iran; Zoroastrianism

From Moorish Cordova to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Islamic Tolerance and Intolerance - Handal,Boris (IDEA: A Journal of Social Issues, 2007)
Though Bahá'ís are persecuted in Iran, Muhammad taught understanding and respect towards religious minorities. Cordova, Spain is an example of historical tolerance where Muslims, Christians and Jews co-existed harmoniously under Islamic rule.
Mirrored with permission from ideajournal.com. See also Spanish version, De la Córdoba Mora a los Bahá'ís de Irán.
Keywords: Andalusia, Spain; Christianity; Cordova, Spain; Cultural diversity; Iran (documents); Islam; Judaism; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Philosophy, Andalusi; Spain; Tolerance; Tolerance; Unity; Unity in diversity

From Nayriz to New York: Hussein Ahdieh and the Story of Harlem Prep - Nevins,Sean (IranWire, 2016)
Brief overview of the history of the Harlem Prep School and bio of its founder.
From iranwire.com/en/features/1945.
Keywords: Education; Harlem Preparatory school (Harlem Prep); Hussein Ahdieh; New York, USA; United States (documents)

From Oppression to Empowerment - Saiedi,Nader (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
On four contemporary types of oppression: in the international political order, forms of the state, economic structures, and forms of cultural identity; Bahá’u’lláh’s personal response to oppression; and a Bahá’í approach to empowerment and liberation.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Empowerment; Liberation; Oppression

From Oppression to Equality: The Emergence of the Feminist Perspective - Mahmoudi,Hoda (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
The Bahá’í principle of the equality between women and men; history of the obstructions and prejudices toward women as promoted by religious institutions; what it means to be a liberated woman in the eye of the Bahá'í writings.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.

From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States - Morlock,Naghme Naseri (Journal of Hate Studies, 2023)
The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
This document is online under Creative Commons license at jhs.press.gonzaga.edu, where it is also available in HTML and XML formats. See also Religious Persecution & Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival (Morlock, 2021).
Keywords: Alienation; Belonging (community); Children; Community (general); Cultural differences; Cultural diversity; Culture, Persian; Culture, Western; Diaspora, Persian; Discrimination; Distraction; Expectations; Family; Freedom and liberty; Health and healing; Holy days; Human rights; Identity; Integration (migration); Iran (documents); Language; Materialism; Migration; Nineteen Day Feast; Participation; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Psychology; Refugees; Research questions; Respect; Service; Silence; Social change; Sociology; Tablets of Visitation; Trauma; United States (documents); Unity

From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement [excerpt] - Berger,Peter Ludwig (1954)
Early notable thesis by an eminent sociologist; first chapter only (for an assessment of Berger's work on Bahá'í, see the note).
Dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research (New York) for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This excerpt is just the first chapter of the thesis, pages 1-52 out of 194 (a "fair use" sample), and the only portion of the thesis I have in digital form (contact us if you have access to the rest). For an assessment of this work see Peter Smith's ‘Peter Berger’s Early Work on Baha’i Studies,’ Journal of Religious History 43:1, pp. 45-69 (March 2019), online at doi.org/10.1111/1467-9809.12559.
Keywords: Peter Berger; Sociology

From Shaykhism to Babism: A Study in Charismatic Renewal in Shi'i Islam - MacEoin,Denis (1979)
Examination of the Bábí movement within the wider context of Imami Shi'ism, the shadow of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i and Sayyid Kazem Rashti, and the Bábí rejection of Shaykhism.
Dissertation by Denis Martin MacEoin for King’s College, Cambridge, 1979. Mirrored from scribd.com.
Keywords: Bábísm; Shaykhism

From The Editor's Desk - Covey,Linda S.; Danesh,Roshan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
Introduction to this issue's articles on the unique potentials of the indigenous population of America, recovery from the residential schools, eradicating prejudice, and the intersection between the Bahá’í Faith and native peoples.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Indigenous people; Native Americans; Prejudice; Reconciliation; United States (documents)

From: Ron Price's Epic Autobiographical History: Pioneering Over Five Epochs: A History of The Bahá'í Faith in The Northern Territory and Adjoining Regions of Australia: 1947 to 1997 - Price,Ron (Published Essays in Cyberspace, 2001)
This Bahai Library Online document contains The History of the Bahá'í Community in the Northern Territory of Australia and adjacent regions: 1947-1997. This history is written in some three dozen short instalments totalling about 10000 words.
Most of these brief instalments here at Bahá'í Library Online(BLO) were published in the Northern Lights, The Regional Newsletter of the Bahá'í Council for The Northern Territory(NT)of Australia. The instalments appeared from 2001 to 2004. Some of them have been edited in the years 2004 to 2012. These instalments drew on information in Bahá'í archives, especially those in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs as well as what were then called Regional Teaching Committees. The author also draws on personal experience from the years when he and his wife and son lived in the NT from 1982 to 1986. The result is the first history of the Bahá'í Faith in this territory of Australia and the remote regions of Australia that adjoin Australia's Northern Territory. The author is an internatonal pioneer from the Canadian Bahá'í community who moved to South Australia in 1971. He is now retired and living in Tasmania. Also included here at BLO are several published pieces found at sites on the internet. Some tangential discussion of the Bahá'í experience in Western Queensland, the north of South Australia and Western Australia, regions adjoining the NT during this same period---1947 to 1997---is also included. The author has written:(i) a separate history of Tasmania, (ii) a history of rural and regional WA and (iii) a history of northern South Australia---all of which are kept now in the files of the several Bahá'í Councils. Most of the history of the Bahá'í Faith in the NT: 1947 to 1997 is not found here. The files of the Bahá'í Council for the NT contain most of the author's resources for future use by historians.
Keywords: Australia; Bahá'í history by country; Ron Price

Frommer's Guide to Israel: Haifa - Ullian,Robert (1998)
From a popular travel guide series. Includes Akko [Akka] and Bahji.
See also Frommer's Guide to the Golden Coast for more on Acre [Akka] and Bahji. See section on Bahji and German Colony, below. Mirrored from Electric Library.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Tel Aviv, Israel; Tourism

Frommer's Guide to Israel: The Best of Israel - Ullian,Robert (1998)
Summary of the best ancient cities, beaches, dining, hotels, museums, nature, outdoor and travel experiences in Israel, plus the more evocative ancient sites, important Holy Places, and the Messages that can be taken from excavated mosaic floors.
See also Frommer's Guide to Haifa. Mirrored from Electric Library.
Keywords: 20th century; Jerusalem, Israel; Tel Aviv, Israel; Tourism

Frommer's Guide to Israel: The Golden Coast (includes Akka and Bahji) - Ullian,Robert (1998)
Travel guide; now out-of-date.
See also Frommer's Guide to Haifa and The Best of Israel, and see Acre (Akka) and Bahji, below. Mirrored from Electric Library.
Keywords: 20th century; Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Jaffa, Israel; Nahariya, Israel; Tel Aviv, Israel; Tourism

Frontier Fictions: Shaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946 - Kashani-Sabet,Firoozeh (I. B. Tauris, 2000)
Passing mentions of the Babis in the context of Mirza Askari bin Hidayat Allah al-Husayni, an imam jum`a in the 1850s, and of Bahá'ís not being welcome in Iran.
Keywords: 1850s; 20th century; Iran; Mentions; Russia

Fruits of Creation - Kelsey,Curtis
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.

Fuego Arrasador: Las Artes Escenicas en los circulos de estudio Para Institutos de Formación - Author unknown, compiler (2006)
Curso de Extension Sobre las Artes en Circulos de Estudio
See also Wildfire: Reflections on Music, Drama, and Dance.

Fuente de Todo Bien, La - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Chile, 1991)
El texto ha sido escaneado y revisado, y no es autoritativo.
Keywords: Ethics

FUNDAEC and Fragmentation - Herman,Thaddeus Benjamin (2014)
The Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences, with a conceptual framework inspired by Bahá’í principles that views reality as essentially spiritual, can address the fragmentation of unity.
Also available as PDF.
Keywords: Colombia; FUNDAEC; Social and economic development

Fundamental Verities - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Meaning of the phrase "fundamental verities of the Faith" in the writings of Shoghi Effendi.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Principles; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Teachings; Words and phrases

Fundamentalism and Liberalism: Towards an Understanding of the Dichotomy - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1992)
Explores extremes of religious belief in an attempt to understand their distinctions and commonalities.
Later reworked and re-published in Reason and Revelation (2002), online here.
Keywords: Fundamentalism; Liberalism

Fundamentalism and Liberalism: Towards an Understanding of the Dichotomy - Momen,Moojan (Reason and Revelation: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, 2002)
Explores extremes of religious belief an attempt to understand their distinctions and commonalities. (Updated version.)
Originally published in Bahá'í Studies Review Volume 2:1 (1992), online here.
Keywords: Fundamentalism; Liberalism

Funds and Contributions, Baha'i - Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Funds

Funerals and Burials, Preparations for: Some practical notes - Radpour,Mary K., compiler (1998)
A compilation of Bahá'í directions for funerals and burials (i.e., this is not a compilation of direct quotations from the Writings).
Keywords: Burial (funeral); Cemeteries and graves; Charity and relief work; Death; Shroud (funeral cloth); Will and testament (general)

Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat - Egea,Amin E. (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #76, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 6-10, 2007). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/76/egea_wisdom.
Keywords: Buddhism; Criticism and apologetics; Egypt; Empedocles; Greece; Hinduism; India; Iran (documents); Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Israel; Judaism; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Mount Carmel; Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Philosophy, Islamic; Philosophy, Jewish; Philosophy, Zoroastrian; Pythagoras; Unresolved matters; Zoroastrianism

Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil; Avarih
Two brief excerpts
See also Remains of the Bab in Tehran and Letter re interment of the remains of The Bab on Mt. Carmel.
Keywords: Avarih; Báb, Burial of; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, Remains of; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Báb, The; Iran (documents); Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Tehran, Iran

Future of the "Sovereign" Nation-State: A Baha'i Perspective - Nicholson,Graham (2020)
The nation-state, previously the preeminent institution of the world order around which the global system has been constructed, was a construct appropriate for earlier times; now, global interests trump regional sovereignty.
Keywords: Nation-States; Politics; Unity of humanity; World order

Gail, Marzieh - Heller,Wendy M. (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2016)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at iranicaonline.org/articles/gail-marzieh.
Keywords: 1908; 1993; Biography; Marzieh Gail

Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
First posted to Talisman in 1996. Also online at whoisbahaullah.com. Another partial translation of Garden of Justice can be found at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu (S. Lambden, 2013). See also Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice: Commentary and Translation (C. Buck and A. Masumian, 2014/2018).
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)

Gardeners of God: An Encounter with Five Million Bahá'ís, by Colette Gouvion and Philippe Jouvion: Review - Foxhall,Marc (1998)
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Gardeners of God (book); Haifa, Israel; Interviews; Introductory

Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only) - Saiedi,Nader (2008)
A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.)
This complete book is online at chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi.
Keywords: Air; Alchemy; Arc of ascent and descent; Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb; Bayan; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Burning Bush; Burning Bush; Báb (Gate); Báb, Station of; Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Writings of; Colors; Covenant; Creation; Criticism and apologetics; Dalail-i-Sabih (Seven Proofs); Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Dhikr (Remembrance); Divinity and servitude; Dualism; Dust (earth); Dá’irih (circle); Elements; Ethics; Fate, destiny and predestination; Fire; Four rivers of Paradise; Free will; Gate of the Heart (book); God; God, Word of; Hadith of Kumayl; Haykal (temple); He Whom God shall make manifest; Heart; Heaven and hell; Hermeneutics; Imams; Indexes and catalogues; Interpretation; Irtifá (abrogation and elevation); Jihad (Holy war); Joseph (Prophet); Journey (spiritual); Kawthar (fountain); Kitáb-i-Asma (Book of Names); Kitáb-i-Panj Shan (Book of Five Modes); Kull-i-Shay (all things); Lawh-i-Hurufat (Tablet of the Letters); Laws; Letter Há; Letters of the Living; Light; Lilláh (for God); Logos; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God; Millennialism; Mirrors; Modernity; Modes of revelation; Monism; Mustaghath; Mystery (mysteries); Nature; Night of Power (Laylatu'l-Qadr); Obligatory prayer; Paradise; Perfection; Philosophy; Point; Primal Point; Primal Will; Progressive revelation; Qayyum (Self-subsisting); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Qá'im; Refinement; Resurrection; Return; Risala fis-Suluk I and II (Journey towards God); Sahifiy-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles); Sahifiy-i-Furu-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Branches); Seven stages of creation; Spiritualization; Sun; Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi; Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Haqíqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth); Talismans; Tetrads and heptads; Twin Manifestations; Women; Worship; Year nine

Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb, by Nader Saiedi: Review - McLean,Jack (2009)
Review of the book, expanded into an essay on the Bab's ethics, laws, and use of symbolism.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Criticism and apologetics; Ethics; Gate of the Heart (book); Jihad (Holy war); Nader Saiedi; Peace; Symbolism

Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb, by Nader Saiedi: Review - Stockman,Robert (Nova Religio, 2010)
Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research/review-gate-heart.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Gate of the Heart (book); Nader Saiedi

Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb, by Nader Saiedi: Review - Lambden,Stephen (The Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2010)
Though limited in scholastic accuracy, this book will be appreciated by those seeking an introduction to the life and writings of the Bab, and is a worthwhile volume that contributes significantly to the neglected field of Babi-Bahá'í studies.
Text mirrored from findarticles.com. Author affiliation: University of California, Merced.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Gate of the Heart (book); Nader Saiedi

Gathering Traces: Selected Poems 1975-2002 - McLean,Jack (2002)
95 poems written during phases of life including marriage and child-rearing in Quebec, a teaching career, separation and divorce, a stay on an island in British Columbia, and early retirement.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: 1975; 2002; Poetry

Gems of Divine Mysteries - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World Centre, 2002)
A lengthy tablet in Arabic on how the Mahdi was Ali Muhammad, The Báb, the Primal Point. Written during the Baghdad period for Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sihdihí Isfahání. His questions were brought from Karbila, and answered the same day.
See also this document in the later Pen of Glory (Microsoft Word format, 2008). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bible; Christianity; Cities; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Death (unbelief) and life (belief); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Heaven and hell; Hurqalya (imaginal realm); Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Jabulqa and Jabulsa; Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mahdi (Mihdi); Metaphors and allegories; Opposition; Pen of Glory (book); Prophecies; Quran; Resurrection; Return; Seven Cities; Symbolism; Transformation

Gems of Mysteries (Javáhiru'l-Asrár): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Afnani,Muin (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Gender in Babi and Bahá'í Law - Zabihi-Moghaddam,Siyamak (2010)
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa, December 14 2010. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.
Keywords: Gender; Laws; Women

Gender perspectives and the work of the United Nations - Bahá'í International Community (2007)
Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on integrating gender perspectives.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Gender; Statements; United Nations; Women

Genealogía de los Profetas de Dios - Handal,Boris (2010)
A chart connecting the major Messengers of God through historical, prophetic, and interpretative information, from Adam to Bahá'u'lláh, showing Shoghi Effendi's ascendancy as "the primal branch of the Divine and Sacred Lote-Tree."
Keywords: Abraham; Afnan; Aghsan; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Ancestry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Genealogy; Muhammad (Prophet); Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Family of; Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

Genealogical Background of the Founders of the Bábí and the Bahá'í Faiths - Wood,Mark T. (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2001)
Includes memorandum from the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Báb, Family of; Genealogy; Research Department, Questions and answers

Genealogies of Bahá'ís on WikiTree - Osborn,Donald; Majewski,Vicky (2022)
Links to online genealogies, and a video presentation "Using the tools of genealogy."
See also Majewski's presentation for The Reference Desk: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age (2022).
Keywords: Genealogy; Wikis

Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi - Gonzales,Grover (1957)
A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history.
Keywords: Abraham; Afnan; Aghsan; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Genealogy; Muhammad (Prophet); Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Family of; Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

Genealogy of the Aghsan and the Afnán - Rabbani,Ahang, compiler (2005)
Two family trees, one for The Bab and the other for Bahá'u'lláh.
See also The Afnán Family: Some Biographical Notes and Genealogy of the Afnān Family.
Keywords: Afnan; Aghsan; Biography; Genealogy

Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh - Zinky,Kay (1950)
Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations.
Date unknown; it was possibly prepared in the 1950s, and was known to be widely circulating by the 1960s. This chart is also available as PDF.
Keywords: Abraham; Afnan; Aghsan; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Ancestry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Genealogy; Manifestations of God; Muhammad (Prophet); Prophets; Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

Generation of Knowledge and the Advancement of Civilization - Arbab,Haleh (2007)
Based on a plenary talk by Haleh Arbab, presented at the 31st ABS Annual Conference "Scholarship and Community Building," Mississauga (Toronto) ON, August 16-19 2007. Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca. Author affiliation: Doctor of Education and Development, University of Massachusetts
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Civilization; Discourse (general); Knowledge; Social and economic development

Género y catolicismo: Concepciones y realidades de practicantes del catolicismo referente a la pluralidad del género - de Luna Garcia,Patricia; Canales,Rodrigo Vazquez (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
Relaciónes entre el ser un practicante del catolicismo y la apertura a la pluralidad de género. La hipótesis que buscaba determinar si hay alguna relación entre el ser católico practicante y estar abierto a las diferentes manifestaciones de género.
This article is online under CC license at revistas.uva.es. See full journal Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá’í.
Keywords: Catholic Church; Christianity; Gender; Sociology

Genesis in King Lear: Joseph's Many-Colored Coat Suits Shakespeare - Lysaght,Tom (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
Creative comparison of the biblical figure of Joseph and the character of Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear, in light of the Báb’s and Bahá'u'lláh's Writings.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bible; Christianity; Genesis (Bible); Interfaith dialogue; Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Literature; Literature, English; Qayyumul-Asma (book); William Shakespeare

Genetic Engineering - Universal House of Justice (2000)
Information about genetic engineering; the observation that the Writings make no mention of genetics
Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Biology; Ethics; Genetic engineering; Science

Geographies of Transimperial Religion: The Transformation of Religious Space in a World of Empires - Green,Nile (Religion, 2024)
Examining how religions changed as they moved across different empires; how new religious spaces, practices, and networks developed, shaping modern global faiths. (Link to article, offsite.)
Document online at academia.edu.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Globalization; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Printing; Publishing; Theosophy

George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst papers, 1849-1926 - Hearst,George; Hearst,Phoebe (1849)
448 pages of documents, provided by archive.org. Includes only passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith.
These documents are available in many other formats, including .tar and .zip files, at archive.org.
Keywords: 1849; 1926; George Hearst; Phoebe Hearst

George Ronald: A Bibliographic History - Jasion,Jan T. (2013)
The history of George Ronald, the most prominent and prolific independent publisher of Bahá'í books, as shown through a history of their catalogue 1943-2013.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: 1943; 2013; 20th century; Bibliography; George Ronald; Publishing; Publishing Trusts; United Kingdom

Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
Compilation of new perspectives on the future of European civilization. Includes introduction by Julio Savi.
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. See also the original BSR PDF, mirrored with permission from www.juliosavi.it.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Compilations by country or area; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; Switzerland

Gertrude Bell and the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths - Yazdi,Jamileh (2017)
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a British scholar and government official who knew the Middle East well, met `Abdu’l-Bahá and was in contact with Bahá’ís in Iran, Iraq and Palestine. Link to document offsite.
Keywords: 1868; 1926; Biography; Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell Archive, excerpts - Bell,Gertrude (1902)
A British writer and archeologist, Bell traveled throughout the Middle East from 1899-1926. During this time she made several trips to Haifa and Akka, meeting Abdu'l-Bahá, and entering the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. She also took a number of photos of Akka.
Bell's work is online at gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk. There could be more mentions of the Faith that are not included below; contact us if you find anything to add.
Keywords: 1902; 1905; 1907; 1920; 1922; 1924; Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Pilgrims notes; Travelogues

Geschichte und Wahrheitsbeweise der Bahai-Religion ("History and Evidence of Truth of the Bahá'í Faith") - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl (1919)
Eine Einführung in die Bahai-Religion, die sich besonders an die Leserschaft aus westlichen Ländern richtet und die in klarem. Diese fünf waren ursprünglich als umfassenden Einführung in alle Religionen gedacht, das er nicht mehr fertig.
See English original. See also de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Abu’l-Fadl.
Keywords: Bahá'í Proofs (book); Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; God; Proofs; Sociology

Giachery, Ugo: Obituary - Author unknown (American Baha'i, 1989)
Born into a Sicilian aristocratic family, Giachery (1896–1989) migrated to the USA in his 20s, where he met his future wife and became a Bahá'í. The couple returned to Italy in 1947, and he was subsequently appointed as a Hand of the Cause.
This document appeared in The American Bahá’í, August 1989. It was downloaded from the BNCBBs by Don Calkins and formatted for the web.
Keywords: 1896; 1989; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Ugo Giachery

Gift of Teaching - Dunbar,Hooper (1988)
No information is given about the context of this talk; email me if you know.
Keywords: Hooper Dunbar; Teaching

Gillespie, Dizzy - Kernfeld,Barry (American National Biography Online, 2000)
Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith is briefly mentioned.
Excerpted from anb.org. Also available in PDF.
Keywords: 1917; 1993; Arts and crafts; Biography; Dizzy Gillespie; Jazz music; Music

Gitanos, Compilación de - Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Compilación de cartas de la Casa Universal de Justicia sobre la importancia y modo de la enseñanza al pueblo gitano.
Said to be a translation of the English-language "Compilation on Gypsies" (which we do not have); date and compiler unknown.
Keywords: Gypsies

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2018)
A selection of writings prepared by the International Teaching Centre for the Continental Counsellors and their Auxiliaries.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/recent-additions. A press release mentions these translations: news.bahai.org/story/1283.
Keywords: Backbiting and gossip; Behavior; Calamities and catastrophes; Chanting; Community (general); Deepening; Disunity; Encouragement; Ethics; Faith (general); Faultfinding; Forgiveness; God, Word of; Living the life; Love; Meditation; Prayer; Service; Spirituality; Tests and difficulties; Unity; Work

Glad-Tidings (Bishárát): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Stockman,Robert (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add links or comments pertaining to this Tablet here.
Keywords: Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Glänzender Beweis ("The Brilliant Proof") - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl (1915)
Sein letztes Werk und eine Antwort auf die Angriffe eines evangelikalen britischen Predigers gegen die Person und Lehren Abdu'l-Bahas. Hier behandelt Abu’l-Faḍl einen Vorwurf, mit dem alle Religionen konfrontiert waren: der fehlenden Innovation.
See English original. See also de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Abu’l-Fadl. See photo of translator at abdulbaha-in-deutschland.de.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Unique teachings; Brilliant Proof (book); Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Principles; Proofs; Prophecies

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988)
See also sources of Gleanings study guide, an index to Gleanings, and original Introduction by Kenneth Christian. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Basics; Compilations; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh: Study Guide - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
Lengthy study guide offering insights into the teachings and principles of the Bahá'í Faith through a selection of Bahá'u'lláh's writings on various spiritual and social themes.
Keywords: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Outlines and summaries

Glimpse of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris - Beede,Alice R. (Star of the West, 1912)
Short account of a brief meeting in Paris, and brief speech by Abdu'l-Bahá.
This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: 1911; France; Paris, France; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Glimpse of Ruhiyyih Khanum and Her 17 Days in Korea - Davis,Jack
Overview of of Ruhiyyih Khanum (Mary Maxwell)'s tour through Korea, May 6-23, 1984.
Date unknown. Colophon notes: "Written by Jack Davis at the request of Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of Korea." See also Raising the Banner in Korea.
Keywords: 1984; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Biography; South Korea

Glimpses of Abdu'l-Baha: Adapted from the Diary of Juliet Thompson - White,Roger (Another Song, Another Season: Poems and Portrayals, 1979)
Portrayals and dramatizations in verse, adapted from recollections by Juliet Thompson.
Posted with permission of current copyright holder. Also published in Bahá'í World vol. 15. See also complete book Another Song, Another Season, and Diary of Juliet Thompson.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Plays; Roger White; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Glimpses of Early Bahá'í Pilgrimages - Honnold,Annamarie K. (Baha'i News, 1972)
Discussion of early pilgrimages based on the resulting pilgrim's notes. Includes text from a variety of memoirs.
This article includes excerpts from pilgrim's notes which are not yet online (as of 2012), e.g. "We Went to Haifa" by Annie Mattoon, "A Modern Pilgrimage to Palestine" by L. B. Pemberton, and "The Garden of the Heart" by Frances Esty. See also Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. The use of double and single quotation marks together ('") is in the original, but italics have been omitted; click on the image-scan links below to see. Part 1 is titled "Glimpsing..." while parts 2-3 are titled "Glimpses of..." Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2025).
Keywords: 1900s; 1910s; Annamarie Honnold; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia: With Notes on Russia, Koords, Toorkomans, Nestorians, Khiva, and Persia - Sheil,Lady Mary (John Murray, 1856)
Considered first travel book on Persia by a woman. Of particular interest to Bahá'ís are her accounts on Babism (Babeeism) and the Bab.
For Bahá'i references, see pages 175-81, 272-82. Her views are colored by rumors and misunderstandings of the time, but she believes the Faith will grow. Mirrored with permission from digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sheil/persia/persia.html, proofread and reformatted in 2010. Also available as a PDF image scan [18MB].
Keywords: 1850s; Culture, Persian; Iran (documents); Mentions; Travelogues

Global Citizenship and Humanities Scholarship: Toward a Twenty-First Century Agenda - Karlberg,Michael; Farhoumand-Sims,Cheshmak (International Journal of the Humanities, 2006)
In this age of global interdependence, the critique of anachronistic social constructs is necessary but insufficient. Scholars must articulate new approaches to globalization. The international Bahá'í community illustrates a constructive, humane approach.
Paper presented at the Second International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Monash University Centre in Prato, Italy, 20-23 July 2004. See also a Persian translation. Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: 21st century; Criticism and apologetics; Globalization; Interdependence and interconnectedness; World citizenship

Global Claims, Global Aims: An Analysis of Shoghi Effendi's The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh - Lundberg,Zaid (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
What is Shoghi Effendi’s discourse on 'globalization' and 'globality', and what are the global claims and aims in World Order?
Early draft of the article later expanded for publication.
Keywords: Globalization; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order

Global Dilemmas, Local Responses: Creating Patterns of Action that Make the World Different - Hanson,Holly (2000)
Globalization through the metaphor of the world as a body: as a diseased body, as a beautiful but dead body, and of political and social institutions as a growing body.
Delivered to the Bahá'í Development Conference for the Americas, Orlando, Florida, December 2000

Global Prosperity for Humankind: The Bahá'í Model - Kazemi,Noojan (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Communal harmony; Economics; Peace; Prosperity

Global Scholars as Ambassadors of Knowledge - Handal,Boris (Academic Migration, Discipline Knowledge and Pedagogical Practice: Voices from the Asia Pacific, 2013)
Global scholars can face challenges interacting with peers and with the community of their destination cultures, but can become agents of social change due to their unique overseas positions, and teach global citizenship, moral leadership, and unity.
Keywords: Change; Scholarship; Social action; World citizenship

Globalization and Religion - Skinner,David (International Business & Economics Research Journal, 2003)
An empirical examination of globalization's religious dimension. Publicly available databases show that much of globalization, or lack of it, can be predicted from data on the religions practiced in a nation. Includes passing mentions of Bahá'ís.
Mirrored with CC permission from journals.cluteonline.com.
Keywords: Globalization

Globalization and the Environment - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1998)
Some responses to possible problems associated with globalization.
Presented at the International Seminar of the International Jacques Maritain Institute, "Globalization: A Challenge for Peace," Milan, 29-31 October 1998. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl98b.htm.
Keywords: Environment; Globalization

Globalization and the Hidden Words - Lawson,Todd (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
A philological analysis of Baha’u’llah’s Hidden Words, elucidating the development of the global orientation of the Babi-Baha’i religion in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Baghdad.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Globalization; Iraq; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

Glosario Basico de Terminos Bahá'ís - Author unknown, compiler (2004)
Spanish glossary of 404 terms used in the Bahá'í writings, community and administration, as well as words related to the history of other religions, and the history of Persia, Turkey and the Holy Land. Followed by glossary from the Iqan.
Compiler unknown. See the glossary from the Spanish Iqan at end. See also Englih Glossary of Bahá'í terms.
Keywords: Glossaries

Glossary and Index of Terms - Author unknown, compiler (Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2004)
Comprehensive glossary of Islam. (Extracted from the final volume, #13. Encyclopedia index not included.)
For the Index, pp. 1-135, download full PDF (15MB, offsite). Excerpted from full volumes online at library.ut.ac.ir. See other articles from Encyclopaedia of Islam. The whole collection can be searched at brillonline.com, e.g. the keywords "Bahāʾī," "Bahā'ism," and "Bābism."
Keywords: Encyclopaedia of Islam; Encyclopedias; Glossaries; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Terminology

Glossary of Arabic and Persian Transcription - Thomas,Mike, compiler (2016)
Comprehensive list of names and terms encountered in Bahá'í history, with transcription (accents, underlines and underdots), locations, word meanings, history and definitions. Updated monthly.
This glossary lists the Roman script transcription forms of many of the Arabic, Fársí, or Turkish words used in the Bahá’í Writings as a guide to their transcription. Additional root words have been added as a guide to an understanding of the meaning of the words. See also a Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation (M. Gail, 1957), a list of Oriental Words in Bahá'í Literature (Bahá'í World, 1986), Short Glossary of Bahá'í Terms (J. Winters, 2010), Glossary of Arabic and Persian terms (at Bahaipedia, off-site), and an audio Bahá'í Pronunciation Guide (A. Banani, 1967). See also list of abbreviations used at this site, and The Transliteration System Used in Bahá'í Literature. Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Arabic language; Glossaries; Names and titles; Persian language; Sanskrit language; Terminology; Transcription; Transliteration and diacritics

Glossary of internet-related terms - Winters,Jonah (1998)
A document created in 1998, when many users were new to the Web, explaining some common internet terms. Retained for historical interest.
I prepared this in 1998 for a non-technical audience, students in a distance-learning course. Much of it is out-of-date.
Keywords: Glossaries; Internet

Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam, by Todd Lawson: Review - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 2012)
Posted by author at academia.edu.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Bees; Báb (Gate); Báb, Writings of; Fire; Gnosticism; Gold; Honey; Hour (prophecy); Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Light verse (Quran); Messianism; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Say (phrase)

Goal of a New World Order, The, interactive study guide - Troxel,Duane (2004)
A PDF interactive study guide to Shoghi Effendi's letter "The Goal of a New World Order," which was published in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Glossaries; Outlines and summaries; Study guides; Visuals; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order

Gobineau's Account of the Beginnings of the Bahá'í Revelation - Garey,Howard B. (World Order, 2000)
Short summary of the Bab's time in Shiraz and Mecca, circa 1843.
Translation of an excerpt from Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau, Les religions et les philosophies dans l’Asie Centrale (1865), pp. 142-50.
Keywords: Báb, Pilgrimage of; Báb, The; Bábísm; Comte Arthur de Gobineau; Iran (documents); Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Shíráz, Iran

Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de - Jean,Calmard (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2003)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/gobineau.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Comte Arthur de Gobineau

Gobineau, L'Orient et L'Iran: Tome 1 1816-1860 - Boissel,Jean (Editions Klincksie, 1973)
One-page excerpt about Gobineau's interactions with the Bábís.
If you can translate this, please email me. Google Translate does a poor job with older French.
Keywords: 1858; 1860; Comte Arthur de Gobineau

God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America - Buck,Christopher (Educator's International Press, 2015)
The nation and the notion of America, as viewed through the lenses of Native American religions, Protestants and Catholic views, Judaism, Islam, Black Muslims, Buddhism, and the Bahá'í Faith; how minority faiths redefined America's world role.
Complete book online, with permission of publisher and author, at academia.edu. Order a copy from amazon.com.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Native Americans; United States (documents)

God Passes By - Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1971)
The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944.
See translations of the French passages in God Passes By. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 1844; 1944; 19th century; 19th century; 20th century; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'í history; Báb, Station of; Báb, The; Bábí history; Century of Light (book); Covenant; God Passes By (book); Growth; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Opposition; Persecution; Recognition (legal); Retrospect and prospect; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Worldwide; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi: Review - Author unknown (The Christian Century, 1945)
Brief review by a non-Bahá'í journal, written shortly after the publication of God Passes By.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics

God Passes By: A Study Guide - Holley,Horace (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1970)
Thematic index to the Guardian's key historical work.
Also available as a PDF scan of the original. See also God Passes By.
Keywords: God Passes By (book); Horace Holley; Outlines and summaries

God Passes By: Outline and cross-reference of chapters correlated with A Traveler's Narrative and The Dawn-Breakers - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2002)
A variety of indexes and tables correlating these three books.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Dawn-Breakers (book); God Passes By (book); Outlines and summaries; Travelers Narrative (book)