House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad: Case before the League of Nations - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iraq (1928)
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq; League of Nations; Petitions; Pilgrimage

House of Justice (Baytu'l-'Adl) - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bayt-al-adl-house-of-justice.
Keywords: Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); House of Justice

Houses as Perfect as Is Possible - Herrmann,Duane L. (World Order, 1994)
A survey of the evolution in design of the Bahá'í Houses of Worship around the world through the twentieth century.
PDF below generated from the Word document posted at academia.edu.
Keywords: Architects; Architecture; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Cultural diversity; Funds; Growth; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Symbolism

How a 19th-century Persian faith became the second-most common religion in our state: Why So Many Bahá'í? - Bowers,Paul (Charleston City Paper, 2014)
Mirrored from charlestoncitypaper.com. See more coverage of this story: The second-largest religion in each state (June 4, 2014); The Runner-Up Religions Of America (June 22); Maybe there ARE more Baha’is than Jews in South Carolina! (June 26).
Keywords: Bahá'í Groups; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Meetings; Persecution, Iran; South Carolina, USA

How Bahá'ís Should Vote - Abizadeh,Arash (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2008)
When voting, Bahá'ís should consider the qualifications of individual Assembly members, the collective makeup of the Assembly as a whole, changes in the individual Assembly members over time, and changes in the collective makeup of the Assembly over time.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/141.
Keywords: Elections

How Baha'ism Travelled from the East to the West: Ideological Evolution of the Neo-universalist Religious Doctrine - Melikova,Leyla (The Caucasus & Globalization, 2013)
On the ideological evolution of the Bahá'í Faith in the context of social and cultural trends of Western neoliberal ideology and globalism, Bahá'í religious identity, and relations with the environment, society, and the state.
Mirrored from cyberleninka.ru, www.ca-c.org, and academia.edu.
Keywords: Azerbaijan

How Bahá'u'lláh Taught Christians: The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Bahá'u'lláh's Writings to Followers of Jesus Christ - Brownstein,Ted (1998)
How Bahá'u'lláh prepared his message to attract Christians; poetic and rhetorical devices he used in declaring his mission to them; themes of Tablets to the Kings, Tablet to the Pope, and Lawh-i-Aqdas.
Mirrored from irfancolloquia.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet); Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX); Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Teaching

How Individuals Can Improve Their Understanding of the Bahá'í Teachings - Universal House of Justice (1994)
On the inability of the finite human mind to fully grasp the import of the Teachings, and how individuals can improve their understandings, even while steeped in a climate of thinking which influences and biases their reading of scientific evidence.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Deepening; Faith (general); Gender; Materialism; Science; Sexuality; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

How Parrots Are Taught to Speak - Rahmani Shirazi,Hadi (Payám-i-Baháʼí, 2010)
An experience of Muhammad Quli Khan Nakha’ee, who went on pilgrimage to meet Bahá’u’lláh.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Revelation of; Birds; Manifestations of God; Muhammad Quli Khan Nakhai; Parrots; Pilgrims notes

How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah - Marshall,Alison (1999)
Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.
Originally written as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Mysticism; Self; Self-annihilation (fana)

How to Study Shoghi Effendi's Writings: Some Notes on Study Skills and Study Guides - Fazel,Seena (1993)
Presented at the Religious Studies Special Interest Group of the ABS-ESE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 1993. See also Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Study guides

Huffington Post articles about the Bahá'í Faith - Various
Link to thousands of items at huffingtonpost.com mentioning, or about, the Bahá'í Faithh.
Keywords: Mentions; Newspaper articles

Human environment interactions and collaborative adaptive capacity building in a resilience framework - Bruss,Peter T. (2012)
Lengthy study of human effects on the environment informed by a Bahá'í perspective, with passing mentions of the Faith and the Native American Bahá'í Institute. Link to offsite document.
PhD dissertation for Colorado State University, online at hdl.handle.net/10217/67407. See also thesis defense announcement/overview at events.colostate.edu. Search this thesis for the keyword Bahá'í to see mentions of the Faith, and see pages 83-85 for an overview of the Native American Bahá'í Institute.
Keywords: Canada; Environment; Native American Bahá'í Institute (NABI); Native Americans; Nature; Resilience; United States (documents)

Human Evolution: Directed? - Davoodi,Fariborz Alan (2001)
Overview of contemporary biological theories of evolution and some of their failings in the face of a philosophy of evolution guided by God; includes details on photosynthesis, glycolysis, and geological time
This article can also be purchased as a formatted e-book from bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000013258/Human-Evolution.aspx.
Keywords: Biology; Evolution; Geology; Science; Time

Human Knowledge and the Advancement of Society - Mahmoudi,Hoda (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2012)
Knowledge is the means toward realizing a global civilization. The current Five Year Plan focuses the Bahá'í community’s consultation, reflection, and global growth, and the individual’s applying spiritual and secular knowledge to help this process.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/156.
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Civilization; Consultation; Five Year Plan (2011-2016); Growth; Institute process; Knowledge; Learning; Public discourse (discourses of society); Reflection; Social action

Human Nature and Human Society: A Bahá'í Viewpoint - Hatcher,William S. (The Baha'i Faith and Marxism, 1987)
Introduction to the Bahá'í understanding of human beings and social structures.
Keywords: Human nature; Philosophy; Sociology

Human Nature and Mental Health: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective - Penn,Michael L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
Overview of one research-practitioner’s understanding of the nature of mind from the perspective of the Bahá’í teachings, and implications of this view for understanding mental health and mental illness.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Happiness; Health and healing; Human nature; Mental health; Mind; Ontology; Philosophy; Psychology; Soul; Spirit (general)

Human Nature and World Religion: Toward a Bahá'í-Inspired Philosophical Anthropology - Rosen,Harold (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2012)
On how the major religions depict human nature, philosophical anthropology, the shared metaphysical concept of four levels of reality, and the nature of divine reality across religions.
See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Human nature; Philosophy

Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Baha'i Studies Notebook, 1983)
The human response to stressful events; coping mechanisms, including those of Bahá'í martyrs; responses to social stressors.
See also the author's Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions of Persecution and Suffering.
Keywords: Grief; Martyrdom; Persecution; Psychology; Stress

Human Rights and Multiculturalism - Barnes,Kiser (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
The concept of human rights must be enriched by spiritual principles. They rest on universal principles of morality and justice, and are a philosophical source for political and social reform.
This paper first presented at the “First International Conference On Human Rights,” September 14-17 1997, Brazilia, Brazil. This book is also available for download as a single PDF [2MB]. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Cultural diversity; Human rights; Kiser Barnes; Unity; Unity in diversity

Human Rights and Religious Faith - Amnesty International (dialogue magazine, 1986)
A statement from Amnesty International/USA, published by request.
See also a letter from the UHJ clarifying that Bahá'ís may work with, but not hold membership in, Amnesty International, and see a discussion of Amnesty in Releasing the Captive from His Chains. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Amnesty International; Human rights; Persecution

Human Rights and the Bahá'í Faith: The Human Right to Education for Religious Understanding - Johnston,Stanley W. (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Human rights should be viewed globally and should include freedom of choice in religion via liberal schooling; development goals; the 1981 UN Declaration to Eliminate Discrimination and Intolerance Based on Religion or Belief.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: 1981; Education; Human rights

Human Rights and the Rights of the Child: Implications for Children's Participation in the Bahá'í Community - Duly,Greg (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
Are human rights universal? Do rights have spiritual or religious influences? What is the relevance of child rights and prospects of children’s participation in the Bahá’í community?
This book is also available for download as a single PDF [2MB]. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Children; Childrens classes; Elections; Family; Human rights; Participation; Social action; Youth

Human Rights are God-Given Rights - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (Baha'i National Review, 1968)
A short "Bahá'í Statement on Human Rights," written by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States for the International Year for Human Rights, 1968.

Human Rights in the Bahá'í Writings - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2001)
Brief compilation on human rights from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi.
Submitted by, and name retained with permission of, recipient.
Keywords: Human rights; United Nations

Human Rights Watch on Persecution of Baha'is in Iran - Reuters (1997)
Two articles covering a report by Human Rights Watch on the treatment of the Bahá'ís and other minorities in Iran.
Keywords: Human rights; Iran (documents); Newspaper articles; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Human Rights, Faith, and Culture - Various (Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, 2001)
Proceedings of an ABS Australia conference, November 7-8 1998.
Proceedings of the ABS Australia conference "Human Rights, Faith and Culture: A Conference Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," November 7-8 1998, Canberra. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/ebooks/human-rights-faith-and-culture. See publisher's electronic distribution license.
Keywords: Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies

Human Rights: Reflections from a Bahá'í Viewpoint - Curtotti,Michael (Human Rights, Faith, and Culture, 2001)
Born in modern times, the Bahá’í Faith addresses human rights in the language of modernity but also in traditional religious terminology; journey of the soul; duties of rulers; the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
First published in ABS Australia Volume 1, 1999 (see PDF).
Keywords: Human rights

Human Station in the Bahá'í Faith: Selected Sections: Philosophy and Knowledge of the Divine - Davudi,Ali Murad (Juxta Publishing Co., 2013)
A collection of talks by the Bahá’í teacher and philosopher Dr. A. M. Dávúdí on selected philosophical topics, including one on the subject of the non-political nature of the Bahá’í Faith and non-involvement in partisan politics.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/human-station-in-the-bahai-faith. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Free will; Heaven and hell; Martyrdom; Philosophy; Politics; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; `Alí Murád Dávúdí

Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts - Universal House of Justice (2015)
A letter to and response from the House about why Bahá'ís do not condemn the 2014 attacks on Gaza, and principles to consider when addressing conflicts.
Original letter to the House included, and name retained, with permission of recipient. Original PDF on file. Title "Humanitarian Responses..." made up for this online posting, not in original.
Keywords: 2014; Charity and relief work; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Human rights; Israel; Israel, Bahá'í relations; Lesser Peace; Palestine; Peace; Politics; Unity; War

Humanity and the Universe: Mirror of the Unknown - Liedtke,Harry (Okanagan Publishers, 1996)
A study of the origin and nature of the universe in light of Bahá'í texts; creation and evolution; cosmology and life in the universe; technological progress; science and religion; the nature of time, our senses, and free will.
Keywords: Cosmology; Creation; Evolution; Free will; Perception; Science; Technology; Time; Universe

Humanity's Coming Encounter with Baha'u'llah - Martin,Douglas (American Baha'i, 1992)
Retrospective look at the previous 100 years of Bahá'í history, current shifts of focus and teaching plans, and the prospects for the future which the new Message can bring.
First distributed 1991-09-09, then published 1992. Author note: then member, Universal House of Justice, and Director-General of the Bahá'í World Center Office of Public Information.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh (statement); Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Bahá'í history; Covenant; Douglas Martin; Growth; Holy Years; Integration and disintegration; Public discourse (discourses of society); Teaching; Tudeh Party of Iran; Unity

Humankind can't fly until men and women are truly equal - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Bahá'ís recognize the importance of International Women's Day. William Hatcher had many observations about the importance of equality and the place of women.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2458876.
Keywords: Canada; McMaster University; Mothers; William Hatcher; Women; Womens rights

Humor and Laughter - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Universal House of Justice (1997)
See also a letter from the House, God the All-Humorous, and an essay introducing this compilation, by Omid Djalili and Annabel Knight. Essay and compilation published in Bahá'í Studies Review 7 (1997). Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Humor; Laughter

Humor and Laughter - Djalili,Omid; Knight,Annabel (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
Essay written as introduction to the Compilation on Humor and Laughter, both published in BSR 7.
Keywords: Humor; Laughter

Huqúqu'lláh - 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. See also a 2007 compilation on Huqúqu'lláh.
Keywords: Funds; Huqúqu'lláh

Huququ'llah Transactions, Examples of - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Information and examples about calculating Huququ'llah transactions.
Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Huqúqu'lláh

Huququ'llah, Sixteen Questions about - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Sixteen detailed questions about Huququ'llah, submitted by a Bahá'í attorney.
Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Huqúqu'lláh; Questions and answers

Huqúqu'lláh: The Right of God - Payman,Aflatoon (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Huqúqu'lláh is a voluntary tax on wealth which enables the individual to contribute to the work of the Faith, and a spiritual law of Bahá'u'lláh with spiritual consequences; its importance, details, application, and exemptions.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Huqúqu'lláh

Huqúqu'lláh: The Right of God - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Bahá’í World Centre, 2007)
Reformatted based on http://reference.bahai.org/download/hc-en-doc.zip. See also a 1991 compilation on Huqúqu'lláh published in Compilation of Compilations.
Keywords: Auditing; Funds; Huqúqu'lláh; Laws; Social and economic development

Husband and Wife, Relationship between - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
The "functional" divisions between husband and wife in the Bahá'í Writings should be considered in the light of the general principle of equality between the sexes.
Keywords: Equality; Family; Gender; Women

I am a Bahá'í - Murchie,Guy (Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1958)
"An Exotic Faith Has Built One of the World's Great Temples Here. A Believer Tells What That Faith Means to Him."
This newspaper article was republished as a brochure by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust (Wilmette, 1958), with permission of Chicago Sunday Tribune.

"I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts - Cole,Juan (Poetics Today, 1993)
Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with all the past Prophets and their sufferings, depicting himself mortally wounded on the field of battle, like Imám Husayn.
Also available as a scan of the original article.
Keywords: Abraham; Archetypes; Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, The; Cosmology; I am all the Prophets (phrase); Imam Husayn; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; John the Baptist; Joseph (Prophet); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Martyrdom; Moses; Pluralism; Poetry; Prophets; Return; Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood); Unity of religion

I Daniel: Index - Limber,Bruce (1999)
An index to the contents of Robert Riggs' book I, Daniel.
The version of I, Daniel we have lacks page numbers, so this index will be helpful only as a general guide. Also available as a Microsoft Word document, limber_daniel_index.doc.
Keywords: Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Daniel (Bible); Indexes and catalogues; Prophecies

I Found You! - Herrmann,Duane L. (Poetica: A Journal of Contemporary Jewish Writing, 2014)
Allegory of a little boy's new adventures in a new country with his mother, who had been lost.
Keywords: Children; Fiction; Metaphors and allegories; Stories

I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá'u'llah - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Theology and the language of revelation vs. atheism and scientific discourse, and apophatic "not-knowing" vs. the impossibility of knowing god.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #102, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/102/klebel_praise.
Keywords: Apophatic theology; Atheism; Fate, destiny and predestination; Free will; God; Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Prayer; Prayer texts; Progressive revelation; Theology; Words and phrases

I Loved Thy Creation: A collection of short fiction - Bohnhoff,Maya Kaathryn (Juxta Publishing Co., 2008)
Sci-fi, fantasy, and magic-realism stories inspired by Bahá'í themes.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/i-loved-thy-creation. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Fiction; Magic realism; Science fiction; Stories

"I Never Understood Any of This from 'Abbás Effendi": Muhammad 'Abduh's Knowledge of the Bahá'í Teachings and His Friendship with 'Abdu'l-Bahá - McCants,William F. (Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements, and the Babi-Baha'i Faiths, 2004)
Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905) was a journalist, revolutionary, professor, and later Grand Mufti of Egypt, who befriended and corresponded with the Master; the role of Muhammad Rashíd Ridá; Abdu’l-Bahá's 1885 letter to Abduh.
Purchase online from the publisher at brill.com.
Keywords: 1880s; 1900s; Egypt; Lebanon; Leo Tolstoy; Muhammad Abduh; `Abdu'l-Bahá

"I woke up and knew, spiritually, I have just accepted the faith": Agency and Dream Ethnography in the Bahá'í Faith - Makhani-Belkin,Tova (Entangled Religions, 2024)
Analysis of first-generation Bahá'ís' dreams and visions as confirming their religious conversion, emphasizing dreams' role in integrating prior beliefs and aiding conversion.
Mirrored from er.ceres.rub.de, where it is available in both PDF and HTML.
Keywords: Conversion; Dreams and visions; Mountains; Progressive revelation; Rivers

I, Daniel - Riggs,Robert (1998)
Spiritual, metaphorical, and esoteric teachings from the Bible's book of Daniel.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document, riggs_i_daniel.doc. See also an Index to I, Daniel.
Keywords: Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Daniel (Bible); Prophecies

I, Mary Magdalene - Thompson,Juliet (Delphic Studios, 1940)
Semi-autobiographical account of Juliet Thompson's contact with 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Christianity; Fiction; Juliet Thompson; Mary Magdalene; Persecution; Pilgrims notes; Roman Empire; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Ibn 'Arabi's Joseph: Imagination as Holy Communion - Lawson,Todd (2010)
Presented at the "Response and Responsibility" Ibn Arabi Conference, Berkeley, California, October 2010. Mirrored from ibnarabisociety.org/podcasts.
Keywords: Ibn Arabi; Islam; Joseph (Prophet)

Ibn Abhar, Hand of the Cause - Lambden,Stephen (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1996)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from iranicaonline.org/articles/ebn-abhar. Later also published to referenceworks.brillonline.com.
Keywords: 1854; 1919; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Ibn-i-Abhar (Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí)

Ibn Asdaq, missionary and martyr - Lambden,Stephen (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1996)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ebn-asdaq.
Keywords: 1850; 1928; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Ibn-i-Aṣdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muḥammad)

Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America - Hollinger,Richard (From Iran East and West: Studies in Babi and Baha'i History, 1984)
A study of the Lebanese Bahá'í who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced his allegiance to Abdu'l-Bahá, based on many primary source materials the author unearthed in public and private archives.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Biography; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; United States (documents)

Ichnographical: 173 - Herrmann,Duane L. (Curtis Publishing, 2016)
Poems of life, experience, and transcendence. Sample of poetry from the published book, selected by the author, for sharing with the Bahá'í Library.
Purchase the complete book from amazon.com.
Keywords: Poetry

Ideas, Religion, and Social Change - Berger,Julia (Rethinking Religion and Politics in a Plural World: The Bahá'í International Community and the United Nations, 2021)
Links to a book chapter and video presentation and presentation notes (offsite) presented for the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, on meaning-making processes driving NGO behavior and the Bahá'í Faith's pursuit of social change.
In this "Religions, Humanitarianism, and Development Research Reading Group" session, Dr. Julia Berger, of Montclair State University, presented her paper "Ideas, Religion, and Social Change: The Baha'i International Community and the United Nations." Dr. Misbah Hyder, of University of California-Irvine, responded to the paper, followed by a question-and-answer session. (from jliflc.com, Feb. 10 2022) Sample book chapter "Ideas, Religion, and Social Change" (Jan. 14, 2021) posted by author and publisher at their respective websites (linked below). Purchase book at bloomsbury.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Change; Social action; Social change; United Nations

Identidad y Paz - Farrand,Quentin (Derecho y Cambio Social, 2009)
Estimular la apreciación de la diversidad de caracteres, talentos, y personalidades que encontramos en todos los grupos étnicos, de clase, nacionales, y de creencias, y desalentar el adoctrinamiento de aversión y contienda entre estos segmentos.
Mirrored with permission from derechoycambiosocial.com.
Keywords: Cultural diversity; Identity; Peace

Identity and the Spiritual Journey in the Badi Calendar - Saiedi,Nader (2015)
A 99-minute talk on various aspects of the nature and history of the Bahá'í calendar.
Original sound recording at soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/identity-and-the-spiritual-journey-in-the-badi-calendar. See an announcement about this talk at bahaiblog.net....
Keywords: Astronomy; Ayyám-i-Há; Aztecs; Badi calendar; Calendars (general); Dua Al Sahar (Dawn supplication); Egypt; God, Names of; Historical consciousness; Identity; Iran (documents); Journey (spiritual); Kull-i-Shay (all things); Letters of the Living; Mirrors; Moon; Naw-Rúz; Nineteen (number); Roman Empire; Sociology; Sun; Sunset (start of day); Twin Holy days; Unity; Zoroastrianism

Identity of Man Who Asked "What is the object of life to a Bahá'í?" - Universal House of Justice (2004)
On the identity of the individual to whom Shoghi Effendi said "The object of life to a Bahá’í is to promote the oneness of mankind."
Keywords: Life (general); Purpose of life; Research Department, Questions and answers; Shoghi Effendi

Identity Politics and Public Disputation: A Baha'i Missionary as a Muslim Modernist in South Africa - Jeppie,Shamil (Journal for Islamic Studies, 2007)
On the "Arabic Study Circle" of South Africa (ca. 1950) and the role of its most influential member, Joseph Perdu; the question of public performances of identity and their relations to private pursuits of identity.
Mirrored from academia.edu. See also this mention of Perdu and the Faith, which refers to him as an "undercover Bahá'í missionary."
Keywords: 1950s

Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time, by Yascha Mounk: Review - Penn,Michael L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2025)
Yascha Mounk’s book "The Identity Trap" critiques identity-based politics, arguing that it undermines liberal values, fosters division, and challenges universalist ideals, urging a return to shared humanity.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Identity; Unity; Unity of humanity

Identity, Discourse, and Policy: Reconstructing the Public Sphere - Weinberg,Matthew (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2011)
Through interchange, individuals and their communities define their identities and goals. Life has a fundamentally dialogical character. Giving consideration to the multiple dimensions of human experience leads to new, greater social meanings.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/152.
Keywords: Identity; Philosophy; Public discourse (discourses of society)

Ideology, Ethics, and Philosophical Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Iran - Cole,Juan (Iranian Studies, 1989)
Intellectual biography as a discipline assumes that the life and thought of an individual can shed light on an epoch. This paper examines 1700s Iran via the Shi'i scholar Mohammad Mehdi Niraq (d. 1794). No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
Purchase online at tandfonline.
Keywords: 18th century; Biography; Ethics; Iran (documents); Isfahan, Iran; Middle East; Philosophy; Shia Islam (Shiism)

If Walls Could Speak: An eyewitness account of the Bábís of Nayriz - Nayrizi,Ibrahim (1998)
An account of the Nayriz uprising in 1853.
Author note: Ibrahim is the son of Áqá Siyyid Husayn Nayrízi. See also Memories of Hájí Muhammad Nayrízi, Narrative of Mulla Muhammad Shafi` Nayrizi, and Martyrs of the Second Revolt at Nayriz.
Keywords: 1853; Eyewitness; Nayriz, Iran

Ihsan'u'llah Khan Dustdar, die Kaukasischen Revolutionare und die Grundung der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepublik Iran 1920-1921 - Ekbal,Kamran (Osmanismus, Nationalismus und der Kaukasus: Muslime und Christen, Turken und Armenier im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, 2005)
Dustdar was a Bahai commander of the Persian Red Army who in 1920-1921 landed with his revolutionary Persian Forces on the southern shores of the Caspian to establish the Socialist Soviet Republic of Iran.
Book title translates to "Muslims and Christians, Christians and Armenians in the 19th and 20th centuries"; paper "Ihsan'u'llah Khan Dustdar, the Caucasian Revolutionaries and the founding of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Iran 1920-1921." Page images scanned by author and shared with me for posting, just before his passing in 2014; converted to PDF and OCRed 2017.
Keywords: 1920; 1921; Ihsanullah Khan Dustdar; Iran (documents); Russia

Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A Trajectory of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Bahá'í Theophanology - Buck,Christopher (1983)
A continuity may be drawn by plotting a trajectory of prophetological concepts from Prophet Messianism to Baha'I Theophanology, wherein Ebionite Christology provides the missing link to an ideological evolution in Semitic milieus.
A revision of the author's earlier Illuminator vs. Redeemer: Was Ebionite Adam/Christ Prophetology "Original," Anti-Pauline, or "Gnostic"?
Keywords: Adam and Eve; Christianity; Ebionism; Jesus Christ; Judaism

Illuminator vs. Redeemer: Was Ebionite Adam/Christ Prophetology "Original," Anti-Pauline, or "Gnostic"? - Buck,Christopher (1982)
Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith, but is of interest because of the phenomenological resonance between the Ebionite Christian doctrine of the "True Prophet" with the Bahá’í doctrine of the “Manifestation of God.”
Written in June 1982, revised in 1983 as Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A Trajectory of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Baha'I Theophanology. Proofread/formatted by Bobbi Lyons and updated by Buck in 2012.
Keywords: Adam and Eve; Christianity; Ebionism; Jesus Christ; Judaism

Illustrated description of a design in the Persian-Indian style of architecture for the first Mashrak-el-Azkar (Bahá'í temple) to be erected in America - Remey,Charles Mason (Bahá'í Temple Unity, 1920)
Expanded version of a portion of Remey's earlier Mashrak-el-Azkar [Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]: Descriptive of the Bahai temple, with photographs of Temple models.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. The PDF copy below has been stripped of blank pages. See also Remey's Mashrak-el-Azkar: Descriptive of the Bahai temple (1917). While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he prepared these designs 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: Architecture; Ashgabat; Culture, Indo-Persian; Gardens; India; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Mughal empire and architecture; Taj Mahal; Turkmenistan; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation: Imami Shiʿism Circa 280-290 A. H./900 A. D. - Arjomand,Said Amir (Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1997)
Examination of the end of the 9th century and events following the death of the eleventh Imam, and the formal beginnings of the doctrine of the "hidden" twelfth Imam. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Also later published in Sociology of Shi'ite Islam: collected essays (Brill, 2016). See also the author's Consolation of Theology: Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism and Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism.
Keywords: Hidden Imam; Imams; Islam; Occultation; Shia Islam (Shiism); Twelfth Imam

Imbrie Murder Laid to Religious Hate - Author unknown (New York Times, 1924)
Two brief articles describing the 1924 murder of an American diplomat by a Muslim mob who thought he was a Bahá'í.
See also Vice Counsel Robert Imbrie's report to the U.S. Secretary of State, a follow-up report A consideration of the Bahai religion, a personal interview with a witness to the attack, and two essays in Journal of the American Foreign Services Association.
Keywords: 1924; Robert Imbrie

Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism - Sours,Michael W. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Bahá'u'lláh uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the realm of creation — such as "angel," "fire," and the prophets' claims to be incarnating the "face" or "voice" of God; these convey the transcendence of God.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also original scan. See also The Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature (Sours, 1991).
Keywords: Angels; Attainment unto the Divine presence; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bible; Bride (metaphor); Christianity; Clouds; Dawn-Breakers (book); Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Dove (symbol); Dreams and visions; Dualism; Fire; Gabriel (angel); Gender; Genesis (Bible); Glory (general); God; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; God, Day of; God, Names of; God, Will of; God, Word of; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Holy Spirit; Huruf (letters); Interpretation; Islam; Jerusalem, Israel; Jesus Christ; Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Laws; Logos; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Monism; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Mythology; New Jerusalem; Obedience; Paradise; Peace; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Revelation; Scholarship; Sophia (wisdom); Sufism; Symbolism; Theology; Theophany; Typology; Unity; Unity of humanity; Unity of religion; Wisdom; Words and phrases

Immortality and the Human Soul: Lecture Series - Dunbar,Hooper (1989)
Note: first 30 seconds of Part 1 is blank. Originally posted, with permission, at silk-pen.com [archive.org].
Keywords: Angels; Attainment unto the Divine presence; Character; Death (unbelief) and life (belief); Deepening; Dreams and visions; Evil; Free will; Growth; Health and healing; Hooper Dunbar; Human nature; Independent investigation of truth; Intention; Intercession; Kingdoms, Physical; Life after death (afterlife); Light; Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Motivation; Nearness and remoteness; Purpose of life; Reincarnation; Return; Spirit of faith; Spirituality; Symbolism; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; Truth; Virtues; Water (metaphor)

Importance des arts dans la promotion de le Foi - Spierckel,Pierre, translator; Universal House of Justice, compiler (2023)
See English original.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Dance; Music; Plays; Poetry; Proclamation, public; Singing; Teaching

Importance of and Guidance on Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Indigenous and Other Languages - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, compiler
Compilation of one passage from Abdu'l-Bahá and fourteen excerpts from letters written by or on behalf of the Universal House of Justice.
Date unknown. More details about this compilation are in Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings and Matters of Translation (2002). The original date of this compilation is not given, but the cover letter written in 2002 says it was "prepared some time ago." The cover letter describes this compilation as "consisting mostly of the correspondence of the Universal House of Justice... Despite the fact that there is a degree of repetition in the content, it is included because of Mrs. ...’s interest in the importance and use of language."
Keywords: Cultural diversity; Indigenous languages; Indigenous people; Translation; Transliteration and diacritics

Importance of Leadership and Participation in Ensuring the Success of a Teaching Plan - Erfanian,Kian; Derakhshandegan,Mehran (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
The relationship between leadership and participation of institutions and individuals in the organic unfolding of the Cause, and a practical plan of action for a local Bahá'í community.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.

Importancia de las Escrituras en la Ética Laboral Protestante - Palacios,Saul (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
La ética laboral protestante (PWE) se fundamentaba en un fuerte componente. La PWE ya no está únicamente asociada a los cristianos, sino que se encuentra presente en individuos de distintos credos, desvinculándola de todo otro aspecto religioso.
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: Bible; Christianity; Ethics; Protestantism; Sociology; Work; Work ethics

Impressions from the Rock of Gibraltar: The Journal of a Travelling Teacher - McLean,Jack (2010)
Book-length compilation of essays and poetry, written while travel-teaching in Spain and Morocco, August - December 2009.
First posted 2010, updated 2020. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com/books/gibraltar-journal.
Keywords: Gibraltar; Morocco; Poetry; Spain; Travel Teaching

Impressions of Haifa - Locke,Alain (Baha'i World, 1926)
Locke reflects on his visit to the Bahá'í shrines in November 1923.
Mirrored from
Keywords: 1923; Akka, Israel; Alain Locke; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Equality; Haifa, Israel; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes; Service; Shoghi Effendi; Unity

Improved Access to Intelligent Responses Using the Bahá'í Model of Consultation: Two Exploratory Small-Sample Studies - Kolstoe,John E. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Studies using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale show that people consulting together can access intelligent responses superior to that attained through individual effort, and suggest several areas of inquiry for further investigation.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/269.
Keywords: Consultation

In A Blue Haze: Smoking and Baha'i Ethics - Schaefer,Udo (Zero Palm Press, 1997)
Smoking as a focus of this first attempt to define certain aspects of Bahá'í ethics.
Keywords: Alcohol; Cleanliness; Ethics; Health and healing; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity); Laws; Purity; Smoking (tobacco); Udo Schaefer

In All the Ways that Matter, Women Don't Count - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
The Bahá'í goal of achieving sexual equality cannot be achieved merely by trying to advance the position of women in society, but rather society itself must be "feminized."
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Women

In Galilee and In Wonderland - Agnew,Arthur S.; Chase,Thornton (Kalimat Press, 1985)
Two essays of a pilgrimage to Akka in 1907.
Keywords: 1907; Akka, Israel; Arthur S. Agnew; Pilgrims notes; Thornton Chase; `Abdu'l-Bahá

In His Presence: Visits to 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Wilhelm,Roy; Cobb,Stanwood; Coy,Genevieve L. (Kalimat Press, 1989)
Re-publication of Wilhelm's Knock and It Shall Be Opened Unto You (1908), Cobb's Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1962), and Coy's A Week in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Home (1921). Text missing quotation marks.
Knock and It Shall Be Opened Unto You was originally published as a booklet by the author in 1908; Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was published in the July-August 1962 issues of Bahá'í News, and A Week in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Home was first published in Star of the West, 12:10-13, 1921. Part of this book can be viewed online at google.com, or download pages 1-33 as a Googlebooks set of image scans, wilhelm_cobb_in_his_presence.pdf [PDF, 5MB]. Cobb's portion is also online at bahai-library.com/cobb_memories_abdul-baha, and another version of Coy's notes are at coy_week_abdul-bahas_home. Posted online here with permission of re-publisher. Order a copy of the book at kalimat.com. Much of this text typed, and all of it proofread, by B. Lyons, 2012.
Keywords: 1907; 1908; 1910; 1912; 1913; 1920; Akka, Israel; Pilgrims notes; Stanwood Cobb; `Abdu'l-Bahá

In Iran - Smith,Peter, editor (Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, 1986)
Essays on Bábí-Bahá'í history, sociology, and theology in Iran.
Order a copy of this book at kalimat.com. See also image scan of complete book.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Iran (documents); Kalimat Press; Sociology; Theology

In Iran: Studies in Babi and Bahá'í History, vol. 3: Review - Cole,Juan (Bulletin, 1988)
See related discussions in Debates between MacEoin et al.

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1978)
Ahmadpur, 'Inayatu'llah; Arbab, Ruhi; Ashen, Elizabeth Anna; Azamikhah, Qudratu'llah; Baghdadi, 'Abbas Ihsan; Baghtiyari, Isfandiyar; Bare, Karen; Becker, Matilda; Beeton, James Henry Isaac; Bode, Edward; Dhabih, Ishraqiyyih; Dreyfus-Barney, Laura ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 16. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1970)
Valiyu'llah Varqa, Amelia Collins, George Townshend, Corinne Knight True, Horace Holley, Clara Dunn, Juliet Thompson, Carrie Kinney, Harlan Foster Ober, Husayn Uskuli, Albert Windust, Pritam Singh, Louisa Mathew Gregory, Edith and Joseph de Bons ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 13. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown, compiler (Baha'i World, 1986)
95 biographies from Bahá'í World 18. Includes detailed bios of H.M. Balyuzi, A.Q. Faizi, Robert Hayden, Bernard Leach, Stanwood Cobb, Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Adelbert Muhlschlegel, Doris Holley, Paul Haney, Enoch Olinga, Muhammad Labib, etc.
See Bahá'í World volume 18. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam; Marion Hofman

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1976)
'Ala'i, Ni'mat; Alexander, Agnes Baldwin; Allen, Jeanne Gwendolin; Almond, Percy Meade; Backwell, Richard; Banani, Mbsa; Baxter, Evelyn; Bergamaschi, Napoleon; Blue Mountain, Pacora; Blum, Alvin; Bode, Mary Hotchkiss; Bolton, Mariette Germaine ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 15. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1974)
Leroy Ioas, Jessie Revell, Mildred Eileen Clark, Marcia Steward de Matamoros, Charles William Dunning, Roy Fernie, Mabel Grace Geary, Elizabeth Hopper, Catherine Heward Huxtable, Alyce Janssen, Malcolm King, Richard Nolen, Ali Akbar Rafi‘i Rafsanjání ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 14. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1956)
William Sutherland Maxwell, Roy Wilhelm, Siegfried Schopflocher, Louis Gregory, Dorothy Baker, Marion Jack, Edward Kinney, Youness Afrukhtih, Ella Goodall Cooper, Sulayman Berjis, Ella Bailey, Maria Ioas, Nuri'd-Din Fath Azam, Muhamammad Tahir Malmiri ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 12. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria, and Gregory, Louis G.: The Advancement of Racial Unity in America.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1932)
Ethel Rosenberg, Claudia Stuart Coles, Consul Albert Schwarz.
See also Bahá'í World volume 4 table of contents and indexes to obituaries and in-memoriams. This text first posted at senmcglinn.wordpress.com.
Keywords: 1858; 1871; 1930; 1931; Albert Schwarz; Biography; Claudia Stuart Coles; Ethel Rosenberg; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1936)
Bahiyyih Khanum, Keith Ransom-Kehler, Agnes Parsons, Yusuf Khan-i-Vujdani, Arastu Khan Hakim, George Benke, Edwin Scott, Alice Barney, Lisbeth Kitzing.
See also Bahá'í World volume 5 table of contents and indexes to obituaries and in-memoriams.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1937)
Susan I. Moody, Hooper Harris, Harry H. Romer, Howard Luxmoore Carpenter, Edward C. Getsinger, Sarah Blundell, Khalil Qamar, Haji Muhammad Yazdi.
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 6. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1942)
May Ellis Maxwell, Lua Getsinger, Martha Root, Thornburgh-Cropper, Lady Blomfield, Rahmatu’lláh Alá’i, Grace Robarts Ober, Háji Ghulám-Ridá, Pauline Knobloch Hannen, Louise Waite, Isabel Fraser Chamberlain, Marie Moore, Robert Abbott, Grace Krug ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 8. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1945)
John Henry Hyde Dunn, Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad, Mirza Buzurg Afnan Ala'i, Margaret Stevenson, Mary Revell, M. Salih, Oswald Whitaker, Hilda Gilbert, Elizabeth Greenleaf, Howard Colby Ives, Mirza Abdu'l-Rahim Khan, Matthew Kaszab, Mabel Rice-Wray Ives ...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 9. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria. See also May Ellis Maxwell and Sydney Sprague.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1939)
Alfred E. Lunt, Zia Bagdadi, Laurie C. Wilhelm, Mary Hanford Ford, Elmore E. Duckett, Colonel I. Piruzbakht, Mirza Muhammad Kazim-Pur, Y. S. Tsao, Muhammad Basjhir, Malakat Nushugati.
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 7. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1948)
Siyyid Mustafa Rumi, Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg, Azizu'llah Mesbah, Muhammad Sa'id Adham, Ali-Asghar Qazvini, Lydia Zamenhof, Hasan Muhajir-Zihid, Muhammad Jadhbani, George Henderson, John Stearns, Sultan Nik-A'in, Ali-Muhammad Nabili, Esther Tobin...
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 10. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1952)
Fannie Lesch, Walter Olitzki, Fanny Knobloch, Marta Brauns-Forel, Fred Mortensen, Haj Taha El-Hamamsi, Friedrich Schweizer, John David Bosch, Ali Saboor, Orcella Rexford, Abu'l-Fetouh Battah, Ali Said Eddin, Mumammad-Taqi Isfahini, Haji Mahmud Qassabchi.
The PDF below is an excerpt from Bahá'í World volume 11. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1930)
Hippolyte Dreyfus Barney, Mirza Mahmud Zargani, William H. Randall.
Volume 3 doesn't have a proper In Memoriam, like later issues, but some informal notes following a bio of Dreyfus-Barney and some photographs. See also Bahá'í World volume 3 table of contents and indexes to obituaries and in-memoria. This text first posted at senmcglinn.wordpress.com.
Keywords: 1863; 1928; 1929; Biography; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; In Memoriam; Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; William Harry Randall

In Memoriam - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1981)
Anderson, Angela Annette; Azzáví, Siyyid Muḥammad; Battrick, Jeannette Hilda; Blackwell, Ellsworth; Blundell, Hugh; Boon, Choo Yeok; Bowman, Amelia; Brown, Ramona Allen Bray; Busey, Garreta Helen; Derozhinsky, Pamela; Ebo, António Francisco; Enongene...
See Bahá'í World volume 17, and indexes to obituaries and in-memoria.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam 1992-1997 - Vreeland,Paul, editor (Baha'i World, 2010)
The first In Memoriam supplement to Bahá'í World after the journal converted to a shorter, annual format in 1992.
Also online, in HTML format, at bahai.works/In_Memoriam_1992-1997. See also indexes to obituaries and in-memoriams.
Keywords: 1992; 1997; Biography; In Memoriam

In memoriam Barbara Sims - Universal House of Justice; Sims,Sheridan; Fotos,Sandra S. (Baha'i News of Japan, 2002)
Two obituaries of a prominent American Bahá'í teacher and pioneer to Japan.
Keywords: 1918; 2002; Barbara Sims; Biography; In Memoriam; Japan; United States (documents)

In Memoriam Fred Schechter: Bahá'í House of Worship Memorial Program - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; Universal House of Justice; et al. (2017)
Messages from the Universal House of Justice and the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, and a selection of quotations, that summarize and celebrate the life of this Knight of Bahá'u'lláh and Continental Counsellor, for a memorial service at Wilmette.
Keywords: 2017; Biography; Chicago, IL; Fred Schechter; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents)

In Memoriam: Amin Banani (1926-2013) - Anonymous (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Bio of an Iranian-American Bahá'í and prominent academic who authored The Modernization of Iran, and pioneered the Iranian Studies program at UCLA; he and his wife Shiela also served as Bahá'í pioneers to Greece during the Ten Year Crusade.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lights15_memoriam-banani.
Keywords: 1926; 2013; Amin Banani; Bahá'í scholars (English-language); Biography; Irfán Colloquia

In Memoriam: Bill Washington - Universal House of Justice; National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia (2014)
Messages of condolence from the Universal House of Justice and the National Assembly of Australia.
Keywords: 2014; Australia; Bill Washington; Biography; In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1938)
Biography of one-time editor of Star of the West.
This complete volume is online at bahai.works/Bahá'í_World in both PDF and text versions. See also Bagdadi's book Treasures of the East.
Keywords: 1937; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Pen portraits of; Beirut, Lebanon; Biography; Chicago, IL; In Memoriam; Lebanon; Pen portraits; Pilgrims notes; Star of the West; United States (documents); Zia Bagdadi

In Memoriam: Heshmat Shariary (1934-2018) - Anonymous (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
Overview of the life of an active participant in the Irfan Colloquia and Bahá'í studies.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lights19_memoriam-shariary.
Keywords: 1934; 2018; Biography; China; Heshmat Shariary; Iran (documents); Irfán Colloquia; Kashan, Iran; Romania; United States (documents)

In Memoriam: Houshang Arjmand (1930-2015) - Anonymous (Lights of Irfan, 2016)
Short biography of the founder of the Háj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund at the Bahá’í National Treasurer’s Office in the United States, sponsor of Irfan Colloquia publications.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lights17_memoriam-arjmand.
Keywords: 1930; 2015; Biography; Irfán Colloquia

In Memoriam: Hugh McKinley - Velasco,Ismael (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
McKinley (1924-1999) was a British Bahá'í pioneer to Cyprus during the Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963).
See also Life of Hugh McKinley, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh (Olivia McKinley, 2004). Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: 1924; 1999; Biography; Hugh McKinley; In Memoriam; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

In Memoriam: Hushmand Fatheazam (1924-2013) - Fatheazam,Shahbaz (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Born into a prominent Iranian Bahá'í family, he pioneered to India where he was later elected to the National Spiritual Assembly, serving as its secretary until 1963, when he was elected to the Universal House of Justice, serving on that body until 2003.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org.
Keywords: 1924; 2013; Biography; Hushmand Fatheazam; Universal House of Justice, Members of

In Memoriam: Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013) - Handal,Boris; Sanchez,Enrique (2021)
On the life of an active member of the early Peruvian community, who first encountered the Bahá'í Faith in her hometown in Argentina in 1948 before travel-teaching in Peru.
See also In Memoriam: Mercedes Sánchez (1912-1999), Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), and Salomon Pacora Estrada (1899-1969)
Keywords: 1931; 2013; Argentina; Biography; Isabel Camacho de Sanchez; Peru

In Memoriam: Kamran Ekbal (1946 - 2014) - Ekbal,Ramez (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
Bio of a scholar, translator of the Writings, and frequent contributor to the Irfan Colloquia.
See items by Ekbal at bahai-library.com and irfancolloquia.org.
Keywords: 1946; 2014; Bagdadi family (Baghdadi family); Biography; Fath-`Alí Sháh; Germany; Iran (documents); Irfán Colloquia; Kamran Ekbal; Lebanon; Mírzá Muhammad Mustafá Baghdádí; Zia Bagdadi

In Memoriam: Mahboubeh Arjmand (d. 2013) - Anonymous (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Arjmand was an Iranian Bahá'í who settled in California, and was an active supporter of the Irfan project.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lights15_memoriam-arjmand.
Keywords: 2013; Biography; Irfán Colloquia

In Memoriam: Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), Spiritual Father of Peru, Mentor and Counselor - Handal,Boris (2021)
On the life of a distinguished Bahá'í from Rasht, Iran, who travel-taught to Africa and South America and later became a member of the National Spiritual Assemblies of Bolivia and Peru.
See also In Memoriam Mercedes Sánchez (1922-2013), Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013), and Salomon Pacora Estrada (1899-1969). También disponible en español, en PDF o Word.
Keywords: 1922; 2013; Biography; Bolivia; Masud Khamsi; Peru

In Memoriam: Mercedes Sánchez (1912-1999) - Handal,Boris (2021)
On the life of one of the first Peruvian Bahá'ís, who encountered the Faith via Eve Nicklin, the first American pioneer to settle in Peru.
See also In Memoriam: Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013), Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), and Salomon Pacora Estrada (1899-1969).
Keywords: 1912; 1999; Biography; Eve Nicklin; Mercedes Sanchez; Peru

In Memoriam: Muhammad Afnan (1930-2017) - Anonymous (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
Overview of the life of a supporter, active collaborator, and advisor for the Irfan Colloquia and its publications.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lights19_memoriam-afnan.
Keywords: 1930; 2017; Afnan; Biography; In Memoriam; Irfán Colloquia; Muhammad Afnan

In Memoriam: Rosie Knowlton - Lillico,Dale (1981)
Various materials assembled for a memorial service.
See also chronologycanada/1985-04-28.
Keywords: 1981; Biography; Piikani First Nation, AB; Rose Knowlton; Samson Knowlton

In Memoriam: Salomon Pacora Estrada (Pacora Blue Mountain) 1899-1969 - Handal,Boris (2022)
Short bio of the first known Bahá'í of Inca descent, who served as a pioneer in Ecuador.
See also In Memoriam: Mercedes Sánchez (1912-1999), Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013), and Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013).
Keywords: 1899; 1969; Biography; Ecuador; Peru; Salomon Pacora Estrada

In Memory of Grace Anderson - McKenty,Beth (Baha'i News, 1974)
Memories of an early Bahá'í from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who met Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: 1912; Biography; Kenosha, WI; Pilgrims notes

In praise of Individuation - McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
On the critique of western society. Includes commentary by Roshan Danesh and Gordon Dicks.
See commentary by Roshan Danesh and Gordon Dicks, below.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Individualism

In Pursuit of Harmony between Science and Religion - Lample,Paul (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
The capacity to unite in the investigation of truth for the advancement of civilization requires the harmony of science and religion, in which science is freed from materialism and religion from superstition.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/217. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Materialism; Paul Lample; Science; Superstition

In re Petition for Naturalization of Parviz Meghnot - Author unknown (1965)
In 1965 naturalization was granted to a Bahá'í applicant, overruling a decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service that belief in world government compromised his loyalty to the United States.
Text taken from "Westlaw," a commercial database published by the West Publishing Company. To comply with copyright law, any annotations have been deleted, leaving the original public-domain text. [-R.D.W.]
Keywords: 1965

In re. Bahá'í Temple Unity (Alleged German Religious Propaganda): Alfred S. Lunt, Case #304495 - Federal Bureau of Investigation (1918)
Seven pages of FBI files investigating Alfred S. Lunt and Mirian Sevasly and possible Bahá'í opposition to the war.
Scans from fold3.com/browse/1/hhqJwp03TQBwCAyoD5dLAZM3L. Files named after the date given in "DATE WHEN MADE," not "PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE" (visible in the upper right corner of some pages). Because there are gaps in the dates, some pages may be missing. Email me if you can find these at fold3.com.
Keywords: Alfred Lunt; Conspiracy theories; Criticism and apologetics; Germany; Mirian Sevasly; United States (documents); War; World War I

In search of Martha Root: An American Bahá'í feminist and peace advocate in the early twentieth century - Yang,Jiling (2007)
Early life of Root, her four world teaching trips from 1919 to 1939 with a focus on peace advocacy, and gender and identity reflections on Tahirih. Link to thesis (offsite).
Masters thesis for Georgia State University.
Keywords: 1919; 1939; 20th century; Equality; Gender; Martha Root; Peace; Teaching; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

"'In the Beginning Was the Word': Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul," by Ross Woodman: Commentary - Conow,Betty Hoff (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
See also original article.
Keywords: Mysticism; Ross Woodman

"In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul - Woodman,Ross (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1993)
Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. The bridegroom, Bahá'ulláh, enters union as the marriage of the Manifestation with the Maid of Heaven, who releases the Logos and the newly created soul.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also review by B. H. Conow (1995).
Keywords: Abuse; Adam and Eve; Apocalypse; Archetypes; Arts and crafts; Carl Gustav Jung; Children; Christianity; Creation; Education; Equality; Fate, destiny and predestination; Fathers; Fire; Free will; Freedom and liberty; Gender; God, Will of; God, Word of; Houris (huris); Islam; Jesus Christ; John Milton; Judaism; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Literature; Literature, English; Logos; Love; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God; Marriage; Maturity of humanity; Metaphors and allegories; Mother Book; Mothers; Mount Carmel; Obligatory prayer, Long; Parents; Power; Pregnancy; Progressive revelation; Psychology; Ross Woodman; Sexuality; Sigmund Freud; Sophia (wisdom); Soul; Unity; Women

In the Days of the Guardian - Ioas,Leroy (1958)
Includes the well-known comments by Shoghi Effendi about his reactions to being appointed Guardian.
Audio mirrored from bahaiexplorer.com, and transcript mirrored from bahaitalks.blogspot.com.
Keywords: 20th century; Administrative Order; Covenant; Guardianship; Johannesburg, South Africa; Shoghi Effendi; South Africa; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)

In the Face of Oppression - Cameron,Geoffrey (The Mark News, 2011)
The Bahá'ís in Iran have long been persecuted, but stand strong in their pursuit of a just society.
Mirrored from themarknews.com. Author affiliation: Representative, Bahá'í Community of Canada's Office of Governmental Relations
Keywords: Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Canada; Education; Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran

In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Master in the British Isles 1911 - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom (2011)
A collection of extracts from the Writings, pilgrims' notes, and newspapers summarizing Abdu'l-Bahá's first visit to the United Kingdom, prepared by the NSA of the United Kingdom for centenary observations.
This publication was originally in two parts, 1911 and 1912. It was mailed to the home of Bahá'ís in the U.K. for centenary observations. In 2021 the two were combined and reprinted.
Keywords: 1911; Pilgrims notes; United Kingdom; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

In the Heart of All That Is: "Heart" in Bahá'í Writings and Science - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
The “Heart,” and the “City of the Heart,” are central concepts in the Bahá’í Writings. The idea of the heart being the site where the spiritual and the physical meet.
See also Part Two: In the Pure Soil of Thy Heart: "Heart" in Bahá'í Writings and Neurocardiology.. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #81, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 29 - June 1, 2008). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/81/klebel_heart1.
Keywords: Heart; Irfán Colloquia; Psychology; Science

In the High Sierras - Gail,Marzieh (Baha'i World, 1950)
A poetic meditation about mankind's grappling with the coming of a new Revelation.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, copyright © Bahá’í International Community.
Keywords: Marzieh Gail

In the Land of the Lion and the Sun, or, Modern Persia: Being Experiences of Life in Persia from 1866 to 1881 - Wills,Charles James (Ward, Lock and Co., 1891)
Numerous passing mentions of the Bábí Faith.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: 1860s; 1866; 1870s; 1881; Iran; Iran (documents)

In the Light of the Rising Sun: Memoirs of A Bahá'í Pioneer to Japan - Sims,Barbara R. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2002)
Expanded and newly-annotated version of Sims' auto-biography, covering the history of the Faith in Japan 1953-2002.
Approved for publication or posting by the Spiritual Assembly of Japan, July 2020.
Keywords: 1953; 2002; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Barbara Sims; Biography; Japan

In the Noble, Sacred Place: One Rainy Day in a Holy City - Hutchison,Sandra Lynn (elixir-journal.org, 2021)
A memoir of visiting Jerusalem — a contemporary pilgrim's note written as a literary piece — with meditations on the spiritual truths of the Qur'an.
Mirrored with permission from elixir-journal.org
Keywords: Abraham; Akka traditions; Akka, Israel; Architecture; Bahji, Israel; Dome of the Rock; Hadith; Islam; Isra and Miraj; Israel; Jerusalem, Israel; Judaism; Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Muhammad (Prophet); Palestine; Pilgrimage; Prayer; Quran

In the Presence of Shoghi Effendi in Haifa in April 1937 - Grossmann,Anna; Grossmann,Elsa (1937)
Bahá'í principles, administration, and the role of institutions; divine guidance, the separation of functions between the Guardian and the Universal House of Justice, and the unique nature of the Faith; relationship with other religions; future vision.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also bahaipedia.org/Anna_Grossmann.
Keywords: 1937; Haifa, Israel

In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá': A Revised Provisional Translation and Notes - Rafiei,Nima (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
In Arabic, liqá’ indicates the promise of meeting the Lord. Bahá’u’lláh has transformed the concept of attainment unto the divine presence. Comparison of Shí'ih and Bábí-Bahá’í interpretations of liqá', including the practice of service.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #138 (Acuto, 2016). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/138/rafiee_liqa.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Islam; Kawthar (fountain); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Liqa; Quran; Service

In the Pure Soil of Thy Heart: "Heart" in Bahá'í Writings and Neurocardiology - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
How the physical heart in its new discovered properties can actually be the seat of knowledge and right decisions.
See also Part One: In the Heart of All That Is: "Heart" in Bahá'í Writings and Science. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #81, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 29 - June 1, 2008). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/81/klebel_heart2.
Keywords: Heart; Irfán Colloquia; Psychology; Science

In the Service of the Peacock Throne: The Diaries of the Shah's Last Ambassador to London - Radji,Parviz C. (Hamish Hamilton, 1983)
Passing mentions of the bombing of a restaurant allegedly owned by a Bahá'í (1979?), and the Bahá'í father of Amir Abbas Hoveyda.
I don't have access to this entire book and so don't know what years are being cited. Please email me if you can access this book and look that up.
Keywords: 1979

"In Their Place": Marking and Unmarking Shi'ism in Pahlavi Iran - Sealy,Aaron Vahid (2011)
Dissertation about Shi'ite nationalism in Iran 1925-1979, including extensive discussion of anti-Bahá'í activity and persecutions. (Offsite.)
Dissertation for the University of Michigan.
Keywords: 1925; 1955; 1979; 20th century; Pahlavi dynasty; Persecution, Iran; Shia Islam (Shiism)

In tough times, we could all be a little more spiritual - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2009)
The importance of praying with and for our friends and neighbors.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1622482.
Keywords: Friendliness and friendship; Prayer

In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues - Universal House of Justice (2003)
Short compilation of excerpts from the House on IVF, artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, and the condition of the soul in relation to the various techniques to assist in the fertilization of the ovum.
See also the letter to which this was attached, Infertility and Medical Intervention, Station of Adoption, and Adoption and Parental Consent.
Keywords: Biology; Embryology; In Vitro Fertilization (IVF); Reproduction; Soul; Surrogate mothers

Inayat Khan's meeting with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris - Khan,Inayat (1913)
One-paragraph recounting of Khan, the founder of "Universal Sufism," meeting with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1913.
See also a short overview of Khan in Cheyne's Reconciliation of Races and Religions.. Mirrored from wahiduddin.net/mv2/bio/Journal_1.htm.
Keywords: 1913; France; Inayat Khan; India; Music; Paris, France; Sufism; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Incomparable Friend: The Life of Bahá'u'lláh Told in Stories - Sabri,Shirin; Podger,Sue (Bahá'í Publications Australia, 2019)
Stories and paintings about the life of Bahá'u'lláh. Written by Sabri, illustrated by Podger. Links to PDF and e-book (offsite).
Links point to bahaibooks.com.au/products/incomparable-friend. Download ePub version. See also a review at elixir-journal.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Childrens books; Childrens classes; E-books; Stories

Increasing Complexity as a Process in Social Evolution: A Case Study of the Baha'i Faith - Foster,Mark A. (1980)
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology of the C. W. Post Center of Long Island of Long Island University, for Master of Arts (Sociology). Mirrored with permission from bahaistudies.net/td/. Also posted by the author at scribd.com.

Index and Glossary to Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Various (1952)
Index and glossary, from the 1952 and the 1976/1983 editions of Gleanings, indexed by page number and by paragraph number.
See also Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, and original introduction to Gleanings by Kenneth Christian.
Keywords: George Townshend; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Glossaries; Indexes and catalogues; Page numbers; Paragraph numbers

Index to Ad'iyyih-i-Hadrat-i-Mahbúb - Phelps,Steven, compiler (1994)
Index of the contents of an Arabic and Persian Bahá'í collection of prayers and scripture.
The book referenced, Ad'iyyih-i-Hadrat-i-Mahbúb, is the 1994 edition published by Bahá'í-Verlag, reprinted from the original Egypt edition (76 B.E.).
Keywords: Arabic language; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Cross-reference; Indexes and catalogues; Persian language; Prayer texts

Indexes of Books, and Miscellaneous Sections of the Writings Not Yet Included Elsewhere Online - Zamir,Brett (2005)
All of the published Sacred Writings are available online, but these items are usually scanned without inclusion of indexes, reference tables, and other content. This is a list of links to them
See indexes to the Sacred Writings at bahai-library.com/zamir/indexes/. Update: A new experimental tool for browsing the indexes (currently limited to just a few titles) is available at bahai-browser.org/indexes/. The source code--which also includes JSON copies of the indexes that might be put to other uses--can be obtained at github.com/bahaidev/bahai-indexes
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Cross-reference; Indexes and catalogues

Indexes of Tablet names, diacritics, and transliteration: Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh - Taherzadeh,Adib (Revelation of Baha'u'llah, 1974)
Indexes only, useful for (1) referencing the diacritics and transliteration of Tablet names, and (2) knowing in which books Taherzadeh discusses which tablets.
These books are available online at peyman.info. See also Covenant Library Unified Index and Glossary.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Indexes and catalogues; Transliteration and diacritics

Indexes to Bahá'í World volumes: Obituaries, chronologies, contents, illustrations - Paccassi,Patricia, compiler; Paccassi,Frank, compiler (Baha'i World, 2013)
Seven separate indexes for Bahá'í World, in PDF, Word, and Excel versions.
Keywords: 20th century; Appreciations; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'í World volumes; Biography; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Cemeteries and graves; Chronology and timelines; Community (general); Cross-reference; Deaths; Excel files; Hands of the Cause; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Illustrations; In Memoriam; Indexes and catalogues; Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); National Spiritual Assemblies; Photographs; Poetry; Reference works; Songs; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of

India, Notes on Bahá'í Population - Nolley,Charles; Garlington,William (1997)
Indian membership numbers, and how "enrollment" there has a different meaning than in developed countries.
Informal emails posted to three listservers in March, 1997, in response to discussions on calculating Bahá'í population statistics. Nolley's essay is first, followed by Garlington's comments. Both posted with permission.
Keywords: Hinduism; India; Population

India: A Modern History - Spear,Percival (University of Michigan Press, 1961)
1-sentence excerpt from Chapter 8, "Islam in India."
Keywords: India; Islam; Mentions

'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850 - Cole,Juan (Middle Eastern Studies, 1986)
On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers which grew around the tombs of the Imams, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Connections from India proved lucrative for the Usuli clerics in these cities.
Contains only one passing mention of the Bábí Faith.
Keywords: 1850; 19th century; Culture, Indo-Persian; Economics; India; Iraq; Karbala, Iraq; Kazimayn, Baghdad, Iraq; Najaf, Iraq; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Indian Nations and National Spiritual Assemblies - Universal House of Justice (2002)
American Indian nations are not fully sovereign and thus do not have their own National Spiritual Assemblies.
Transmitted by email and shared by recipient; original on file.
Keywords: National Spiritual Assemblies; Native Americans; United States (documents)

Indigenous Messengers of God - Buck,Christopher; Locke,Kevin (2021)
PowerPoint for Zoom presentation “Divine Teachers of the Americas” by Kevin Locke, hosted by Green Acre Baha’i School, October 2021.
Slides 49-51, "Do and Do Nots of Land Acknowledgements," used with permission of the Delaware Nation’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office. See the announcement page for this presentation. Also online at academia.edu. See also Indigenous Messengers of God: 68 Essays (Buck and Locke, 2014-2020) and another presentation by Buck, Indigenous Messengers of God (in honor of Kevin Locke, 1954-2022).
Keywords: Human rights; Indigenous Messengers of God; Indigenous people; Native American messengers; Native Americans; United States (documents)

Indigenous Messengers of God - Buck,Christopher; Locke,Kevin (2014)
68 essays on Native American theology and history from the perspective of Bahá'í teachings.
This article is a compilation of articles posted at bahaiteachings.org/series/indigenous-messengers-of-god. For an overview in Excel format with all articles by Christoper Buck on bahaiteachings.org, see here. See also a Powerpoint presentation by Buck and Locke, Buck's Indigenous Messengers of God (in honor of Kevin Locke, 1954-2022), Native Messengers of God in Canada, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Prophecy "Indians Will Enlighten the World", Deganawida, the Peacemaker, Messengers of God in North America Revisited, and Baha’i Universalism and Native Prophets.
Keywords: Aboriginal people; Australia; Bahaiteachings.org; Canada; Cultural diversity; Indigenous Messengers of God; Indigenous people; Mexico; Native American messengers; Native Americans; Peru; Prophecies; United States (documents)

Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022) - Buck,Christopher (2022)
Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiritual traditions, prophecies, and the destiny of indigenous peoples.
Prepared for a Zoom presentation for Baha’i Chronicles, December 18, 2022. See also another presentation by Buck and Locke (2021), and the original essays by Buck and Locke (2014-2022).
Keywords: 1954; 2022; Biography; Indigenous Messengers of God; Indigenous people; Kevin Locke; Native American messengers; Native Americans; Patricia Locke; United States (documents)

Indigenous rights and women's rights in the Samoan Bahá'í community - Sier,Maureen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Keywords: Human rights; Indigenous people; Islands; Samoa; Women

Individual Bahá'í Perspective on Spiritual Aspects of Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development: Towards a Second Enlightenment - Jones Kavelin,Chris (The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, 2008)
This paper discusses the spiritual value of cultural diversity and explores how such reflection impacts development policy on the local, national and international levels.
This document is also available as PDF.
Keywords: Cultural diversity; Diversity; Sustainable development

Individual Rights and Freedoms - Universal House of Justice (1988)
An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Bahá'í community, as contrasted with those in American civil society.
Also published in Lights of Irfan vol. 14 (2013); download this version as a PDF: uhj_lights14_individual_rights_freedoms.pdf.
Keywords: Administration; Administrative Order; Authority; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Consultation; Criticism and apologetics; Culture, Western; Ethics; Freedom and liberty; Freedom of expression; Human rights; Individualism; Moderation; Philosophy; Politics; Public discourse (discourses of society); Publishing, Review; Rights and responsibilities; United States (documents); Unity; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

Individualism and the Spiritual Path in Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i - Cole,Juan (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 1997)
On Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i's criticisms of aspects of Sufism, and whether he could be considered a "mystic" despite his anathemas against Sufism.
Mirrored with permission from h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/ahsaind.htm.
Keywords: Mysticism; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism; Sufism

Indonesian Bahá'í Community's Perspective on Gender Equality - Hidayat,Samsul (Al-Albab, 2023)
On the concept of gender equality in Indonesian context from a Bahá'í perspective; Bahá'ís view gender differences only from biological factors; differences are due to the cultures of the people, not patriarchal ideology like in the Indonesian tradition.
PDF is online at jurnaliainpontianak.or.id.
Keywords: Community (general); Equality; Gender; Indonesia; Women

Ineffability in Scripture: A Conversation with 6 Medieval Mystics - Velasco,Ismael (2006)
On how the experience of six 13th- and 14th-century Christian mystics was shaped by their language, environment, and background; how that process illuminates Baha’i scripture; implications for the conduct and direction of Baha’i scholarship.
Keywords: Biography; Christianity; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mysticism; Philosophy; Poetry; Scholarship

Infalibilidad: Un Ensayo - Maneck,Susan (1998)
Spanish translation of Maneck's essay "Infallibility: An Essay."
Keywords: Covenant; Infallibility

Infallibility and Historical Knowledge of the Guardian - Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
While the Guardian's infallibility applies to interpretation of revelation, it does not include historical and scientific knowledge.
First posted here 1999; later published in 2005.
Keywords: Guardianship; History (general); Infallibility; Irfán Colloquia; Science

Infallibility and Knowledge of Abdu'l-Baha - Universal House of Justice (1982)
Abdu'l-Bahá's infallibility, authority, and the extent to which his knowledge was historically contextualized.
Transmitted by email; shared by recipient; original on file.
Keywords: Ether (concept); Evolution; Fourth heaven; Infallibility; Science; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

Infallibility of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (1977)
Distinction between the interpretive spheres of the Guardian versus the Universal House of Justice.
See also Comments on the Guardianship and The Universal House of Justice (1969) and The Universal House of Justice (2021 compilation).
Keywords: Covenant; Guardianship; Infallibility; Interpretation; Universal House of Justice

Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2010)
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/justice_infallibility-11.
Keywords: Infallibility; Irfán Colloquia; Universal House of Justice

Infallibility, Omniscience, and the Decision-making Role of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (1996)
On the difference between infallibility and omniscience and whether the Universal House of Justice could reach a wrong decision,
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Infallibility; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Membership on

Infallibility: An Essay - Maneck,Susan (1998)
Short overview of the meaning of infallibility, as applied to Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Covenant; Infallibility

Infallible Institutions? - Schaefer,Udo (Reason and Revelation: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, 2002)
Historical and Bahá'í interpretations of infallibility.
Originally published in Bahá'í Studies Review Volume 9, 1999/2000. Also available as a scan by Google.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Christianity; Guardianship; Infallibility; Islam; Making the Crooked Straight (book); Papacy; Udo Schaefer; Universal House of Justice

Infertility and Medical Intervention, Station of Adoption, and Adoption and Parental Consent - Universal House of Justice (2003)
Compilation of passages from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and from the Universal House of Justice on matters of having children in a family, with links to the letters "In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues" and "Adoption and Parent Consent."
See also the memorandum In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues and the compilation Adoption and Parent Consent.
Keywords: Adoption; Consent (marriage); Family; In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Informal Talk before the West Hollywood Bahá'í Community - Lamb,Artemus (1953)
Questions and discussion about: 1953 conference in New Delhi; raising money for a Bahá'í school in India; what it's like visiting the Guardian in Haifa; future calamities; communism; Shrine of the Báb; pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: 1953; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Communism; Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA; New Delhi, India; Pilgrims notes; Questions and answers

Information for Bahá'ís called to fill out the Questionnaire on military duty under the Draft Act 1940 - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1940)
Summary of grounds for seeking exemption from combatant duty.
See also a letter on military service (1965) and a whitepaper War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition (1969).
Keywords: 1940; Military; Military (armed forces); Weapons

Information Technology Strategies for the Promotion of Gender Equality - Stranieri,Andrew (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Equal opportunity of women and men is best achieved if both genders embrace the changes now occurring in communication and information use.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Communication; Equality; Gender; Information technology; Technology

Inheritance - Fazel,Seena (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
The apparent contradiction between sexual equality and the unequal inheritance laws contained in the Aqdas.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia.
Keywords: Contradictions; Equality; Gender; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Women

Inheritance Laws of Bahá'í Community: A Gendered Analysis of Inheritance Under the Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Indian Succession Act - Kohli,Ishita (Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research, 2021)
Bahá'í laws create a symmetrical equality between sexes, via the principle of mutatis mutandis; the concept of private property and its effect on testamentary succession seen through a progressive and gender-neutral lens.
Online at ijllr.com/volume-iii-issue-i.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

Inheritance Laws of the Baha'i Community and Gender Equality - Sharma,Sarthak (International Journal of Legal Science and Innovation, 2021)
Examination of whether the Bahá'í Faith's teachings on gender-justice and equality are reflected in its inheritance laws and the Kitab-i-Aqdas; scholarly articles on this subject; comparison with Islamic provisions and law.
Mirrored with permission from www.ijlsi.com.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas - McGlinn,Sen (1995)
Conceptualizing the Kitab-i Aqdas as establishing a fixed and elaborate set of laws and requirements is misplaced; even in the most central issues there has been a radical development in Bahá'í law.
Paper presented at the colloquium on the Kitab-i-Aqdas, sponsored by the Institute for Bahá'í Studies and the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund, Evanston, Illinois, March 31-April 2, 1995. Later published as "Some Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas."
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Women

Inheritance: Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of - Abdul-Bahá
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Inheritance; Laws

Inner Limits of Mankind: Heretical Reflections on Today's Values, Culture and Politics, by Ervin Laszlo: Review - Danesh,John (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)

Inside The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948: A Personal Narrative - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (1996)
A detailed account of the author's experience researching, writing, and publishing this extensive historic study.
See also The Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies.
Keywords: 1898; 1948; Canada; Will C. van den Hoonaard

Insider and Outsider Scholarship in Bahá'í Studies - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
'Insider' and 'outsider' scholars can both use academic methodolology in the study of religion with productive results.
Presented at a 2001 conference in Copenhagen on "Globalisation and the Bahá'í Faith." Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/momen_scholarship.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Irfán Colloquia; Scholarship

Institute on Islam - Khan,Peter J. (1971)
Transcription of tape #7 which deals with prophecies in the Qur'an, and recordings of a one-weekend group class on Islam in Davenport, Iowa.
Digitized by D. Troxel "many years ago" in .wav format; transcribed by G. Magaditsch in 2008; converted to mp3 by Troxel in 2021.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Bible; Báb (Gate); Christianity; Companions of the Cave (Quran); Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Dhu al-Qarnayn; Falling stars; Houris (huris); Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Justice; Khidr (Kidr); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity); Laws; Metaphors and allegories; Paradise; Peter Khan; Prophecies; Purity; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Resurrection; Tablets to kings and rulers; Trumpet blasts (prophecy); Twin Manifestations; Water (metaphor)

Institution of the Counsellors - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Detailed discussion of the history and function of the highest level of the "Institution of the Learned."
Text below, which is missing footnotes, prepared from an e-mail message from the Bahá'í World Centre, 29 January 2001. PDF prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). See also a letter from the House to the Conference of the Counsellors, Jan. 9 2001 and one from the House to the Bahá'í World, Jan. 16 2001.
Keywords: Administration; Appointed arm; Auxiliary board members; Counsellors; Funds; Institutes; International Teaching Centre; Plans; Protection; Teaching

Institution of the Counsellors: Letter to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors - Universal House of Justice (2001)
On launching the Five-Year Plan.
See also The Institution of the Counsellors and a letter from the House to the Bahá'í World, and a study guide outline (offsite).
Keywords: Appointed arm; Counsellors; Five Year Plan (2001-2006); Plans; Training Institutes

Institution of the Counsellors: Message to the Bahá'ís of the World - Universal House of Justice (2001)
See also The Institution of the Counsellors and a letter from the House to the Conference of the Counsellors.
Keywords: Counsellors; Five Year Plan (2001-2006); Plans

Institutos de Formación y el Crecimiento Sistemático, Los - International Teaching Centre (2000)
From the Centro Internacional de Enseñanza.
Keywords: Institute process; Training Institutes

Instructions Concerning Genesis and the Mystery of Baptism - Asad'Ullah,Mirza (n.p., 1902)
A short treatise on Biblical verses and symbology viewed in light of the Hidden Words and other Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Originally composed in Persian by an early Bahá’í author.
The author, not to be confused with Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, was the father of Ameen Ullah Fareed. Note that both father and son were declared Covenant-breakers in 1914. Scans provided by the U.S. Bahá’í National Archives, shared courtesy Adib Masumian.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Panj Shan (Book of Five Modes); Mírzá Asadullah-i-Isfahani; Symbolism

Integracion de la mujer en el desarrollo enocomico y social de America Latina y el Caribe, La - Bahá'í International Community (1988)
Revisión y evaluación crítica de algunos aspectos de la condición de la mujer en la region, incluso su integración en el mercado laboral, mujeres jefes de familia y el papel de la mujer en el comercio en el Caribe.
Tema del programa: Revisión y evaluación crítica de algunos aspectos de la condición de la mujer en la region, incluso su integración en el mercado laboral, mujeres jefes de familia y el papel de la mujer en el comercio en el Caribe. Ciudad de Guatemala, 27-30 de Septiembre 1988.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Caribbean; Equality; Gender; Latin America; Social and economic development; Statements; Women

Integral Religion: Uniting Eros and Logos - Araya,Daniel (2003)
Consideration of the potential realization of an integral religion, in light of Bahá'í teachings and the thought of Ken Wilbur.
Archived at integralevolution.org [archive.org].

Integrating Ethics and International Law: A Bahá'í Perspective - Lepard,Brian D. (2005)
The need to integrate ethics and international law, and how they can work together to promote international peace and respect for human rights. If international law is to promote human rights and prosperity, it must be anchored in ethical principles.
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, April 12 2005. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm. Author affiliation: University of Nebraska College of Law

Integrative Approach to Knowledge and Action: A Baha'i Perspective - Sabet,Behrooz (Converging Realities, 2000)
A conceptual base for the development of an integrative approach to the study of the Bahá'í Faith, based largely on the harmony of science and religion.
Originally published at converge.landegg.edu, archived at archive.org. Article re-posted here with permission of publisher (notwithstanding the publisher's copyright restrictions).
Keywords: Knowledge; Philosophy; Science

Intellectual life and the future of Bahá'í studies - Universal House of Justice (2013)
Observations on the current state of intellectual pursuits in the Bahá'í community and guidance for the Association for Bahá'í Studies of North America and training institutes.
Transmitted by email; original on file, also online at bahai-studies.ca. Later published in Lights of Irfan vol. 16, pp. 341-345. Title made up for this online posting to the Bahá'í Library.
Keywords: Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America); Bahá'í studies

Intelligent Life in the Universe and Exotheology in Christianity and the Bahá'í Writings - Troxel,Duane (1996)
Theological statements on extraterrestrial life in Christian and Bahá'í texts, and in the work of Giordano Bruno and Galileo.
Abstract: This article discusses theological statements of the possibility of extraterrestrial life (ETI) in the universe in Christianity and the Bahá'í Revelation. The persecutions of Giordano Bruno and Galileo are used to disclose the dogma of the Catholic Church concerning ETI. Quotations from the Bahá'í Writings are given to disclose the exotheology of the Bahá'í Revelation. See also compilation on extraterrestrial life and "Bahá'í and the Space Connection." Author notes that this paper passed review by the United States Bahá'í National Center Literature Review Office in August 1996.
Keywords: Christianity; Extraterrestrial life; Universe

Intensive Growth Programs - Arbab,Farzam (2001)
Talk delivered as part of a two-day seminar on the Five Year Plan, sponsored by the Youth Activities Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre.
Keywords: Farzam Arbab; Growth; Growth, Intensive Program of; Institute process; Plans; Reflection

Intensive Growth: 2004 letter to all Continental Counsellors - International Teaching Centre (2004)
Keywords: 2004; Growth, Intensive Program of; Institute process; Plans

Inter-religious gathering in New Delhi, and Address to Pope John Paul II - Sorabjee,Zena; National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India (1999)
Brief address by Counsellor Sorabjee to an inter-religious gathering organised by the Roman Catholic Church in New Delhi with with Pope John Paul II, and a short description of the event by the NSA of India, as shared by the House of Justice.
Mirrored with permission from usbnc.org/bnc/corres/uhj/dec12_message.htm [defunct].
Keywords: Christianity; India; Interfaith dialogue; New Delhi, India; Popes

Interactive Stories - Moyo,Romuald Boubou (2020)
A choose-your-own-adventure book, based on the junior youth book Walking the Straight Path. The book is intended to be studied by youth in small groups with the assistance of moderator, who can facilitate discussion and reflection.
See also the French original.
Keywords: Fiction; Ruhi Institute; Stories