"Scientific Proof of the Existence of God," by William S. Hatcher: Commentaries and Responses - Dicks,Gordon; Belove,Philip; Hatcher,William S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
See also original article and commentaries/responses by Arash Abizadeh, Ross Woodman, and Hatcher.
Keywords: God; Philosophy; Proofs; Science

Scriptum - Collins,William P., editor (1995)
All 8 issues of a journal for Bahá'í librarians and archivists.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í Computer and Communication Association (BCCA); Libraries; Newsletters; William Collins

Scripture - Stockman,Robert (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 1995)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research/scripture.
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings; Interfaith dialogue; Scripture

Scripture and Revelation, ed. Moojan Momen: Review - Grolin,Daniel (Associate, 2000)
Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk.

Scripture and Revelation, ed. Moojan Momen: Review - Miller,Brian A. (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)

Scripture and Revelation: Papers presented at the First Irfan Colloquium - Momen,Moojan, editor (George Ronald, 1997)
Only a few articles in this volume are currently online, most in draft form. Each article contributed by and posted with permission of each author. Excerpts from book online with permission of editor and publisher. Please support this online re-printing by ordering a copy of the book.
Keywords: Irfán Colloquia

Scripture as Literature: Sifting through the layers of the text - Lewis,Frank (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
Literary and religious antecedents to some of the styles and genres of Bahá'í scripture.
Paper originally delivered at a the Irfan Colloquium at Wilmette, Illinois, 1993. See irfancolloquia.org/2/lewis_scripture. Later re-published in Reason and Revelation: Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History vol. 13.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Literature; Literature, Arabic; Literature, Persian; Puppet shows; Style (Writings)

Scriptures of Previous Dispensations - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (1981)
Excerpts on what writings constitute the holy scriptures of previous Dispensations.
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Authenticity; Bhagavad Gita; Bible; Buddha; Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Krishna; Moses; Quran; Scripture; Scriptures of other religions; Torah

"Seal of the Prophets" and "Divine Presence": Why These Two Key Verses Should Be Read Together - Buck,Christopher (2022)
On two verses from the Qur'án on Muhammad as the "Seal of the Prophets" and the meaning of "attainment unto the divine Presence"; Shoghi Effendi as translator; comments by Nader Saiedi and Dergham Aqiqi; explanations from Kamalu'd-Din Bakhtavar.
Slides from a presentation given June 26, 2022, to the Bahá'ís of Clearwater, FL. Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Seal of the Prophets

Search for a Just Society, by John Huddleston: Review - Schickele,Richard G. R. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)

Search for a Just Society, The, by John Huddleston: Review - Sarooshi,Danesh (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)

Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought - Danesh,John, editor; Fazel,Seena, editor (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 2004)
This book is a first attempt by several Bahá'í scholars to come to terms with the implications of a Bahá'í system of ethics in modern life, from the university to the family.
Purchase this book online at kalimat.com. See also Google Books.
Keywords: Ethics; Kalimat Press; Values

Searchable online catalogues for US National Bahá'í Library and Louhelen Library - Dahl,Roger M.; Walker,Lewis (2014)
Overview of and links to online catalogues for two American Bahá'í archives.
Jump to National Bahá'í Library or Louhelen Bahá'í Library (offsite). Essay mirrored from wilmetteinstitute.org/catalog-for-the-national-bahai-library-now-available.
Keywords: Archives; Indexes and catalogues; Libraries; Louhelen Bahá'í School; United States (documents)

Searching for Bahá'í Identity - Leavy,Alexandra (Journal of Cultural Studies of the Middle East and North Africa, 2009)
How do religious minorities adapt to the new nationalist identity of Iran post-1979?
Mirrored from journal.jcsmena.org.
Keywords: 1979; 1980s; Bahá'í schools; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran

Searching for God in time and memory: An examination of Bahá'í prayer as 'remembrance' - White,Christopher (Reason and Revelation: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, 2002)
Describes Bahá'í prayer practices as a way to understand the human self and the Divine and overcoming the gap between the two.
Originally published in Bahá'í Studies Review Volume 7, 1997.
Keywords: Ablutions; Dhikr (Remembrance); Forgetfulness; Genuflections; God; God, Nearness to; Obligatory prayer; Prayer; Remembrance; Rituals; Self; Worship

Searching for May Maxwell: Bahá'í Millennial Feminism, Transformative Identity and Globalism in the New World Order - Crosson,Selena M. (2013)
On forces influencing and shaping womens' roles in early Bahá’i culture, 1898-1940. A group of Western women, associated with Maxwell through ties of faith and friendship, was one of the first to establish a transnational feminist reform network.
Doctoral dissertation for the department of history, University of Saskatchewan. Mirrored from harvest.usask.ca/handle/10388/ETD-2013-10-1145.
Keywords: 1898; 1940; 20th century; Equality; Feminism; Gender; May Maxwell; Women

Searching for the Scientific in the Spiritual - Sharon,Moshe (2011)
The metaphor of eating from the tree of knowledge; Martin Buber on how individuals relate to the external world and the divine; the intellectual capabilities of humans; religion vs. science.
This paper was first posted in Word format at Hebrew University of Jerusalem [archive.org], where the author was the Chair in Bahá'í Studies. Note: the punctuation errors in the PDF, e.g. reversed apostrophes and spaces before periods, seems to have been caused by a right-to-left text-direction software bug; see Microsoft Word original.

Seas Not Oceans - Sharon,Moshe (2013)
References to "seas" and "oceans" in classical literature, Judaism, Islam, and metaphors in the Bahá'í writings.
This paper was first posted in Word format at Hebrew University of Jerusalem [archive.org], where the author was the Chair in Bahá'í Studies.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Metaphors and allegories; Seas and oceans; Translation

Seasons of the Soul: Reflections on "The Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh" - The Valley of Search - Moani,Hedi (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Search; Soul

Second Chance - Herrmann,Duane L. (Spiritual Short Stories, 2018)
A story of redemption and transformation.
Mirrored from spiritual-short-stories.com/second-chance-forgiveness-by-duane-hermann [sic: missing second 'r' in author's name].
Keywords: Fiction; Stories

Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Salman II (Tablet to Salman II); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Second Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III); Outlines and summaries; Tablets to kings and rulers; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Secret of Divine Civilization - Abdul-Bahá (1957)
Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's program for the developmental reform of society within an Iranian context.
First published in English under the title "The Mysterious Forces of Civilization" in London in 1910. It was re-issued in 1918 and later translated as "The Secret of Divine Civilization" by Marzieh Gail and published by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette in 1957. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See also three versions side-by-side (1918 and 1957 translations, and the original Persian version).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Decline and renewal of religion; History (general); Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Moses; Muhammad (Prophet); Philosophy; Politics; Prosperity; Reform; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Secret of Divine Civilization (Risaliy-i-Madiniyyih) - McGlinn,Sen (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/resala-ye-madaniya.
Keywords: Secret of Divine Civilization (book)

Secret of Divine Civilization Study questions - Riazati,Habib (2001)
130 questions to guide and deepen understanding of this book.
Prepared for the US Bahá'í National Center and the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Study guides

Secret of Divine Civilization Translation, Capital Punishment, and Other Questions - Universal House of Justice (1991)
On the capitalization of pronouns, reference to "we Muslims," works of Abdu'l-Bahá revealed during the time of Bahá'u'lláh, the first person to recognize Bahá'u'lláh, and designer of the temple in Ishqabad. Includes a compilation on capital punishment.
Posted at scribd.com. See original scan at end.
Keywords: Amanuensis (scribe); Architecture; Ashgabat; Capital punishment; Capitalization; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Iran (documents); Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Mírzá Aqa Jan (Khadimu'lláh); Opposition; Prosperity; Research Department, Questions and answers; Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (Treatise on Leadership); Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure); Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi; Tablets to kings and rulers; Teaching; Translation; Travelers Narrative (book); Turkmenistan; Ustad `Alí-Akbar-i-Banna; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

Secret of Divine Civilization, by 'Abdu'l-Baha: The Education of Nations: A Review - Casterline,Barbara (Baha'i News, 1972)
For clarity: the full title of this review is "The Education of Nations": A review of Abdu'l-Bahá's Secret of Divine Civilization". Mirrored with permission from www.usbnc.org/bnc/depts/eso (defunct). Page numbers referring to the text of the book SDC are given in brackets.
Keywords: Secret of Divine Civilization (book)

Secret of Divine Civilization: Expanded outline - Coe,Roger (1999)
Summary of contents, in outline format.
Prepared for the US Bahá'í National Center and the Wilmette Institute; mirrored with permission from www.usbnc.org/bnc/depts/eso [defunct].
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Reform; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Study guides

Security for a Failing World - Cobb,Stanwood (Avalon Press, 1934)
An overview of the influence of religion on the world and its relation to modern problems. Bahá'í precepts are included in the text without the work being a strictly introductory work on the Bahá'í Faith.
Also available as a scan of the original book [PDF, 7 MB].
Keywords: Christianity; Civilization; Decline and renewal of religion; Introductory; Islam; Religion (general); Renaissance; Science; Stanwood Cobb

Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation - Aniss,Ahmad (1998)
A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Bahá'í concept of creation.
Keywords: Creation; Equality; Gender; Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond between The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts from the Persian Bayán - Thomas,James B. (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
A comparison of some of the writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, showing the unique, mysterious bond between them as the Twin Messengers of the Bahá'í Dispensation.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #60, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 26-29, 2005). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/60/thomas_revelation.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Station of; Báb, The; Covenant; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Eternity; God; He Whom God shall make manifest; Irfán Colloquia; Love; Paradise; Prayer; Progressive revelation; Signs

Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad - Lawson,Todd (Bahá'í Faith and the World's Religions, 2005)
The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the words of Scripture, and looking in the direction beyond the words, as indicated by the context. This paper also discusses the meaning of Covenant in Islam.
Two versions of this article are below: an image-scan of the PDF, followed by unformatted text.
Keywords: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Birds; Both worlds; Covenant; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Imams; Islam; Jinn (genie); Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Maid of Heaven; Metaphors and allegories; Nightingales; Paradise; Quran; Reading; Renaissance; Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree); Shia Islam (Shiism); Symbolism; Translation; Tree (metaphor); Trees; Words and phrases

Seeing the Signs: The Imamate in Sayyid Kāẓim al-Rashtī’s (d. 1259/1843) Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-simāt - Izzo,Gianni (Shii Studies Review, 2024)
The role of interpretation in al-Rashtí's "Commentary on the supplication of signs" in articulating Shaykhi thought; how God interacts with creation through prophetic archetypes. Link to thesis "Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication."
Article online behind paywall at brill.com/view/journals/ssr/8/1-2/article-p138_3.xml, but freely included as Chapter 6 in the publicly-downloadable dissertation, linked from Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication in Imami Shí'í Islam (link to PDF offsite).
Keywords: 1843; Imams; Prayer; Shia Islam (Shiism); Signs; Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti

Seeing With the Eye of God: Relationships Between Theology and Interpretation - Sours,Michael W. (Baha'i Studies Review, 1991)
Various spheres of interpretation and how their hierarchies reflect theological truth.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Theology

Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List - Piff,David; Warburg,Margit (Religion and Cyberspace, 2005)
Dynamics of participation on the Talisman listserver in 1995, and how it provided an interactive process for seeking truth.
Documents related to this article include: Bahá'í Negotiation with the Internet, Internet Communications (etc), Defending the Cause against Opponents on the Internet, Laymen vs. Scholars in Bahá'í Studies, and Scholars and the Administrative Order. Article extracted from complete book, which was posted with CC permission to scribd.com.
Keywords: 1995; Criticism and apologetics; H-Bahá'í (email list); Internet forums; Talisman (email list)

Seeking Light in the Darkness of "Race" - Wheeler,Jamar M. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
A historical sketch of how race concepts evolved, with analysis at macro and micro levels of society. Oneness of mankind is an enlightening force that, through individual agency and collective social action, can transform society.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/221. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: History (general); Race; Race unity; Racism; Sociology; Transformation; United States (documents); Unity of humanity

Seeking Refuge - Rich,Tamela (Charlotte Magazine, 2008)
Essay introducing a community to recently-arrived Iranian refugees fleeing religious persecution in their homeland, where they are denied jobs, education and sometimes their lives. The article shows how difficult it is to start anew in this Sunbelt city.
Posted by author to scribd.com.

Seizure of the Ishqabad Temple: Horace Holley Interview with State Department Officials - Author unknown (1939)
Brief report of an interview with the secretary of the US National Spiritual Assembly on whether and why the Soviet government had appropriated the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Ashkhabad.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Persecution; Persecution, Other; Persecution, Russia; Soviet Union; Turkmenistan

Selección de los Escritos de 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (Editorial Bahá í de España, 1985)
Spanish translation of Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
First compiled and translated by the Bahá'í World Centre, 1978.
Keywords: Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Selección de los Escritos del Báb: Compilado por el Departamento de Investigación de la Casa Universal de Justicia - Báb, The (Editorial Bahá'í dé España, 1982)
Spanish translation of Selections from the Writings of The Báb.
Este texto ha sido escaneado y revisado, y no es autoritativo.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Selections from the Writings of the Báb (book)

Select Clevenger Archives, 1926-1936 - Kolins,Steven, editor (2021)
Personal letters to Ella Robarts, the National Spiritual Assembly, Horace Holley, and others; article "The Riddle of the Slain Co-ed" from Insider Detective.
See also The Life, Faith, and Death of Helen Clevenger, 1917-1936.
Keywords: 1917; 1926; 1936; 1937; Asheville, NC; Biography; Helen Clevenger; Murders; North Carolina, USA; United States (documents)

Selected Communications Concerning the North East Asia Area including Japan - Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1994)
Compilation of letters from, or on behalf of, the Universal House of Justice, in both English and Japanese.
Keywords: Hiroyasu Takano; Japan; Northeast Asia; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

Selected Extracts from Letters on Scholarship - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (1979)
Two compilations on scholarship.
Posted and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Scholarship

Selected Passages from Century of Light - Bolhuis,Arjen, compiler (2002)
Compilation of selected highlights that summarize the main themes of the book. This is a personal interpretation of Century of Light. Chapter headings have been added for ease of reference, and are not part of the authorized edition.
Mirrored from sites.google.com/site/akbweb/compilations. See also Century of Light and Complete Outline of Century of Light.
Keywords: Century of Light (book)

Selected Poems by Qurratu'l-`Ayn, Nabil, and other Babis - Qurratu'l-`Ayn,Tahirih; Nabil-i-Azam (Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, 1918)
Keywords: Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam; Poetry; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Selected Talks and Statements on Interfaith Issues by Religious Leaders and Scholars - Townshend,George; Vivekananda,Swami; Lama,Dalai; et al. (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Compilation of addresses to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore; also includes talks by Jonathan Sacks, Abdullah Yusof Ali, Robert Runcie, and Pope John Paul II.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 4. Townshend essay's is also posted at townshend_plan_world_fellowship.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Dalai Lama; George Townshend; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Parliament of the World's Religions; Popes; Vivekananda

Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith - Mazal,Peter (1999)
Comparison of Bahá'í and Christian morality, archetypal events and people (e.g. the ideal woman) in early Christian and Bábí-Bahá'í history plus concepts of Christ (Christology) and the Messiah compared to Prophets, Messengers and Manifestations of God.
M.A. thesis at Landegg Academy (Switzerland).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Equality; God; God, Image of; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Manifestations of God; Mary Magdalene; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1942)
Early 42-page compilation, primarily highlights from the Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
Online at babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008222393. See also Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1935) and Prayers and Meditations (1938).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Sélection des Écrits de 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (Maison d’éditions bahá’íes, 1984)
Aussi disponible en audio, preparé par D. Marchal (2022). Voir aussi religare.org. See also the English version on bahai.org.
Keywords: Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book)

Sélection des Écrits du Báb - Báb, The (Maison d’éditions bahá’íes, 1984)
Aussi disponible en audio, preparé par D. Marchal (2022). See also religare.org/livre/bahai/ba-bab-selection.php.php.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Selections from the Writings of the Báb (book)

Selections from Bahá'í Scripture - Hofman,David, compiler (Bahá'ı́ Publishing Trust, 1941)
Lengthy early compilation.
In the first PDF below, generated from the Word document prepared by Mike Thomas (2024), all quotes (except the last two) have been replaced with the latest available translations, missing transcription added, and all quotes referenced. Some information Footnotes have been added.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; David Hofman; Prayer; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation - Brown,Keven, compiler (2008)
Collection of quotations from the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh, and Shaykh Ahmad, with footnotes, on the seven stages of Divine action: Will, Determination, Destiny, Decree, Permission, Term, and Book.
Originally posted at users.sisqtel.net/kevenbrown [archive]; updated version posted here with permission. PDF below prepared from Microsoft Word version prepared by M. Thomas (2022).
Keywords: Arc of ascent and descent; Creation; Seven stages of creation; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism

Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Study Guide - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
Lengthy study guide offering insights into the teachings and principles of the Bahá'í Faith through a selection of Bahá'u'lláh's writings on various spiritual and social themes.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book)

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (Haifa, 1978)
Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice; translated by a committee at the Baháʼí World Centre and by Marzieh Gail, 1978. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Selections from the Writings of E. G. Browne on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, ed. Moojan Momen: Review - Danesh,John (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Keywords: E. G. Browne; Moojan Momen

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá': 2 - Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Provisional translations of four selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá'.
Keywords: Buffalo, NY; Love; Mirrors; Muntakhabat Makatib-i-Hadrat-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá (Selections from the Writings of His Holiness `Abdu'l-Bahá); Opposition; Paradise; Prayer texts; Purity; Sacrifice; Service; Spirituality; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá': 3 - Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Provisional translations of three selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá'.
Keywords: Health and healing; Life after death (afterlife); Muntakhabat Makatib-i-Hadrat-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá (Selections from the Writings of His Holiness `Abdu'l-Bahá); Philosophy; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; Spirituality; Tests and difficulties; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Selections from the Writings of the Báb - Báb, The (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982)
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Prayers of; Báb, Writings of; Dalail-i-Sabih (Seven Proofs); Kitáb-i-Asma (Book of Names); Meditation; Prayer; Prayer texts; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Selections from the Writings of the Báb (book); Tablet of the Báb to the Sherif of Mecca; Tablets of the Báb to Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah

Self and Selflessness: A Personal Meditative Booklet - Zein,Violetta, compiler (2023)
A meditational compilation of writings on the mystical nature of the self and selflessness, self-effacement, and self-abnegation, designed as an aid for reflection and contemplation.
Keywords: Self; Selflessness

Self and Society: Biography and Autobiography in Baha'i Literature - Hassall,Graham (1999)
On some of the 'moral implications' in writing biography in a Bahá'í perspective; the modes, intentions, and problems of Bahá'í biography.
Keywords: Bahá'í literature; Biographies (general); Biography; Morality

Self-Defense, Guidance on - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
Whether Bahá'ís may practice self-defense in times of danger, and whether American Bahá'ís should purchase firearms.
Keywords: Self-defense; Weapons

Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse - Universal House of Justice (2004)
Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the ungodly, infallibility, sexual violence, and abuse.
Posted by, and name retained with permission of recipient. Transmitted by email: one letter from the House, two memorandums and three attachments in "pdf" format; all are posted here in html.
Keywords: Abuse; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Dawn-Breakers (book); Ethics; God Passes By (book); Infallibility; Research Department, Questions and answers; Self-defense; Ungodly; Universal House of Justice; Violence

Selflessness: Congruences between the Cognitive-Developmental Research Program and the Bahá'í Writings - Diessner,Rhett (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
On four major concepts shared by the cognitive-developmentalist theorists (Piaget, Kohlberg, Kegan) and the Bahá’í writings, including a developmental teleology, the stage-like nature of development, the importance of an epistemic focus, and selflessness.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Development; Education; Psychology; Selflessness

Semple, Ian (1963-2005): A Personal Appreciation - McLean,Jack (2011)
Brief personal recollections of a scholar and member of the Universal House of Justice.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: 1963; 2005; Biography; Ian Semple; Universal House of Justice, Members of

Semple, Ian Chalmers: In Memoriam - Anonymous; Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Biography of long-serving member of the Universal House of Justice and frequent contributor to scholarly publications and conferences.
The first part of this biography is anonymous, by editors of Lights of Irfan, followed by a message from the House. Mirrored here with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/justice_memoriam-semple.
Keywords: 1928; 2011; Biography; Ian Semple; In Memoriam; Universal House of Justice, Members of

Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation - Miller,Bradford W. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
Explores parallels between the Seneca Fails First Woman’s Rights Convention in the USA and the Badasht Conference in Iran, both in July 1848, in terms of the emancipation of women.
See also author's Returning to Seneca Falls: The First Women's Rights Convention and Its Meaning for Men Today: A Journey into the Historical Soul of America (Lindisfarne Books, 1995), online at amazon. See also The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries (Ahdieh and Chapman, 2017). Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/107.
Keywords: 1848; Badasht, Iran; Conference of Badasht (1848); Equality; Gender; History (general); Human rights; Iran (documents); New York, USA; Quddús; Seneca Falls, NY; United States (documents); Veils; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Sense of History, by John S. Hatcher: Review - Fitzgerald,Michael (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)

Sequential Outline of the Kitáb-i-Íqán: condensed version - Bolhuis,Arjen, editor (2021)
Aid to locating main themes and various subjects in Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude, adapted from Hooper Dunbar's book Companion to the Study of the Kitáb-i-Íqán.
Edited and condensed from Companion to the Study of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (George Ronald, 1998), pp. 51-62. Also available in Dutch
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Hooper Dunbar; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Outlines and summaries; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Quran; Return; Search

Sermon of Glorification (Khutbat'ul-Iftikhár) - ibn Abu-Talib,Ali (2001)
A sermon by the first Imam of Shi'i Islam, alluded to by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitab-i-Iqan.
Keywords: Hadith; Imam Ali; Imams; Islam; Khutbatul-Iftikhar (Sermon of Glorification); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)

Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness (Khutbih-i-Ma'rifat bin-Núráníyyat) - ibn Abu-Talib,Ali (2001)
A sermon by Imam Ali, of interest to Bahá'ís because (1) it was often quoted by Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i and Siyyid Kázim Rashtí; (2) it concerns the true station of the Imáms; and (3) Bahá'u'lláh quotes it in the Kitáb-i-Iqán.
Keywords: Hadith; Imam Ali; Imams; Islam; Khutbih-i-Marifat bin-Nuraniyyat (Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Sermon of the Gulf - ibn Abu-Talib,Ali (Mashariq Anwar al-Yaqín fi Asrár Amir Mu'minín, 2000)
The source of Bahá'u'lláh's quotation "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai."
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Imam Ali; Imams; Islam; Judaism; Khutbih Tutunjiyyih (Sermon of the Gulf)

Sermon of the Gulf (Khutbih Tutunjiyyih): Introduction - Fananapazir,Khazeh (2000)
Essay on Imám `Alí's sermon, which is also the source of Bahá'u'lláh's quote in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai."
Keywords: Burning Bush; Hadith; Imam Ali; Imam Ali; Imams; Islam; Judaism; Khutbih Tutunjiyyih (Sermon of the Gulf); Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt

Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (2000)
Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh were slaves, and a list of relevant sources for further research.
Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, The; Bábí history; Criticism and apologetics; Diaspora, African; Iran (documents); Isfandiyar; Research Department, Questions and answers; Servants; Slavery

Servants of the Glory: A Chronicle of Forty Years of Pioneering - Morgan,Adrienne; Morgan,Dempsey (2017)
Memoirs of a black couple from the United States who lived and spread the Bahá’í Faith in across parts of east Asia and Africa in the 1950s-1980s. Text by Dempsey Morgan, poems by Adrienne Morgan. Link to document offsite.
Keywords: 20th century; African Americans; Bahá'í history by country; Belize; Biography; Cambodia; Chad; Madagascar; Pioneers; Tanzania; Thailand; Vietnam

Service and Devotion: First talk in the "Serving the Divine Plan" program - Khan,Peter J. (2005)
The first minutes of this lecture at the Bahá'í World Centre introduce the purpose of the upcoming lecture series and explains how they will be organized and who may attend.
From "Serving the Divine Plan Programme"; see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. Note: the audio is quiet, and doesn't start for about 10 seconds.

Service to the Cause of God versus Professional Clergy - Terry,Peter (2024)
On Bahá'u'lláh's prohibition of a professional priesthood, and this prohibition as interpreted by the acts and words of Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi.
Keywords: Priesthood; Religious leaders (clergy); Service

Service, Joy and Sacrifice: An Essay on Commentaries by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Thomas,James B. (Lights of Irfan, 2004)
On the exemplary life of service to God and to humankind; choosing to change one's life from predominately one of self-interest to one of sharing; the spiritual transformation which often follows such a change.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #46, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 1-4, 2003). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/46/thomas_service.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Irfán Colloquia; Joy; Martyrdom; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Sacrifice; Service; Tests and difficulties

Settling the Score With Mr. Ogden Nash for the Seven Spiritual Ages of Mrs. Marmaduke Moore and Thereby Achieving if Not a Better Verse at Least a Longer Title - White,Roger (Another Song, Another Season: Poems and Portrayals, 1979)
A dialogue for two readers, adapted from a poem.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Poetry; Race; Race unity; Roger White

Seven Candles of Unity: The Story of `Abdu'l-Bahá in Edinburgh, by Anjam Khursheed: Review - Momen,Wendi (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1993)
Keywords: Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland; Seven Candles of Unity; United Kingdom; Unity

Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God: Gems of Divine Mystersies (Javáhiru'l-Asrár) and Seven Valleys - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil (Star of the West, 1923)
Address given to an American audience in 1923, probably translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, who accompanied Fadl's second tour of the USA and Canada.
See page scans of the original book at starofthewest.info/viewer.erb?vol=13&page=301.
Keywords: Cities; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Mysticism; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Seven Cities; Sufism

Seven Narratives of Religion: A Framework for Engaging Contemporary Research - Schewel,Benjamin (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
Academic discourse on religion is beginning to resonate with the broader Bahá'í vision. Seven narrative frameworks are examined and contrasted: subtraction, renewal, transsecular, post-naturalist, construct, perennial, and developmental.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Religion (general); Scholarship; Secularism

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

Seven Valleys (Haft Vádí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Ayman,Iraj (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh; Words and phrases

Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison - Bahá'u'lláh (2019)
New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
See also
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Call of the Divine Beloved (book); Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Cross-reference; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Iraq; Mysticism; Poetry; Sufism; Translation; Translation, Parallel

Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh and Farid ud-Din Attar - Banani,Sheila (Lights of Irfan, 2000)
An overview of the similarities between the Seven Valleys by Bahá'u'lláh and the Conference of the Birds by the Persian Sufi Farid ud-din Attar.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #26, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (November 26-28, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/26/banani_valleys.
Keywords: Attar of Nishapur; Conference of the Birds (book); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Mysticism; Sheila Banani; Sufism

Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah: A Meditation - Townshend,George (Baha'i World, 1938)
See The Seven Valleys.
Keywords: George Townshend; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Poetry

Seventy Five Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Victoria, Australia - Hassall,Graham (1998)
History of the Bahá'í community of Victoria, Australia.
Presented at a dinner marking 75 years of the Bahá'í Faith in Victoria, December 1998.
Keywords: Australia; Bahá'í history by country; Victoria, Australia

Sex, Drugs, HIV/AIDS and Religion - Curran,Glenn (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
This paper provides a basic presentation of facts about HIV prevalence, transmission principles, prevention strategies and issues. The second part explores the relationship between HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and religion.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org. Author affiliation: RN, RMN, B Nur (Hons.)
Keywords: Drugs; Ethics; HIV (AIDS); LGBTQ; Sexuality; Stigmatization

Sex, Gender, and New Age Stereotyping - Ta'eed,Lata (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
Advocates the abolishing of culturally produced differences between men and women and challenges gender inconsistencies inherent in many Bahá'í discussions.
Keywords: Change; Equality; Gender; Stereotyping; Transformation; Transgender (transsexuality); Women

Sexual Equality in the Bahá'í Community - Tavana,Shiva (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Women are oppressed minorities who often feel isolated, even in Bahá'í communities. Bahá'ís need to explore new models of family life. Includes statistics on the percentages of female members of Bahá'í institutions.
See also Percentage of National Spiritual Assembly members who are women, 1953-2007 and A Question of Gender: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Women

Sexuality, Self, and the Shape of Society - Hanson,Holly (2001)
Argues that our culture's current understanding of sexuality is relatively new, is materialistic, and ultimately unjust, especially in the highly politicized discourse about homosexuality.
Presented at the "Building the Kingdom Conference", Milwaukee Wisconsin, June 29 2001.
Keywords: LGBTQ; Sexuality

Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb - Nicolas,A.L.M. (Dujarric & Co., 1905)
The first detailed biography of The Bab written in a Western language.
See also an annotated English translation of those portions of the book that touch upon the life of the Bab. Mirrored from gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5715455v/f10.image.
Keywords: 1840s; 1852; A. L. M. Nicolas; Biography; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; France; Paris, France

Shah Abdu'llah and the Bahá'ís of Abadeh: An account of the persecution of Bahá'ís by followers of an imaginary Imam - Abadeh'i,Aqa Mirza Qabil (2001)
Account of persecutions in Abadeh, Fars province, in 1901.
Keywords: 1901; Fars, Iran; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Sháh `Abdu'lláh; Ábádih, Iran

"Share your time with God" - Universal House of Justice (2004)
Source of the quotation "Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood," from a pilgrim's note.
Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Authenticity; Balance; Detachment; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Life (general); Moderation; Pilgrims notes; Research Department, Questions and answers; Service; Teaching; Work

Shared Prosperity: How Does That Work? - Momen,Wendi (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
The goal of shared prosperity includes two key elements: economic growth and equity. Without sustained growth, the poor are unlikely to increase their living standards, participate in broad ownership, or enjoy equitable use of land and resources.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #125, Acuto, Italy (2014). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/125/momen_prosperity.
Keywords: Economics; Prosperity; Wealth and poverty

Shared Value Priorities in Groups: The Impact of the Bahá'i Faith on Values - Afshar,Faezeh (2012)
Examination of value priorities held by Bahá'ís and the degree of their religiousity, using data obtained by an online survey of over 1,000 responses. Link to thesis (offsite).
Dissertation for PhD in the School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering, at the University of Ballarat (Victoria, Australia), online at federation.edu.au.
Keywords: Demography; Psychology; Values; Virtues

Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i and the World of Images - Lawson,Todd (Shi'i Trends and Dynamics in Modern Times, 2010)
Characteristics and function of this world as found in the writings of Mullá Muhammad Muhsin Fayd Káshání and Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í. Does not mention the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Mulla Muhammad Muhsin Fayd Kashani; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism

Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority - Cole,Juan (1993)
How did Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i understand the structure of authority in Shi`ism, specifically the role of the ulama? Was he to be seen as an exemplar to be emulated, the first among equals, or a Sufiesque 'pole' channeling the grace of God?
Paper delivered at the Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University. On a related topic, see also Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered.
Keywords: Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi: The Promises Fulfilled - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Life story of an early follower of Shaykhs Ahmad and Rashti, who also met both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: 1840s; 1851; Amanuensis (scribe); Biography; Báb, The; Iran (documents); Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi

Shaykhisme à la période qajare, by Denis Hermann: Review - Gillon,Fares (Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques, 2019)
Mirrored from ifao.egnet.net/bcai/33/4.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Shaykhism

Shaykhisme à la période qajare, by Denis Hermann: Review - Richard,Yann (Iranian Studies, 2020)
See citation at tandfonline.com.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Shaykhism

Shedding Light in the Hearts: Reflections on Poetry - Savi,Julio (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2001)
Limitations and merits of poetry as an emotional stimulus, as truth, and as a privileged form of linguistic expression, and its purpose as a spiritual conception of the nature of reality.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/118.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Poetry

Sheikh Ahmad al-Ahsai - Momen,Moojan (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: Biography; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism

Shelly's Life and Writings - Rossetti,William Michael (The University Magazine, 1878)
Brief overview of the Bábí Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of Islam," a poem in twelve cantos composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817.
Free online in multiple formats at books.google.com.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Islam; Literature; Literature, English; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered - Cole,Juan (Iranian Studies, 1985)
A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams should be the source of law, vs. those who held that rational study of scripture could yield worthy principles. (No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í faiths.)
Purchase online at tandfonline.com. On the Akhbaris and Usulis, see also Introduction to Shi'i Islam p. 117 and Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority.
Keywords: Akhbari (Shiite school); Iran (documents); Iraq; Islam; Jurisprudence; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Usuli (Shiite school)

Shi`i Islam - Momen,Moojan (1995)
Overview of Shi'a Islam, including a section on its relations to the Bahá'í Faith.
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project.
Keywords: Hidden Imam; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Laws; Mahdi (Mihdi); Prophecies; Qá'im; Return; Shia Islam (Shiism); Twelfth Imam

Shi'i Qur'an: An Examination of Western Scholarship - Winters,Jonah (1997)
In the Kitab-i-Iqan (pp. 84-89) Bahá'u'lláh rejects the charge that the text of the Bible has been tampered with. Many Shi'is have charged the same, accusing Sunnis of removing the proofs of Ali's appointment as leader of the community from the Qur'an.
This paper examines the treatment of the topic by Western academics, but it contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. However, the "corruption" of texts was discussed extensively by Bahá'u'lláh, and I believe that Bahá'u'lláh quoted passages from the "Shi'i" Qur'an" that are not in the "Sunni Qur'an." Scholars and wise Persian believers, please correct me if that's wrong.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Shia Islam (Shiism); Taqiyyah (dissimulation)

Shi'ism: Resistance and Revolution - Kramer,Martin (Westview Press, 1987)
Brief mentions of Khomeini and of Hojjatiyya, the "anti-Bahá'í society."
Keywords: Ayatollah Khomeini; Hojjatieh Society

Shi'ite Religion, chapter 33: Rise of Related Sects in Modern Times [Shayhki, Babi, Bahá'í] - Donaldson,Dwight M. (Luzac and Company, 1933)
See also the full book, The Shi'ite Religion: A History of Islam in Persia and Irak.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Shaykhism

Shirin Ebadi: A collection of newspaper articles - Various (2003)
Articles about the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize who has championed the rights of the Bahá'í community.
Keywords: 2003; Biography; Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Shirin Ebadi

Shoghi Effendi - Khadem,Javidukht (1968)
This recording begins "Shoghi Effendi: A Talk given by Auxiliary Board Member Javidukht Khadem at the Fifth Annual Summer School in Southern California in July 1968." Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org, where it had the name "Life of Shoghi Effendi."
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi - Bach,Marcus (The Circle of Faith, 1957)
Dr. Bach set out to meet the five people of his time whom he felt best exemplified the teachings of Jesus Christ. He travelled the world to pursue this aim, interviewing Helen Keller, Pope Pius XII, Albert Schweitzer, Therese Neumann, and Shoghi Effendi.
This chapter was published as a stand-alone book the following year as Shoghi Effendi: An Appreciation (Hawthorn Books, 1958, 29pp), and reprinted as A Meeting with Shoghi Effendi by One World (1993, 47pp). The book was online in a variety of formats at www.archive.org/details/circleoffaith00marc, but was removed circa 2014. See a scan of the original chapter [PDF, 2MB]. The Introduction to the stand-alone book concludes with the following: The Bahá'ís are confident that the report of Marcus Bach's interview with the Guardian will have profound public influence. We are grateful for the privilege of making it available, and cite with deep appreciation his reference to the Guardian in a letter written a few days after Shoghi Effendi Rabbani's death: "I am grateful that a good Providence permitted me to meet the Guardian. The full impact of his life will become better known as time goes on. I say this because of his contributions in advancing the Bahá'í Cause, his achievements in the field of Bahá'í literature, and in his devotion to beautifying and reconsecrating the physical area so precious to the Bahá'í Faith. May his inspiration ever lead forward to the cherished goal of good will and peace for all the world." HORACE HOLLEY
Keywords: 1957; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Christianity; Growth; Haifa, Israel; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Marcus Bach; New religious movements (NRM); Pilgrims notes; Shoghi Effendi; Statistics; Transformation

Shoghi Effendi - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2011)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/shoghi-effendi.
Keywords: 1897; 1957; Biography; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice - McLean,Jack (Berkshire Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Justice, 2007)
The term "social justice” has been used by many engaged groups as a rhetorical tool to obtain more equitable transformations of the social order. To the Guardian and the later Bahá'í Administration, it is a Divine justice at heart.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Equality; Ethics; Gender; Human rights; Justice; Persecution; Philosophy; Prejudice; Race; Social justice; Spiritual Assemblies; Transformation; Unity; World order

Shoghi Effendi and the American Dream - Hutchison,Sandra Lynn (World Order, 1997)
Context and import of Advent of Divine Justice, American destiny, the American frontier, ethical imperatives, and the Most Great Peace.
Distributed in Ocean; formatted and proofread for posting here. Also available as PDF: hutchison_shoghi-effendi_american_dream.pdf.
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Ethics; History (general); Most Great Peace; Peace; Shoghi Effendi; United States (documents)

Shoghi Effendi in Oxford and Earlier, by Riaz Khadem: Review - Furlong,Anne (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2000)
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/330. See also original scan.

Shoghi Effendi in Oxford, by Riaz Khadem, and Her Eternal Crown, Queen Marie of Romania and the Bahá'í Faith, by Della Marcus: Reviews - Osborn,Lil (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Keywords: Bahá'í royalty; Balliol College, Oxford University; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon; Martha Root; Monarchy (kingship); Oxford, England; Queen Marie of Romania; Romania; Royalty; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; United Kingdom; Universities

Shoghi Effendi on the Book of Certitude - Giachery,Ugo (Shoghi Effendi: Recollections, 1973)
Brief pilgrims' note with some interesting comments on the Kitab-i-Iqan.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Pilgrims notes

Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī - Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2024)
Online at britannica.com/biography/Shoghi-Effendi-Rabbani.
Keywords: 1897; 1957; Biography; Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi through the Pilgrim's Eye by Earl Redman: Review - Nash,Catherine (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/shoghi-effendi-pilgrims-eye-vol-1 [archive.org].
Keywords: Pilgrims notes; Pilgrims notes (general); Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi's Plans for Progress Practical Lessons - Thomas,June Manning (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
The nature of "planning" and the role plans play in the Bahá'í concept of governance and human progress; four broad categories of guidance that Shoghi Effendi used when overseeing global plans; 'functional components' of his planning efforts.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca, and review by Lynn Echevarria-Howe.
Keywords: Planning; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Shoghi Effendi's Question - Sala,Emeric (The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, 1993)
Recollections of Sala (1906-1990) on Shoghi Effendi discussing the meaning of the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Includes audio version.
See also "Emeric Sala, Namibia, Pacific Islands, and Queen Marie." Audio posted at bahaistudy.org [archive.org].
Keywords: 1937; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Emeric Sala; Pilgrims notes; Shoghi Effendi; World order

Shoghi Effendi's The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh: A Theology of the Word - McLean,Jack (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
An interpretation of Shoghi Effendi's 'theological' themes, including fundamental tenets of Bahá'í theology; the 'stations' of the Central Figures; exclusivist, inclusivist and pluralist statements; and the apologetic method of comparison.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #79, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 11-14, 2007). Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF: lights9_mclean.pdf.
Keywords: Covenant; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Irfán Colloquia; Theology; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

Shoghi Effendi's Translation of Terms Related to Law in Bahá'í Scripture - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
Patterns in the Guardian's translation of terms related to the word law; different Arabic/Persian words translated as "law"; quotations in which Shoghi Effendi translated each word in some other way.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #48, Acuto, Italy (2003). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/48/momen_legal.
Keywords: Laws; Shoghi Effendi; Translation

Shoghi Effendi's View of Providential History in Light of the Judaeo-Christian Tradition - McLean,Jack (Baha'i Studies Review, 2005)
The Guardian's letters reveal six features of his historicity: palingenesis and transitional history; providential synchronization; teleological history; organically whole history; periodisation of ages and epochs; history as community identity-creation.
This paper is a shortened and modified version of `Providential History: The Renewal of an Ancient Idea,’ Chapter six of A Celestial Burning: The Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Below it is a simplified version of this paper, "Shoghi Effendi’s Concept of History." Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Christianity; History (general); Judaism; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Shoghi Effendi's Works - Giachery,Ugo
Note: very poor audio quality. No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Shoghi Effendi, Studying the Writings of - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, compiler; ed. M. Bergsmo (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
From Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Reprinted here by permission of editor. See other excerpts from this book at Articles and Essays Originally posted at http://www.usbnc.org/bnc/depts/eso (no longer online), from which it was mirrored with permission. Add or view resources pertaining to this compilation at Studying the Writings of the Guardian.
Keywords: Deepening; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Shoghi Effendi: After a Hundred Years - Author unknown (World Order, 1997)
Editorial for an issue dedicated to the centennial of the Guardian's birth, summarizing his life and his place in Bahá'í history.
This essay was distributed in Ocean; formatted and proofread for posting here. No author given; written by the editor(s) of World Order.
Keywords: 1897; 1957; Biography; Interpretation; Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation - Perdu Honeyman,Nobel Augusto; Velasco,Ismael (Traducción, cultura e inmigración. Reflexiones interdisciplinares, 2004)
On the technical and literary features of Shoghi Effendi's translations of Bahá'í scriptures: translation vocabulary; interpretation; features of his 'neo-classical' English used to elevate the text.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #54, London (July 2-4, 2004), mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/54/perdu_translation. Document mirrored from ual.es/personal/nperdu.
Keywords: Bible; Bible translations; Christianity; Islam; Literature; Literature, English; Quran; Quran translations; Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Style (Writings); Translation

Shoghi Effendi: Author of Teaching Plans - Nakhjavani,Ali (Casa Editrice Bahá'í, 2006)
Detailed history of the Guardian's teaching plans, their goals and methods; observations about duties of individual believers and Institutions; how to best conduct effective Teaching. Includes Q&A supplement.
Mirrored from bahaimilano.it.
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Plans; Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi: Expounder of the Bahá'í Faith - Hofman,David (1984)
Talk written by David Hoffman, but delivered by May Hoffman.
A section with a similar title is published in Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org, which notes "Talk by David Hofman, delivered by May Hofman."

Shoghi Effendi: Expounder of the Word of God - Hofman,David (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
The Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha gives two essentials of the Guardianship: protection of the Cause and interpreter of the Word of God; his exposition and interpretation have the same validity as the Text itself.
Also available as proofread ASCII-formatted text. Also published in The Vision of Shoghi Effendi. See also audio with a similar title, Shoghi Effendi: Expounder of the Bahá'í Faith. Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Interpretation; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a New Millennium - Mitchell,Glenford (Baha'i World, 1997)
The Bahá'í community is a global laboratory in which a transformation in individual and collective behaviour is progressing, leading to a new sense of community and the glimmerings of a new world order.
Mirrored from bahai.org. See also bahai.works/Bahá'í_World/Volume_25.
Keywords: 1930s; Biography; Community (general); Community building; First Seven Year Plan; Growth; Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi: Master Builder of World Civilization - Rutstein,Nathan (1984)
No information is given about the context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org. Essay with same title published in The Vision of Shoghi Effendi.

Shoghi Effendi: Recollections - Giachery,Ugo (George Ronald, 1973)
Biography of Shoghi Effendi from the close standpoint of the author's personal experiences.
HTML mirrored from bahaiprayers.net and bahairesearch.com. Purchase book from grbooks.com. Also available as optimized high-quality PDF scan [45 MB] and in Microsoft Word format, with added vector images and added information not available elsewhere, including three articles from Bahá'í World, both prepared by M. Thomas (2023).
Keywords: 20th century; Architecture; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Sarcophagus for; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Biography; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Eight (number); Haifa, Israel; International Archives Building (Haifa); Israel; Italy; Marble; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Gardens; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; Mount Carmel; Obelisks; Pilgrims notes; Plants; Sarcophagus; Sea of Galilee, Israel; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Ugo Giachery

Shoghi Effendi: The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1970)
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. It has been tentatively identified as an address to the 1970 Youth Conference, Canada and USA. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi: The Range and Power of His Pen - Nakhjavani,Ali (Casa Editrice Bahá'í, 2006)
The evolving style of the Guardian's writings; comparison of different periods of his writing; his translations; his writings in Persian and Arabic.
See also Timeline of major letters of the Guardian. See also a Microsoft Word version, prepared and updated by M. Thomas (2021).
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Biography; Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Shoghi Effendi, letters of; Style (Writings)

Shoghi Effendi: The Sign of God on Earth - Shahrokh,Grace; Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1998)
The Guardian's life, his station, his accomplishments, and his passing.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: 1957; 20th century; Biography; Shoghi Effendi

Short Films, Music, and Prayers - Bryson,Alan (2020)
Link to "Irenic Visuals," a YouTube channel with Bahá'í music and prayers, and short films on Bahiyyih Khanum, Lorna Byrne, interfaith dialogue, Juliet Thompson, and Kahlil Gibran.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Juliet Thompson; Kahlil Gibran; Lorna Byrne; Progressive revelation; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits

Short Glossary of Bahá'í Terms - Winters,Jonah (2010)
Definitions of a few common Bahá'í terms, people, places, and names of Tablets.
The largest glossary online is Arabic & Fársí transcription list and glossary for Bahá’ís (by Mike Thomas). See also Bahá'í Glossary and Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation, by Marzieh Gail, an audio-format Bahá'í Glossary and Pronunciation Guide, and a Spanish Glosario Basico de Terminos Bahá'ís. See also a glossary of Bahá'í and Islamic names and titles, and a glossary with audio recordings of pronunciation at bahaiglossary.org [later at glossary.bahaiq.com; archived 2018].
Keywords: Basics; Glossaries; Introductory; Terminology

Short History of Religions A - Kellett,E. E. (Victor Gollancz, 1933)
Overview of Babism, from the chapter "Mohammedism."
Keywords: Bábí history; Bábísm; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Short History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Peter Smith, and Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen: Reviews - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
This document is also available as PDF.
Keywords: Bábí history; Introductory; Moojan Momen

Short Obligatory Prayer in Conlangs - Brown,Jeffrey R., compiler (2014)
Provisional translation of the Bahá'í prayer in Esperanto, Klingon, Interlingua, and 10 other "constructed languages."
Mirrored with permission from jeffreyrbrown.info, where you can also find online tools showing "Feast Days and Holy Days of the new Bahá'í Calendar," directions to the Bahá'í Qiblih, and for determining local sunrise and sunset times for the Bahá'í Fast. See more on conlangs at Wikipedia. If you can contribute to this with other languages, email me.
Keywords: Constructed languages; Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Short; Translation

Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages - Author unknown, compiler (Baha'i World, 1981)
Three files: Short Obligatory Prayer in 501 languages (as published in Bahá'í World), and in a collection of African languages.
Scanned and edited (item 3 only) by Arjen Bolhuis. See also The Short Obligatory Prayer recited in Arabic and subtitled in the World’s Languages - by the Utterance Project;
Keywords: Africa; Language; Obligatory prayer, Short; Prayer; Texts in multiple languages; Translation; Translation, Parallel; Utterance Project

Short Stories - Herrmann,Duane L. (Institor Gleg: New and Collected Stories, 2017)
Stories from a different point of view - one influenced by the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh.
See also Herrmann's Flash Fiction: Spiritual Conversations.
Keywords: Fiction; Stories

Short Takes - Author unknown (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Brief reports on various topics, mostly related to politics or then-current news, published in 5 issues of dialogue magazine.
The following items, which were originally published in separate issues, have been combined here for ease of filing. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.

Siete Valles y Los Cuatro Valles, Los - Bahá'u'lláh (EBILA, 1989)
Spanish translation of Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
The footnote numbering is out of order, so at the end is an alternate set of footnotes with the correct numbering. If you can help reconcile these, please contact us.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)

Siglo de la Luz - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Spanish translation of Century of Light.
Keywords: Century of Light (book)

Significance of some Sites Mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful - Seddigh,Foad (Lights of Irfan, 2016)
Abdu'l-Bahá cited many villages and cities: the Most Great House in Baghdád; the ruins of Madaen which Bahá'u'lláh visited many times; Sheikh Tabarsi's tomb; the city of Mosul which is built on the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #135 (Louhelen, 2015). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/135/seddigh_places.
Keywords: Afnan; Baghdad, Iraq; Cemeteries and graves; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí Afnán; Iraq; Mada'ín, Iraq; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Memorials of the Faithful (book); Mosul, Iraq; Persecution; Persecution, Arrests; Prophecies; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Significance of the Day of the Martyrdom of the Bab - Abdul-Bahá (2004)
Provisional translation from Ayyam Tis`ih [The Nine Holy Days], pp. 187-8.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Holy days; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Significance of the Kitab-i-Aqdas - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1993)
History and background of the Aqdas; circumstances of its revelation; the text itself; authority and infallibility of Bahá'u'lláh; obedience vs. liberty; reward vs. punishment; prophecies; laws and ordinances; maturity of humankind.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: 19th century; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

Significance of the New Millennium - Momen,Moojan (1997)
Facing a new Millennium, Bahá'ís advocate the goal of increasing unity, peace, and the spiritualisation of our society and our world; the Bahá'í teachings contain a practical programme to attain these objectives.
This article was first published in Bangladesh as "Towards the Millenium" [sp.; date and source of publication unknown]. It was then re-distributed by the Office of Public Information, Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom, as an aid for public relations.

Significant Events in Bahá'í History - Author unknown, compiler (1969)
Two-page chronology of major events in Bahá'í history, 1817-1969.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date not given; in or after 1969.
Keywords: 1969; 19th century; 20th century; Chronology and timelines

Signs for the Coming of Age of the Human Race - Bahá'u'lláh (Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 1992)
Passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, posted as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library.
Keywords: International auxiliary language; Monarchy (kingship); Signs of the coming of age of humanity; Transmutation of elements; Unity of humanity

Signs of God on Earth - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1963)
Talk presented at the First Bahá'í World Congress in London, 1963, about pioneering, teaching indigenous people, and about her memories of the Guardian.
Audio does not start till 35 seconds in.
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Bahá'í World Congress, First (1963); Indigenous people; London, England; Pioneering; Shoghi Effendi; Teaching; United Kingdom

Signs: Quranic Themes in the Writings of the Báb - Lawson,Todd (elixir-journal.org, 2017)
With the composition of the Qayyum al-asma, the Báb demonstrated the incredible breadth and depth of His knowledge and that He had fully interiorized, indeed embodied, the Quran. Selected themes briefly illustrated with quotations from the Qur'an.
Mirrored with permission from www.elixir-journal.org.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; God, Gender of; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Signs; Translation

Sijn-i-Akbar (The Great Prison): The Event of Bahá'u'lláh's Incarceration in the Síyáh Chál Prison of Tehran - Monjazeb,Shahrokh (2002)
Historical details of the period of Baha'u'lláh's 1852 imprisonment in the infamous dungeon of Tehran and the birth of the Bahá’í Revelation, and firsthand accounts of this event including some rare testimonies by Bahá’u’lláh Himself.
Keywords: 1852; Bahá'u'lláh; Iran (documents); Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Tehran, Iran

Sikhism and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1998)
Introductory leaflet describing similarities and differences between Bahá'í and Sikh teachings.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Sikhism

Silent Road: In the light of personal experience - Pole,Wellesley Tudor (Neville Spearman Ltd, 1960)
PDF of the entire book, followed by a short HTML-formatted excerpt about the "healing miracles" of Abdu'l-Bahá.
Read about the author at Wikipedia. Also available as a Microsoft Word document, pole_silent_road.doc.
Keywords: Health and healing; Miracles; Wellesley Tudor Pole; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Simla, a Tale of Love - Cobb,Stanwood (The Cornhill Company, 1919)
A Hindu legend retold in poetic form: a story of love and devotion that reconciles flesh and spirit, love and life, the world and the soul.
Online in various formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Action; Cultural diversity; Fiction; Himachal Pradesh, India; Hinduism; India; Love; Shimla, India; Stanwood Cobb

Sin-covering Gaze - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Brief explanation of a possible source for a story of Christ told by Abdu'l-Bahá about encountering a dead dog and commenting on the beauty of its teeth; i.e., having a "sin-covering gaze."
Transmitted by email. Name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Christianity; Dogs; Ethics; Hadith; Islam; Jesus Christ; Metaphors and allegories; Research Department, Questions and answers; Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book); Shaykh Bahá'í; Stories; Virtues

Sincerity: The Foundation Stone of Faith - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2007)
Keywords: Ethics; Sincerity; Virtues

Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 1 - Khursheed,Anjam, editor (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Selected papers presented at the first Singapore Bahá'í Studies Conference, held at the Singapore Bahá'í Centre, April 1996.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Periodicals; Singapore

Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 2 - Khursheed,Anjam, editor (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
Papers on the topic of the fundamental unity of religions, some of which began as talks given at the second Singapore Bahá'í Studies conference, April 1997.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Periodicals; Singapore

Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 3 - Khursheed,Anjam, editor (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
Papers on the topic of spirit and the never-ending journey of the soul, originally delivered at the third Bahá'í Studies conference in Singapore, April 1998.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Periodicals; Singapore

Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 4 - Khursheed,Anjam, editor (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Papers on challenges for the New Millennium, some of which began as talks at the fourth Singapore ABS Conference, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Periodicals; Singapore

Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 5 - Khursheed,Anjam, editor (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2000)
Papers on Chinese culture and its place amongst the world's spiritual traditions, some of which were delivered at the fifth Singapore Association for Bahá'í Studies conference, April 2000.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Periodicals; Singapore

Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 6 - Khursheed,Anjam, editor (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Papers on the topic of dialogue among civilizations, some of which were presented at the sixth Singapore Association for Bahá'í Studies conference, April 2001.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Periodicals; Singapore

Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial: Redefining Rural Secondary Education in Latin America - Kwauk,Christina; Robinson,Jenny Perlman (Millions Learning Case Studies, 2016)
A series on educational interventions where not only access to schools was improving, but also learning itself; a look at Colombia's Bahá'í-inspired initiative Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial ("Tutorial Learning System").
Mirrored from brookings.edu; also available en Español. See also an article about this report at news.bahai.org, Social Responsibility and Community Development: Lessons from the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial in Honduras (Honeyman, 2010), and The Bahá'í Educational Project: Towards a Universal System of Education (Bookwalter, 2000).
Keywords: Education; FUNDAEC; Latin America

Site Map
Simplified index to all content on Baha'i Library Online.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Sites hosted by the Bahá'í Library Online - Various
Collections or website projects maintained by individuals; most are no longer maintained.
These projects are now all old, some from 2001 or earlier, and none have been updated recently. One of them, bahai9.com, is on its own server now.
Keywords: Bahá'í Association for Arts (BAFA); Bahá'í Library Online; Stamps (philately)

Situation of the Bahá'ís in Egypt - Bahá'í International Community (2007)
Oral Statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the Human Rights Council (6th Session of the Human Rights Council), Geneva, Switzerland.
Mirrored from bic.org/statements-and-reports/statements/situation-of-the-bahais-in-egypt.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í history by country; Egypt; Human rights; Opposition; Persecution; Statements

Six Lessons on Bahá'í Law: A Deepening Course for Bahá'ís - Cornell,John B., compiler; Rinde,Beatrice, compiler (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Hawaiian Islands, 1974)
Principles of the Faith; justice and mercy; laws for the individual vs society; jurisdiction; civil law.
Based on a course given at the Hawaiian Bahá'í Summer School 1965 and 1973. Revised edition, 2000. Also available as a PDF scan of original.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Jurisdiction; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

Six Lessons on Islam - Gail,Marzieh (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1953)
A brief overview of Islam, particularly Shi'a Islam, and its relevance to the Bahá'í Faith.
Text from Ocean.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Six Months in Persia - Stack,Edward (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882)
Passing mentions of the Babis. Date not given.
This book is online at GoogleBooks: Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Keywords: 1880s; Iran; Mentions; Travelogues

Six-Year Plan, 1986-1992 - Universal House of Justice (1986)
Outline of Bahá'í goals for 1986-1992, and collection of letters from the House.
Keywords: 1986; 1992; Arc project; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Elections; Environment; Formative Age; Holy Years; Huqúqu'lláh; Literacy; Marriage; Nineteen Day Feast; Plans; Six Year Plan (1986-1992)

Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, Entitled Vahíd "The Incomparable" - Handal,Boris (2023)
The Commissioner of Muhammad Sháh; Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran; the episodes of Yazd and Nayríz.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: 1849; 1850; Biography; Iran (documents); Martyrs; Nayriz, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Yazd, Iran

Small in Number, Big in Faith - Fertig,Todd (Topeka Capital-Journal, 2020)
Overview of the Bahá'í Faith and its activities in Kansas, and interview with Duane Herrmann.
Mirrored from cjonline.com. See also more articles from cjonline, and see articles by Herrmann.
Keywords: Duane Herrmann; Introductory; Kansas, USA; Newspaper articles; United States (documents)

So Great a Cause!: A Surprising New Look at the Latter Day Saints - Stephens,Kenneth D. (Naturegraph, 1973)
A thorough overview of parallels in the thought of Mormonism and the Bahá'í Faith. Book offsite, available free online as a temporary loan.
This still–under-copyright book is hosted by archive.org, where it is available for 1-hour and 14-day "loan." See archive.org/sogreatcausesurp0000step. The publisher has given permission for the book to be hosted loan-free at bahai-library.com; if you know how to make an offline version of what's at archive, please contact us.
Keywords: Mormonism (Latter Day Saints)

Sobhani vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1994 - Wagner,Ralph D., compiler (1994)
A "Bahá'í" immigration case, in which an Iranian immigrant sought asylum by falsely claiming affiliation with the Bahá'í Faith.
See also mostafi_vs_ins_1996 and sarhangzadeh_vs_ins_1996. 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: 1994; Asylum (migration); Court cases; Refugees

Sobhi, Fazlollah Mohtadi - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2015)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at iranicaonline.org/articles/sobhi-fazl-allah-mohtadi.
Keywords: 1897; 1962; Biography; Covenant-breakers (individuals); Fazlollah Mohtadi Sobhi; Iran (documents)

soc.religion.bahai: Complete Archives - Bahá'í Computer and Communications Association, compiler (1992)
Links various formats of an 18-year archive of the first moderated Bahá'í newsgroup.
Keywords: 1990s; 2010s; Archives; Bahá'í Computer and Communication Association (BCCA); Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums; Social media; Talisman (email list)

Social Action - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2020)
Concepts of social and economic development in the Bahá'í teachings; material vs spiritual dimensions of existence; community issues; specific themes of education, agriculture, economics, health, arts, and technology.
Mirrored from bahai.org. See also a Social Action position paper by the Office of Social and Economic Development.
Keywords: Agriculture; Arts and crafts; Economics; Education; End does not justify the means; Health and healing; Institute process; Social action; Social and economic development; Technology

Social Action - Office of Social and Economic Development (2012)
A paper sent to all LSAs, and the subject of the plenary talk by Valerie Dana at the 2012 SED conference (Orlando, FL). Prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í World Centre.
See also the SED booklet For the Betterment of the World, and a compilation on Social Action from the BWC. Formatting, paragraph numbering, and citations added by R. Coe. See also the unedited original PDF.
Keywords: Institute process; Protagonists (individuals, communities and institutions); Social action; Social and economic development

Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs - Universal House of Justice (2017)
Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freedom that Bahá’ís have to engage in social action and public discourse, particularly in relation to the principle of non-involvement in political affairs.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats. Also published in Lights of Irfan Vol. 20.
Keywords: Activism; Consultation; Contradictions; Criticism and apologetics; Demonstrations; Human rights; Institute process; Integration and disintegration; Justice; Obedience; Politics; Protest; Public discourse (discourses of society); Race; Social action; Unity

Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'ís - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Socialist Studies, 2006)
Socialist involvement of some of Canada's earliest Bahá'ís, before and after the prohibition of involvement in political affairs.
Mirrored from journals.sfu.ca.
Keywords: 20th century; Activism; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í history by country; Canada; Michael Karlberg; Politics; Socialism

Social Affinity Flow Theory: A New Understanding of Both Human Interaction and the Power of the Baha'i Training Institute Process - Gourdine,Christopher G.; Edgren,Justin R.; Trice,Thomas L.; Zlatic,Joseph N. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
On a new explanation of social rifts prevalent in many societies today as well as constructive efforts of social change, including community-building work of the Bahá'í Faith, in both its teachings and its training institute process.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/261.
Keywords: Change; Community building; Institute process; Sociology; Training Institutes

Social and Economic Development - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 2000)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Consultation; Education; Ethics; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Social action; Social and economic development

Social and Economic Development - Polk,Harris Eyeford
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Social and economic development

Social and Economic Development: A Bahá'í Approach, by Holly Hanson Vick: Review - Eyford,Glen A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)

Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1853): A Preliminary Analysis - Momen,Moojan (International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1983)
In the mid-19th century, Iran was shaken by unrest caused by the Bábí movement, which set off a chain of events that led on the one hand, to the constitutional movement in Iran, and on the other, to the establishment of the now world-wide Bahá'í Faith.
PDF generated by a lightly re-formatted Word document posted by author at academia.edu. Later published in The Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, ed. Fereydun Vahman (2020).
Keywords: 1848; 1850s; 1853; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Letters of the Living; Nayriz upheaval; Nayriz, Iran; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak; Seven martyrs of Tihran; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Sociology; Statistics; Upheavals; Women; Zanjan upheaval; Zanjan, Iran

Social Crises and Their Connections to Global Ecological Problems - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1994)
Global warming and the social roots of environmental problems.
Presented at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for National Progress Institute for Spiritual Foundations of World Civilization, Kiev, May 16-19 1994. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl94a.htm.

Social Justice, Higher Education and the Oneness of Humankind - Boicu,Filip (2016)
Notions of social justice can be reconfigured and connected to a positive ideology for universities with the understandings of the unity of humankind, the process of globalization in the light of unity, and the role of universities as a medium for change.
Prepared for the Locating Social Justice in Close-Up Research in Higher Education conference, Lancaster University, 2016.
Keywords: Education; Globalization; Inequality; Justice; Oppression; Social justice; Universities

Social Justice, Wealth Equity and Gender Equality: Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís of Alberta - Kuzyk,Leslie William (2003)
Bahá'í theology takes distinctive positions on wealth distribution and gender equality. These issues are causal factors in a more just model of society. A social survey establishes empirically whether a Bahá'í population differs from common society.
M.A. Thesis, Resources and the Environment Program (University of Calgary, 2003). Also available as PDF: Executive Summary or Complete Thesis.
Keywords: Alberta, Canada; Canada; Economics; Equality; Gender; Justice; Service; Social justice; Sociology; Wealth and poverty; Women

Social media and non-involvement in politics - Universal House of Justice (2019)
Guidance on avoiding political involvement, exercising caution on social media, promoting unity, and focusing on spiritual transformation for societal betterment.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Backbiting and gossip; Betterment of the world; Consultation; Diaspora, Persian; Disunity; Iran (documents); Politics; Public discourse (discourses of society); Social change; Social media; Technology; Transformation; Unity; Us and them

Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution - Parsa,Misagh (Rutgers University Press, 1989)
Mentions of Falsafi's anti-Bahá'í campaign of 1953, and of Bahá'ís being excluded from the government in 1979.
Keywords: 1953; Mohammad Taghi Falsafi; Persecution, Iran

Social Responsibility and Community Development: Lessons from the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial in Honduras - Honeyman,Catherine A. (International Journal of Educational Development, 2010)
Exploration of the connections between education, social capital, and development through a mixed-methods case study of Colombia's Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial, an innovative secondary-level education system.
Posted at academia.edu. See also Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial: Redefining Rural Secondary Education in Latin America (Kwauk & Robinson, 2016), an article at news.bahai.org, and The Bahá'í Educational Project: Towards a Universal System of Education (Bookwalter, 2000).
Keywords: Education; FUNDAEC

Socially Responsible Enterprise Restructuring - Starcher,George (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
A condensation of a 130 page joint working paper of the International Labour Office and EBBF. Does not mention the Bahá'í Faith.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Business

Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Canadian Baha'i Community - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (1991)
Statistics and analysis of enrollment and growth patterns.
First presented at the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Laval University, Québec, June 1989.

Socio-Political Order, Speaking on - Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2011)
Extent to which Bahá'ís, in this case an academic political scientist, may give their views on politics; comments on political activity, social change, and public policy.
First published at irfancolloquia.org/u/justice_sociopolitical. Later online at bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Change; Politics; Public discourse (discourses of society); Social action; Social change