The Peace of the World - Remey,Charles Mason (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1919)
"A brief treatise upon the spiritual teaching of the Bahai religion with particular regard to its application to the great problem, now before the nations, of the establishment of an enduring world peace."
Two versions are given below: a PDF scan, and a corrected text copy. See also another scan by Google. While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this essay he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Permanence of Change: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives - Mahmoudi,Hoda (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2008)
Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and its contemporary challenges, and key features of modernity as identified in the Bahá’í writings as "the universal awakening of historical consciousness."
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Axial Age; Buddhism; Century of Light (book); Change; Christianity; Civilization; Confucianism; Enlightenment, Age of; Hinduism; Historical consciousness; History (general); Jainism; Judaism; Manichaeism; Materialism; Modernity; One Common Faith (commentary); Philosophy; Reform; Reformation (Christianity); Renaissance; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Sociology; Zoroastrianism

The Persian Bayan and the Shaping of the Babi Renewal - Amanat,Abbas (Religious Texts in Iranian Languages, 2007)
On the Bábí Faith as a product of the religious environment of Shi'i Iran, including its esoteric culture and apocalyptic vision; the Bayán as a form of discourse; and how the Bayán marked a break with Islam.
From the proceedings of a symposium held at Copenhagen University, May 2002. Posted by publisher; full book is online at royalacademy.dk. PDF below created from a Microsoft Word version prepared by M. Thomas (2022).
Keywords: Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Bábí history; Iran (documents); Islam

The Persian Bayan: From A.L.M. Nicolas' French translation - Báb, The (2001)
Four short chapters from The Báb's book of laws. Translation of Nicolas’s Le Beyán Persan, translated from the French, with reference to the Persian, by Ismael Velasco.
See also Nicolas' 4-volume French original, a complete translation of Nicolas' French into English by anonymous, E. G. Browne's A Summary of the Persian Bayan, Peter Terry's Summary and Thematic Analysis, an English rendering of Nicolas' French translation of The Arabic Bayan, and a partial translation by Denis MacEoin.
Keywords: A. L. M. Nicolas; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Writings of

The Persian Bayan: Partial translation - Báb, The (2000)
A partial provisional translation of the Persian Bayan.
This translation is directly from the Persian, unlike others on this website that are translations from the French translation by Nicolas. It has been proofread and spellchecked, but appears to have been translated or typed in somewhat of a hurry and may contain errors. See also a list of Questions and Answers on the Persian Bayán, a complete translation of Nicolas' French into English by anonymous, Nicolas' French translation of The Persian Bayan, and Peter Terry's Summary and Themes of the Persian Bayán.
Keywords: Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Writings of

The Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl) - Universal House of Justice (2009)
Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript used by Shoghi Effendi for The Dawn-Breakers; can scholars inspect the one surviving copy; does a corrected version or a "second manuscript" exist?
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í studies; Dawn-Breakers (book); God Passes By (book); Hasan Balyuzi; Manuscripts; Primary sources, Access to; Scholarship; Translation

The Persian Press and Persian Journalism: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society - Browne,E. G. (Pub. for Persia Society by J. Hogg, 1913)
Short discussion of early Persian-language newspapers, with a passing mention of the writings of Mirza Mahdi Khan, an opponent of the Bahá'ís, and his Arabic-language work Miftahu Babi'l-Abwab.

The Persian Revolution of 1905-1909 - Browne,E. G. (Cambridge University Press, 1910)
Includes discussion of Bahá'ís and Bábís in "Attitude of Bahá’ís towards Persian Politics" (pp. 424-429) and "The Assassination of Nasiru'd-Din Shah" (60-62). Search text for Bábí for other references.
This book is online in other formats at archive.org.
Keywords: 1905; 1909; E. G. Browne; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Politics

The Persian Rival to Jesus, and His American Disciples - Richardson,Robert P. (The Open Court, 1915)
History and teachings of the Bábi and Bahá'í religions and contemporary American disagreements, from an unsympathetic outsider's perspective. Followed by three letters-to-the-editor from three subsequent issues.
Many of this author's erroneous statements about the Bahá'í Faith were first corrected ten years earlier in this same journal by Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, and in a subsequent issue by I.G. Kheiralla. Followed by three letters to Open Court, at end. This document is also online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Opposition; United States (documents)

The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution - Milani,Abbas (Mage Publications, 2000)
Various passing mentions, including anti-Bahá'í paranoia, and the (alleged/disputed) Bahá'í affiliations of Amir Abbas Hoveyda, his father Habibollah Hoveyda (Ayn al-Molk), and Mohammad Reza Shah's physician Abdol Karim Ayadi.
Keywords: Amir Abbas Hoveyda; Iranian revolution (1979)

The Pharisaic Phenomenon and the Dynamics of Denial - Maneck,Susan (1999)
On the role of intellectual rigidity, control and pride as causes of opposition to religious change, and the relevance of this concept in Bahá'í history.
Mirrored with permission from pharisaic.susanmaneck.com.

The Phenomenon of Prejudice - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Fireside at the Bahá'í Centre in St. Petersburg.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Prejudice

The Philosophical Basis of the ANISA Model - Jordan,Daniel C. (1974)
Talk given at Green Acre Bahá'í School on ANISA, a science-based approach for curriculum development that integrates with new discoveries in human-related sciences. Includes stories of Jordan's spiritual teacher Charlotte Gillan.
Digitized from cassette by Michael Conway (whose father studied with Jordan) in 2020.
Keywords: Alfred North Whitehead; Anisa Educational Model; Dan Jordan; Education; Philosophy; Process philosophy

The Philosophy of Bahá'í Education - Handal,Boris (Religion & Education, 2007)
On a philosophy of education encompassing the individual and the society, the state of education and the child in the 19th century in the light of those principles, and a review of Bahá'í-inspired enterprises to implement those ideals around the world.
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published in Religion & Education, available for purchase at the Taylor & Francis website tandfonline.com.
Keywords: Education; Philosophy

The Philosophy of Minimalism - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Talk at the Philosophical Club of St. Petersburg.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: St. Petersburg State University

The Philosophy of Spirituality: A Bahá'í Viewpoint - Hatcher,William S. (Dialogue and Universalism, 1996)
Views of human nature and the concept of spirituality; the Bahá'í concept of spirituality; the crucial role of philosophy in the process of human spiritual growth and development.
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org (see william.hatcher.org/license).
Keywords: Philosophy; Spirituality

The Place of Poetry in Religion and Society: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe - Hayden,Robert E.; Ruhe,Douglas; Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2014)
Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Douglas Ruhe in 1975 on the future of poetry, transcendence, American destiny, important American poets, the Library of Congress, and Bahá'í spirituality.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/165. See also original scan.
Keywords: 1913; 1975; 1980; 20th century; Arts and crafts; Biography; Interviews; Literature; Literature, English; Poetry; Robert Hayden

The Polish Response to Soviet Anti-Bahá'í Polemics - Jasion,Jan T. (Associate, 1999)
Response of non-Bahá'í scholars to Marxist-Leninist polemics and attacks on the Bahá'í Faith, in particular the attitude of Polish scholars writing between 1945 and 1988, while Poland was still a 'satellite' of the Soviet Union.
This paper is based on a study written in Haifa, 1981, "The Bahá'í Faith in Poland after 1945: the Published Response." Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk.
Keywords: Atheism; Catholic Church; Christianity; Communism; Encyclopedias; Mentions; Poland; Russia

The Political Economy of Modern Iran: Despotism and Pseudo-Modernism 1926-1979 - Katouzian,Homa (State University of New York, 1981)
Mention of Sheikh Fazlollah Noori denouncing opponents as Babis; 1-page discussion (in footnotes) of the Bab as Mahdi and the Bahá'í/Azali split; anti-Bahá'í demonstrations following the murder of vice-consul Imbrie; Falsafi's attacks in 1953.
On Nuri see Wikipedia; on Imbrie see A Consideration of the Bahá'í religion and Imbrie Murder Laid to Religious Hate.
Keywords: 1953; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Mohammad Taghi Falsafi; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Politics of Recognition, Society, and Law: The Role of Muslim Society and the Kubu Raya Local Government in the Struggle of the Bahá'ís - Lubis,Ali Akhbar Abaib Mas Rabbani; Sulaiman (Millah: Journal of Religious Studies, 2022)
The experience of Bahá'ís in Indonesia, specifically the region of Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, where they face rejection in society and restrictions on civil rights; relationships between the Baha’is and the majority Muslim community and local government.
Article online at journal.uii.ac.id/Millah/article/view/23901.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Indonesia; Recognition (legal)

The Politics of Service: Medical Aid to the Philippines - Langness,David (dialogue magazine, 1987)
On delivering volunteer hospital services and emergency aid to a corrupted country lacking political stability.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Corruption; Philippines; Service; Volunteering

The Portraits and Career of Mohammed Ali, Son of Kazem-Beg: Scottish Missionaries and Russian Orientalism - Bivar,A. D. H. (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1994)
Kazem-Beg has a place in Bahá'í history because of his early book The Bab and the Babis (St. Petersburg, 1865). Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Christian missionaries; Mírzá Kazem-Beg; Orientalism; Portraits; Rasht, Iran; Russia; Scotland; St. Petersburg, Russia

The Positions of the Austrian Churches and Religious Communities regarding bio- and medico-ethical Issues - Schaefer,Udo (Churches, Religions, Bioethics (Kirchen, Religionen, Bioethik), 2002)
On the Bahá'í view of bioethical and biomedical questions, and Bahá'í authoritative sources, image of human beings, health and sickness, liberty and responsibility, and specific bioethical questions.
Note: while this document is included in the page "Udo Schaefer's English Articles," www.familieschaefer.de/articles_e1.htm, it does not appear to be an article by him, but rather a summary of his views by someone else.
Keywords: Austria; Christianity; Ethics; Health and healing; Interfaith dialogue; Udo Schaefer

The Possibilities of Existential Theism for Bahá'í Theology - McLean,Jack (Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1997)
The perspective of existential theology can benefit Bahá'í studies of religion, as applied to issues such as scholarship, spiritual transformation, and sacred history.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Philosophers; Philosophy; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Søren Kierkegaard; Theology

The Potential of the Bahá'í Faith to Grow in Scope and Influence - Prosterman,Annette (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
A sociological perspective says that, to grow and develop, a religion must have ideological and structural elements that foster its effective growth, maintain its cohesion as a collective unit, and enable it to mobilize its members toward social change.
Keywords: Growth; Social action; Social change

The Power of Discourse and the Discourse of Power: Peace as Discourse Intervention - Karlberg,Michael (International Journal of Peace Studies, 2005)
Western discourses of power are inadequate for creating a peaceful and just society. Alternate models can be proposed through "discourse intervention." The Bahá'í community offers a non-adversarial, alternative social practice.
Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Discourse (general); Justice; Peace

The Power of Divine Assistance - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Divine Assistance; Power of Divine Assistance (compilation)

The Power of Prayer - Hutchens,Eleanor S. (Baha'i News, 1969)
Reflections on the purpose of humankind, the nearness of God, the healing power of revealed prayer, and how prayers are answered.
Mirrored from havcamwiltrav.tripod.com/oldsite/prayer.htm. After being published in Bahá'í News (1969), this was revised and printed by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust (Wilmette) in 1975.
Keywords: Prayer

The Power of Prayer Brings a Higher Force into Play - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Some ideas about how prayer works.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2580901.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); John Esslemont; Prayer

The Power of Reflection: Advancing Governance and Dispute Resolution Systems through Devolved Reflection and Shared Knowledge Generation - Ali,Shahla (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2018)
Reflection is the "source of crafts, sciences and arts," with the capacity to produce "pearls of wisdom and utterance as will promote the well-being and harmony of all the kindreds of the earth." It can improve institutions and community governance.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/248. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Conflict resolution; Consultation; Governance; Reflection; Scholarship; Social action

The Power of "The Covenant of God" Alone Regenerates Mankind - Remey,Charles Mason (Star of the West, 1913)
Recognition of the centre of the covenant is the important matter before the world today. Includes extracts from a letter to a Bahai assembly in America.

The Power of the Covenant: A Compilation - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, 1956)
Keywords: Covenant; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Power of Unity: Beyond Prejudice and Racism [excerpts] - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1986)
Besides the contents, foreword, and bibliography which have been included here, only those quotations which are not readily available elsewhere online have been included in this version here (these new quotations only were scanned, proofed, and formatted by B. Zamir).
Keywords: Prejudice; Race; Racism; Unity

The Prayer of Splendor: Du`á' al-Bahá - al-Baqir,Muhammad (2017)
An important supplication in Shí’í Islam, attributed to the fifth Imám; the Báb derived the titles of the months of his Badí calendar from the invocations of this prayer.
Mirrored from joshuahalltranslations.com.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Dua Al Sahar (Dawn supplication); Imam Muhammad al-Baqir; Translation, Parallel

The Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (Baha'i World, 1945)
Essay about various prayers and meditations of Bahá'u'lláh.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Arabic language; Bahá'u'lláh; Death; Fasting; Fasting prayers; Forgiveness; God; Meditation; Metaphors and allegories; Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting); Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Persian language; Poetry; Prayer; Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Repetition; Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead); Spirituality; Style (Writings); Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Tests and difficulties; Translation; Words and phrases

The Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (Conclusion) - Richardson,Robert P. (The Open Court, 1916)
Part 2 of a critique of Bahá'í practice and thought from a (somewhat hostile) Christian perspective.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; United States (documents)

The Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (part 1) - Richardson,Robert P. (The Open Court, 1916)
A critical overview of Bábí history, contemporary American Bahá'í issues and disagreements (e.g. Kheiralla), and Bahá'í objections to the author's previous writings. Not yet proofread.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; United States (documents)

The Press as a Consultative Forum: A Contribution to Normative Press Theory - Karlberg,Michael (Baha'i Studies Review, 2010)
A model of the press derived from Bahá'í teachings as a contribution to normative press theory centring on the principles and objectives of consultation.
This article is provided as a free sample from the publishers of BSR. See www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/bsr/2010/00000016/00000001/art00002. Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]

The Priceless Pearl - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1969)
The classic biography of The Guardian, written by his wife.
See also updated, annotated Microsoft Word version, prepared by M. Thomas (2024). See also an abridged biography by Ruhiyyih Khanum, The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith. This text was distributed in Ocean and may contain typos. Later it was posted at recherche.bahai-studien.de and bahairesearch.com. This version adds formatting. An official version is available in ePub and Mobi formats at Bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: 20th century; Administrative Order; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Bahá'í World Centre; Biography; Institutions; Martha Root; Priceless Pearl (book); Queen Marie of Romania; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Works of

The Prince of Martyrs: A brief account of the Imam Husayn - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (George Ronald, 1977)
The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam.
See also a scan of the book, and a version in Word format. See also Martyrdom in Shi'ism.
Keywords: Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Biography; Imam Husayn; Imams; Islam; Martyrdom

The Principle of an International Auxiliary Language - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (1979)
Received from the Bahá'í World Centre by Don Calkins, by request.
Keywords: Esperanto; International auxiliary language

The Principle of Fundamental Oneness - Kapur,Promilla (The Lab, the Temple, and the Market, 2000)
The teachings of Hinduism offer a resource for integrated development; a personal perspective of work with the International Development Research Centre; Vedanta; the Self and development; science and Hinduism; Ramakrishna; Gandhi; Sri Aurobindo.
Mirrored from idrc.ca, where it is also available in HTML format. The complete book is also available for free at Google books.

The Principle of Succession in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Poirier,Brent (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Covenant; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

The Principle of the Oneness of Humankind: Strong Foundationalism, Non-Adversarialism, and the Imperatives of Our Time - Boicu,Filip (2022)
Some of the ways in which the concept of globalization has been framed in the recent past; the vision of Shoghi Effendi; The Seven Valleys and social change; moral codes and ethical living; the oneness of humankind and non-adversarialism.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Climate change; Education; Environment; Ethics; FUNDAEC; Globalization; Inequality; Justice; Oppression; Philosophy; Social change; Sustainable development; Unity; Unity in diversity

The Prisoner and the Kings - Sears,William (General Publishing Company, Ltd., 1971)
A historical account of Bahá'u'lláh's world-changing letters that He sent as a prisoner to the religious and secular leaders between 1867 and 1873.
Mirrored with permission from bci.org/prophecy-fulfilled.htm [archive.org].
Keywords: Prophecies; Tablets to kings and rulers; William Sears

The Process of Social Transformation - Arbab,Farzam (The Baha'i Faith and Marxism, 1987)
Bahá'í concepts of social change contrasted with other common paradigms.
Keywords: Change; Farzam Arbab; Transformation

The Promise of All Ages - Townshend,George (Lindsay Drummond, 1934)
Overview of Bahá'í teachings: a "sketch of the religious teaching of Bahá’u’lláh on the subject of the unity of mankind and the establishment in this century of a universal and permanent peace."
Page numbers in the documents below have changed from the original publication.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; George Townshend; Introductory

The Promise of Lord Krishna - Faizi,Gloria A. (Mirat Publications, 1975)
Bahá'í fulfillment of Krishna's prophecy of return: "Whenever there is decay of righteousness and exaltation of unrighteousness, then I Myself come forth."
Mirrored from bahaideepeningresources.blogspot.ca.
Keywords: Hinduism; Khuriya Muriya Islands, Oman; Prophecies

The Promise of World Peace: In multiple languages - Universal House of Justice (1985)
If you find any other language versions in digital format, please contact us. If they are not yet online, we could also upload them here. See also Message on World Peace (To the Bahá’ís of the World, 2019).
Keywords: Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement); Texts in multiple languages

The Promised Day is Come - Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980)
A book-length letter written by Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá’ís of the West, dated 28 March 1941, about Bahá'u'lláh's letters to the kings and rulers, and their relation to historical events.
See this updated, revised digital edition prepared by Mike Thomas, in Word format: shoghi-effendi_promised_day_come_2021.docx. His updates are detailed in the first "comment" (enable Track Changes if you don't see Comments). See also this related letter. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; History (general); Peace; Promised Day is Come (letter); Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Tablets to kings and rulers; World peace

The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Study Guide - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
A detailed study guide on subjects such as the coming of age of the human race, the oneness and continuity of the Manifestations of God, and the oneness of religion as a social force for establishing world order and peace, from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 1912 talks.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Canada; Outlines and summaries; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Study guides; United States (documents)

The Proof Based on Establishment (Dalíl-i-taqrír) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayát): An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics - Milani,Kavian Sadeghzade; Milani,Leila Rassekh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Study of Bahá'í apologetics based largely on the work of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl.
This is an early draft of the article which was later published in JBS; see also PDF of published article. See also journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Fasl ul-Khitab (That which Separates Between Truth and Falsehood); Hadith; Islam; Kitáb al-Faraid (Book of Priceless Pearls); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Proofs; Quran

The Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Review - Buck,Christopher (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/72. See also original scan. See also Responses by Michael Sours and Christopher Buck (1994).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Jesus Christ; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Prophecies; Scholarship; Some Answered Questions (book)

The Prophecy of Bahá'u'lláh: A Backward Bending Supply Curve Theorem - Varqa,Sathia (2006)
The fates of some of the dictators to whom Bahá'u'lláh addressed his tablets, and the choices and constraints facing a political dictator in pursuing the objective of maximizing power.
Keywords: History (general); Prophecies; Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings); Tablets to kings and rulers

The Protection of Diversity in the World Order of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information (dialogue magazine, 1988)
Statement dated December 29, 1985, released by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information following the broadcast of a BBC program on the Bahá'í Faith in 1985.
Below is the HTML from info.bahai.org/protection-of-diversity-in-bahai-community.html, followed by page scans of the same article as published in dialogue.
Keywords: BIC statements; Cultural diversity; Diversity; Religious diversity; Statements; World order

The Provincial Politics of Heresy and Reform in Qajar Iran: Shaykh al-Rais in Shiraz, 1895-1902 - Cole,Juan (Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 2002)
Biography and political/historical context of "the poet laureate of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution," who was secretly a second-generation Bahá'í.
Keywords: 1890s; 1895; 1902; Biography; Iran (documents); Qajar dynasty; Shaykh al-Rais; Shíráz, Iran

The Psychology of Spirituality, by Hossein B. Danesh: Review - Diessner,Rhett (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/238. Also available in PDF. See also review by B. Pokorny (1995).

The Psychology of Spirituality: From Divided Self to Integrated Self - Danesh,Hossain (Sterling Publishers, 2000)
Explores what is the nature of human reality, the purpose of human life, transcendence, and whether we have free will, using case histories, in-depth analysis, and practical examples. First 3 chapters only.
Chapters 1-3 of this book were posted online at the publisher's website, still online at archive.org. Parts of this book can be read online at google books.
Keywords: Free will; Hossain Danesh; Human nature; Life (general); Philosophy; Psychology; Purpose of life; Self; Spirituality

The Pupil of the Eye: African Americans in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Universal House of Justice (Palabra Publications, 1998)
A compilation of references in the Bahá'í writings to African-Americans and those of African descent.
This online copy was based off of a pre-publication copy, and though attempts were made to adjust the organization and formatting according to the print copy, there may be some discrepancies between this version and the final print copy. The quotations should be the same, but the citations' formatting, for example, may differ. See also this book's pre-publication items, not included in the final printed copy. Thanks to Bonnie Taylor and Palabra Publications for permission to post. The book is presently out of print.
Keywords: Africa; African Americans; Metaphors and allegories; Pupil of the eye; Race; Race unity; Racism; Teaching; United States (documents); Unity

The Purpose of Poetry - Sabri,Shirin (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
Justifications for the work of contemporary artists; now is the time for Bahá’ís to work towards the flowering of civilization, using art as a unifying force to create links of understanding; poetry provides a means of approaching spiritual reality.
See also commentaries by David Erickson and Jack McLean and author's response to commentaries.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Literature; Literature, English; Philosophy; Poetry

"The Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary - McLean,Jack (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Also available as original scan. See also Sabri's article, and see author's response to this commentary.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Literature; Literature, English; Poetry

The Purposes and Objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship: Compilation and commentary - Terry,Peter (2009)
Three essays on objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship, attaining to the knowledge of God, and the study of philosophy.
This monograph brings together three articles related to Bahá'í scholarship. The first of these is entitled “The Purposes and Objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship” and is the principal essay (pp. 3-75). The two other essays are entitled “Attaining to the Knowledge of God” (pp. 76-106) and “The Study of Philosophy” (pp. 107-129).
Keywords: God; Knowledge; Philosophy; Scholarship

The Pursuit of Social Justice - Karlberg,Michael (Baha'i World, 2022)
An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Advancement of civilization; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Capacity building; Caste system; Change; Community building; Conversion; Development; Diversity; Education; Elections; Equality; Gender; Human rights; Injustice; Institute process; Integration and disintegration; Justice; Mahatma Gandhi; Means versus ends; Media (communication); Non-violence; Oppression; Peace; Persecution; Politics; Protest; Public discourse (discourses of society); Race; Reform; Resilience; Service; Social action; Social justice; Social media; Society building; Study circles; Training Institutes; Unity; Violence; Women; World order

The Quantum State Function, Platonic Forms, and the Ethereal Substance: Reflections on the Potential of Philosophy to Contribute to the Harmony of Science and Religion - Ranjbar,Vahid Houston (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2023)
Science and philosophy correlate to concepts from the knowledge system of religion; the ethereal substance described by Abdu’l-Bahá belongs to Plato’s idealized realm and resonates with the modern understanding of a quantum field.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Arc of ascent and descent; Consciousness; Ether (concept); Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); Mathematics; Neoplatonism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Physics; Plato; Science; Soul; Theology

The Question of Gender in Canadian Baha'i History - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (1994)
The position of Bahá'í women in the Canadian community and the extent to which they participated in teaching and administrative activities.
Presented to the North American Bahá'í History Conference, Wilmette, Illinois, 5-6 June 1994.

The Question of Objectivity - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Speech at the Faculty of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: St. Petersburg State University

The Quickening: Unknown Poetry of Tahirih, by John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat: Review - Fatheazam,Shahbaz (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/361. See also PDF scan.
Keywords: John Hatcher; Poetry; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Qur'an and the Apocalyptic Imagination - Lawson,Todd (2010)
The Qur'án is regarded as a revelation of a divine message, unveiling truth to humankind at a time of transformative crisis and announcing its judgement.
See also the published French translation of this article, Le Coran et l'imaginaire apocalyptique (this English original is as-yet unpublished).
Keywords: Apocalypse; Islam; Quran

The Qur'an and the Bahá'í Faith - Lawson,Todd (Communities of the Qur'an: Dialogue, debate and diversity in the twenty-first century, 2019)
On how tafsir, Islam, and the Qur'an have had a great impact on the form and content of the Bahá'í revelation.
Mirrored with permission from toddlawson.ca.
Keywords: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran

The Qur'an and Violence against Non-believers - Brownstein,Ted (2017)
An examination of two sections of The Qur'an that supposedly authorize the slaughter of innocent non-Muslims.
Keywords: Christianity; Context, Taking verses out of; Criticism and apologetics; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Judaism; Non-believers; Quran; Violence; War

The Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb: Doctoral dissertation - Lawson,Todd (1987)
A study of the Báb's two earliest works, partial commentaries on the Qur'an entitled "Tafsír súrat al-baqara" and "Tafsír súrat Yúsuf" (aka The Qayyum al-Asma), in an attempt to appreciate the Bab's attitude towards the Qur'an.
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Later published by Routledge as Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism and the Literary Origins of the Bábí Religion (2012).
Keywords: Bees; Báb (Gate); Báb, Writings of; Commentaries; Dhikr (Remembrance); Islam; McGill University; Point; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Qá'im; Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow); Tetrads and heptads; Walaya

The Qur'án: Renderings by Rodwell & Sale and Multilinear Qur'án with Bahá'í References by Verse - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Compilation on Islam and the Qur'an, and parallel translation of The Qur'an as translated by George Sale (1877) and J. M. Rodwell (1876).
George Sale's version of the Qur'án I typed from the original print versions (from the 1800's and early 1900's - different editions had different materials which I discovered at different stages, so I used several editions to include all of the items). Rodwell's version of the Qur'án was based on a Project Gutenberg online text to which I added a Suráh that had been missed (at the time) and some other corrections and notes. -B.Z. Other online versions are at archive.org (PDF of 1877 edition) and gutenberg.org (html version no footnotes). An experimental (currently Chrome only) offlineable web app integrating these contents is available through https://bahai-browser.org/#lang=en-US&work=quran Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See also The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an translation by Yusufali.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Quran translations; Rodwell (Quran translation); Sale (Quran translation); Translation; Translation, Parallel

The Qur'án: The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an - Muhammad
Add or read comments or links about the Holy Qur'án here. See also Parallel translation by Rodwell & Sale and Multilinear Qur'án with Bahá'í References by Verse.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran

The Quranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms of the Kitáb-i Aqdas Regarding Women and Homosexual Relations - Ekbal,Kamran (1995)
Interpretations and etymologies of Arabic terms for prostitution, virginity, dowry, menstruation, sodomy, pederasty, uncleanliness, and adultery.
Date unknown; author just says "mid-1990s." Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); LGBTQ; Laws; Quran; Women

The Quranic Witness to Biblical Authority - Shamoun,Sam (1999)
Written for a Muslim audience, this article expounds on the Muslim view that the Bible is authentically the Word of God. The article does not mention the Bahá'í Faith, but its topic is relevant to Bahá'í studies.
Adapted with permission from www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/aboutbible.htm.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Context, Taking verses out of; Corruption of texts; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran

The Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (Baha'i World, 1934)
Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Bábí history authored by Nabil-i-A'zam.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, The; Bábí history; Dawn-Breakers (book); Iran (documents); Literature; Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í; Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Real Turk - Cobb,Stanwood (The Pilgrim Press, 1914)
Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall of Abdul Hamid; the character of the Turkish, their temperament, and their way of looking at life.
Regarding this book, Cobb later wrote "The results of my study of Islam and of the Turk were published in book form in 1914 by the Pilgrim Press under the title The Real Turk — a book which almost lost the liberal-minded manager of the Pilgrim Press his job. For it was the first book that had appeared in America sympathetic to the Turk and to Islam." (from Character p. 23)
Keywords: 1909; 1910; Biography; Culture, Turkish; Islam; Stanwood Cobb; Turkey; Young Turks

The Reception of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Britain: East Comes West, by Brendan McNamara: Review - Stockman,Robert (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2024)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Edinburgh, Scotland; England; United Kingdom; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of

The Recollections of My Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Meeting the Beloved Guardian - Kelsey,Olivia (1954)
Notes of a pilgrimage in 1954.
Transcribed by K. Bookwalter, who notes: Kelsey "gave several talks on her pilgrimage. One was recorded. I transcribed it. Where it says 'Varid,' it should read, 'Fareed.' In her notes, Olivia states that her pilgrimage was in 1956, but in other places such as the Bahá'í World and Knights of Bahá'u'lláh it says 1954 which makes more sense."
Keywords: 1954; Pilgrims notes; Shoghi Effendi

The Reconciliation of Races and Religions - Cheyne,Thomas Kelly (Adam and Charles Black, 1914)
Early history of the Bábí and Bahá'í movements, life stories of their participants, and their contemporary religious context, written by a distinguished British Biblical scholar.
See also updated, annotated Microsoft Word version, prepared by M. Thomas (2024). This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, and another version was later posted to afnanlibrary.org.
Keywords: 1900s; 19th century; Biography; Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Inayat Khan; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Islam; Judaism; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism; Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti; Sufism; Theophany; Thomas Kelly Cheyne (T. K. Cheyne); Unity of religion; Vedanta; Zoroastrianism

The Reconciliation of Religions: Imperative for the 21st Century - Terry,Peter (2015)
While the 12 principles attributed to 'Abdu'l-Bahá include the harmony of religion with science and reason and the imperative that religion lead to unity, one principle that was at least as prominent is often left out: the reconciliation of religions.
Keywords: 21st century; Interfaith dialogue; Principles; Reconciliation; Unity of religion

The Reconvergence of Theology and Spirituality - McLean,Jack (1995)
New forms of spirituality lie in the spaces between theological truth, cognition, and psycho-spiritual growth. This paper examines the current interest in spirituality and calls for a common ground of the two domains.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Spirituality; Theology

The Reference Desk: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age - Hassall,Graham, editor (2022)
13 presentations on how digital technologies are supporting Bahá’í scholarship. Webmasters, bibliographers, genealogists, and archivists speak about their journey in reference projects: origins, progress, and insights into how their projects are used.
See also Hassall's 2003 International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries and Archives, and the "Yerrinbool" reports from 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Keywords: Afnan Library; Ailsa Leftwich; Alexander Meinhard; Archives; Bahaipedia; Bahá'í scholarship; Bibliography; Brett Zamir; Classification (library); Colleen Dawes; Dan Jones; David Haslip; E-books; Genealogy; Graham Hassall; Indexes and catalogues; Internet; Jonah Winters; Libraries; Louise Mould; Moojan Momen; Steve Cooney; Steven Kolins; Steven Phelps; Vicky Majewski; Websites; Wikipedia; Wikis; William Collins

The Refutation of Francesco Ficicchia and the Dangers of Silence - McLean,Jack (2001)
Examination of the prejudice caused to the reputation of the Faith in academic and ecclesiastical circles in German-speaking Europe following the publication of an anti-Bahá'í book.
See also Foreword to Making the Crooked Straight and letter to World Order. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Making the Crooked Straight (book)

The Reincarnation Mystery Revealed - Munje,H. M. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1992)
PDF embedded below is the third edition. See also second edition, PDF and first edition, txt.
Keywords: Hinduism; Life after death (afterlife); Reincarnation; Sanskrit language

The Relation of the Báb to the Traditions of Islám - LaFarge,Wanden Mathews (Baha'i World, 1930)
Discussion of prophecies made by Muhammad concerning his son-in-law Alí and the division which divided Islám into the two factions Sunni and Shi‘i, to understand the significance of the titles "Gate" and "Point" and the concept of the Twelfth Imám.
Also available in Word format.
Keywords: Báb (Gate); Báb, The; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Point; Prophecies; Shia Islam (Shiism); Sunni Islam (Sunnism)

The Relativity of Religious Truth: Relating to the Absolute - McLean,Jack (2007)
History of the relativistic approach to truth, a response to Momen's "Relativism: A Basis for Bahá'í Metaphysics," and inter-faith dialogue.
This paper is a modified version of the section by the same name, extracted from “Prolegomena to a Bahá’í Theology,” The Journal of Bahá’í Studies, 5:1, March-June, 1992). Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Dualism; Interfaith dialogue; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Monism; Relativism; Relativity of religious truth

The Religion of the Bab - Speer,Robert E.; Jessup,Henry H. (Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, 1904)
Two articles: Speer's "The Religion of the Bab," pp. 119-174, is followed by Jessup's "The Babites," pp. 174-182 (originally published in The Outlook, 1901).
This entire book is available online in a variety of formats at archive.org. See also Word document.
Keywords: Christian missionaries; Henry Jessup

The Religion of the Bahá'ís - Richards,J. R. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1932)
A book-length overview from an outsider's perspective, written by a missionary in Shiraz for his Christian audience.
The first PDF below generated from a Microsoft Word version created by Mike Thomas (2023), which in turn he created from combining the complete set of image scans of the book from h-net.org/~bahai.

The Religions and Philosophies of the East - Kennedy,J. M. (John Lane Company, 1911)
Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, and brief summary of Bahá'í teachings.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bábí history

The Religions of Modern Syria and Palestine - Bliss,Frederick Jones (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912)
See full book online in multiple formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Israel; Israel, Bahá'í relations; Mentions; Palestine; Syria; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

The Religious Foundations of Civil Society - Heller,Wendy M. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2000)
A Bahá'í perspective on the loss of a transcendent ethical basis as a central problem of modern social theory; religion is the source of society’s moral foundations and its organizing principles of order, law, and governance.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/448.
Keywords: Philosophy; Sociology

The Religious Heritage of America - Shulman,Albert M. (A. S. Barnes & Company, 1981)
2-page overview of Bahá'í history, administrative structure, and beliefs.
The cover page is a much smaller resolution than the following two pages; the reader will have to zoom out to view them.
Keywords: Bahá'í history

The Religious Influence of Persia: A Paper Read before the Persia Society - Browne,E. G. (Persia Society, 1914)
Passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the context of Persian culture and letters.
Keywords: Culture, Persian

The Religious Mission of the English-Speaking Nations - Jessup,Henry H. (Neely's History of the Parliament of Religions and Religious Congresses of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1894)
The report mentioned by Shoghi Effendi in God Passes By, and often (erroneously) referred to as being one of the first public mentions of the Faith.
See also First Public Mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the West and The Rise and Fall of the Parliament of Religions at Greenacre. This entire book is available online in a variety of formats at archive.org. See also Word document. Author note: "Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D.D, of Beirout, Syria."
Keywords: Christian missionaries; Henry Jessup; Mentions; Parliament of the World's Religions

The Religious State: A Comparative Study of Sixteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Opposition: The Case of the Anabaptists and the Bábís - Waite,Gary K. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
Brief overview of the nature of and opposition to the Dutch and North German Anabaptist movement of the sixteenth century; survey for the nineteenth-century Bábís; conclusions regarding important parallels noted between these movements.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive. Also available in Microsoft Word format and original scan.
Keywords: 19th century

The Remains of the Bab in Tehran - Rabbani,Ahang (1997)
Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Refugee from Isfahan," discussing the history of these remains. Includes biographical notes.
See Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran and Letter re interment of the remains of The Bab on Mt. Carmel.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Báb, Burial of; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, Remains of; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Báb, The; Iran (documents); Tehran, Iran

The Remembrance of God: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh - Scholl,Steven (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1983)
Dhikru'lláh, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating prayers, divine names, or mantras to achieve heightened spiritual consciousness or a sense of mystical union. Includes commentary by Moojan Momen et al.
See discussion by Peter Smith, Stephen Lambden, Juan Cole, and Moojan Momen at end.
Keywords: Allahumma; Alláh-u-Abhá; Attainment unto the Divine presence; Dhikr (Remembrance); Genuflections; Greatest Name; Meditation; Mysticism; Obligatory prayer; Prayer; Purpose of life; Remembrance; Sufism; Transformation; Words and phrases

The Responsibility of Men in Achieving Equality Between the Sexes - Coe,Roger (1989)
Inequality in the relationship between women and men is manifested in the denial of opportunity - or even domination. Both sexes have been conditioned to accept these roles. Men must transform themselves to end this oppression. Audio version included.
Presented at the Association for Bahá'í Studies for North America "Equality of Women and Men" conference, Irving California, 1989. Audio originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.

The Return of Christ: Statements Relating to the Twofold Nature of Christ - Crist,Gene, compiler
Two-page compilation of passages from the Bible and the Bahá'í Writings.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date unknown, but after Bahá'í News #118 (August 1938).
Keywords: Christianity; Jesus Christ; Return

The Revelation of Bahaullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons - Brittingham,Isabella D., compiler (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1902)
One of the earliest English-language histories of the Faith, written to prove the truth of Bahá'u'lláh's revelation through Biblical prophecy.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Isabella Brittingham; Prophecies

The Revelation of Islam and the Power of the Messenger - Ekbal,Kamran
[article in Persian]
If you read Persian and can help provide some information about this paper, like an abstract and a correct title, please contact me. Date unknown. This document is only available in Word format, because I was not able to convert it to PDF with my system fonts. [-J.W. 2017]
Keywords: Islam

The Revivification of the Buddha's Dharma - Fozdar,Jamshed K. (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
The unrivaled impact of the Buddha's teachings upon Asian spirituality, his fundamental motivations, and the recurrence of the "Buddha-rising" — the returning advent of the Divine Teacher, the Maitreya-Amitabha.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 2.
Keywords: Buddhism; Prophecies

The Right to Development Assistance, and the Duty to Contribute: A Case Study from Zambia - Hedley,Darren (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
On the experiences of a poverty reduction program implemented in Zambia by an international NGO, CARE, and the policy process whereby it sought to enshrine the principle of rights being matched by responsibilities.
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.

The Right to Education: The Case of the Bahá'ís in Iran - Tahririha-Danesh,Tahirih (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
On the ongoing harassment of Bahá’í students and educators resulting from the state-sponsored religious intolerance of the post-revolution government in Iran.
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: Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran

The Rise and Fall of the Parliament of Religions at Greenacre - Richardson,Robert P. (The Open Court, 1931)
Background of the first parliament and Chicago Columbian Exposition and the role of Sarah Farmer and other Bahá'ís in bringing it to fruition, written from an unsympathetic outsider's perspective. Not yet proofread.
See also a contemporary overview Introduction to Green Acre Bahá'í School, an excerpt from Neely's History of the Parliament of Religions, and an unsympathetic earlier letter to the editor about Sarah Farmer. On the Chicago Exposition, see wikipedia. Also available in Microsoft Word format prepared by E. Jones (2023). This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Eliot, ME; Green Acre Bahá’í School; Maine, USA; Parliament of the World's Religions; Sarah Farmer; United States (documents)

The Rise of Justice in the Spiritual and Secular Life of Man: excerpts from The Advent of Divine Justice by Shoghi Effendi - Thomas,James B. (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
The Advent of Divine Justice (1938) raised the consciousness of the American Bahá’í community, introduced systematic methods for expansion of the Faith and a new conception of justice, and emphasized the special role of the American Bahá’ís.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #74, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 24-27, 2007). Mirrored with permission from /irfancolloquia.org/74/thomas_justice.
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Irfán Colloquia; Justice

The Rise of the Bahá'í Community of 'Ishqábád - Lee,Anthony (Baha'i Studies, 1979)
Materials about the early history of Ishqabad, site of the first Bahá'í Temple, based in part on interviews with former residents.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Bahá'í history by country; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Turkmenistan

The Rise of the Bahá'í Faith Community In Tunisia - Scialdone,Marta (Religious Dialogue and Cooperation, 2024)
The Bahá’í community in Tunisia, emerging in the 1920s, balances coexistence and discrimination, experiencing increased religious expression post-2011 while facing ongoing societal challenges.
Mirrored from journals.ukim.mk.
Keywords: 1920s; 19th century; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Tunisia

The River of Life: A Selection from the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Dawud,Yuhanna, compiler (Cope & Fenwick, 1914)
An early book-length compilation, edited and translated by Dawud.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document. See bibliographic discussion of Dawud's work in the Leiden List.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; River of Life (book); Yuhanna Dawud; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Road Less Travelled By - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
"From the Editor's Desk": Overview of this issue's articles regarding racism and proper responses to it, both among the general population and within the Bahá'í community itself.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: John Hatcher; Race; Race unity; Racism; United States (documents)

The Road to Nazareth: Through Palestine Today - Gibbons,John (Robert Hale & Company, 1936)
Two-page discussion of the Babis and Mount Carmel, from a travel diary.
Keywords: Bábí history; Mount Carmel; Palestine; Travelogues

The Road: Reflections on Scottish history - Boyd,Jack (2005)
Essays on the birth of Scotland, Saint Patrick, William Wallace, Robert Bruce, and Rob Roy MacGregor. Includes photos of Rob Roy's cave, grave, and lands, with notes by a distant descendant of Roy.
See Jack Boyd's Memoirs for more history, and Boyd's "adventures" in Scotland.
Keywords: 20th century; History (general); Scotland; United Kingdom

The Role of Business in Enhancing The Prosperity of Humankind - Walker,William; Nelson,Jane; Weinberg,Matthew (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
Three articles about exploring and implementing concepts from Prosperity of Humankind, including building partnerships, toward a new concept of prosperity, preservation of wildlife, and examples of successful initiatives.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at ebbf.org/prosphum.htm [archive.org], and in French as PDF.
Keywords: Business; Environment; Prosperity; Sustainable development

The Role of Education in Building Material and Spiritual Civilization - Arbab,Farzam (2004)
Talk given by Dr. Arbab, member of the Universal House of Justice, at the Portals to Growth Conference, Australia, 2004. Mirrored with permission from ruhiresources.org.
Keywords: Conferences, Bahá'í; Education; Farzam Arbab

The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development - Poyer,Lin (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
On the challenge to develop creative, satisfying ways to live within a mass production/mass consumption 'materialistic' society; seen properly, material things can assist individuals in their personal growth rather than being a source of alientation.
See commentary by Will C van den Hoonaard here. Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Material means; Materialism; Sociology; Spirituality

"The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development," by Lin Poyer: Commentary - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
See original paper online here.
Keywords: Material means; Materialism; Sociology

The Role of Music in the Advancement of Civilization - Hart,Kerry (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Music is interrelated with feeling, value, and the very sense of self-identity. Nurturing an individual's sense of self-knowledge leads to mental and spiritual growth. Music, and its affect on the human soul, can be a foundation for philosophical inquiry.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Music

The Role of Public Institutions in Ensuring Social Well-Being - Vedovi,Alex (Baha'i World, 2020)
Questions around government’s role in social welfare and the welfare state; Bahá'í perspectives on the government's role in supporting well-being; taxation, wealth, and poverty;
Mirrored from
Keywords: Charity and relief work; Consultation; Decision making; Donations; Government; Institutions; Prosperity; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Taxation; Wealth and poverty; Work

The Role of the Bahá'í Scholar in Defending the Faith - Afnan,Muhammad (Associate, 2001)
The role of apologetics in the Bahá'í Faith is not merely to defend or prove, but to demonstrate that the Faith provides the means for obtaining knowledge of the truth, and to present the truths revealed by the Sacred Writings.
Paper presented at the ABS-ESE conference 'Foundational Issues in Bahá’í Studies,' Oxford, April 2000. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 33-34.

The Role of the Father in the Family - Russell,Graeme (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
Practical steps to enhance the role of fathers in the family.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org. Author affiliation: Associate Professor
Keywords: Children; Education; Equality; Family; Fathers; Parents

The Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith - Woodman,Ross (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the Manifestation of God and throughout creation, including the human individual; the important role of the 'Feminine' principle in the Bahá’í Faith.
See also Marion Woodman, The Role of the Feminine in the New Era. Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Christianity; Equality; Gender; God; God, Gender of; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Maid of Heaven; Ross Woodman; Women

The Role of the Feminine in the New Era - Woodman,Marion (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
The  unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Táhirih at the conference of Badasht in 1848, announces a long-awaited coming of age or psychic integration.
See also Ross Woodman, The Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith. Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: 1848; Christianity; Equality; Gender; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Literature; Literature, English; Maid of Heaven; Psychology; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Role of Wonder in Creating Identity - Lawson,Todd (Religions, 2023)
The term badí', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Báb in his proclamatory work the Qayyúm al-Asmáʾ. Wonder plays a major role in Bábí and Bahá'í thought and practice, and in their ethos and message. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/762, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats. Files mirrored here with author's permission.
Keywords: Abraham; Alast (Primordial Covenant); Arabic language; Badi (term); Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; Bible; Christianity; Covenant; Creation; E-books (articles); Genuflections; Grammar; Henry Corbin; Hidden Imam; Identity; Iran (documents); Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Prayer; Pronouns; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Qayyumul-Asma (book), chapters; Renewal; Service; Servitude; Shia Islam (Shiism); Wordplay

The Roman Catholic Priesthood and Bahá'í Administration - Brogan,Kevin (Solas, 2002)
Helping Bahá’ís understand the theology and function of Roman Catholic Priesthood and helping Catholics understand how the elements of its priesthood (Leadership, Teaching, and Sacrament) are in many ways fulfilled in the Bahá’í Administration.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 2. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Administration; Catholic Church; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Priesthood

The Routinization of Charisma?: Some Comments on “Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahá'ísme” - Smith,Peter (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Studies, 1998)
Discussion of sociologist Peter Berger and themes from his dissertation "From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement."
Unrevised reprint of a paper presented at the Bahá'í Studies Seminar, Lancaster, U.K., April 1977. An abridged version of this paper appeared as "Motif Research: Peter Berger and the Bahá'í Faith," Religion 8 (1978): 210-34. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol2/motif.htm.
Keywords: Peter Berger; Sociology

The Sabaeans and African-based Religions in the Americas - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Overview by the Research Department about the religion of the Sabaeans [aka Sabeans], and some indigenous practices in the southern Americas such as Yoruba, Santeria, and Brazilian Candomble.
Mirrored here with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/justice_sabaeans.
Keywords: Africa; African religion; Auras; Balinus (Apollonius of Tyana); Brazil; Daniel (Bible); Diaspora, African; Hermes Trismegistus; Hinduism; Idol worship; Idris (Prophet); Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Iraq; John the Baptist; Latin America; Mandaeans; Mind; Occultism; Philosophy; Possession; Psychic powers; Psychology; Reincarnation; Research Department, Questions and answers; Sabaeanism; Sabaeans; Seth; Silence; Spiritualism; Supernatural phenomena; Yoruba religion

The Sadratu'l-Muntahá: References to the Divine Lote Tree in Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Zein,Violetta, compiler (2023)
Short compilation from the writings of various Faiths, as well as the Bahá'í understanding of the divine Lote Tree, the Sadratu'l-Muntaha. There are also images of the physical lote tree which grows in Palestine.
Keywords: Devotion; Interfaith dialogue; Prayer; Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree); Trees

The Sailor's Problem - Roskams,Ben (1995)
A short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes.
The following is a script by a young Bahá'í Ben Roskams, then (1995) 12 years, from Cardiff, Wales, UK. It was the first prize in his school's drama competition and was performed, with Ben as Holmes, in front of his school and visitors.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Fiction; Plays; Sherlock Holmes; Unity

The Same Hesitant Rhythm - Kusserow,Brittany D. (2008)
An outsider's perspective of Bahá'í community participation in one small American city, and her response to Bahá'í views on homosexuality. Link to thesis (offsite).
See pages 12-19 for discussion of the Muncie Bahais. Honors thesis for Ball State University. A copy of this has been archived; email me if this link goes offline.
Keywords: LGBTQ

The Same Yet Different: Bahá'í Perspectives on Achieving Unity out of Difference - Vance,Deborah Clark (2002)
Based on in-depth interviews with members of the Bahá’í Faith [in the USA] to uncover a description of how they believe they can bring together diverse people; development of a linear model of multicultural communication.
See also a shorter published paper abridgement of this thesis. A Dissertation submitted to Howard University (Washington, DC), in partial fulfillment of the requirements for PhD, Department of Communication and Culture.
Keywords: Change; Conflict resolution; Cultural differences; Cultural diversity; Diaspora, African; Diaspora, Persian; E-books; Race; Racism; Sociology; Tests and difficulties; United States (documents); Unity; Unity in diversity

The Same Yet Different: Creating Unity Among the Diverse Members of the Bahá'í Faith - Vance,Deborah Clark (Journal of Intergroup Relations (a publication of the National Association of Human Rights Workers), 2002)
A study of the process by which people form a unified community from diverse cultures based on interviews with a small group of American Bahá’ís; the importance of foundational beliefs in this process; learning intercultural communication.
This paper is based on Vance's doctoral dissertation presented to the Department of Communication and Culture, Howard University, May 2002.
Keywords: Change; Conflict resolution; Cultural differences; Cultural diversity; Diaspora, African; Diaspora, Persian; Race; Racism; Sociology; Tests and difficulties; Unity; Unity in diversity; Worldview

The Scholar and the Plan - Aghdasi,Farzin (2006)
Talk at the 30th ABS Annual Conference "Religion and the Evolution of Consciousness," San Francisco, CA, August 10-13 2006. Mirrored with permission from www.bahai-studies.ca/proceedings. Author affiliation: Continental Counsellor

The Science of Religion - Hatcher,William S. (Baha'i Studies, 1980)
Contains three essays: “Science and Religion,” “The Unity of Religion and Science,” and “Science and the Bahá'í Faith.”
Article available in three versions: Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2022); optimized PDF scan of original (M. Thomas); and PDF uploaded to the ABS website, below.
Keywords: Science

The Scriptures of Different Faiths - Singh,Pritam (Baha'i World, 1942)
Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teachings and significance across diverse religious traditions.
Mirrored from bahai.works.
Keywords: Bhagavad Gita; Bible; Buddhism; Christianity; Detachment; Dualism; Ethics; Evil; Fire; God; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Islam; Judaism; Lahore, India; Liberation; Meditation; Middle Way; Moderation; Pakistan; Philosophy; Pritam Singh; Progressive revelation; Psalms (Bible); Purity; Quran; Reconciliation; Religion (general); Salvation; Spirituality; Unity; Unity of religion; Virtues; Zoroastrianism

The Sealed Words: A Brief Account of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Iqán - Monjazeb,Shahrokh (2005)
Overview of the historical context of the Iqán, its themes, and the original manuscript.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)

The Search for Values in an Age of Transition: includes Study Guide - Bahá'í International Community (2005)
A statement on the 60th anniversary of the United Nations, new paradigms taking hold, and the place of the UN. Includes study guide to assist readers in their understanding and examination of the concepts presented in the statement.
Mirrored with permission from bic.org/statements/search-values-age-transition and bic.org/statements/search-values-age-transition-study-guide.
Keywords: Age of transition; BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Ethics; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Statements; Study guides; United Nations; Values

The Searching Eye: The Independent Investigation of Truth - Matthews,Gary L. (Baha'i News, 1989)
Concepts informing the personal search for truth: the role of faith, the trap of imitation, the role of justice, the impact on unity, the oneness of truth, and the scientific method.
This essay was written while the author was a Peace Corps volunteer in Grenada as an information specialist for the Grenada Cocoa Association.
Keywords: Imitation; Independent investigation of truth; Justice; Science; Superstition; Traditions; Truth; Unity

The Second Coming: A Biblical Approach to Understanding the Evidence that Christ has Returned - Yamartino,David (2012)
Biblical principles for investigation of truth; the resurrection of Christ, prophecies fulfilled by Bahá’u’lláh; the ancestry of Bahá’u’lláh, descendant of King David.
Archived at reasontogether.com [archive.org].
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Ancestry of; Baptism; Christianity; E-books; Heaven and hell; Jesus Christ; Miracles; Prophecies; Resurrection; Return

The Secret of Divine Civilization - Moghadam,Fariba (2021)
Overview of the history Abdu'l-Bahá's treatise, and its themes presented through a compilation of quotations. Prepared for the Wilmette Institute.
Mirrored from wilmetteinstitute.org/secret-of-divine-civilization-slide-show; see also direct link to PDF [5MB]. See also Secret of Divine Civilization Study questions (H. Riazati, 2001).
Keywords: Civilization; Consultation; Education; Ethics; Europe; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Leadership; Middle East; Peace; Philosophy; Politics; Prosperity; Reform; Scholarship; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Social and economic development; Virtues

The Semantics of World Government - Dale,John T. (dialogue magazine, 1986)
The concept of "world federation" is tied in to a variety of semantic presumptions. The term "self-government" is less authoritarian and individualistic than the term "world government." Includes response by Leonard Godwin.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Language; World order

The Seven Cities of Bahá'u'lláh - Bolhuis,Arjen, compiler (2002)
This is a compilation of only those passages from Bahá'u'lláh’s Gems of Divine Mysteries that relate to the journey through "Seven Cities," which has similarities to Bahá'u'lláh’s Seven Valleys.
See also Dutch translation De Zeven Steden, from sites.google.com/site/studiedocumenten (archived). See also Gems of Divine Mysteries and Seven Valleys.
Keywords: Cities; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Mysticism; Seven Cities; Sufism

The Seven Proofs - Báb, The (2008)
English translation by Peter Terry of Nicolas' French translation of The Báb's "Seven Proofs."
Keywords: A. L. M. Nicolas; Báb, Writings of; Dalail-i-Sabih (Seven Proofs)

The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1991)
Bahá’u’lláh's most well-known mystical works, written in Baghdad after his return from Kurdistan in 1856.
Translated "in consultation with `Alí-Kuli Khan," first published in 1945. See also the authorized 2019 translation in comparative, parallel format and the official version at bahai.org. Add or read links or comments pertaining to The Seven Valleys or The Four Valleys.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)

The Seven Valleys and the Scientific Method - Sarracino,Robert Sinclair (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
The Seven Valleys is both Bahá'u'llah's "greatest mystical composition" and a practical and inspirational guide and sourcebook for those engaged in a process of both self discovery or scientific research.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #36, London (July 13-15, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/36/sarracino_scientific.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Irfán Colloquia; Research; Scholarship; Science; Teaching

The Seven Valleys: Notes from a Deepening Class - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (1966)
Lengthy notes from a deepening led by Hand of the Cause Faizi in Haifa, Israel.
Also available in Microsoft Word version, prepared by M. Thomas (2021).
Keywords: Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; God, Fear of; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Obligatory prayer; Patience; Prayer; Self; Spirituality; Study guides; Words and phrases

The Sheltering Branch - Gail,Marzieh (George Ronald, 1959)
The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
First made available online in Ocean. Also available as a Word document.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Biography; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Shi'ite Religion: A History of Islam in Persia and Irak - Donaldson,Dwight M. (Luzac and Company, 1933)
An early history of Shí'ís, including a section on Shaykhism and the Bábís.
The section on Shaykhis and the Bábí Faith runs pages 359-369. See those pages in this excerpt, Shayhki/Bábí section of Shi'ite Religion.

The Shuster Mission and the Persian Constitutional Revolution - McDaniel,Robert A. (Bibliotheca Islamica, 1974)
Passing mention of the 1903 persecutions; some discussion of E. G. Browne's Persian Revolution of 1905-1909; bibliography of resources from the British Parliamentary Papers.
Pages 215-252 consist of an extensive bibliography of published material for the study of Persia in the 19th and early 20th centuries from the British Parliamentary Papers.
Keywords: 1903; Constitutional Revolution (Iran, 1905-1911); Persecution, Iran

The Significance of the Four Year Plan - Alexander,Andrew (Solas, 2004)
A look at the central documents of the 4 Year Plan (1996-2000) and their relevance to the new century. Understanding these International Plans helps the Bahá'í community evolve and expand. Includes overview of the role of these Plans in Bahá'í history.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 4. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Plans

The Signs of Prophet-Hood: An Exposition on a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Thomas,James B. (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
On the signs of a Manifestation of God as articulated by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá; the type of proof utilized; the sequence of signs shown, some self-evident, others at a deeper level of meaning; historical confirmation.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #53, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 27-30, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org.
Keywords: Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Dalail-i-Sabih (Seven Proofs); Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Miracles; Proofs; Prophecies; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Signs; Tablets to kings and rulers

The Silences of God: A Meditation - Nakhjavani,Bahiyyih (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2014)
While the Word of God dominated the history of religion, contemporaries question the orthodoxy of language. God's Silence is also essential in shaping our individual choices and collective histories, and understanding Bahá'u'lláh's words.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/163.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Future Manifestations of God; God, Word of; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Meditation; Poetry; Prophecies; Silence

The Sinaitic Mysteries: Notes on Moses/Sinai Motifs in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture - Lambden,Stephen (Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1986)
Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh which relate to the Pentateuchal account of Moses' call (Exodus 3:1) and request to see God's glory (Exodus 33:18-23), and quranic parallels. (Link to article on author's site, plus links to related articles.)
Keywords: Bible; Burning Bush; Interfaith dialogue; Metaphors and allegories; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Mystery (mysteries); Quran; Words and phrases

The Social Adaptation of Marginal Religious Movements in America - Le Beau,Bryan F. (Sociology of Religion, 1993)
Processes of interaction between Marginal Religious Movements and their social environments; adaptive outcomes of different movements and across time. Passing references to the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored from highbeam.com [archive.org].
Keywords: New religious movements (NRM); Sociology; United States (documents)

The Social Organization of Mentorship in Bahá'í Studies - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
Mentorship in contemporary Bahá’í Studies is influenced by gender inequality, generational differences, and a perceived hierarchical order of disciplines. How can these limitations be overcome?
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/106.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Gender; Scholarship; Statistics

The Social Protest of the Babis - Hodgson,Marshall G. S. (The Venture of Islam, vol. 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times, 1974)
Two pages on the Babis, from a classic textbook on Islamic history.
Keywords: Bábí history; Protest

The Song Celestial - Ives,Howard Colby (1938)
Book-length poem about the search for God, in which a seeker asks God various questions, and God responds.
Keywords: God; Poetry

The Soul in Chinese and Bahá'í Belief - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
On Chinese religions and the Bahá'í Faith; their beliefs in the presence of a soul and an afterlife; the nature of the soul and the human being; the human quest for happiness and meaning in life; free will and its relation to justice.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 3.
Keywords: China; Chinese religion; Free will; Happiness; Justice; Life after death (afterlife); Soul

The Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History: A Survey - MacEoin,Denis (E. J. Brill, 1992)
Thorough, annotated list of writings and sources relevant to Bahá'í historical research. Includes index of first lines and titles of writings of The Báb (see scan #1).
See also a partial preview at books.google.ca/books?id=xqV9-zmMxsUC.
Keywords: Bibliography; Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Manuscripts

The Sovereign Remedy: A Study of Bahá'í Sources - Terry,Peter (2000)
Quotations showing that Bahá'u'lláh and his authoritative interpreters state what fundamentalists of many faiths have been saying for centuries: that God's guidance revealed to humanity provides the best remedy for all human ills.
Keywords: Divine Physician; Manifestations of God

The Soviet Socialist Republic of Iran, 1920-1921: Birth of the Trauma - Chaqueri,Cosroe (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995)
Passing mentions of the Bábí revolt 1848-51, and Ehsan Allah Khan of the Constitutional Revolution.
Read about the Ehsan mentioned on page 193 in Encyclopedia Iranica.
Keywords: 1920; 1921; Azerbaijan; Iran

The Specter of Ideological Genocide: The Bahá'ís of Iran - Affolter,Friedrich W. (War Crimes, Genocide & Crimes against Humanity, 2005)
History of the persecution and suppression of the Bahá'ís in Iran, through the lens of genocide studies. (Link to document, off-site.)
Document online at migs.concordia.ca/documents/AffolterIdeologicalGenocideandtheBahaisofIran.pdf; also mirrored at core.kmi.open.ac.uk/display/361632.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran

The Spirit of Agriculture, ed. Paul Hanley: Review - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2005)
See also a PDF version, from journal.bahaistudies.ca.

The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution - Taheri,Amir (Hutchinson & Co., 1985)
Anti-Bahá'í sentiment in the 1930s; Mahmoud Halabi's and Falsafi's anti-Bahá'í campaigns 1955-1957; Mohammad Reza Shah's ties to Bahá'ís; Khomeini's anti-Bahá'í activities. Includes diagram of social structure of political power in Iran (at end).
Keywords: 1930s; 1950s; Ayatollah Khomeini; Iran; Mohammad Taghi Falsafi; Tudeh Party of Iran

The Spiritual Assembly as Arbitrator - Cornell,John B. (1997)
The function of Spiritual Assemblies in arbitrating disputes among Bahá'ís, and some historical insight into the development of Bahá'í practice.
Originally presented at the first seminar on Consultation and Conflict Resolution at the ABS conference at Princeton, 1987, again to a regional ABS conference at Bosch Bahá'í School in 1997.
Keywords: Conflict resolution; Justice; National Spiritual Assemblies; Spiritual Assemblies

The Spiritual Dimensions of Microfinance: Towards a Just Civilization and Sustainable Economy - Rodey,Barbara J. (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
Prepared for the Microcredit Summit to emphasize the importance of universal spiritual principles to achieve the real benefits of microfinance services.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Business; Economics; Ethics; Family; Microfinance; Non-governmental organizations (NGO); Rural development; Social and economic development; Sustainable development; Wealth and poverty; Women; Work ethics

The Spiritual Foundation of Human Rights: A Bahá'í Perspective - Bushrui,Suheil Badi (1997)
Author note: Suheil Badi Bushrui, Bahá'í Chair for World Peace, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Keywords: Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Human rights; Suheil Bushrui

The Spiritual Foundations of Science - Khursheed,Anjam (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
In contrast to modern western accounts of science, which reduce it to methods of logic and experiment, the Bahá'í reference point is the spiritual nature of man. The experience of some outstanding scientists of the past supports the Bahá'í view.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 1. Also published in Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, 1997.
Keywords: Philosophy; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Science

The Spiritual Inheritors - Nakhjavani,Bahiyyih (dialogue magazine, 1987)
Reflections on growing up Bahá'í, and a report on a conference about capturing the power of the Six Year Plan to focus attention on the role of women in establishing global peace, the destiny of the women of North America, and equality of sexes.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Equality; Gender; Peace; Women

The Spiritual Nature of a Human Being - Huitt,William G. (Educational Psychology Interactive, 2000)
When individuals combine understandings derived from science, philosophy, and religion with their personal experiences and intuitions they will have a more complete knowledge of the reality of the universe than from any one knowledge system by itself.
Mirrored with permission from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/spiritual/spirit.html
Keywords: Human nature; Psychology; Spirituality

The Spiritual Nature of Reality: Has the Future Already Been Written? - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2000)
Meditations on "Who is Writing the Future": why is spiritual development a social as well as personal matter; what is epistemological methodology for this development; how is it distinct from materialism; and how does it relate to the Covenants?
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Calamities and catastrophes; Covenant; Future; Individualism; John Hatcher; Lesser Peace; Materialism; Maturity of humanity; Reality; Spirituality; Spiritualization; Who is Writing the Future (statement); World Commonwealth

The Spiritual Role of Art - Tuman,Ludwig (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
The Bahá’í writings indicate that art can render services of a mystical, moral, and social nature. This is the spiritual role of art, whose highest purpose is to ennoble the individual soul and the collective life of humanity.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Beauty; Spirituality

The Spiritual Self in Bahá'í Studies - McLean,Jack (2003)
Being philosophically informed is particularly important for Bahá'ís who are in dialogue with persons concerned with ethical, epistemological, theological and metaphysical issues. This paper introduces the topic for discussion among Bahá'í academics.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Knowledge; Philosophy; Scholarship

The Splendour of God: Being Extracts from the Sacred Writings of the Bahá'ís - Hammond,Eric, compiler (J. Murray, 1909)
An early overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, along with early translations of Seven Valleys, Hidden Words, and selected texts from other tablets.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org/search.php?query=splendour+of+god. The PDF copy below has been stripped of blank pages. The text copy below has been corrected, but lacks formatting. This book is also online, proofread and formatted, at sacred-texts.com/bhi/sog. See also another scan.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); India; Introductory; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); London, England; Splendor of God (book); United Kingdom

The Splendour of Israel - Payne,Robert (Robert Hale Ltd., 1963)
Description of Theodor Herzl's dream in 1902 of Haifa as a city towering up the length of Mount Carmel and spreading all the way to Acre, and discussion of the area of Haifa. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: 1902; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel

The St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of Materials on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths: Primary and Other Sources - Ioannesyan,Youli A. (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
The important work of Russian scholars up to 1917 in collecting Bábí and Bahá’í materials; a detailed listing of available materials.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #54, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London (July 2-4, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/54/ioannesyan_petersburg.
Keywords: 19th century; Alexander Tumansky; Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í studies; Baron Rosen; Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Indexes and catalogues; Irfán Colloquia; Manuscripts; Russia; St. Petersburg, Russia; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Star Tablet of the Bab - Momen,Moojan (Asian and African Studies Blog, 2019)
Guest post celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab with an account of one of the Bahá'í Faith's most important manuscripts, the Star Tablet, written in his own hand.
Mirrored from blogs.bl.uk; see also that site's short entry The Bab's Star Tablet [archive.org]. See also Momen's Marking the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bāb. See also Haykal or "Star Tablet" Written in the Báb's Own Hand: Form, Content, and Provisional Translation (Aqiqi and Lawson, 2021).
Keywords: British Museum and British Library; Báb, Writings of; Haykal (temple); London, England; Tawqi'a haykal (Star Tablet of the Báb); United Kingdom

The State When Asleep: Dreams, Their Interpretation and Wisdom - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil, compiler; Brown,Keven, translator (2011)
Annotated translation by Keven Brown (2011) of a compilation by Mazandarani published in Amr va Khalq (1954-1955).
See two other compilations on dreams, one by Susan Gammage and one at bahaimosaic.blogspot.com. For citation purposes, the author agrees [private email, 2020/10/12] that the title should be punctuated "The State When Asleep: Dreams, Their Interpretation and Wisdom."
Keywords: Amr va Khalq (compilation); Dreams and visions; God, Worlds of; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani

The State, Bureaucracy, and Revolution in Modern Iran: Agrarian Reforms and Regime Politics - Farazmand,Ali (Praeger, 1989)
Brief discussion of Bahá'ís being excluded from the constitutions of 1906 and 1979, (alleged) Jewish support of the Bahá'í Faith, and claims that British imperialism promoted the Faith to undermine the Islamic theocracy.
Keywords: 1906; 1979; 20th century; Iran; Politics

The Station and Titles of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Shoghi Effendi (Baha'i World, 1973)
Two excerpts from Shoghi Effendi's writings, one from "The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh" and the other from God Passes By.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Center of the Covenant (concept); Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); God Passes By (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

The Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation - Universal House of Justice (1992)
As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of the Manifestations of God, the relationships between them, and their relationship to God.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats. Also included in
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Burning Bush; Criticism and apologetics; Holy Spirit; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God; Moses; Theology; Unity of religion; Voices of revelation

The Station of the Kitab-i-Iqan - Fananapazir,Khazeh; Fazel,Seena (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
Review of the rank and station of the Iqan according to the primary Bahá'í literature, followed by an outline and a thematic guide.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Outlines and summaries; Ranks, stations and functions

The Story of Anis Zunuzi - Falahi-Skuce,Houri (Transformation Pictures, 2020)
Links to 53-minute video presentation with original music and narration. Includes transcript.
See other videos by these producers at vimeo.com/user21255948. Transcript by H.B., 2021.
Keywords: 1840s; Anís Zunízí (Mírzá Muhammad-`Alíy-i-Zunízí); Biography; Báb, Martyrdom of

The Story of J. E. Esslemont and His Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: Bibliography - Jasion,Jan T. (Book Collector, 2020)
List of all of Esslemont's known writings, including his Bahá’í pamphlets and his medical writings, plus a bibliography of all translations of New Era.
This bibliography was deemed too long to be included with the print version of this article (Book Collector, forthcoming), so it is instead published here, and linked to from the article. The article will list the English editions and only have a summary of the translations. Also available in Word format.
Keywords: 1874; Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Bibliography; Biography; John Esslemont

The Story of Joseph in the Babi and Baha'i Faiths - Stokes,Jim (World Order, 1997)
The story of Joseph describes the eternal process by which the most profound kind of new knowledge comes into the world, simultaneously describing, in story form, its interrelated human, physical, and metaphysical dimensions.
See also Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions.
Keywords: Annemarie Schimmel; Fragrance; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Joseph (Prophet); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Metaphors and allegories; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Symbolism

The Story of Mona: 1965-1983 - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada (Bahá'í Canada Publications, 1985)
Biography of Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian teenager who, in 1983, together with nine other women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz on the grounds of being a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored from dramacircle.org.
Keywords: 1965; 1983; Biography; Iran (documents); Martyrdom; Martyrs, Shiraz 1983; Mona Mahmudnizhad; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Youth

The Story of the Bahai Movement - Sprague,Sydney (The Priory Press, 1907)
A short history and introduction to the Baha’i Faith by an early American Baha’i.
Scanned by Google Books; also available in a different scan at the Afnan Library. This document is undated, but William P. Collins dates it as "1907 or 1908" in his Bibliography of English-language Works on the Bábí and Baháʼí Faiths, 1844-1985.
Keywords: Introductory; Sydney Sprague

The Story of the Last One Hundred Years of the Baha'i Faith in Seattle - van Ness,Zabine (2007)
Compiled for the 2007 centenary of the Seattle and Spokane Bahá’í assemblies, detailing the 100 year history of the Bahá'í Faith in Seattle.
Mirrored with permission from seattlebahais.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; United States (documents)

The Story of Vivien Combe - Barclay,Guy (1996)
Biography of a world traveller and pioneer.
See also Chronology: 1996 January 16.
Keywords: 1903; 1996; 20th century; Honolulu, HI; Pioneers; St. Helena; Travelogues; Victoria, BC; Vivien Combe

The Storytelling and Once Upon a Time: Youtube Playlists - Sahba,Fariborz (2020)
Zoom videos of some historical events witnessed by the manager for the Arc Project during 10 years of the development of the Bahá'í Temple in India and 15 years of the development of the Mount Carmel Bahá'í Project in Haifa, and other stories.
See also his website sahbaarchitect.com.
Keywords: 20th century; Arc project; Architects; Architecture; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Biography; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Haifa, Israel; India; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, New Delhi; Mount Carmel; New Delhi, India; Stories; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa)

The Strangling of Persia - Shuster,W. Morgan (The Century Co., 1912)
Anecdote from a diplomat in Persian about rumours of American travellers proselytizing the Bahá'í faith in Tehran.
See also complete book [PDF, 12MB].
Keywords: Proselytizing; Tehran, Iran

The Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif - Lawson,Todd (Studia Iranica: Cahiers 11: Recurrent Patterns in Iranian Religions from Mazdaism to Sufism, 1992)
The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees God, the eye by which God sees creation. The Bab phrased his cosmology and his Quranic exegesis in light of wahdat al-wujud, the Unity of Being.
Keywords: Barzakh; Cosmology; God; Islam; Manifestations of God; Mirrors; Perfect Man (Sufism); Quran; Sufism; Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow); Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)

The Study of Religion: Some Comments on Methodology of Studying Religion - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1991)
Reasons for the broad variety of different theoretical frameworks from which to view religious phenomena and the lack of a unified model.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Religion (general); Scholarship

The Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Aspects of the Sublime - Bushrui,Suheil Badi (University Press of Maryland, 1995)
Analysis of the Aqdas and its universal teachings of a new divine Revelation leading humanity to the next stage of its evolution: a world civilization of a unified human race and world peace; on the rhymed prose style found in some Arabic writings.
Mirrored from adibmasumian.com/resources. See also in French. Also available as proofread text. See also Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
Keywords: Arabic language; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Language; Stages of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Style (Writings); Translation

The Suffering of Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (Deepening Portfolio Number 3, 1974)
Not yet proofread, may contain errors.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Suffering

The Sufferings of Bahá'u'lláh and Their Significance - Townshend,George (Baha'i World, 1956)
Short essay on martyrdom and the Fire Tablet.
See the scanned pages at bahai.works/index.php?title=File:BW_Volume12.pdf&page=895. Also available in Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2024).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; George Townshend; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet); Martyrdom; Suffering

The Syrian Prophet(s) - Tanyi,Enoch (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
The Qur'án says there were previous Messengers of God whose names have not been mentioned. Where do they fit into the chronology and timeline of the known Prophets? What could their nationalities have been?
Keywords: Hud (Prophet); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Manifestations of God; Salih (Prophet); Saudi Arabia; Syria

The Tabernacle of Unity: Bahá'u'lláh's Responses To Mánikchi Sáhib - Bahá'u'lláh (2006)
See also this document in the later Pen of Glory (Microsoft Word format, 2008). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians); Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Lesser Prophets; Mahabad (prophet); Manikchi Limji Hataria; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Parsis (Parsees); Pen of Glory (book); Prophets; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Zoroastrianism

The Tablet of All Food and the Nature of Reality - Weaver,Karl (2016)
Review of the Tablet's historical background, antecedents for specific phrases, English literary commentaries, its color system as related to Bábí and Islamic traditions, the meaning of 'food,' and a different way of looking at the five levels of reality.
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Baghdad, Iraq; Colors; Cosmology; God, Worlds of; Iraq; Islam; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Paradise; Reality; Sufism; Water (metaphor)

The Tablet of All Food: The Hierarchy of the Spiritual Worlds and the Metaphoric Nature of Physical Reality - Lepain,Jean-Marc (Baha'i Studies Review, 2010)
Terminology employed by Bahá'u'lláh to describe the hierarchy of the spiritual worlds: Háhút, Láhút, Jabarút and Malakút.
This article is provided as a free sample from the publishers of BSR. See www.ingentaconnect.com.
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Cosmology; God, Worlds of; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Life after death (afterlife); Neoplatonism; Philosophy; Reality; Sufism