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Tag "Covenant" details:

tag name: Covenant type: Principles, teachings; Terminology
web link: Covenant
references: bahaipedia.org/Covenant; bahai9.com/wiki/Covenant
referring tags: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Center of the Covenant (concept); Covenant-breaking; Day of the Covenant; Interregnum (1957-1963)

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  1. Christopher Buck, Youli A. Ioannesyan. 1893 Russian Publication of Baha'u'llah's Last Will and Testament, The: An Academic Attestation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's Successorship (2017). — On the content of the Kitab-i-Ahdi, its manuscript history, and textual variants; Andalib's eyewitne...
  2. Ahang Rabbani, Khazeh Fananapazir. Abdu'l-Baha's First Thousand-Verse Tablet: History and Provisional Translation (2010-04). — Tablet revealed in 1897 in response to events in Akka and the rebellion against Abdu'l-Baha by his f...
  3. Ray Estes, Miles Lane. Abrahamic Covenant as the Pathway to the Glory of God, The: Exploring the Mysteries of Divine Unity (2006/2011). — 77 audio files of talks and interviews by a born-again Christian who became a Baha'i, and related ma...
  4. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  5. Peter J. Khan. Address at Queen's Birthday Weekend Conference, Aukland (2000-06). — Addresses a variety of issues facing the Baha'i community, especially as pertains to New Zealand Ba...
  6. Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani. Anton Haddad, trans. Addresses Delivered before the New York and Chicago Assemblies (1900). — Talks to the New York and Chicago assemblies, delivered at Abdu'l-Baha's request, to deepen the beli...
  7. Universal House of Justice. Administrative Order, Suggestions about changes in (1995-05-18). — Ways in which Baha'is may make suggestions for change within the Baha'i administration, and the natu...
  8. Grover Gonzales. Aghsan, The (2021). — The article gives a new, different view of the development of the Bahai Covenant, the end of the Gua...
  9. Christopher Buck. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles (2022-09). — Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Baha's answer to the question "What has Baha’u’llah brought that we h...
  10. Universal House of Justice. Apostle Paul, a (1998/2012). — Whether Baha'i Writings state that Paul was a "false teacher," the relationship between apostles Pau...
  11. Universal House of Justice. Aspects of the Bahá'í Teachings, Conditions for Membership, and Voting Rights: Seven various questions (1991-12-30). — On Baha'i status and community membership, spiritual primacy, Most Great Spirit, studying the Covena...
  12. Universal House of Justice. Authority of the Hands of the Cause to direct the Faith and expel Covenant-breakers (1997-06-04). — Authority of the Hands of the Cause assume control of the Faith and eject Covenant-breakers followin...
  13. Gerald C. Keil. Authority of the Institutions According to the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá, The: A Text Analysis (2017). — Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament is the indispensable starting point for understanding the Baha'i Ad...
  14. Juan Cole. Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The (2004). — On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Babi movement in the nineteenth-century Middle ...
  15. Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
  16. Ali Nakhjavani. Bahá'í Covenant, The (2007). — The continuing importance of the Baha'i concept of the Covenant and its implications to an understan...
  17. Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Badi'u'llah. Ahmad Sohrab, trans. Center of the Covenant: Tablet to Mason Remey, interview with Badi'u'llah (1912-07-13). — Brief interview conducted by Howard MacNutt. Includes a tablet from Abdu'l-Baha to Mason Remey.
  18. Tricia Fallon-Barry. Child of the Covenant, by Adib Taherzadeh: Review (2001). — Brief review of this sequel to Covenant of Baha'u'llah.
  19. Moojan Momen. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (2013). — Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the ...
  20. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. Compilation of Extracts Regarding Arius (1991/1996). — Collection of materials regarding an early Christian theologian who, in expounding that Christ was s...
  21. Wendi Momen. Concept of 'Faithfulness' in the Bahá'í Texts in English Translation, The (2016). — On faithfulness (being faithful as an individual; God being faithful to His people; believers being ...
  22. Universal House of Justice. Concerns raised about the absence of a Guardian to succeed Shoghi Effendi (1998-01-06). — On the lack of a Guardian to succeed Shoghi Effendi, the possibility of a member of his family expre...
  23. Universal House of Justice. Constitution of the Universal House of Justice (1972-11-26).
  24. Todd Lawson. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The (2021). — On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths:...
  25. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Covenant (1991).
  26. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Hands of the Cause. United States Bahá'í Publishing Trust, comp. Covenant and Administration (1971).
  27. Mona G. Seow, Jimmy Seow. Covenant Deepening: Workshop Materials (2002). — A nine-part set of deepening materials on the Covenant, including study guides, a book-length compil...
  28. Boris Handal. Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, The (2008/2022). — Overview of the Baha'i Covenant, the nature of Covenant-breaking, and the spiritual foundation for b...
  29. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles, comp. Covenant of Baha'u'llah, The: A Compilation (1963). — Lengthy compilation published as a book, first put together in 1950, of quotations from Scripture ...
  30. Christopher Buck. Covenant, Day of the (November 26) (2011-09).
  31. Ali Nakhjavani. Covenant, The (2005-02-21). — From a conference at Centro Studi Baha'i, Acuto, Italy, February 19-26 2005.
  32. Darius Shahrokh. Covenant, The (1995-09). — Overview of two covenants: one with all Prophets regarding the next Manifestation, specifically the ...
  33. George Townshend. Covenant, The: An Analysis (1950). — A study guide in outline form on the idea of a covenant, Messengers and their missions, the covenant...
  34. Peter Terry. Covenant, The: Brit Olam (1997). — The concept of covenant is found in the Bible, the Qur'an, and Baha'i writings. Using the form of an...
  35. Moojan Momen. Covenant, The, and Covenant-breaker (1995).
  36. Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
  37. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of (1991).
  38. Hui Bau. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis (2016). — Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherz...
  39. Udo Schaefer. Die Grundlagen Der "Verwaltungsordnung" Der Baha'i: (The foundations of the Baha'i administrative order) (1957). — Schaefer beschreibt in der Dissertation die Baha'i-Verwaltungsordnung. Sie basiert auf dem Bund Gott...
  40. Universal House of Justice. Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice (1996). — Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the fore...
  41. Shoghi Effendi. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Mehdi Wolf, ed. Episodes in the History of the Covenant (Waqáy-i-Tárikhiyyih dar 'Ahd wa Mitháq-i-Iláhi) (1997-12). — Message revealed by the Guardian to the Baha'is of ‘Iran concerning the incorruptibility of the Co...
  42. Mirza Badi'u'llah. Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Epistle to the Bahá'í World, An (1907). — Letter from the half-brother of `Abdu'l-Baha about Badi'u'llah's exit from, return to, and then exit...
  43. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
  44. Charles Mason Remey. Firmness in the Covenant and Protection of the Cause of God (1914/1918). — Two versions of an essay written in response to "certain conditions of violation" of the Covenant in...
  45. Brent Poirier. Flow of Divine Authority (1996 Winter). — Scriptural authority for the Universal House of Justice to function infallibly without the presence ...
  46. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By (1971 [1944]). — The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the d...
  47. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. God's Promise to Humanity: Warwick Leaflets (1993).
  48. Sen McGlinn. Guardianship and the House of Justice (1997). — The Context of The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah; the distinction and separation of the Guardianship a...
  49. Universal House of Justice. Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice (2010).
  50. Universal House of Justice. Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice, The (1966-05-27). — Passages from a letter on the relationship between the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justi...
  51. Ian C. Semple. Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice, The (2008). — Reflections on the Guardianship and Universal House of Justice by a former House member. Includes an...
  52. Universal House of Justice. Guardianship, Anticipation of, in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1992-12-08). — Did Baha'u'llah anticipate the Institution of the Guardianship in the Kitab-i-Aqdas?
  53. Universal House of Justice. Guardianship, The Universal House of Justice, and Infallibility (2009). — The House is infallible even without the Guardian, because that the Guardian's chief function was in...
  54. Dana Paxson. Half Million Years, A (2021). — Exploring the 500,000-year Baha’i cycle asserted by Shoghi Effendi, in two versions: academic-styl...
  55. Universal House of Justice. Hands of the Cause of God Cannot Appoint a Guardian (2015-06-11). — Short letter quoting the Guardian's statement that the Hands of the Cause of God have to ratify the ...
  56. Barbara Ives Reich Kochmann, comp, Richard Kochmann, comp. "He hath known God who hath known himself": A Deepening Course on the Bahá'í Revelation (2012). — A lengthy compilation by the granddaughter of Howard Colby Ives designed to be a study guide to the ...
  57. George Townshend. Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith (1939). — Using only the text of the Bible, Townshend provides a new reading of Scripture as a guidebook for t...
  58. Daryl Lowery. Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77 (1999). — Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
  59. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
  60. Moojan Momen. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). — An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith and to explain the Baha...
  61. Vernon Elvin Johnson. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An (1974). — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result...
  62. Douglas Martin. Humanity's Coming Encounter with Baha'u'llah (1992-04-09). — Retrospective look at the previous 100 years of Baha'i history, current shifts of focus and teaching...
  63. Leroy Ioas. In the Days of the Guardian (1958-10-31). — Includes the well-known comments by Shoghi Effendi about his reactions to being appointed Guardian.
  64. Susan Maneck. Badi Villar Cardenas, trans. Infalibilidad: Un Ensayo (1998). — Spanish translation of Maneck's essay "Infallibility: An Essay."
  65. Universal House of Justice. Infallibility of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice (1977-08-22). — Distinction between the interpretive spheres of the Guardian versus the Universal House of Justice.
  66. Susan Maneck. Infallibility: An Essay (1998). — Short overview of the meaning of infallibility, as applied to Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha.
  67. Sana Rezai. Inseparability and Complementarity of the Book and the Universal House of Justice, The (2018-11). — Direct references the House of Justice makes to the words of 'Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi, as ill...
  68. Mirza Asad'Ullah. Ali Kuli Khan, trans. Instructions Concerning Genesis and the Mystery of Baptism (n.d. (1902?)). — A short treatise on Biblical verses and symbology viewed in light of the Hidden Words and other Writ...
  69. Ian C. Semple. Interpretation and the Guardianship (2005-05). — Two versions of a talk presented at a seminar in Haifa, 1984, on differences between personal interp...
  70. Udo Schaefer. Introduction to Bahá'í Law, An: Doctrinal Foundations, Principles and Structures (2003). — A pioneering look at Baha'i law both in general and in detail, the foundations and principles of whi...
  71. Susan Maneck. Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast (2009-02-09).
  72. Brian Wittman. Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah" (2001). — Some references to Islam in Shoghi Effendi's English-language writings.
  73. Habib Riazati. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Questions and Concordances (2000). — Study questions, categorized cross-references to the Aqdas and its notes and "Questions and Answers,...
  74. Betsy Omidvaran. Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a Lens with which to Examine some of the Dilemmas of Modernity, The (2002). — Contrast between the Aqdas - the source of laws of future society - and issues of the modern world a...
  75. Habib Riazati. Kitab-i-Aqdas Questions and Concordances (2002). — The Tablets of Baha'u'llah and their relationship to selected passages in The Aqdas; New Laws That A...
  76. Ian C. Semple. Knowledge and the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh: Invited Commentary (1999). — On the apparent contradiction between following infallible divine guidance while pursuing an unfette...
  77. Universal House of Justice. Laymen vs. Scholars in Bahá'í Studies (1996-03-14). — No distinction should be drawn between "laypeople" and "scholars" in Baha'i studies, and the pursuit...
  78. Gerald C. Keil. Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (2021). — Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan...
  79. Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
  80. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  81. John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
  82. Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009-2019). — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
  83. Julio Savi. Love Relationship between God and Humanity: Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Hidden Words (1997). — An overview of God and man's relationship as expressed in Baha'u'llah's Hidden Words.
  84. Udo Schaefer. Harry Liedtke, trans, Nancy Ackerman, ed. Loyalty to the Covenant and Critical Thought (2001-01). — A commentary for Baha’is examining the balance of critical thought with loyalty to Baha’i insti...
  85. Fuad Izadinia. Major Opus, The: A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith (2014). — The story of the journey of two parallel movements to the Holy Land in 1868: the Baha'is from Iran a...
  86. Melanie Smith, Paul Lample. Major Themes of the Creative Word: Series of Books for Deepening and Studying (1987/1993). — Five activity books "designed to draw the student into a study of the profound concepts found in the...
  87. Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer. Making the Crooked Straight (2007). — Two pages on a prophecy concerning the advent of Man Yuzhiruhu'llah.
  88. Universal House of Justice. Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him (1997). — Letter from the US NSA on the importance of commitment to the covenant, a letter from the UHJ on cov...
  89. Youness Khan Afroukhteh. Riaz Masrour, trans. Memories of Nine Years in Akka (1952/2003). — Translation of Khatirat-i-Nuh-Saliy-i-‘Akka, the memoirs of Dr. Yúnis Afrukhtih, who served ‘Ab...
  90. Universal House of Justice. Mental Tests (1995-03-12). — Meaning of the phrase "mental tests" in the writings of Abdu'l-Baha and of Shoghi Effendi. Includes ...
  91. Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  92. Benjamin Olshin. Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review (2015).
  93. Universal House of Justice, Ruhiyyih Khanum. Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-1963 (1992). — Account of the stewardship of the Hands of the Cause of God from 1957-63, from the passing of Shoghi...
  94. Universal House of Justice. Mírzá Yahyá Azal, Designation of in the Writings of the Báb (2007).
  95. Farshid Kazemi. Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities and the Primordial Covenant in the Babi-Bahá'í Writings (2009). — One of the more esoteric concepts in Shi'i and Shaykhi thought is the "realm of subtle entities," '...
  96. Gayle Morrison. New Creation, A: The Power of the Covenant in the Life of Louis Gregory (1999). — Louis Gregory's achievements, focussing on his promotion of the oneness of humankind, teaching the B...
  97. Darius Shahrokh. Obedience (1995-05). — The meanings of infallibility, obedience to Baha'u'llah, the covenant of God with humanity, and the ...
  98. Roxanne Lalonde. Obedience: Liberation through Love of God in Practice (1998). — The virtue of obedience in light of the Covenant, contemporary secular notions of obedience, attitud...
  99. Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
  100. Jonah Winters. Origins of Shi'ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship (1996). — Shi'ism, representing about 10% of the umma, is often regarded as illegitimate by the majority Sunni...
  101. Horace Holley. Our Covenant with Abdu'l-Bahá (1949-03). — Every Baha'i has a mission to do their part in the quickening of souls. Baha'is meet in the spirit o...
  102. Christopher Buck. Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith (1999). — Study of Baha'i and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and th...
  103. Shahin Vafai. Passing of Shoghi Effendi, Ministry of the Hands of the Cause, and Defection of Mason Remey, The (2005).
  104. Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
  105. Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004-2014). — 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Baha'i history, Central Figur...
  106. Abdu'l-Bahá. Ahmad Sohrab, trans. Prayer for Fathers (1921). — Tablet revealed for Albert Windust, first American publisher of the Baha'i Writings and founder of S...
  107. Edward C. Getsinger, Lua Getsinger, William Hoar, Anna Hoar. Prayers, Tablets, Instructions and Miscellany: Gathered by American Visitors to the Holy City During the Summer of 1900 (1900). — Around the time of Kheiralla's defection, Abdu'l-Baha selected some texts on the Covenant which, alo...
  108. Duane Troxel. Present Structure of Bahá'í Administration (2005). — One-page illustration showing the full structure of the Baha'i Institutions and their inter-connecti...
  109. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Primary Source Texts Related to the Covenant (2021-11). — Collection of some essential writings central to understanding the Baha'i Covenant.
  110. Brent Poirier. Principle of Succession in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  111. Janet A. Khan. Promoting the Equality of Women and Men: The Role of the Covenant (2000). — The implementation of the principle of gender equality; the application of relevant Baha’i law, in...
  112. Universal House of Justice. Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant (1996). — Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Baha'i social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevaili...
  113. Peyman Sazedj. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (2009-2011). — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
  114. Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration (2022). — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
  115. Dominic Parvis Brookshaw. References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi to the Hidden Words: Introduction (1999). — Essay written as introduction to the Compilation on the Hidden Words, both published in BSR 9.
  116. Universal House of Justice. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (2023-11-28). — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard...
  117. Hooshmand Badee. Reflections on the Principle of Unity/Oneness, Some (2018). — Reflections on the message of Baha'u'llah creating the oneness of humanity and a global society that...
  118. Todd Lawson. Religious Authority and Apocalypse: Tafsír as Experience in an Early Work by The Báb (2013). — Analysis of the Bab's commentary on the Qur'an's longest chapter, Surat al-baqara, regarded as his f...
  119. Glenford Mitchell. Remembering Shoghi Effendi as Interpreter (1997-07). — Scholarly talk on the nature of interpretation and the Covenant, given at Foundation Hall of the Hou...
  120. John S. Hatcher, Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. Mark Towfiq, comp. Role of the Scholar: Scholarship and the Covenant (1996-03-31). — Essays "The New Role of the Scholar in Baha'i Society" and "Scholarship and the Covenant."
  121. Todd Lawson. Role of Wonder in Creating Identity, The (2023). — The term badi', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Bab in his proclamatory work the...
  122. Ruhi Institute. Ruhi book series (1987-2024). — Published volumes of the Ruhi Institute books. (Links to documents, offsite.)
  123. James B. Thomas. Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond between The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts from the Persian Bayán (2006). — A comparison of some of the writings of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, showing the unique, mysterious bond...
  124. Todd Lawson. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
  125. Universal House of Justice. Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse (2004-09-06). — Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the...
  126. Jack McLean. Shoghi Effendi's The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh: A Theology of the Word (2008). — An interpretation of Shoghi Effendi's 'theological' themes, including fundamental tenets of Baha'i t...
  127. Kevin Brogan. Spiritual Footprints in the Sands of Time (2003). — The covenantal relationship between God and humankind; the lives of the founders of Judaism, Christi...
  128. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). — Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American...
  129. John S. Hatcher. Spiritual Nature of Reality, The: Has the Future Already Been Written? (2000). — Meditations on "Who is Writing the Future": why is spiritual development a social as well as persona...
  130. Spiritual Reinforcement: Study Questions, Compilation, and Quiz (1957 (?)). — Questions and quizzes for individual study and group discussion, on "what every Baha'i should know" ...
  131. Corinne True, Hermann Grossmann, William Sears. Statement on Mason Remey from the Western Hands of the Faith (1960-05-31). — Background information on the claims of Remey, compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God in the West...
  132. Todd Lawson. Styles of piety: Notes on the relationship between Bahá'í scholars and the Bahá'í institutions with reference to academic methodology (2003). — On the role of the scholar in the community, the phenomenon of the internet, and the institution of ...
  133. Christopher Buck. Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A (1998). — A “symbolic profile” of Baha’i consciousness as shaped by the writings of Baha’u’llah and ...
  134. Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablet from Our Lord, Abbas Effendi, Presented by Abdel Karim Effendi, to the American Beloved, and Tablet from the Master (n.d.). — Two Tablets self-published in the early 1900s. (Date of illustration 1889.) Translator and context n...
  135. Universal House of Justice. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha Concerning Arius (1998-03-17). — Arius was an early Christian theologian whose rejection of the Trinity, Abdu'l-Baha said, destroyed ...
  136. Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá (2004-05-28). — Two questions: on the Tablet of the Bab "Lawh-i-Vasaya: The Will and Testament"; the nature of the a...
  137. Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Jamál-i-Burujirdí (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí) (2003). — Tablet to a one-time Covenant-breaker on the importance of obedience to the Covenant.
  138. Bahá'u'lláh. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1988).
  139. Ruhiyyih Khanum. Teaching Problems / Success in Teaching (1949). — Three versions of an article: first published as "Teaching Problems" in March 1949, then as "Success...
  140. Ali Nakhjavani. Towards World Order (2004/2007). — Transcripts of six talks given at a week-long course on the World Order of Baha'u'llah, sponsored by...
  141. Peter Terry. Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History (1999-12). — Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which ...
  142. Brent Poirier. Twin Covenants of the Bahá'í Faith (1998). — Nature of the "Twin Covenants" of the Baha'i Faith — those of Baha'u'llah and of Abdu'l-Baha; incl...
  143. Robert Stockman. Unity Principle, The: Ideas of Social Concord and Discord in the Bahá'í Faith (2001). — The concept of unity pervades Baha’i thought, expressed both in the functioning of Baha’i admini...
  144. Abdu'l-Bahá. Universal House of Justice, trans. Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence (2001-04). — Authorized translation of an excerpt of a tablet on "the wisdom of referring certain important laws ...
  145. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, The (2021-02). — Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Baha’u’llah, 'Abdu’l-B...
  146. Báb, The. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Will and Testament: Translation and Commentary (2004-09). — Examination of four available manuscripts, dates of issue, variations, exclusions, verse numbering f...
  147. David Hofman. Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha: A Commentary (1945/1982/1989).
  148. Abdu'l-Bahá. Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá (1992). — 'Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament consists of three parts - all three written in His own hand. The ...
  149. Báb, The. Will and Testament of The Báb (2007). — One-page scan of a document commonly, though inaccurately, referred to as the "Will and Testament."
  150. Darius Shahrokh. Grace Shahrokh, comp. Windows to the Past (1992). — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
  151. Universal House of Justice. Withdrawal from the Faith (2001-04-04).
  152. Shoghi Effendi. World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (1991). — Letters written by the Guardian, 1929-1936.
  153. Universal House of Justice. Steve Cooney, comp. World Order, Evolution Towards: Notes on recent secondary literature, compilation, and two memoranda from the Bahá'í World Centre (1990/1995/2007). — Two letters, "Request for Materials about the World Order of Baha'u'llah" and "World Government and ...

2.   from the Chronology (14 results; expand)

  1. 1891-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-`Ahd. [BBD32; CB142; GPB236–40, BKG420–5; RB4:419–20] It...
  2. 1892-05-29 — The Ascension of Baha'u'llah   Baha'u'llah passed away at Bahji in His seventy–fifth year. [AB...
  3. 1892-06-07 — On the ninth day after Baha'u'llah's passing the Will and Testament of Baha'u'llah, the Kitab-i-`Ahd...
  4. 1901-08-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote His Will and Testament over this seven-year period. [AB124–5, 484; BBD236] I...
  5. 1901-11-26 — The Day of the Covenant The Day of the Covenant is a Baha'i holy day honouring the Covenant of ...
  6. 1912-06-19 — `Abdu'l-Baha clarified His station as the Centre of the Covenant. It is widely believed that He nam...
  7. 1921-11-28 — Ascension of `Abdu'l-Baha `Abdu'l-Baha passed away at about 1:00 a.m., in Haifa. [AB452; BBD4; BBR3...
  8. 1922-01-03 — The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Baha was read aloud for the first time, to a group of nine men, ma...
  9. 1937-12-00 — The writing of Episodes in the History of the Covenant by Shoghi Effendi originally written as "Waqa...
  10. 1950-00-00 — The publication of The Covenant, An Analysis by George Townshend. It was published in Manchester by ...
  11. 1957-11-04 — Passing of Shoghi Effendi Shoghi Effendi passed away in London of coronary thrombosis after a bou...
  12. 1957-11-25 — A proclamation was issued stating that Shoghi Effendi left no heir and made no appointment of anothe...
  13. 1957-11-26 — Interregnum Following the passing of Shoghi Effendi the international administration of the Faith ...
  14. 1963-04-21 — Establishment of the Universal House of Justice The Universal House of Justice was elected for th...

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (1 result)

  1. 1956-03-00 — The course "The Covenant and the Individual, was conducted in British Columbia and consequently ...
 
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