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  1. Posted 2024-09-08 in Library Miscellany:   Download Bahá'í Library Online: Offline Archive of All Files (2024). Downloadable version of entire website, designed for use on your computer without need for internet. Download direct from archive.org, or by BitTorrent.
  2. Posted 2024-09-02 in Glossaries & Dictionaries:   Adib Masumian. Arabic and Persian Originals of Metaphysical Terms in the Bahá'í Writings (2024). Transliteration with Arabic and Persian script of the words soul, spirit, self, mind, heart, and spirit of faith.
  3. Posted 2024-09-01 in Published articles:   Tova Makhani-Belkin. "I woke up and knew, spiritually, I have just accepted the faith": Agency and Dream Ethnography in the Bahá'í Faith (2024). Analysis of first-generation Bahá'ís' dreams and visions as confirming their religious conversion, emphasizing dreams' role in integrating prior beliefs and aiding conversion.
  4. Posted 2024-08-30 in Published articles:   T. Crouther Gordon. Bahaism and Christianity: or, The Religion of 'The Splendour of God' (1927). Sympathetic overview of the Faith, and impressions from a visit to Haifa.
  5. Posted 2024-08-30 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg) (2024). Authorized translation of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Georg David Hardegg, co-founder of the German Templer Society, emphasizing devotion, fulfillment of prophecies, and the transformative power of the Word of God.
  6. Posted 2024-08-23 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Signs for the Coming of Age of the Human Race (1992). Passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, posted as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes.
  7. Posted 2024-08-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Adoption and Parent Consent (2003). Short compilation of extracts from letters written on behalf of the House on various matters relating to adoption.
  8. Posted 2024-08-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues (2003). Short compilation of excerpts from the House on IVF, artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, and the condition of the soul in relation to the various techniques to assist in the fertilization of the ovum.
  9. Posted 2024-08-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Infertility and Medical Intervention, Station of Adoption, and Adoption and Parental Consent (2003). Compilation of passages from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and from the Universal House of Justice on matters of having children in a family, with links to the letters "In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues" and "Adoption and Parent Consent."
  10. Posted 2024-08-01 in Songs & Music:   Lorraine Hetu Manifold. Fifteen Steps to Becoming a Skilled Choral Singer (2024). On Abdu'l-Bahá's exhortations to bring music to the highest stage of development: 15 techniques for improving one's own skill, both as an individual and as a member of a choir, written by an experienced conductor.
  11. Posted 2024-08-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Message on the occasion of the opening of the 2014 World Cup (2914). Letter in response to the Brazilian president's invitation for a statement on global peace and harmony, reflecting the Brazilian government's aim to leverage the World Cup to further the cause of peace and combat racial discrimination.
  12. Posted 2024-07-31 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity (1939). Well-known passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, posted as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes.
  13. Posted 2024-07-30 in Presentations:   Roger Coe. AI and the Human Spirit: From Existential Risk to Essential Development (2024). Presentation on numerous topics, including risks and potentialities of AI; Chinese philosophy; cybernetics, the "science of science"; philosophies of psychology; theories of pedagogy.
  14. Posted 2024-07-30 in Audio:   Shoghi Effendi. Nosheen Shabani, comp. ندا باهل عالم (Neda be-ahle allam): "Call to the Nations" audio. Audio of Call to the Nations, read by a group of Bahá'ís from Canada, Australia, Kuwait, and Iran, produced by Nosheen Shabani.
  15. Posted 2024-07-29 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ted Cardell. One Person's Search for a Better World (1992).
  16. Posted 2024-07-25 in Notable talks:   Ali Nakhjavani. Thoughts on the Lesser Peace, Some (1984). Lengthy talk given at the World Centre for the Ihtifál (celebration) programme on general guidelines on peace and world unity, and statements from the Writings that appear to be contradictory.
  17. Posted 2024-07-25 in Glossaries & Dictionaries:   Hamed Eshraghian, comp. مجموعۀ لغات منتخبه از آثار امری بزبانهای فارسی، عربی و انگلیسی (Majmú'iy-i-Lughát-i-Muntakhabih az Áthár-i-Amrí bih Zabán-háy-i-Fársí, 'Arabí, va Inglísí): A Collection of Selected Words from the Bahá'í Writings in Persian, Arabic, and English (1989). Glossary with more than 2,200 words in the original languages of the Writings and their corresponding translations into English per authorized precedent.
  18. Posted 2024-07-24 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Common Goal of Universal Peace in Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith, The: A Paper delivered to the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (1990). Statement on the launching of "The Promise of World Peace" initiative, shared principles of Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, and some of the barriers to world peace and the role that religions must play.
  19. Posted 2024-07-24 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Cardell. Highly Significant Celebrations at the World Center (1992). Report of activities at the World Centre in May 1992: commemoration of the ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, placing of a scroll to honour the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, and a procession of pilgrims up Mount Carmel.
  20. Posted 2024-07-24 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ted Cardell. Pilgrim Notes (1952). Notes from a visit with the Guardian, likely written in 1990 from journal entries taken while on pilgrimage in 1952 from a pioneering post in Kenya.
  21. Posted 2024-07-24 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Cardell. Report of the International Teaching Team to the Far East (1987). Summary of activities of 36 Bahá'ís who left the United States in November 1987 to visit Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
  22. Posted 2024-07-22 in Unpublished articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Consciousness (1996). Thoughts on a Bahá'í approach to human consciousness which the author terms "A Physical / Psychospiritual Theory of Consciousness"; Bahá'u'lláh's teachings on consciousness and the body / brain / mind / soul connection; the "ghost in the human machine."
  23. Posted 2024-07-15 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters. Proposed Changes for Version 6 (2024). Some structural or systemic improvements necessary for future Bahá'í Library expansion 2025-.
  24. Posted 2024-07-11 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946). Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taking many of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's statements as dogmatic finalities.
  25. Posted 2024-06-30 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Filip Holm. Baha'i Faith (Part Two), The: Baha'u'llah and His Teachings (2020). Part two of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
  26. Posted 2024-06-29 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Filip Holm. Baha'i Faith (Part One), The: Origins and the Bab (2020). Part one of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
  27. Posted 2024-06-28 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Rainn Wilson and Tom Power. Rainn Wilson on His Baha'i Faith and Why His Success is Connected to His Spirituality (2023).
  28. Posted 2024-06-27 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Mishkin Berteig. Work is Worship: Business is a Spiritual Game (2022). Fireside interview with the CEO and chief scientist at the Berteig Institute, an education company that helps improve business and beautify work environments, on the spiritual aspects of work, business, profit, and cooperative capitalism.
  29. Posted 2024-06-27 in Historical documents:   Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. صبح بيداری تاریخ دیانت بابی و بهائي در نی‌ریز (Subh-i Bídárí: Táríkh-i Díyánat-i Bábí va Baháʼí dar Nayríz): Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Baháʼí Faiths in Nayriz (2014). An historical account of the brutal persecutions of 1850, 1853, and 1909 in the town of Nayriz, Iran, against its Bábi and Baháʼí residents. Features accounts from survivors. Translation into Farsi of the original English work.
  30. Posted 2024-06-27 in Biographies:   Hussein Ahdieh. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Táhirih Písh-tár Ázádí-yi Zanán-i Sharq): Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East (2019). A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, marriage, the murder of her uncle, the events at Badasht, and final years leading to her martyrdom. Features appendices including excerpts of her writings.
  31. Posted 2024-06-27 in Biographies:   Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman. غریب از تیریز تا نیویورک (Gharib az Nayriz ta New York): Foreigner: From Nayriz to New York (2020). A memoir detailing the author's life journey from a rural village in Iran to the director of a University in New York, offering intimate firsthand glimpses of the history of the Faith in Iran and the immigrant experience in America.
  32. Posted 2024-06-26 in Unpublished articles:   Pierre Daoust. Le Verbe de Dieu, au coeur de l'existence (2024). Le présent essai examine les pouvoirs et l'influence du Verbe de Dieu (ou Parole divine) au sein de la création. Le Verbe est à la fois créateur, transformateur et régénérateur et la difficulté est de comprendre et analyser comment il agit.
  33. Posted 2024-06-24 in Books:   Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. حضرت عبد البهاء در نیویورک (Hadrat 'Abdu'l-Bahá dar New York): 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York (2014). Translation in 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, a history of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to the city, concepts and principles he spoke about, the social context of New York at the time, and personal stories of the lives of early American Bahá'ís.
  34. Posted 2024-06-23 in Personal compilations:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter, comp. Potentialities and their Manifestation: A Selection of Passages from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb and from the Writings and Talks of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2024). The primary principle of the Anisa Model of Education is "the actualization of potentiality" or "the translation of potentiality into actuality." This compilation is to help train teachers of Bahá'í-based schools.
  35. Posted 2024-06-22 in Published articles:   Alain Locke. Impressions of Haifa (1926). Locke reflects on his visit to the Bahá'í shrines in November 1923.
  36. Posted 2024-06-14 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   QED Communications. Bahai: A Documentary on Lotus Temple (2012).
  37. Posted 2024-06-14 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Religion World Talks. Lotus Temple, New Delhi: The Gates of God (2022). Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=btsZgVATAHQ.
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