Die Perser: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart - Bausani,Alessandro (W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1965)
Brief overview of the early years of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Alessandro Bausani; Introductory

Die persische Staatszeitung Rúznáme-ye Vaqáye`-e Ettefáqíyye, weit mehr als herrschaftliche Repräsentation - Riazi,Hassani (2009)
Some history of the Shaykhi and Bábí movements in the context of the Persian state newspaper Rúznámih-yi Vaqáyi`-i Ettefáqíyyih. (Link to thesis, offsite.)
PhD dissertation, University of Hamburg. This document is online at ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de.

Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft - Betz,Hans Dieter, editor (J. C. B. Mohr, 1957)
Two dictionary definitions: "Bahai-Religion" and "Babismus".
I only have these pages in low-quality scans. If you can re-scan these pages from your university library or type them, please email me.

Die Verborgenen Worte - Bahá'u'lláh
German translation of The Hidden Words.
Keywords: Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

Difficulty of teachings on chastity - Universal House of Justice (2013)
Discusses the need of institutions not to pry but to encourage willful obedience with the teachings on chastity; also covers conditions for removal of administrative rights.
Title added for this online version.
Keywords: Administrative rights; Chastity; Marriage; Sexuality

Digital Archiving at the Bahá'í World Centre Library - Bahá'í International Archives (Scriptum: Newsletter for Baha'i Librarians & Information Professionals, 1999)
A paper written by staff at the Bahá'í World Centre Library (and approved for publication) about organization and methods of electronic-media archiving, as of 1999.
Mirrored with permission from Scriptum.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; Digital archiving; Digitization; International Bahá'í Archives; International Bahá'í Library

Digital Citizenship: The New Citizenship - Handal,Boris (Mobile Makes Learning Free, 2016)
This book chapter discusses the need for introducing the notion of virtues and spiritual attitudes in the delivery of learning experiences fostering digital citizenship values from a Bahá'í perspective.
Full book available online at amazon.com/Mobile-Makes-Learning-Free-Professional/dp/1681232839.
Keywords: Education; Ethics; Internet; Social media; Virtues

Dilemmas and Prospects of Writing a Bahá'í Encyclopedia - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
The need for a Bahá’í encyclopedia and a description of the nature, organization, and editing of the encyclopedic dictionary project endorsed in 1984 by the United States Bahá’ís; dilemmas which accompany its undertaking.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Encyclopedias; Scholarship

Dimensions in Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review - Huitt,William G. (Dialogue and Alliance, 1997)
This is an extended version of the review published in Dialogue and Alliance. Mirrored with permission from www.edpsycinteractive.org.

Dimensions in Spirituality: Presentation - McLean,Jack (1995)
A summary of some concepts found in the book Dimensions in Spirituality: care of the soul, wisdom, prophetic faith, value of life tests, and creating a spiritual society.
Presented at 19th Annual ABS Conference (October 13, 1995). See also the complete book. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Soul; Spirituality; Tests and difficulties

Dimensions of Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review - Savi,Julio (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
See also original book.
Keywords: Metaphors and allegories; Philosophy; Psychology; Search; Self; Spirituality; Symbolism; Theology; Truth

Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith - McLean,Jack (George Ronald, 1994)
The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer and meditation; a paradigm of spirituality and life tests; spiritual anthropology — the self and the soul; imagination; faith, love, and knowledge.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com. See also a summary and presentation of this book. Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared from OCR of the PDF below.
Keywords: Arabic language; Faith (general); Language; Literature; Literature, English; Metaphors and allegories; Music; Persian language; Philosophy; Poetry; Prayer; Psychology; Search; Self; Soul; Spirituality; Style (Writings); Symbolism; Tests and difficulties; Theology; Transformation; Truth; William Shakespeare (author)

Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies - Covey,Linda S. (2011)
Some Diné (Navajo) convert to the Bahá'í Faith because it fulfills their ancient prophecies, its institutions provide autonomy and empower the Diné people, and Bahá'í values of cultural diversity allow Diné to practice their traditional ways.
Keywords: Conversion; Cultural diversity; Indigenous people; Native Americans; Navajo people; Prophecies

Directives from the Guardian - Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1973)
Compilation of passages from letters of Shoghi Effendi which were published in the Bahá'í News of the United States. Arranged alphabetically by topic.
See also List of sources, from Bahá'í News.
Keywords: Directives from the Guardian (book); Shoghi Effendi, letters of

Directives from the Guardian: Cross-reference list of sources in U.S. Bahá'í News - Various
List of the pages and issue numbers of the US Bahá'í News for the letters later published in Directives from the Guardian.
Also available as a RTF document.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Directives from the Guardian (book)

Directrices para la Economía de la Vida: Mensajes de la Casa Universal de Justicia relacionados con la Economía - Universal House of Justice (2017)
Recopilación de mensajes de la Casa Universal de Justicia, recopilados por un autor de libros y títulos en economía.
See English original. Ver tambien La Economia del Futuro: Una Recopilacion de los Escritos Baha'is. Mirrored with permission from badishams.com.
Keywords: Economics; Social action

Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals in the Bahá'í Writings: Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse - Sabet,Michael (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2023)
Bahá'í exegesis can discern a framework governing the treatment of animals and our relationship to the natural world; examination of the author’s own relationship with animals; ethics of kindness and justice flow from underlying ontological principles.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Agriculture; Animals; Behavior; Bible; Christianity; Climate change; Enlightenment (movement); Environment; Ethics; Food; Genesis (Bible); Interfaith dialogue; Kindness; Living the life; Materialism; Maturity of humanity; Meat; Metaphors and allegories; Nature; Ontology; Philosophy; Sacrifice; Soul; Vegetarianism; Virtues

Disconnected Letters of the Qur'an and the Significance of the Number 19 - Cameron,Robert T. (1982)
Critique of Rashad Khalifa's (disputed) study purporting to find a "deep structure" of 19 in the Qur'an.
Winner of the Bahá'í Studies prize for student writing awarded by the Association for Bahá'í Studies of North America. This version updated by Mike Thomas, 2020, with added footnotes and cleaned-up text; also available in Word format.
Keywords: Disconnected letters of the Quran; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Nineteen (number); Numerology; Quran

Discourse Theory and Peace - Karlberg,Michael (Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology, 2012)
Discourse theory, which rests on the idea that language helps constitute our reality, can shed light on the role that language plays in both direct and structural violence. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Discourse (general); Language; Peace; Psychology; Violence

Discourse, Identity, and Global Citizenship - Karlberg,Michael (Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 2008)
What does it mean to be a "global citizen"? From early Greek times, the concept of citizenship expanded from "inhabitant of a city" to a democratic ideal of self-determination. It now includes global relationships, interdependence, and altruism.
Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Altruism; Discourse (general); Globalization; Identity; Interdependence (interconnectedness); Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek

Discourses of Knowledge - Lewis,Frank (Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought, 2004)
Many statements in the Writings are couched in terms of a particular discourse, or intellectual tradition, for their immediate audience. Understanding context can help evaluate whether any given statement is meant as factual truth or as metaphor.
This article is offered as a free preview from books.google.com. Order online at kalimat.com.
Keywords: Discourse (general); Ethics; Metaphors and allegories; Paris Talks (book); Philosophy; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book)

Discovering a Sacred Numerical Pattern from Baha'i Scriptures - Moyo,Romuald Boubou (2020)
Brief analysis of the inheritance shares outlined in the Kitab-i-Aqdas and how the abjad system of numerology might shed light on hidden patterns.
Keywords: Abjad system; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Numerology; Symbolism

Discovering Imageless Truths: The Bahá'í Pilgrimage of Juliet Thompson, Artist - White,Christopher (American Religious Liberalism, 2012)
Draft of an article, later published, prepared for a conference on the history and theory of American Religious Liberalism. Juliet Thompson is used to provide an example of a cosmopolitan Christian American seeker who found the Bahá'í Faith.
The draft article below was first prepared for the Cultures of American Religious Liberalism Symposium, Yale University (New Haven, CT), September 25 2009.

Discovering [The Qur'an] - Buck,Christopher (The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an, 2006)
Academic study of the Qur'an, its themes, and how to begin interpreting it.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran

Discussions between MacEoin, Cole, Hatcher, Afnan, Lambden, Momen, et al.: index and links - MacEoin,Denis; Cole,Juan; Momen,Moojan; Various (1974)
Table of contents and links for a variety of published scholarly debates within Bahá'í studies, 1974-2013.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics

Disintegration of Society and the Development of a New Order - Universal House of Justice (1996)
On the disintegration of society and the development of a new order, and how the advancement of civilization and the development of human nature can continue.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Civilization; Integration and disintegration; Maturity of humanity; Unity; World order

Disinvestment: Is It a Bahá'í Issue? - Nirou,Marjan (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Economic sanctions as a response to apartheid, the background of South Africa, Bahá'í approaches to preventing racism, and imprisoned children. Includes replies by Steven Scholl, Jihmye Collins, Paul Caprez, Lawrence Miller, and Drew Remignanti.
The following articles, essays, and letters were not part of one single "conversation," but appeared in different issues of dialogue. They have been combined here for ease of filing, and because they all relate to similar topics. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Apartheid; Human rights; South Africa

Dispensación de Bahá'u'lláh - Shoghi Effendi
Spanish translation of Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh.
This document, and many more in Spanish, are online at Bahá'ís de Puerto Rico.
Keywords: Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter)

Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh - Rabbani,Ahang (2005)
A course on Shoghi Effendi's book, a summary of its contents, and its historical context.
Keywords: Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter)

Dispensation of Baha'u'llah: Study Guide - Shakib,Soroush (2000)
Short study questions, some by Morten Bergsmo, for each paragraph of this document.
This study guide was originally written as a homework project for the Wilmette Institute course on the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, spring 2000. Some paragraph numbers (e.g., 52-54) do not exactly match those of the online version of the entire book. Paragraph sections formatted by author.
Keywords: Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter)

Dispensations of Time: Scriptural References - Author unknown, compiler
Short chronology and graph of biblical passages visualizing human history through seven stages of innocence, conscience, government, promise, law, the church age, and the age of the Kingdom.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Interfaith dialogue; Judaism

Dissidence and Criticism by Bahá'ís and Scholars - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Response to a latter about the content and tone of some online discussions in email listservers in the mid-1990s.
See also Compilations on Criticism.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics

Dissidents and the Bahá'í Faith - McLean,Jack (2005)
Author's personal experiences with "disgruntled" ex-Bahá'ís and critics online in the 1990s.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Talisman (email list)

Dissimulation by Iranian Emigrants - Universal House of Justice; National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1985)
Letters from the House and the US NSA concerning Bahá'ís who were able to escape Iran in 1997 by denying their Faith.
Keywords: Asylum (migration); Dissimulation; Iran (documents); Membership; Migration; Persecution; Refugees

Distinguishing Personal Correspondence of Secretaries from Letters on Shoghi Effendi's Behalf - Universal House of Justice (2019)
Distinguishing letters on behalf of Shoghi Effendi from personal correspondence of secretaries. Also addresses authenticity of two letters attributed as being on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, published in the 1997 version of Messages to the Antipodes.
Keywords: Australia; Authenticity; Messages to the Antipodes (book); New Zealand; Shoghi Effendi, Letters written on behalf of

Divide and Rule: The Creation of the Alawi State after World War I - Alkan,Necati (Fikrun wa Fann ("Art and Thought"), 2013)
Summary of 20th-century history of the Nusayri/Alawi Shi'i movement in Syria and Turkey. (No mention of Bahá'ís.)
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu, where this document is also available in German, Arabic and Persian translation. Original publication online at goethe.de.
Keywords: Alawi; Divide and rule; History (general); Middle East; Nusayri, Iran; Syria; Turkey; World War I

Divinations and Creation - Holley,Horace (Mitchell Kennerley, 1916)
A collection of poetry. Does not mention the Bahá'í Faith.
This entire book is available online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available as corrected, formatted Word document prepared by M. Thomas (2014).
Keywords: Horace Holley; Poetry

Divine Charisma - Mahmoudi,Jalil (1968)
Recording begins "Divine Charisma: A talk given by Dr. Jahil Mahmoudi at the Fifth Annual Bahá'í Summer School in Southern California in July 1968." Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.

Divine Education: The Root of Knowledge - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Glory: A Baha'i Youth Magazine, 1973)
On Bahá'í families and raising children to appreciate Bahá'í principles.
Also hear an audio recording of Faizi discussing this topic.
Keywords: Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; Children; Education; Family; Youth

Divine Illumination - Harmon,W. W. (Tudor Press, 1915)
An American Theosophist's appreciation of 'Abdu'l-Baha and the Bahá'í message published in 1915.
For references to W.W. Harmon, see Smith, Peter. "The American Bahá'í Community, 1894-1917: A Preliminary Survey," in Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, Volume I (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1982), pages 169, 189, 190, 192, 218.. Note: Loésha Lavoie proofread this book and added corrections and possible corrections. Things that were clearly in error have been corrected in the file below; things that were possible errors or merely revised punctuation were not corrected below, but can be see in her corrected Word Document, harmon_divine_illumination.rtf.
Keywords: Illumination; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove - Manifold,Lorraine Hetu, compiler (Bahá'í Publications Australia, 2022)
Selections from the Writings that refer to the Word of God as music emanating from the mystic dove or the Nightingale of Paradise, and the Divine Word as a melody calling for us to spread the Word in song and praise.
Mirrored with permission of compiler from bahaibooks.com.au/products/divine-melody, where it is available for purchase or for free download in epub and PDF formats.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Birds; Dove (symbol); E-books; God, Word of; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Music; Nightingales; Singing; Songs

Divine Philosophy as Described by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Fireside talk.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.

Divine Qualities of Spiritual Dialogue - Tan,Piya (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
The Buddhist basis for dialogue is found in its four virtues: love (the world as an extended family), compassion (listening to others), altruistic joy (learning from their success and beliefs) and equanimity (courage to accept the spirituality of others).
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 6.
Keywords: Buddhism; China; Christianity; Compassion; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Love

Divine Revelation: The Basis of All Civilization - Haddad,Anton (Board of Counsel, 1902)
Commentary on the influence of the Prophets on human society.
Keywords: Anton Haddad; Civilization; Manifestations of God

Divine Simplicity: Remembering the last Hand of the Cause of God, 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa - McLean,Jack (2008)
Biography of Dr. Varqa, partly based on interviews with people who knew him in Iran.
Mirrored with permission from iamanaref.blogspot.ca.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Biography; Canada; France; Hands of the Cause; Huqúqu'lláh; Iran (documents); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Paris, France; Relics; Tehran, Iran; Varqa; Varqá, `Alí-Muhammad

Divine Spirit, Forces of Our Age: Lecture Series - Dunbar,Hooper (1991)
See also Dunbar's dialogue article "Forces of Our Time" (1986), and his lecture series from 2011, Forces of Our Time. No information is given about the context of this talk; email me if you know.
Keywords: Forces of light and darkness; Hooper Dunbar

Divine Therapy: Pearls of Wisdom from the Bahá'í Writings - Honnold,Annamarie K., compiler (George Ronald, 1986)
Lengthy collection of passages on numerous themes including coping with stress, orientation to the Divine, and developing helpful attitudes.
Keywords: Anger; Annamarie Honnold; Anxiety; Depression; Ethics; God; Health and healing; Prayer; Psychology; Purpose of life; Spirituality; Stress; Tests and difficulties; Virtues

Divine Virtues and Spiritual Qualities: A Compilation from Sacred Texts - WellSpring International Educational Foundation for the Study and Application of the Sacred Texts (2003)
Comprehensive exploration of 77 virtues and qualities drawn from the texts of various religions.
PDF online here from www.virtuesproject.com.
Keywords: Acceptance; Accountability; Assertiveness; Beauty; Buddhism; Character; Chastity; Christianity; Cleanliness; Compassion; Contentment; Courtesy; Creativity; Deeds; Detachment; Devotion; Devotional programs; Discipline; Duty; Ethics; Excellence; Faith and works; Faithfulness; Flexibility; Forgiveness; Friendliness and friendship; God, Grace and bounty of; God, Mercy and compassion of; Hinduism; Hope; Humility; Idealism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Joy; Judaism; Justice; Kindness; Living the life; Love; Loyalty; Moderation; Obedience; Patience; Peace; Prayer; Purity; Religion (general); Repentance; Respect; Responsibility; Service; Sincerity; Spirituality; Steadfastness; Submission; Tactfulness; Thankfulness and gratitude; Tolerance; Tranquility; Trust; Trustworthiness; Truthfulness; Unity; Unity of religion; Virtues; Wisdom; Zoroastrianism

Division and Unity in the Baha'i Community: Towards a Definition of Fundamentalism - Momen,Moojan (2009)
15 criteria that define "fundamentalism," and their applicability and/or inapplicability to the Bahá'í community; it may be more useful to use a psychological definition that sees the phenomenon as a value-free cognitive style, a way of perceiving.
Adapted with permission of author from unformatted draft on scribd.com.
Keywords: Division; Fundamentalism; Unity

Divisions and Authority Claims in Babism (1850-1866) - MacEoin,Denis (Studia Iranica, 1989)
Factors leading to the division of Babism into the Azalís and the Bahá'ís, and the question of succession and the claims of Mírzá Yahyá, Dayyán, and Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Azali Bábís; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Declaration of; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'í studies; Bábísm; Covenant-breaking; Criticism and apologetics; Dayyan (Mírzá Asadullah); Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Succession

Divisive Barbarity or Global Civilization? ed. M. L. Bradbury and Suheil Bushrui: Review - Sahba,Naysan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)

Divorce - 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: Divorce

Divorce - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1996)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/divorce.
Keywords: Divorce

Dizzy Gillespie "One World for All" Concerts: Documentation of a Bahá'í Project - Rafat,Godrat (1990)
Collection of photos and newspaper articles documenting this series of concerts in 1990 in Berlin, Moscow, and Prague.
Original tour was supported by the Universal House of Justice, The National Assemblies of Germany and US and The Continental Board of Counsellors. The 1990 proclamation tour was coordinated by Dr. Rafat, who later assembled this photo album and provided it as a report to the institutions.
Keywords: Berlin, Germany; Dizzy Gillespie; Jazz music; Moscow, Russia; Prague, Czech Republic; Proclamation, public; Visuals

Do the Bahá'í Writings on Evolution Allow for Mutation of Species within Kingdoms but not across Kingdoms? - Nadimi,Bahman (2004)
This paper explores the possibility that Bahá'í writings on evolution allows for mutation of species within each of the kingdoms (such as vegetable or animal) but not across these kingdoms.
See also the author's follow-up paper Bahá'í View on Biological Evolution (2023).
Keywords: Evolution; Philosophy; Science

Do They Hear You When You Cry, by Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 1998)
Mirrored with permission from www.onecountry.org/e101/e10116as.htm

Doctrine of Progressive Revelation in the Baha'i Faith - Pivovarov,Daniil V. (Journal of Siberian Federal University, 2011)
On the ideological basis of progressive revelation, views of Bahá'u'lláh and his followers on the nature of a prophet, and the mission of great prophets.
The PDF (item #1) below did not OCR well because the images are too low-resolution, so the text in it is not usable; use item #2.
Keywords: Progressive revelation

Document and Narrative Sources for the History of the Battle of Zanjan - Walbridge,John (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Studies, 1998)
Analysis of Muslim and Bahá'í historical texts, including Dawnbreakers.
See also the author's Bábí Uprising in Zanjan. Mirrored by permission from www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol2/nabilz.htm.
Keywords: Dawn-Breakers (book); Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Upheavals; Zanjan upheaval; Zanjan, Iran

Documento de reflexión: Alvin Toffler y su visión del futuro - Esmailian,Farshad (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2001)
El presente documento de reflexión examina algunas obras del futurista Alvin Toffler como "La tercera ola" y "La creación de una nueva civilización" donde el autor identifica ciertos rasgos de una nueva civilización que está surgiendo en el mundo.
Author note: Ingeniero industrial. Profesor en las Universidades de San Agustín y Católica Santa María de Arequipa. Miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'í de esa ciudad. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.

Dodge, Arther Pillsbury - Francis,Richard (1998)
Life of the first president of the New York Bahá'í Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá."
Mirrored with permission from the Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada; no longer online, but available at archive.org.
Keywords: Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Biography; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Dodge, Arthur - Stockman,Robert (1995)
See also the published version of this article.
Keywords: Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Biography; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Dodge, Arthur Pillsbury - Stockman,Robert (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the early American Bahá’í named by Shoghi Effendi a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Biography; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Does Corinthians 1:15 Teach a Physical or a Spiritual Resurrection? - Friedman,David (1999)
While literalists claim that this verse supports a physical resurrection, the evidence seems to show the exact opposite to be true.
Keywords: Bible; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Resurrection; Symbolism

Does the Valley of Unity negate the distinction between 'Bahá'í' and 'non-Bahá'í'? - Plunkett,Donald (1998)
In the higher reaches of mystical attainment, the distinction between "Bahá'ís" and "non-Bahá'ís" is lessened.
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year one.

Doing Bahá'í Scholarship in the 1990s: A Religious Studies Perspective - Lambden,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
Argues that Bahá'í studies must address contemporary world issues, dialogues in pluralism, the New Age movement, and secular ideologies.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; New Age; Scholarship

Doing Scholarship from a Faith Perspective: Reading the Sacred as Sacred Encounter - Velasco,Ismael (2006)
Problems with faith perspectives, and the dichotomy between faith and objectivity.
Keywords: Reading; Scholarship

Dolgorukov Memoirs - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1996)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dolgorukov-memoirs. See also Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary and The "Memoirs of Dolgorukov" and "The Protocols of the Elders Of Zion" (M. Sharon).
Keywords: Conspiracy theories; Criticism and apologetics; Forgery and interpolation; Iran (documents); Prince Dolgorukov; Russia

Domestic Temporalities: Sensual Patterning in Persian Migratory Landscapes - Dennis,Simone; Warin,Megan (Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, 2007)
Embodied paths of patterning, memory and emotion amongst Persian immigrant women in Adelaide, especially the Bahá'í expatriate community. Link to document (offsite).
This article is online at here.
Keywords: Australia; Diaspora, Persian; Iran (documents); Migration

Dominica - Paccassi,Patricia (1995)
Article written in the mid-nineties for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, posted with permission at bahaihistorycaribbean.info. See also photos and history.

Doors to Teaching and Deepening - Allen,Dwight
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.

"Double Crusade" - Universal House of Justice (2018)
Comments on what the double crusade means, how it relates to the current series of Plans of the Faith, what should be done to carry it out, and the Advent of Divine Justice.
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Change; Double crusade; Ethics; God, Word of; Institute process; Justice; Plans; Politics; Protest; Public discourse (discourses of society); Race; Social action; Spirituality; Teaching; Transformation; United States (documents); Words and phrases

Douze Conversations à Table à 'Akká par 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (2021)
French translation of "Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká."
See also English original.
Keywords: `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Download Bahá'í Library Online: database only - Winters,Jonah (2013)
Download the Bahá'í Library database. Download direct from archive.org, or by faster BitTorrent. [version 2025-01 / 5.09]
See also the offline archive of all files and content, designed for local browsing on your own computer, without Internet access.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í Library Online; Software

Download Bahá'í Library Online: offline archive of all files - Winters,Jonah (2025)
Downloadable version of entire website, designed for use on your computer with local links, no need for an internet connection. Download direct from archive.org, or by faster BitTorrent. [version 5.09 2025-01]
See also the database download.

Dr. Cormick's Accounts of his Personal Impressions of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, The Báb - Cormick,Dr. (Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, 1848)
A Westerner's account of meeting the Bab in 1848, and an account of separate incidents involving the persecution of Babis.
Read more at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cormick-william-b.
Keywords: Biography; Báb, The; Iran (documents); Tabríz, Iran; William Cormick

Dr. David S. Ruhe: Kansas Author - Herrmann,Duane L. (2003)
Biography written for the Kansas Authors Club.
Keywords: Biography; David Ruhe; Universal House of Justice, Members of

Dr. MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship...": Some Thoughts - Lambden,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1982)
The nature of faith-based approaches to studying religion, authoritarianism, supernatural vs. human knowledge, Bahá'í "review", and examination of some sources.
See follow-up discussions in Debates between MacEoin et al., and MacEoin's original article "Problems of Scholarship in a Bahá'í Context."
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Scholarship

Drama of the Kingdom - Abdul-Bahá; Basil Hall,Mary (Weardale Press, 1933)
A play written in 1912 by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá while he was in London and adopted with permission by Mary Basil Hall (named Parvine by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá).
The book can also be viewed at archive.org, and was later scanned for afnanlibrary.org, see PDF. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Drama of the Kingdom (play); Fiction; London, England; Martyrdom; Mary Basil Hall (Mary Esther Blomfield, Parvine Khanum); Metaphors and allegories; Plays; Prophecies; Symbolism; United Kingdom; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Dramatic Readings - Macke,Marlene (2017)
Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute, either fictionalized dramatic presentations of pivotal events in Bahá'í history or adapted from historical books.
See also the author's Helen Frances Grand (1865-1944).
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, The; Drama; Holy days; Naw-Rúz; Ridván; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Drawings, Verse, and Belief, by Bernard Leach: Review - Badiee,Julie (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bernard Leach; Poetry; United Kingdom

Dream of Monaver Khanum - Khanum,Monaver
One page account of a dream recounted by the daughter of Abdul-Baha, as told to an unknown interlocutor.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Dreams and visions; Munavvar Khanum

Dreams and their Interpretation in the Bahá'í Religion: Some Preliminary Remarks - Alkan,Necati (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Outline of the importance of dreams and their interpretation in the Bahá'í Religion; dream interpretation in Islam; statements on dreams by Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá; a dream interpretation by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Ottoman Turkish.
Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Dreams and visions; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Iran (documents); Islam; Quran; Turkey

Dreams mentioned in Bahá'í Literature - Hadley-Ives,Eric, compiler (1999)
A collection of dream narratives and poetry from a variety of sources.
This compilation is far from complete, e.g. it is missing the visions Hand of the Cause William Sears had as a youth in which he saw 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [E. H-I.]
Keywords: Dreams and visions

Dreams of the Spirit - Norozi,Jena (Australian Baha'i Bulletin, 2012)
Short account of a new believer's spiritual journey of discovering the Faith through a series of dreams.
Keywords: Dreams and visions

Dreyfus-Barney, Hippolyte and Laura Clifford - Rassekh,Shapour (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1996)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dreyfus-barney.
Keywords: Biography; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney

Droits et libertés individuels - Universal House of Justice (2023)
Translation of the letter "Individual Rights and Freedoms" by the Universal House of Justice (1988 Dec. 29): a commentary about individual rights and responsibilities in the Bahá’í Faith and its relevance with the present concepts on freedom of speech.
See original letter, Individual Rights and Freedoms.
Keywords: Authority; Criticism and apologetics; Ethics; Freedom and liberty; Freedom of expression; Individualism; Institutions; Public discourse (discourses of society); Rights and responsibilities; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

Drug Abuse Prevention: The Spiritual Dimension - Payman,Vahid (Australian Baha'i Studies, 1999)
On spirituality and addictions; adolescent drug use; implementing a spiritual model of human nature.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Drugs

Dunn, Clara and Hyde - Hassall,Graham (2000)
Biography of two early Bahá'í teachers and pioneers.
Early draft of article written for The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. See also the later, published version of this article.
Keywords: Australia; Biography; Clara Dunn; Hands of the Cause; Hyde Dunn; New Zealand

Dunn, Clara and John Henry Hyde - Hassall,Graham (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the couple who went to Australia in 1920 in response to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s call for worldwide expansion of the Bahá’í Faith and firmly established it in the Antipodes, designated Hands of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org. See also an earlier draft of this article.
Keywords: Australia; Biography; Clara Dunn; Hands of the Cause; Hyde Dunn; New Zealand

Dutch Library Holdings - McGlinn,Sen, compiler (2000)
Complete list of items relating to Bábí or Bahá'í studies in multiple languages, housed in the three principal and other libraries across the Netherlands.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Leiden, Netherlands; Libraries; Manuscripts; Netherlands; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; The Hague, Netherlands; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Dwight Barstow Collection - Lovejoy,Thellie, compiler (2000)
Partial scans of the 478 translated tablets and other English documents from the archive of American collector Dwight Barstow.
See also Contents, Index, and Compiler's Notes. See also the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Dwight Barstow Collection; Pilgrims notes; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Dyar, Harrison Gray, Jr. - Henson,Pamela M. (2005)
Bio and linked articles about the man who edited Reality magazine and also achieved infamy in Washington, DC for underground tunnel building.
See also Hidden tunnels, bugs, and bigamy (2011, offsite), this series of articles about Dyar (Kelly, 2012), some links below, and Reality Magazine: Editorship and Ownership of an American Bahá'í Periodical (Smith, 1984).
Keywords: Biography; Harrison G. Dyar; United States (documents); Washington, DC, USA

Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions - Winters,Jonah (Master of Arts thesis, University of Toronto, 1997)
Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shí'í and Bábí history.
Thesis submitted for Master of Arts for the Dept. of Religious Studies (University of Toronto), 1997. Advisor Willard Oxtoby. All diacritics have been removed. Remarks made on transliteration and examples given in the preface will thus make little sense. Where the original thesis contained Arabic, Persian, or Greek script, I have had to remove these. The resulting lacunae are indicated by "[non-ascii script]." See also my coverage of Jihad in Sunni and contemporary Islam Martyrdom in Jihad and MacEoin's The Bábí Concept of Holy War.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Bábí history; Bábísm; Imam Husayn; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Ishmael (Bible); Islam; Jesus Christ; Jihad (Holy war); Martyrdom; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Dying for Our Sins - Woodlock,Rachel (1998)
Examination of the Christian doctrine of the substitutionary atonement and whether such a doctrine has a place within a Bahá'í theological framework.
Originally posted at www.rwoodlock.freeserve.co.uk.
Keywords: Christianity; Deeds; Faith and works; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Muhammad (Prophet); Salvation; Sin

Dynamic Bahá'í Principles - Expressed as Actions - Buck,Christopher (2021)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá noted "special teachings of Bahá’u’lláh" as "new," "distinctive," and "not found in any of the sacred Books of the past" (1912). The book Bahá’í Faith: The Basics presents these as “dynamic Bahá’í principles, expressed as actions."
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Unique teachings; Principles

Dynamics of Prayer - Moffett,Ruth (1973)
Pilgrims note from the words of Shoghi Effendi about "five steps" for prayer and action (from 1954), followed by explanatory notes from the Universal House of Justice (from 1978).
Keywords: Action; Decision making; Pilgrims notes; Prayer; Prayer, Five Steps of; Ruth Moffett

Eagle and Pillar over Shoghi Effendi's resting place, and his visits to Scotland - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1981)
Transcript of Ruhiyyih Khanum talking about Shoghi Effendi's visits to Scotland and how the pillar and eagle came to be over his resting place
The headings were added by the transcriber for the sake of readability. See the full talk, in both audio and transcript, at Speaking in Edinburgh.
Keywords: Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Birds; Cemeteries and graves; Eagles; London, England; Pilgrims notes; Pillars; Scotland; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of; Shoghi Effendi, Resting place of (London); United Kingdom

Earliest Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung April 8, 1845 - Author unknown (Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 1845)
Clippings from the newspaper Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (1805 Freiburg – 1859 Leipzig), April 8 1845, the earliest known published mention of the Bábí Faith in the West.
See also Early Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West: April 16 1845, which refers to this newspaper as the German Universal Gazette, and see also findings from November 1845 in First Newspaper Stories of the Events of the Bábí Faith. Read about this newspaper on Wikipedia.
Keywords: Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Karbala, Iraq; Mentions; Newspapers

Early Bahá'í Census in Iran - Universal House of Justice (2016)
No systematic census was taken of the numbers of early believers, before the Guardian's call for such a count in 1923. Iran's own statistics in the 1920s count "several tens of thousands" of Bahá'ís.
See also the 1923 letter referenced in this memorandum.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Research Department, Questions and answers; Statistics

Early Baha'is of Enterprise, Kansas, 1897 - Herrmann,Duane L. (Buffalo Press, 1997)
Originally published to commemorate the centennial of the Bahá'í community of Enterprise, Kansas, the second in the western hemisphere.
PDF below generated from the Word document posted at academia.edu. See also Profiles of some Topeka Bahá'ís, Letters from a 19th-century Enterprise Bahá'í, and see a short article about this book at bahaipedia.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

Early Childhood Education - Rohani,Cyrus (Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010)
Education is a continuous and creative process which fulfils the moral potential of each individual. Its aim is to develop the capacities latent in human nature and to coordinate their expression for the enrichment and transformation of society.
Mirrored with CC permission from journals.cluteonline.com.
Keywords: Children; Education; Ethics; Moral education; Morality

Early European Bahá'í involvement in Social Activism - Weinberg,Robert (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Early initiatives taken by Bahá'ís in Britain and France in support of education for underprivileged children, medical service, and women's suffrage.

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts - Rideout,Anise
Overview of history 1900-1940. Includes early translations of some 2-dozen tablets of Abdu'l-Bahá.
The date of this is unknown. It is cited in Peter Smith's "The American Bahá'í Community" as being held at the US Bahá'í National Archives. The date of typing, credited to Helen Miller, is also unknown, though R. Abrishamian noted in 2013 that she had "long passed away". The PDF prepared by Abrishamian from an OCR of an image scan (download it here: rideout_history_community_boston.pdf) was then cleaned up and HTML-formatted by J. Winters. Another proofing, with reference to the original, is necessary. See also History of the Bahá'í Faith in Boston.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Early History of the Bahá'í Faith - Thomas the Slav (2015)
A map showing the origins of the Bahá'í Faith via the journeys and exile of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
Map by Claytom Hamre (according to the citation on the image). This version with text prepared by a Reddit user going by the handle Thomas_the_Slav, who wrote "I'm studying geography. I put together the basic data (the land, oceans, borders, and points for cities) in ArcGIS and exported it to Adobe Illustrator, where I added the lines, labels, and other graphics. I'm not Bahá'í myself, I just have an interest in and admiration for a variety of world religions. I made this map for a final project." Mirrored from reddit.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Bahá'í history; Báb, Pilgrimage of; Báb, The; Bábí history; Chronology and timelines; Maps

Early Irish Bahá'ís - Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (Associate, 1998)
Short history of the introduction of the Bahá’í Faith to Ireland, 1900 to 1925.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk.

Early Mention of Bábís in Western Newspapers, Summer 1850 - Various (1850)
Very brief newspaper mentions about the rise of the Bábí movement: Tioga Eagle (Wellsborough, Pennsylvania) 1850-08-21; Church and State Gazette (Middlesex, London) 1850-07-19; Nevada State Journal 1871-12-23.
Found by Ralph Wagner and Steven Kolins in Newspaper Archive, www.newspaperarchive.com. See also First Public Mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the West, Mention of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in the New York Times 1852-1922, and Bábí Attempt on the Life of the Shah, 1852: Coverage in the New York Times.
Keywords: Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Iran (documents); Mentions; Newspaper articles; United Kingdom; United States (documents)

Early Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West: Morning Advertiser April 16, 1845 - Author unknown (Morning Advertiser, 1845)
Clippings from the newspaper Morning Advertiser, April 16 1845, which one of the earliest known published mentions of the Bábí Faith in the West.
From britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/.... See also the German Universal Gazette mentioned below at Earliest Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West: April 8 1845, and see findings from November 1845 in First Newspaper Stories of the Events of the Bábí Faith. Read about this newspaper on Wikipedia.
Keywords: Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Mentions; Newspapers

Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths - Momen,Moojan (1995)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Early Western Accounts of; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í studies; Bábísm; Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of

Early Zoroastrian Conversions to the Baha'i Faith in Yazd, Iran - Maneck,Susan (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1984)
A history of the gradual process of conversion among some Zoroastrians to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran from the 1880s to 1921, based on heretofore unstudied biographical materials.
See also original thesis Zoroastrian Conversions to the Bahá'í Faith in Yazd, Iran (1983).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Yazd, Iran; Zoroastrianism

Earth in the Balance - Gore,Albert (Plume, 1993)
One-paragraph mention in a book by Senator, then just-elected Vice-President, of the US.
Preceding this paragraph is a series of one-paragraph mentions of other religions and spiritual teachings regarding the Earth. There is no lead-in to this paragraph on the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Environment; Mentions; Nature

Earthly Paradise, An: Bahá'í Houses of Worship Around the World, by Julie Badiee: Review - Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship)

East Africa, Bahá'í Communities in - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1996)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/east-africa#iv.%20BAHAI.

East Leeward Islands - Paccassi,Patricia (1995)
Article written in the mid-nineties for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, posted with permission at bahaihistorycaribbean.info. See also photos and history.

Easter in Palestine, 1921-1922 - Fawcett,Millicent (T. Fisher Unwin, 1926)
Background of Tiberias, Akka, and Haifa, with passing mentions of The Bab and Abdu'l-Bahá.

Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-72 - John,Major St. (MacMillan and Co., 1876)
Brief description of the town of Nírís [Nayriz], "the head-quarters of Bábism," and the road to Shiraz.
"Published by the Authority of the Government of India."
Keywords: Bábísm; Iran (documents); Nayriz, Iran; Shíráz, Iran

"Easy Familiarity," Explanations of - Khanum,Ruhiyyih; Boylan,Ann; Cornell,John B.; Universal House of Justice (1912)
Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also questions on assembly infallibility, and whether one with a minority opinion should vote against his conscience.
This file contains four parts: (1) a 1912 one-page Pilgrim's Note from Ann Boylan; (2) a 1947 letter from John B. Cornell (see John Cornell: in Memoriam) to the Guardian which, among other topics, quoted three lines from this Pilgrim's Note; (3) the 1947 response written by "R. Rabbani" (which I presume is Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Rabbani, but I'm not positive) on behalf of the Guardian to John B. Cornell; (4) a 1974 letter from the Universal House of Justice which quoted the Guardian's letter to Cornell. Material shared by and posted with permission from Cornell.
Keywords: Administration; Chastity; Culture, Western; Decision making; Equality; Ethics; High standard; Infallibility; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Marriage; Moderation; National Spiritual Assemblies; Sexuality; Veils; Voting; Women

Echoes from the Lotus - Featherstone,Collis; Sears,William; Afshin (1986)
Address at the dedication of the New Delhi temple.
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Burhanid-Din Afshin; Collis Featherstone; India; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; New Delhi, India; William Sears

Eco Principle, The: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis, by Arthur Dahl: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 1996)
Mirrored with permission from the One Country website.
Keywords: Economics; Environment; Nature

Eco Principle, The: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis, by Arthur Dahl: Review - Vickers,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
Keywords: Economics; Environment; Nature

Eco Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis, by Arthur Lyon Dahl: Review - Calkins,Peter (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)

Eco-Pledge - Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Glasgow (2021)
An illustrated booklet of environmental actions individuals and communities can take, presented as a tool to reflect on and enable practical action towards sustainable use of the world’s material resources; includes quotations from the Writings.
See this document, and many more materials including a higher-resolution and a duplex printable version of it, at glasgowbahais.org.uk/cop26.
Keywords: Climate change; Environment; Glasgow, Scotland; Scotland; Tips and suggestions; United Kingdom

Ecological Models of Social Organization: A Baha'i Perspective - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1994)
Natural vs. human social ecosystems and the interplay of natural vs. social systems in the 21st century.
Delivered at the conference "Ecology and Democracy - The Challenge of the 21st Century," 6-9 September 1994, Geneva, Switzerland. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl94b.htm.

Ecological Stewardship as Applied Spirituality: A Bahá'í Perspective - Steere,John Thelen (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2005)
The significance and dimensions of environmental stewardship — the name given to the emerging practice of habitation restoration, land conservation, resource management, and parks and recreation — and its relationship to the Bahá’í teachings.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/129.

Economic Justice and the Creation of a New International Economic Order - Suter,Keith (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
The "New Right," history of economic philosophy and the role of the Church in Europe, challenges of the global economy, the failure of the UN to deal with the problems of the globalized economy, and how NGOs and individuals can work for economic justice.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Economics; Globalization; Justice; United Nations; Wealth and poverty

Economic Prosperity: A Global Imperative - Fish,Mary (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Economic growth does not necessarily enhance human welfare. The Prosperity of Humankind recognizes the role of economics in igniting the capacity of humankind. The Bahá'í concept of human nature opens a dialogue between religion and economists.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/327.
Keywords: Economics; Prosperity; Sustainable development

Economic Significance of the Law of Huququ'llah - Badee,Hooshmand (2022)
Wilmette Institute webinar on the "Right of God": the Institution of Ḥuqúqu’lláh; sustainable development; the Input-Output model; distributive justice; the social function of wealth; equality; market equilibrium; the tax system; the law of Zakát.
Keywords: Economics; Huqúqu'lláh

Economics and Spirituality from a Baha'i Perspective - Shams,Badi (2021)
The role of morality in economics; on developing a humane economy; definition of economics and its history, problems, crises, and solutions.
See more at badishams.net. Also available in Spanish translation, shams_economia_espiritualidad.pdf.
Keywords: Economics

Economics of the Future Begins Today - Shams,Badi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2016)
This book presents a lesson in economics in simple terms and puts forward the Bahá’í view of the current economic system, what ails it, and the cure for it from a spiritual point of view; a study in simplicity of how inequality can be resolved.
See more at badishams.net. See also Bahá'í Perspective on Economics of the Future: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings, and see the author's Youtube presentation Economics from a Spiritual Perspective (2021, 45 min).
Keywords: Economics

Economics, A Bahá'í Approach: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1994)
Keywords: Economics; Introductory

Economics, Agriculture, and Related Subjects - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 2000)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Economics

Economy for a New World Order - Robiati,Giuseppe (2005)
A new vision of economics inspired by unity in diversity, respect of nature and other humans, and thermodynamic principles like conversion-of-energy to describe economical processes. Includes foreword by Ervin Lazlo.
See also an Italian version of this book at the author's site bepperobiati.it/libri.htm, and a presentation in Italian. Mirrored from author's site bepperobiati.it/books.htm and bahaitext.info.
Keywords: Economics

Education and Moral Development in Children - Stoddart,Susan Clay (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
We are caught between the imperative to function as a world culture and a belief that we need to maintain separate racial, cultural, and ethnic identities; strategies that parents and teachers can use to help children develop an identity with all peoples.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Children; Cultural diversity; Education

Education and the Supreme Talisman in the Kitáb-i-Íqán - Tansik,Melissa (1999)
How the Kitab-i-Iqan can be seen as a compendium of what humankind needs to know; a discussion of perception as it relates to learning what is needful; intellectual honesty; and the results of various learning experiences.
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's Kitáb-i-Íqán course, year two.
Keywords: Education; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Knowledge; Talismans

Education for Interdependence: The University and the Global Citizen - Karlberg,Michael (Global Studies Journal, 2010)
This paper advocates the value of an outcomes-based approach to global citizenship education and suggests a framework of core learning outcomes that can guide and inform the development of global citizenship curricula in universities.
While this article references Bahá'í concepts and cites Bahá'í sources, it does not directly mention the Faith. Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Globalization; Universities; World citizenship

Education of Children - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (1974)
On Bahá'í families and raising children to appreciate Bahá'í principles.
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; Children; Education; Family

Education of Children: Principles before Pragmatism - Rowden-Rich,Sandra (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Children; Education; Family

Education of women and socio-economic development - Gandhi Kingdon,Geeta (Reason and Revelation: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, 2002)
The findings of recent research on the social and the economic benefits of female education, which provides insights as to why Bahá'u'lláh stressed its importance.
This article was first published in Bahá'í Studies Review Volume 7, 1997. See also a Commentary on "Geeta Gandhi Kingdon's "Education of women and socio-economic development", by Erin Murphy Graham and Felicity Rawlings.
Keywords: Education; Social and economic development; Women

Education of women and socio-economic development, by Geeta Gandhi Kingdon: Commentary - Murphy Graham,Erin; Rawlings,Felicity (Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
See Education of women and socio-economic development, by Geeta Gandhi Kingdon.
Keywords: Education; Social and economic development; Women

Education under Fire - Jahanian,Shahriar (2022)
Overview of past and recent obstacles to education in Iran.
Mirrored with permission from shahriar-jahanian.blogspot.com/2022/09/education-under-fire.html. See other related essays at shahriar-jahanian.blogspot.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Education Under Fire (film); Persecution, Iran

Education, Bahá'í - 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: Children; Education

Education, Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1994)
Keywords: Education; Introductory

Education, Scholarship, and Global Civilisation - Khan,Peter J. (2006)
A slightly edited transcript of a talk given at the Association for Bahá’í Studies conference in San Francisco, California, 13 August 2006. Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca. Author affiliation: Member, Universal House of Justice

Educational Strategy Selection of Religious Minorities in Modern Iran: The Case of the Jewish, Christian, and Bahá'í Communities - Mossayeb,Sina (2010)
The impact of government repression on access to and quality of educational opportunities of minority groups, and the strategies used by marginalized and discriminated groups in response to educational inequity under authoritarian regimes.
PhD Dissertation for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University. Posted online by author at learnaround.weebly.com.

Edward Granville Browne - Buck,Christopher (British Writers, 2014)
Bio of E.G. Browne, with focus on his books and translations.
Keywords: Biography; E. G. Browne

Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review - Elwell-Sutton,L. P. (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1972)
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; E. G. Browne; Hasan Balyuzi

Efficient Searches and Shortcuts - Zamir,Brett (2022)
A series of videos introducing rationales for, and details on use of, browser keyword shortcuts with the Bahá'í Writings
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Search; Software

Efforts to preserve the remains of the Bab: Four historical accounts - Rabbani,Ahang (Baha'i Studies Review, 2003)
Accounts by Mirza Hasan Adib Taliqani, Fadil Mazandarani, ‘Abdu’l-Husayn Avarih, and Aqa Husayn ‘Ali Nur.
See last page of PDF (below) for the illustrated "Journey of the Remains of His Holiness the Báb."
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Báb, Burial of; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, Remains of; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Báb, The; Haifa, Israel; Iran (documents); Mount Carmel; Tehran, Iran

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

Egypt, Bahá'í Community of, and Religious Identity - Universal House of Justice (2006)
Message to the Bahá'ís of Egypt in the wake of a Supreme Administrative Court decision in Cairo that upheld a discriminatory government policy regarding Bahá'ís and their identification cards. In both English and Arabic.
Mirrored from the bahai.org site The Situation of the Bahá'í Community of Egypt (see that site for more documents). Also available in Arabic. See also the Bahá'í World News Service story archive on Egypt and The Case of the Bahá'ís in Egypt.
Keywords: Egypt; Human rights; Identity cards; Injustice; Persecution; Persecution, Egypt; Persecution, Other

El archivo de música mapuche de la Radio Bahá'í: Diagnóstico, inventario, desafíos y reflexiones - Velascquez,José Velásquez; Zamora Caro,Katherine; Calfucura,Alex Calfuqueo; Díaz-Collao,Leonardo (Resonancias, 2024)
On the process of identification, diagnosis and inventory of the archive of Radio Bahá'í; the work of the archivist; safeguarding and enhancing this Mapuche sound archive, the oral expressions of the Wallmapu community. Link to article (offsite).
Mirrored from resonancias.uc.cl/n-55/el-archivo-de-musica-mapuche....
Keywords: Bahá'í Radio; Chile; Cultural diversity; Mapuche people; Music; Temuco, Chile

El Concurso en Lo Alto: La Vida de Once Distinguidos Personajes de la Edad Heroica de la Fe - Handal,Boris (1985)
Biographies of eleven important Baha’i personages of the Heroic Age of the Bahá'í Faith: Mulla Ḥusayn, Vahid, Quddus, Mulla Sadiq, Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A’zam, Asiyih Khanum, Mirza Mihdi, Badi, and Varqa and Ruhu’llah.
Keywords: Badi (Mírzá Aqa Buzurg-i-Nishapuri); Biography; Ismullahul-Asdaq (Mulla Sadiq Khurasani); Mulla Husayn; Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Nabil-i-Azam; Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Quddus; Shaykh Salman; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Varqa; Varqa, Ruhullah

El Cuarto Acto: Una Pionera Bahá'í en Nicaragua durante los años 1976-1983: Un relato personal e histórico - Sadeghpour,Anne King (2015)
Un relato personal de la historia de la Fe en Nicaragua antes, después y durante la revolución Sandinista de 1979; la historia de Mathew Kaszab, primer pionero a Nicaragua; primera Bahá'í nicaragüense Blanca Mejía; referencia al poeta Rubén Darío.
Keywords: Biography; Blanca Victoria Mejia; Edelberto Torres Espinoza; Esmeralda Arauz; Luis Benito Arauz; Mathew Kaszab; Mauricio Fajardo; Nicaragua; Panama; Ruben Dario

El Desarrollo Sostenible y el Espíritu Humano - Bahá'í International Community (1992)
El Desarrollo Sostenible y el Espíritu Humano, presentado Río de Janeiro, Brasil, junio de 1992.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Ethics; Soul; Statements; Sustainable development; Values

El Dia Prometido Ha Llegado - Shoghi Effendi (1973)
Spanish translation of The Promised Day is Come.
Many more Spanish documents are online at Bahá'ís de Puerto Rico.
Keywords: Promised Day is Come (letter)

El Fuego en la Cima de la Montaña - Faizi,Gloria A. (1993)
Traducción de Fire on the Mountain-Top (Faizi, 1973).
See English original. Spanish translation completed 1993, updated 2020.
Keywords: Azizullah Sulaymani; Biography; Gloria Faizi; Iran (documents); Stories

El Legado de Una Nueva Profecía: Historia de la Fe Bahá'í en Chile - Jorquera,Rocio Macarena Montoya (2017)
History of the Bahá'ís in Chile, from Martha Root's arrival in 1920, Marcia Stewart first pioneer in 1939, experiences under the Pinochet government, to the establishment of the Bahá'í Temple in 2016.
Doctoral thesis for the University of Chile Institute of Communication and Journalism, online at repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/150826.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Chile

El liderazgo que viene - Arjomandi,Farshad (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
Aquí exploramos algunas de las preguntas que esta nueva etapa de la evolución de la humanidad plantea con respecto al liderazgo, para responderlas a la luz de las investigaciones científicas y los principios bahá’ís.
This article is online under CC license at revistas.uva.es/index.php/socireli/article/view/6122. See full journal Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá’í.
Keywords: Leadership

El Monte Carmelo y el Nombre Oculto: Mount Carmel and the Hidden Name - Fernandez,Ernesto (2013)
Relationship between Mount Carmel and the Greatest Name and their symbolic meanings in the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Abjad system; Greatest Name; Mount Carmel; Nuqta (Point); Primal Point; Symbolism

El Papel de la religión en el desarrollo social - Bahá'í International Community (1994)
Comentarios al borrador de la Declaración y Programa de Acción para el desarrollo social. Presentado durante la reunión del Comité Preparatorio para la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Social, New York, New York, 1994
Comentarios al borrador de la Declaración y Programa de Acción para el desarrollo social. Presentado por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í durante la segunda reunión del Comité Preparatorio para la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Social. New York, New York, 22 August - 2 September 1994.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Statements; Sustainable development

El proyecto educacional Bahá'í hacia un sistema universal de educacion - Bookwalter,Wm. Keith (Principios para una educación del siglo XXI, 2000)
Las principales tareas que enfrentan hoy los educadores baha'is y que constituyen lo que he denominado como "El proyecto educacional baha'i", y los obstaculos como las oportunidades frente a la generación actual de escolares y educadores baha'is.
See also the English original. The PDF below includes the book cover of the physical publication as prepared by FUNDAEC in Colombia.
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; FUNDAEC

Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the foreknowledge that there would be no Guardian? Was the time ripe for such an action? Could not the International Bahá'í Council have carried on the work?
Addressed to a National Spiritual Assembly and later made available for Bahá'ís throughout the world.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í history; Constitutions (Bahá'í); Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Criticism and apologetics; Custodians; Guardianship; Hands of the Cause; Infallibility; International Bahá'í Council; Interpretation; Interregnum (1957-1963); Netherlands; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Constitution of; Universal House of Justice, Election of

Electioneering - Universal House of Justice (1996)
On how to recognize and avoid "electioneering," and how to determine who to vote for in the Bahá'í administration.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Elections; Spiritual Assemblies

Elections, Baha'i - 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: Administration; Elections

Elections, Bahá'í: Defining a "Minority" for the Purpose of Resolving a Tie for Ninth Place - Universal House of Justice (1999)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Administration; Elections

Elections: Sanctity and Nature of Bahá'í Elections - Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 2000)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Administration; Elections

Electoral Process, Bahá'í - Universal House of Justice (2007)
Refers to the responsibility of individual Bahá'ís in participating in Bahá'í elections and mentions the permissibility of discussing qualifications of membership without reference to personality
See also discussion about this letter in another letter from the House, uhj_clarification_electoral_process.
Keywords: Administration; Elections

Electoral Process, Bahá'í: Clarifications, and Three Way Tie - Universal House of Justice (2012)
How to resolve a 3-way tie when 2 parties are minorities; when voting, should one consider age distribution, diversity, and gender.
Posted with permission of recipient; original PDF on file.
Keywords: Administration; Diversity; Elections; Gender; Minorities

Elegibilidad de las Mujeres en la Casa Universal de Justicia - Universal House of Justice (1988)
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

Elements of a Bahá'í-Inspired Natural Theology - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org (see william.hatcher.org/license).
Keywords: Philosophy

Elements of Immortality: A Nexus of Proofs by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions - Thomas,James B. (2009)
This paper approaches the mystery of immortality in four steps that are based on objective reasoning by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: the spirit of man; immortality of the spirit; proof with respect to progress after death; entrance into the Kingdom of God.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #88, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 28-31, 2009). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/88/thomas_immortality.
Keywords: Faith (general); Life after death (afterlife); Mind, spirit, soul; Philosophy; Proofs; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; Spirit (general)

Eliminating Racial Prejudice and Activities of the Five Year Plan - Universal House of Justice (2011)
Letter indicating continuing applicability of the statement of the Guardian on racial prejudice despite the situation becoming more complex
Keywords: Plans; Race; Social change; United States (documents); Unity

Elizabeth and Elsbeth: Typically Extraordinary Kansas Women - Herrmann,Duane L. (Kanhistique: Kansas History & Antiques, 1997)
A sketch of two women who helped establish the Kansas Bahá'í community in 1897.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Elizabeth Killius Frey; Elsbeth Killius Frey; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

Ella del Valiente Corazón: La Vida de Miss Eve Blanche Nicklin (1895-1985), "Madre Spiritual del Perú" - Handal,Boris (2002)
The life of Eve Nicklin, "Spiritual Mother of Peru."
See also the English original, Eve Nicklin: She of the Brave Heart. The book (paperback and e-book) can be purchased from amazon.com/dp/B0D9QC4DVW.
Keywords: Biography; Eve Nicklin; Peru

Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Fadl (1945)
Explanation of "The Greatest Name," with words of Abdu'l-Bahá, as copied by May Maxwell. Source and date not known.
Email me if you know what this text is from, and when. Text notes that it was transcribed by May Maxwell, and at bottom, it reads "copied by M.S. Perry; 1945". Don Calkins notes that the July 1943 Baha’i News, p. 12, lists a Mrs. Mable Perry as a member of the Baha’i Service for the Blind committee, and that ancestry.com lists a Mable S. Perry, wife of Charles B. Perry, as a resident of East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1920/30/40, born 1876. See also Elucidation of the Meaning of the Greatest Name ('Abdu'l-Bahá and Mirza Abu'l Fadl, comp. M. Maxwell) and Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name (A.Q. Faizi, 1968).
Keywords: Alláh-u-Abhá; Buddhism; Christianity; Concentration; Dhikr (Remembrance); God, Names of; Greatest Name; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Mantras; May Maxwell (Bolles); Meditation; Meetings; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Prayer; Repetition

Elucidation of the Meaning of the Greatest Name by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Mirza Abu'l Fadl - Maxwell,May, compiler
2-page summary of the meanings and prayerful use of the word Bahá (glory, splendour, light).
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name (Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, 1945) and Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name (A.Q. Faizi, 1968).
Keywords: Alláh-u-Abhá; Concentration; Dhikr (Remembrance); God, Names of; Greatest Name; May Maxwell (Bolles); Meditation; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Prayer; Repetition

Emblems of Faithfulness: Pluralism in Meaning and Beauty in the Ordinary - Cheng,Helen; Nash,Catherine (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
Memorials of the Faithful is notable for the diversity of personalities described, and the sheer ordinariness of many of those remembered lives. These two aspects of the text highlight some of the broader questions raised by the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/177. The videos mentioned on page 1 are not available online anymore.
Keywords: Biographies (general); Diversity; Equality; Ethics; Faith (general); Faithfulness; Iran (documents); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Memorials of the Faithful (book); Nobility; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Poetry; Ranks, stations and functions; Said Rezai; Stories; Transformation; Women; Yaran

Embracing Interdependence: Foundations for a World in Transition - Bahá'í International Community (2024)
Statement on the occasion of the United Nations Summit of the Future, advocating for global governance reform centered on humanity's oneness, urging leaders to prioritize unity, justice, and interdependence for lasting peace.
Mirrored from bic.org/statements, where it is also available in PDF format. See also Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS) article.
Keywords: Age of transition; Capacity building; Consultation; Disunity; Governance; Grassroots; Human nature; Identity; Interdependence (interconnectedness); Nationalism; Peace; Prosperity; Reform; Social and economic development; United Nations; Unity; Unity in diversity; Unity of humanity; Us and them

Emergence from Obscurity: The Journey of Sociology in the Bahá'í Community - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2008)
The field of sociology and the Bahá’í Faith share important principles and both challenge widely-held beliefs, yet there has sometimes been a wall of silence separating them. This paper explores how the Faith informs the sociology of Bahá'í scholars.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/144.
Keywords: Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Scholarship; Sociology

Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White - Price,Ron (2002)
A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Bahá'í Faith.
Begun in the last years of Roger White's life, this book had an initial approval by White who read the first draft before he passed away in 1993. This book is also available as a formatted PDF. HTML first posted at this site in 2002; reformatted and converted to PDF by juxta.com/ebooks in 2003.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Biography; Literature; Poetry; Roger White; Ron Price

Emergence, Enchantment, Entanglement and Excellence of the Cosmos - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
Science is gradually revealing Bahá'u'lláh's vision that the universe is God’s creation and every created thing in this world is leading to God -- as illustrated by developments in neuroscience, neurocardiology, and quantum physics.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/klebel_cosmos.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Philosophy; Science

Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order, by Charles Lerche: Review - Ghanea-Hercock,Nazila (Baha'i Studies Review, 1992)

Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order, by Charles Lerche: Review - McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)

Emma Maxwell (Maxie) Jones Collection - Jones,Emma Maxie, compiler; Jones,Ernie, compiler (1907)
65 documents collected by Maxie Jones covering a wide variety of topics and sources: pilgrims' notes, letters of Shoghi Effendi, convention reports, Tablets, hymns, compilations, talks of Ruhiyyih Khanum, personal letters of early Bahá'ís.
See also Walter and Emma Jones Bahá'í Archive Photo Album. See also the Dwight Barstow Collection. PDFs optimized and OCRed, and proofread Word documents prepared, by Mike Thomas (2021).
Keywords: Archives; Emma Maxie Jones; United States (documents); Zarha Schoeny

Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer - de Mille,Amine (Baha'i News, 1973)
Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian.
Keywords: Alaska, USA; Biography; California, USA; Cuba; Dawn-Breakers (book); Egypt; Emogene Hoagg; Europe; Geneva, Switzerland; International Bahá'í Bureau; Italy; South Carolina, USA; Switzerland; Translation; Travel Teaching; United States (documents)

Employment and Beyond: Drawing on the Capacities of All to Contribute to Society - Bahá'í International Community (2023)
A statement to the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development inspired by the changing nature of work over the coming decades.
Mirrored from bic.org.
Keywords: Economics; Equality; Ethics; Technology; Wealth and poverty; Work; Work ethics

Employment and Work - Bahá'í International Community (2008)
Statement of the BIC to the 46th Commission on Social Development on the theme "Full Employment and Decent Work"
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Statements; Work

Empowering Words - Tahzib-Thomas,Joanna M. (Juxta Publishing Co., 2012)
Extracts from the letters and messages of Shoghi Effendi for inspiration, guidance, and vision. Includes bio of the Guardian and study guide to the texts.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/empowering-words. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Empowerment; Encouragement; Glossaries; Living the life; Plans; Service; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Teaching; Tests and difficulties

En Perse: La Constitution - Nicolas,A.L.M. (Revue du Monde Musulman, 1906)
Three documents related to the first Iranian Constitution, with passing mentions of Babis.
Mirrored from gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k103796j/f94.item.
Keywords: A.L.M. Nicolas; Constitutions (general); Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Iranian constitution

Enacting Thought: Divine Will, Human Agency, and the Possibility of Justice - Hanson,Holly (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2009)
Societies evolve through generations of human decision making. Using the examples of 300 years of politics in Uganda vis à vis England, processes that create injustice can be seen as gradual and unintentional, while implementing justice is deliberate.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/145.
Keywords: Decision making; Justice; Politics; Sociology; Uganda; United Kingdom

Encouragement - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2006)
Mirrored from www.ruhiresources.org/news/2006/01/21/compilations/encouragement.
Keywords: Backbiting and gossip; Community (general); Criticism; Disunity; Encouragement; Ethics; Faultfinding; Love; Tests and difficulties

Encouragement of the Arts During the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Services of Master Calligrapher Mishkín-Qalam - Afnan,Nooshfar B. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2023)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá promoted the arts, including through support of Mishkín-Qalam and artistic conceptions for the interment of the remains of the Báb, the construction of the first Bahá’í House of Worship, and transcription of Bahá’í literature.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Arts and crafts; Ashgabat; Beauty; British Museum and British Library; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Calligraphy; Cyprus; Dhikr (Remembrance); Edirne, Turkey; Freedom of expression; Greatest Name; Haifa, Israel; India; Iran (documents); Istanbul, Turkey; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Mishkin-Qalam; Mumbai, India; Myanmar; Nearness and remoteness; Sarcophagus; Turkmenistan; Yangon, Myanmar; Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Encouragement, Challenges, Healing, and Progress: The Bahá'í Faith in Indigenous Communities - Kahn,Alfred (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
On the challenges of community-building among Indigenous people, written from the perspective of a childhood spent among Bahá'í pioneers on Native American land, and on reconciling traditional views with global Bahá'í teachings.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/211. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Canada; Encouragement; Health and healing; Indigenous people; Native Americans; United States (documents)

Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history - Encyclopaedia Iranica (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1982)
Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
The total Encyclopaedia Iranica currently consists of around 9,000 articles, and is not yet completed. Other articles, more directly related to the Bahá'í Faith, can be found elsewhere at Bahá'í Library Online. Note that the column "Description and comments" is AI assisted (edited output of questions to ChatGPT 3.5 like "summarize text in maximum 25 words"). Without that it would have been much more time consuming to create. See other Encyclopaedia Iranica articles linked from this site, and see About the Encyclopaedia Iranica. Tip: To read long articles on the Encyclopedia Iranica on a (mobile) screen can be inconvenient for some. It may be helpful to copy and paste content that interests you into a Word file and then and send it to your e-reader or e-reader app (if needed after converting it to EPUB format (with software like Calibre).
Keywords: 1260; Abjad system; Afghanistan; Akhbari (Shiite school); Alchemy; Alexander Tumansky; Alexander the Great; All subjects; Andaruni and biruni; Angels; Apocalypse; Aql; Arabic language; Aramaic language; Archeology; Architecture; Armenia; Arts and crafts; Ashgabat; Asia; Asia Minor; Astrology; Astronomy; Atabat (Holy cities); Attar (poet); Austria; Avicenna (Ibn Sina); Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Banners; Basics; Basmala (Bismillah); Begging; Belgium; Bible; Birds; Bookbinding; Burial (funeral); Calendars (general); Calligraphy; Camphor; Candles; Caravans; Caravanserai (caravansary); Carpets; Cemeteries and graves; Central Asia; China; Christianity; Chronology and timelines; Class systems; Cleanliness; Clothing; Coffeehouses; Colonialism and imperialism; Colors; Communication; Conspiracy theories; Conversion; Cosmology; Courts (Royal); Creation; Cultural diversity; Culture, Persian; Cypress trees; Dajjal; Daniel (Bible); Dara Shikoh; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Dead Sea scrolls; Denmark; Dervishes; Deserts; Devil (Satan); Dhikr (Remembrance); Diaspora; Divine nonfulfillment (Bada); Dreams and visions; Dualism; East India Company; Education; Edward Gibbon; Encyclopedia Iranica; Encyclopedias; Epics; Equality; Eschatology; Etiquette; Euphrates; Europe; Europe; Evil; Evil eye; Exegesis; Fables; Falcons; Farabi; Farman; Fasting; Fatalism

Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections - Various (E. J. Brill, 1986)
40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths.
See full volumes online at library.ut.ac.ir/the-encyclopaedia-of-islam. The whole collection can be searched at referenceworks.brillonline.com, e.g. the keywords "Bahāʾī," "Bahā'ism," and "Bābism." See also Glossary of Terms and Index (PDF, 15MB, offsite). Searching this collection I saw these 40 articles of note; if you find something I missed, please let me know!
Keywords: Biography; Encyclopaedia of Islam; Encyclopedias; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Reference works

Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World - McCants,William F.; Walbridge,John; Lewis,Frank; et al. (Macmillan Reference, 2004)
Articles on Abdu'l-Bahá, the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian language and literature, Shaykhism, and Twelver Shi'ism.
See entire book online in multiple formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, The; Encyclopedias; Hojjatieh Society; Introductory; Iran (documents); Iraq; Literature; Literature, Persian; Persian language; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); `Abdu'l-Bahá

End of Days - Sharon,Moshe (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
On the word “messiah”, the anointed, which describes the redeemer like a priest, consecrated by being anointed with holy oil; prophecies about the last days and the final coming; predictions about the time of the "end," which Bahá'ís interpret as 1863.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/sharon_days.
Keywords: 1260; 1290 days; 1335 days; 1844; 2300 days; Balfour Declaration; Bible; Christianity; Daniel (Bible); Greatest Name; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Mormonism (Latter Day Saints); Prophecies; Quran; Return; Some Answered Questions (book); Talmud; Tetragrammaton; William Miller

English Sources and Authenticity of Fifteen Prayers in the Dutch Prayer Book Bahá'í Gebeden - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Mirrored with permission from https://sites.google.com/site/akbweb/lettersandmemorandums
Keywords: Authenticity; Prayer; Prayer texts; Research Department, Questions and answers

English Translation of German Letters Published in The Light of Divine Guidance - Shoghi Effendi (2013)
Two letters originally written in German with brief mentions of cremation and Esperanto, and a personal letter to Bahá'ís in Esslingen.
Keywords: Germany; Light of Divine Guidance (book)

English Translations of French Passages in God Passes By - Zamir,Brett, translator; Zein,Violetta, translator (2005)
Please note: Except where credited, these are translations made by a very unskilled (not to mention, rusty) translator. The translations are posted here in the hopes that someone more skilled can verify their accuracy. The passages by Violetta Zein were translated with the assistance of Kamal Zein, Adib Masumian, Eric Michot and Farhan Yazdani.
Keywords: God Passes By (book)

Enigmatic Questions Surrounding the Appearances of the Prophets - Hatcher,John S. (2011)
Issues related to the ontology and powers of the Manifestations can test the mettle of even deepened and learned Bahá'ís, but these concepts are central in understanding how the creator employs vicegerents to educate humankind.
Question-and-answer text mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca/node/821; audio mirrored as "fair use" from fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/bahaistudy/1190905.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Creation; God; John Hatcher; Manifestations of God; Prayer; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)