Relativism: A Theological and Cognitive Basis for Bahá'í Ideas about God and the Spiritual World - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2011)
A response to Kluge's critiques of his earlier article on relativism.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/momen_relativism.
Keywords: Cosmology; Dualism; Interfaith dialogue; Metaphysics; Monism; Relativism; Theology

Release the Sun - Sears,William (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1960)
Millennialism gripped many around the world during the early 19th century. While Christians expected the return of Christ, a wave of expectation swept through Islam that the "Lord of the Age" would appear. This is a living history of that period.
Text from Ocean. This version adds formatting. See it also at Google Books. Also available as an scan of the original [PDF, 10 MB].
Keywords: Báb, The; Comets; Dawn-Breakers (book); Falling stars; Millennialism; Prophecies; Return; Signs; William Sears

Releasing the Captive from His Chains - Scholl,Steven (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Bahá'í activism for human rights, and involvement with Amnesty International. Includes response by Drew Remignanti.
See also a letter from the UHJ clarifying that Bahá'ís may work with, but not hold membership in, Amnesty International, and see Human Rights and Religious Faith. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Amnesty International; Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Religion and Atheism in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe - Bociurkiw,Bohdan R., editor (The Macmillan Press, 1975)
Two passing mentions, in the context of Islamic "spiritual administrations" in the USSR.

Religion and Evolution Reconciled: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Comments on Evolution - Mehanian,Courosh; Friberg,Stephen R. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2003)
A survey of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s teachings on evolution showing that He reconciles two viewpoints — evolution and divine creation — that other thinkers have deemed irremediably in conflict.
Also available in Microsoft Word format, reformatted and corrected with updated quotations, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). Also available in Russian translation as by Dr Alex Kavetsky as Религия и эволюция примирились in Word and PDF.
Keywords: Evolution; Science; Some Answered Questions (book)

Religion and Exclusivism: A Bahá'í Perspective - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
Various factors have distracted the attention of religionists from the essential teachings of religion rather than its secondary aspects; this has led to dangerous claims to exclusivity or finality, which need to resolved to ensure peaceful coexistence.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #62, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 8-12, 2005). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/62/savi_exclusivism.
Keywords: Exclusivism; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Progressive revelation; Relativism; Unity of religion

Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' in New Ireland - Hassall,Graham (2001)
The career of Apelis Mazakmat, the first native Bahá'í in Papua New Guinea, set against the complex period of rapid social change in New Ireland after World War II.
Keywords: Biography

Religion and Psychological Well-Being: Is There an Association? - Payman,Vahid (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
Research on possible linkages between religion and mental health amongst the elderly are inconclusive: more research is needed; health professionals need to be aware of the importance of religion as a coping strategy for some.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Mental health; Psychology; Religion (general)

Religion and Relevance: The Baha'is in Britain 1899 - 1930 - Osborn,Lil (2003)
On the Bahá'í history in the British Isles during the first decades of the 20th century, when it was an inclusive supplementary religious movement not requiring renunciation of existing affiliation; identification of the 80 or so earliest British Bahá'ís.
A thesis submitted to the University of London for the degree of PhD, School of Oriental & African Studies, The University of London.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; United Kingdom

Religion and Relevance: The Baha'is in Britain 1899-1930, by Lil Osborn: Review - Momen,Moojan (Religion, 2017)
Posted by author at academia.edu.

Religion and Science in the New Millennium: A Bahá'í Perspective - Merchant,Ali K. (Global Religious Vision, 2001)
An attempt to understand the essential functions of science and religion in human society, building on the work of Stanwood Cobb, William Hatcher and Anjam Khursheed, who have done pioneering research on the unity of religion and science.
Mirrored from globalvisionpub.com.

Religion for Mankind - Holley,Horace (George Ronald, 1956)
Twenty-two essays and talks selected from a half-century's work of one of the most distinguished Bahá’í authors, most written during the period 1921-1957.
Also available in

Religion in a Secular Age: The search for final meaning - Cogley,John (Pall Mall Press, 1968)
1-sentence mention from Part 3, "The Religious Response to Modernity."

Religion in an Ever-Advancing Civilization - Bahá'í International Community (The Baha'is, 2017)
On the unity of humanity and the decline and renewal of religion.
The Bahá’ís is a popular magazine-format introduction to the Faith produced by the Bahá’í International Community, online here. Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, where this article is also available as HTML. A nicely-illustrated version of this is also available here.
Keywords: Civilization; Decline and renewal of religion; Introductory; Religion (general)

Religion in Iran - Daneshvar,Parviz (Macmillan Press Ltd., 1996)
Brief discussion of Amir Abbas Hoveyda, prime minister under Mohammad Reza Shah 1965-1978, whose father was Bahá'í but who denied being one himself.

Religion in the Middle East: Three Religions in Concord and Conflict: Volume 1, Judaism and Christianity - Arberry,Arthur J. (Cambridge University Press, 1969)
Three mentions of the Babis and Bahá'ís.
Keywords: Arthur Arberry; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Israel; Judaism; Mentions

Religion in the Middle East: Three Religions in Concord and Conflict: Volume 2, Islam - Arberry,Arthur J. (Cambridge University Press, 1969)
Five mentions of the Babis, Bahá'ís, and Ahmadiyya.
Keywords: Arthur Arberry; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Mentions

Religion in the Modem World - Khursheed,Anjam (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
On aspects of the Western secular rebellion against theocracy and the rise of free enquiry and freedom of conscience through the lens of the European Reformation and Galileo’s conflict with the Papacy; religion's role in strengthening family unity.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 6.
Keywords: Christianity; Community (general); Ethics; Family; History (general); Interfaith dialogue; Luther; Philosophy; Reformation (Christianity); Science; Secularism; Unity

Religion in the Modern World - Taefi,Vargha (2016)
The problem with organised religion is not that it is organised; the problem is that it is not organised enough. The Baha’i Faith has revolutionised the concept of religion. It offers an alternative to organised religion: "organic faith."

Religion of Islam - Rabbani,Ahang (2007)
Overview of Islam: law and doctrine, The Qur'an, Hadith, the Five Pillars, Quranic interpretation.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam

Religion, Modernity and the "Clash of Civilisations": Context and Prospects - Velasco,Ismael (2013)
On the broader intellectual context for the emergence of the Bahá'í Faith in 19th century Iran and its subsequent engagement with Western modernity.
Paper presented at the Law and Politics ABS-UK conference in Cambridge University, 2013.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Modernity

Religion, Orientalism and Modernity: Mahdi Movements of Iran and South Asia, by Geoffrey Nash: Review - Jung,Dietrich (2023)
Link to review (offsite).
Review posted at brill.com/.../article-10.1163-15700607-20220017.xml, where it is also available in HTML format.

Religion, the Bahá'í Faith, and Accounting: Is There a Link? - Doost,Roger K (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Summary of discussions in an accounting class about spirituality. As a system that seeks to create balance, order, and justice in human business affairs, the philosophy of accounting is in line with belief in God and Baha’i principles.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/444
Keywords: Accounting; Business; Economics; Funds; Justice

Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal With It? - Weintraub,David A. (Springer International Publishing, 2014)
2-page excerpt from a 5-page chapter on the Faith, in a book covering what world religions believe about alien life.
The following two pages, 199-200, are offered as a free sample of Chapter 20, "Bahá'í Faith," pages 199-204, from the publisher's website.
Keywords: Extraterrestrial life; Interfaith dialogue

Religions Are One: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1993)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Unity

Religions of Iran: From prehistory to the present - Foltz,Richard (Oneworld, 2013)
Excerpt from book: contents, preface, and a few pages on the origins of Iranian religion. (Offsite.)
This selection is posted as a free sample of the book, online at the publisher's website oneworld-publications.com/books/richard-c-folz/religions-of-iran.

Religions of the World: Divisive or Divine?: A Look at Religious Fundamentalism - Momen,Moojan (2001)
What 'fundamentalism' means from the religious viewpoint; sociological and psychological explanations of it; why it is that it has come to the fore at the present time.
Presented to the second annual Margaret Stevenson Memorial Dinner and Lecture, Stamford Plaza Hotel, Auckland, 3 November 2001.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Fundamentalism; Interfaith dialogue; Liberalism

Religions Share Enduring Values - Buck,Christopher (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Do all religions ultimately endorse the same spiritual values? Includes discussion of the "Golden Rule" and interfaith alliances.
Makes use of the CLEAR paradigm, a model to assist students in writing arguments. Based on the work of British philosopher Stephen Toulmin, CLEAR stands for Claim (position), Limits (qualifier), Evidence (reasons), Assumptions (warrants), and Rebuttal.
Keywords: Golden Rule; Interfaith dialogue; Values

Religions: A Preliminary Historical and Theological Study - Gundry,D. W. (Macmillan & Company, 1958)
Brief 1-paragraph overview of the Bahá'í Faith.

Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America - Ellwood,Robert S. (Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973)
From chapter eight, "The East in the Golden West: Other Oriental Movements."

Religious Authority and Apocalypse: Tafsír as Experience in an Early Work by The Báb - Lawson,Todd (Unity in Diverity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam, 2013)
Analysis of the Báb's commentary on the Qur'an's longest chapter, Surat al-baqara, regarded as his first significant work, which includes themes such as divine self-manifestation, the hierarchy of existence, eschatology, and religious authority.
Read more or order a copy online at brill.com/products/book/unity-diversity (or see the
Keywords: Apocalypse; Báb, Writings of; Covenant; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Quran; Tafsir (exegesis); Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow); Walaya

Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran - 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: History (general); Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Iranian revolution (1979); Islam; Persecution, Iran; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Religious Behavior and Neuroticism, Spontaneity, and Worldmindedness - Keene,James J. (Sociometry, 1967)
Bahá'ís were included in a broad survey of religious thoughts and actions, and their attitudes statistically compared with followers of other faiths.
For another study by the author, see Bahá'í World Faith: Redefinition of Religion.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Psychology; Sociology; Statistics

Religious Challenges in the 21st Century and the Bahá'í Faith - Merchant,Ali K. (Global Religious Vision, 2001)
Why has religion become suspect in present-day society? Do religious traditions help or hinder community? How does the Golden Rule, which exists in all religions, help build global unity?
Mirrored from globalvisionpub.com.

Religious Chic - Xuan,Zuo (Global Times, 2010)
A portrait of the Bahá'ís in contemporary China.
Mirrored from globaltimes.cn.
Keywords: China; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Newspaper articles

Religious Contentions in Modern Iran, 1881-1941 - Yazdani,Mina (2011)
In 20th-century Iran, anti-Bahaism played a role in transforming Shi'i religious piety into the political ideology known as Islamism; Bahá'ís became branded as Iran's internal "other"; role of The Confessions of Dolgoruki. Link to thesis (offsite).
PhD dissertation for the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, 2011.
Keywords: Conspiracy theories; Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Prince Dolgorukov

Religious Dissidence and Urban Leadership: Bahá'ís in Qajar Shiraz and Tehran - Cole,Juan (Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies, 1999)
On understanding the role of dissident faith groups in Qajar urban life by contrasting merchant and artisan Bahá'ís in a small provincial capital, vs. a larger city with more government officials and elite women among the believers.
Also available as PDF scan of original.

Religious Extremism in a Multifaceted Context - Ayman,Alkhaldy; Rakan,Alhrahshehr (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
Deconstruction of the word "extreme" in religious perspectives; proposal for a complete framework encompassing the many different components that make up religion: the intellectual, ceremonial, social, and political dimensions, beyond a focus on violence.
This article is online under CC license at revistas.uva.es/index.php/socireli/article/view/6126. See full journal Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá’í.
Keywords: Extremism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Radicalism; Religion (general); Sociology

Religious Freedom in the Asia Pacific: The Experience of the Bahá'í Community - Hassall,Graham (Human Rights, Faith, and Culture, 1998)
Some aspects of the Bahá'í Community's approach to one human rights initiative, the "Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief."
Presented at "Human Rights, Faith and Culture: A Conference Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," Canberra, 7-8 November 1998. See the Declaration, below.
Keywords: Asia-Pacific; Human rights; United Nations

Religious Freedom in the Jurisprudence of the Egyptian and European Court of Human Rights - Mahmood,Saba; Danchin,Peter G. (South Atlantic Quarterly, 2014)
Egyptian jurisprudence produced on the status of the Bahai minority in Egypt, and analysis of cases of the European Court in which the principle of religious liberty and public order is invoked. Link to article (offsite).
Linked from works.bepress.com/peter_danchin/32 to umaryland.edu.

Religious Intolerance as a Source of Violence - Schaefer,Udo (World without Violence: World leaders share their commentaries on world harmony, peace and justice, 1994)
A Bahá'í-inspired examination of how religious fanaticism and prejudice promotes violence.
Mirrored with permission from udoschaefer.com.
Keywords: Mahatma Gandhi; Non-violence; Peace; Religious intolerance; Tolerance; Udo Schaefer; Violence

Religious Minorities in Iran, by Eliz Sanasarian: Review - Farhi,Farideh (Arab Studies Quarterly, 2001)
Mirrored from www.highbeam.com/library/doc3.asp?DOCID=1G1:78804229.

Religious Minorities in Iran, by Eliz Sanasarian: Review - Betts,Robert Brenton (Middle East Policy, 2001)
Mirrored from www.highbeam.com/library/doc3.asp?DOCID=1G1:82749659 [defunct].

Religious Minorities in Iran: Bahá'ís, Jews, and the Islamic State - Oliai,Sarah (Critique: A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics, 2011)
Overview of Iran's transition after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, leaving connections to its ancient empires and monarchical past while moving toward a national community united under Shi'a Islamic principles.
This document is online at illinoisstate.edu.

Religious Minority Rights - Buck,Christopher (Islamic World, 2008)
Discussion of three minority religions within Islamic states that have experienced persecution and hardships which attracted the attention of the international community: the Alevis, the Ahmadiyya, and Bahá'ís.
Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: Ahmadiyya; Alawi; Human rights; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Pakistan; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Turkey

Religious Myths and Visions of America, by Christopher Buck: Review - Annus,Iren E. (Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, 2012)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; United States (documents)

Religious Myths and Visions of America, by Christopher Buck: Review - Kyle,Richard (Journal of American History, 2011)
See also a presentation on this book.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; United States (documents)

Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role - Buck,Christopher (2010)
Survey and comparison of ten religions that feature collective religious beliefs about America's mission and destiny, particularly in terms of its world role.
This presentation highlights the major research findings of Buck's book Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths redefined America's World Role (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009); see Amazon. See also a review of this book and a course syllabus. Presented at the Grand Canyon Bahá'í Conference, Phoenix, December 23, 2012). See also an earlier version of this presentation, from Green Lake, 2010 [PDF, 7MB].
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Myths; Religion (general); United States (documents)

Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role - Buck,Christopher (Praeger, 2009)
A celebration of America’s religious diversity, showing how this multi-faith nation can and should play a leading role in promoting peace and goodwill among races, religions and nations, both at home and abroad. (2-chapter excerpt)
Two chapters of this book are shared here. To see the rest, please order a copy. See some reviews, at end.

Religious Myths of America (Syllabus) - Buck,Christopher (American Academy of Religion Syllabus Project, 2004)
Course syllabus; invited contribution, American Academy of Religion
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Religion (general); United States (documents)

Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival - Morlock,Naghme Naseri (Journal of Hate Studies, 2021)
Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Bahá'í community responded to diaspora and persecution: passing as Muslim, religious constancy in the face of danger, and alternating "passing" with open displays.
This document is online under Creative Commons license at jhs.press.gonzaga.edu, where it is also available in HTML and XML formats. See also From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (Morlock, 2023).
Keywords: Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Children; Childrens classes; Conversion; Ethics; Faith (general); Human rights; Identity; Injustice; Iran (documents); Justice; Memorization; Non-violence; Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Recantation; Persecution, stigmatization; Psychology; Resilience; Silence; Steadfastness; Taqiyyah (dissimulation); Teaching; Trauma; United States (documents)

Religious Perspectives on the Narratives of America: The Search for Just, Honest, Inclusive and Forward-looking Tellings - Price,Audrey C., editor; Zabihi,Selvi Adaikkalam, editor (Aspen Institute Religion & Society Program; U.S. Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs, 2024)
Eleven essays by contributors from different communities, exploring how religious insights can create an inclusive, empowering American narrative that fosters unity and racial justice across diverse communities.
Link to PDF file at aspeninstitute.org/publications. Note: The ideas contained in this publication should not be taken as representing the views or carrying the endorsement of The Aspen Institute, the U.S. Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs, or the organization with which any author is affiliated.
Keywords: African Americans; Christianity; Confucianism; Cultural diversity; Discrimination; Economics; Equality; Identity; Indigenous people; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Narratives of America Project; Native Americans; Public discourse (discourses of society); Racism; Sikhism; Social change; Stories; Taoism; United States (documents)

Religious Pluralism - Fazel,Seena (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.

Religious Pluralism and the Baha'i Faith - Fazel,Seena (Interreligious Insight, 2003)
Provides an overview of the Bahá'í poisition on religious pluralism, reviewing relevant Bahá'í texts and scholarship that bear on this theme. Published with minor revisions.
See also Why the Bahá'í Faith Is Not Pluralist.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Pluralism; Relativism; Unity of religion

Religious Pluralism: A Bahá'í Perspective - Savi,Julio (World Order, 2000)
On resolving the conflicting truth claims made by different religious traditions; finding definitions for "religion" and "prophet"; problems of historical texts; the current state of religion.
Mirrored with permission from juliosavi.it.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Unity; Unity of religion

Religious prejudice - Universal House of Justice (2017)
On the Bahá’í community's perspective on religious prejudice and what action it is taking to address this issue in the world.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Prejudice; Religious prejudice

Religious Truth as Found in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi - Shoghi Effendi (2013)
Brief compilation of passages from the Guardian on the relative nature of religious truths, non-absolutism, and progressive revelation.
Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com.
Keywords: Relativism; Relativity of religious truth; Truth

Remarks to Pilgrims to Haifa by Shoghi Effendi - Fellows,Vivian
Six short, undated quotations.
As the name "(Vivian Fellows)" appears in the middle of this page of notes, it is possible that the second two quotations were recorded by someone else. The title "Remarks to pilgrims to Haifa by Shoghi Effendi" was included on the original notes. No further identifying information was included on the original sheet.

Remember Bill Sears: musical meditations - Sears,William
Four musical pieces accompanying selections from the speeches of Sears.
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Meditation; Music; Talks; William Sears

Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Bahá'u'lláh - Johnson,Lowell (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South and West Africa, 1980)
Biography of the prophet-founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Introductory

Remembering 'Abdu'l-Baha's Call for Unity, a Century after World War I - Bahá'í World News Service (2018)
Collection of newspaper articles and photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá, on the general theme of unity in the face of war.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Abu-Sinan, Israel; Century of Light (book); Haifa, Israel; Israel; Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Memorials of the Faithful (book); Newspaper articles; Palestine; Peace; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Unity; War; World War I; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Remembering Bernard Leach - Scott,Trudi (Baha'i World, 1986)
Memories of the Bahá'í potter Bernard Leach (1887–1979).
Go to Bahá'í World vol 18 table of contents. Published separately at
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bernard Leach; Biography; Cornwall, England; Japan; St. Ives, England; United Kingdom

Remembering Shoghi Effendi as Interpreter - Mitchell,Glenford (1997)
Scholarly talk on the nature of interpretation and the Covenant, given at Foundation Hall of the House of Worship in Wilmette.
Talk given on July 27, 1997. Distributed on a series of two cassette tapes, © 1997 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the U.S. Recorded, and posted here, with permission of speaker. Punctuation and paragraph breaks added by transcriber, and need further proofreading.
Keywords: Covenant; Interpretation; Shoghi Effendi

Remembering The Master - Palmer,Rhonda; Perry,Anne Gordon (2012)
Variations on a script for 1-3 voices, with both monologue and presentation versions, consisting of fictionalized retelling of stories about Abdu'l-Bahá visiting America.
Download audio at 9starmedia.com/encounters-with-abdulbaha.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Remembering the Master: A Review of Ramona Allen Brown's Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Recollections of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in California - Kazemzadeh,Firuz (World Order, 1980)
PDF below generated from Microsoft Word version, prepared by Gengadran Arun (2022). Qnline in PDF and text formats at https://bahai.works/World_Order/Series2/Volume_14/Issue_3_4.
Keywords: California, USA; Health and healing; San Francisco, CA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá

Remembrances of Shoghi Effendi: An address from the Hand of the Cause - Khadem,Zikrullah (1984)
Also posted online, in higher-quality files, at bahaistudy.org [archive.org] under the title "Remembrances of Shoghi Effendi." This audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm

Remey, Charles Mason - Stockman,Robert (1995)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research/remey-charles-mason.
Keywords: Biography; Charles Mason Remey; Covenant-breaking; Hands of the Cause

Reminiscences of Shoghi Effendi - Robarts,John; Khadem,Zikrullah; Banani,Musa (1984)
Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org, which notes "Talks by Mr. & Mrs. Robarts, Mr. & Mrs. Khadem, and Mrs. Banani in 1984." These are presumably John Robarts, Zikrullah Khadem, and Musa Banani, but I am not sure. No information is given about the context of this talk; email me if you know.
Keywords: John Robarts; Musa Banani; Shoghi Effendi; Zikrullah Khadem

Reminiscences of the Summer School Green Acre Eliot, Maine - Remey,Charles Mason (1949)
On the evolution of Green Acre from a meeting place for New England intellectuals and religious speakers into a Bahá'í-managed summer school; Sarah Farmer's family and her personal difficulties; personalities of some early Bahá'ís; anecdotes by Remey.
Keywords: Biography; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Summer schools

Remnants of a Life - Herrmann,Duane L. (Lighted Lake Press, 2019)
Poems that reflect on a childhood that was survived in spite of events and conditions; a message of hope for others that survival is worth the effort and more than mere survival is possible.
Sample of poems from the published book, selected by the author, for sharing with the Bahá'í Library. Available for purchase from Amazon.com: ebook and paperback.
Keywords: Poetry

Remoteness: Selected Poems - Savi,Julio (Casa Editrice Bahá'í, 2002)
A lengthy collection of poems, some originally written in Italian and translated to English by the author.
Mirrored with permission from juliosavi.it.
Keywords: Poetry

Removing Poverty Through Virtues - Shams,Badi (2021)
If humanity has more than enough food and resources for everyone, why do so many live in poverty? Humanity's materialistic rulers have failed to solve this issue. The solutions to extremes of wealth and poverty go beyond economic theories and norms.
Keywords: Climate change; Economics; Environment; Ethics; Tips and suggestions; Virtues; Wealth and poverty

Renacer del Tiempo, El: Los ritmos profundos del calendario y los júbilos misteriosos de Ayyám-i Há - Velasco,Ismael (2004)
On the Bahá'í (Badi) calendar and the Bahá'í festival Ayyam-i-Ha.

Replacing the Sword with the Word: Bahá'u'lláh's Concept of Peace - Saiedi,Nader (Baha'i World, 2019)
The writings of Bahá'u'lláh reconstruct foundational concepts such as mysticism, religion, and social order; theories of peace, including democratic, Marxist, and sociological.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (includes illustrations), where this article is also available as HTML.
Keywords: God, Word of; Jihad (Holy war); Peace; Removal of the sword; Sociology; Stages of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Tablets to kings and rulers; War

Report from the 1995 National Convention - Langness,David (1995)
A short series of daily reports from the U.S. National Bahá'í Convention, from a personal perspective.
See also a Response from the NSA.

Report of the International Teaching Team to the Far East - Cardell,Ted (1987)
Summary of activities of 36 Bahá'ís who left the United States in November 1987 to visit Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
Originally distributed as an appendix to the author's One Person's Search for a Better World.
Keywords: Bangkok, Thailand; East Asia; Taipei, Taiwan; Teaching campaigns; Ted Cardell

Report of the Transliteration Committee - Plunkett,G. T. (The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895)
The 10th Orientalist Congress in Geneva, 1894, produced the system of transliteration later approved by Shoghi Effendi.
Online at jstor.org/stable/25207765. See also the stand-alone booklet: archive.org/details/transliterationr00roya.
Keywords: Arabic language; Persian language; Sanskrit language; Translation; Transliteration and diacritics

Report on Citizenship Law: Egypt - Maleck,Dalia (Global Citizenship Observatory, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 2021)
Section on the Bahá'í minority and statelessness, and al-Azhar's fatwa denouncing Egyptian Bahá'ís as apostates.
Link to document offsite (via embed).
Keywords: Egypt; Human rights; Persecution; Persecution, Egypt; Persecution, Human rights

Report through the New Territories Committee to the Knight of Bahá'u'lláh - Harvey,Winifred (1957)
Winifred Harvey's report of the funeral services in London upon the passing of the Guardian.
Keywords: London, England; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of

Report to the U.S. Secretary of State - Murray,W. Smith (1924)
A report to the US Secretary of State by W. Smith Murray, who was in charge of the U.S. Consulate in Tihran, on report of the murder of Vice Consel Robert Imbrie in Tihran.
On July 18, 1924, American Vice Consul Robert Whitney Imbrie was beaten to death in Tehran. Initially the Bahá'ís were accused as the murderers, but follow-up reports showed the attack to have been the result of a mob uprising. See also New York Times articles, a follow-up report A consideration of the Bahai religion, and a personal interview with a witness to the attack. This report was researched in the U.S. State Department Records, Near East Affairs Division, by Robert Stauffer.

(Report to the) American Oriental Society / A New Prophet - Wright,Austin (The Literary World, 1851)
First paper on Bábí history, from a letter to the American Oriental Society, published in multiple newspapers, including translation into German. Includes preface by Steven Kolins.
This was originally presented as letter by Wright to the American Oriental Society dated Feb. 18, 1851. An excerpt was printed under the heading "American Oriental Society" in The Literary World, June 14, 1851. See also Wright's 1852 Letter to the Missionary Herald and his 1853 "Short Chapter in the History of Bâbeeism in Persia."
Keywords: Austin Wright; Boston, MA; Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Iran (documents); Mentions; Newspaper articles; United States (documents); Urmia, Iran

Report/Memoirs of Bill Ekomiak - Ekomiak,Bill (2013)
Autobiographical memoir of an Inuit from Canada, followed by the booklet "The Sacred Circles of the North and South American Indians."
See short bio at chronologycanada/2020-12-22.
Keywords: Bill Ekomiak; Bill Lemmon; Biography; Cape Breton Island, NS; Indigenous people; Inuit people; Montreal, QC; Phoebe Anne Lemmon; Québec City, QC; White Buffalo Calf Maiden

Reporting on the Spirit: How the Media Covers Spiritual and Religious Issues - Podger,Amaris (Associate, 2002)
There is no ideological reason to prevent journalists or media outlets from holding religious opinions or giving voice to them.
Paper from the 2001 ABS-ESE conference. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 37.

Representing the Unpresentable: Historical Images of National Reform, by Negar Mottaheddeh: Review - Kalpakian,Jack (Digest of Middle East Studies, 2008)
Book review that touches on the Islamic Republic's treatment of judgment day and how it relates to Bábí doctrine; the image of the Bábí as the internal, modern other inside Iran's national psyche; Qurrat al-'Ayn as a female equivalent of Joseph.
See preview at go.gale.com, and see also some other publications of Negar Mottaheddeh.
Keywords: Culture, Persian; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Joseph (Prophet); Modernism; Reform; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)

Reproduction and other Biological Subjects - Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2000)
Embryology; reproduction; biology; genetic engineering
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Biology; Embryology; Ethics; Genetic engineering; Laws; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Philosophy; Reproduction; Science; Soul; Unresolved matters

Request for Designation as Martyr of Alonzo Twine - Universal House of Justice (2015)
In response to a request that Alonzo Twine, the first Bahá'í in the state of South Carolina, be named a Martyr to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh, the House replied that there are no criteria for them to make such designations.
Keywords: Alonzo Twine; Martyrdom; Names and titles; South Carolina, USA; United States (documents)

Requisites for Family Unity: The Role of the Father in the Family - Chittleborough,Safoura (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
The importance of the family as a whole in child-rearing and the negative consequences of family breakdown.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org. Author affiliation: South Australian Department for Family and Community Services
Keywords: Children; Education; Equality; Ethics; Family; Fathers; Unity

Resa I Persien [Journey in Persia] - Vambery,Hermann (J. L. Törnqvists Förlag, 1869)
Book excerpt from 1869 of a travel diary in Swedish.
Mirrored with permission from www.uga.edu/bahai/2003/1869.html. Original source not cited. No translation is provided; try translate.google.com.

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms - Universal House of Justice (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1992)
Two questions: (1) what is the function of the Research Department, and (2) etymologies of the three terms "world of exemplars," "'álam," and "barzakh." Includes translated excerpts of tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
The (unattributed) extracts below are from
Keywords: Alam-i-Mithal (World of images); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Barzakh; Cosmology; Foundations of World Unity (book); God, Worlds of; Intermediary realm; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Research Department, Questions and answers; Two seas; Universal House of Justice, Research Department; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad; Words and phrases; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Reseña Biográfica de la Vida de la Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón: Biographical Summary of the Life of Mrs. Isabel Pavón de Calderón - de Zuleta,Clemencia Pavon (2009)
Biografía de Pavón de Calderón (1929-2000), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá’ís del Ecuador y Consejero Continental.
Ver también la biografía de Clemencia Pavón Mejía. Shared by, and posted with permission of, Oficina Nacional Bahá'í del Ecuador.
Keywords: Biography; Ecuador

Resilience in Children: Within a Spiritual, Social, and Neurobiological Framework - Mahmoudi,Hoda; Ahmadiyeh,Nasim (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Exposure to hardship and to events requiring adaptation to change allows the child to learn flexibility and resilience, and so find his or her sphere of useful service in a constantly changing world.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/122.
Keywords: Children; Psychology; Resilience; Service; Tests and difficulties

Resistance, Resilience and the Role of Narrative: Lessons from the Experiences of Iranian Bahá'í Women Prisoners - Hakimian,Donna (Enquire (Electronic Nottinghom Quarterly for Ideas, Research, and Evaluation), 2009)
A study of Iranian Bahá’í women who were imprisoned in Iran following the 1979 revolution. Aspects of individual resistance and resilience are explored through life history interviews. Link to article (offsite).
This paper is online at nottingham.ac.uk.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Resilience; Women

Resisting Educational Exclusion: The Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education in Iran - Affolter,Friedrich W. (2008)
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, December 23 2008. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.

Resolve to Gain the Victory over Your Own Selves - Alves,Faizi, compiler (Juxta Publishing Co., 2013)
Passages from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh related to personal growth.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/resolve-to-gain-the-victory-over-your-own-selves/resolve-to-gain-the-victory-over-your-own-selves. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Self; Spirituality

Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith - Stockman,Robert; Winters,Jonah (Research Office of the Bahá'í National Center, 1997)
A comprehensive research and educational tool for the student or teacher of the Bahá'í Faith. Includes curriculum guides, lecture outlines, annotated bibliographies, and lists of educational materials.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Bibliography; Curriculum; Introductory; Reference works

Responding to an Attack on Humanity - Bryson,Alan (2010)
Reflections on the events of 9/11.
Keywords: Terrorism; Violence; War

Responding to Criticism and Opposition on the Internet - Bahá'í Internet Agency (2009)
Bahá’ís welcome constructive examination of their Faith. While they should not engage in exchanges that are divisive or contentious, Bahá’ís will not hesitate to respond, in a spirit of courtesy and fairness, to serious misrepresentations of their Faith.
This document is included in a collection of guidelines from the Bahá'í Internet Agency at bcca.org/bia, mirrored at bia_internet_guidance.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Internet; Opposition; Social media

Responding to the War in Ukraine - Universal House of Justice (2022)
Actions Bahá'ís are taking in response to the invasion of Ukraine; the role of prayers and acts of service in bringing about a future without destructive weapons.
See also two letters from the House on similar topics, Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts and Migrants and Refugees in Europe (2015).
Keywords: Charity and relief work; Europe; Funds; Humanitarian Relief Fund; Migration; Peace; Prayer; Refugees; Service; Ukraine; War

Response to MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship" and "A Critique of Moojan Momen's Response," A - Momen,Moojan; MacEoin,Denis (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1983)
A discussion touching on many topics, including scientific objectivity in the study of religion, faith vs reason, liberalism, academic standards, and the nature of sects vs "world religion."
See related discussions in Debates between MacEoin et al., and MacEoin's original article.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Scholarship

Response, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review - Shema,Elizabeth (dialogue magazine, 1986)
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Family; Reconciliation; Women

Responsible Entrepreneurship: Engaging SMEs in Socially and Environmentally Responsible Practices - Starcher,George (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2004)
The importance of reputation, and segmentation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) according to their responsible behaviors. Presents a case for responsible entrepreneurship and summarizes how external stakeholders can engage SMEs.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Business

Results of Talisman Attitudes Survey - Hadley-Ives,Eric (2000)
Detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talisman2 (circa 1999).
Originally posted at http://artsci.wustl.edu/~ejhadley/talis.html (defunct).
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums; Scholarship; Talisman (email list)

Results of the First Regional Bahá'í Council Election - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1997)
Results of the first US Regional Bahá'í Councils election, posted here because it was a "historic event."
See also: Characteristics and Functions of Regional Bahá'í Councils, Establishment of Regional Councils: Introduction, Establishment of Regional Bahá'í Councils in the United States, and Messages between the House and Regional Bahá'í Councils.
Keywords: Regional Bahá'í Councils; United States (documents)

Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam - Amanat,Abbas (The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, vol. III: Apocalypticism in the Modern Period and the Contemporary Age, 2000)
Shi'i Mahdism, beliefs on the end of time, and overview of the rise of the Bábí Faith.
Full article comprises pages 230-254; included below are pages 237-246. The first 7 pages are devoted to modern neo-Sufi messianic movements in Africa — Tijaniyya, Sanusiyya, etc. — and the Sudanese Mahdi. The final sections of the article survey the Ahmadis, "Islamic utopianism" in the thought of Iqbal, Abduh and Rida, Hasan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb, and then the Iranian revolution.

Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Bábí Movement in Iran, by Abbas Amanat: Review - Banani,Amin (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Keywords: Bábí history; Iran (documents); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)

Resurrection and Return of Jesus - Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
The body of Christ; the burial of Christ; His return; and explaining the Bahá'í view to Christians.
First posted here in 1997; later published in Lights of Irfan.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Cosmology; Criticism and apologetics; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Irfan Colloquia; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Jesus Christ, Virgin birth of; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Mary (Mother of Jesus Christ); Metaphors and allegories; Peter (Apostle); Proofs; Prophecies; Research Department, Questions and answers; Resurrection; Return; Science; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; Symbolism; Teaching

Resurrection and the World to Come - Bahá'u'lláh (2018)
Extract from the Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph), explaining the meaning of 'paradise', 'hellfire', 'resurrection', and similar terms.
Mirrored with permission from kashkul.org (archived). See also an older translation of the full Tablet in Bahá'í Scriptures, pp. 199-204.
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Bridge (afterlife); Certitude; Creation; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); God; God, Grace and bounty of; God, Word of; God, Worlds of; Heaven and hell; Justice; Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph); Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Opposition; Paradise; Preserved Tablet; Prophecies; Purity; Resurrection; Return; Service; Siyyid Yusuf Isfahani; Soul; Tests and difficulties; Time; Trumpet blasts (prophecy); Youth (title)

Resurrection of Christ and the Bible - Universal House of Justice (1987)
Information on Bahá'í concepts related to the Resurrection of Christ.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Life after death (afterlife); Promised Day is Come (letter); Research Department, Questions and answers; Resurrection; Science; Symbolism

Resurrection: A Bahá'í Perspective - Foster,Mark A. (1993)
Personal reflections and interpretations.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Resurrection

Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions, by Brian Lepard: Review - Bashir,Dwight (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)

Rethinking Migration from a Global Perspective - Schewel,Kerilyn (Baha'i World, 2020)
On migration and social transformation and humanity's response to displacement.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Migration

Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism - Bahá'í International Community (2010)
The BIC's contribution to the 18th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, New York.
Mirrored from bic.org/statements. Also available as an eBook in both ePub and Kindle formats, from bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Consumerism; Economics; Prosperity; Statements; Technology

Rethinking Women's Nature - Vance,Deborah Clark (2010)
Presented at the Association for Bahá’í Studies Conference, Vancouver BC (August 13, 2010).
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Women

Retórica Gnóstica de la Espiritualidad en las Escrituras Bahá'ís, La - Villar Cardenas,Badi (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2002)
Este escrito contiene una sencilla exposición de la riqueza de expresiones gnósticas que abundan en la retórica bahá’í de la espiritualidad, al tiempo que demuestra una diferencia substancial en cuanto a la cosmogonía, el compromiso social y la afirmación
Author note: Profesor de Educación Secundaria en la especialidad de Historia y geografia. Miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'í de Huaraz. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.
Keywords: Cosmology; Gnosticism

Return of the Dreamtime - Trueman,Pym (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan customs and beliefs were changed or lost.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Aboriginal people; Australia; Christian missionaries; Christianity; Community (general); Cultural diversity; Culture, Indigenous; Dreamtime; Ethics; Evil spirits; Human rights; Indigenous people; Interfaith dialogue; Language; Materialism; Music; Mythology; Opposition; Prophecies; Samoa; Sharing; Spirits; Superstition; Traditions; Trauma; Unity

Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review - Profeit-LeBlanc,Louise (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2014)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/359. See also original scan, and review by L. Brown.

Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review - Brown,Lee (2013)
History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyendinaga First Nation in Ontario in 1948.
This review was posted with permission to onevoicepress.com, from which source it has been formatted and proofread for posting here. See also article on bahaichronicles.org, and review by L. Profeit-LeBlanc.
Keywords: Aboriginal people; Biography; Canada; Indigenous people; Michigan, USA; Native Americans; Ontario, Canada

Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom - Hatcher,John S., editor; Hemmat,Amrollah, editor (Juxta Publishing Co., 2004)
Poetry by or in honor of early Bábí and Bahá'í martyrs. Includes foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, and discussion of the concept of martyrdom, cultural issues, and history of persecutions.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/reunion-with-the-beloved-poetry-and-martyrdom. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Abdi; Arts and crafts; Hushmand Fatheazam; Iran (documents); John Hatcher; Literature; Literature, Persian; Martyrdom; Nabil-i-Azam; Naim; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Poetry; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Ustad Muhammad-`Alí Salmáni; Varqa; Varqa, Ruhullah; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad

Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván): Excerpt - Bahá'u'lláh (2001)
Excerpt from a Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh proclaiming the new Revelation.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Ridván

Revelation and Social Reality: Learning to Translate What Is Written into Reality - Lample,Paul (Palabra Publications, 2009)
The nature of change in social reality, Bahá’í understanding and practice, learning and growth, participating in the advancement of society, and problems of knowledge and power.
Available for free download from palabrapublications.com/downloads.
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Change; Growth; Institute process; Knowledge; Learning; Paul Lample; Power; Reality; Ruhi Institute; Social action; Study circles; Training Institutes

Revelation and Social Reality: Learning to Translate What Is Written into Reality, by Paul Lample: Review - Bowers,Kenneth E. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2009)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/349.

Revelation as Scientific in its Method: Science, Diversity, Consultation, and Learning in Action - Friberg,Stephen R. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2024)
An exploration of Shoghi Effendi's statement that the Bahá'í Faith is scientific in method; the role of diversity in scientific objectivity and bias; the process of action, reflection, consultation, and study.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Consultation; Learning; Revelation; Science

Revelation in the Voices of Baha'u'llah - Marshall,Alison (1999)
Paper examines how the process of revelation can be understood by examining how ordinary human beings create speech and write, and explores the voices Bahá'u'lláh uses in six of his mystical works.
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year two.
Keywords: Maid of Heaven; Revelation; Voices of revelation

Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 1: Baghdad, 1853-63 - Taherzadeh,Adib (George Ronald, 1974)
Link to formatted book (offsite).
See also excerpts compiled by Kiser Barnes: Stories of Bahá'u'lláh and Some Notable Believers.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iraq

Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 2: Adrianople, 1863-1868 - Taherzadeh,Adib (George Ronald, 1977)
Link to formatted book (offsite).
See also excerpts compiled by Kiser Barnes: Stories of Bahá'u'lláh and Some Notable Believers.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Edirne, Turkey; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey

Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 3: `Akká, The Early Years, 1868-77 - Taherzadeh,Adib (George Ronald, 1983)
Link to formatted book (offsite).
See also excerpts compiled by Kiser Barnes: Stories of Bahá'u'lláh and Some Notable Believers.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of

Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahjí, 1877-92 - Taherzadeh,Adib (George Ronald, 1987)
Link to formatted book (offsite).
See also excerpts compiled by Kiser Barnes: Stories of Bahá'u'lláh and Some Notable Believers.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Mazraih)

Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings - Stockman,Robert (Scripture and Revelation: Papers presented at the First Irfan Colloquium, 1997)
The complexities of the Bahá'í concepts of revelation, interpretation, infallibility, and elucidation
This is an early draft of the article which later appeared in Scripture and Revelation. First presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #4 (DePoort, Netherlands November 4-6, 1994).
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Discrepancies; Elucidation; Interpretation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Luther; Philosophers; Philosophy; Quotations; Revelation; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Translation

Review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of Bahá'ís in Iran - Ghanea-Hercock,Nazila (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
Issues of misinformation, perceived favoritism under the Shah's regime, charges of espionage, and theological conflicts with Islam as motives for the persecution of Bahá'ís.
Keywords: Conspiracy theories; Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review - Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (1989)
Overview of Literature Review, publishing, and the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the Bahá'í World Center library.
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Regarding the requirements for review of online documents, see The Internet and Literature Review. See also a commentary, Bahá'í Review: Should the “red flag” law be repealed?
Keywords: International Bahá'í Library; Publishing; Publishing, Policy and practice; Publishing, Review

Reviews Of: Books, Articles, Creative Activities and Community Functions: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Sections V & VI: Published & Unpublished Work - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and a Study in Autobiography, 2006)
In my pre-pioneering and pioneering life as a Bahá'í(1953-2007) I wrote: reviews, commentaries of books and community activities, summaries of media programs and live performances. Those posted here were written in the 4th and 5th epochs of the Formative
Some of these written works were published and some were unpublished and I have subsumed them under sections V and VI of my autobiography, Pioneering Over Four Epochs. I have kept copies of most of my published work and very little of it is found here. Some was published in Bahá'í magazines and newsletters and some in the secular press and journals. Since the turn of the millennium in 2001 my published work has multiplied many times due to the internet facility.
Keywords: Ron Price

Reviews: The Philosophical Year and the Bábys - Author unknown (Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, 1869)
Brief review of the recently-published scholarship of Gobineau and Kazem-Beg, with an overview of Bábí theology and social teachings.
Online at books.google.com.
Keywords: Bábísm

Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology - McLean,Jack, editor (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1997)
Essays on religious unity, interreligious dialogue, apophatic and liberation theologies, the spiritual foundations of science, the hermetic tradition, and existential theism.
Click here to order a copy of the book. See also the author's website, jack-mclean.com/books/revisioning-the-sacred. Also available in uncorrected OCR plain-text, as a scan of the whole book, and as a partial preview at books.google.com.
Keywords: Philosophy; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Theology

Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, by Jack McLean: Review - Maneck,Susan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
See also original book.
Keywords: Philosophy; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Theology

Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, ed. Jack Mclean: Review - Piff,David (Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
See also original book.
Keywords: Philosophy; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Theology

Revisiting Vietnam: A Case for Reading "Those War Books" - Langness,David (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Brief reviews of a dozen books about the Vietnam war.
See also S. E. Morrison's "Beyond Death's Grey Land" in dialogue 1:1, and a recent (2013) retrospective investigation of the Vietnam War, Nick Turse's Kill Anything that Moves. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Peace; Vietnam; Violence; War

Revolutionary Iran: Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process - Kamali,Masoud (Ashgate, 1998)
Brief discussion of how Amir Kabir, prime minister under Naser al-Din Shah, found favor with the ulama by challenging the Babis.
See more about Kabir at Wikipedia.

Revolutions de la Perse: Les Provinces, Les Peuples et le Gouvernement - Berard,Victor (Librarie Armand Colin, 1910)
Short extract on the Bábís.

Revolutions without Revolutionaries?: Social Media Networks and Regime Response in Egypt - Faris,David (2010)
The influence of the Internet on changes to the balance of power. Contains many references to the situation of the Bahá'ís in Egypt. Link to thesis (offsite).
Dissertation for PhD in the department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

Rewriting the Script: Some thoughts on gender roles and the Bahá'í Teachings - van Kerkhoff,Sonja (2000)
A collection of visual and physical art exploring these themes.
Formatted by the author. Mirrored with permission from www.sonjavank.com/rewriting/.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Equality; Gender; Women

Rhapsody, God's Whimsy, and Planet Dreams, by Michael Fitzgerald: Reviews - Boyles,Ann (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
See also another review of Fitzgerald's books.
Keywords: Poetry

Ridvan - Walbridge,John (Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time: Baha'i Studies volume 1, 1995)
Two versions of a short article about the 12-day Bahá'í festival.
First is Walbridge's encyclopedia article, followed by his slightly revised version for Sacred Acts. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Holy days; Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan); Ridván; Ridván messages

Ridván 1964: Bahá'í Era 121 - Universal House of Justice (1964)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Adamic Cycle; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Nine Year Plan (1964-1973); Plans; Ridván messages; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Ridván 1965: Bahá'í Era 122 - Universal House of Justice (1965)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1966: Bahá'í Era 123 - Universal House of Justice (1966)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1967: Bahá'í Era 124 - Universal House of Justice (1967)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1968: Bahá'í Era 125 - Universal House of Justice (1968)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1969: Bahá'í Era 126 - Universal House of Justice (1969)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1970: Bahá'í Era 127 - Universal House of Justice (1970)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1971: Bahá'í Era 128 - Universal House of Justice (1971)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1972: Bahá'í Era 129 - Universal House of Justice (1972)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1973: Bahá'í Era 130 - Universal House of Justice (1973)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1974 (Naw-Rúz): Bahá'í Era 131 - Universal House of Justice (1974)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Naw-Ruz messages; Ridván messages

Ridvan 1975: Bahá'í Era 132 - Universal House of Justice (1975)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1976 (Naw-Rúz): Bahá'í Era 133 - Universal House of Justice (1976)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Naw-Ruz messages; Ridván messages

Ridván 1977: Bahá'í Era 134 - Universal House of Justice (1977)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1978: Bahá'í Era 135 - Universal House of Justice (1978)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world, and message to the friends gathered at National Bahá'í Conventions.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1979 (Naw-Rúz): Bahá'í Era 136 - Universal House of Justice (1979)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world, on the launching of the Seven Year Plan and elucidation of the Seven Year Plan goals.
Keywords: Naw-Ruz messages; Plans; Seven Year Plan (1979-1986)

Ridvan 1980: Bahá'í Era 137 - Universal House of Justice (1980)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1981: Bahá'í Era 138 - Universal House of Justice (1981)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1982: Bahá'í Era 139 - Universal House of Justice (1982)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1983: Bahá'í Era 140 - Universal House of Justice (1983)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1984: Bahá'í Era 141 - Universal House of Justice (1984)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1985: Bahá'í Era 142 - Universal House of Justice (1985)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1986: Bahá'í Era 143 - Universal House of Justice (1986)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1987: Bahá'í Era 144 - Universal House of Justice (1987)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1988: Bahá'í Era 145 - Universal House of Justice (1988)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1989: Bahá'í Era 146 - Universal House of Justice (1989)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1990: Bahá'í Era 147 - Universal House of Justice (1990)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 1991: Bahá'í Era 148 - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1992: Bahá'í Era 149 - Universal House of Justice (1992)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1993: Bahá'í Era 150 - Universal House of Justice (1993)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1994: Bahá'í Era 151 - Universal House of Justice (1994)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1995: Bahá'í Era 152 - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh (in Australia and the Pacific): Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: South Pacific.
Keywords: Australia; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Pacific; Ridván messages

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh (in Latin America and the Caribbean): Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: South America.
Keywords: Caribbean; Latin America; Ridván messages

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Africa: Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: Africa.
Keywords: Africa; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Ridván messages

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Cambodia, Hong Kong, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam: Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: East Asia.
Keywords: Asia; Cambodia; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Hong Kong; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Ridván messages; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Europe: Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: Europe.
Keywords: Europe; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Ridván messages

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in North America: Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the United States: Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: North America.
Keywords: Alaska, USA; Canada; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Greenland; North America; Ridván messages; United States (documents)

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: South-east Asia.
Keywords: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India; Asia; Bangladesh; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); India; Nepal; Ridván messages; South Asia; Sri Lanka

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Western and Central Asia: Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: Asia.
Keywords: Asia; Central Asia; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Ridván messages; West Asia

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan): Bahá'í Era 153 - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
See also the following companion documents: Ridván 1996 To Australia and the Pacific Ridván 1996 To Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam Ridván 1996 To North America Ridván 1996 To Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Ridván 1996 To Western and Central Asia Ridván 1996 To Africa Ridván 1996 To Europe Ridván 1996 Message to the Counsellors Summary Outline of the Ridvan message
Keywords: Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Ridván messages

Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan): Message to the Counsellors - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Letter to the Counsellors, preceding the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Counsellors; Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Ridván messages

Ridván 1996: Outline - Shodjai,Foad (1996)
Summary of this letter, in outline format.
Keywords: Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Outlines and summaries; Ridvan messages, Study guides and outlines

Ridván 1997: Bahá'í Era 154 - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1998: Bahá'í Era 155 - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 1999: Bahá'í Era 156 - Universal House of Justice (1999)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 2000: Bahá'í Era 157 - Universal House of Justice (2000)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
See also a study guide for this document, Outline of the Ridván 2000 message of the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 2000: Study Outline - Bolhuis,Arjen (2000)
Short summary and outline of the Ridván 2000 message of the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Ridvan messages, Study guides and outlines

Ridvan 2001: Bahá'í Era 158 - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
See also Ridvan 2001: A Study Guide.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 2001: Study Guide - Fernando,Lal; Fernando,Dheena (2001)
Summary and key points of this Message.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Ridvan messages, Study guides and outlines

Ridvan 2002: Bahá'í Era 159 - Universal House of Justice (2002)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 2003: Bahá'í Era 160 - Universal House of Justice (2003)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 2004: Bahá'í Era 161 - Universal House of Justice (2004)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 2005: Bahá'í Era 162 - Universal House of Justice (2007)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 2006: Bahá'í Era 163 - Universal House of Justice (2006)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 2007: Bahá'í Era 164 - Universal House of Justice (2007)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridvan 2008: Bahá'í Era 165 - Universal House of Justice (2008)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages

Ridván 2009: Bahá'í Era 166 - Universal House of Justice (2009)
Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
Keywords: Ridván messages