AI and the Human Spirit: From Existential Risk to Essential Development - Coe,Roger (2024)
Presentation on numerous topics, including risks and potentialities of AI; Chinese philosophy; cybernetics, the "science of science"; philosophies of psychology; theories of pedagogy.
Presented at a conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education, 16 July, 2024, in Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China. Also available in Powerpoint format [15 MB].
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Carl Gustav Jung; Dan Jordan; I Ching; Taoism

Akhund, Haji (Haji Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi) - Momen,Moojan (1995)
Short biography of an Iranian Hand of the Cause of God.
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: Biography; Hands of the Cause; Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí)

Akka Traditions (hadith) in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
The probable source for Islamic traditions about 'Akká in Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — probably from a 6th-century work named "Fadá’il ‘Akká wa ‘Asqalán" based on hadith transmitted by Bahá ad-Dín al-Qásim in Damascus in 581-585.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/momen_akka. See also updated, corrected Microsoft Word version, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023).
Keywords: Akka traditions; Akka, Israel; Hadith; Irfan Colloquia; Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Pilgrimage; Prayers for pilgrimage

Al-amr bi'l-ma'rúf wa'n-nahy 'an al-munkar" (Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice) - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (2013)
Regarding the Islamic practice of "enjoining the good and forbidding the wrong."
See enjoining the good and forbidding the wrong [wikipedia].
Keywords: Ethics; Faultfinding; Virtues

Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher - Harris,Leonard; Molesworth,Charles (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
Three paragraphs mentioning the Bahá'í Faith.
Available as ebook at uchicago.edu.
Keywords: Alain Locke; United States (documents)

Alain Locke - Buck,Christopher (Pop Culture Universe: Icons Idols Ideas, 2013)
Order online from abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9781598845488. Though commas appear missing, the encyclopedia's subtitle Icons Idols Ideas is correct.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Race; United States (documents)

Alain Locke - Buck,Christopher (American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, 2004)
The life and ideas of the leading African-American intellectual Alain Locke and his involvement with the Bahá'í Faith.
See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Biography; Philosophy; Race; United States (documents)

Alain Locke and Cultural Pluralism - Buck,Christopher (Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought, 2004)
The worldview of the African American thinker Alain Locke as a Bahá'í, his secular perspective as a philosopher, and the synergy between his confessional and professional essays.
See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index. This online version has been generously approved by the publisher, please consider ordering a copy.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Cultural diversity; Philosophy; Pluralism; Race; United States (documents)

Alain Locke materials: index to some documents online - Various (2010)
List of the various documents at the Bahá'í Library Online by or about Alain Locke, an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts who received a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Alain Locke; Arts and crafts; Philosophy; Race unity; United States (documents)

Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith - Buck,Christopher (The Bahá'í Faith and African American History, 2018)
Locke was cynical about the prospect of real progress in race relations within Christianity itself, but he saw potential in Bahá'í efforts to promote race amity and making democracy more egalitarian in terms of the rights of minorities.
Mirrored from academia.edu. See also Buck's chapter 1 in this book, The Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America, and Introduction.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Christianity; Human rights; Interfaith dialogue; Race; Race unity; United States (documents)

Alain Locke's "Moral Imperatives for World Order" Revisited - Buck,Christopher (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
In public speeches presented in 1944 Locke argues that racism, although an American problem, is not purely a domestic issue; it has bilateral and multilateral consequences; unity of races, religions, and nations is a moral imperative.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/255. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Alain Locke; Race; Race amity; Race unity; United States (documents)

Alain Locke's Philosophy of Democracy - Buck,Christopher (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2015)
For Locke, democracy was more than its narrow political definition, but multidimensional, encompassing local, moral, political, economic, and cultural stages — a model against which he measured America’s fidelity to its democratic ideal.
Mirrored from academia.edu. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Alain Locke; Democracy; Philosophy; Politics; United States (documents)

Alain Locke: 'Race Amity' and the Bahá'í Faith - Buck,Christopher (2007)
Presentation in slide format about the "First Black Rhodes Scholar."
Presented at American Association of Rhodes Scholars, Howard University, Washington DC (September 24, 2007), on the occasion of the "Alain Locke Centenary." See americanrhodes.org/news-events-28.html. See an article on this same topic, and see other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Philosophy; Race; Race amity; Race unity; United States (documents)

Alain Locke: Baha'i Philosopher - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Biography of one of the important African American intellectuals and his impact on American thought and culture. Includes two letters written by or on behalf of Shoghi Effendi.
This article is also available as a PDF. See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Biography; Philosophy; Race; United States (documents)

Alain Locke: Bahá'í Principles and the Salvation of Democracy - Buck,Christopher (2007)
Long presentation in slide format on the history and influence of Alain Locke.
Presented at the Martha Root Memorial Lecture Series, Chautauqua Institution, Lake Chautauqua, New York (August 12 2007). See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index.
Keywords: Alain Locke; Biography; Democracy; Governance; Philosophy; United States (documents)

Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy - Buck,Christopher (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 2005)
The importance of Alain Locke (1885-1954), the 'Dean' of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934), and an American Bahá'í.
See reviews of this book. See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index. Also available as a Microsoft Word document. This online version has been generously approved by the publisher, please consider ordering a copy.
Keywords: Alain Locke; Biography; Philosophy

Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck: Review - Smith,Derik (World Order, 2008)
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Philosophy; Race; United States (documents)

Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck: Reviews - Collins,William P.; Fitchue,Anthony; Smith,Derik (2006)
Three reviews of the book Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy.
See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index. Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: Philosophy

Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá'í Pluralist: 94th Annual Commemoration of 'Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Visit to Howard University - Buck,Christopher (2006)
Available both as audio and PDF, and includes press release.
Presented in the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on the Howard University campus in Washington DC on "`Abdu'l-Bahá Day" (April 15, 2006) as part of an annual event commemorating the historic speech by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Rankin Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, April 23, 1912. This event was co-sponsored by the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Washington, DC and Howard University through its Bahá’í chaplain, Dr. Shirley Ganao. See the press release. See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Howard University, Washington, DC; Philosophy; Pluralism; Race; United States (documents); Universities; Washington, DC, USA

Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Baha'i Pluralist: includes Alain Locke in his Own Words: Three Essays and a poem - Buck,Christopher; Locke,Alain (World Order, 2005)
Article by Buck, poem "The Moon Maiden" and three essays by Locke introduced by Buck: "The Gospel for the Twentieth Century," "Peace between Black and White in the United States," and "Five Phases of Democracy: Farewell Address at Talladega College."
This special issue of World Order won the Religion Communicators Council’s 2006 DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award of Excellence for “excellence in religion communications and public relations.” See other items about Locke linked from bahai-library.com/locke_index. Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Biography; Philosophy; Pluralism; Race; United States (documents)

Alaskan Bahá'í Community: Its Growth and Development: The Formative Years: To 156 B. E. (1999) - Kolstoe,John E. (1999)
Compilation of historical materials on the Faith in Alaska up through the late 1990s.
Permission to scan and post this book given to D. Calkins, who provides this background: "John Kolstoe was asked by the National Spiritual Assembly of Alaska to compile materials on the history of the Faith in Alaska in the late 1990s. The majority of this material had been published in the Alaska Baha’i News at various times. John organized this material with some additional notes which was accepted by the Alaska NSA in 1999."
Keywords: Alaska, USA; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; United States (documents)

Alavíyyih Khánum and 'Alí Ján, Mullá - Mottahedin-Mavaddat,Mehraeen; Momen,Moojan (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the couple, both distinguished Iranian teachers of the Bahá’í Faith; Mullá ‘Alí Ján was executed for his faith.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: Alaviyyih Khanum; Biography; Iran (documents); Mulla Ali Jan; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran

Alcohol, Compilación Sobre - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (1972)
Compilación de la C.U.J. sobre el Alcohol y las drogas, publicada en el Boletín Bahá'í de España de diciembre de 1972
Keywords: Alcohol

Alcohol, Prohibition of - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Explanation of the prohibition on drinking alcohol; guidelines on how to approach and impose administrative sanctions on someone using it flagrantly.
Keywords: Alcohol

Alcohol, Prohibition on Drinking - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (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: Alcohol; Wine (metaphor)

Alcoholics Anonymous - Universal House of Justice (1987)
Three short letters concerning Bahá'í participation in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Transmitted by email. Compiled by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Alaska on behalf of the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Alcohol

Alcoholics Anonymous: Reviews of two books by James Duncan - McLean,Jack (2005)
Reviews of World Awakening: AA and Higher Power Mutual Aid and Living the Twelve Steps: Change Ourselves and Change the World. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com. See also short compilation The Twelve Steps: Bahá'í Writings and recovery from substance abuse.
Keywords: Alcohol

Alexander, Agnes: 70 years of service - Troxel,Duane (Baha'i News, 1983)
Biography of a prominent American Bahá'í and Hand of the Cause of God.
This three-part series on the life of the Hand of the Cause of God Agnes Baldwin Alexander by Duane Troxel, then assistant professor of educational technology at Louisiana State University, was published in Bahá’í News beginning October 1983. Troxel, who has a PhD. in education from Temple University in Philadelphia, served from 1979-83 as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands. See also a shorter version of this article, "Life of Agnes Alexander," and Alexander's own History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938.
Keywords: Agnes Alexander; Biography; Hands of the Cause

Algunas Reflexiones Sobre el Ministerio de la Casa Universal de Justicia - Nakhjavani,Ali (2009)
Posted by husaynvillar.blogspot.com by way of scribd.com/doc/32994787/Algunos-Pensamientos-Sobre-El-Ministerio-de-La-Casa-Universal-de-Justicia. See also the English version Thoughts on the Ministry of the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Universal House of Justice; `Alí Nakhjavání

Ali Akbar Furutan, In Memoriam - Universal House of Justice (2003)
Obituary containing a brief biography of Ali Akbar Furutan, one of the longest surviving Hands of the Cause of God.
Transmitted by email.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Alí Akbar Shahmírzádí (Hájjí Akhund) - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1985)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from iranicaonline.org/articles/ali-akbar-sahmirzadi.
Keywords: Biography; Hands of the Cause; Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí)

Alí Bastámí, Mullá - Momen,Moojan (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the second disciple to recognize the Báb, and the first Bábí martyr.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: Biography; Court cases; Iran (documents); Letters of the Living; Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Trials

Alí Bastámí, Mullá - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1985)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from iranicaonline.org/articles/ali-bestami.
Keywords: Biography; Court cases; Iran (documents); Letters of the Living; Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Trials

Ali Bastami, Mulla - 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: Biography; Court cases; Iran (documents); Letters of the Living; Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Trials

Alice Buckton's Glastonbury Pilgrimage - Osborn,Lil (2020)
Buckton's spiritual awakening and pioneering activities in Glastonbury, including her setting up a womens' and pilgrims' hostel, and the Pilgrimage of Avalon.
Keywords: Alice Buckton; Biography; Esotericism; Glastonbury, England; Mysticism; Occultism; Paganism; United Kingdom

Alice Buckton: Baha'i Mystic - Osborn,Lil (2014)
Buckton, a central figure in the re-establishment of Glastonbury as England's spiritual centre, visited Abdul Baha in Egypt and received him at her home in Surrey, and visited the U.S. to help spread the Bahá'í movement.
Delivered at the ABS Seminar, Newcastle England, 25-27 July 2014. Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Alice Buckton; Biography; Egypt; Esotericism; Glastonbury, England; Mysticism; Occultism; Paganism; Surrey, BC; United Kingdom; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá

All Abide by His Bidding: The Universal Law of God - Terry,Peter (2007)
On the liberty of the individual vis-à-vis the laws of God guiding people to making the "right" choices.
Keywords: Ethics; Freedom and liberty; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Theocracy

All is One: Becoming Indigenous and Bahá'í in Global North America - Horton,Chelsea (2013)
Native-American identity, conversion, and community, as viewed through the lens of the Bahá'í Faith. For some, converting to the Bahá'í Faith accompanied a voyage of self-discovery toward indigenous identity. Link to thesis (offsite).
Dissertation for PhD in History, University of British Columbia (Vancouver).
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Native Americans

Alleged Pro-German activities: Edward C. Getsinger, Case #317323 - Federal Bureau of Investigation (1918)
Forty pages of FBI files investigating Edward C. Getsinger and possible Bahá'í opposition to the war, or alleged pro-German sentiment. Includes Edward and Lua Getsinger's passport applications.
Scans from fold3.com/browse/1/hhqJwp03TQBwCAyoDJoWWFh0M and fold3.com/search/#s_given_name=edward&s_surname=getsinger. Files named after the date given in "DATE WHEN MADE," not "PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE" (visible in the upper right corner of some pages). There are gaps in the dates, so some pages may be missing.
Keywords: Conspiracy theories; Criticism and apologetics; Edward Getsinger; Germany; United States (documents); War; World War I

Allen, Wellesca Pollock - Author unknown (Woman's Who's Who of America 1914-1915, 1915)
Brief bio of a kindergarten teacher from Washington DC who visited Abdu'l-Bahá in 1907.
Online in multiple formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Biography; United States (documents); Washington, DC, USA; Wellesca Pollock Allen

Allgemeine Evangelische Missionsgeschichte: Mission und Evangelisation im Orient, vol. 2 - Richter,Julius (C. Bertelsmann, 1908)
Three-page discussion of Bahá'í history and thought.

Allowance of non-Bahá'ís at Feast - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (2008)
A directive from the UHJ via the NSA of the US confirming that, if a non-Bahá'í attends a Feast, the "administrative portion" may be held and just modified if need be, rather than postponed.
Found at www.scribd.com/doc/15688879/NSA-NonBahais-at-Feast-121608.
Keywords: Nineteen Day Feast

Altruism and Extensivity in the Bahá'í Religion - Heller,Wendy M.; Mahmoudi,Hoda (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Bahá'í teachings relating to research on altruism and prosocial behavior; the interaction of spiritual and social transformation through beliefs and practices that encourage the development of altruistic personalities; socialization and discipline.
Keywords: Altruism; Ethics; Transformation

Alzheimer's Disease: An Eclipse before Sunset - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Palabra Publications, 1999)
Caring for victims of Alzheimer's Disease can be a formidable task. This book, revised and updated, offers some suggestions for meeting those needs, from both a clinical and a Bahá'í perspective.
Available for free download at palabrapublications.com/downloads, where the publisher notes: "This book and its contents including the table on page 6 are under copyright regulation. In any use of this table or any other part of the book, the source of the material and the author should be acknowledged." See also an earlier version of this book published in the JBS: ghadirian_alzheimers_disease.
Keywords: Alzheimers Disease; Dementia; Health and healing; Mental health; Psychology

Alzheimer's Disease: An Eclipse before Sunset - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Caring for victims of Alzheimer's Disease can be a formidable task. This paper offers some suggestions, based on clinical observations and illumined by the Bahá’í teachings, for meeting those needs.
See also an updated version of this published as a stand-alone book, ghadirian_alzheimers_eclipse_sunset. Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Alzheimers Disease; Dementia; Health and healing; Mental health; Psychology

Alzheimer's Disease: An Eclipse Before Sunset, by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian: Review - Kirsh,Brian (2017)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/alzheimers-disease-an-eclipse-before-sunset [archive.org].

Amatu'l-Bahá Visits India - Nakhjavani,Violette (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1966)
The story of Rúhíyyih Khánum's 9-month journey across India and Southeast Asia in 1964, as told by her travel companion.
This book is also available as a Word document, and is also searchable online at hathitrust.org.
Keywords: Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Biography; Hinduism; India

Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker - Hassall,Graham (1999)
Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Bahá'í.
See also Hassall's shorter article Baker, Euphemia Eleanor. Footnotes have been lost in this online version.
Keywords: Australia; Biography; Dawn-Breakers (book); Effie Baker; Iran (documents); Iraq; Israel; Photography

Ambivalence of Hostility and Modification: Patriarchy's Ideological Negotiation With Women, Modernity and Cinema in Iran - Nasehi,Elnaz (International Journal of Advanced Research, 2020)
Passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the context of how forces behind the Constitutional Revolution paved the way for the presence of women in public sphere and Iranian cinema.
Mirrored from journalijar.com.
Keywords: Cinema; Equality; Gender; Iran (documents); Reform; Women

Ameen Rihani and the Unity of Religion: The Politics of Time and the Politics of Eternity - Bushrui,Suheil Badi (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2014)
Overview of the life and thought of a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual, and political activist, who believed in the oneness of religions and the brotherhood of nations and devoted his life to promoting East-West understanding.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/167.
Keywords: Ameen Rihani; Biography; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Lebanon; Suheil Bushrui; United States (documents); Unity of religion

America and the Most Great Peace interactive study guide - Troxel,Duane (2004)
A PDF interactive study guide to Shoghi Effendi's letter "America and the Most Great Peace," which was published in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Canada; Glossaries; Most Great Peace; Outlines and summaries; Peace; Study guides; United States (documents); Visuals; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order

America is a Multifaith Nation - Buck,Christopher (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2012)
While the United States was once a "Christian" nation, it is now a multi-faith one. Includes short overview of American religious history, and statistics of church membership.
Submitted by author for posting here.

America's Spiritual Mission: Teaching Tablets Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the American Bahá'ís during 1916 and 1917 - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'ı́ Publishing Committee, 1936)
Early version of Tablets of the Divine Plan, Writings on the goal of establishing the Bahá'í Faith throughout the continent.
See original at bahai.works/America's_Spiritual_Mission. See also scan of original. See also Tablets of the Divine Plan.
Keywords: Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

American Indians and the Bahá'í Faith: Ten-Part Comprehensive Bibliography - Beaston,Littlebrave, compiler (2017)
An extensive bibliography about references to Native Americans in Baha’i sacred writings, in writings by Baha’i authors, in Baha’i periodicals, and in other Baha’i media.
Mirrored with permission from wilmetteinstitute.org.
Keywords: Indigenous people; Native Americans; United States (documents)

Amín Hájjí: trustees of Huqúqu'lláh - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1985)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amin-hajji-two-bahais.
Keywords: Biography; Hands of the Cause; Huququllah, Trustees of; Huqúqu'lláh; Hájí Amin (Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani); Hájí Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan)

Amin, Haji Abu'l-Hasan - 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: Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Huququllah, Trustees of; Huqúqu'lláh; Hájí Amin (Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani)

Amnesty International - Universal House of Justice (1993)
Bahá'ís may work with but should not hold membership in Amnesty International.
See also Amnesty International's statement Human Rights and Religious Faith, and a discussion of Amnesty in Releasing the Captive from His Chains.
Keywords: Amnesty International; Human rights; Membership of other organizations; Other organizations

Amoz Everett Gibson: The First Black Member of the Universal House of Justice - Francis,Richard (1998)
Biography of a prominent black Bahá'í teacher and former member of the Universal House of Justice.
Mirrored with permission from the Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada; no longer online, but available at archive.org.
Keywords: Amoz Gibson; Biography; Universal House of Justice, Members of

An 1867 Petition from Bahá'ís in Shushtar, Iran, to the U.S. Congress - Derakhshani,Manuchehr, translator; Akhtarkhavari,Nesreen, translator (World Order, 2006)
A petition sent by Bahá'ís in Persia in 1867 to the US Consulate general, seeking assistance in getting Bahá'u'lláh released from imposed exile. Includes introduction, prepared on behalf of the US NSA.
Two editions of this petition are online. Below is the new translation published in World Order in 2006; see also the original translation and documents. See also discussion of this petition in Fifty Three Years In Syria, by H. Jessup.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Petitions; United States (documents); United States government

An Account of How I Became a Bahá'í and My Stays in Paris in 1901 and 1937: Written at the Request of Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney - Alexander,Agnes Baldwin (1958)
Alexander's account of her acceptance of the Bahá'í teachings in Rome in 1900 and subsequent meetings with the Bahá'í group in Paris.
See also the "Life of Agnes Alexander," by Duane Troxel, and Agnes Alexander's pilgrim's notes. My source is a bad typography from the archives of the Barney Collection in the French Bahá'í National Centre. I corrected typographical errors, but in two sentences, a word seems to be lacking, which I added between brackets. [-T.L., 1999]
Keywords: Agnes Alexander; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; France; Paris, France

An Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján - Masumian,Adib, translator (Payám-i-Bahá'í, 2022)
Originally written in Persian by Mírzá Áqá Khán Katírá’í (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payám-i-Bahá’í with minor edits by Hushidar Motlagh, this is an account of the former's great-grandfather, Ḥakím Áqá Ján (d. 1881), one of the first Jewish Bahá’ís.
Keywords: Biography; Hakim Aqa Jan; Hamadán, Iran; Iran (documents); Mírzá Aqa Khan Katirai (Yaqub)

An Account of the Main Events in Persia during October 1912 to October 1913 - Turner,G. D. (1913)
Overview of developments in Iran in 1913, with passing references to Abdu'l-Bahá and E.G. Browne.
Classified as "historical document" rather than "published article," because I don't know if or where this was published (book, journal, etc.); contact us if you know.
Keywords: 1910s; History (general); Iran (documents); Iran, General history

An Account of the Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Shoghi Effendi; Blomfield,Lady Sarah Louisa (Baha'i World, 1973)
On the last days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (part of the special collection The Mystery of God). Originally published in 1922 as a separate booklet, then published in the 1973 Bahá'í World on the 50th anniversary of the passing of Abdu'l-Bahá, and then posted in 2021, with minor changes, at bahai.org.
Keywords: Biography; Haifa, Israel; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of

An Address to the Theosophical Society - Abdul-Bahá (Theosophic Messenger, 1912)
A talk delivered at Chicago, September 14, 1912, which was not published in Promulgation of Universal Peace. Translator's name given as "Ameen W. Fareed."
Keywords: Chicago, IL; Human nature; Illinois, USA; Theosophical Society; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

An Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism: The Case of Abu'l-Fadá'il-i-Gulpáyigání and E.G. Browne - Yazdani,Mina; Ghaemmaghami,Omid (Religions, 2023)
Gulpaygani’s analysis of Orientalism as presented in his book Kashfu'l-Ghitá', which focused on the Cambridge scholar E.G. Browne and how his worldview prefigured that of Edward Said; colonial power relations. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/765, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Colonialism and imperialism; Criticism and apologetics; E. G. Browne; Iran (documents); Kitáb-i-Nuqtatul-Kaf; Knowledge; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Orientalism; Power

An Early History of the Bahá'í Faith in Stornoway/Western Isles - MacCallum,Pixie (Afnan Library Trust, 2024)
Introduction to and history of the Faith in the Scottish Isles, including collection of newspaper clippings and photographs. (Link to document, offsite.)
Online at afnanlibrary.org/an-early-history-of-the-baha-i-faith-in-stornoway-western-isles.
Keywords: British Isles; Hebrides; Scottish Islands; Stornoway, Scotland

An Early Pilgrimage - Maxwell,May (1917)
Notes from an 1898 pilgrimage by the mother of Ruhiyyih Khanum, published in 1917 and reprinted in 1953.
This scan is taken from the 1953 edition, preceded the 1969 Foreword. See also a newer formatted PDF version, also available in e-book. Also available as an updated Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2023). This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: May Maxwell (Bolles); Pilgrims notes; This is the balance (pilgrims note); `Abdu'l-Bahá

An Eastern Chequerboard - Lukach,Harry Charles (Lovat Dickson Ltd, 1934)
One-page mention of the Bahá'ís and Mirza Yahya, Subh-i-Azal.

An Empire for the Faithful, A Colony for the Dispossessed - Crews,Robert D. (Cahiers d'Asie centrale, 2009)
History of the establishment of Tsarist power in Turkestan and the goal of earning support from their Muslim territories. Includes discussion of the Bahá'í Faith in Ashkabad and Russian/Bahá'í mutual political interests in Persia and Turkey. (Offsite.)
This document is online in both HTML and PDF format at www.asiecentrale.revues.org.
Keywords: Ashgabat; History (general); Persecution, Turkmenistan; Turkestan; Turkmenistan

An Enormous Expansion in Access to Knowledge - Oppenheimer,Judith (Scriptum: Newsletter for Baha'i Librarians & Information Professionals, 1995)
Consideration of some questions inspired by "The Prosperity of Humankind" statement: What is knowledge? What purpose does it serve? How is it made accessible?
Mirrored with permission from Scriptum.
Keywords: Knowledge; Science

An Entrancing Biblical Journey to meet the Promised Christ Returned: Bahá'u'lláh - The 'Glory of God' - Dainty,Don (2011)
On biblical prophecies and Bahá'u'lláh as their fulfilment.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Ancestry of; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ, Return of; Prophecies

An Episode in the Childhood of the Bab - Lambden,Stephen (In Iran: Studies in Babi and Baha'i History vol. 3, 1986)
Parallels legends of the Bab's early childhood with those of Jesus.
First published in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin 1:4 (1983).
Keywords: Báb, Birth of; Báb, Childhood of; Báb, The; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ

An Epistle to the Bahá'í World - Badí'u'lláh,Mirza (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1907)
Letter from the half-brother of `Abdu'l-Bahá about Badi'u'llah's exit from, return to, and then exit again from the Bahá'í Faith.
See also cleaned, annotated Microsoft Word version, prepared by M. Thomas (2022), and see also image scan of the original. See also Center of the Covenant: Tablet to Mason Remey and interview with Badi'u'llah.
Keywords: Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Forgery and interpolation; Mírzá Badiullah

An Examination of the Cultural Relativity of Human Rights - Patrick,Jonathan (Associate, 2001)
On the discourse between proponents of the universality of human rights, and those of their cultural and religious relativity. Are human rights inherent in the individual, or imposed by a neo-imperialist West?
Paper from the ABS-ESE Annual Conference, 2001. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 36.
Keywords: Human rights

An Exploration into the Political Economy of Global Prosperity - Sabetan,Farhad (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Concepts of prosperity and well-being from an economic and global perspective; concept of global destitution; current assumptions about human nature and human relationships with the physical world and society are inadequate; ethical first principles.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/271.

An Exploration of the Ridvan 2010 Message - Rezai,Sana (2010)
Six common elements of Plan letters by the Guardian and the Universal House of Justice (praise, analysis, directives, reminder of fundamentals, guidance, encouragement), statistically analyzed by word counts.
Written for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: Ridvan messages, Comments

An Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá) - Thomas,James B. (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
To fully appreciate the historical significance of the Tablet of the World, this essay first portrays the developing conditions in Persia and in the world that preceded this Tablet, then discusses its salient points.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #40, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 23-26, 2002). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/40/thomas_dunya.
Keywords: 19th century; Agriculture; Education; History (general); International auxiliary language; Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Irfan Colloquia; Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World); Lesser Peace; Reform; Tobacco Revolt; Unity

An Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh - Thomas,James B. (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
A description of Bahá'u'lláh's Fire Tablet, a dialogue between himself and God on suffering and sacrifice, and an account of its historical context; mystical intercourse between the twin stations of Bahá'u'lláh, human and divine.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #34, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 18-20, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/34/thomas_fire.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Christianity; Fire; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet); Manifestations of God; Opposition; Persecution; Poetry; Suffering; Tests and difficulties; Words and phrases

An Eyewitness Account of Bahá'u'lláh's Ascension - Andalib (2005)
An eyewitness account of Bahá’u’lláh’s passing.
This appears in the anthology of ‘Andalíb’s poems, titled Díván ‘Andalíb, pp. 471–74. See also the Persian text in the poet's own hand. From The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs, p. 118.
Keywords: Andalib (poet); Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Eyewitnesses; Holy days; Poetry

An Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith - Johnson,Vernon Elvin (1974)
Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their resulting tensions and resolutions.
Doctoral dissertation for Baylor University. The PDF below was OCRed by Mike Thomas and converted into a Word document, which Thomas then painstakingly corrected, including by checking quoted sections against original documents, and annotated (updated 2025).
Keywords: Badiullah; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í studies; Báb, The; Change; Charles Mason Remey; Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Criticism and apologetics; Guardianship; Joel Marangella; Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Opposition; Shoghi Effendi; Transformation; Universal House of Justice; `Abdu'l-Bahá

An Historical Geography of Iran - Barthold,Wilhelm (Princeton University Press, 1984)
Passing mentions of the Bahá'ís in Yazd and E. G. Browne; Zanjan in 1850; and the location of the execution of the Báb.

An Historical Study of the North American Speaking Tour of 'Abdu'l-Baha and a Rhetorical Analysis of His Addresses - Ward,Allan L. (Ohio University, 1960)
The original thesis that would be the basis for the later book 239 Days: Abdu'l-Baha's Journey in America.
Original scan first posted at H-Bahai. See also 239 Days at amazon.com, and see 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Speaking in America (Ward, 1971).
Keywords: Allan Ward; Ohio, USA; Rhetoric; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

An Homage to Memorials of the Faithful - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2016)
Poems inspired by eight of the personages of "Memorials": Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-Zarandi, Darvish-i-Sidq-‘Ali, Shaykh Sadiq-i-Yazdi, Zaynu’l-‘Abidin Yazdi, Shaykh ‘Ali Akbar-i-Mazgani, ‘Abdu’llah Baghdadi, and Jinab-i-Munib.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #132 (Italy, 2015). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/132/savi_homage.
Keywords: Biography; Darvish-i-Sidq-`Alí; Jinab-i-Munib; Memorials of the Faithful (book); Nabil-i-Azam; Poetry; Sacred Night; Shaykh Ali Akbar-i-Mazgani; Shaykh Sadiq-i-Yazdi; Shaykh Salman; Zaynul-Abidin Yazdi; `Abdu'lláh Baghdádí

An Inquiry on the Role of Religion in Wealth and Poverty - Badee,Hooshmand (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
There are areas where religion has contributed to the debate on wealth creation and poverty eradication. Partnership of two disciplines — religion as a spiritual realm and economics as a social science — fosters human well-being.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/badee_poverty.
Keywords: Economics; Prosperity; Wealth and poverty

An Interview with 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Ford,Mary Hanford (Star of the West, 1933)
Discussing spiritual insights, martyrdom, and labor-saving machines' role in societal advancement.
Mirrored from bahai.works. Also available in Word format (RTF).
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Capacity building; Christianity; Creativity; Economics; Education; Ethics; God, Worlds of; Haifa, Israel; Holy Spirit; Interfaith dialogue; Inventions; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Labor saving machines; Love; Martyrdom; Mary Hanford Ford; Pilgrimage; Pilgrimage, Preparation; Pilgrims notes; Prayer; Technology; Time saving; Wealth and poverty; Work; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Commission of inquiry; `Abdu'l-Bahá, House of (Haifa)

An Introduction to Bahá'í Law: Doctrinal Foundations, Principles and Structures - Schaefer,Udo (Journal of Law and Religion, 2003)
A pioneering look at Bahá'í law both in general and in detail, the foundations and principles of which can only be understood within their theological context.
Originally published in German in Kirche und Recht. Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com/articles/english.html.
Keywords: Covenant; Institutions; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Udo Schaefer; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, by Peter Smith: Review - Martin,Sergio Carro (British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2012)
Keywords: Introductory

An Introduction to the Bahá'í Religiolect - Masumian,Adib (Baha'i Studies Review, 2015)
Religious dialects are cultural crossover phenomena, like "Judeo-Arabic" and "Christianese". A religiolect can be considered a dialect of a language that’s specific to a particular religious group. The Bahá'í Faith, too, has a nascent religiolect.
Also online at academia.edu.
Keywords: Arabic language; Glossaries; Greatest Name; Interfaith dialogue; Language; Orthography; Persian language; Terminology; Transliteration and diacritics

An Introduction to the Doctrines of Soul and Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith - Hock,Yeo Yew (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
The development of Mahayana and how the Chinese people adopted and adapted it; non-self/enlightenment vs. the "True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness" of the Seven Valleys; sunyata/emptiness and Buddhist monism vs. the Valley of Unity's nonduality.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 3.
Keywords: Buddhism; China; Chinese religion; Dualism; Enlightenment (spiritual); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Manifestations of God; Monism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Chinese; Salvation; Soul; Suffering

An Introduction to the History and Culture of Iran - Walbridge,John (Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History, 2002)
The Iranian context of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions; the geography, history, and culture of Iran.
Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: Culture, Persian; Iran, General history; Taaruf (Tarof)

An Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas - Lepain,Jean-Marc (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical character of this world.
See a translation of this tablet. Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Alam-i-Mithal (World of images); Correspondance (concept); Cosmology; Death; Dreams and visions; Ethics; God; God, Worlds of; Interfaith dialogue; Intermediary realm; Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Justice; Karma; Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People); Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Materialism; Metaphors and allegories; Philosophy; Reward and punishment; Soul; Spirituality; Symbolism; Tests and difficulties; Transformation; Tree (metaphor)

An Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple) - Ghasem Bayat,Mohamad (Lights of Irfan, 2001)
One of Bahá’u’lláh's major writings. It includes references to the manifold stations of the Manifestation of God; God's promise to create a race of men to support His Cause; and the power of this revelation.
This article quotes from a provisional translation of the Suriy-i-Haykal, which has since been authoritatively translated. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #30, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October 6-8, 2000). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/30/bayat_haykal.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; God, City of; Haykal and daira; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Islam; Jerusalem, Israel; Judaism; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God; New Jerusalem; Prophecies; Some Answered Questions (book); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Symbolism; Temple of Solomon; Temples; Zechariah (Prophet)

An Italian Scientist Extols the Báb - Giachery,Ugo (Baha'i World, 1956)
On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited Iran and wrote a 66-page monograph entitled I Babi (1881): one of the first documentations made by a European of the episode of the Báb.
See Wikipedia for a biography of Michele Lessona.
Keywords: Biography; Báb, The; Bábí history; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Italy; Michele Lessona

An Organic Order: An Approach to the Philosophy of Baha'u'llah through the Writings of Shoghi Effendi - Coe,Roger (The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, 1993)
The structure of the Administrative Order as outlined by the writings of the Guardian, and the principles of the Anisa model of education. Available also as an audiobook.
Note: appendices and references are only available in the audio (parts 3-5). Audio version originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Education; Philosophy; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Vision; World order

An Outline for Study of Some Answered Questions - Hoagg,Emogene (1941)
A seven-page outline, prepared for the Bahá'ís of Vogel Park, Cleveland GA in a study group June 14-21, 1941.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. No Word document yet prepared.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Some Answered Questions (book)

An Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi - Haddad,Anton (1902)
Overview of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S.
See also Anton F. Haddad, "Message from Acca" (New York, 1900).
Keywords: Anton Haddad; Biography; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; United States (documents)

An Overview of Bahá'í Eschatology, in a Tapestry of Four Strands - Kerr,Bernardo Bortolin (2016)
Survey of scholarship on the Bahá'í conception of apocalypse; God's eternal revelation by reflection in all created things; the apocalypse as inherent in the appearance of Manifestations; progressive nature of each Revelation and its "day of judgment."
Posted by author at academia.edu.
Keywords: Apocalypse

Análisis comparativo de la ética del trabajo en cuatro tradiciones religiosas y su impacto sobre la organización económica y social: del judaísmo a la Fe bahá'í - Utrillas,Jose Luis Marques (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
Cómo la escritura y estudio entre los judíos los llevó a su alto nivel intelectual en la Edad Media y al auge de intelectuales y artistas. Cómo el cristianismo conservó en los monasterios el saber, el trabajo y el arte, para evolucionar de forma distinta.
This article is online under CC license at revistas.uva.es/index.php/socireli/article/view/6118. See full journal Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá’í.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Work; Work ethics

Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An - Seddigh,Foad (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
This treatise, one of the major writings of the Báb, was written before He had disclosed His complete station of prophethood to the public. It comments on an Islamic prayer for the advent of the promised Qa'im. Includes translation.
Mirrored with permission from http://irfancolloquia.org.
Keywords: Báb, Station of the; Báb, Writings of; Divine nonfulfillment (Bada); Hidden Imam; Imam Husayn; Imam Jafar; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mahdi (Mihdi); Occultation; Prayer; Pre-existence; Prophecies; Qaim; Risaliy-i-Jafariyyih (Treatise of Jafar) or Shar-i Du‘á’-i-Ghaybat (Commentary on the Occultation Prayer); Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Shíráz, Iran; Ulama

Anatolica - Lukach,Harry Charles (Anatolica, 1924)
One-page discussion of Mirza Yahya, Subh-i-Azal.
Author's name is also given, in places, as "Harry Charles Lukach."
Keywords: Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh - Savi,Julio; Mardani,Faezeh (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment as a prerequisite for attainment unto the Divine Presence. Includes translation of a Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/146/savi_poems.
Keywords: Angels; Attainment unto the Divine presence; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Camels; Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Cities; Deserts; Detachment; Egypt; Flowers; Hafez (poet); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Heart; Iraq; Joseph (Prophet); Literature; Literature, Persian; Metaphors and allegories; Mysticism; Pearls; Phoenix; Poetry; Qiblih; Quotations from the Mathnavi (Rumi); Quotations from the Quran; Resurrection; Roses and thorns; Rumi (Mevlana); Sanai (poet); Sufism; Symbolism; Unnamed Tablet (Baghdad); Veils (spiritual); Words and phrases; Yemen

"And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles - Buck,Christopher (2022)
Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's answer to the question "What has Bahá’u’lláh brought that we have not heard before?"
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Authenticity; Bahá'í Faith, Unique teachings; Basics; Church and state; Covenant; Economics; Education; Egypt; Equality; Fanaticism; Gender; Howard MacNutt; Independent investigation of truth; Interfaith dialogue; International auxiliary language; Introductory; Jacob Schloss; Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Literacy; Netherlands; Peace; Port Said, Egypt; Prejudice; Principles; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Race; Race unity; Religion (general); Science; Star of the West; Superstition; Teaching; The Hague, Netherlands; Translation; United States (documents); Unity of humanity; Unity of religion; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Visuals; Women; Work; World order; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Andalib Collection at Louhelen - Graves,Anita, compiler (2021)
Spreadsheet listing the issues of Andalib at Louhelen Bahá'í School (Davison, MI).
Louhelen has a substantial collection of the magazine ‘Andalib. I made an inventory of what they have there in the library. It would be helpful to others who are searching for the magazine to have this spreadsheet. [- A.G.]
Keywords: Andalib (journal); Indexes and catalogues; Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan

Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization - Brown,Vahid (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in 10th- to 13th-century Spain.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/brown_andalusi.
Keywords: Andalusia, Spain; Civilization; Europe; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Islam; Judaism; Kabbalah; Mysticism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Andalusi; Philosophy, Islamic; Philosophy, Jewish; Renaissance; Science; Spain; Sufism; Theosophy

Angel Ruckus, by B. K. Filson: Review - Ouimet,Albert (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
Keywords: Angels; Canada; Poetry

"...angels which Thou hast created of snow and of fire": Bahá'í Angelology and God's Dialogic Relationship to Humanity - Hughey,Matthew (Harvard Theological Review, 2024)
A 5-type classification of Bahá'í angels: avatars of the Holy Spirit, celestial beings, spiritually evolved people, manifestations of God, or personifications of virtue. Religion is a balance of divine will vs human agency. Link to article (offsite).
See in HTML or PDF at cambridge.org/core/journals/harvard-theological-review/....
Keywords: Angels

Animal Spirits - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Letter to an individual believer on the question if animals possess a surviving spiritual reality.
Mirrored from bahaiquotes.com: Animals - Going to Heaven (includes further related material). [Title not included in the original letter.]
Keywords: Animals; Heaven and hell; Life after death (afterlife); Memory and memories; Soul

Animals, Treatment of: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1991)
Kindness toward animals is a core Bahá'í teaching about the station and capacity of animals, who have senses and feelings but not spiritual susceptibilities. Our responsibility toward animals means a decrease in their use as food in the future.
Keywords: Animals; Nature

Anne Gordon Perry on Writing for Film - Hutchison,Sandra Lynn (elixir-journal.org, 2021)
Interview with the co-creator of Luminous Journey, a film documenting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s travels in North America.
Mirrored with permission from www.elixir-journal.org. See also some of Perry's dramatic works.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Documentaries; Film; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit - Perry,Anne Gordon (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
On the friendship and working relationship between Seattle art patron Hauberg and Seattle-based painter Tobey.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/215. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Anne Gould Hauberg; Arts and crafts; Basel, Switzerland; Biography; Mark Tobey; Seattle, WA; Switzerland; United States (documents); Washington, USA

Announcing New Houses of Worship - Universal House of Justice (2024)
Announcement of two national Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs in Brasília, Brazil and Lilongwe, Malawi, plus a local Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Batouri, Cameroon.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Batouri, Cameroon; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Batouri, Cameroon; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Brasilia, Brazil; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Lilongwe, Malawi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Lilongwe, Malawi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Local; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, National

Año Internacional de la Mujer, El - Bahá'í International Community (1974)
Exposición presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í en el 25° período de sesiones de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer.
Tema 3 del programa provisional, 14 de enero-4 de febrero de 1974.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Statements; Women

Another Look at Achieving Peace by the Year 2000 - Huddleston,John (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
The process of globalization in terms of trade, culture, corporations, migration, environment, and crime; how to maintain peace; the failure of the world's leaders to achieve peace; institutional frameworks for peace and restructuring the United Nations.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/279.
Keywords: Education; Globalization; Peace; United Nations; Unity of humanity

Another Song, Another Season: Poems and Portrayals - White,Roger (George Ronald, 1979)
A collection of poems and prose: sympathetic and sometimes satirical portraits of martyrs, pioneers, and ordinary people, expressed with a poet’s vision.
Posted with permission of current copyright holder. Abstract taken from bahaipedia.org. Two excerpts from this book are available separately: Verdict of a Higher Court [Word format] has been formatted as a monologue; Glimpses of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is posted separate.
Keywords: Poetry; Roger White

Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, References in the Bahá'í Writings to - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See also the attached compilation.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Judaism

Antinomies of Reason and the Theology of Revelation: Some Preliminary Thoughts - Saiedi,Nader (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
A thesis of Progressive Revelation offers a solution to the fundamental antinomies of philosophical discourse. This concept is applied to the Kantian antinomies of reason: the central question of modern philosophy.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/110.
Keywords: Immanuel Kant; Philosophy; Progressive revelation; Theology

Apathy and Violence - Danesh,Hossain (Baha'i Studies, 1976)
The nature of aggression, violence, fear and anxiety; threats and opportunities an organism encounters in life; and the relevance of Bahá'í teachings to preventing violence.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca/monographs.
Keywords: Anxiety; Apathy and indifference; Ethics; Fear; Hossain Danesh; Psychology; Violence

Aplicación de la Declaración sobre la Eliminación de todas las formas de intolerancia y discriminación fundadas en la religión o las convicciones, 1988 - Bahá'í International Community (1988)
intolerancia y discriminación
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Discrimination; Intolerance; Statements

Aplicación del Programa de acción para el Segundo Decenio de la lucha contra el racismo y la discriminación racial - Bahá'í International Community (1947)
lucha contra el racismo
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Racism; Statements

Apocalypse and Millennium: Catastrophe, Progress, and the Lesser Peace - Collins,William P. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Some approaches to the Lesser Peace in light of millennialism, and the Bahá'í vision of a divine plan leading to the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace which has "progressive” and "catastrophic" aspects.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/123.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Calamities and catastrophes; God, Plan of; Integration and disintegration; Lesser Peace; Millennialism; Most Great Peace; Prophecies; World order

Apocalypse Unsealed - Riggs,Robert (Philosophical Library, 1981)
Early draft of the later book Apocalypse - An Exegesis.
See the updated version of this book, Apocalypse: An Exegesis. See also a review. PDF below from Microsoft Word version prepared by Mike Thomas, including vectorized graphics (2022). See also the original HTML.
Keywords: Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies

Apocalypse Unsealed, The: Some thoughts on the use of Christian Scripture in the Bahá'í community, by Robert Riggs: Review and Commentary - McGlinn,Sen (2002)
On Bahá'í use of Biblical literature, especially interpretations of end-time symbolism and the Book of Revelation.
See Robert Riggs, Apocalypse Unsealed.
Keywords: Astrology; Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Numerology; Prophecies; Some Answered Questions (book)

Apocalyptic Thinking and Process Thinking: A Bahá'í Contribution to Religious Thought - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
The process of change in religious thinking and how it manifests in expectations about the Lesser Peace, both from Bahá'í texts and within the community. Includes discussions of "the calamity," and of non-Bahá'í political evolution in the 20th century.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #104, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto Italy (July 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/104/momen_apocalyptic.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Calamities and catastrophes; Century of Light (book); Century of light (phrase); Expectations; Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Peace; Prophecies; Seven Candles of Unity; Unity; Unity of Nations

Apologetics: A Personal Vision - Kluge,Ian (2001)
Argument for the need for and practice of academic defense of the Bahá'í Faith.
Delivered to the Apologetics Panel, Association of Bahá'í Studies annual conference, Seattle, September 2 2001.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics

Apostasía en al Marco Jurídico Bahá'í, La - Villar Cardenas,Badi (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2001)
Este ensayo constituye uno de los primeros esfuerzos por construir una marco jurídico para los procesos de apostasía y expulsión en la comunidad bahá'í.
Author note: Estudiante de educación, miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'í de Lima. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.
Keywords: Covenant-breaking

Apostle Paul, a "False Teacher"? - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Whether Bahá'í Writings state that Paul was a "false teacher," the relationship between apostles Paul and Peter, and some Bahá'í teachings on Christianity.
First posted here in 1998, submitted by the recipient of the letter. Later published in Lights of Irfan vol. 13 (pp. 409-413, 2012), mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/justice_paul. Both versions are below, followed by the letter from American Bahá'í which inspired the original question.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Covenant; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Papacy; Paul (Apostle); Peter (Apostle); Research Department, Questions and answers

Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of - Universal House of Justice (2002)
On apparent contradictions, regarding Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Bahá and a Baby Naming Ceremony; Minimum Age of Marriage; Smoking and Firmness in the Covenant; Corporal Punishment; Táhirih as "Woman Suffragette."
Keywords: Abraham; Children; Contradictions; Corporal punisment; Criticism and apologetics; Education; Marriage; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Names (personal); Research Department, Questions and answers; Smoking (tobacco); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

Apparent Contradictory Dates in Bahá'í Texts Regarding the Public Announcement of the Prophet Muhammad - Murtuzov,Rauf (2023)
Short discussion of quotes showing an apparent discrepancy between writings of the Báb and Abdu'l-Bahá on the date of the proclamation of Muhammad.
Keywords: 1260; 1290 days; 1335 days; 1844; Bible; Christianity; Contradictions; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Muhammad (Prophet); Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Prophecies

Appel du Bien-Aimé divin: Sélection d'oeuvres mystiques - Bahá'u'lláh (2021)
Sept tablettes révélées avant 1863. Traduction de Call of the Divine Beloved.
This is an "official" translation, prepared by the French Panel named by the Universal House of Justice and published by the French publishing trust, la Maison d'éditions bahá'íes. See also a formatted version of Rashḥ-i-'Amá: Les nuées du plus haut des cieux. See also Bibliothèque baha'ie. See also English original.
Keywords: Call of the Divine Beloved (book)

Applicability of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Universal House of Justice (2001)
List of laws and ordinances of the Aqdas not yet universally applied (as of 2001).
See also the first letter on this topic, from 1974, and a follow-up letter from 1999.
Keywords: Gradual implementation of laws; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

Application of Bahá'í Laws - Universal House of Justice (2000)
On the application of Bahá’í law and how its procedures differ from civil law, with discussion of the examples of Huququ'llah, obligatory prayer, and fasting.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Gradual implementation of laws; Growth; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

Applications of Positive Psychotherapy for Marriage and Family Therapy - Peseschkian,Nossrat (Baha'i Studies Notebook, 1983)
To understand observed behaviour, we need to consider transcultural conditions as well as those in the personal history of the patient. This approach underlies the author's concept for a conflict-centred therapy.
See Bahá'í Studies Notebook 3.1 table of contents.
Keywords: Autism; Children; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Cultural diversity; Family; Health and healing; Marriage; Mental health; Nossrat Peseschkian; Parents; Psychology; Stories; Stories; Tests and difficulties

Applying Bahá'í Principles to Address Current Ethics and Policy Debates in Organ Transplantation - Valapour,Maryam (2012)
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, January 23, 2012. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il; click link to see photos of the event.
Keywords: Ethics; Health and healing; Organ transplantation

Applying Christian Prophecy to Baha'u'llah - Sears,William (2010)
An audio-only version of a 6-part video discussion of the Bahá'í interpretation of Biblical prophecies, in which Sears demonstrates how Christian, Jewish, and other world religions' prophecies point to Bahá'u'lláh as the promised one.
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. No information is given about the context of the lecture; if you know, please contact us.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies; William Sears

Appreciations of the Bahá'í Faith - Various (Baha'i World, 1941)
Excerpts from books, magazines, newspaper articles, and testimonials.
Later reprinted from Bahá'í World as a stand-alone book (as paginated below). Also available as an updated, proofread Microsoft Word document. See also the shorter bahai-library.com/appreciations_bahai_faith_1972.
Keywords: Appreciations; Introductory

Appreciations of the Bahá'í Faith; Worldwide Statistics - Author unknown, compiler (1972)
One-page compilation of quotations about the Faith from well-known voices; one-page statistical summary (as of 1972 July).
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also bahai-library.com/appreciations_bahai_faith_1941.
Keywords: Appreciations

Apuntes sobre los Sabeanos - Villar Cardenas,Badi (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2001)
Este articulo explora las fuentes bahá'ís en la Escritura Sagrada y la literatura bahá'í secundaria sobre el Sabeanismo y sus posibles orígenes.
Una de las nueve grandes religiones del mundo es el Sabeanismo. Aquí, algunos datos importantes. Author note: Estudiante de educación, miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'í de Lima. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.

Áqá Buzurg, Entitled Badí "The Wonderful" - Handal,Boris (2023)
Áqá Buzurg and Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Sultán; Tablet to Badí from Bahá'u'lláh; the Pride of the Martyrs of the Bahá'í Faith; excerpts from the Lawh-i-Sultán.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Badi (Mírzá Aqa Buzurg-i-Nishapuri); Biography

Aqa Husayn Ashchi's narrative - Universal House of Justice; Rabbani,Ahang (1996)
A letter to the House requesting permission to translate and publish Aqa Husayn Ashchi's narrative and their response.
Ahang Rabbani, who has translated parts of Ashchi's narratives, wrote to the Universal House of Justice. Following are first his detailed letter and second their short reply. Rabbani's letter provides useful background and historical information about Ashchi's work. Parts of the original of Ashchi's biography of Bahá'u'lláh are also available. Contributed by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Aqa Husayn Ashchi; Bahá'u'lláh; Translation

Áqá Khan Kermání - Bayat,Mangol (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1987)
Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
The following is a brief excerpt of the article at iranicaonline.org/articles/aqa-khan-kermani.
Keywords: Biography

Aqasi, Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani) - Quinn,Sholeh A. (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Shah Qajar from 1835 to 1848, regarded by Bahá’ís as the Antichrist of the Bábí dispensation.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: Antichrist; Biography; Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Arabic and Persian Originals of Metaphysical Terms in the Bahá'í Writings - Masumian,Adib (2024)
Transliteration with Arabic and Persian script of the words soul, spirit, self, mind, heart, and spirit of faith.
Keywords: Heart; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Soul; Spirit (general); Spirit of faith

Arabic, Proper pronunciation of - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Discusses whether there are specific dialects and "manners" to use in speaking Arabic.
Keywords: Arabic language; Language; Pronunciation

Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review - Woodman,Ross (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/364. See also original scan.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Arc of ascent and descent; Calamities and catastrophes; Creation; Enlightenment (movement); Francis Bacon; God, Worlds of; Maturity of humanity; Metaphors and allegories; Mysticism; Nature; Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Short; Peace; Philosophy; Progressive revelation; Purpose of life; Science; Spirituality; Spiritualization; Theodicy; World order

Arc Project: 1987 Open Letter - Universal House of Justice (1987)
Status of the Arc Project (Bahá'í World Center), 1987.
See also: status of the Arc project 1991 letter and 1994 letter.
Keywords: Arc (World Centre); Arc project; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; God, Kingdom of; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa)

Arc Project: 1991 Open Letter - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Status of the Arc Project (Bahá'í World Center), 1991.
See also: status of the Arc project 1987 letter and 1994 letter.
Keywords: Arc (World Centre); Arc project; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Mount Carmel; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa)

Arc Project: 1994 Open Letter - Universal House of Justice (1994)
Status of the Arc Project (Bahá'í World Center), 1994.
See also: status of the Arc project 1987 letter and 1991 letter.
Keywords: Arc (World Centre); Arc project; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Mount Carmel; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa)

Arches of the Years - Gail,Marzieh (George Ronald, 1991)
Early days of the Bahá'í Faith in America and of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit in 1912; Phoebe Hearst; Versailles Conference; and about Marzieh Gail herself.
See also Summon Up Remembrance. Also available as a Word document (proofread by M. Thomas). This text was distributed in Ocean, and also online at recherche.bahai-studien.de and bahairesearch.com. Purchase book from grbooks.com.
Keywords: Biography; Florence Breed; Iran (documents); Marzieh Gail; Phoebe Hearst; Pilgrims notes; Presidents; Qajar dynasty; Shoghi Effendi; United States (documents); Veils; Versailles Conference; Woodrow Wilson; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Alí Kulí Khán

Architectural Blossoming of the Lotus - Naharoy,S. (source unknown, 2011)
Architectural descriptions, blueprints, geometry, photos, and history of the design and construction of the Bahá'í temple in India.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Architecture; Fariborz Sahba; India; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi

Archives, Bahá'í: Guidance Regarding - Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Date unknown. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; Manuscripts; Preservation and conservation (archives); Relics

Archives, Bahá'í: Preserving and Safeguarding the Sacred Texts - Universal House of Justice (Andalib, 1993)
Includes estimated numbers of Tablets revealed, and numbers of Tablets archived at the Bahá'í World Center; prepared by the Archives Office on behalf of the House.
This document was from 1993. For more recent statistics, see uhj_numbers_sacred_writings. This pamphlet was an insert in 'Andalíb magazine, 12.48 (Fall 1993). It was published on the occasion of the 7th International Convention (1993) by the Archives Office at the Bahá'í World Centre, Haifa, Israel.
Keywords: Andalib (journal); Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; International Bahá'í Archives; Manuscripts; Preservation and conservation (archives); Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Statistics; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Ardakání, Hajjí Abu'l-Hasan (Hand of the Cause) - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1987)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ardakani-hajji-abul-hasan-known-as-hai-amin-q.
Keywords: Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Huququllah, Trustees of; Huqúqu'lláh; Hájí Amin (Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani)

Are 'Abdu'l-Bahá's views on evolution original? - Brown,Keven (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
The philosophical and historical context of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism.
Keywords: Evolution; Science

Are Independents Just Partisans In Disguise? - Vedantam,Shankar (Morning Edition, 2012)
Political attitudes and voting patterns in the United States, including brief interview with a Bahá'í voter.
Mirrored from npr.org; see link for the audio version of, and reader comments on, this story.
Keywords: Politics; United States (documents)

Are the Characteristics of Exiles Different from Immigrants?: The Case of Iranians in Los Angeles - Sabagh,Georges; Bozorgmehr,Mehdi (Institute for Social Science Research Working Papers, 1986)
Five passing references to "Bahai" — but in a statistical context only — about whether the large influx of Iranians into LA in the late 1970s added a sizeable and distinctive minority to the population of this metropolitan area.
Later published under shortened title "Are the Characteristics of Exiles Different from Immigrants?" in Sociology and Social Research 71:2 (January 1987), pp. 77-82. See also Experience of Iranian Bahá'í Refugees in Atlantic Canada. Document online at sscnet.ucla.edu [archive.org].
Keywords: Diaspora, Persian; Los Angeles, CA; Statistics; United States (documents)

Are the Four Valleys four stages in one path or are they four paths? - Brownstein,Ted (1998)
Alternate readings of symbolism in the Four Valleys.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Symbolism

Are there indications of a Second Coming of a Messiah in the Old Testament? - Friedman,David (1999)
Some claim that the New Testament teaching of a "Second Coming" is not found in the Old Testament; however, it is easy to find older references to a Return.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ, Return of; Judaism; Prophecies; Return

Area Handbook for Iran - Smith,Harvey Henry; et al. (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971)
One-page overview of Bahá'í history.

Arguments for the Existence of God in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings - Sergeev,Mikhail (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2014)
On the basic typology of philosophical arguments for the existence of God; classical vs contemporary views; Abdu'l-Bahá's arguments from nature and from history.
See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: God; Philosophers; Philosophy; Proofs

Arise in His Name: A Guide for Travel Teachers - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Date unknown.
Keywords: Teaching; Travel Teaching

Arising to Act - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Keywords: Action; Arising; Teaching

Armageddon and Megiddo / Mt. Carmel - Universal House of Justice (2018)
One-paragraph note saying that no reference has been found in the Bahá'í Writings tying "armageddon" with the town of Megiddo, with Mt. Carmel, or with the revelation of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Armageddon; Bible; Christianity; Haifa, Israel; Interfaith dialogue; Megiddo, Israel; Mount Carmel; Prophecies; Speculation

Armstrong, Counsellor Leonora: A Loving Portrait - Asuncion,Kristine Leonard (Baha'i News, 1982)
Brief biographical sketch of Counsellor Armstrong, the "Spiritual Mother of South America" (1895-1980).
This biography was written for Bahá’í News by Armstrong's grand-niece, Kristine Leonard (Burgess) Asuncion. Proofread and quotations re-verified by author in 2012 (30 years after original publication). See also: "In Memoriam: Leonora Stirling Armstrong" in Bahá'í World 18, at bahai-library.com/memoriam_bw_18#la; discussion of Armstrong's travels and teaching in bahai-library.com/mitchell_double_crusade; and Wikipedia's biography.
Keywords: Biography; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong

Arohanui: Letters to New Zealand - Shoghi Effendi (Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Suva, 1982)
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Love; Maori people; New Zealand; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

Art and Architecture: A Bahá'í Perspective - Sahba,Fariborz (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
This essay explores the spiritual significance of the relationship between traditional and new forms of artistic expression from the author’s experience as an architect.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/100
Keywords: Architecture; Arts and crafts; Fariborz Sahba; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi

Art and Image in the Writings - Dunbar,Hooper (1988)
No information is given about the context of this talk; email me if you know.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Beauty; Concentration; God, Love of; God, Word of; Holy Spirit; Inspiration; Manifestations of God; Meditation; Perfection; Reflection; Science; Spirituality; Translation; Vision

Art and the Interconnectedness of All Things - Lawson,Todd (UK Baha'i, 2020)
Art as a mode of divine revelation in the Wrings and Calligraphy of the Báb.
See also Lawson's Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance and two items by Moojan Momen, Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab and the short entry The Bab’s Star Tablet. See also Bahá'í Journal (UK).
Keywords: Aesthetics; Arts and crafts; Báb, Writings of; Centenaries; Oxford, England; United Kingdom

Arte - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Spanish translation of English "Compilation on the Arts."
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Arts and crafts

Artemus Lamb, 1905-1998 - Farrand,Quentin (1998)
Biography of a pioneer to Central and South America, who also recorded pilgrim's notes with the Guardian.
See also Lamb's "Haifa Notes".
Keywords: Artemus Lamb; Biography; Central America; Latin America

Artes en la Fe / Fe en Las Artes - Dely,Istvan (2004)

Articulating a Consultative Epistemology: Toward a Reconciliation of Truth and Relativism - Smith,Todd; Karlberg,Michael (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2009)
Epistemology has a perennial tension between two contrasting approaches to knowledge: the search for foundational truth vs. the relativity of truth. Consultation can help resolve paradoxical truth claims to develop an integrative approach to knowledge.
Mirrored with permission from https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/146.
Keywords: Epistemology; Knowledge; Philosophy; Relativism; Truth

Artist Biographies from Arts Dialogue - van Kerkhoff,Sonja, compiler (2001)
A list of artist profiles which can be found in the Bahá'í Association for the Arts newsletter (offsite). Linked articles include poetry, photography, and samples of visual art. [this list last updated 2014]
The following artists will be included in a forthcoming book. See an updated, complete list of arts-related articles at bahai-library.com/bafa/profiles.htm.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Biography; Poetry

Artist, Seeker and Seer: A vocabulary and a perspective for the appreciation and creation of art inspired by the Bahá'í Writings - Nakhjavani,Bahiyyih (Baha'i Studies, 1982)
Imagery and metaphors from the Bahá'í Writings guide the appreciation and creation of art. They demonstrate that criticism vs creativity, logic vs. passion, and historicity vs. poetry have already been brought to a state of unity.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca/monographs.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Metaphors and allegories; Poetry; Symbolism

Arts and Architecture - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Date unknown. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Architecture; Arts and crafts

Arts and Crafts - 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: Arts and crafts

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith - 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: Arts and crafts; Teaching

Arts: Compilation from other compilations - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. Note: this compilation is missing about 20 items — contact us if you can help fill in the missing sections. The version below has 68 excerpts but they number up to 89. The Spanish version, translated from the original English compilation, has all 89 quotes, as does the Persian version, also translated from the English. Date unknown.
Keywords: Arts and crafts

As It Was in the Days of Noah: So Unfolds the Surprising Fulfilment of Biblical Foresights of the 'Return' - Dainty,Don (2009)
Booklet exploring the biblical and Bahá'í concept that rejection of the Manifestation results in calamities; prophecies from the Bible and their Bahá'í fulfilment; theology of the flood narrative.
Originally self-published and distributed. Posted with permission of author's family.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Civilization; Flood; Interfaith dialogue; Metaphors and allegories; Noah (Bible); Prophecies; Return; Water (metaphor)

As Others See Him: Jesus asks all people 'Who do people say that I am?': Replies from several non-Christians - Buck,Christopher; et al. (Ottawa Citizen, 1997)
A short collection of non-Christian perspectives on Jesus, published in commemoration of Easter.
Also available on newspapers.com.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of

As sure as spring follows winter, better times are ahead - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Seasonal spring can be a metaphor for spiritual spring: the renewal of faith. Bahá'ís celebrate both in the annual festival of Ridvan, and this April they will also be praying for the release of imprisoned Iranian Bahá'ís.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2539289.

"As to what is meant by Gog and Magog, these were two factions that were in constant strife…" - Abdul-Bahá (2025)
Provisional translation of a metaphorical interpretation of Gog and Magog by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, with original Arabic and supplementary notes.
Mirrored with permission from adibmasumian.com/translations.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Dhu al-Qarnayn; Gog and Magog; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Muhammad (Prophet); Quran; Self; Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave); Words and phrases

Ashgabat Collection - Mehti,Olga (2019)
On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Bahá'í history.
Mirrored from academia.edu. See also St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of Materials on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths (Ioannesyan, 2006), The Russian Publication of Bahá'u'lláh's Last Will and Testament (Buck & Ioannesyan, 2013).
Keywords: Alexander Tumansky; Ashgabat; Bahá'í studies; Baron Rosen; Biography; Bábísm; Georgia; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Russia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tbilisi, Georgia; Translation; Turkmenistan

Ashkhabad (Ashgabat), Bahá'í Community of - Rafati,Vahid (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
The following is a brief excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-vi.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Bahá'í history by country; Turkmenistan

Ashraf, Ghodsieh - da Silveira,Mahnaze A. (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2012)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ashraf-ghodsieh.
Keywords: Biography; Ghodsieh Ashraf (Qudsiyyih Ashraf); Iran (documents); Majidabad, Iran; United States (documents)

Ásíyih Khánum Called Navváb, Entitled Varaqiy-i-Ulyá "The Most Exalted Leaf," the Wife of Bahá'u'lláh - Handal,Boris (2023)
The story of Bahá'u'lláh's wife Ásíyih Khánum, entitled Navváb (1820–1886), covering her life in Iran, Baghdád, Istanbul, Adrianople, and 'Akká.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Biography; Navvab (Asiyih Khanum)

Asking Questions: A Challenge to Fundamentalism and The Secret of our Century: Bahá'u'lláh, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Reviews - Sohrab,Cybele (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Documentaries; Fundamentalism; Questions and answers

Asking Questions: A Challenge to Fundamentalism, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání: Review - Hassall,Graham (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
Keywords: Dawn-Breakers (book); Laura Clifford Barney; Mulla Husayn; Questions and answers; Scholarship; Some Answered Questions (book); Women

Asking Questions: The Independent Investigation of Truth - McCloughan,Edwin (Solas, 2001)
On understanding and applying this primary principle of the Faith.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 1. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Detachment; Independent investigation of truth; Questions and answers; Truth

Aspects of the Bahá'í Teachings, Conditions for Membership, and Voting Rights: Seven various questions - Universal House of Justice (1991)
On Bahá'í status and community membership, spiritual primacy, Most Great Spirit, studying the Covenant, revelation of the Bab, civil elections, and definition of a pioneer. Includes short compilation "Conditions for Membership in the Bahá'í Community."
Posted at scribd.com. See original scan at end.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Báb, Revelation of; Civil elections; Contradictions; Covenant; Holy Spirit; Membership; Most Great Spirit; Pioneering; Research Department, Questions and answers

Aspects of the Harmony of Science and Religion in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Talks - Tinto,Iscander Micael, compiler (2010)
Definitions of science and religion; relations between them as expounded in the discourses Abdu’l-Bahá's talks during His visits to Europe and America; concepts of intellect, mind and reason; responses to challenges from contemporary society.
Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com and academia.edu. Originally presented at Irfan Colloquia Session 97.
Keywords: Science

Assessing the Claims of Nigar Bahá'í Amsalem - Masumian,Adib (2009)
On claims made by the great-granddaughter of Bahá'u'lláh, as presented in the outsider film Bahá'ís in My Backyard.
This essay is based on original research conducted by Moojan Momen, as assembled and formatted by Masumian. Updated version of an article originally posted online in May, 2009 under the title "The Truth About Bahá’u’lláh’s Great-Granddaughter, Nigar Bahai Amsalem." This revised version focuses on Amsalem and her lineage, their consistent opposition to Bahá'u'lláh’s covenant, and two specific claims Amsalem makes in the documentary Baha’is in my Backyard.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Covenant-breaking; Documentaries

Association for Baha'i Studies - English-speaking Europe: A Retrospective - Fazel,Seena (Associate, 2004)
Overview of the history of the Bahá'í Studies Review, the Associate, and ABS-ESE special interest groups, conferences, and Bahá'í societies.
Below is pages 3-5 only; see also the full issue.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Europe

Associations for Bahá'í Studies - Universal House of Justice (2008)
Some explanation on when it is appropriate for a country to form an ABS organization.
Letter submitted by and posted with permission of one of its recipients. It has been edited to remove specific details; copy of the original on file.
Keywords: Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Bahá'í studies

At 48 West Tenth (memories of Juliet Thompson) - Gail,Marzieh (The Diary of Juliet Thompson, 1983)
Thompson (1873–1956) was an American painter, a prominent early American Bahá'í, disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and also "friend and neighbour" of Kahlil Gibran.
Published as a preface to Diary of Juliet Thompson.
Keywords: Biography; Juliet Thompson; Marzieh Gail; New York, USA; United States (documents)

"At Dawn the Friend came to my bed': An Early Fruit of the Supreme Pen - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
A quasidih, a dialogue between the Beloved and the Poet as a lover. One of eight Persian poems Bahá'u'lláh signed "Dervish" and revealed in Kurdistan, circa 1854-1856.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #118. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/118/savi_dawn. See also the author's translation of the ghazal "O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop:" A hymn to love offered by the Blessed Beauty.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dervish poems (Bahá'u'lláh); Iraq; Kurdistan; Lover and the Beloved; Poetry; Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

At Home in the Ghettos: Bahá'ís in Iran - Chamankhah,Leila (MEI Occasional Paper, 2010)
Essay on the causes of distrust and estrangement between Shias and Bahá'ís. The term "ghetto" here refers to ideologically separated communities. (Offsite.)
This document is online at mei.org.in and scribd.com.
Keywords: Conspiracy theories; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran

Attacks on the Faith - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1997)
Response to two recent "attacks": dissidence and graffiti.
On the two attacks mentioned, see Bahá'í Center in Dallas Erases Graffiti Slurs and Critics chafe at Bahá'í conservatism (offsite).
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Opposition; United States (documents)

Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Glimpses from Five Continents - International Teaching Centre (Bahá'í World Centre, 2008)
This World Centre publication was used for consultation at the 10th International Bahá'í Convention. In pictures, case studies, testimonials, and analysis of programs of growth on 5 continents, it demonstrates the diverse conditions of Bahá'ís worldwide.
See also a related bahai.org website, Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Images from Five Continents (archived). Also available as a RTF document, prepared by David Merrick, and as a Microsoft Word document..
Keywords: Attaining the Dynamics of Growth; Bihar Sharif, India; Colombia; Documentaries; Documentaries, BWC; Growth; India; Institute process; Kenya; Kiribati; London, England; North Caucasus; United Kingdom; Visuals

Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Letter sent to all NSAs and later broadcast to the Bahá'í world to explain the process through which the Lesser Peace will be created and its relation to the Most Great Peace.
Transmitted by email to all National Spiritual Assemblies and later posted to www.usbnc.org/communications/uhj [defunct].
Keywords: Arc project; Events versus processes; Expectations; Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Peace; Prophecies; Seven Candles of Unity; Speculation; Unity; Unity of Nations; World order; World peace

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics - Abdul-Bahá (Persian Revolution of 1905-1909, 1910)
The original publication in Persian Revolution includes the Persian text of the letters that are translated.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Politics; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of