"The Angle of Ascent": Process and Achievement in the Work of Robert Hayden - Boyles,Ann (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Hayden's poetry explores the process of individual and collective social and spiritual transformation in the contexts of contemporary culture, the Bahá'í Faith, black history, art, literature, nature, disease, and suffering.
Keywords: Poetry; Robert Hayden

The Anti-Bahá'í Campaign - Akhavi,Shahrough (Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran: Clergy-State Relations in the Pahlavi Period, 1980)
Detailed historical account of the 1955 persecutions in Iran.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document and as a PDF scan of the original pages. Footnotes are missing from the HTML below, but are in the PDF.

The Anti-Bahá'í Society - Abedi,Mehdi; Fischer,Michael M. J. (Debating Muslims: Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition, 1990)
Autobiographical stories of Abedi and his involvement in opposition to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran with the "Anjoman-e Zedd-e Bahá'íyat."
This autobiography includes descriptions and language that some might find offensive. This excerpt of Debating Muslims presents Abedi's recollections of his involvement in organized opposition to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran. The other section of this book that deals with the Bahá'ís is Fischer's 30-page essay "Social Change and the Mirrors of Yazd: Bahá'ís of Yazd." That essay was later reprinted in the book The Bahá'í Faith and Islam, published by the Association for Bahá'í Studies (1990), and it is partially online at Google books, pp. 222-250. Also available as PDF.
Keywords: Hojjatieh Society; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Anti-Secular Regulation of Religious Difference in Egypt - Azmi,Meriam Wagdy (2021)
Religious minorities lack recognition by the government. Secularism could remedy this, but some argue that it actually leads to religious tension. Egypt's problem is the way it espouses Islam and Shari'a as its identity and the basis for public order.
Master's thesis for the Department of Law, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo. Mirrored from fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1634.
Keywords: Egypt; Human rights; Persecution; Persecution, Egypt

The Apocalypse: An Exegesis - Riggs,Robert (1998)
Detailed study of astrology, numerology, and other esoterica, in an attempt to understand The Revelation of St. John the Divine through eyes of Bahá'í interpretation.
Updated version of the earlier book Apocalypse Unsealed. Also available in Open Office format and RTF.
Keywords: Astrology; Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Numerology; Prophecies; Quotations from the Bible

The Application of Bahá'í Principles in a Business Context - Daly,Kirsten (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org. Copy-edited by J.W., 2011.
Keywords: Business; Ethics; Work

The Approach of Abdu'l-Baha to the Problem of Tolerance - Sabeti,Erfan (2003)
Exploring the differences between forbearance, indifference, acceptance, turning away, freedom, and tolerance, to distinguish matters of opinion and belief from scientific and aesthetic ones.
Presented at Irfan Colloquium session #48, Acuto Italy, July 2003.
Keywords: Freedom and liberty; Philosophy; Politics; Science; Tolerance; Truth

The Arabic Bayan: From A.L.M. Nicolas' French translation - Báb, The (1980)
The version of this document posted at H-Bahai is incomplete; the version below is both complete and posted with the translator's permission. See also Nicolas' 4-volume French original of the Persian Bayan, a partial translation of the Persian Bayan from French by Velasco, and Peter Terry's Summary and Themes of the Persian Bayán.
Keywords: A.L.M. Nicolas; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Báb, Writings of

The Arabic Grammar of the Báb - McCants,William F. (2002)
Muslim detractors of the Bab have often criticized his grammar. Did the Bab make grammatical errors due to a poor knowledge of the language, or did he intentionally coin a new grammar?
Keywords: Arabic language; Báb, Grammar of; Báb, Writings of; Criticism and apologetics; Grammar; Language

The Arc Project: A Poetic Experience: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII Poetry - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and a Study in Autobiography, 2006)
In the late 1980s I began to write more and more poetry as the construction projects on Mt. Carmel proceeded and the unfolding magnificence of the Terraces came more and more into view at the Bahá'í World Centre
Just ten days after the Arc Project and the Terraces on Mt. Carmel were officially completed on May 23rd, 2001 and the "awe-inspiring, worldwide effects" began to be reflected in messages being received from the Bahá'í world centre--NASA launched the Wilkenson Microwave Anistrophy Probe(WMAP). This satellite orbited about one million miles above earth and measured microwave radiation that had travelled 13 billion light years and was generated 380,000 years after the Big Bang, so scientists theorized. This poetry, my poetry, orbited around the Bahá'í World Centre, measured a spiritual radiation generated in the womb of a travailing age, and was inspired by the construction of these Terraces and the Arc Project at the Bahá'í World Centre in the years 1987 to 2001.
Keywords: Arc project; Ron Price

The Archeology of the Kingdom of God - Lepain,Jean-Marc (2015)
Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the Greek to Jewish, Christian and Muslim thought, contrasted with the theosophy, metaphysics, anthropology, and hermeneutics of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
This electronic publication is with the permission of the author, the translator, and the publisher Kalimat Press. See original publication, in French, at bahai-biblio.org.
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Alam-i-Mithal (World of images); Alchemy; Arabic language; Aramaic language; Archetypes; Certitude; Cosmology; Cosmology; God; God, Worlds of; Hermeneutics; Interpretation; Islam; Judaism; Kabbalah; Language; Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People); Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Life after death (afterlife); Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Metaphysics; Mysticism; Neoplatonism; Ontology; Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Philosophy, Islamic; Psychology; Quran; Search; Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure); Shaykhism; Spiritualization; Sufism; Theosophy; Translation

The Architectures of Thinking - Segura,Jordi Vallverdu; Nakano,Josuke (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships between the subject and their surroundings. By sharing an environment and its relationships, members of a community define their values, attitudes, and "reality."
This article is online under CC license at revistas.uva.es/index.php/socireli/article/view/5518. See full journal Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá’í.
Keywords: Architecture; Arts and crafts; Buddhism; Built environment and urban planning; Calamities and catastrophes; Change; Christianity; Climate change; Community (general); Cultural diversity; Dualism; Emptiness; Environment; Ethics; Europe; God; Interfaith dialogue; Japan; Light; Monism; Nature; Nothingness; Ontology; Philosophy; Politics; Psychology; Religion (general); Shintoism; Sociology; Temples; Unity

The Aristotelian Substratum of the Bahá'í Writings - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
There is a pervasive and far-reaching congruence of Aristotle and the Bahá’í Writings. This Aristotelian substratum makes it is possible to resolve many apparent paradoxes in the Writings.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #42, London (July 19-21, 2002). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/42/kluge_aristotelian.
Keywords: Aristotle; Contradictions; Criticism and apologetics; God; Irfan Colloquia; Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Proofs; Science; Soul

The Art of Rhetoric in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi - McLean,Jack (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
Outline and illustration of six defining elements of Shoghi Effendi's rhetorical art, which show both classical and particular or atypical uses.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #60, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 26-29, 2005). This is an updated version of the Lights of Irfan paper, published as chapter eight, “Rhetoric: The Language of Persuasion,” in A Celestial Burning: The Writings of Shoghi Effendi. See earlier version at irfancolloquia.org/60/mclean_rhetoric.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Rhetoric; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Style (Writings)

The Art of Sacred Reading: In Search of a Bahá'í Approach - Velasco,Ismael (2006)
Embracing paradox: the experience of contradiction and the logic of reconciliation; "Loving sympathy": the example of Montaigne; sacred text and sacred reading: a journey into the Book of Certitude.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Michel de Montaigne; Philosophy; Reading

The Art of Translation - Miller,Brian A. (elixir-journal.org, 2017)
Translation is a form of art — an act of transposition, transformation, and interpretation. Illustrated with translation examples from the Qu'ran and Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove."
Mirrored with permission from www.elixir-journal.org.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Quran; Quran translations; Ted Cardell; Translation

The Artist and the Grammarian - Rogers,Otto Donald (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2009)
On the process and meaning of creating art; its effect on the mind and the brain, the nature of painting; spiritual foundations of the natural world.
27th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/147.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Creation; Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Internet

The Ascent of Mount Carmel: Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
"From the Editor's Desk": Symbolism of the terraces on the shrine of the Bab; St. John's poem "Ascent of Mount Carmel"; overview of the articles in this issue of the Journal.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/256. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Báb, Birth of; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Centenaries; Christianity; Haifa, Israel; Interfaith dialogue; John Hatcher; Letters of the Living; Mount Carmel; Mysticism; Pilgrimage; Poetry; Purity; St. John of the Cross; Symbolism; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa); Water (metaphor)

The Atlanta Bahá'í Community and Race Unity: 1909-1950 - McMullen,Michael (World Order, 1995)
History of the Bahá'í faith in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, a city whose Bahá'í community dates back almost to the earliest beginnings of the Bahá'ís in the United States.
Article corrected, formatted, and mirrored with permission from a rough version posted at bahaindex.com, with later additions by Don Calkins.
Keywords: Atlanta, GA; Bahá'í history by country; Georgia, USA; Race; United States (documents); Unity

The Attempted Assassination of Nasir al Din Shah in 1852: Millennialism and Violence - Momen,Moojan (2004)
A new account of the events of 1852, referencing a document that has not been previously used which sheds a different light on the events; also broader context of the study of violent millennialists and contemporary incidents like Waco and Aum Shinrikyo.
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, March 23 2004. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il. Later updated as a published article, 2008.
Keywords: 1850s; Millennialism; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Violence

The Atypical international status of the Holy See - Bathon,Matthew N. (Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 2001)
Political nature of the Vatican; includes discussion of the Bahá'ís and Bahá'í international organization
Author note: Matthew N. Bathon, J.D. Candidate 2001, Vanderbilt University Law School; B.S., University of Evansville. Mirrored from highbeam.com (formerly elibrary.com).
Keywords: Papacy; Popes; Vatican City

The Australian-New Zealand Bahá'í Connections - Carr,David Brown (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
History and relationship of the early Australian and New Zealand Bahá'í communities, the magazine Herald of the South, and some brief biographies.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Australia; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Herald of the South (magazine); New Zealand

The Authenticity Project - Radpour,Mary K. (2001)
An effort to integrate Bahá’í ethical principles and the psychological dynamics of growth. In both presentation and long-form notes formats.
A presentation at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 28-July 1, 2001. Mirrored with permission from bahaistudies.net/otherworks/.
Keywords: Authenticity; Ethics; Growth; Psychology

The Authority of the Feminine and Fatima's Place in an Early Work by the Bab - Lawson,Todd (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
While Tahirih inspired many in Europe and eventually America, she is very much a daughter of her own culture, history, mythology, and religion. She was a religious mystic who felt a new day arising in the world, and seen by some as the "return" of Fatima.
First published in The Most Learned of the Shi‘a: The Institution of the Marja‘ Taqlid, ed. Linda Walbridge (Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 94-127; see lawson_authority_feminine_2001.pdf.
Keywords: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Báb, Writings of; Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad); Gender; God, Worlds of; Henry Corbin; Hurqalya (imaginal realm); Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Return; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Typology; Women

The Authority of the Institutions According to the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá: A Text Analysis - Keil,Gerald C. (2017)
Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament is the indispensable starting point for understanding the Bahá'í Administrative Order, and the competencies and areas of responsibility of the various institutions. The text must be examined as a cohesive whole.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Authority; Covenant; Exegesis; Infallibility; Institutions; Interpretation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Science; Technology; Universal House of Justice; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Ayatollahs and Democracy in Iraq - Cole,Juan (ISIM Paper #7, 2006)
Clerical participation within Iraq's emerging democracy. Does not mention the Bahá'í Faith.

The Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867 - Cole,Juan (Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements, and the Babi-Baha'i Faiths, 2004)
On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Bábí movement in the nineteenth-century Middle East was definitively split into the Bahá'í and Azalí religions.
Online at scribd.com.
Keywords: Azali Bábís; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Challenges (confrontations); Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Covenant; Edirne, Turkey; Most Great Separation; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Turkey

The Bab - Momen,Moojan; Lawson,Todd (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: Báb, The

The Báb and 'Alí Muhammad, Islamic and Post-Islamic: Multiple Meanings in the Writings of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad Shírází (1819-1850) - Heern,Zackery Mirza (Religions, 2023)
Writings of the Báb can be understood as a commentary on the Qur'án, the original Qur'án, and divine revelation; the metaphors and symbolism of Gate (Báb), Remembrance (Dhikr), and Point (Nuqtah). Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/3/334, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Báb (Gate); Báb (Gate); Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Dhikr (Remembrance); Hidden Imam; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Metaphors and allegories; Nuqta (Point); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Shia Islam (Shiism)

The Bab and Babeeism: Part 1 - Arbuthnot,Robert K. (Contemporary Review, 1869)
Part one of an early, relatively lengthy overview of Bábí theology and history.
See also Part Two.
Keywords: Bábísm; Comte de Gobineau; Mírzá Kazem-Beg

The Bab and Babeeism: Part 2 - Arbuthnot,Robert K. (Contemporary Review, 1969)
Part two of an early, relatively lengthy overview of Bábí history and theology.
See also Part One.
Keywords: Bábísm; Comte de Gobineau; Mírzá Kazem-Beg

The Bab and Babism - Rees,John David (Littell's Living Age, 1896)
An early, brief account of Bábí history and speculation about the presence of the Bábís (i.e. Bahá'ís) in contemporary Iran by a British colonial official and traveller.
Mirrored from digital.library.cornell.edu/l/livn/. See also Norwegian translation, also published 1896.

The Báb and the Bábí Religion - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Fadl (Letters & Essays 1886-1913, 1985)
A general overview of Bábí history and thought, written in Arabic in 1896.
Keywords: Bábísm; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani

The Bab and the Babis - Sell,Edward (Essays on Islam, 1901)
An early account of the Babis and Bahá'ís.
This entire book is available online in a variety of formats at archive.org. See also Word document.
Keywords: Bábísm

The Báb in Shiraz: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán - Rabbani,Ahang, editor and translator (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2008)
Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration; written by a relative.
See also the full treatment of this time period in Habibullah Afnan's The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs.
Keywords: Afnan; Biography; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Bábí history; Eyewitnesses; Iran (documents); Manuscripts; Persecution; Persecution, Destruction; Persecution, Iran; Pilgrims notes; Shíráz, Iran

The Bab in the World of Images - Ma'sumian,Bijan; Masumian,Adib (Baha'i Studies Review, 2013)
History of the portraits drawn of the Bab, especially that of Aqa Bala Bayg of Shishvan, the only artist who actually met the Bab.
Keywords: Aqa Bala-Big Naqqash-bashi; Báb, Portrait of; Báb, The; Portraits

The Báb on the Rights of Women - Zabihi-Moghaddam,Siyamak (Religions, 2023)
Statements of the Báb on issues such as mutʿah and tahlíl marriages, polygyny, bridal consent, divorce and spousal relations, and their significance for the rights of women in Muslim juridical opinions and social customs. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/705, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Abuse; Báb, Laws of; Equality; Gender; Human rights; Iran (documents); Laws; Marriage; Women

The Báb's Bayan: An Analytical Survey - Afnan,Muhammad (World Order, 2000)
Analysis of the Bayan and its contents: fundamental beliefs and worldview, moral principles, laws, administration of society, and future expectations.
Translation and update of essay originally published in French in Encyclopedie philosophique universelle (1992).
Keywords: Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Outlines and summaries

The Báb's Business Etiquette - Bahá'í Inspiration (2020)
Anecdote about how the Bab changed unseemly business practices while he was a merchant in Bushihr, as quoted by Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=E6hnJ6Uazc4.
Keywords: Alan Coupe; Bushihr, Iran; Business; Báb, The; Economics; Ethics; Iran (documents)

The Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God - Lawson,Todd (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risála fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant compositions. It provides a brief discussion of the mystic quest, and sheds light on the Báb's relationship to the Shaykhi movement and to Sayyid Kázim.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #30, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October 6-8, 2000). Republished in The Bahá'í Faith and the World's Religions, ed. Moojan Momen (George Ronald, 2005); see lawson_babs_epistle_2005.pdf. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/30/lawson_epistle. See also the Arabic text, at h-net.org/~bahai/trans/vol2/suluk/suluktr.htm.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; God; Hadith; Hadith of Kumayl; Imam Ali; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Islam; Journey (spiritual); Mysticism; Quran; Risala fis-Suluk (Journey towards God); Spirituality

The Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living - Báb, The; Nabil-i-Azam (1844)
The Báb's farewell speech to the Letters of the Living, extracted from Nabil-i-A'zam's
For the authenticity of this text, see this memorandum (2020) of the Research Department of the Bahá'í World Center, which includes a quotation from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi where he clarified that words attributed to the Báb or any of His disciples "are by no means their exact words. They constitute the substance of their message, and thus are not as definite as the quoted words of Bahá'u'lláh or the Master."
Keywords: Báb, Speech to the Letters of the Living; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Christianity; Dawn-Breakers (book); Deeds; Detachment; Divine Assistance; God, Day of; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Pilgrims notes; Purity; Teaching

The Báb: Newspaper Articles and Other Publications 1845-1859 - Jasion,Jan T., compiler (2019)
List of 1490 articles from newspapers, books, and journals referencing The Báb and the Bábís, from Europe, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.
Also available in OpenOffice format.
Keywords: Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Mentions; Newspaper articles; Newspapers

The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days - Balyuzi,Hasan M. (George Ronald, 1973)
The classic biography of The Báb, by the eminent historian who also wrote the major biographies of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
This book is now online for public use at Project Gutenberg.
Keywords: Biography; Báb, The; E-books; Hasan Balyuzi

The Báb: The King of Messengers - Ghadimi,Riaz (Juxta Publishing Co., 2009)
A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
Book based on a lecture in Persian, "The Báb, the King of the Messengers," delivered 8 July 1984 in Toronto. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/the-bab-the-king-of-messengers. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Biography; Báb, The

The Báb; Husayn Bushru'i; Ruh al-Quddus; Tahirih - Momen,Moojan; Lawson,Todd (Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, 2004)
Entry "The Bab" from vol. I pp. 92-93; "Husayn Bushru’i" from vol. II p. 383; "Ruh al-Quddus" from vol. III pp. 709-710; "Tahirih" from vol. III. p. 835.
Keywords: Letters of the Living; Mulla Husayn; Quddus; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)

The Babi and Bahá'í community of Iran: A case of 'suspended genocide'? - Momen,Moojan (Journal of Genocide Research, 2005)
A description of the four phases of the persecutions that the Babis and Baha’is in Iran have suffered (the Babis, the early Bahá'ís, during the Pahlavi dynasty, and following the 1979 Islamic revolution) and how they fit in with categories of genocide.
Keywords: Genocide; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: From Messianic Shi'ism to World Religion, by Peter Smith: Review - McLean,Jack (1988)
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.

The Babi and Bahá'í Religions: An Annotated Bibliography - MacEoin,Denis (1997)
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Bibliography; Bábísm

The Babi Concept of Holy War - MacEoin,Denis (Religion, 1982)
An influential and controversial article, one of the first modern academic examinations of Bábí history. Discusses Islamic jihad, Bábí jihad, martyrdom, and political struggles.
See follow-up discussions of this article listed at Debates between MacEoin et al., specifically a critique of this article. See also Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions (J. Winters, 1996).
Keywords: Bábísm; Criticism and apologetics; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Martyrdom

The Babi Movement in Iran: From Religious Dissent to Political Revolt, 1844 - Fuad,Ahmad Nur (1998)
Development of the Bábí movement and the political implications of its religious teachings, as seen in its shift from purely religious dissent to political dissent.
Thesis for Master of Arts degree in the department Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University under the supervision of Todd Lawson. Document online with permission at collectionscanada.gc.ca.
Keywords: 1844; Bábí history; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Shia Islam (Shiism)

The Babi Movement: A Resource Mobilization Perspective - Smith,Peter; Momen,Moojan (In Iran: Studies in Babi and Baha'i History vol. 3, 1986)
Babism from a sociological standpoint, esp. the place of the Babis in their contemporary cultural and economic classes.
Keywords: Báb, The; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Letters of the Living; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Shaykhism; Sociology; Zuhur al-Haqq (Zuhurul-Haqq)

The Bábí Uprising in Zanjan - Walbridge,John (Iranian Studies, 1996)
A study of the Bábí uprising in Zanjan in 1850, examining the social, economic, and political background as well as the motivations of both the Bábís and their opponents.
See also the author's Document and Narrative Sources for the History of the Battle of Zanjan. Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Upheavals; Zanjan upheaval; Zanjan, Iran

The Bábí-Bahá'í Community in Khorasan - Foadi,Minou (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2022)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at referenceworks.brillonline.com. (As of Oct 2022, it is not yet at iranicaonline.org.)
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Khurásán, Iran

The Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi - Zabihi-Moghaddam,Siyamak (Iranian Studies, 2002)
On the background and events of the Shaykh Tabarsi conflict; developments, both in the political sphere and within the Bábí community, that led to the outbreak of open warfare in 1848; and objectives of the Bábí participants in the conflict.
See also the lecture The Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853 (audio). See also a version of this article published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies (2004). PDF below created from Microsoft Word version by Mike Thomas (2022); see also original scan.
Keywords: Bábí history; Iran (documents); Shaykh Tabarsí siege

The Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsí - Zabihi-Moghaddam,Siyamak (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)
Analysis of first of four major clashes between the Bábís and the Qájár state from 1848-1853. The Bábís were not intent on revolt; factors include the increased public hostility toward the Bábís, their understanding of holy war, and political instability.
See also the lecture The Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853 (audio). See also a version of this article published in Iranian Studies (2002).
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Shaykh Tabarsí siege

The Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853 - Zabihi-Moghaddam,Siyamak (2003)
Overview of four conflicts between the Babis and the Qajar state: one at Shaykh Tabarsi in Mazandaran (1848), one in Zanjan (1850), and two in Nayriz (1850, 1853).
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, December 23 2003. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm. See also two versions of this article, one published in Iranian Studies (2002) and one in Journal of Bahá'í Studies (2004).
Keywords: Iran (documents); Nayriz upheaval; Nayriz, Iran; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Qajar dynasty; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Upheavals; Zanjan upheaval; Zanjan, Iran

The Babis - Sell,Edward (The Church Missionary Intelligencer, 1896)
An early 10-page overview of Bábí history and beliefs, published in a monthly journal of missionary information.
Keywords: Bábí history

The Babis - Lorey,Eustache de (Queer Things about Persia, 1907)
Translation of an article which appeared in the official gazette of the Persian government, followed by a letter from de Gobineau, on the torture of Babis after the assassination attempt on the Shah, 1852.
Preface and table of contents included for context. This complete book is available in many file formats at archive.org. It is also referenced in Peggy Caton's book A Persian Ode: Musical Life in Safavid and Qajar Iran [amazon.com]. See also Bábí Attempt on the Life of the Shah, 1852: Coverage in the New York Times.

The Babis - Heckethorn,Charles William (The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries, 1897)
Neutral-to-sympathetic overview of: The Bab, the founder; progress of Babism; Bábí doctrine; recent history of Babism.
Online at books.google.com.
Keywords: Bábísm

The Bábís of Nayriz: History and Documents - Rabbani,Ahang, editor and translator (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2006)
Extensive collection of historical documents: autobiographies, narratives, genealogies and chronologies, the transition from the Bábí to the Bahá'í community, provisional translations, and a list of Bábí martyrs.
See also Narrative of Mulla Muhammad Shafi` Nayrizi.
Keywords: Bábí history; Iran (documents); Martyrdom; Nayriz, Iran; Pilgrims notes

The Bábís of Persia: I. Sketch of Their History, and Personal Experiences amongst Them - Browne,E. G. (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1889)
Results of Browne's investigations into the doctrines, history, and circumstances of this "most remarkable" religious phenomenon, and outline of things yet to be studied.
See also The Babis of Persia II: Their Literature and Doctrines.
Keywords: Báb, The; Bábí history; E. G. Browne

The Bábís of Persia: II. Their Literature and Doctrines - Browne,E. G. (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1889)
Overview of Bábí literature and doctrine.
See also The Babis of Persia I: Sketch of Their History, and Personal Experiences amongst Them.
Keywords: Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Bábí history; E. G. Browne

The Babites - Jessup,Henry H. (The Outlook, 1901)
Sympathetic overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, including a meeting and a detailed conversation with Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document. See also a slightly shorter version of this article, Babism and the Babites.
Keywords: Christian missionaries; Henry Jessup

The Babs and Their Prophet - Oliphant,Laurence (Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine, 1887)
Excerpt from a book described by E.G. Browne as "the first published notice of Behá and the Bábí colony at Acre"; includes PDF of complete book.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, and a complete PDF is below.
Keywords: 19th century; Haifa, Israel; History (general); Laurence Oliphant; Palestine

The Babs of Persia - Chaplin,Thomas (The Times of London, 1871)
Eight versions/excerpts of an article originally published in The Times of London Oct. 5, 1871, and then reprinted elsewhere.
Sources below compiled by Kurt Asplund (2022). See further information and citations/links at bahaipedia.org.
Keywords: Mentions; Newspaper articles; Thomas Chaplin; Times (newspaper); United Kingdom

The Background and Centrality of Apophatic Theology in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture - Lambden,Stephen (Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1997)
History of the theological position of the incomprehensibility-unknowability of God in past major Abrahamic religions and its importance and significance for contemporary Bahá'ís.
This is an updated version of the paper that appeared in Reason and Revelation. If any fonts or symbols do not display properly, see Lambden's original version. Mirrored with permission from www.hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk, and with permission of publisher.
Keywords: Apophatic theology; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Christianity; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); God; God, Knowledge of; God, Names of; God, Worlds of; Greatest Name; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); He is God (Invocation); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Judaism; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary); Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity); Manifestations of God; Neoplatonism; Philosophy, Christian; Philosophy, Islamic; Philosophy, Jewish; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Some Answered Questions (book); Tablet to Auguste Forel; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi); Tafsir-i-Hú (Commentary on the phrase He Is (God)); Theology; Veils

The Badí' (Bahá'í) Calendar: An Introduction - Momen,Moojan (2014)
Summary of the nature of Bahá'í calendar, the way the Badí' calendar works, and the reason for the 2014 revisions inaugurated by the Universal House of Justice.
Mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Báb, Birth of; Calendars (general); Gradual implementation of laws; Holy days; Iran (documents); Laws; Naw-Rúz; Tehran, Iran; Twin Holy days

The Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America: Alain Locke and Robert Abbott - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 2011)
W. E. B. Du Bois, Alain L. Locke and Robert S. Abbott, ranked as the 4th, 36th and 41st most influential in African American history, all expressed interest in the Baha’i ethic of world unity, from family to international relations, and social crisis.
See also a presentation on this same topic. Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: African Americans; Alain Locke; Chicago Defender (newspaper); Race; Race amity; Race unity; Robert S. Abbott; United States (documents); W.E.B. Du Bois; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Bahá'í Approach to Cosmopolitan Ideas in International Relations - Mooten,Nalinie N. (2005)
On Western cosmopolitan thought from its infancy to the present day and on a Bahá’í cosmopolitan model to International Relations (IR), which reinforces ideas based on essential oneness.
PhD thesis in Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick. See also the author's "The Bahá'í Contribution to Cosmopolitan International Relations Theory" in lecture and article formats. This thesis is online at afnanlibrary.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Cosmopolitanism; Ethics; Globalization; International relations; Lesser Peace; Peace; United Nations; Unity; World citizenship; World order

The Bahá'í Approach to Cosmopolitan Ideas in International Relations - Mooten,Nalinie N. (2006)
A Bahá’í approach to the cosmopolitan tradition in International Relations theory; contributions the Bahá’í model can offer to this growing tradition; cosmopolitanism as articulated by the Cynics in ancient Greece and by Enlightenment philosophies.
See another version of this paper, as published in Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies, and see the author's thesis on this topic. Presented as a lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, November 14 2006. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Cosmopolitanism; Ethics; Globalization; International relations; Lesser Peace; Peace; United Nations; Unity; World citizenship; World order

The Baha'i Approach: Moderation in Civilization - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1995)
Bahá'í approach to nature and ecology.
Originally posted at www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl95a.htm. Delivered to the "Colloquium on Ecology, Ethics, Spirtualities," Klingenthal, France, 27-29 October 1995.
Keywords: Environment; Moderation

The Bahá'í Cause - Sohrab,Ahmad (Living Schools of Religion, 1956)
Brief overview of the Bahá'í Faith, with passing references to Sohrab's "New History Society."
Keywords: Ahmad Sohrab; Introductory; New History Society; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Cause - Hare,William Loftus (The Open Court, 1924)
An account of the "Parliament of Living Religions," in London, 1924. Includes 2-page summary of presentations by Mountfort Mills and Ruhi Afnan.
The correct spelling is "Mountfort," but in this article it is noted as "Mountford," and sometimes is written as "Montfort". This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

The Bahá'í Cause Today - Miller,William (The Moslem World, 1940)
A Christian missionary's outsider perspective on the history of the Bábí and Bahá'í faiths, teachings, literature, teachings, and prophecies.
Also available in Microsoft Word format (prepared by M. Thomas, 2024).

The Bahá'í Cause Today: Review - Gail,Marzieh (World Order, 1941)
Also online at bahai.works. Also available in Microsoft Word format (prepared by M. Thomas, 2024).

The Bahá'í Church of Calabar, West Africa: The Problem of Levels in Religious History - Lee,Anthony (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 1997)
The growth of a 'Bahá'í Church' in Calabar indicates the enormous role played by the initiative of the African converts themselves, and that the points of attraction to the Bahá'í message were different from those expected by the pioneers.
Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol1/africa1.htm.

The Bahá'í Community and Health Promotion: The Message and the Metaphor - Phillips,Robert (dialogue magazine, 1986)
There may be a connection between spiritual development and physical health, which is not often recognized in contemporary medicine. Lifestyle changes which improve health can be promoted by religious principles.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Health and healing; Lifestyle; Science; Social and economic development

The Bahá'í Community and the Life of the Mind - Martin,Douglas (2005)
Delivered at the 29th ABS Annual Conference "Science, Religion and Social Transformation," Cambridge MA, August 11-14 2005. Mirrored with permission from www.bahai-studies.ca/proceedings. Author affiliation: Member of the Universal House of Justice
Keywords: Douglas Martin; Mind

The Bahá'í Community as a Learning Organisation - Steiner,Roy (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
How a knowledge management system focussed on assisting individuals, communities and institutions could improve their success. Followed by commentaries by Kambiz Maani and Svenja Tams.
Commentaries by Kambiz Maani and Svenja Tams published in Bahá'í Studies Review, vol. 7 (1997)
Keywords: Growth; Knowledge; Learning

The Bahá'í Community in Edinburgh, 1946-1950 - Velasco,Ismael (Baha'is in the West, 2004)
Historical context of the rise of the Bahá'í community in Scotland, community development, diffusion of Bahá'í literature, and statistics of Bahá'í membership in Scotland as of 1997.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland

The Bahá'í Community of Ashkhabad: Its Social Basis and Importance in Bahá'í History - Momen,Moojan (Cultural Change and Continuity in Central Asia, 1991)
Origin and history of the Bahá'ís in Ishqabad (Ashgabat) in Turkistan, analysis of the social composition of this community, and its importance of in terms of the rest of the Bahá'í world.
This article was presented at a conference "Cultural Change and Continuity in Central Asia" and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in April 1987. The layout is exactly as in the book. This article has been scanned and may contained errors due to the process of scanning and optical character recognition. Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Bahá'í history by country; Turkmenistan

The Bahá'í Community of Canada - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)

The Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948, 1996)
The origins and early life of the Bahá'í community in Canada as a sociological case study in the transplantation of non-Western faiths into Western settings.
This article is extracted from the author's The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948. It is also an early draft of an article which later appeared in two different edited forms, one in the Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:3 (1997), online as hoonaard_bahai_community_canada_jbs.pdf (see also bahaistudies.ca), and one in ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies (McGill University, issue 24: 97-118). See also author's account of his experience researching and writing a study of this magnitude in Inside The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Personal Narrative.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Canada; Canada; Cultural diversity; Culture, Western; Growth; Sociology

The Bahá'í Community of Iran: Patterns of Exile and Problems of Communication - Momen,Moojan (Iranian Refugees and Exiles Since Khomeini, 1991)
An examination of the causes and patterns of migrations of Iranian Bahá'ís.
This article was published in Iranian Refugees and Exiles Since Khomeini (edited by Asghar Fathi, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary), Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa, California, 1991, pp. 21-36. The layout is as in the book. This article has been scanned and may contained errors due to the process of scanning and optical character recognition. Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Communication; Exile (banishment); Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Migration; Persecution; Pilgrimage

The Bahá'í Community: A Summary of Its Organization and Laws - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1947)
An early manual and compilation on Bahá'í administration, community, and laws.
Also available in Word format (prepared by M. Thomas, 2021).
Keywords: Administration; Laws; Spiritual Assemblies

The Bahá'í Contribution to Cosmopolitan International Relations Theory - Mooten,Nalinie N. (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Bahá’í concepts of global governance, unity in diversity, and ethical reform as contributions to a cosmopolitan International Relations theory.
See another version of this paper, delivered as a lecture, and see the author's thesis on this topic. Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Cosmopolitanism; Ethics; Globalization; International relations; Lesser Peace; Peace; United Nations; Unity; World citizenship; World order

The Bahá'í Covenant - Nakhjavani,Ali (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
The continuing importance of the Bahá'í concept of the Covenant and its implications to an understanding of Bahá'í history; misconceptions about the covenant; covenant-breakers; the passing of Shoghi Effendi without writing a will or testament.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/nakhjavani_covenant
Keywords: Covenant; Irfan Colloquia; `Alí Nakhjavání

The Bahá'í Educational Project: Towards a Universal System of Education - Bookwalter,Wm. Keith (2000)
Interpretation of guidance in the Baha' writings to formulate a method of using Bahá'í deepening and training materials that utilize research-based learning, teaching, and curriculum theory, both deductive and inductive, beyond institute-style courses.
See also the Spanish translation El proyecto educacional Bahá'í, and see Social Responsibility and Community Development: Lessons from the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial in Honduras (Honeyman, 2010).
Keywords: Curriculum; Education

The Bahá'í Electoral Process: Servant Leadership or New Paradigm? - Poirier,Vickie Hu (2006)
Exploratory survey of the unique electoral and leadership model which exists in the Bahá’í community, and the extent of servant and transformational leadership in the Bahá’í model, its conceptual basis, and participation of women and minorities.
Thesis presented for Honors graduation, New Mexico State University. Mirrored with permission from spiritualadventurers.org.
Keywords: Administration; Elections

The Bahá'í Faith - Hassall,Graham (Encyclopedia of Religion in Australia, 2009)
Keywords: Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith - Stockman,Robert (Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2002)
I have two versions of this draft paper, and they're slightly different. Not knowing which is newer or better, I've posted both, below. As well, see a later, re-edited version of this paper as published in World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, a 2011 edition of this encyclopedia.
Keywords: Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith - Buck,Christopher (The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice, 2012)
Keywords: Introductory; Social action

The Bahá'í Faith - Stockman,Robert (Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, 2008)
Keywords: Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith - Perkins,Mary; Hainsworth,Philip (Ward, Lock and Co., 1980)
An introductory book for people new to the Bahá'í Faith, in audiobook format.
Audio originally posted, with permission of authors, at bahaistudy.org, and reposted to archive.org under CC license. See more audiobooks prepared by Nicholas Bridgewater at sites.google.com. Part of this book is also online in Russian translation.
Keywords: Introductory; Philip Hainsworth

The Bahá'í Faith - Hartz,Paula R. (Chelsea House, 2002)
Overview of Bahá'í history, teachings, and scripture, with many photographs and illustrations; part of a "World Religions" series aimed at high school students. (Offsite.)
The following documents are online, posted with Creative Commons "Attribution Non-commercial" permission, at Scribd.com.
Keywords: Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith - Osborn,Lil (Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements, 2021)
Origins; Bahá'u'lláh; `Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi; 'world religion' from 1957; beliefs and practices; controversies; persecution.
Free online in both HTML and PDF formats at brill.com.
Keywords: Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith - Holley,Horace (Bahá'ı́ Publishing Committee, 1933)
Essay published as a pamphlet, on the worldwide spiritual community, renewal of faith, the basis of unity, and a background of heroic sacrifice.

The Baha'i Faith - Bach,Marcus (They Have Found a Faith, 1946)
An outsider's view of the Bahá'í community from a "faith-based" perspective.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Marcus Bach

The Baha'i Faith (Part One): Origins and the Bab - Holm,Filip (2020)
Part one of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=bc7AvTq1FGY. See also The Baha'i Faith (Part Two): Baha'u'llah and His Teachings

The Baha'i Faith (Part Two): Baha'u'llah and His Teachings - Holm,Filip (2020)
Part two of an academically-minded yet accessible video essay on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths as a work of public scholarship by a religious studies scholar who is part of the popular 'Religious Studies YouTube' community.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=75jZKEY2aRo. See also The Baha'i Faith (Part One): Origins and the Bab.

The Bahá'í Faith 1957-1988: A Survey of Contemporary Developments - Smith,Peter; Momen,Moojan (Religion, 1989)
A general account of developments in the Bahá'í Faith during these three decades.
Also available in PDF format, mirrored from academia.edu.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Expansion; Growth; Statistics

The Bahá'í Faith and African American History: Introduction - Bramson-Lerche,Loni (Lexington Books, 2018)
Contents, Introduction, and Index from this book, with links to two chapters (by Christopher Buck).
Excerpt mirrored from google.com/books. See also two articles by Christopher Buck, Chapter 1 "The Bahá'í 'Pupil of the Eye' Metaphor" and Chapter 3 "Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith".
Keywords: African Americans; Race; Race amity; Race unity; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Faith and Christianity - Ma'sumian,Farnaz, compiler (2008)
Lecture notes compiled by Ma'sumian for teaching at a community college and a university, partly from other online sources.
This compilation is also available as a Word document.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue

The Bahá'í Faith and Globalization 1900-1912 - Stockman,Robert (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking inspired much of the practice of Baha’i proselytising; overview of the practical activism of the early American Baha’is and the mutual bonds of assistance between the Baha’i communities of North America and Iran.
Mirrored from kamalacademy.org.
Keywords: Canada; Globalization; Iran (documents); Teaching; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism: A Brief History - Berry,Adam (International Social Science Review, 2004)
Bahá'í history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian converts in America; Jewish responses to the Faith.
Written as an undergraduate student of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science at Emory University. PDF mirrored from nhbahais.com, HTML from highbeam.com.
Keywords: Christianity; Conversion; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Israel; Judaism; Opposition; Persecution, Iran; Prophecies; Sociology; Teaching; United States (documents); Zoroastrianism

The Bahá'í Faith and Peace Psychology: The Potential for Science and Religion to Collaborate - Diessner,Rhett (Peace Psychology Bulletin, 1994)
On the potential for Bahá’í peace initiatives, coupled with empirical peace psychology approaches, regarding: ethnicity and peace, feminism and peace, and peace and education.
Keywords: Education; Equality; Ethnicity; Gender; Peace; Psychology; Race; Unity; Unity in diversity; Women

The Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction - Tidhar,Lavie (nanobison, 2005)
Short essay published in a "speculative fiction e-zine."
See also The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories. Original site defunct, archived at archive.org; see also a PDF version at nanobison's own archives.
Keywords: Literature; Science fiction

The Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction - Tidhar,Lavie (Internet Review of Science Fiction, 2004)
Contacts between Sci-Fi and Bahá'í have so far been minimal, but the origins of these two seemingly-disparate groups are shared by Western influences of the Enlightenment, urbanization, industrialization, Modernism, and the world of mass consumption.
See also The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories. Mirrored from irosf.com; see comments at the end of the original article.
Keywords: Fiction; Literature; Science fiction

The Baha'i Faith and Syncretism - Stockman,Robert (Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith, 1997)
Addresses the common misunderstanding that the Bahá'í Faith is syncretistic.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Progressive revelation; Syncretism; Unity of religion

The Baha'i Faith and the Environment - Landau,Richard (Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change volume 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, 2002)
Participation of the Bahá'í International Community in UN-sponsored development and environmental initiatives for resolving the difficult challenges before humanity.
Keywords: Environment; Nature; Sustainable development

The Bahá'í Faith and the Equality, Rights, and Advancement of Women: A Survey of Principles, Praxis, and Discourse - Momen,Wendi (Religions, 2023)
Equality of women and men; education, advancement, and rights of women and girls; their application within the Bahá’í community; Bahá'í individual and institutional efforts to influence the international discourse on women. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/491, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Abuse; Education; Equality; Gender; Human rights; Leadership; Statistics; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

The Bahá'í Faith and the Market Economy - Rassekh,Farhad (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2001)
Bahá'í teachings relevant to the market system as described in classical economics and the roles of self-interest and morality in economic life; human beings are naturally endowed with a desire to better their lives.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/119.
Keywords: Economics

The Bahá'í Faith and the Perennial Mystical Quest: A Western Perspective - Savi,Julio (Baha'i Studies Review, 2007)
Mysticism is an intrinsic aspect of the Bahá'í Faith and mystical experience as formulated by William Ralph Inge and as expounded in the Bahá'í writings, emphasizing its practical and logical aspects; criticisms of mysticism; a Bahá'í mystical path.
In March 2006 the NSA of the United Kingdom suspended the "Association for Bahá'í Studies (English-speaking Europe)" and replaced it with the "Association for Bahá'í Studies (United Kingdom)". At that time the Bahá'í Studies Review was given a new editorial board and a new publisher, Intellect, and housed at atypon-link.com where this article was provided as a free download. BSR has moved to yet a third website, ingentaconnect.com, which no longer offers this PDF online.
Keywords: Mysticism

The Bahá'í Faith and the Singapore Women's Movement: Challenges for the Next Millennium - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
On the relationship between religion and the fight for women's rights after the founding of the Singapore Council of Women; the interplay between gender, religion and the women's movement; challenges for the next millennium with regards to equality.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 4.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Singapore; Women

The Bahá'í Faith and the Spiritualists: A Bibliographic Survey - Jasion,Jan T., compiler (2017)
Citations from the private database of the International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Occultism; Spiritualism; Theosophy

The Baha'i Faith and the Western Esoteric Tradition - Osborn,Lil (2015)
The importance of individuals seeped in the mystical, the occult, and esoteric to the early 20th-century creation of Bahá'í perspectives on modernity and mysticism.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Esotericism; Mysticism; Occultism; Paganism

The Bahá'í Faith and Traditional Societies: Exploring Universes of Discourse - Momen,Moojan (dialogue magazine, 1987)
How misunderstandings can arise between pioneers and the cultures they've moved to; traditional vs. modern ways of communication, and the dynamics of conversion.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Communication; Conversion; Cultural diversity; Pioneering

The Baha'í Faith and Wicca: A Comparison of Relevance in Two Emerging Religions - Osborn,Lil (Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 2009)
On the growth of the Baha’i Faith and Wicca in Britain, compared through the lens of the "Theory of Relevance" as the driving force in their further development.
Paper first presented at the 2008 International Conference, London, UK. Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Esotericism; Occultism; Paganism; Wicca

The Bahá'í Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962 - Lee,Anthony (Brill, 2011)
African presence in early Bábí and Bahá'í history; Bahá'í response to crises in Middle East and West Africa; histories of British Camaroons, Calabar. Studies of Religion in Africa series, vol. 39.
This book is online at academia.edu; was first posted to scribd.com.
Keywords: Africa; Bahá'í history by country; Calabar, Nigeria; Cameroon; Middle East; Namibia

The Bahá'í Faith in Austin: The Early Years - Gent,Catherine (1992)
Covers years 1912–1971, and includes appendix "Anna Reinke: First Baha'i in Texas."
Keywords: Austin, TX; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Texas, USA

The Bahá'í Faith in Egypt: A Historical Survey of the First Twelve Decades - Mustapha,Rowshan (2023)
Detailed chronology and lengthy chapters on Bahá'u'lláh's blessings to Egypt, Abdu'l-Bahá's travels, the origins of the Egyptian Bahá'í community, teaching plans, and growth of the administration 1911 through 1981.
Also available in online "page viewer" at publitas.com/poly-tel/the-bahai-faith-in-egypt. Published here with approval of the NSA of Egypt. Also online at rowshanmustapha.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Egypt; Persecution; Persecution, Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt

The Baha'i Faith in Europe - Fazel,Seena (2020)
Overview of the history of the Faith in Europe; its beginnings in Paris, London, and Stuttgart; Abdu'l-Bahá's visits; notable European Bahá'ís; themes of European community life; membership statistics.
Written for publication in a handbook edited by R. Stockman (forthcoming). See also Fazel's 100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe (1998).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Europe; Statistics

The Bahá'í Faith in India: A Developmental Stage Approach - Garlington,William (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 1997)
5 distinct stages of development of Bahá'í history in India, each with its own unique personalities and events, patterns of community organization and missionary endeavor; the internal and external dynamics which led to these changes.
See also the author's Development of the Bahá'í Faith in Malwa and Bahá'í Bhajans: An example of the Bahá'í Use of Hindu Symbols. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/india1.htm.
Keywords: Buddhism; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Zoroastrianism

The Bahá'í Faith in Iran - Walbridge,John (Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History, 2002)
Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf" and bios of Ayatollah Khomeini and Zill al-Sultan.
First written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: Aqa Najafi (Son of the Wolf); Ayatollah Khomeini; Ayatollahs; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Iran (documents); Iranian revolution (1979); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof); Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Martyrs; Mir Muhammad-Husayn Khatunabadi (She-Serpent); Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir Isfahani (the Wolf); She-Serpent; Sultan-Masud Mírzá Zillal-Sultan

The Bahá'í Faith in Kansas 1897-1947 - Herrmann,Duane L. (Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1992)
An introduction to the first half century of the Kansas Bahá'í community, with unique insight into their patterns of growth and inactivity.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Faith in Malwa: A Study of a Contemporary Religious Movement - Garlington,William (1975)
A broad overview of Bahá'í history in general and in India in particular. Examination of present-day activities, sociological frameworks of village life, and development of local Bahá'í administrative orders.
PhD dissertation, Australian National University. This document is online at digitalcollections.anu.edu.au.
Keywords: Buddhism; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Zoroastrianism

The Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East: Part 1 (1753-1863) - Zeine,Ramsey (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
Bábí and early Bahá'í links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is a fusion of Persian and Arab origins.
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/zeine_arabic.
Keywords: Arabic language; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Iraq; Irfan Colloquia; Middle East; Muhammad Mustafa Baghdadi; Mulla Ali Bastami; Names and titles; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykh Muhammad-i-Shibl; Sheikh Jaafar Al-Tahhan; Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs); Youth (title); Zia Bagdadi

The Bahá'í Faith in the West: A Survey - Smith,Peter (Baha'is in the West, 2004)
General account of the development and expansion of the Faith in Europe and North America 1894-1994, including distribution and social composition of contemporary communities. Includes Foreword to the volume.
See more at the author's website, icpetermahidol.wordpress.com. Also available as uncorrected Word document: smith_faith_west_survey.doc [5MB].
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Europe; Expansion; Growth; Sociology; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia: A History of the Initial Nine Decades - Mustapha,Rowshan (2024)
History of the Faith in Tunisia, written in first-hand perspective; rise of opposition by the authorities; how one Tunisian woman obliged the President of the Republic to undo the steps he had taken to deport her Bahá'í husband from the country.
Aussi disponible en français La foi bahá'íe en Tunisie.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Tunisia

The Bahá'í Faith in Turkey - Walbridge,John (Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History, 2002)
Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Bahá'í history.
First written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: Andaruni and biruni; Ataturk; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Central Asia; Diaspora, Turkish; Edirne, Turkey; Fuad Páshá; Iran (documents); Istanbul, Turkey; Jamal Pasha; Ottoman Empire; Sultán `Abdu'l-Azíz; Turkey; Turkish language; World War I; `Abdu'lláh Páshá; `Alí Páshá

The Bahá'í Faith Seen through the Eyes of Major Encyclopedias - Fazel,Seena (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Overview of some themes and organization/structure common to articles about Bahá'í topics published in encyclopedias; includes a list of references to the Bahá’í Faith in major encyclopedias (as of 1992).
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Encyclopedias

The Baha'i Faith: 50 Years in Singapore - Author unknown (Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Singapore, 2000)
History of Bahá'í activity and teaching in Singapore, from May 26 1950, when the first Baha’i pioneer, Dr. K.M. Fozdar, arrived in Singapore, until the year 2000.
Made available w/ the permission of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Singapore.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Singapore

The Baha'i Faith: A Future-Oriented Religion - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (Future Generations, 1997)
The rise and fall of civilizations as regards future human development.
Mirrored with permission from bcca.org/ief/ddahl97b.htm.

The Bahá'í Faith: A Non-ideological Approach to Religion - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

The Bahá'í Faith: An Introduction - Bahá'í International Community (1998)
An overview of the Bahá'í Faith, in words and pictures.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations - Various (Religions, 2023)
Twelve articles in a special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations" of the journal Religions, volume 14 (sub-issue numbers 3, 4, and 6). Links to articles offsite.
All articles online at mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/8650Z35FTQ, where they are also available in HTML and epub formats.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Interfaith dialogue

The Bahá'í Faith: Sect or Religion? - Schaefer,Udo (Baha'i Studies, 1988)
Lengthy study defining the distinguishing features of the Bahá'í Faith as contrasted with other contemporary religious movements.
Article also posted at the ABS monograph series page. (Permission to cross-post given by ABS editor in 1997 when I built the first bahai-studies.ca website. -J.W.) See also review by Roger Lapointe.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; Introductory

The Bahá'í Faith: The Birth of a New World Religion - Sharon,Moshe (2002)
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, November 5 2002. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm [archive.org].

The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion - Hatcher,William S.; Martin,Douglas (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1985)
Overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, designed as an introductory textbook. Available in English or in Persian.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Basics; Douglas Martin; E-books; Introductory; Soul; Teachings; William Hatcher

The Bahá'í Faith: World Religious Statistics - Kazemzadeh,Firuz (Britannica Book of the Year, 1988)
A reprint of the widely-circulated encyclopedia article showing the Bahá'í Faith to be the world's second most wide-spread religion.
Keywords: Statistics

The Bahá'í Fast: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2012)
A summary of the laws and principles of the Fast.
Keywords: Fasting; Introductory

The Bahá'í Fireside Notebook - Priestley,Reginald L. (2012)
A believer's personal fireside notebook, compiled for his study and deepening: notes, timelines, and quotations summarizing the Bahá'í teachings.
See also the author's autobiography and the story of his accepting the Bahá'í Faith, Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley. Mirrored from slideshare.net/TCE/itchyfeet-reg-priestley.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Firesides; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Islam; Prophecies; Reginald L. Priestley; Teaching

The Bahá'í House of Worship in Europe - M.,Massrouri; et al. (Bahá'í-Verlag, 2005)
Brochure about the history and architectural design, with photos, of the Bahá'í Temple in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany.
Keywords: Europe; Frankfurt, Germany; Germany; Langenhain, Germany; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Langenhain

The Bahá'í House of Worship: Localization and Universal Form - Hassall,Graham (Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production, 2012)
On the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Bahá'í thought and practice; interplay between the universal specifications for this architectural form and its enculturation in regional settings: European, African, Oceanic, Asian, and American.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu. See also brill.com/view/title/20960, and see more excerpts from this book at books.google.com.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship)

The Bahá'í House of Worship: The Meaning of the Temple - Christian,W. Kenneth (National Bahá'í Center, 1953)
Text and scan of a flyer about the Chicago House of Worship, summarizing the history and facts of this Mashriqu'l-Adhkar.
Scroll down for high-res images of this brochure. Brochure printed as a single large sheet folded in 6 pages, suitable for mailing. While this brochure has no date, MacEoin notes in his bibliography that a version was published in Third World 1 (1 April 1975). An earlier brochure is dated 1953. See also The Bahá'í Temple, House of Worship of a World Faith (1942) and Photo brochure of the Bahá'í Temple in Wilmette (1965).
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Quotations in; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The Bahá'í Hymns: Explanations and Meanings - Author unknown
Four page summary of some Bahá'í hymns, followed by study questions.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also Bahá'í Hymns of Peace and Praise.
Keywords: Music; Songs

The Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran - Bahá'í International Community (1999)
Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely decentralized, university system run by Bahá'ís in Iran.
Mirrored from bic org.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Canada; Education; Higher education; Human rights; Iran (documents); Non-violence; Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran; Service; United States (documents); Universities

The Bahá'í Life: Excerpts from the Writings of the Guardian On - Shoghi Effendi
Compilation on living the Bahá'í life.
Date unknown, but appears to be similar to the November 1972 version below. Later republished as "Living the Life" in Compilation of Compilations Vol. II, pp. 1-28. Mirrored from bahai.works.
Keywords: Behavior; Ethics; Life (general); Living the life; Virtues

The Bahá'í Message - Guy,Walter Bryant (Fernandina Beach News Leader, 1927)
A series of 16 newspaper articles summarizing Bahá'í history and teachings in "Florida's Oldest News Weekly Newspaper" by a writer who visited Abdu'l-Bahá several times between 1901-1921 and traveled extensively among the Bahá'ís in foreign lands.
See also Bahá'u'lláh's Garden: Jacksonville, Florida, 1919-1969.
Keywords: Florida, USA; Newspaper articles; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Movement for Universal Religion - Remey,Charles Mason (Persian American Bulletin, 1912)
Dictionary-like summaries of Bahá'í personages and teachings.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. This proofread version is also available in Word format. See similar content in "The New Day: The Bahai Revelation, a brief statement of its history and teaching" (1919). While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this paper he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Bahá'í Movement for Universal Religion: Bahá'ísm - Dreyfus-Barney,Hippolyte (Bahai Publishing Company, 1909)
Early scholarly defense of the necessity of religion and the Bahá'í Faith in particular, including discussion of Bahá'í history and principles, written by the first French Bahá'í.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, and another version was later posted to afnanlibrary.org.

The Bahá'í Movement, with Some Recollections of Meetings with Abdul Baha - Holbach,Maude M. (The Nineteenth Century and After, 1915)
Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, and an account of a multi-day visit with Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í Movement: A Series of Nineteen Papers - Remey,Charles Mason (J. D. Milans & Sons, 1912)
Essays on Bahá'í history and teachings.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available as a corrected Word document. Some content in this book is similar to essays in "The Bahai Revelation and Reconstruction." While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this essay he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Bahá'í Perspective on Water - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1997)
Water in the Bahá'í Faith and Bahá'í Writings.
Presented at the Second Klingenthal Symposium: "Water." Klingenthal, France, 26-30 November 1997. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl97e.htm.
Keywords: Environment; Water; Water (metaphor)

The Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature - Kluge,Ian (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
How the essential reality of the individual — the human soul and its powers of rational thought, willpower, memory, and reflection — translates these capacities into physical action through the intermediary of the brain.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/218. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Animals; Character; Creation; Dualism; Free will; Human nature; Mind; Philosophy; Reason; Soul

The Bahá'í Proofs - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Fadl (J.W. Pratt & Co., 1902)
A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the Faith from a Christian point of view. Until Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, it was a standard Bahá'í textbook. Persian original included.
This book is also online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2025).
Keywords: Bahá'í Proofs (book); Biography; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Miracles; Proofs; Prophecies

The Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America - Buck,Christopher (The Bahá'í Faith and African American History, 2018)
On the notable contribution to promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America by the Bahá'í Faith which, though small in number, was socially significant in its concerted efforts to foster and advance harmony between the races.
This PDF has been combined from three sources, resulting in different page sizes. See also Buck's chapter 3 in this book, Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith, and Introduction.
Keywords: Metaphors and allegories; Pupil of the eye; Race; Race amity; Race unity; Tablet of Emancipation; United States (documents)

The Bahá'í Question: A Case of Religious Discrimination in Post-Revolutionary Iran - Astani,Sina (2010)
Overview of the situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran, 1979-2010.

The Bahá'í Question: Cultural Cleansing in Iran - Bahá'í International Community (2008)
See this book online, including in HTML and in higher print-resolution versions, at question.bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Human rights; Iran (documents); Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Bahá'í Reception of the Qur'an - Lawson,Todd (2016)
Quranic themes inform much of the Bahá'í proclamation. One theme is unity: there is one god, one humanity, and one religion. Another is the importance of Revelation through God's recurring messengers, and Apocalypse as but the dawn of a new message.
Presented at the "Communities of the Qur'an: Modern and Classical Interpretations of Islamic Scripture" conference (March 10-11 2016), Rice University, Houston.
Keywords: Apocalypse; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran; Unity; Violence

The Baha'i Religion: Maqasid Syariah of Social Religious Frictions in Indonesia - Muzammil,Shofiyullah (Fikrah: Jurnal Ilmu Aqidah dan Studi Keagamaan, 2023)
Analyzing socio-religious tensions involving Bahá'ís in Indonesia, advocating for government accommodation and societal dialogue to promote coexistence and multicultural values.
Mirrored from journal.iainkudus.ac.id. For a historical perspective, see the following two sources: Persoon, G. (1987). Views Of Participating Outsiders: Two Civil Servants Leaving The Island Of Siberut (Mentawi Archipelago, Indonesia'). The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology: Essays in Honour of P.E. De Josselin de Jong. R. D. Ridder and J. A. J. Karremans. Leiden, New York, Kobenhavn, Koln, E.J. Brill: pp. 141-160; Persoon, G. A. (2004). Religion and Ethnic Identity of the Mentawaians on Siberut (West Sumatra). Hinduism in Modern Indonesia: A Minority Religion between Local, National, and Global Interests. M. Ramstedt. London; New York, Routledge Curzon: pp. 144-159.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Indonesia

The Bahá'í Religion: Papers Read at the Conference on some Living Religions within the British Empire, 1924 - Holley,Horace; Afnan,Ruhi (Papers Read at the Conference on Some Living Religions within the British Empire, 1925)
Text of two presentations at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, in 1924, both titled "The Bahá'í Religion."

The Bahá'í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity: Part 1 (1912-1996) - Thomas,Richard (Baha'i World, 2021)
The American Bahá’í community’s historical efforts to address racial injustice which has afflicted the United States since its founding.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (part of the collection History).
Keywords: Race; Race amity; Race unity; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Bahá'í Revelation - Dodge,Arthur Pillsbury (The Open Court, 1905)
Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the Faith. Introduced by Paul Carus with a brief essay, "The Behaist Movement."
The article to which Dodge is responding is Babism: A New Religion.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Criticism and apologetics

The Bahá'í Revelation - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1986)
Passages from Fire and Light and Selections from the Writings of the Bab published in Bahá'í World as a section titled "Part One: The Bahá'í Revelation."
The complete versions of these compilations can be found at bahai-library.com/Compilations. See also index to Bahá'í World vol. 18.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Fire and Light (compilation); Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Bahá'í Revelation - Chase,Thornton (Bahá'í Publishing Committee; Baha'i Publishing Society, 1933)
Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, emphasizes the Bahá’í teachings as a vehicle for personal spiritual transformation. Continued to be reprinted until the 1920s. Cited Bahá'í Writings may have been superseded by later authorized translations.
First posted online in 2000 as uncorrected raw scan made by Duane Troxel ca. 1995; retyped and formatted by Bobbi Lyons, 2011; converted to PDF in 2012. See also a Microsoft Word version, updated with newer translations and additional references by Mike Thomas (2023). See also Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Thornton Chase

The Bahá'í Revelation and Reconstruction - Remey,Charles Mason (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1919)
A treatise on the history and the spiritual, social, and economic principles of the Faith, with special regard to the application of these principles to, and their influence on, the coming peace of nations and the tranquillity and welfare of humanity.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, including a fairly clean text version; this version is from Google Books. Some content in this book is similar to essays in "The Bahá'í Movement: A Series of 19 Papers." While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this book he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.

The Bahá'í Revelation: Including Selections from the Bahá'í Holy Writings and Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Baha'í Publishing Trust (of the British Isles), 1970)
An excerpt from the book, consisting just of those items which are not already online in other books.
Also available as scan of the original [PDF, 19 MB]. Add links or comments pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Bahá'í Revelation: Its Western Advance - Masson,Jean (The American Review of Reviews, 1909)
Three-page overview of Bahá'í history and teachings.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

The Bahá'í Settlements in the Jordan Valley, 1882-1954 - Rozen,Shay (2011)
Lecture in Hebrew hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, April 5 2011. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.
Keywords: Agriculture; Hebrew language; Israel; Jordan; Palestine

The Bahá'í Statement on Nature - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1987)
Prepared as official statement by the BIC Office of Public Information for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Environment; Nature; Statements

The Bahá'í Temple of Universal Peace - Vail,Albert Ross (The Open Court, 1931)
Short essay on the construction of the temple in Wilmette, and an overview of the Bahá'í Faith.
Below is the image-scan PDF first, followed by a version proofread and formatted by Ernie Jones in 2017. This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The Bahá'í Temple, House of Worship of a World Faith, Commemorating Completion of Exterior Ornamentation - Abdul-Bahá; Author unknown; McDaniel,Allen B. (National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, 1942)
Photographs and essays about the construction of the American temple in Chicago. Likely published as a progress report to distribute at the 1942 National Convention.
Some of this content also appeared in Bahá'í World.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The Bahá'í Tradition: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination - Lawson,Todd (Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts, 2012)
Overview of the status of violence in the Bahá'í tradition, and the historical/social conditions in which these doctrines were articulated.
Mirrored with permission from toddlawson.ca. Read more, and order a copy of the book from ucpress.edu.
Keywords: Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Clouds; Fragrance; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Joseph (Prophet); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Non-violence; Opposition; Peace; Principles; Prophecies; Qaim; Return; Symbolism; Tablet of the True Seeker; War; Words and phrases

The Baha'i View of the Educated Person: A Case Study in Religious Education - Reagan,Timothy (1996)
How Bahá'ís conceive of universal education; nine principles of faith including social teachings, oneness of humanity, elimination of prejudice, and spirituality. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association.
This document is available in three formats: a scan of the original, reagan_educated_person_scan.pdf; a cleaned-up Word document prepared by M. Thomas in 2021 (updates to styles, prime sources, corrections to Endnotes, revised/expanded References); and a new PDF produced from that, which is below.
Keywords: Education; Principles

The Bahá'í Village Granary: Spiritual Underpinnings and Applications to North America - Calkins,Peter; Girard,Benoit (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
A village granary helps lay the systemic foundations of Bahá’u’lláh’s spiritualized new world economic order for both rural and urban society, the capstone of God’s progressive revelation of rural institutions for the sustainable use of natural resources.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/view/39.
Keywords: Agriculture; Canada; Economics; Granaries; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World); Rural development; Social action; Sustainable development; Villages; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Bahá'í World 2004-2005: Activities Report - Bahá'í International Community (Baha'i World, 2007)
The Bahá'í community's promotion of human rights, the advancement of women, social development, and reform processes at the United Nations.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World 2005-2006: Activities Report - Bahá'í International Community (Baha'i World, 2008)
The BIC's promotion of human rights, the advancement of women, social development, and reforming the human rights machinery at the United Nations; involvement with the 2005 World Summit.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Complete issues - Various (1925)
See also indexes and lists for these volumes, and list of all online documents from Bahá'í World.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes; Periodicals

The Bahá'í World: Volume 01 (1925-1926) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1926)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. Then titled Bahá'í Year Book.
See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 02 (1926-1928) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1928)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. Then titled The Bahá'í World: a biennial international record.
See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 03 (1928-1930) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1930)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 04 (1930-1932) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1932)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 05 (1932-1934) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1936)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
See also In Memoriam. See all issues of Bahá'í World, in both HTML and PDF formats, at bahai.works, and a newer official version at bahai.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í World volumes

The Bahá'í World: Volume 06 (1934-1936) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1937)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 07 (1936-1938) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1939)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 08 (1938-1940) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1942)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 09 (1940-1944) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1945)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 10 (1944-1946) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1948)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 11 (1946-1950) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, compiler (Baha'i World, 1952)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 12 (1950-1954) - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (Baha'i World, 1956)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 13 (1954-1963) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1970)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. Includes formatted, proofread version (of pp. 1-478 only).
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 14 (1963-1968) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1974)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 15 (1968-1973) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1976)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 16 (1973-1976) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1978)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 17 (1976-1979) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1981)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 18 (1979-1983) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1986)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 19 (1983-1986) - Various (Baha'i World, 1994)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 20 (1986-1992) - Various (Baha'i World, 1998)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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The Bahá'í World: Volume 23 (1994-1995) - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1996)
Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
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