Baha'i Faith: The Basics: Presentation for Book Launch - Buck,Christopher (2021)
PowerPoint for live Zoom book launch of Bahá’í Faith: The Basics (Routledge, 2020), hosted by the Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute, on February 26, 2021; includes brief book excerpts.
Mirrored from academia.edu. See also an excerpt from this book.
Keywords: Introductory

Bahá'í Families: Perspectives, Principles, Practice, by Patricia Wilcox: Review - Bruwer,Michael J. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Keywords: Family

Bahá'í Fast: A compilation - Author unknown, compiler (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
Description and purposes of the Fast; how to fast; additional insights.
Adapted from bahaimosaic.blogspot.com/2009_02_26_archive.html.
Keywords: Fasting

Bahá'í Feast Book - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2000)
Quotations for all 19 Feasts, nicely laid-out with graphics and suitable for printing.
Keywords: Devotional gatherings; Devotional programs; Institute process; Nineteen Day Feast; Prayer; Prayer texts

Bahá'í Focus on Development, by Moojan Momen: Review - Hein,Kurt (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
Keywords: Social action; Social and economic development; Transformation

Bahá'í Fundamentalism and the Academic Study of the Babi Movement - MacEoin,Denis (Religion, 1986)
A response to Afnan and Hatcher's "Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins," on the issues of faith-based approaches to religious history and textual criticism.
See follow-up discussions of this at Debates between MacEoin et al., specifically Afnan and Hatcher's Note on Maceoin's ‘Bahá'í Fundamentalism’.
Keywords: Bábísm; Criticism and apologetics; Jihad (Holy war); Publishing, Review; Scholarship

Bahá'í Fundamentals for Bioethics - Milani,Leila Rassekh; Milani,Kavian Sadeghzade (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
The science of the soul; Bahá’í scriptural understanding of suffering, theodicy, and the purpose of creation; definitions of life and death, as well as the purpose of human life; formulating a Bahá’í approach to bioethical dilemmas.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/400. See also original scan.

Bahá'í Glossary: Persian and Arabic words appearing in the Bahá'í Writings - Gail,Marzieh (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1957)
The first published glossary of Bahá'í terms and names.
The largest glossary online is Arabic & Fársí transcription list and glossary for Bahá’ís. See also a scan of the original [PDF, 2 MB], and a Microsoft Word version, by M. Thomas (2022). See also Gail's Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet: together with the Numerical Value of the letters (Abjad Reckoning), which is from the book below but posted as a separate file. See also a glossary with audio recordings of pronunciation at bahaiglossary.org (glossary.bahaiq.com; archived 2018).
Keywords: Arabic language; Glossaries; Marzieh Gail; Persian language; Pronunciation

Bahá'í Guidelines to Healing and the Role of Homoeopathy - Foo,Mozhdeh (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Principles of the homeopathic system of medicine, and comparison of them with the fundamentals of health and healing outlined in writings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 1.
Keywords: Health and healing; Homeopathy

Bahá'í Health Initiatives in Iran: A preliminary survey - Fazel,Seena; Foadi,Minou (The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-historical Studies, 2008)
Bahá'í-related initiatives in Iran in the 19th-20th centuries: Bahá'ís made important contributions to public health such as introducing showers in public baths, school vaccinations, women's health, and privately-financed clinics open to all Iranians.
Order a copy of this book from routledge.com.
Keywords: Health and healing; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Social action; Social and economic development

Bahá'í Hermeneutics: An Academic and Primary Source Inquiry - Terry,Peter (2009)
An exploration of the practice of scriptural interpretation by contrasting the "normative" approaches of the Central Figures with contemporary scholastic approaches by Juan Cole, Christopher Buck, Dann May, Michael Sours, Jack McLean, and Sen McGlinn.
Keywords: Context, Taking verses out of; Criticism and apologetics; Hermeneutics; Interpretation; Philosophy

Bahá'í History - Lawson,Todd, editor (Journal of Religious History, 2012)
A complete issue of this well-known journal was dedicated entirely to Bahá'í Studies. So far, only 3 articles from it are online.
See more about this issue, or order a copy, at wiley.com.
Keywords: Australia; Ayatollah Khomeini; Bahá'í history by country; Bahá'í schools; Cameroon; Education; Iran (documents); Isfahan, Iran; Mirza Husayn Tabarsi Nuri; Printing; Publishing; United States (documents); W.E.B. Du Bois

Bahá'í History - Kazemzadeh,Firuz
Significance of history to the study of the Bahá'í Faith.
This recording begins: "This deepening session, on the significance of history to the study of the Bahá'í Faith, is presented by Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, and professor of history at Yale University." File info notes "Bahá'í Services for the Blind, US Bahá'í National Center." Date not given. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history

Bahá'í History - Momen,Moojan; Smith,Peter (1993)
A general survey of the history of the Bahá'í Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Bábí and Bahá'í history. Next, a series of themes that have developed throughout Bahá'í history is examined.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Introductory

Bahá'í History and Videos - Ahdieh,Hussein (2013)
Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqá, Bahá'í schools for girls and Tahirih's influence, martyrs in Nayriz, Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, and Harlem Prep School.
Keywords: Bahá'í schools; Biography; Education; Greenwich Village, NY; Harlem Preparatory school (Harlem Prep); Harlem, NY; Hujjat; Iran (documents); Kahlil Gibran; Nayriz, Iran; New York, USA; Race; Race inequality; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); United States (documents); Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Women; Zanjan, Iran

Bahá'í History in the Formative Age: The World Crusade 1953-1963 - Hassall,Graham (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
The major features of the Bahá'í 'World Crusade' 1953-1963; thoughts about the contemporary practice of historical Bahá'í scholarship; the guardianship and evolution of the Universal House of Justice; United Nations and the Bahá'í International Community.
See also a formatted PDF version, mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/95.
Keywords: Growth; Plans; Statistics; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Bahá'í Holy Days - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Selection of Writings about or related to the Holy Days, and overview of the meanings and rituals for specific festivals.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Holy days

Bahá'í holy days and commonalities among different religious traditions - Stockman,Robert (2005)
Audio presentation with background music, prepared for an audio series from the US Bahá'í National Center website.
Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Calendars (general); Holy days; Interfaith dialogue

Bahá'í Horizons in the 21st Century - Ruhe,David S. (1993)
Informal notes transcribed from a talk closing a 1993 Conference on Social and Economic Development in Orlando, Florida, offering an overview of Bahá'í activities at the turn of the millennium.
Author note: Member of the Universal House of Justice (retired). Posted with permission of Dr. Ruhe.
Keywords: Bahá'í schools; Constitutions (general); Lesser Peace; Marshall Islands; Peace

Bahá'í Hymns of Peace and Praise - Waite,Louise R. (1908)
Fourteen hymns, with sheet music.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also The Bahá'í Hymns: Explanations and Meanings (anon.), Temple Song (Waite, 1910), and wikisource.org/wiki/Bahai_Hymns_of_Peace_and_Praise.
Keywords: Louise Waite; Music; Songs

Bahá'í Ideals - Parrinder,Geoffrey (Sexual Morality in the World's Religions, 1996)
Short chapter on sexual and marriage ethics,

Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1983)
Bahá'í influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Keywords: 19th century; Iran (documents); Islam; Middle East; Muhammad Abduh; Reform; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Turkey

Bahá'í Influences on Mirza 'Abdu'llah, Qajar Court Musician and Master of the Radíf - Caton,Margaret (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1984)
The mystical milieu of musicianship and the Bahá'í Faith's approval of music (in contradistinction to the legalistic Islam of the ayatu'llahs, which forbade it) made the Faith appealing to Abdu'llah, one of the great compilers of the Persian repertoire.
This article is incomplete; the preview at books.google.com only displayed pages 31-57.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Music; Mírzá `Abdu'lláh

Bahá'í Journal of the United Kingdom - Various (1997)
Eight years of news and essays from the Journal of the Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Some individual essays are posted independently elsewhere, like bahai-library.com/weinberg_thomas_breakwell. Compiled by Steven Kolins from archive.org, and by David Merrick from the original website.
Keywords: Bahá'í News; Newsletters; Periodicals; United Kingdom

Bahá'í Law - Danesh,Roshan (2021)
Bahá'í law in its historical, cultural, social, religious, political, and legal contexts, within processes and discourses of social change and legal revitalization within Islamic societies; responses to modernity, colonization, and justice movements.
Mirrored from, and links point to, uvic.ca.
Keywords: Laws

Baha'i Leads out of the Labyrinth, by Ruth White: Review - Author unknown (The Christian Century, 1944)
This brief mini-review was included in the section "Books Received".

Bahá'í Library Online at 25: Background, Functioning, and Future - Winters,Jonah (2022)
Notes written for the 25th anniversary of this website.
Presented for The Reference Desk: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age (see also my presentation script). See also the earlier International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries, my first vision statement (2003), and some details about BLO Version 5.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Bahá'í Life and Existentialism - McLean,Jack (2008)
The role of passion in the search for truth; existence and essence in living-in-the-world; epiphany and experiences of spiritual crisis; return to a belief in the soul; existentialism in sacred Bahá’í history; Bahá’u’lláh’s theology of the self.
Paper first delivered at the 32nd Annual ABS Conference "Religion and Social Cohesion," San Diego CA, 2008, under the title "Switching the Reference: Bahá’í Life and Existential Philosophy"; see the conference program. Revised and expanded in 2012. See also the older version: mclean_bahai_life_existentialism.pdf.
Keywords: Existentialism; Philosophy

Bahá'í Literature - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-xii.

Bahá'í Marriage and Family Life - Various (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, 1983)
Selections from the Bahà’i writings.
See also a Study Guide for this compilation.
Keywords: Family; Marriage

Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD - Haydar-Ali,Haji Mirza (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1917)
A memoir by Abdu'l-Bahá, erroneously credited to Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, published in English as a 28-page book in 1904 and 1917, covering events from March-September 1903.
See also image scans of this book at h-net.org. When this book was published, and apparently for most of the 100 years following its publication, it was believed to be the work of Haydar-Ali. However, in 2004 Ahang Rabbani and Khazeh Fananapazir concluded that the treatise was actually written by Abdu'l-Bahá. Their re-translation of this book is online at abdul-baha_treatise_persecutions_1903.
Keywords: Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Iran (documents); Isfahan, Iran; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Upheavals; Yazd upheaval; Yazd, Iran; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Baha'i Meets Globalisation: A New Synergy? - McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
Following Weber's analysis of the synergy between Protestantism and the rationalisation of social control in modern societies, this paper draws attention to the potential "fit" between the dynamics of globalisation and the Baha’i Faith.
Online at academia.edu.

Bahá'í membership statistics - Stockman,Robert (1998)
Statistics on the American community from 1998, and notes on how membership numbers are calculated.
The following was posted to the listserv Bahá'í-studies on November 1, 1998, in reference to an ongoing discussion there about the accuracy and methods of tallying North American Bahá'í membership statistics. This letter is an informal, unofficial response, though as coordinator of the Research Office of the US Bahá'í National Center Dr. Stockman has access to recent statistics and familiarity with their accounting. The letter to which Stockman was replying prefaces his response. [-J.W]
Keywords: Membership; Statistics

Baha'i Minority and Nationalism in Contemporary Iran - Cole,Juan (Nationalism and minority identities in Islamic societies, 2005)
While Bahá'ís in Persia would seem to have been in a place to benefit from the rise of modern Iranian nationalism, the Faith hasn't been widely adopted, partly due to the recent emergence of the theocracy.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Minorities; Nationalism

Bahá'í News Publications Seek to Elevate Thought, Inspire Action - Bahá'í World News Service (Baha'i World, 2018)
Brief overview of the histories of various Bahá'í journals: Star of the West, Khurshid-i khavar, Sonne der Wahrheit, Wirklichkeit, The Dawn, Herald of the South, The Bahá'í World, World Order, and Bahá’í World News Service.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, where this article is also available as HTML or downloadable as PDF (part of the collection Arts, Culture & the Media).
Keywords: Afnan Library; Ashgabat; Australia; Bahá'í International Community (general); Bahá'í News; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bahá'í World volumes; Germany; India; Internet; Iran (documents); Khurshid-i khavar (Sun of the East); Media (communication); Myanmar; New Zealand; Newspapers; Periodicals; Publishing; Star of the West; Turkmenistan; United States (documents); World Order magazine

Bahá'í News: Complete issues - Various (Baha'i News, 1924)
Link to offsite documents.
Bahá'í News was a publication that was circulated from December of 1924 until October of 1990. The title Bahá'í News begins at issue 41, with the first 40 issues having the title of Bahá'í News Letter; see bahai.works/Bahá'í_News. (Not to be confused with Star of the West.)
Keywords: Bahá'í News; Newsletters; Periodicals

Bahá'í Obligatory Prayer and the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Obligatory prayer may be performed at home or in the Temple — in private or in public — but on condition that each believer recite it individually.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Obligatory prayer

Bahá'í Ontology, Part One: An Initial Reconnaissance - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
An initial survey and explication of the ontology implicit in the Bahá'í Writings, particularly regarding the nature of human existence; the philosophy of Nietzsche and some of his modern successors.
See also Bahá'í Ontology Part Two: Further Explorations. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #53, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 27-30, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/53/kluge_ontology.
Keywords: Arc of ascent and descent; Aristotle; Dualism; God; Irfan Colloquia; Knowledge; Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); Monism; Ontology; Philosophy; Plato; Relativism

Bahá'í Ontology, Part Two: Further Explorations - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2006)
A further exploration of Bahá'í ontology: becoming and change; substance, soul, and identity; the nature of being and nothingness; time; the one and the many; the nature of things; what makes something real; social ontology; Buddhism and Hegel
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #60, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 26-29, 2005). See also Bahá'í Ontology Part One: An Initial Reconnaissance. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/60/kluge_ontology.
Keywords: Aristotle; Buddhism; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Irfan Colloquia; Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); Ontology; Philosophy; Plato

Bahá'í or Spiritual Themed Musical Works - Knopf,Michael (1990)
Dozens of musical scores in .pdf and .musx formats, drawn from a lifetime of original music, from a large scale oratorio to smaller choral pieces and didactic work, written by a composer and concert guitarist.
See also The Paucity of Music in Bahá'í Devotional Practice and Considerations in the Composition of Music for Bahá'í Devotional Purposes (1999).
Keywords: Music

Bahá'í Participation on the Internet: Some Reflections - Bahá'í Internet Agency (2006)
Forms of online participation; the Internet as a new and foreign culture; using spiritual principles to guide online action and teaching.
This document is included in a collection of guidelines from the Bahá'í Internet Agency at bcca.org/bia, mirrored at bia_internet_guidance.
Keywords: Internet; Social media; Wikipedia; Wikis

Bahá'í Persecutions - MacEoin,Denis (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-vii.

Bahá'í Perspective on Economics of the Future: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1989)
Collection of Writings originally organized for the author's research study into Bahá'í teachings on matters of economics, organized into fifty topics.
Mirrored with permission from badishams.net. Also available in Persian and Spanish translations. See also Guidelines for Economic Living: Messages from the Universal House of Justice Related to Economics and Economics of the Future Begins Today.
Keywords: Economics

Bahá'í Perspective on the Concept of "Karma" - Universal House of Justice (2006)
Summary of the meaning of karma in Hinduism and Buddhism; Bahá'í views on karma and reincarnation as shown by selected passages in the Hidden Words and other Writings.
Keywords: Buddhism; Causality; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Karma; Life after death (afterlife); Man-made doctrines and dogmas; Prayer; Reincarnation; Research Department, Questions and answers; Return; Reward and punishment; Soul; Spirituality; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

Bahá'í Philately - Enayati,Tooraj, compiler (2010)
Collection of postal stamps and postcards related to the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Stamps (philately)

Bahá'í Physicians: Emerging Roles and Responsibilities - Mahmoudi,Hoda; Teckie,Gloria (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2010)
The role of a Bahá'í doctor; the relationship between medical intervention and health of the mind, soul, as well as body; the patient's role in maintaining their own health; a Bahá'í approach to health-care delivery.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/149.
Keywords: Ethics; Health and healing; Mind; Psychology; Soul

Bahá'í Pilgrimage to Israel - Viswanathan,Gandhimohan (Pilgrims and Travelers to the Holy Land, 1996)
A short scholarly article accompanied by numerous photographs of sacred Bahá'í sites in the Holy Land.
The papers in this collection were delivered at the Seventh Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University on October 2 and 3, 1994.
Keywords: Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes

Baha'i Pioneers - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2013)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-xiii-pioneers.
Keywords: Pioneering; Teaching

Bahá'í Population of India, 1991 - Vijayanunni,M., editor (Census of India 1991, 1995)
Various figures from a government census. May be inaccurate.
Keywords: India; Statistics

Bahá'í Prayers for Good Governance - Buck,Christopher (Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2021)
Bahá’u’lláh encouraged Bahá’ís to pray for their rulers. This essay presents a newly authorized translation of "A Prayer for the confirmation of the American Government," and a provisional translation of a prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for the Ottoman Caliphate.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Authenticity; Governance; Government; Leadership; Ottoman Empire; Ottoman government; Prayer; Prayer texts; Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid II; Turkey; United States (documents)

Bahá'í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, The Báb, and `Abdu'l-Bahá - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1954)
See also a nicely formatted version of this book at www.bahaiprayers.org. See also other prayers included in later editions of this book. Add or read links or comments pertaining to Bahá'í Prayers here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Prayers of; Báb, Prayers of; Compilations; Prayer texts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, prayers of

Bahá'í Prayers: Cross-reference list - Bolhuis,Arjen, compiler (2004)
Complete list of all prayers revealed by the Central Figures, sorted by Prayer Book, Author, Subject, and/or First Line.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Prayer; Translation; Websites

Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism - May,Dann J. (Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1993)
A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic Perspectivism."
Thesis for Master of Arts (Interdisciplinary Studies), University of North Texas, 1993. The published version of this thesis, from Revisioning the Sacred, is here: may_principle_religious_unity.pdf (1997).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Manifestations of God; Perennialism; Philosophy; Pluralism; Prophets; Quran; Revisioning the Sacred (book); Unity; Unity of religion

Baha'i Principles of Education: Categorization of and Commentary on Extracts from Baha'i Education - Clarken,Rodney H. (1998)
Compilation and categorization of, and commentary on, extracts from the Writings on the topic of education, curriculum, and pedagogy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Mirrored from nhbahais.com.
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Metaphors and allegories; Philosophy

Bahá'í Procedure - Shoghi Effendi; National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1937)
Instructions from Shoghi Effendi and procedures and rulings adopted by the National Spiritual Assembly, compiled from the Guardian's letters, Bahá'í News, and minutes and records of the National Spiritual Assembly, for the information of American Bahá'ís.
Includes index of subjects (pages 80-82).
Keywords: Administration; Spiritual Assemblies

Bahá'í Proselytization in Malwa, India - Garlington,William (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1984)
The establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in Malwa amongst poor rural villagers; elements of appeal, including the use of Hindu terminology.
First published in Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions (1984); the version below is from the later online publication "Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Bábí and Bahá'í Studies" (2001). See also Development of the Bahá'í Faith in Malwa and Biographical letter from a Hindu villager. Mirrored with permission from h-net.org.
Keywords: Buddhism; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Islam

"Bahá'í Question" in Iran: Influence of International Law on "Islamic Law" - Buck,Christopher (Menschenrechte in der Islamischen Republik Iran: Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2021)
On the "Baha’i question," a secret Iranian government document from 1991 which sets out oppressive policies to persecute or imprison Bahá'ís, and the history of the legal and practical implementation of such policies.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Law; Persecution; Persecution, Iran

Bahá'í Quotes, Prayers and Stories - Gammage,Susan, compiler (2011)
Lists of around 1,500 subjects at, and links to, three websites with compilations of quotations on a wide variety of topics, including spirituality, social issues, and personal development.
Several of the below compilations contain passages from books like "Bahá'í Scriptures" (BSC), "The Bahá'í World Faith" (BWF) and "Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá" (TAB) etc. These titles contain translations that have meanwhile been superseded by authorized translations. Also revised translations of "Some Answered Questions" (SAQ), "Seven Valleys" (SV), and "Four Valleys" (FV) are available there. Before sharing online, please check if an authorized translation is available at bahai.org/library. In case you have difficulty in finding a text, Partial Inventory (Volume 2), can be a helpful tool for this.
Keywords: All subjects; Compilations; Prayer texts; Stories; Words and phrases

Bahá'í Reference Library Wiki Overlay - Zamir,Brett (2013)
Broswer add-on (software) overlaying the official Bahá'í Reference Library (reference.bahai.org) with links back to collaboratively editable wikis (at bahai9.com, bahaikipedia.org, wikipedia.org, and bahai.works) for compiling info by work/paragraph.
Software licensed under open source MIT/X11 license.Has since been made available in other browsers: http://brett-zamir.me/brl-wiki-overlay.
Keywords: Bahá'í Reference Library; Bahá'í studies; Cross-reference; Internet; Libraries; Software; Websites; Wikis

Bahá'í Reflections on Defamation of Religion - Ghanea-Hercock,Nazila (2008)
Freedom of expression vs. defamation of religion as they relate to international human rights.
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa, December 4 2008. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.

Baha'i Reflections on the "Seal of the Prophets" - Buck,Christopher (2013)
Three blog entries of personal reflections: Unsealing the “Seal of the Prophets” (2013); The Seal of the Prophets: Meeting God on the Last Day (2016); Muhammad: the Last Prophet? (2017).
Mirrored from Academia.edu. Originally published on Bahaiteachings.org.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Criticism and apologetics; Finality; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Seal of the Prophets

Bahá'í Religious Faith and Tradition in Bangladesh - Jahangir Alam,Muhammad (Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2011)
History of the Faith in eastern Bengal and a sketch of current distribution, organization, and activities of Bahá'ís in Bangladesh.
Mirrored from bangladeshsociology.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Bangladesh

Baha'i Religious History: Introduction - Lawson,Todd (Journal of Religious History, 2012)
Introduction to a special issue of this journal titled "Bahá'í History," summarizing the prophetic record, the divine hierarchy of history, and the primacy of science and education.
See more about this issue at wiley.com. Mirrored with permission from toddlawson.ca.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Education; Science

Bahá'í Review: Should the 'red flag' law be repealed? - Leith,Barney (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
Argument that the current provisions for review may be anachronistic and that the benefits of deregulation might outweigh possible disadvantages. Includes responses by Roxanne Lalonde and Sepideh Taheri.
See also commentaries and author's response, below (both from Bahá'í Studies Review 6, 1996). See also newer letters written by the Bahá'í World Centre on this topic, at uhj_publishing_internet, and a compilation, Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Freedom and liberty; Internet; Publishing; Publishing, Review; Scholarship

Bahá'í Sacred Texts - Momen,Moojan (British Library, 2019)
The Baha’i Faith is a scriptural religion. Momen explains the Baha’i beliefs about sacred texts and prophets, the transmission and distribution of the scripture and its role in the community (archived copy, original offline).
Mirrored from bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/bahai-sacred-texts [archive.org]. See also the author's Central Figures of the Baha'i Faith and Peter Smith's Introduction to the Baha'i Faith, and see the start page British Library - Discovering Sacred Texts: Bahá'í [archive.org].
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í Writings; British Museum and British Library; Báb, Writings of; Calligraphy; Haykal and daira; Revelation writing

Bahá'í Schism Battles It out in Court - Brachear,Manya A. (Chicago Tribune, 2009)
Short article touching on a lawsuit to prevent covenant-breakers from using the word "Bahá'í" and "The Greatest Name."
Mirrored from honoluluadvertiser.com [archive.org]
Keywords: Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Covenant-breaking; United States (documents)

Bahá'í Scholarship: An examination using citation analysis - Fazel,Seena; Danesh,John (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
Examines references of articles in major Bahá'í studies journals published during 1978-83 and 1988-93 to study trends in Bahá'í scholarship.
See also Fazel's Bahá'í Faith and Academic Journals and Contemporary developments in Baha’i studies: An examination using citation analysis.
Keywords: Citations; Scholarship

Bahá'í Scholarship: Definitions and Perspectives - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
Reflections on strictly religious Bahá'í scholarship vis-à-vis secular scholarship, and how one can effectively study the Faith in different fields.
From a talk given at the Bahá'í World Centre, 7 June 1992.
Keywords: Scholarship

Bahá'í scholarship: importance, nature, and promotion of - International Teaching Centre (1984)
Information on Bahá'í scholarship to devise ways to foster the development of Bahá'í scholarship along lines that are in accordance with Bahá'í standards and values.
This letter also published in Bahá'í Canada, 9:5, July 1987.
Keywords: Scholarship

Bahá'í Scholarship: Readings - Fazel,Seena, compiler (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
See two other items from this Journal issue: bahai-library.com/compilation_bahai_scholarship_khan bahai-library.com/compilation_scholarship_bsr
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Scholarship

Bahá'í Schools - Rafati,Vahid (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-x.
Keywords: Bahá'í schools; Education; Social and economic development

Bahá'í Scriptures: Selections from the Utterances of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í World Center, 1923)
First collection of "approved" translations, largely superseded by newer translations.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work, and see a list of newer translations, at here. Also available in Microsoft Word format (prepared by M. Thomas, 2025) and as scan of the original [PDF, 32MB]. See also some errata (M. Thomas, 2024). See also Bahá'í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá (1943).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í Scriptures (book); Horace Holley; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Bahá'í Shrines - Walbridge,John (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Mirrored with permission of author from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-viii.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Architecture; Badasht, Iran; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, House of (Shiraz); Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Gardens; Haifa, Israel; Holy places; House of Abbud (Akká); House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); House of Bahá'u'lláh (Mazraih); House of Bahá'u'lláh (Tihran); House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá (Akká); International Bahá'í Archives; Iran (documents); Iraq; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Monument Gardens (Haifa); Mount Carmel; Pilgrimage; Qiblih; Shíráz, Iran; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Tehran, Iran; Universal House of Justice, Seat of (Haifa); Visitation

Bahá'í Social and Economic Development: Participating in the Unfoldment of World Civilisation - Pakravan,Payam (Australian Baha'i Studies, 1999)
The evolution of development praxis; new patterns of thought for civilization; human welfare; social growth; the Australian context; imperatives for a global enterprise.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Australia

Bahá'í Social Teachings - Momen,Moojan (1996)
Overview of Bahá'í teachings on prejudice, gender equality, the environment, human rights, economics, and government policy.
Adapted from chapter 3 of Momen's book A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith. Formatted by iranchamber.com.
Keywords: Basics; Introductory; Principles; Social teachings

Bahá'í Song Book - Child Education Committee of Greater Houston, compiler (2005)
Lyrics to 95 popular Bahá'í songs, including prayers and writings that are often sung.
See also Bahá'í songs with chords, Bahá'í Songs with Sheet Music, and Bahá'í Classes Songsheets.
Keywords: Music; Songs

Bahá'í Songs with Guitar Chords - Author unknown, compiler (2008)
Compilation of 78 songs, with lyrics and chords to many songs, mostly Bahá'í, but including some popular children's songs. Authors' names not included.
Posted at scribd.com. Compiler not named. See also Bahá'í Song Book, Bahá'í Classes Songsheets, and Bahá'í Songs with Sheet Music.
Keywords: Allahumma; Childrens classes; Music; Songs

Baha'i Songs with Sheet Music - Author unknown, compiler
49 songs with music.
See also Bahá'í Song Book, Bahá'í Songs with Guitar Chords, and Bahá'í Classes Songsheets. Source and date unknown; let us know if you have any information about this collection (who compiled it, was any of it published, etc.).
Keywords: Music; Songs

Bahá'í Sources for the Study of Iranian Jewry during the Qajar Period - Shahvar,Soli (2005)
Lecture delivered in Hebrew.
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, December 13, 2005. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Judaism

Bahá'í Spirituality - Momen,Moojan (1997)
Bahá'u'lláh summons us to a realisation of our true selves, urging us to free ourselves from the illusions of the world and to turn ourselves towards the Divine, the transcendent reality that is the true orientation of our lives.
Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org.
Keywords: Basics; Spirituality; Tests and difficulties

Bahá'í Students and American University of Beirut in the Early 20th Century - Breneman,Reed M. (2008)
The influential activities of the campus Bahá'í association in Beirut, 1900-1920 and during the first World War.
Thesis for Master of Arts to the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut. See also the author's later article 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í Students (2021).
Keywords: American University of Beirut; Beirut, Lebanon; Christianity; Education; Howard Bliss; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Lebanon; Reform; Studying; Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; Universities; World War I; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Baha'i Studies at the Crossroads: Key Papers and Developments in the Baha'i Studies Review 1990-2002 - Fazel,Seena (2018)
Review of the first 12 years of the BSR journal, highlighting some key papers and developments from the viewpoint of the editor, some of the journal's novel contributions to Bahá'í studies, and future directions it might take.
Presented at the Baha’i Studies Seminar in Oxford, 2016.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies

Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Archive - Various (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1982)
Links to the full issues of BSB (all offsite).
These items are online at the editor's official website of BSB, hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/journals/bsb (click for expanded Table of Contents and more links). See also the articles posted at this site as individual items, and see an index to all BSB items.
Keywords: Bahá'í Studies Bulletin; Bahá'í studies

Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume - Stauffer,Robert, compiler (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1998)
List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
The founder and editor of BSB, Stephen Lambden has posted these articles at his website. See also a list of all BSB articles online at this site. This document also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Antichrist; Arts and crafts; Australia; Austrian Lloyd steam ships; Authenticity; Bahá'u'lláh, Declaration of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í Studies Bulletin; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í history by country; Bahá'í studies; Bahá'í studies; Bible; Bibliography; Báb, Childhood of; Báb, The; Chicago, IL; Christianity; Citations; Covenant-breaking; Criticism and apologetics; Cross-reference; Cyprus; Cyprus exiles; Dajjal; Dhikr (Remembrance); Diaspora, Persian; Edirne, Turkey; Egypt; Encyclopedias; Esperanto; Esslemont; Ethics; Exile (banishment); First mentions; Forgery and interpolation; Germany; God, Will of; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Integration (migration); Interfaith dialogue; International Bahá'í Library; International auxiliary language; Interpretation; Iran (documents); Iraq; Islam; Jamal-i-Burujirdi; Japan; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Language; Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings); Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah); Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg); Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi); Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Mark Tobey; Martha Root; Middle East; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Mysticism; Paran (Mount); Parliament of the World's Religions; Perfect Man (Sufism); Philosophy; Primal Will; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Quran; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Reform; Refugees; Reversal, Mystery of (Shaykhism, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Lawh-i-Qina); Scholarship; Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure); Shaykhism; Ships; Sociology; Sufism; Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One); Súratu'lláh (Surah of God); Tafsir (exegesis); Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow); Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun); Theology; Transliteration and diacritics; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States (documents); Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Bahá'í Studies in Australasia: Volume 3 - Various (Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, 1996)
Four papers reflecting a diversity of themes.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.

Bahá'í Studies in Europe - Terry,Peter (1981)
Interviews with and bios of individuals engaged in study of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions, and descriptions of archives, in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, and Wales, 1980-81.
Keywords: Austria; Bahá'í studies; Belgium; Biography; Denmark; Europe; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Norway; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom

Baha'i Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey - Ma'sumian,Bijan; Masumian,Adib (Baha'i Studies Review, 2014)
Overview of the cultivation and evolution of religious education in the Baha’i Faith in Iran in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Scholarship

Bahá'í studies Seminar in Cambridge, 30 September - 1 October 1978: Message to Participants - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
Harmony of science and religion; faith and reason; spiritual scholarship; and the institution of review.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Bahá'í studies; Publishing, Policy and practice; Publishing, Review; Scholarship; Science

Bahá'í Studies videos - Smith,Peter (2013)
Twelve introductory videos about Bahá'í history, practice, and teachings.
Keywords: Introductory

Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist - Smith,Peter (2020)
Link to Smith's videos on Bábí and Bahá'í history: Emergence of the Bábí movement; Bábí conflict and collapse; development of a new religion; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í beliefs and practice; geo-cultural breakthroughs; expansion of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Introductory

Bahá'í Talks from the Heart - Augustine,Sam
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm

Bahá'í Teachings and the Principle of Separation between Religion and State - Sergeev,Mikhail (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2012)
Historical background of the concept of separation of church and state, some contemporary views within and without the Bahá'í community, and the nature of secular democracy.
See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Church and state

Bahá'í Teachings Concerning Christ: List of References - Author unknown, compiler
Five-page index to the Bahá'í Writings on various topics of Christian history and teachings.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Christianity; Indexes and catalogues; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ

Bahá'í Teachings on Economics and Their Implications for the Bahá'í Community and the Wider Society - Badee,Hooshmand (2015)
This research attempts to explore the extensive volume of Bahá’í writings on economics and systematize it in a fashion that is accessible to academia, and beneficial to the Bahá’ís and the wider society.
PhD dissertation for the University of Leeds, Faculty of Education and Theology.
Keywords: Economics; Michael Karlberg

Baha'i Teachings on Health, Healing and Nutrition - Jones,Ernie, compiler (2017)
A compilation from online sources, based on the BWC compilation, with additional references added and arranged loosely by subject and sorted within subject by author and date.
There is is some duplication from the World Centre compilation, but this one is more comprehensive. Also available in Open Office format.
Keywords: Food; Health and healing; Meat; Vegetarianism

Bahá'í Teachings on The Universe - Jones,Ernie, compiler (2017)
Compilation of writings related to the cosmos, the worlds of God, and spiritual evolution.
See also the original chart, along with notes from the archives of the author's mother, Emma Maxie Jones, at Explanation of Spiritual Evolution as Taught from the Bahá'í Teachings. See also Microsoft Word version of this compilation.
Keywords: Cosmology; Ether (concept); God, Worlds of; Human nature; Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); Philosophy; Science; Soul; Spiritual evolution; Universe

Bahá'í Teachings, Aspects of - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Authenticity of Statements; Mathnavi; Quranic quotations; Marriage Prayer; 'Sun' and 'Moon'; Hands of the Cause; Night of Power; Khatt-i-Badi; Sarcophagus for Bahá'u'lláh; International Bahá'í Library Building; Lunar Calendar and Holy Days; Leiden; Kings.
Originally mirrored with permission from sites.google.com/site/akbweb.
Keywords: Allahumma; Authenticity; Badi calendar; Bahá'u'lláh, Sarcophagus for; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'í World Centre; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Chronology and timelines; Dreams and visions; Hands of the Cause; Holy days; International Bahá'í Library building (future); International auxiliary language; Khatt-i-Badi (Lisan-i-Badi); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Leiden, Netherlands; Marriage Prayer; Myanmar; Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Netherlands; Night of Power; Prayer texts; Protection; Quotations from the Mathnavi (Rumi); Quotations from the Quran; Research Department, Questions and answers; Rumi (Mevlana); Sacred Night; Sarcophagus; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Tablets to kings and rulers; Two seas

Bahá'í Temple Moves Toward Completion - Author unknown (The Christian Century, 1941)
One-paragraph blurb from 1941.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Mentions; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

Bahá'í Translation Work: A Compilation - Warren,Gerald, compiler (2008)
Quotations by the Central Figures, the House, and the International Teaching Centre about translating and publishing Bahá'í Writings into other languages.
Keywords: Translation

Bahá'í Universalism and Native Prophets - Buck,Christopher (Reason and Revelation: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, 2002)
Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Bahá'í category of "Manifestations of God" using the Iroquois prophet Deganawida as an example.
This article is an updated and slightly abridged version of its 1996 publication in Bahá'í Studies Review, Native Messengers of God in Canada? A Test Case for Bahá'í Universalism. See also Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Native Americans

Bahá'í View on Biological Evolution: Exploring Bahá'í Perspectives on the Intersection of Theology and Science - Nadimi,Bahman (2023)
Intersection of theology and science; philosophers of the past; 'Abdu’l-Bahá's and Shoghi Effendi's comparisons of Eastern and Western philosophers and their statements on science; metaphysical principles; moral implications of the evolutionary model.
See also the author's earlier paper Do the Bahá'í Writings on Evolution Allow for Mutation of Species within Kingdoms but not across Kingdoms? (2004).
Keywords: Evolution; Philosophy; Science

Bahá'í World Centre - Momen,Moojan (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the spiritual center of the Bahá’í Faith, established in the twin cities of Acre and Haifa, the focal points of devotion for Bahá’ís around the world, and edifices of the administrative center.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Haifa, Israel; Israel; Mount Carmel; Pilgrimage

Bahá'í World Faith: Redefinition of Religion - Keene,James J. (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1967)
Bahá'ís consistently differ from Jews and Christians in the structure of their religious behavior and its relation to personality. Only the Bahá'ís evidenced a "fully balanced" religious activity.
For another study by the author, see Religious Behavior and Neuroticism, Spontaneity, and Worldmindedness.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Psychology; Sociology

Bahá'í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1943)
Bahá'í World Faith was intended to replace the earlier compilation Bahá'í Scriptures with newer translations. However, many of the translations in Bahá'í World Faith have themselves been superseded by more authoritative versions. The reader is thus advised that some of the translations included here could be poor or even incorrect. Cf. William P. Collins, Bibliography of English Language Works on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, 1844-1985 (George Ronald, Oxford, 1990), pp. 20-21. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í World Faith (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Bahá'í World Statistics 2001 - Bahá'í World Centre (2001)
From the Department of Statistics, Bahá'í World Centre; prepared and with notes added by Arjen Bolhuis.
Keywords: Statistics

Bahá'í Writings, Philosophy and Environment - Kluge,Ian (2009)
Philosophy is one of the most under-utilized resources in the quest for an improved psycho-spiritual environment and an improved relationship to the natural world.
Paper delivered at the 33rd Annual ABS Conference "Environments," Washington DC, August 13-16, 2009. Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca/philosophy/2009conferencepapers.
Keywords: Environment; Philosophy

Bahá'í Youth and Sexuality: A Personal/Professional View - Kennedy,Sharon; Kennedy,Andrew (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
The role of Bahá’í youth with respect to prevailing attitudes towards sexuality found in Western society, emphasizing the process of spiritual growth and the principle of chastity; a number of practical suggestions are made.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Sexuality; Youth

Bahá'í, I by Margit Warburg: Review - Pinna,Daniela (2001)

Bahá'í, The Spirit of the Age, by Horace Holley: Review - Labaree,Robert M. (The Moslem World, 1922)
Short review of Holley's book by a Christian missionary.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

Bahá'í, The: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity, by Michael McMullen: Review - Echevarria-Howe,Lynn (Sociology of Religion, 2002)

Baha'i, The: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity, by Michael McMullen: Review - Cole,Juan (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2001)

Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered - Beckwith,Francis (Christian Research Journal, 1989)
An antagonistic and polemical overview of the Bahá'í Faith by a Christian.
Documents relevant to this issue include: UHJ: Changes Made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12 (1990) UHJ: Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (1996) US NSA: Dates in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992) Peter Terry: Truth Triumphs: Response to Misrepresentations of Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í (1999) Douglas Martin: Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith (1978) David Friedman: A Bahá'í Response to "Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered" (1998)
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Daniel (Bible); Esslemont; Francis Beckwith; Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies

Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered, by Francis Beckwith: A Bahá'í Response - Friedman,David (1998)
Lengthy theological apologia.
Documents relevant to this issue include: The original article, Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989) UHJ: Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (1996) UHJ: Changes Made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12 (1990) US NSA: Dates in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992) Peter Terry: Truth Triumphs: Response to Misrepresentations of Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í (1999) Douglas Martin: Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith (1978) Note: The author has indicated quotations, including from Beckwith, by using small font.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Context, Taking verses out of; Criticism and apologetics; Daniel (Bible); Esslemont; Francis Beckwith; Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies

Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights - Tahririha-Danesh,Tahirih, editor (Juxta Publishing Co., 2001)
Articles by Kiser Barnes, Greg Duly, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Graham Hassall, Darren Hedley, Nazila Ghanea-Hercock, Chichi Layor, Michael Penn, Martha Schweitz, and Albert Lincoln.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/bahai-inspired-perspectives-on-human-rights. See publisher's Books for the World license. This book is also available for download as a single PDF [2.3MB].
Keywords: Abuse; Children; Cultural diversity; Education; Family; Government; Human rights; Iran (documents); Peace; Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Social and economic development; Violence; Women; World order

Baha'i: A Look into the World's Newest Religion, and Why Followers Find it Appealing - Hill,Anthony (2022)
TV news report summarizing Baha'i history and practice, and breaking the fast with some Baha'is in Florida.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=mQSGTa8Y2p4. (Video's cover image of orthodox Jews at the Wailing Wall is unrelated to the video content.)
Keywords: Alan Coupe; Introductory

Bahá'í: A Second Look - Bach,Marcus (The Christian Century, 1957)
A positive assessment of the Bahá'í faith by an outsider.
Marcus Bach acquired a certain fame amongst Bahá'ís for his book Shoghi Effendi: An Appreciation (New York: Hawthorne Books, 1958), which remains one of the longest tributes to the Guardian by a non-Bahá'í.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Marcus Bach

Bahá'í: A Way of Life for Millions - Bennett Jr.,Lerone (Ebony Magazine, 1965)
Article reprinted from 1965 Ebony Magazine article and made into pamphlet for mass distribution.
Keywords: Introductory; United States (documents); Visuals

Bahá'í: Chapter 15 - Nigosian,Solomon A. (World Faiths, 1994)
Overview of the Faith from a popular comparative religions textbook.

Bahá'í: History, Beliefs, Practices, Theological Exchanges, and Current Issues - Buck,Christopher (Handbook of Religion: A Christian Engagement with Traditions, Teachings, and Practices, 2014)
Brief overviews of Bahá'í history and thought.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Social action; Social and economic development

Bahá'í: Religion and Diet - Fieldhouse,Paul (Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, 2003)
Short overview of fasting, feast, and diet.
Adapted from the author's Food and nutrition: Customs and culture (Chapman and Hall, 1985); see amazon. Mirrored from encyclopedia.com.
Keywords: Agriculture; Asceticism; Ayurveda; Cultural diversity; Fasting; Food; Health and healing; Justice; Lifestyle; Moderation; Nineteen Day Feast; Science; Social action; Unity; Vegetarianism

Baha'i: The Religion of the Future - Alans Theory (2021)
Very short introduction to the Bahá'í Faith from a presenter who interviewed a Bahá'í couple.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=y-mDdHujhlw.
Keywords: Alan Coupe; Introductory

Bahá'í: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity, by Michael McMullen: Review - Collins,William P. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2001)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/332. See also original scan.

Bahá'í: The Spirit of the Age - Holley,Horace (Brentano's, 1921)
An early, thorough overview of Bahá'í teachings, written shortly before Holley was elected secretary of the US Spiritual Assembly.
This book is online a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available as a Word document.
Keywords: Horace Holley; Introductory

Bahá'ís - Johnson,Todd M., compiler; Grim,Brian J., compiler (The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography, 2013)
Statistics of Bahá'í populations in 1910 and 2010, growth rates, and geographic distribution.
The following excerpts, along with much of the rest of this book, are online at Google Books.
Keywords: Statistics

Baha'is - Buck,Christopher (Encyclopedia of the Qur'an — Supplement, 2016)
The Bahá'í Faith's continuities and discontinuities with Islam. This is the only Bahá'í-related article in The Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an.
Also posted at academia.edu. See also the shorter 2001 version of this article.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Islam

Bahá'ís - Buck,Christopher (Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, 2001)
The Bahá'í Faith's continuities and discontinuities with Islam. This is the only Bahá'í-related article in The Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an.
Also available in the Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Online. See also the longer 2016 version of this article, also posted at academia.edu. The nature of this publication is such that the Bahá'í Faith is treated in almost purely Islamic terms. However, the Bábí religion is described as "super-Islamic" by dint of its intense Imamocentrism (as pointed out by Todd Lawson), while the Bahá'í Faith is characterized as "supra-Islamic" by virtue of its universalism. [-C.B.]

Bahá'ís and Military Service - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (Baha'i News, 1965)
Brief discussion on how Bahá'ís may or may not serve in the armed forces.
See also a letter on the draft (1940) and a formal statement War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition (1969).
Keywords: Military; Military (armed forces); Weapons

Bahá'ís and the Great Peace March - Scholl,Steven; Ballenger,Robert (dialogue magazine, 1986)
The Great Peace March was a cross-country event from Los Angeles to Washington DC in 1986 to draw attention to nuclear proliferation. This article interviews three Bahá'ís who participated. Prefaced by essay "The Wilderness Trek of the Great Peace March."
See also Wikipedia article Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.

Bahá'ís have outsized MLK presence - Levy,Abe (My San Antonio, 2013)
Bahá'ís play an increasingly-active role in events celebrating the message of Martin Luther King.
See also the 1999 civil trial finding, with a unanimous verdict of 12 jurors, that a "high-level conspiracy" involving government agencies killed King: see for example edubirdie.com or washingtonsblog.com. Mirrored from mysanantonio.com.
Keywords: Martin Luther King Jr; Race; Race unity; United States (documents)

Baha'is in Post-revolution Iran: Perspectives of the Ulema - Sanyal,Ankita (Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 2019)
Historical background of the ulema/monarchy equation; the Ayatollahs’ take on the Baha’is after 1979, and dissident views of the Bahá'ís.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution, Iran

Bahá'ís in the West - Smith,Peter, editor (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 2004)
Essays and illustrations on the beginnings of the Faith in Australia and New Zealand, Denmark, Hungary, and the United States.
Order a copy of this book from Kalimat Press. Also available in part at Google Books.
Keywords: Australia; Bahá'í history by country; Denmark; Edinburgh, Scotland; Esslemont; Hungary; New Zealand; United Kingdom; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Baha'is Mark Centenary of Visit to America by Religious Leader - Socolovsky,Jerome (2012)
Short TV report on the Bahá'í Faith, Abdu'l-Baha's visit, and Persian believers.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=JZUGOFMN1Rg.
Keywords: Alan Coupe; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Bahá'ís of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies, ed. Dominic Brookshaw and Seena Fazel: Review - Shahvar,Soli (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2011)
Mirrored with permission from https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/351. See also original scan.

Bahá'ís Têm Nova Direcção Mundial - Marujo,Antonio (Jornal Publico, 2003)
Article on the Election of the Universal House of Justice, published in a Portuguese newspaper.
The author, Antonio Marujo, usually writes about religious issues. Originally posted at publico.pt.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Newspaper articles; Portugal; Universal House of Justice, Election of

Bahá'ís, The, by Bahá'í International Community: Review - Fazel,Seena (Associate, 1993)
Mirrored with permission from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/associate [defunct].
Keywords: Introductory

Bahá'ísm - Widgery,Alban G. (Living Religions and Modern Thought, 1936)
Chapter-length overview of Bahá'í theology.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Theology

Bahá'ísm - Its Origins and Role: A Rebuttal - Bahá'í International Community (1983)
The complete Iranian document "Bahaism — its origins and its role" together with BIC commentary on that document.
The full BIC commentary/rebuttal starts on page 58 of this PDF. Found at scribd.com/doc/17569117/Refutation-of-Bahaism-Its-Role-and-Origin-by-the-BIC.
Keywords: Bahá'í International Community; Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Opposition

Bahá'ísm and Its Ambitious Claims - Jordan,Orvis Fairlee (The Christian Century, 1921)
Overview of Bahá'í teachings, the Faith's relationship with Islam, Bahá'ís in Chicago, and the under-construction temple in Wilmette.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

Bahá'ísm and Its Claims and Modern Movements among Mohammedans, by S. G. Wilson: Reviews - Jordan,Orvis Fairlee (Campbell Institute Bulletin, 1915)
Short reviews of two early anti-Bahá'í books by a Christian missionary.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

Bahá'ísm and Its Claims, by S. G. Wilson: Review - Buchanan,C. M. (The Moslem World, 1916)
Short review of an early anti-Bahá'í book by a Christian missionary.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

Bahá'ísm and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha - Wilson,Samuel Graham (AMS Press, Inc., 1970)
A hostile and uninformed Christian missionary's overview of the Bahá'í Faith from 1915; included here for historical interest.
Note typist's caveat, below, that this book is "hostile" and "unscientific." It is included here for historical reasons. Also available as a scan of the original, low-res [PDF, 6 MB] and larger file [PDF, 16 MB]. For historical completeness, also included are two articles by Wilson: Bahaism and Religious Assassination [PDF] (Moslem World 4:3, 1914) and Bahaism and Religious Deception [PDF] (Moslem World 5:2, 1914-15).
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics

Bahá'ísm hopes to unite the world and religious conflicts: An interview with Hutan Hejazi Martinez - Andersson,Linn (Observatorio para las Relaciones Internacionales, 2012)
An outsider's view of Bahá'í history and ideology (doxa).
See also Martinez's thesis. Mirrored from obervatoriorrii.wordpress.com.
Keywords: Interviews

Bahá'ísm Today - Bain,Wilhelmina (The Otago Witness, 1913)
Short, early overview of the Bahá'í Faith, among the first published in New Zealand.
Wilhelmina Bain, an early feminist and peace advocate, was interested in the Bahá’í Faith in the early years of the twentieth century; see wilhelmina_bain_biography. She received a tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and published a significant article in The Otago Witness in late 1908. In 1913 she published the following articles in the same newspaper, spread over two issues. These articles were located in the Turnbull Library microfilm section in 2013. They were published within weeks of Margaret Stevenson’s (the first New Zealand Bahá’í) meeting with Dorothea Spinney, in August 1913.
Keywords: New Zealand; Newspaper articles

Bahá'ísm, by Arthur Vail: Review - Bentson,Henry (Philosophical Review, 1914)
One-paragraph summary of Vail's book.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds - Skrine,Francis Henry (Longmans, Green, & Co., 1912)
An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Bahá'í history and teachings, written with "express approval" of Abdu'l-Bahá.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. Also available as a corrected Word format document.
Keywords: Agnosticism; Animism; Buddhism; Caste system; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; Christianity; Collective security; Crusades; Decline and renewal of religion; Fate, destiny and predestination; Francis Henry Skrine; Free will; God; Gods and Goddesses; Government; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Hinduism; History (general); Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Islam; Life after death (afterlife); Magic; Man-made doctrines and dogmas; Monasticism; Monotheism; Mysticism; Mythology; Nationalism; Orientalism; Paris Talks (book); Persecution; Philosophy; Polytheism; Power; Priesthood; Prophecies; Reform; Reformation (Christianity); Religion (general); Roman empire; Social action; Sophia (wisdom); Soul; Spirit (general); St. Francis of Assisi; Sufism; Superstition; Traditions; Tulsidas; Unity; War

Bahá'ísm: A Study of a Contemporary Movement - Vail,Albert Ross (The Harvard Theological Review, 1914)
Scholarly analysis of the influence of the Bahá'í Faith and the psychology of its followers.
This paper is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Psychology; Sociology

Bahá'ísm: A Warning - Easton,Peter (Brilliant Proof, 1998)
This anti-Bahá'í essay from 1911 was the inspiration for the classic Bahá'í text Brilliant Proof. It has no value other than as a historical document.
See a summary history of this piece at Brilliant Proof: Review.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics

Bahá'ísm: An Anti-Christian System - Wilson,Samuel Graham (Bibliotheca Sacra, 1915)
A Christian missionary's perspective on the Bahá'í Faith's claim to supersede Christianity.
Keywords: Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Interfaith dialogue

Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa - Hejazi Martinez,Hutan (2010)
An outsider's view of the role of ideologies in a postmodern era, focusing on Bahá'í history, conversion narratives, ideology, and other competing philosophies. (Link to thesis, offsite.)
Dissertation defended for Rice University, September 2010, online at scholarship.rice.edu. See also an interview with the author from Observatorio para las Relaciones Internacionales. Purchase this thesis in its later published version at amazon.com, or see dissertation entry at gradworks.umi.com/34/21/3421441.html.
Keywords: Anthropology; Bahá'í studies; Bábísm; Conversion; Cosmology; Millennialism; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Sociology; Utopias and dystopias

Bahá'ísm: Its Ethical and Social Teachings - Rosenberg,Ethel J. (Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions, 1908)
Overview of the Faith, presented as an address to the Congress held at Oxford, September 15-18, 1908.
This entire book is available in a variety of formats at archive.org. See also Word document. Archaic spelling of "Bahá'u'lláh" as "Baha u'llah" retained.

Bahá'ísm: Some Uncertainties about its Role as a Globalizing Religion - MacEoin,Denis (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
On Bahá'í self-understanding as the religion to unite all faiths in the culmination of globalisation, vs. the challenges which secular values present to a religion that, rooted in Islamic thinking, aims to fuse the spheres of religion and society.
See related discussions in Debates between MacEoin et al.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Globalization; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Unity of religion

Bahá'íyyih Khánum - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaiya-kanom-b.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Biography

Bahá'u'lláh - Cole,Juan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baha-allah.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Biography

Baha'u'llah - Author unknown (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'u'lláh - Cole,Juan (1995)
Biography of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Biography

Baha'u'llah and Human Nobility - Saiedi,Nader (2015)
Perspectives on the concept of nobility, from Zoroaster to Max Weber and Nietzsche; Rousseau to Bahá'u'lláh; institutionalization of human dignity; reinterpretation of religion.
Presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of the Friends of Persian Culture. Chicago 3-6th September, 2015, and posted online at user-hrqc9mo.cld.bz. See also How We Could Achieve Human Nobility. See more of Saiedi's writings at researchbahai.com and bahaiteachings.org.
Keywords: Bahaiteachings.org; Ethics; Nobility; Philosophy

Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology - Cole,Juan (Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1997)
The idea of liberation and equality is central to Bahá'í theology; the poor in the 19th century Middle East; Bahá'u'lláh and the poor; Tablet to the Kings on wealth and peace; laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Huququ'lláh; state social welfare.
Inconsistent font sizes and boldface is an artifact of the scanning program, not in the original document; see this Google Books preview.
Keywords: Agriculture; Ayyám-i-Há; Baghdad, Iraq; Charity and relief work; Christianity; Consultation; Detachment; Education; Empowerment; Equality; Ethics; Funds; Gender; Governance; Human rights; Huqúqu'lláh; India; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Iraq; Justice; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Liberation; Liberation theology; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Middle East; Peace; Politics; Reform; Slavery; Social action; Sociology; Statistics; Theology; United States (documents); Unity; Wealth and poverty; Women; Work; Zakat (tithes)

Bahá'u'lláh and the Fourth Estate - White,Roger (Baha'i World, 1986)
Bahá'u'lláh's response to the martyrdom of seven Bahá'ís in Yazd in May, 1891, and his relationship with the media.
See index to Bahá'í World vol. 18. Published separately at
Keywords: Iran (documents); Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times); London, England; Media (communication); Newspapers; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Press (media); Roger White; Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak; Seven martyrs of Yazd; United Kingdom; Yazd upheaval; Yazd, Iran

Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna - Hall,Joshua (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2022)
Comparison of the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna; this helps one understand the philosophical content and significance, and rational rigor, of Bahá’u’lláh’s own statements on God’s existence and creative act.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/307. See also the complete issue "The Mind, the Heart, and the Infinite" [PDF].
Keywords: Absolute existence; Avicenna (Ibn Sina); Christianity; Cosmology; Creation; Dualism; God; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality); Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Metaphysics; Monism; Philosophy; Qayyum (Self-subsisting); Some Answered Questions (book); Thomas Aquinas

Bahá'u'lláh and the Luminous Mind: Bahá'í Gloss on a Buddhist Puzzle - Faber,Roland (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
Non-duality is of central importance to Buddhist thought and experience; on monism and non-dualism as reflected in Asian religious expressions, including Hinduism's Advaita Vedanta.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/faber_luminous.
Keywords: Buddhism; Dualism; God; God, Knowledge of; Hadith; He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord (Hadith); Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality); Monism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Buddhist; Philosophy, Hindu; Relativism; Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure); Sufism; Vedanta

Bahá'u'lláh and the Naqshbandi Sufis in Iraq, 1854-1856 - Cole,Juan (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1984)
The interplay of Bábí themes of messianism and the Sufi mystical emphasis on internal spirituality; analysis of an early poem by Bahá'u'lláh which hints that by the 1850s he began to see his mission of reform to carry out in the Bábí community.
From books.google.com.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Iraq (documents); Kurdistan; Mysticism; Poetry; Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Baha'u'llah and the New Era - Esslemont,John E. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980)
The classic introductory text on the Bahá'í Faith focusing on Bahá'í teachings and the lives of the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh, and Abdu'l-Bahá.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See also the updated 2006 edition in various formats at bahai.org and bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Basics; Báb, The; Esslemont; Health and healing; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Peace; Prayer; Prophecies; Retrospect and prospect; Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12: Beckwith's Allegations - Universal House of Justice (1990)
Responses to allegations Francis Beckwith makes in his booklet "Bahá'í" about changes to this book.
Documents relevant to this issue include: The original article, Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989) UHJ: Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (1996) US NSA: Dates in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992) Peter Terry: Truth Triumphs: Response to Misrepresentations of Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í (1999) Douglas Martin: Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith (1978) Transmitted by email (from the House, 1995-06-25).
Keywords: 1335 days; Authenticity; Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Daniel (Bible); Esslemont; Francis Beckwith; Interfaith dialogue; Pilgrims notes; Prophecies; Research Department, Questions and answers

Baha'u'llah and the Reconciliation of Religions - Terry,Peter (2014)
The reconciliation of religions is one of the principal themes of Bahá'u'lláh's writings, yet one rarely discussed in introductions to the Bahá'í Faith and often ignored in surveys of Bahá'í teachings.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Principles; Reconciliation; Unity of religion

Baha'u'llah as 'World Reformer' - Buck,Christopher (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
This article places Bahá'u'lláh in the context of Islamic reform by comparing him to several contemporary Iranian reformers. Bahá'u'lláh prosecuted his proposed reforms in three stages: (1) Bábí reform; (2) Persian reform; and (3) world reform.
Original final chapter of Symbol and Secret: Qur’an Commentary in Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i Iqan (2004/1995). Given the "Award for Excellence in Bahá'í Studies" (University Category) by the Association for Bahá'í Studies (1991). Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Middle East; Reform; Tablet of the True Seeker; Theophany

Bahá'u'lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Tutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat - Fananapazir,Khazeh (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Translations of Tutunjiyya "Sermon of the Gulf," Iftikhár "Sermon of Iftikhár," and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat "Sermon of Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat."
Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org. Later revised and published in A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb.
Keywords: Hadith; I am all the Prophets (phrase); Imam Ali; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Khutbatul-Iftikhar (Sermon of Glorification); Khutbih Tutunjiyyih (Sermon of the Gulf); Khutbih-i-Marifat bin-Nuraniyyat (Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Prophecies; Prophets; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Unity of religion

Baha'u'llah as Zoroastrian saviour - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 1998)
Examines the Bahá'í view of Zoroastrianism to understand tensions between scholarship and "messiahship" and topics such as proof texts and prophecy.
Also available as PDF (224K).
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies; Saoshyant (Saosyant); Zoroastrianism

Bahá'u'lláh et le Carmel - Rouhani,Chowghi (2017)
Bahá’u’lláh honore la terre sainte; la révélation de la Tablette du Carmel; la grande resurrection; la levée des scellés al-rahiq-ul-makhtoom; le mystère des quatre lettres saintes; Shoghi Effendi et le projet du Carmel; le centre administratif mondial.
Also online in "page viewer" format at publitas.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Bible; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Christianity; Colors; God, Names of; Haifa, Israel; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Letters of the Living; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; Metaphors and allegories; Mount Carmel; Prophecies; Quran; Resurrection; Sealed wine; Symbolism; Tetragrammaton; Wine (metaphor)

Baha'u'llah in His Own Words - Terry,Peter, compiler (Lulu Publications, 2008)
Compilation of texts related to Bahá’u’lláh found in his Writings, with supplementary texts written by the Báb, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and other authors, and commentary.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of

Bahá'u'lláh's - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Bahá’u’lláh calls "Thy transcendent unity," i.e., the concept of unity and oneness, which are ubiquitous in the Bahá’í Writings?
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #74, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 24-27, 2007). Republished in Occasional Papers, volume 2 (Irfan Colloquia, 2009). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/74/klebel_vision.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Christianity; Cosmology; Dualism; God; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Humanity; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Islam; Manifestations of God; Monism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Religion (general); Tabernacle of Unity (book); Unity; Zoroastrianism

Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity - Pschaida,Daniel Azim (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2022)
On the originality and deep coherence of this prayer as expressed by its rhyme, alliterations, and structures organized around the number 19; the prayer is an invitation to meditate on God’s names, and see reality in a metaphysics of wholeness and unity.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/302. See also the complete issue "The Mind, the Heart, and the Infinite". [PDF] See also the author's Baha'u'llah's Long Healing Prayer: Parallel Translation and Notes on Iterations.
Keywords: Dhikr (Remembrance); God; God, Names of; Healing prayer, Long; Health and healing; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Repetition

Bahá'u'lláh's Bishárát (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen - Buck,Christopher; Ioannesyan,Youli A. (Baha'i Studies Review, 2010)
Historical and textual study of the one of the major writings of Bahá'u'lláh, and new theories as to its provenance and purpose; it may have been revealed for E. G. Browne. Includes Persian translation (following the English section).
This article is posted here with author's permission; also posted by author at academia.edu. See also Buck's presentation, Tablet of Glad-Tidings: A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen. See Persian after the English pages in in the PDF below.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Baron Rosen; Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Cambridge, England; E. G. Browne; Hájí Muhammad Riday-i-Isfahani; Principles; Proclamation; Reform; Translation; Turkmenistan; United Kingdom

Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf - Gail,Marzieh (World Order, 1946)
A meditation on the themes of ESW.
Reprinted in Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (Oxford: George Ronald, 1976) 176-183.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Marzieh Gail

Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III: A Research Note - Velasco,Ismael (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
Comparison of Shoghi Effendi's English translation and Ismael Velasco's English translation of Dreyfus French version.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/velasco_napoleon. Add or read links or comments pertaining to the topic of this work here.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III); Tablets to kings and rulers

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam - Yazdani,Gloria (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Translations of Lawh-i-Maryam "Tablet for Cousin Maryam," Maryama Isiy-i-Jan "Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love," Hurufat-i-‘Ali’in "Exalted Letters," and Ziyárat-Námih-i-Maryam "Tablet of Visitation for Maryam."
Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Crimson; Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam); Maryam (cousin of Bahá'u'lláh); Maryama Isiy-i-Jan (Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love); Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters); Poetry; Ziyarat-Namih-i-Maryam (Tablet of Visitation for Maryam)

Bahá'u'lláh's Garden: Jacksonville, Florida, 1919-1969 - Vernon,Kathryn Louisa (1969)
Unpublished account of the early years of the Bahá'í Faith in Florida.
Permission for sharing this book online given by the LSA of Jacksonville, 12/2014. Original date of manuscript not known. See also essays by Walter B. Guy, discussed in this history.

Baha'u'llah's Ground Plan of World Fellowship - Townshend,George (Faiths and Fellowship, Proceedings of the World Congress of Faiths Conference, 1936)
This talk, proposing a practical scheme for addressing the problem of world-fellowship, was delivered at the first World Congress of Faiths conference in London in 1936 — one of the earliest Bahá'í papers to appear in a modern interfaith setting.
This version published in Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review, Selected Talks and Statements on Interfaith Issues by Religious Leaders and Scholars.
Keywords: Christianity; George Townshend; Interfaith dialogue; London, England; United Kingdom; World Congress of Faiths

Bahá'u'lláh's Influence on the New York School of Painting: The "Unapprehended Inspiration" of Newman and Rothko - Woodman,Ross (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
The paintings of New Yorkers Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko may best be understood as a powerful first evidence of what Bahá’u’lláh called “the rising Orb of Divine Revelation, from behind the veil of concealment.”
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; New York, USA; Painting; Ross Woodman; United States (documents)

Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas: Tablet of the Right of the People, Provisional Translation - Bahá'u'lláh (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
A tablet on the metaphorical character of this world.
See also an Introduction to this tablet. Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org. See also a translation by Keven Brown.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Correspondance (concept); Cosmology; Ethics; Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People); Life after death (afterlife); Philosophy; Reward and punishment

Bahá'u'lláh's Life and Mission: "This is the One Who Hath Glorified the Son" - Borovicka,JoAnn M. (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
Ways in which Bahá’u’lláh glorifies Jesus Christ and His Cause: He quotes, explains, and defends Christian scripture; supplements Christ’s teachings for the needs of a fast-evolving society; and speaks of Christ as an existing spiritual reality.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/borovicka_mission.
Keywords: Beatitudes (Bible); Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet); Return; Unity

Baha'u'llah's Long Healing Prayer: Parallel Translation and Notes on Iterations / Recensions - Pschaida,Daniel Azim (2019)
Comparison of minor variations between two published versions of Bahá'u'lláh's Long Healing Prayer, a transliteration parallel with the authorized translation, a memorandum from the Universal House of Justice, and a scan of the Arabic original.
See also the author's Youtube video of his Wilmette Institute presentation "The Long Healing Prayer of Bahá'u'lláh: The Metaphysics of Unity" (July 2020), his presentation notes [PDF, offsite], and Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' (Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí) in light of a Metaphysics of Unity (2022). And see Long Healing Prayer: Original Arabic, Transliteration, and Translation (Utterance Project, 2021). Recipient's names in the first two letters retained with permission.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; God, Names of; Healing prayer, Long; Health and healing; Poetry; Prayer texts; Texts in multiple languages; Translation; Translation, Parallel; Transliteration and diacritics

Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove" - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iraq; Mysticism; Poetry; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation - Bahá'u'lláh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
A lengthy dialogue between Bahá'u'lláh (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven (a personification of “the Most Great Spirit”).
Article mirrored from bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF]. See also the article accompanying this translation, Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dove (symbol); Holy Spirit; Iraq; John Hatcher; Maid of Heaven; Mysticism; Poetry; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice: Commentary and Translation - Buck,Christopher; Masumian,Adib (Baha'i Studies Review, 2014)
The tablet Riḍvānu’l-‘Adl, "Paradise of Justice," shows how the concept of justice — which encompasses both faith and action — is the essence of the Baha’i concept of salvation, both individual and societal.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Faith and works; Jihad (Holy war); Justice; Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice); Paradise; Ridván; Salvation

Baha'u'llah's passport, with translation - Ghassempour,Mehran, translator (Baha'i World, 1945)
Bahá'u'lláh's passport at the time of His exile from Iran, 1853, with translation of text.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Relics

Bahá'u'lláh's Persian Poems Written before 1863 - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Overview of the mystical early writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 1852-1863. Includes extensive bibliography, and a brief summary of each of the major works from this period.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #104, Center for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto Italy (July 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/104/savi_persian.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (before Declaration); Dervish poems (Bahá'u'lláh); Iraq; Kurdistan; Lover and the Beloved; Mysticism; Poetry; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways re-capitulated each other.
See also the table excerpted from this article as Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Archetypes; Bahá'u'lláh; Buddha; Buddhism; Báb, The; Christianity; Epics; Exile (banishment); Hinduism; Holy Spirit; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Krishna; Manifestations of God; Meditation; Messianism; Moses; Muhammad (Prophet); Opposition; Precursors; Prophecies; Qiblih; Return; Tablets to kings and rulers; Unity of religion; Zoroastrianism

Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan - Ma'sumian,Bijan (Deepen, 1993)
Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Bahá'u'lláh's life.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Cosmology; Iraq; Kurdistan; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Mountains; Mysticism; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Naqshbandi sufis; Poetry; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sar Galu Mountain (Iraq); Seclusion; Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Developmental Psychology: Toward a Conception of Spiritual Development - Hatala,Andrew R. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2011)
Through the lens of the Seven Valleys, this paper creates a dialogue between theories of developmental psychology and Bahá’í philosophical perspectives, explores the evolution of the "self," and examines spiritual striving in human phylogeny and ontogeny.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/150.
Keywords: Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Michael Karlberg; Philosophy; Psychology; Self

Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih - Hatcher,John S.; Hemmat,Amrollah; Hemmat,Ehsanollah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Bahá'u'lláh in His letters.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF]. See the provisional translation accompanying this article, and see also The Maid of Heaven: A Personal Compilation (2020).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Station of the; Gender; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; God, Gender of; God, Names of; Holy Spirit; Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden); John Hatcher; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Literature, Persian; Love; Lover and the Beloved; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Metaphors and allegories; Most Great Separation; Most Great Spirit; Mysticism; Poetry; Progressive revelation; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Ridván; Sufism; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen); Symbolism; Symbolism; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Veils; Veils (spiritual)

Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Badi'u'llah: Parallels to Bahá'í Teachings by Native American Messengers of God - Addison,Donald; Buck,Christopher (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Compilation of writings from Native American traditions and analogous texts from Bahá'í scripture.
This document was first posted as an appendix to An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán by Christopher Buck and Donald Addison, hence the page numbers at the bottoms of the scans.
Keywords: Badiullah; Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity; Interfaith dialogue; Native Americans

Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib: Introduction and provisional translation - Neshati,Ramin (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #34, Bosch Bahá'í School, (May 18-20, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/34/neshati_manikji. Also available as an updated, corrected Microsoft Word document (prepared by M. Thomas, 2022). This tablet was also partially translated by E.G. Browne, "Three Epistles to the Zoroastrians," in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 24 (1892).
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Manikchi Limji Hataria; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Zoroastrianism

Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality - Lample,Paul, compiler (Palabra Publications, 1996)
The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the soul and humanity’s spiritual education.
From bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Advancement of civilization; Analogies; Animals; Arts and crafts; Atoms; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh (statement); Basics; Betterment; Betterment of the world; Body; Calamities and catastrophes; Certitude; Change; Character; Charity and relief work; City of Certitude; Creation; Death; Decline and renewal of religion; Deeds; Detachment; Divine Assistance; Dreams and visions; E-books; Education; Emotions; Ethics; Evil; Evolution; Faith (general); Faith and works; Fate, destiny and predestination; Finality; Free will; God; God, Kingdom of; God, Nearness to; God, Will of; God, Word of; God, Worlds of; Gold; Heart; Heaven and hell; Holy Spirit; Human nature; Illusion; Imitation; Independent investigation of truth; Intercession; Interpretation; Introductory; Jesus Christ; Journey (spiritual); Kingdoms, Physical; Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Light; Living the life; Love; Manifestations of God; Material means; Material means; Materialism; Maturity of humanity; Meditation; Metaphors and allegories; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Mirrors; Nature; Paul Lample; Peace; Philosophy; Prayer; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Protection; Psychology; Purity; Purpose of life; Purpose of religion; Rain; Reason; Religion (general); Revelation; Sacrifice; Science; Self; Service; Shortcomings; Soul; Spirit of faith; Spirituality; Spring; Suffering; Sun; Superstition; Tests and difficulties

Baha'u'llah's Unity Paradigm: A Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue on a Global Ethic? - Schaefer,Udo (Dialogue and Universalism, 1996)
The mystic unity of religions and the concept of progressive revelation.
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Progressive revelation; Udo Schaefer; Unity of religion

Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh - Balyuzi,Hasan M. (George Ronald, 1963)
Two long essays on the life of Bahá'u'lláh, published in conjunction with the Bahá'í Centennial (1963): "Bahá'u'lláh: A Brief Life," followed by an essay on the Manifestation, "The Word Made Flesh."
This book is an early version of what was later published as Bahá'u'lláh: The King of Glory.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Hasan Balyuzi

Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of (May 29) - Buck,Christopher (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Holy days

Baha'u'llah, birth and ascension of - Melton,J. Gordon (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Bahá'u'lláh, Birth/Ascension of - Buck,Christopher; Melton,J. Gordon (Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2010)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Bahá'u'lláh, Festival of the Birth of (November 12) - Buck,Christopher; Melton,J. Gordon (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Bahá'u'lláh, The Liberator of the Oppressed - Norozi,place, compiler and editor (2024)
Brief compilation of accounts of two Ethiopian slaves in Iran; African servants in Bahá'u'lláh's household; Tablets in honour of Mubarak (a servant of Bahá'u'lláh's father) and Mas'ud (a servant in Akká); prohibition of slavery in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
Also available in original PowerPoint format.
Keywords: Hájí Mubarak; Mas'ud (servant); Slavery