The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges - Various (Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, 1995)
Proceedings from the National Bahá'í Studies Conference, Hobart, Australia, July 1994.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Family

The Father and the Maiden: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine - Foster,Mark A. (1999)
While the outward structure of the Bahá'í Faith may be patriarchal, the spirit of the age is expressed in the divine feminine.
Mirrored with permission from www.markfoster.net/jccc/rs/patfem.html.
Keywords: Gender; God; Maid of Heaven; Theocracy; Universal House of Justice

The Feed-back Mechanisms in the Bahá'í Community and the Need for a Global Knowledge Architecture - Boicu,Filip (2023)
Checks and balances and information-sharing between the Appointed and the Elected Arms; feedback from Bahá’í scholarship, individuals, and grass-roots; outside expertise and partners; The Knowledge Game.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.

The Fifth Dimension - Hick,John (Oneworld Publications, 1999)
Two passing mentions of the Faith; included because of the author's relevance to Bahá'í Studies.
An earlier edition of this book had different pagination, with the following content on pages 78-79 and 227.

The Firm Cord of Servitude - Cope,Theo A. (Lights of Irfan, 2001)
A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Bahá'í Teachings as well as Jungian psychology.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London School of Economics (July 14-6, 2000). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/28/cope_cord.
Keywords: Carl Gustav Jung; God, Knowledge of; He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord (Hadith); Irfan Colloquia; Mysticism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Islamic; Psychology; Relativism; Self-knowledge; Sufism; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)

The First Four Caliphs of Islam - Omidvaran,Betsy (Solas, 2001)
Many Bahá’ís know little about Islam, and most of what they do know is based on minority Shi’ism. This overview of the first four caliphs, the "Rightly Guided," will help introduce Sunni Islam.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 1. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Caliphate; Caliphs; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Sunni Islam (Sunnism)

The First Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era - Bolhuis,Arjen (1999)
Chart of the first 361 years (19*19) of the Bahá'í Era, in both HTML and Excel formats.
Download in Excel format.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Excel files

The First Obligation: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund - Weinberg,Robert (1998)
Bio prepared for the UK Bahá'í Centenary (1998-99).
Bio of Blomfield, aka Sara Louisa, "Sitarih Khanum" (1859-1939). A version of this article was later posted at the Centenary of the Bahá'í Faith in the United Kingdom website. See also Blomfield's book, The Chosen Highway.
Keywords: Biography; Charity and relief work; Children; Human rights; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Save the Children Fund

The First Recorded Bahá'í Fireside - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 2019)
An episode from Browne's A Year Amongst the Persians which can be regarded as a first "fireside" — a meeting with Bahá'ís in Shiraz in March 1888.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu. Though the cover date of this publication shows 2015, it was not actually published until 2019.
Keywords: E. G. Browne; Firesides; Iran (documents); Shíráz, Iran; Teaching

The Five Pillars of Islam - Kerr,Diane Robinson (2014)
Summary of the essential precepts of Islam — belief, prayer, zakat, fasting, and pilgrimage — with some reflections from a Bahá'í perspective.
Mirrored with permission from the author's website, where she has many other articles, and two ebooks for sale: The Coming of Age of Humanity and Mending the Circle: A Practical Guide to Facilitating Groups.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam

The Five Year Plan 2011-2016: Summary of Achievements and Learning - International Teaching Centre (Bahá'í World Centre, 2017)
Advancing the process of entry by troops; programs of growth; the potential of youth; enhancing institutional capacity; houses of worship; social action; participating in the discourses of society; developments at the Bahá'í World Centre.
Mirrored from bahaiebooks.org [archive.org]. 140 pages, includes illustrations and index.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2011-2016); Institute process; Statistics

The Five Year Plan: 2006-2011: Messages of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (Palabra Publications, 2006)
Five Ridvan messages, one message to the Counsellors, and three other letters.
First published in 2006. Updated in 2010 to include later documents. Mirrored with permission from palabrapublications.com. See also 5-Year Plan 2011-2016, 5-Year Plan 2021-2022, and 9-Year Plan 2022-2031.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Institute process; Plans; Public discourse (discourses of society); Ridván messages; Social action; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

The Five Year Plan: 2011-2016: Messages of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (Palabra Publications, 2011)
Two Ridvan messages, one letter to the Counsellors, and two shorter letters.
First published in 2011. Will need to be updated in 2015 or 2016 to include later documents (as Palabra will themselves issue new editions of this book). Mirrored with permission from palabrapublications.com. See also 5-Year Plan 2006-2011, 1-Year Plan 2021-2022, and 9-Year Plan 2022-2031.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2011-2016); Plans; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

The Flame: The Story of Lua - Sears,William; Quigley,Robert (George Ronald, 1972)
Biography of Lua Moore Getsinger (1871-1916), "mother-teacher of the American Bahá'í community," one of the earliest pilgrims from the West to meet 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Biography; Lua Getsinger; William Sears

The Followers of Beha in Persia - Stileman,Charles H. (Church Missionary Intelligencer, 1898)
A follow-up to the author's 1893 article "A Week with the Babis."
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents)

The Forces of Our Time - Dunbar,Hooper (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Excerpt from a talk presented at the "Prepare for Peace" conference, Long Beach, California, August 1985.
See also Dunbar's 2011 audio lecture series Forces of Our Time. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Consultation; Environment; Evil; Forces of light and darkness; Health and healing; Hooper Dunbar; Integration and disintegration; Laws; Love; Mind; Positive thinking; Soul; Spirit (general); Spirituality; Suriy-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Tests and difficulties; Unity

The Four Levels of Detachment in Doris Lessing's Shikasta, - Perrakis,Phyllis Sternberg (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)
The concept of detachment in Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings and its application to Doris Lessing’s Sufi-inspired novel, Shikasta; the reciprocal relation between detachment and attachment and service to the new prophet.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/124.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Detachment; Doris Lessing (author); Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Literature; Literature, English; Science fiction; Sufism; Utopias and dystopias

The Fourth Candle: The Unity of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue - Buck,Christopher (dialogue magazine, 1986)
What does "Unity in Religion" mean, and how does it apply for Bahá'ís' interactions with other religious communities? An essay inspired by Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet "Seven Candles of Unity," utopia, Hans Kung, and the Lesser Peace.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Hans Kung; Interfaith dialogue; Lesser Peace; Peace; Seven Candles of Unity; Unity; Unity of religion; World Religion Day

The Fragility of Goodness: Hexis and Praxis in the Historical Figure of 'Abdu'l-Baha - Fatheazam,Shahbaz (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
How personal character and activity can survive negative pressures from the external world, and what can be learned from the example of Abdu'l-Bahá's social action.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #102, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 2011). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/102/fatheazam_goodness.
Keywords: Behavior; Character; Ethics; Psychology; Values; Virtues; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Exemplar

The Fringe of the East: A journey through past and present provinces of Turkey - Lukach,Harry Charles (Macmillan and Company, 1913)
Overview of the Bahá'ís and Azalis, and mentions of their history in Akka. Includes two excerpts of interest because they refer to "Báb" which in this context refers to a place, not the Prophet.
Author's name is here written as "Harry Charles Lukach," but in other publications the surname is given as "Luke." This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org, where the image scans below are available in larger zoom. See also a PDF of the entire book with high-resolution images, prepared by Mike Thomas (2022).

The Fringe of the East: A Journey through the Past and Present Provinces of Turkey - Lukach,Harry Charles (Macmillan and Company, 1913)
Passing mentions of the Twelfth Imam and the Mahdi and Bahá'u'lláh, summary of Bábí and Bahá'í history and teachings, and comments on the expansion of the faith.

The Function of Interpretation - Universal House of Justice (1982)
Two letters: difference between the authoritative interpretation of Abdu'l-Bahá and the Guardian vs. the divinely inspired legislation of the House of Justice, and the qualitative difference between interpretation and elucidations of the House of Justice.
Keywords: Guardianship; Interpretation; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)

The Function of Revelation in Artistic Expression - Rogers,Otto Donald (Baha'i Studies, 1976)
Overview of some Bahá'í themes and how they are reflected in the making of art: man as an instrument; desire for order and beauty; use of materials; element of light; principle of unity; polarities and relationships; part and whole; energy and power.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca/monographs. See also a later version of this article, "The Effect of Revelation on Artistic Expression."
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Beauty; Light; Unity

The Function of Sports in Life - Shoghi Effendi (The Students' Union Gazette, 1914)
Published under the name "Shawki Rabbani," for his school journal, when he was 17 or 18 years old.
Images (see below) have been cropped and sharpened. Click on any image to see the original image, as copied from http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/jafet/gazette/1914-15. Shoghi Effendi's birthdate is March 1, 1897; if this article was printed before 1915/03/01 he would have been 17 years old, but if after, then 18. This issue may have been prepared before Christmas, because in the 1914 cover (click here) it says "Xmas."
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Sports

The Future of Bahá'í Studies - Collins,William P. (Associate, 2001)
On the need for planning for the future, diversification, scholarly study by non-Bahá'ís, scholarship and art, unity paradigm, popular culture, writing in a non-boring style, and coordination of activities.
Paper presented at the ABS-ESE conference 'Foundational Issues in Bahá’í Studies,' Oxford, April 2000. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 33-34.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies

The Future of Confucianism - Hock,Yeo Yew (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2000)
The history of Confucianism, its teachings, a critique of its place in the modern world, its future, and its survival into the 21st century.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 5.
Keywords: China; Chinese religion; Confucianism; Interfaith dialogue; Philosophy; Philosophy, Chinese

The Future of Mankind and the Most Holy Book - Naghdy,Fazel (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book, vol. 1, 1996)
At present the world models depicted by the past religions and leaders of the materialistic ideologies have failed to solve the contemporary problems facing humanity. Bahá'u'lláh has revealed a new world model and provided the means of achieving it.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); World order

The Gaia Concept - Universal House of Justice (1992)
Overview of the Gaia hypothesis, a concept which regards the entire planet as a living organism.
See enclosed Compilation on Nature.
Keywords: Gaia; Nature; Research Department, Questions and answers

The Garden of the Heart - Abdul-Bahá; Bahá'u'lláh (Roycrofters, 1930)
Early thematic compilation from the Bahá'í Writings.
Includes several pictures of Bahá'í gardens in Israel. Referring to page 14 of this book, see also The story of the “Gate of the Garden” quote from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Brent Poirier (Bahá'í Storytelling Blog, 2010). Mirrored from archive.org where it is available in various formats. Many translations have been updated since the publication of this book, for example the Hidden Words, Seven Valleys etc. Authorized translations can be found at bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Birds; Dawn; Flowers; Fountains; Fragrance; Fruit; Garden of the Heart (book); Gardeners; Gardens; Gates; Heart; Inez Greeven; Nature; Paths; Pilgrimage; Plants; Rain; Reed; Seeds; Spring; Stars; Sun; Tree (metaphor)

The Genealogy of Bab - Shoghi Effendi (The Dawn-Breakers, 1932)
Genealogy of the family of the Bab and the family of Bahá'u'lláh in relation to the Bab.
Referring to this document, Ruhiyyih Khanum wrote in Priceless Pearl that "...it has a detailed genealogy of the Bab prepared by the guardian in his own hand and reproduced in facsimile..."
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Genealogy

The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs - Afnan,Mirza Habibu'llah (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2008)
Detailed account of the early years of the Bab, events of the 1880s and 1890s, the Constitutional Revolution years, and appendices for the study of the Bahá'í community in Shíráz.
Published by Brill as part of the "Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions: Texts and Sources in the History of Religions," volume 122. Order a copy from brill.com. Preview it at google.com. Also available as a Word document. See also Habibullah Afnan's Memories of the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá: Autobiography of Mírzá Habíbu’lláh Afnán, and a shorter version of this history, The Báb in Shiraz: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán.
Keywords: Afnan; Báb, Family of; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Báb, The; Bábí history; Iran (documents); Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); Pilgrims notes; Restoration and renovation; Shíráz, Iran

The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity - Cole,Juan (ISIM Newsletter, 1999)
Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism. The Bahá'í faith, which originated in Iran, poses key conundrums to our understanding of the relationship between modernity and religion in the global South.
Also available as a formatted PDF.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bahá'í studies; Global South; Middle East; Modernity

The German Baha'i Community under National Socialism: A Historical Perspective With Notes, Postscript, and Photographs - Liedtke,Harry (Okanagan Publishers, 1999)
Examination of why Bahá’ís, as an international Community or as individuals, did not play an active role in preventing the rise of the Nazis; in truth, they acted heroically and did exactly what was asked of them by the Guardian.
The 1999 PDF does not give any bibliographic data; the publisher's name and city were found cited in Selena Crosson's thesis. 2000 updated provided by author. See also a series of articles Bahá'ís and the Nazis (bahaiteachings.org).
Keywords: Germany; History (general); Nazism; Shoghi Effendi; War; World War II

The Glad Tidings of Bahá'u'lláh: Being Extracts from the Sacred Writings of the Bahá'ís - Bahá'u'lláh (George Ronald, 1949)
A compilation with some notes, on the topics of building the world, God’s command and exhortation, proclamation of the day of God, and the journey of the soul.
The Word document (and the PDF generated from it) have been updated with newer quotations from our resources using the same edition, newer editions or translations — this removes typing errors, incorrect paragraphing and spanning across missing paragraphs in the original text. References and notes are far more extensive than in the original text. (Mike Thomas, 2023)
Keywords: George Townshend; Introductory; Journey (spiritual); Soul

The Glitter of Bahá'ísm - Author unknown (Literary Digest, 1921)
Half-page overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, written shortly after the passing of Abdu'l-Bahá. No author given.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

The Global Interfaith Movement - Fuqua,Stephen A. (2003)
Summary of examples of interfaith dialogue from 1993-2003.
Mirrored from safnet.com/articles/movement.html.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue

The Globality of Suffering: Tokutomi Kenjirō Meets 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Palestine, 1919 - Ghadimi,Amin (Language and Culture Joint Research Project, 2024)
Exploring Japanese author Tokutomi Kenjirō's 1919 encounter with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, analyzing themes of suffering, globality, religion, and personal transformation within the context of modernity.
Mirrored with Open Access from ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Keywords: Japan; Leo Tolstoy (author); Philosophy; Suffering; Tests and difficulties; Tokutomi Kenjiro (Roka, author); `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Globalization of the Bahá'í Community: 1892-1921 - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
On the connection between Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking and his practical directives in the global expansion of the Baha’i religion, considered in light of Jan Aart Scholte's globalization categories: normative, psychological, economic, and institutional.
Early draft of the article later expanded for publication, online at scribd.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Globalization; Growth; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Gloriously Tragic Life of Mathew Kaszab: Letters from a Pioneer 1939-1942 - Sadeghpour,Anne King, compiler and editor (2019)
The unusual drama of a pioneering life in Central America, revealed through personal letters. This account offers glimpses of a maturing Bahá’í administration in the U.S. and of what was learned through teaching efforts in Latin America.
See also a picture, more source links, and more biographical info at www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kaszab-1. See other references at bahai-library.com/tags/Mathew+Kaszab.
Keywords: Biography; Latin America; Martyrs; Mathew Kaszab; Nicaragua; Panama; Pioneers

The God of Bahá'u'lláh - Momen,Moojan (Bahá'í Faith and the World's Religions, 2005)
A close look at the view of God presented in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and analysis of the consequences of a number of His statements.
Mirrored from bahai.org. There is also a French translation of this article, published as a separate monograph: Au-delà du monothéisme: La Religion bahá'íe (tr. Pierre Spieckel), Paris: L'Harmattan, 2009.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Buddhism; Christianity; Cosmology; Dualism; God; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Manifestations of God; Monism; Philosophy; Theology

The God Who Walks with Men - Holley,Horace (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1954)
Emphasizing humanity's connection to God through His Messengers, advocating love, unity, and spiritual renewal as essential for overcoming societal divisions and achieving global peace.
Scan of 1967 edition.
Keywords: Manifestations of God; Peace; Unity

The Golden Age of Jewish/Christian Relations Revisited: The Contribution of H.J. Schoeps to Interfaith Dialogue - Buck,Christopher (1984)
On Bavarian historian Hans Joachim Schoeps, considered a foremost authority on early Jewish Christianity. Includes appendix of previously unpublished correspondence between Schoeps and Bahá'í scholar Udo Schaefer, in both German and English translation.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Christianity; Hans Joachim Schoeps; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Udo Schaefer

The Good - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Fireside talk in St. Petersburg.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.

The Good Message - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (Bahá’ı́ Publishing Trust, 1960)
A simplified rendering of themes in Shoghi Effendi's translation of Gleanings, used in Africa as a practical tool for achieving the central goal of Ruhiyyih Khanum's life: sharing the Baha'i teachings with others (Hutchison, 2000).
Shared with permission from the Bahá'í World Centre via the Bahá'ís of Uganda. See also scan of original. [2 MB] This book is mentioned in The Path of Beauty by S. Hutchison, page 14; also online at bahai.works.
Keywords: Africa; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Introductory; Manifestations of God; Prophecies; Teaching; Tree (metaphor)

The Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature - Afnan,Elham (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
The Bahá'í Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopian visions of progress from 19th-century literature and dystopian visions of 20th-century fiction, disillusioned by war and social and economic disasters.
See also commentary by Ross Woodman.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Age of transition; Arts and crafts; Betterment of the world; Forces of light and darkness; Freedom and liberty; Future; Happiness; History (general); Hope; Human nature; Idealism; Integration and disintegration; Justice; Literature; Literature, English; Maturity of humanity; Peace; Progressive revelation; Promise of World Peace (statement); Transformation; Unity; Unity in diversity; Utopias and dystopias; War; World order

The Good Tree: Distinguishing the Bahá'í Faith From Destructive Cults - Vaccaro,Stephen (1996)
Examination of some fundamental characteristics of a cult, to determine whether or not the Bahá'í Faith can be so defined.
Also presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #9, Wilmette, March 29, 1996.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; Criticism and apologetics

The Great Bridge–Maker - Fuqua,Stephen A. (2005)
The papacy and Pope John Paul II.
Originally written for Spiritual Degrees, a short-lived attempt at "a Bahá’í magazine for the 5th Epoch," with substantial, beneficial contributions from Mark Derewicz. Mirrored from safnet.com/articles/pope.html.

The Great Safari of Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum - Nakhjavani,Violette (Baha'i News, 1970)
A diary of Ruhiyyih Khanum's travels through Africa. Serialized in Bahá'í News in 26 issues, from 1970 through 1973.
This document was also published as a book. See a review of it from the Bahá'í Journal of the UK (2002-06), and see some discussion of this book in Three Talks in Africa.
Keywords: Africa; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Biography; Great African Safari

The Great Tao - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
On a philosophy of the ancient Chinese people, a Tao whose eternal spirit has seeped into the very heart of Chinese tradition, culture, and way of life for centuries; similarities with other religions and the Bahá'í Faith.
Also posted by author at academia.edu. See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: China; Chinese religion; Interfaith dialogue; Philosophy; Philosophy, Chinese; Taoism

The Great Unity: A New Approach to Religious Education - Barr,Margaret (The Lindsey Press, 1937)
Introduction, about a Universalist religious-education curriculum experiment in Calcutta in 1933-1936, and a short overview of the Bahá'í Faith.

The Greatest Holy Leaf - Nakhjavani,Bahiyyih
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of

The Greatest Holy Leaf's Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place - Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Biography of Abdu'l-Bahá's sister, who acted as his "deputy, His representative and vicegerent, with none to equal her." Her burial place on Mount Carmel determined the location of the Arc and the later buildings of the World Centre.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/121/ma'ani_leaf.
Keywords: Arc (World Centre); Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Biography; Mount Carmel

The Greatest Name and the 99 Names of God: Compilation - Curtis,Larry D., compiler (1998)
Includes (1) Allah'u'Abhá in Arabic, (2) compilation on the Bahá'í and Islamic use of "Greatest Name," and (3) a list of the ninety-nine names of God from Islamic theology.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the author's Art of the Greatest Name and a list of names of God from the Bahá'í Writings.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; God; God, Names of; Greatest Name; Names and titles

The Greenland Promise - Liedtke,Harry (2012)
Commentary on the misunderstood prediction of Abdu'l-Bahá that Greenland would one day become green again.
Keywords: Canada; Climate change; Denmark; Environment; Geology; Greenland; Metaphors and allegories; Prophecies; Science; Speculation; Tablets of the Divine Plan

The Greenleafs: An Eternal Reunion - Sala,Emeric (Baha'i News, 1973)
Brief bio of Elizabeth and Charles Greenleaf, who were members of the group of Midwest Bahá'ís which began with Thornton Chase in the 1890s in Chicago.
Keywords: Biography; Charles Greenleaf; Chicago, IL; Elizabeth Greenleaf; Thornton Chase; United States (documents)

The Greeting Alláh-u-Abhá - House,David William, compiler (2023)
Short but thorough compilation on the use of the greeting Alláh-u-Abhá, "God is the Most Glorious."
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also a short Wikipedia article.
Keywords: Alláh-u-Abhá; Greatest Name

The Growth and Spread of the Baha'i Faith - Hampson,Arthur (1980)
A detailed attempt to describe and account for the spread of the Bahá'í Faith, including the roles played by its centralized leadership, its belief system, and its policies, as well as attitudes and conditions outside the control of the Bahá'í movement.
Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Geography), University of Hawaii at Manoa. See full document info at scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/9787. This document was generated from microfilm, which in turn was scanned from type-written pages.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Growth

The Growth of the Cause in the British Isles - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles (The Centenary of a World Faith: The History of the Bahá'í Faith and Its Development in the British Isles, 1944)
Historical overview, starting with E. G. Browne and Comte de Gobineau, to pilgrims in the time of Abdu'l-Bahá, up to the late 1930s.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; United Kingdom

The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988)
An abridged and updated version of the author's biography Priceless Pearl.
See also Priceless Pearl. This text is distributed in Ocean and is also online at holy-writings.com and bahairesearch.com. The text included in Ocean was scanned and proofed independently of this version; to verify any possible errors in the copy below, consult Ocean's copy, khanum_guardian_bahai_faith_ocean.txt.
Keywords: Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Biography; Priceless Pearl (book); Shoghi Effendi

The Guardian of the Faith - Mitchell,Glenford (2007)
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. Title given by author. No information is given about the context of the lecture; if you know, please contact us.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi

The Guardian's Wartime Travels - Liedtke,Harry (2016)
Brief chronology of world events 1938-1940 juxtaposed with Shoghi Effendi's travels in 1940, when he left Haifa for England nine months after the beginning of the war.
Keywords: Africa; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Chronology and timelines; France; Haifa, Israel; History (general); Italy; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; South Africa; Sutherland Maxwell; United Kingdom; World War II

The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice - Semple,Ian C. (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
Reflections on the Guardianship and Universal House of Justice by a former House member. Includes an interesting Q&A on topics including women on the House, Shoghi Effendi's personality, infallibility, Bahá'í scholarship, fundamentalism, etc.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/semple_guardianship2.
Keywords: Covenant; Guardianship; Irfan Colloquia; Universal House of Justice

The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (1966)
Passages from a letter on the relationship between the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice, the timing of the election of the House, the lack of a will by or a successor to the Guardian, and the House's ability to function on its own.
Keywords: Covenant; Guardianship; Infallibility; Interpretation; Universal House of Justice

The Handbook of Palestine - Lukach,Harry Charles (Macmillan and Company, 1922)
Passing mentions of the Bab, Bahá'ís, and Subh-i-Azal, along with the history and geography of Akka. Includes estimate of number of Bahá'ís in Palestine in 1922.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

The Harmony of Science and Religion: A Baha'i Perspective - Sabet,Cameron (2018)
TED talk by a Maryland high school student on the Baha'i concept of unity, knowledge, cultural historical perspectives, modern secular society, and the education of children.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=JOU0zMEVKeg.
Keywords: Alan Coupe; Science; TED Talk

The Heart - Jones,Emma Maxie (1950)
Thoughts on the heart of man, physical and spiritual; prepared by Jones for one of her talks in the 1950s while living in Escondido, CA.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also scan of original.
Keywords: Heart; Mind, spirit, soul

The Heart is a Little Bird that Longs to Soar: Impressions of Pilgrimage in Haifa, Bahji and Akká in the Days of the Universal House of Justice - McLean,Jack (2007)
Short notes from a contemporary pilgrimage, and comparison with pilgrims' visits in the past.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Pilgrimage; Pilgrims notes

The Heart of Iran - Forbes,Duncan (Robert Hale Ltd., 1963)
Travel diary with an account of meeting a Bahá'í in Shiraz, and an overview of Bahá'í history.

The Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil - McLean,Jack (2006)
Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portray in moralistic terms. This paper explores the heroic motif through a literary framework in the model of Thomas Carlyle's concept of the prophet as hero.
Paper presented at Irfan Colloquia Session #72 (November 2006). See also Bábí Heroism and the Recovery of the Heroic. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, The; Dawn-Breakers (book); God Passes By (book); Heroic age; Heroism; Iran (documents); Letters of the Living; Mulla Husayn; Promised Day is Come (letter); Quddus; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)

The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh - Banani,Amin (Religious Texts in Iranian Languages, 2007)
The Persian verses of The Hidden Words contain, in compressed form, the seeds of Bahá'u'lláh's principles for regeneration of the individual and society, and the mystical vision of the human soul attaining its ultimate goal of transcendence.
From the proceedings of a symposium held at Copenhagen University, May 2002. Posted by publisher; full book is online at royalacademy.dk/Publications. Also online at aminbanani.com [archive.org].
Keywords: Amin Banani; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

The Hidden Words: Transcript of a talk by Hand of the Cause of God A. Q. Faizí - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Conqueror of Hearts, 1967)
Talk delivered in Wilmette, Illinois.
In 1967, Hand of the Cause A. Q. Faizí gave a talk on the Hidden Words to the friends in the United States, which was later published on cassette tape by the U.S. Bahá'í Publishing Trust. This was later transcribed by Shirley Macias from the cassette, and permission was given to Macias by the Publishing Trust for use of the talk and for posting it here.
Keywords: Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; Illinois, USA; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

The High-Performance Organization: An Assessment of Virtues and Values - Miller,Lawrence M. (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
How a people-centered organization can enhance competitiveness and job satisfaction.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Business; Group dynamics; Values; Virtues; Work

The Hijaz-Palestine Railway and the Development of Haifa - Mansour,Johnny (Jerusalem Quarterly, 2006)
A history of Haifa and Akka during the period of Bahá'í immigration. Contains no mention of the Faith.
Online in HTML and PDF formats at jerusalemquarterly.org/ViewArticle.aspx?id=78.

The Hindu Concept of God: Unity in Diversity - Khursheed,Anjam (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
The fundamental unity behind Hindu concepts of God and those found in the Semitic traditions, and the principle of unity in diversity, allow Hindu and Bahá'í beliefs to come together and further their common goal of uniting the world's religions.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 2.
Keywords: Atman; Avatars; Bhagavad Gita; Demons; Diversity; Dualism; Epics; God; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; God, Gender of; Gods and Goddesses; Heart; Hinduism; Holy Spirit; Idol worship; Illusion; India; Interfaith dialogue; Krishna; Mahabharata; Manifestations of God; Mirrors; Monism; Monotheism; Moses; Mythology; Pharaoh (Bible); Philosophy; Philosophy, Hindu; Polytheism; Progressive revelation; Ramakrishna; Ramayana; Silence; Symbolism; Unity; Upanishads; Vedanta; Vedas; Vivekananda; Worship

The Historical Development of Genoa Square in Acre Israel from the Seventh Century to the Present Day - Hollander,Amy Suzanne (1995)
A study of the structure, development, space, and historic preservation of a portion of Akka, including discussion of its place in Bahá'í history.
Thesis for the University of Pennsylvania Master of Science degree. This document is available in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'í history; Druze; History (general); House of Abbud (Akká); House of Udi Khammar (Akká); Israel

The History and Provenance of an Early Manuscript of the Nuqtat al-kaf dated 1268 (1851-52) - McCants,William F.; Milani,Kavian Sadeghzade (Iranian Studies, 2004)
Much controversy has surrounded the early Bábí MSS, the Nuqtat al-kaf. Some of these are resolved by study of a copy discovered in Princeton’s collection of Bábí works, which confirms its value as an important source for understanding early Bábí history.
Found at scribd.com/doc/18949926/The-History-and-Provenance-of-an-Early-Manuscript-of-the-Nuqtat-AlKaf.
Keywords: Azali Bábís; Kitáb-i-Nuqtatul-Kaf; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

The History of EBBF: Twenty-Five Years of Contributing to the Discourse of Ethics in Business - Couillard,François (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
The European Bahá’í Business Forum, a small network of individuals dedicated to promoting ethical behavior and other Bahá’í values in the workplace, has had significant influence at the local, national, and international levels.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/173.
Keywords: Business; Ethical Business Building the Future (EBBF); Ethics; Europe; European Bahá'í Business Forum (EBBF); Work

The History of the Bahá'í Faith in Arizona: The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950 - Thur,Maureen M. (2004)
Historical details and biographies about Arizona, from Nellie French moving from Chicago to Bisbee in 1900, to the formation of LSAs in 1949. Includes biographies of Amelia Collins and Orcella Rexford aka Louise Cutts-Powell (Appendices 1-2).
Keywords: Amelia Collins; Arizona, USA; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Orcella Rexford; United States (documents)

The Holy Grail of Objectivity: Some Considerations for Balancing Sacred and Secular in Bahá'í Scholarship - Harmsen,Rick (Deepen, 1995)
Discussion of an apologetic nature about an interpretive or hermeneutic principle relating to Bahá'í scholarship articulated by Shoghi Effendi.
Keywords: Interpretation; Scholarship

The Holy Land's Low-Profile Religion - Ross,Oakland (Toronto Star, 2007)
Brief overview of the Bahá'í Faith and its place in Israel.
Mirrored from thestar.com/news/2007/10/22/the_holy_lands_lowprofile_religion.html.
Keywords: Introductory

The Holy Mariner - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil
List of meanings of some passages of the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date unknown, but prior to Jan 8, 1935.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Words and phrases

The House of Abdu'llah Pasha - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1986)
Short history and restoration of a house associated with "some of the most dramatic and historically significant events of the Heroic Age of the Bahá'í Faith."
See Bahá'í World volume 18 table of contents. From "Part 3: International Survey of Current Bahá'í Activities."
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Bahá'í history; House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá (Akká)

The House of Bahá'u'lláh and the Struggle for Religious Visibility in Mandatory Iraq - Cooper-Davies,Christopher (International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2025)
On the 1920s–1930s legal and political struggles over the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, highlighting colonial modernity’s role in shaping anti-Bahá'í persecution in Iraq.
Mirrored with CC license from cambridge.org.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Colonialism and imperialism; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq; League of Nations; Persecution; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Iraq; Restoration and renovation; United Kingdom; Visuals

The Human Intellect: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective - Davis,Adrian John (Lights of Irfan, 2001)
A study of some of the analogies and differences between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and the Bahá'í notion of the Manifestation of God; theologies of at-Tirmidhí, Ibn al-'Arabí, Dáwud-al-Qaysarí, Haydar Amulí, et al.; the "Muhammadan Essence."
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London School of Economics (July 14-6, 2000). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/28/davis_intellect.
Keywords: Intellect; Irfan Colloquia; Knowledge; Manifestations of God; Mediation; Perfect Man (Sufism); Philosophy; Philosophy, Islamic; Qutb (Pole); Rationality; Reason; Sufism

The Human Soul - Taherzadeh,Adib
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Life after death (afterlife); Soul

The Human Soul and its Immortality - Furutan,Ali-Akbar (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1970)
On the three kinds of spirit — human, animal, vegetable; 9 proofs for the existence of the soul; 13 proofs for the immortality of souls; miscellaneous matters relating to the human soul.
Keywords: Life after death (afterlife); Philosophy; Proofs; Soul; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

The Human Spirit in Moral Education - Hsing,Kuek Yi (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Historical perspectives that have led to the immanence of secular models of moral education in Europe and the U.S., how Singapore has taught moral education, secular models from the U.S. and their inadequacies, and what the Bahá'í Faith can offer.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 4.
Keywords: Education; Moral education; Singapore; United States (documents)

The Humanity of Evil: Bahá'í Reflections on the film The Act of Killing - Kerr,Bernardo Bortolin (2014)
The theology of evil throughout history and in Bahá'í thought; ways in which people de-humanize and become alienated from their own selves; on forgiveness and merciful love in the face of justice and punishment.
Thesis for the degree of MA in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham. Read about the movie, "a documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish," at imdb.com. Posted by author at academia.edu.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Cinema; Ethics; Evil; Film; Forgiveness; Genocide; Indonesia; Justice; War

The Identity of the Sabi'un: An Historical Quest - Buck,Christopher (The Moslem World, 1984)
This article solves two problems that have long puzzled Islamicists: (1) How can the conflicting identifications of Sabians be explained? and (2) What was the Qur'an's original identification of the Sabians?
Page 174, note 61 mentions Bahá'u'lláh's identification of the Sabians as followers of John the Baptist. Alternate spellings (keywords): Sábi'ún, Sábi'úns, Sabiuns, Sabi'uns, Sabaean, Sabaeans,
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Quran; Sabaeans

The Image of the Mystic Flower: Exploring the Lotus Symbolism in the Bahá'í House of Worship - Badiee,Julie (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2000)
The design of the temple in India creates the visual effect of a large, white lotus blossom emerging from the pools of water around it. Besides many other deep and old cultural meanings, flower imagery symbolizes the appearance of the new Manifestation.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/447.
Keywords: Buddhism; Flowers; Hinduism; India; Islam; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; Metaphors and allegories; Mughal empire and architecture; New Delhi, India; Symbolism

The Images of Christ in the writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Afshar,Maryam (Lights of Irfan, 2004)
'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed Christian subjects in his talks with Bahá'ís of Christian background and his public talks in the West. He elucidated the meaning of Christian texts and doctrines, and referred to Christ's role and nature.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #46, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 1-4, 2003). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/46/afshar_images.
Keywords: Baptism; Bible; Bread; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Jesus Christ, Virgin birth of; Return; Sin; Symbolism; Trinity; Wine (metaphor)

The Impact of Fear and Authority on Islamic and Bahá'í Modernisms in the Late Modern Age: A Liberal Perspective - Nash,Geoffrey (Religions, 2015)
Anthony Giddens and Charles Taylor’s conceptualisation of the self in the secular age; rationality, independent inquiry, and theophanic transformation; suggestions for a progressive religious approach in late modernity. Link to article (offsite).
Link to PDF posted at mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/3/1125, where it is also available in HTML and epub formats.

The Importance of Religion: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2015)
Keywords: Introductory; Religion (general)

The Indiscretion of Marie-Thérèse Beauchamps - White,Roger (The Witness of Pebbles, 1981)
Fictional dramatization of a recollection of seeing Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal (1912).
Posted with permission of current copyright holder. Also available in Microsoft Word format. Read about this book at bahaipedia.org, goodreads.com, or books.google.com.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Plays; Roger White; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Indispensability of Consultation for Ordering Human Affairs - Semple,Ian C. (Lights of Irfan, 2010)
Consultation is not just another word for discussion. It is not just a technique to be learned, but requires a development of the character of the individuals who are involved in it.
A talk given on December 20 1985 and again on January 3 1986 at seminars held in the multipurpose room of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/semple_indispensibility. Later republished in Lights of Irfan vol. 12.
Keywords: Consultation; Irfan Colloquia

The Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán) - Savi,Julio (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
Translation of the early mystical Tablet "Nightingales Are Inebriated" and an analysis of its themes of ecstasy, Mount Sinai, eschatology, dhikr, sama, and fana`.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #111, Acuto, Italy (2012). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/111/savi_call.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dance; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Dervish poems (Bahá'u'lláh); Flowers; Fountains; Fragrance; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Houris (huris); Iraq; Love; Lover and the Beloved; Metaphors and allegories; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Musk; Mysticism; Nightingales; Persian language; Poetry; Roses and thorns; Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Symbolism; Water (metaphor); Words and phrases

The Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice - Vafai,Shahin (The Essence of the Covenant: Features, History, and Implications, 2005)
Short essay on the infallibility of the Universal House of Justice with extensive quotations.
See also excerpts from Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 of the same book.
Keywords: Infallibility; Universal House of Justice

The Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China - Wang,Jianping (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
A possible historical linkage between the followers of Bábí and Bahá'i Movements in Iran and the believers of a Qadiriyya Order (the Ling Ming Tang) in China.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #36, London School of Economics (July 13-15, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/36/wang_tang.
Keywords: Bábísm; China; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Ling Ming Tang; Mysticism; Sufism

The Inseparability and Complementarity of the Book and the Universal House of Justice - Rezai,Sana (2018)
Direct references the House of Justice makes to the words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, as illustrated through the 26 November 2018 message.
Keywords: Center of the Covenant (concept); Covenant; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Quotations; Ridvan messages, Comments; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Style (Writings); Tablets of the Divine Plan; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Insistent Self: How to Nurture Our Spirit - Shams,Lesley (Bahá'í Publications Australia, 2015)
The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering our spiritual destiny; compilation of guidance from the Writings and other sources on the spiritual path, prayer, fasting, sacrifice, tests, love, etc.
See also a blurb about this book on its published cover.
Keywords: Contentment; Detachment; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Living the life; Love; Materialism; Meditation; Prayer; Psychology; Self; Service; Spirituality; Tests and difficulties; Unity; Veils (spiritual); Virtues

The Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár - Bahá'í World Centre, compiler (2017)
A statement and compilation prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
See also Extracts on the Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar. Online at bahai.org. Also available in Microsoft Word format. Also available in French translation, L’institution du mashriqu’l-adhkár.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship)

The Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár - Universal House of Justice; Holley,Horace; Sahba,Fariborz; Nooreyezdan,Sheriar (Baha'i World, 1986)
Five documents from Bahá'í World 18 part four section 5: Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, its spiritual significance, the temple on the Indian sub-continent, the Lotus of Bahapur, and the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of the Pacific Islands.
See Bahá'í World volume 18 table of contents.
Keywords: Architecture; Buddhism; Fariborz Sahba; Funds; Hinduism; Horace Holley; Hossein Amanat (Husayn Amanat); India; Interfaith dialogue; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Apia, Samoa; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; New Delhi, India; Samoa; Symbolism; Taj Mahal

The Institutionalization of Religion: A Sociological Analysis of Religion and Conflict - Mahmoudi,Jalil (World Order, 1967)
The life cycle of a religion can be classified into different phases or stages, such as "cult, sect, denomination, church." Does the Bahá'í Faith fit this schema?

The Instrument of Music: A Musical Comedy - Munro,Sarah; Cerpa,David; Massarrat,Niaz (2019)
Dramatization of the role of music in the expansion and consolidation of Bahá’í communities, drawing on the example of Latin America, and the impact and use of music to contribute to the growth of any community.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Latin America; Music; Plays

The Intellectual Life of the Bahá'í Community - Arbab,Farzam (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
The 34th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture at the ABS conference in Montreal, on the need for us to have intellectual courage, a lack of elitism, and the harmony of science and religion. Includes video, published version, and an outline of the talk.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/212. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Farzam Arbab; Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Knowledge; Scholarship; Science

The Interdependence of Bahá'í Communities: Services of North American Bahá'í Women to Iran - Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
Some early American Bahá’í women’s contribution to the development of the Iranian Bahá’í community.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Adelaide Sharp; Bahá'í history by country; Bahá'í schools; Elizabeth Stewart; Equality; Gender; Genevieve Coy; Interdependence (interconnectedness); Iran (documents); Keith Ransom-Kehler; Lillian Kappes; Lua Getsinger; Martha Root; Sarah Clock; Social and economic development; Susan Moody; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; United States (documents); Women

The International Bahá'í Library and the Library of Alexandria - Collins,William P. (Scriptum: Newsletter for Baha'i Librarians & Information Professionals, 1996)
Similarities between the ancient Library of Alexandria and the contemporary Bahá'í archive.
Mirrored with permission from Scriptum.
Keywords: Alexandria, Egypt; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Egypt; International Bahá'í Library; Libraries

The Internet and Literature Review - Bahá'í Internet Agency (2011)
Guidance from the Bahá'í World Centre to two NSAs, that the process of "literature review" does not apply to the Internet for informal publications (like personal blogs), but it does apply for formal ones (like e-journals).
Letter #1 submitted by and posted with permission of recipient, who was inquiring about sharing a book-length compilation from and reflections on the Sacred Writings. Letter #2 excerpted only. Both originals on file. While these letters were not written "on behalf" of the Universal House of Justice, they do have the imprimatur of having been issued by the Bahá'í Internet Agency, an agency of the World Centre serving the House. See also a compilation, Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review.
Keywords: Bahá'í literature; Internet; Publishing; Publishing, Policy and practice; Publishing, Review

The Interracial "Bahá'í Movement" and the Black Intelligentsia: The Case of W. E. B. Du Bois - Buck,Christopher (Journal of Religious History, 2012)
Du Bois’s encounters with the Baha’i religion from 1910 to 1953, his connection to the New York Baha’i community, and discussion of segregated Baha’i meetings in Tennessee in 1937.
Mirrored with permission from christopherbuck.com/journals.
Keywords: African Americans; Bahá'í history by country; New York, USA; Race; Tennessee, USA; United States (documents); W.E.B. Du Bois

The Interrelationship of Bahá'í, Australian Statute and Common Law: A Family Law Perspective - Khavari,Afshin A. (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Application of Bahá'í Laws in Australia within the context of the existing common and statue laws of the country, and the history, conceptual basis, and developments of Bahá'í laws.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.

The Invocation 'Is There Any Remover of Difficulties Save God...' - Afnan,Muhammad (2023)
Short overview of the historical background of the Báb's invocation.
This research note, originally written in Persian, was first published in Safíniy-i-‘Irfán, vol. 9 (2006), pp. 263–64.
Keywords: Authenticity; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, Writings of; Dhikr (Remembrance); Invocations; Iraq; Misconduct of believers; Mírzá Aqa Jan (Khadimu'lláh); Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Prayer texts; Prophecies; Qaim; Remover of Difficulties (invocation); Repetition; Selections from the Writings of the Báb (book); Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Tests and difficulties

The Iranians: Persia, Islam, and the Soul of a Nation - Mackey,Sandra (The Penguin Group, 1998)
Brief overview of the Bahá'í Faith during the Qajar period, in the context of Iranian politics.

The Islamic Regime in Iran and the Bahá'í Faith - Kazemzadeh,Firuz (2005)
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, January 11 2005. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm.

The Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith: From Doubt to Certitude - Danesh,Roshan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2012)
The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Bahá’u’lláh speaks about the collective spiritualization of humanity — creating new patterns of community and social relations — as the "journey" of the human body politic.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/155.
Keywords: Africa; Akka, Israel; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Báb, Pilgrimage of; Báb, The; Canada; Edirne, Turkey; Europe; Iran (documents); Iraq; Israel; Istanbul, Turkey; Journey (spiritual); Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Medina, Saudi Arabia; Pilgrimage; Saudi Arabia; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Spirituality; Turkey; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Journey of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's "Tablet to the Hague": A Photo Chronology - de Vries,Jelle, editor (2019)
Link (offsite) to a visual tour of the history, people, and events relevant to Abdu'l-Bahá's "Letter to the Central Organisation for a Durable Peace."
See this presentation at bahaigeschiedenis.nl/abdul-baha-tablet-to-the-hague, and see other historical material at bahaigeschiedenis.nl.
Keywords: Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Netherlands; The Hague, Netherlands

The Khamsis: A Cradle of True Gold - Handal,Boris (2020)
Biography of the five-brother Báqirof-Khamsi clan, designated by Bahá'u'lláh as the "Five Siyyids" after they accepted the Bahá'í Faith in 1881.
Purchase this book from amazon.com/Khamsis-Cradle-True-Gold/dp/0648901408.
Keywords: Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Baqirof-Khamsi (Sadat-i-Khams); Biography; Green Light Expedition; Iran (documents); Latin America; Masud Khamsi; Russia; Siyyid Ahmad Khamsi-Baqirof; Siyyid Nasrullah Baqirof

The Kitáb-i Aqdas of Mírzá Husain `Alí Núrí, Bahá'u'lláh: Redating its Beginnings - Ekbal,Kamran (Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies, Part 2: Mediaeval and Modern Persian Studies, 1999)
The exact date when the Aqdas was written is unclear. It may have been composed over a period of about five years and in different locations.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Dating of Writings; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

The Kitab-i Iqan: An Introduction to Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude with Two Digital Reprints of Early Lithographs - Buck,Christopher (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i Studies, 1998)
Overview of the history and themes of the preeminent doctrinal work of the Bahá'í Faith.
Originally posted at h-net.org. See also the complete book, plus many other links, here.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Seal of the Prophets; Style (Writings)

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Process of Transformation - Davidson,John A. (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book, vol. 1, 1996)
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is the source and inspiration for the process of transformation initiated by the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh. It defines the goals and provides the means. Its various dimensions (social, mystical, ethical, cultural).
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Transformation

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a Lens with which to Examine some of the Dilemmas of Modernity - Omidvaran,Betsy (Solas, 2002)
Contrast between the Aqdas - the source of laws of future society - and issues of the modern world as it had evolved up to the 19th century. Discussion of Houses of Worship, universal language, financial principles, justice, the Covenant, and unity.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 2. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Covenant; Economics; International auxiliary language; Justice; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Modernity; Unity

The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Bahá'í Law, Legitimacy, and World Order - Schweitz,Martha L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
On the Kitáb-i-Aqdas from the perspective of contemporary secular national and international law; its institution-building provisions as a Charter for future world civilization; relationship between law and principle; transformation of international law.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; World order

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book Volume 1 - Various (Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, 1996)
Five papers, proceedings from a Bahá'í Studies Conference in Sydney, 1993.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

The Kitáb-i-Iqán: Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology - Kourosh,Sohrab (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
The Kitáb-i-Íqán resolves and removes eschatological barriers and establishes the fundamentals of a universal religion and a universal theology, that integrates and harmonizes other contending ideologies.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/kourosh_iqan.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Eschatology; Hidden Imam; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jabulqa and Jabulsa; Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Outlines and summaries; Philosophy; Prophecies; Qaim; Quran; Theology; Twelfth Imam

The Knowledge of God: An Essay on Bahá'í Epistemology - McLean,Jack (World Order, 1978)
Knowledge of the divine is the beginning of all things. This can come through the investigative faculty, the path of reason, or through intuition and mysticism, the path of the heart.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Epistemology; Heart; Intuition; Knowledge; Mysticism; Philosophy; Reason

The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Development - Harper,Sharon M. P., editor (International Development Research Centre, 2000)
Essays on what faith, science, and international development have to offer one another; how religion affects globalization, peace, and the environment; how the roles and world views of science, religion, and development intersect in different cultures.
Mirrored under CC license from idrc.ca, where it is also available in HTML format. The complete book is also available for free at Google books.
Keywords: Christianity; E-books; Farzam Arbab; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Religion (general); Science; Social and economic development; Technology

The Land and Its Book: Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land - Thomson,W. M. (Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1910)
Description of the area around Akka in 1857. Does not mention the Faith.

The Language of the Heart: From Dream Language towards Understanding the Language of the Heart - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2016)
On the form and style of the language of the heart; ways this language differs from our normal language and thinking as it is developed in the human brain; the language and logic of dreams; effects of heart transplants.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #130 (Bosch, 2015). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/130/klebel_heart.
Keywords: Brain; Dreams and visions; Health and healing; Heart; Mind; Post-traumatic Stress; Psychology; Science

The Language of the Heart: Parallels between Chinese and Bahá'í Approaches to the Spiritual Self - Hong,Sim Tze (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Parallels between Chinese and Confucian thought vs. Bahá'í teachings about the spiritual self, the nature of the heart, the pathway to perfection, the knowledge of oneself, and symbolism in language like "open heart" and "use heart."
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 4.
Keywords: China; Chinese religion; Confucianism; Heart; Knowledge; Philosophy; Philosophy, Chinese

The Languages of Revelation of the Bahá'í Writings - Masumian,Adib; Zein,Violetta (2020)
Statistical analysis of the languages of revelation (Arabic and Persian) of all major works of the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh, and Abdu'l-Bahá.
Mirrored with permission from theutteranceproject.com/resources/downloads.
Keywords: Arabic language; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Persian language; Statistics; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran - Wright,Robin (Alfred A. Knopf, 2000)
Mentions of the Bahá'ís not having political representation in Iran; brief summary of Bahá'í persecutions (in footnote).
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice - Fatheazam,Shahbaz (Irfan Colloquia, 2015)
History of the House by the son of 40-year member Houshmand Fatheazam, an eye-witness to its development; organizational structure of Bahá'í polity and its vision of politics; connections between institutions and culture; personal recollections.
First presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #116, Bosch Bahá'í School (2013), later published as Occasional Papers volume 3. The letter from the House (pp. 111-114) was first published separately as Authority and Centrality of the Universal House of Justice. Purchase online at bahaibookstore.com or bahai-verlag.de. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/papers3.
Keywords: Biography; Irfan Colloquia; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Universal House of Justice, Members of

The Last Words of Jesus: What Were They and What Did They Mean? - Terry,Peter (2015)
The words of Christ according to the gospels of Mark and Matthew in Syriac and Greek; comparisons of the Greek, Syriac, Aramaic and Hebrew editions of Psalm 21/22; paper ends with an interpretation by Abdu'l-Bahá.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Glory (general); Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Theosophy

The Late Ottoman Sunni Missionary Project - Alkan,Necati (Missions and Preaching: Connected and Decompartmentalised Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa, 2022)
Excerpts from the author's book Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire: State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis. Contains only passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.

The Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha'sha' (The Tablet of the Effulgent Praise): A Little-Known but Significant Early Writing of Bahá'u'lláh - Masumian,Adib (2023)
The Lawḥ-i-Ḥamd-i-Musha‘sha‘ is a Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh from the early 1850s which gives evidence of His nascent theophany. This paper proposes dates for its revelation, discusses the historical context, and gives an analysis of selected passages.
See full translation at adibmasumian.com/translations/bh00775.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Mushasha (Tablet of the Effulgent Praise)

The Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to the Physician): Beyond Health Maxims - Ziaei,Misagh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
On the tablet's historical context, as well as some of its guidance regarding the study and practice of medicine, including attributes its practitioners must acquire and maintain.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF]. Also available as an updated, corrected Microsoft Word document (prepared by M. Thomas, 2022). See also Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb) (Secretariat of the Universal House of Justice, 2000] and The Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i Ṭibb) provisional translation by K. Fananapazir and S. Lambden (1992), offsite.
Keywords: Ethics; Food; Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle; Science

The Left in Contemporary Iran - Zabih,Sepehr (Croom Helm, 1986)
Discussion of "urban guerilla warfare" pre-1979 with one passing mention of an unnamed Bahá'í businessman as owner of Export Bank.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Mentions; Politics

The Legacy of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to America, 1912 - Stockman,Robert (2012)
Overview of Abdu’l-Bahá’s trip to the U.S. and Canada, its impact, his social action and public discourse, and comparison with similar "travel-teaching" trips by Protap Chunder Mozoomdar and Swami Vivekanada (Hindus) and Anagarika Dharmapala (a Buddhist).
Keywords: Buddhism; Canada; Chronology and timelines; Community building; Growth; Hinduism; Rabindranath Tagore; Statistics; Teaching; Travel Teaching; United States (documents); Vivekananda; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Keil,Gerald C. (2021)
Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan might end prior to the establishment of the Universal House of Justice came to predominate. Includes a memorandum from the Research Department.
Keywords: Aghsan; Arabic language; Contradictions; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Endowments; Guardianship; Hands of the Cause; Interregnum (1957-1963); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Translation; Universal House of Justice; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Lesser and the Most Great Peace - Latimer,George Orr (Bahá'ı́ Publishing Committee, 1944)
A discussion of the evolution of world peace from political to spiritual civilization; the need for world control; more than human power is required to help overcome these problems.
Keywords: Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Peace

The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace - Nakhjavani,Ali (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
The writings of Shoghi Effendi in English give us a comprehensive description and an all-embracing analysis of the state of the world today and an understanding of the various developments which have taken place.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/nakhjavani_peace. See also the author's Some Thoughts on the Lesser Peace.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Peace; World peace; `Alí Nakhjavání

The Letters of Ron Price: 1960-2015: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VII--Letters - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and a Study In Autobiography, 2005)
This document attempts to place in a general perspective the approximately 10,000 letters, emails and internet posts I have written from 1960 to 2016. None of the collected letters of any Bahai, thus far in the Bahai Era, have been published.
Part 1: This collection of letters, what has become by sensible and insensible degrees a voluminous epistolarium, comes from my Bahai life, 1953 to 2016, and especially that part of my Bahá'í life when I was a pioneer-traveler in and for the Canadian Bahá'í community beginning in August 1962. In 1953 I was 9 and in 2016 I was 72. The letters come from my mid-to-late adolescence, and then from the early, middle and late adulthood stages of human development as the psychologists call the phases of the lifespan from: 15 to 19, 20 to 40, 40 to 60, and 60 to 80. Since no man knows when his own end shall be, I could now be in the early or late evening of my life. I am now in the last decade(70-80) of late adulthood(60-80) according to one model of the life-span used by developmental psychologists. I post this reflection on a lifetime of letter-writing within the context of my society, my Bahai life and especially my pioneer-travel-teaching life. In 1962 my travelling and pioneering life for the Canadian Bahá'í community began; the recollection of my letters before 1962 is very dim, and so the beginning date for my letters as 1960 is somewhat arbitrary. By 1960, though, I had joined the Bahá'í community in Canada. In addition to the 5000 letters, there are 5000 emails and internet posts. I have not kept the internet posts. They are scattered throughout the world-wide-web and, in many cases, will be untraceable. Virtually this entire body of epistolary material was written during what I have come to see as "the dark heart of an age of transition", an age which was and is my life, certainly one of the darkest in history as well as, paradoxically, in that century of light, the 20th century and the first two decades of the new millennium, the first decades, as well, of a new paradigm, a new culture of growth and learning, in the Bahá'í community. Part 2: This collection of 10,000 items including those hybrid forms of letter, the email and internet post, which emerged for most of us in those fin de siecle years, and as the third millennium was opening, are written by and to a home-front pioneer-travel-teacher for a decade(1962-1971). They were then written by and to an international pioneer and travel-teacher over a period of five decades(1971-2016). These are communications written to and from: a friend, a colleague, a family member, a fellow Bahá'í, a person or persons at one of 1000s of sites on the internet, or a Bahá'í institution at the local or regional, national or continental, or global level. There are snailmail, email and internet posts to a multitude of organizations or some personal association in an unnumbered set of contexts. Readers will find here at BLO general commentaries on my letters, and the letter as a genre, as well as many of my prose-poems on the subject of letters. These poems deal not only with my letters, but also those of many of the great letter-writers in history and literature. Except for the occasional letter found below, the vast body of my correspondence is not included here at BLO. That collection of letters will be left in the hands of my executors to do with as they see fit, and the Australian Bahá'í archives in Sydney which now has some 50 years of my correspondence. Part 3: Another 10,000 letters and correspondence of many types were written in connection with my employment from the early 1960s into the 1st decade of this third millennium, but virtually none of them were kept. The number of emails received and sent in the first 25 years of email correspondence(1990-2016) was beyond counting, but 99% of that incoming-and-outgoing correspondence was deleted. The small number of incoming emails that required a detailed response were kept as were my responses if they were more than a few lines. On my demise some or all of this collected correspondence that can be accessed may be published. We shall see. I shall not see for I shall have gone to the land, a hole, for those who speak no more, as The Bab put it so succinctly. He might have added to the land of those who write no more. Those mysterious dispensations of Providence, and my executors, will determine what happens to this lifelong collection of attempts to connect with the minds and hearts of others by means of the traditional letter and its modern, its postmodern, variants. More than a dozen years ago, in 2003, I began to keep all correspondence of significance in my computer directory; the only hard copies kept were: (a) letters from the few people who did not have an email facility and (b) an assortment of quasi-epistolary and literary material that had some relevance to communication with others. When I placed my letters in the National Bahá'í Archives of Australia in 2010 I did make some copies of my incoming and outgoing emails from the period 2003 to 2010. All communications in and out are now kept in my hard drive, and on a memory stick. The result is a collection of hard copy and electronic letters from a 55 year period: 1960 to 2016. Part 4: The art of letter writing suffered a series of grievous blows in the last two centuries, say 1815 to 2015, and even more grievous since the outbreak of the Great War in 1914: the photograph and the telegraph, the telephone and the radio, television and the internet. The most recent blow has been, what might be called: the "e-mail-Facebook-twitter-age". This last blow has only been with us for a decade, perhaps two: 1995 to 2015. The telephone has had a full century or more to erode the letter-writing experience of humankind. Radio and television have now had, each in their own ways and together, nearly a century to erode the letter-writing experience of the peoples of the world. Of course, the experience and the results of all of these technological changes depend somewhat on where one lives. Keeping people's eyes away from print in all its forms is happening as billions more human beings are now on Earth. In 1815 there were 1.1 billion people on Earth, and now there are 7.3 billion people. When I began writing letters in the early 1960s the world's population was 3.1 billion. Paradoxically, there are probably more people reading and writing letters now, especially their hybrid forms the email and the internet post, than at any time in history. Television, of course, makes us all more passive, in many ways more superficial, and also inarticulate--even those who don’t watch, since they must live among those who do. This, of course, is a quite complex topic which I deal with in my writings from time to time. There is reason to doubt, in fact, there is not much reason to believe, that the letter collection business will survive as a literary form for many more decades. Again, such a question has many complex permutations and combinations in the answer department as we all head at the speed-of-light through this 21st century and beyond. What our wired descendants will be missing is on display in many extraordinarily rich volumes, and collections of letters now available in hard copy and in electronic form. It is not my intention, though, to comment in great detail in the following paragraphs of this book-length thread at BLO on the many highly diverse collections of letters. I do so from time to time in a cursory fashion below at Bahá'í Library Online(BLO) to illustrate some aspect or other of the process and the art, the history and the human experience---especially my experience and study---of letter-writing over the last several millennia on the one hand and the last several decades on the other.
Keywords: Ron Price

The Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden: A Baha'i Perspective - Boyles,Ann (2004)
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, November 16 2004. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm. Author affiliation: Senior Editor of The Bahá'í World; Lecturer, University of Prince Edward Island
Keywords: Biography; Poetry; Robert Hayden

The Life and Times of August Forel - Banani,Sheila (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social concerns which led him to embrace the Bahá'i teachings as he understood them during the last decade of his life.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #53, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 27-30, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/53/banani_forel.
Keywords: Auguste Forel; Biography; Irfan Colloquia; Philosophy; Science; Sheila Banani

The Life of Alexander Whyte - Barbour,G. F. (Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1923)
One-page overview of Abdul'-Baha's visit to a home in Edinburgh in January 1913.
Keywords: Biography

The Life of Baha'u'llah - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil (Star of the West, 1938)
Life of the Bahá'u'lláh by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani

The Life of Laura Barney, by Mona Khademi: Review - McLean,Jack (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2023)
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Laura Clifford Barney; Natalie Clifford Barney

The Life of Shoghi Effendi - Danesh,Helen; Danesh,John; Danesh,Amelia (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
Chapter length biography, and overview of the Guardian's life's work.
Keywords: Biography; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of

The Life of the Bab - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil (Star of the West, 1938)
Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
Keywords: Biography; Báb, The; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani

The Life of Thomas Breakwell - Lakshiman-Lepain,Rajwantee (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1998)
Breakwell (1872–1902) was a religious seeker who became a Bahá'í in Paris in 1901, the first Englishman to become a Bahá'í as well as the first westerner to contribute to the Huqúqu'lláh.
Text from Ocean. See also a formatted PDF version at paintdrawer.co.uk/david. This book can be purchased from peacefulpages.com.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Attainment unto the Divine presence; Biography; Cosmology; France; God, Worlds of; Huqúqu'lláh; Life after death (afterlife); Paris, France; Pilgrimage; Ranks, stations and functions; Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree); Tablet of Visitation for Thomas Breakwell; Tablets of Visitation; Thomas Breakwell; United Kingdom; Woking, England; Youness Afroukhteh (Yunis Afrukhtih)

The Life, Faith, and Death of Helen Clevenger, 1917-1936 - Kolins,Steven (The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians, 2023)
On the death of an 18-year-old Bahá'í in North Carolina in 1936; racial injustices of the era; sensationalization of media coverage; implications for racial and religious discourse.
PDF mirrored from cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/articles/5425kr480. Also available in presentation format at scribd.com. See also Select Clevenger Archives, 1926-1936.
Keywords: Asheville, NC; Biography; Helen Clevenger

The Light - Kluge,Ian (2001)
True life war story of an unexpected encounter with the miraculous in a large asylum for the incurably insane.
Keywords: Fiction; War

The Light in the Lantern - Stevens,E. S. (Everybody's Magazine, 1911)
Sympathetic outsider's overview of Bahá'í history and its spread through the Western world. Includes the author's impressions of Abdu'l-Bahá, whom she calls "The Effendi." Text and page scans, illustrated.
This document is online at hathitrust.org.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; E.S. Drower (E.S. Stevens); Haifa, Israel; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Light of Baha'u'llah: An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith - Author unknown (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1974)
General introductory book: Bahá'í history, life of Bahá'u'lláh, spiritual teachings, social teachings, Bahá'í laws, administration, community life, and progressive revelation.
Keywords: Introductory

The Light of the World - Latimer,George Orr (self-published, 1920)
A book chronicling Latimer's time in the Holy Land; includes words of Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document prepared by M. Thomas, which is newer than the HTML version below: latimer_light_world.doc, and a scan of the original [PDF, 33 MB]. Typist notes: I scanned a paper photocopied copy sent from Haifa, formatted the text and quickly read it, added some diacritical marks, added words are in square brackets ( [] ). So-called extra page breaks are to indicate end of original pages so that page numbers are as per original book. Photographs (not good enough quality to scan in) in the original are indicated by reference to them as a separate paragraph in an approximate postion on the page without breaking a paragraph (text flows alongside some of them). [-M.T.]
Keywords: George Latimer; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Light Was in the Darkness: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering - Penn,Michael L. (Baha'i World, 2020)
Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich spiritual and philosophical heritage of humanity.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Compassion; Depression; Detachment; Drugs; Empowerment; Encouragement; Ethics; Family; Happiness; Health and healing; Interfaith dialogue; Meditation; Native Americans; Philosophy; Prayer texts; Psychology; Purpose of life; Self-knowledge; Stories; Stress; Suffering; Suicide; Tests and difficulties; Youth

The Literature of Interpretation: Notes on the English Writings of Shoghi Effendi - Mitchell,Glenford (World Order, 1972)
The influence of the writings of Shoghi Effendi on the Bahá'í Faith is analogous to that of St. Augustine on Christianity, but infinitely more so. Includes discussion of the nature of exegesis, the Guardianship, and the scope of history.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Literature; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; St. Augustine

The Literature of Persia: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society - Browne,E. G. (Persia Society, 1912)
A selection of Persian poetry, featuring poems by Nabil, Tahirih, and Bábí martyrs.
Also available as PDF scan of original.
Keywords: Literature; Literature, Persian; Nabil-i-Azam; Poetry; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)

The Little Religion That Persists: The Bahá'í in Israel - Vick,Kark (Time Magazine, 2011)
Mirrored from time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2081789,00.html.

The Local Spiritual Assembly - Universal House of Justice, compiler (Baha'i World, 1986)
The institution of the LSA, its significance, and its by-laws.
See Bahá'í World volume 18 table of contents.
Keywords: By-laws; Local Spiritual Assemblies

The Local Spiritual Assembly - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Local Spiritual Assemblies; Spiritual Assemblies

The Long Healing Prayer: Original Arabic, Transliteration, and Authorized English Translation - Bahá'u'lláh (2021)
A table showing the Long Healing Prayer in Arabic, in Roman transliteration, and in translation. Includes link to audio/video version.
Prepared by theutteranceproject.com. See also this video with audio of the prayer being recited in Arabic, with English subtitles and transliteration, at theutteranceproject.com/2021/04/20/long-healing-prayer. See also Bahá'u'lláh's Long Healing Prayer: Parallel Translation and Notes (Pschaida, 2020).
Keywords: Arabic language; Healing prayer, Long; Health and healing; Translation; Translation, Parallel; Transliteration and diacritics; Utterance Project

The Long Obligatory Prayer - Nakhjavani,Ali (2000)
Notable talk from March 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, who served on the Universal House of Justice from 1963 to 2003, about various aspects of the long obligatory prayer (link to audio, off-site).
Keywords: Ablutions; Cleanliness; Genuflections; Memorization; Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Qiblih; Words and phrases; `Alí Nakhjavání

The Long, Withdrawing Roar: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry - McCloughan,Edwin (Solas, 2002)
A Bahá'í response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned by historical circumstances and has therefore little relevance for a contemporary reader.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 2. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: 19th century; Arts and crafts; Literature; Literature, English; Poetry

The Love of the Master: A Visit with Curtis Kelsey - Ashelman,Nathan (2012)
Fictional dialogue of Curtis Kelsey's visit to a Bahá'í Conference in 1958, on the themes of Abdu'l-Bahá's all-encompassing love and joy; firmness in the Covenant; service.
Also available in Microsoft Word format, which can be modified and adapted for your own use. Read more about the 1958 conferences at news.bahai.org/story/693.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Curtis Kelsey; Drama; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Lover's Way: A Critical Comparison of the Nazm al-Sulúk by Ibn al-Fárid with the Qasídih-yi Varqá'iyyih by Bahá'ulláh - Miller,Brian A. (2000)
Link to document offsite.
PhD thesis for Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Ibn al-Farid; Iraq; Mysticism; Nazm al-Suluk; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sufism; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

The Mahdi in Persia and Syria - Wallis,Wilson D. (Messiahs: Christian and Pagan, 1918)
Short overview Bahá'í history, with quotes from pilgrims notes, and citations of other scholarly or published sources.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

The Mahdi in Persia and Syria - Badger,Richard G. (Messiahs: Christian and Pagan, 1918)
Extract on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, in a book exploring the concept of the Mahdi, a messianic figure in Islamic tradition.
Keywords: Haifa, Israel; Iran (documents); Mahdi (Mihdi); Mentions; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature - Sours,Michael W. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Bahá'u'lláh can be equated as one and the same eternal reality; the divine image of wisdom in Proverbs; Sophia and Logos are combined in the feminine personification of the Most Great Spirit.
See also Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (Sours, 1992).
Keywords: Angels; Apocrypha (Bible); Bible; Bride (metaphor); Buddhism; Christianity; Ethics; Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad); Gender; God, Word of; Hinduism; Holy Spirit; Houris (huris); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Laws; Logos; Maid of Heaven; Metaphors and allegories; Most Great Spirit; Quran; Shia Islam (Shiism); Solomon (Solayman); Sophia (wisdom); Symbolism; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Trustworthiness; Zoroastrianism

The Maid of Heaven: A Personal Compilation - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2020)
Compilation of texts related to the Maid of Heaven, a personification of the “Most Great Spirit."
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also Bahá’u’lláh’s Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih (Hatcher et al., 2019).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Holy Spirit; Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Love; Maid of Heaven; Metaphors and allegories; Most Great Spirit; Poetry; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

The Majestic Process: Cycles, Eras, Epochs and Stages - Conkling,John, compiler (2004)
A one page chart developed as a class handout on the "Majestic Process," the Ages and Epochs of the Faith.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Chronology and timelines; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Plans; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Time

The Major Opus: A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith - Izadinia,Fuad (2014)
The story of the journey of two parallel movements to the Holy Land in 1868: the Bahá'ís from Iran and the Templars from Germany. Includes early descriptions of Haifa from both sources, comparative translations of the Tablet to G. Hardegg, and more.
See also A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to the Templer Leader Georg David Hardegg (S. Lambden and K. Ekbal, 2003). This paper is noteworthy because it contains the only English translations of Vahid Rafati’s Persian paper about Abdu’l-Baha’s visits to Haifa ("Jamal-i-Qadam dar Haifa" ["Bahá’u’lláh in Haifa"], Pajuheshnameh vol. 3, Autumn 1997; see pp. 48 and 66-72, below).
Keywords: Ark; Ark of the Covenant; Bahá'u'lláh; Biography; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Christianity; Covenant; Georg David Hardegg; Haifa, Israel; Interfaith dialogue; Jerusalem, Israel; Judaism; Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg); Mount Carmel; Templer Society (German Templer colony); Temples; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Making of a Survivor: A Foreigner's Story - Ahdieh,Hussein (IranWire, 2019)
The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished and taught him to be who he is today.
From iranwire.com/en/blogs/693/6041.
Keywords: Biography; Hussein Ahdieh; Iran (documents); Migration; Nayriz, Iran; New York, USA; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; United States (documents)

The Making of Central America: Intervention, Dictatorship, and Revolution - Berryman,Phillip (dialogue magazine, 1986)
History of Western and Christian involvement in Latin America. (No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.)
See also "Ita and the Sandinista Revolution," and "Exile from El Salvador: A Conversation with Antonio." See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Central America; History (general)

The Making of Iran's Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic - Milani,Mohsen M. (Westview Press, 1994)
Passing mentions of the destruction of the Bahá'í "temple" (i.e. the dome of the national Bahá'í centre in Tehran) in 1955, anti-Bahá'í paranoia, and a 1963 anti-Bahá'í uprising.

The Making of Portraits of Some Bahá'í Women by O.Z. Whitehead - Momen,Wendi (Solas, 2003)
Recollections by the editor/publisher of stories behind the writing of O.Z. 'Zebby' Whitehead's books, and some biographical information about Whitehead himself. Includes brief review by Edwin McCloughan from The Irish Times.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 3. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Biographies (general); George Ronald; O. Z. Whitehead; Women

The Man of Courage: A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Life of Mírzá Áqá Khán Qá'im-Maqámí - Nushabadi,Hasan (2019)
Mirza Aqa Khan Qa'im-Maqami (1868-1954) was the great grandson of Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, the Qa'im-Maqam, the first Prime Minister of Persia to serve under Muḥammad Sháh, and the first of the Qaʼim-Maqam’s descendants to accept the Bahá'í Faith.
See also Masumian's translation of "Qáʼim-Maqám Faráhání in the Baháʼí Writings" (Lights of Irfan 20).
Keywords: Biography; Iran (documents); Mírzá Abu'l-Qasim Farahani (Qaim-Maqam); Mírzá Aqa Khan Qaim-Maqami

The Manifestation of God - Dunbar,Hooper (2005)
From "Serving the Divine Plan Programme"; see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru.
Keywords: Hooper Dunbar; Manifestations of God

The Manifestation of God in the View of Process Theology - Faber,Roland (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
On how God can be all-present in the world and at the same time be manifest in the form of human figures, such as Christ or the Hindu Avatars. The philosophy of Whitehead can translate the concept of Manifestation to a multireligious context.
Mirrored with permission from http://irfancolloquia.org/u/faber_manifestation.
Keywords: Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Process philosophy; Theology

The Manifestations of God and Their Function in Human History - Tinto,Iscander Micael (Lights of Irfan, 2004)
The terminology, purpose and mission, sufferings, functions, and the threefold reality of the Manifestations of God.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/tinto_manifestations.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Manifestations of God

The Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida - Gulpáygání,Mirza Abu'l-Fadl (1890)
Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida and the trial of his killers.
See the original Persian text here.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Biography; Hájí Muhammad-Rida; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Turkmenistan; Turkmenistan

The Master Humorist - Ballenger,Robert (dialogue magazine, 1988)
Examples of the humor of Abdu'l-Bahá, jokes he told, and how this aspect of the Master's personality has been downplayed in biographies and portrayals of him which cast him in a more serious light.
See also a Compilation on Humor and Laughter, and for example Mahmud's Diary, p.313 (Open Forum, San Francisco, Thursday, October 10, 1912) and Annemarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 149-157. List of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Humor; Laughter; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Mathnaví by Rúhu'lláh Varqá, the Martyr: A Few Notes on Its Historical Context and Poetical Content - Savi,Julio; Mardani,Faezeh (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
On the motifs of the cup-bearer and the cup, springtime, and love. Includes translation of "The Mathnaví of Rúhu'lláh, the Martyr."
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/146/savi_mathnavi.
Keywords: Literature, Persian; Mathnavi; Poetry; Varqa, Ruhullah

The Maxwells of Montreal, volumes 1-2, by Violette Nakhjavani: Review - Hogenson,Kathryn Jewett (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2013)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/356. See also PDF scan.

The Meaning of Baha'i History - Sharon,Moshe (1999)
Disregarding personal belief, a neutral historian uses tools of objective research to deal with the scriptures of any religion as "literary texts" and not as "divine revelations"; issues of historicity in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Bahá'í Faith.
This paper was first posted in Word format at Hebrew University of Jerusalem [archive.org], where the author was the Chair in Bahá'í Studies.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Interfaith dialogue

The Meaning of Detachment - Peterson,Phyllis K. (1997)
Detachment as it relates to women, teaching, the media, and unity.
Written as an email for a discussion group by the author of Assisting the Traumatized Soul: Healing the Wounded Talisman.
Keywords: Abuse; Detachment; Domestic violence; Media (communication); Psychology; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; Unity; Women

The Meaning of Life - Cobb,Stanwood (Life Guidance Society, 1932)
The sole purpose of life, so far as the individual is concerned, is growth through struggle. Not to be active is to stagnate and atrophy; movement and change is the sign of life.
Mirrored from bahai.works/The_Meaning_of_Life.
Keywords: Purpose of life

The Meaning of Suffering and the Mystery of Sacrifice: Selections from the Bahá'í Holy Writings - Hatcher,Judith, compiler (Juxta Publishing Co., 2007)
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/the-meaning-of-suffering-the-mystery-of-sacrifice. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Contradictions; Sacrifice; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

The Memorial Services of Abdu'l-Bahá' on Mount Carmel, Palestine - Bagdadi,Zia M., compiler and translator (1921)
Pamphlet of various materials: article from newspaper Annafir "The Most Great Calamity"; life of Abdu'l-Bahá; funeral procession; eulogies.
Keywords: Biography; Memorial Service; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of

The Message of The Quran: Appendices - Asad,Muhammad (Dar al-Andalus Limited, 1980)
Symbolism and allegory in the Qur'án; al-Muqatta'at (opening letters); the term and concept of Jinn; the night journey: four appendices to a translation of the Qur'án by a European scholar and later Muslim convert. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Austrian-born Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss), journalist, diplomat, and scholar, is known for his translation of the Quran and his writings on Islam. He was influenced by Muhammad Abduh. See more in the Wikipedia article The Message of the Qur'an. Mirrored from quranic.org; also online at arthursclassicnovels.com (archived).
Keywords: Disconnected letters of the Quran; Dreams and visions; God; God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of; Heaven and hell; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Isra and Miraj; Jinn (genie); Life after death (afterlife); Metaphors and allegories; Muhammad Abduh; Muhammad Asad (translator); Quran; Quran translations; Spirits; Symbolism; Throne

The Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism - Lambden,Stephen (Baha'i and Globalisation, 2005)
Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’llah’s globalism, verses breaks between the two, e.g. the abandoning of jihad as a means of promoting a globalisation process.
Mirrored from hurqalya.ucmerced.edu. This article is also online as a free sample, in clean digital format, at questia.com.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Eschatology; Globalization; Hadith; Hidden Imam; Imam Ali; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Judaism; Messianism; Peace; Prophecies; Qaim; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Shia Islam (Shiism); Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings); Tablets to kings and rulers; Twelfth Imam; Unity

The Meta-Narrative of Peasant Religious Conversion: A Case Study of the Baha'i Community In Thailand - Nurish,Amanah (En Arche: Indonesian Journal of Inter-Religious Studies, 2015)
A study of why the peasant peoples of Yasothon, Thailand have turned to the Bahá'í Faith instead of the more common Buddhism; how local political movements and resistance develop among the poor working-class in agricultural areas.
En Arche is a journal published by the Student Council of Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies. Mirrored from academia.edu.
Keywords: Buddhism; Conversion; Interfaith dialogue; Thailand

The Mi'ráj in Select Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í Texts - Quinn,Sholeh A. (Religions, 2023)
The ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven, and commentary on its meanings by religious leaders associated with the the Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í movements. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/3/397, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Alchemy; Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem; Concealment; Hájí Mulla Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani; Illusions; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Isra and Miraj; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Knowledge; Magic; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Metaphysics; Muhammad (Prophet); Opposition; Physics; Polymaths; Quran; Science; Shaykhism; Tablet of the True Seeker; Taqiyyah (dissimulation); Theophany; Time

The Military Metaphor in Bahá'í Sacred Literature - McLean,Jack (2005)
Martial symbology is common in the Bahá'í Writings, especially those of Shoghi Effendi, yet the Writings are expressly pacifistic. This article examines the apparent contradiction.
Article adapted from chapter 9 of A Celestial Burning: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com. See also J. Winters, Martyrdom in Jihad.
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings; Jihad (Holy war); Martyrdom; Military; Peace; Symbolism

The Missing Dimension in the Built Environment: A Challenge for the 21st Century - Zrudlo,Leo R. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
There is a missing dimension in the built environment -- architecture is unable to satisfy the emotional and aesthetic needs of people. But architects disagree about how to rectify the situation. A spiritual aspect is needed.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Architecture; Built environment and urban planning; Cities

The Missing Moral Dimension - Sahadevan,Suresh (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Today's social and economic policies are materially efficient and technically sound, but something vital is missing: graciousness within and between individuals. It may not directly result in revenue or productivity, but is crucial in the long run.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 4.
Keywords: Business; Economics; Ethics; Graciousness; Morality

The Mission of Bahá'u'lláh: And Other Literary Pieces - Townshend,George (George Ronald, 1952)
Poems, meditations, and essays, including "Nabíl’s history of the Báb," "Abdu’l-Bahá: A study of a Christlike character," "Queen Marie of Rumania and the Bahá’í Faith," "The wellspring of happiness," and "The genius of Ireland."
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: Dawn-Breakers (book); George Townshend; Ireland; Poetry; Prayer; Queen Marie of Romania; Romania; `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Mission of the Báb: Retrospective 1844-1994 - Martin,Douglas (Baha'i World, 1996)
The revelation of the Báb in the context of its impact on the Western writers of the period and its subsequent influence.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (includes illustrations), where this article is also available as HTML.
Keywords: Appreciations; Báb, Station of the; Báb, Teachings of; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Douglas Martin; Introductory; Iran (documents); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

The Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2023)
Though Bahá'í teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical brain is essential to our development; emotional processing requires a healthy brain; the brain-as-transceiver model can help treat affective disorders.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Alcohol; Balance; Brain; Death; Depression; Drugs; Emotions; Ethics; Gambling; God; God, Knowledge of; He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord (Hadith); Health and healing; Knowledge; Life after death (afterlife); Mental health; Mind; Morality; Mythology; Philosophy; Prayer; Psychology; Purpose of life; Radiant acquiescence; Science; Self; Self-knowledge; Soul; Tests and difficulties

The Modern Social Religion - Holley,Horace (Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1913)
Early introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, its history, and its social teachings.
Also cited under the title "Bahaism: the Modern Social Religion" (see openlibrary.org). Also available at books.google.com, including online viewing. Also available in Microsoft Word format (M. Thomas, 2021).
Keywords: Horace Holley; Introductory

The Modes and Intentions of Biography - Hassall,Graham (Baha'i Studies Review, 2008)
A look at the individual in the context of the community, through the different lenses of documentary, hagiological, and critical modes of biography.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.