Promise of Peace - Perry,Anne Gordon (2015)
A dramatic reading for two voices, incorporating various excerpts from Bahá’í Writings. It's a flexible script and can be modified in any way.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also the author's audio books at 9starmedia.com/encounters-with-abdulbaha.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Peace

Promise of World Peace - Universal House of Justice (1985)
A document distributed to many politicians and prominent individuals since its writing in 1985, it was the first official public statement made by the Universal House of Justice since its inception in 1963.
Keywords: Bahá'í community as example; Basics; Interdependence (interconnectedness); Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement); Statements; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; World peace

Promised Day is Come: Study Questions - Fazel,Seena (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
A list of questions to inspire deepening and study.
Keywords: Promised Day is Come (letter); Study guides

Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Bahá'í Theology - McLean,Jack (1995)
A nascent Bahá'í systemic theology must have certain parameters, including spirituality, the prophetic tradition, and the "truth claims" neglected by the academic study of religion.
See also Propositions on a More Comprehensive Theology. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Philosophy; Scholarship; Theology

Promoting a Culture of Human Rights: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Bahá'í community in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Rahmani,Ladan (Australian Baha'i Studies, 1999)
Functions of the CHR and its role in addressing persecution; case study on Iran; while the CHR’s influence has been limited, it demonstrates the potential of international mechanisms to effect incremental change in human rights practices.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Persecution, Iran; United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Promoting a Discourse on Science, Religion, and Development - Arbab,Farzam (The Lab, the Temple, and the Market, 2000)
Personal experiences leading to work in the field of development; rural-urban balance; religion and spirituality; the state and the market; faith and reason; spiritual principles and epistemology; transfer of technology; universities and education.
Mirrored from idrc.ca, where it is also available in HTML format. The complete book is also available for free at Google books.

Promoting Entry by Troops: Study Guide - McClelland,Robert (1994)
Study guide for the statement by the House and their compilation "Promoting Entry by Troops."
Keywords: Conversion; Entry by troops; Study guides; Teaching

Promoting Peace: 100 Years of the Baha'i Faith in Santa Paula, California, 1914-2014 - Sadeghpour,Anne King (2017)
Detailed history of the community in southern California, including references to Marzieh Gail, Ethelwyn Drew Hall, Florence Mayberry, Molly King, the Yamamotos, ﻿Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani, Guy Murchie, Isabella Brittingham, Louise Waite, et al.
See picture of author at end.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; California, USA; Ethelwyn Drew Hall; Florence Mayberry; Guy Murchie; Hiroshi Yamamoto; Isabella Brittingham; Kanichi Yamamoto; Louise Waite; Marzieh Gail; Michiaki Yamamoto; Molly King; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Santa Paula, CA; Shinji Yamamoto; United States (documents)

Promoting the Equality of Women and Men: The Role of the Covenant - Khan,Janet A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2000)
The implementation of the principle of gender equality; the application of relevant Bahá’í law, including progressive clarification and application, the principle of convergence, and the exercise of restraint, all so as to ensure enduring change.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/115.
Keywords: Covenant; Equality; Gender; Women

Promulgation of Universal Peace - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982)
A collection of transcriptions of 140 talks delivered by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá during the nine months in 1912 when he travelled across the United States and Canada.
See also scan of original (1982 ed), prepared by M. Thomas (2024). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Promulgation of Universal Peace: Spreadsheet of Talks - Coe,Roger, compiler (2011)
Table of all talks published in this book, showing date, location, and the different page numbers in the 1982 and 2007 editions.
Also available in Excel format.
Keywords: Chronology and timelines; Cross-reference; Excel files; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Proofs from the Holy Qur'án Regarding the Advent of Bahá'u'lláh - Afaqi,Sabir (Mir'át Publications, 1993)
Collection of prophecies and symbols from the Qur'án that foretell Bahá'u'lláh. Prepared for the deepening of Bahá'ís and to aid in introducing the Faith to Muslims.
Also available in Word format.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Prophecies; Quran

Proofs of the Authenticity of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Furutan,Ali-Akbar (1974)
Exploration of the recurring crises and triumphs in the history of the Bahá'í Faith, highlighting the authenticity and significance of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament, and its role in affirming the continuity of leadership.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Authenticity; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Proofs of the Prophets - Terry,Peter (Proofs of the Prophets, 2008)
Compilation of texts related to proofs of prophethood, as found in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and in the Sacred Writings of various religions.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Manifestations of God; Proofs

Proofs of the Prophets: Contents - Terry,Peter (2008)
Links to a series-in-progress of compilations and commentary.
Volumes marked "TBP" coming fall 2025.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Manifestations of God; Proofs

Proofs of the Prophets: The Case for Baha'u'llah - Terry,Peter, compiler (Proofs of the Prophets, 2008)
Forty proofs of prophethood set forth in the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and other authors, in English translations.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Interfaith dialogue; Manifestations of God; Proofs; Prophecies

Proofs of the Prophets: The Case for Lord Krishna - Terry,Peter, compiler (Proofs of the Prophets, 2008)
Compilation of texts related to Lord Krishna; forty proofs of prophethood set forth in the Bhagavad-Gita, the Bhagavata Purana and other Scriptures of Hinduism, as well as the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb,‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and others.
Keywords: Avatars; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Krishna; Manifestations of God; Proofs; Prophecies

Prophecies Fullfilled by Baha'u'llah - Sears,William
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies; Talks

Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Commentary and Responses - Sours,Michael W.; Buck,Christopher (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Editorial statement about the nature of Bahá'í scholarship and academic debate, followed by responses from each of the authors.
See also original review.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Prophecies; Scholarship

Prophecy in the Johannine Farewell Discourse: The Advents of the Paraclete, Ahmad and Comforter - Lambden,Stephen (Scripture and Revelation: Papers presented at the First Irfan Colloquium, 1997)
The exegetical history of sayings ascribed to Jesus which mention the Paraclete. Christian, Muslim, Bābī and Bahā'ī interpretations of these. These sayings are central to Bahā’u'llāh's claims and to Bahā'ī understanding of the New Testament.
This is an updated version of the paper that appeared in Scripture and Revelation. If any fonts or symbols do not display properly, see Lambden's original version. Mirrored with permission from hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/03-Biblical-islam-BBst/Paraclete.htm, and with permission of publisher. See also irfancolloquia.org/1/lambden_prophecy.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Prophecies

Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Baha'u'llah and the New Era - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era.
Documents relevant to this issue include: The original article, Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989) UHJ: Changes Made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12 (1990) US NSA: Dates in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992) Peter Terry: Truth Triumphs: Response to Misrepresentations of Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í (1999) Douglas Martin: Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith (1978) Transmitted by email from the House; submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: 1290 days; 1335 days; Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Daniel (Bible); Esslemont; Francis Beckwith; Interfaith dialogue; Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Prophecies; Research Department, Questions and answers; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Prophets and Mountains - Sharon,Moshe (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
Metaphors of mountains and actual mountains in the history of religion; Mount Carmel.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #76, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 6-10, 2007). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/76/sharon_mountains. See also the author's Valleys: Real, Symbolic and Holy Sites.
Keywords: Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Christianity; Elijah (Prophet); Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Transfiguration of; Judaism; Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Moses; Mount Carmel; Mountains

Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria - Maneck,Susan (2011)
Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, compiled from an email discussion group archive; the context of the questions and their answers against the background of Ishraqi philosophy.
All emails are online in the public archive for bahai-st@list.jccc.edu: search "Manakji" and "Mahabad." See also Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran (Maneck, 1990), Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria (Cole, 1995), and wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabad_(prophet).
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Baghdad, Iraq; Betterment of the world; Christianity; Creation; Decline and renewal of religion; Din-i Ilahi; God; Hermes Trismegistus; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Iraq; Islam; Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Laws; Light; Mahabad (prophet); Manifestations of God; Manikchi Limji Hataria; Monism; Mughal empire and architecture; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Neoplatonism; Perennialism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Ishraqi (Illuminationism); Progressive revelation; Qiblih; Silence; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Unity of religion; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Proposals to the United Nations for Charter Revision - Bahá'í International Community (1955)
Proposals from the Bahai International Community for revision of the U.N. charter in its capacity as a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the U.N.
Prepared by the "National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá'ís of Australia, New Zealand, British Isles, Canada, Central America, Egypt, Sudan, Germany, Austria, India, Pakistan, Burma, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Switzerland, South America, United States." Obtained from bic.org/statements/proposals-charter-revision-submitted-united-nations-baháí-international-community
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Statements; United Nations

Proposed Changes for Version 6 - Winters,Jonah (2024)
Some structural or systemic improvements necessary for future Bahá'í Library expansion 2025-.
See also our complete to-do list, history of past versions, overview of Version 4 and Version 5, and the 2022 update Bahá'í Library Online at 25: Background, Functioning, and Future.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Propositions on a More Comprehensive Theology - McLean,Jack (1995)
Implications of theology for science and creativity, religious language, proclamation, apologetics, the existential dimension, the relativity of religious truth, and scholarship. Theology must be a careful science.
See also Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Bahá'í Theology. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Philosophy; Scholarship; Theology

Prose-Poetry of the Five Year Plan: 2006-2011: Part 2 - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and A Study in Autobiography, 2007)
This is the 2nd in a series of prose-poetry selections written during the Five Year Plan (2006-2011).
The poetry here was written during the last four years of the Five Year Plan (2006-2011). The first poems I wrote were back at the start of my pioneering life in 1962, but none were kept until 1980. This Plan has shown an "eloquent testimony to the spirit of devotion" and has opened up "avenues to guide souls to the Ocean of His Revelation." (Ridvan, 2007)
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Plans; Ron Price

Prose-Poetry of the Five Year Plan: 21 April 2006 to 21 April 2007 - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and A Study in Autobiography, 2007)
Autobiographical musings, unedited, as uploaded by the author.
Prose-poetry can be found at BLO for each of the epochs of the Heroic Age and the Formative Age, for each of the years 1995 to 2011, as well as several separate themes.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Plans; Ron Price

Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Bahá'í social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevailing cultural mores; and the uniqueness of the Bahá'í covenant.
Keywords: Agriculture; Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í schools; Conversion; Covenant; Funds; Growth; Gwalior, India; Health and healing; India; Interpretation; Legislation; Literacy; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Madhya Pradesh, India; New Era High School, India; Panchgani, India; Politics; Prejudice; Proselytizing; Rabbani School, India; Rural development; Social action; Social and economic development; Social teachings; Teaching; Tree (metaphor)

Prosperity of Humankind - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá'í International Community, 1995)
A statement prepared by the Bahá'í International Community Office of Public Information, Haifa, first distributed at the United Nations World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995.
See also The Role of Business in Enhancing The Prosperity of Humankind. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Basics; Interdependence (interconnectedness); Prosperity; Statements; Sustainable development

Prosperity of Humankind Study Outline - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Detailed outline of this publication.
Keywords: Prosperity

Prosperity of Humankind: An Outline - Rezai,Sana (2012)
Content outline of the document prepared by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information, released in January 1995 in preparation for the UN World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen.
Also available in OpenOffice format.
Keywords: Prosperity

Protecting the Cause of God - Javaheri,Firaydoun (2007)
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. No information is given about the context of the lecture, but it is probably part of the "Serving the Divine Plan" program.

Protecting the Human Family: Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and Bahá'í Principles - Lepard,Brian D. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2003)
The moral and legal problems raised by the use of military force to aid human rights victims. Relevant Bahá’í ethical principles and how these might assist us to reform existing international law to better protect all members of the human family.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/102
Keywords: Century of Light (book); Charity and relief work; Collective security; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Consultation; History (general); Human rights; Law, International; Laws; Peace; Protection; United Nations; Unity of humanity; War

Protocols in Aboriginal Communities - French,Darryl (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Guide to fostering respectful and productive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people; cultural sensitivity and historical awareness; Aboriginal English and communication in meetings; addressing barriers; the role of elders.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Aboriginal people; Australia

Protocols of the Followers of Baha'u'llah: Anti-Bahá'í propaganda in Iran - as-Sahyuni,Abdu'l-Bab (1998)
A sympathetic overview by "Freethought Mecca" of persecution of Bahá'ís, and activities of the Iranian government.
This essay was originally posted at a Geocities site Freethought Mecca, which is now defunct.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran

Prouver l'existence de Dieu 1 - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Fireside talk.
See also another version of this lecture. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

Prouver l'existence de Dieu 2 - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2002)
Fireside talk.
See also another version of this lecture. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

Providing answers to oft-asked questions of Baha'is - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2009)
What do Bahá'ís believe?
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1701936.
Keywords: Introductory; Questions and answers

Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad - Bahá'u'lláh (2015)
Translation of a Tablet from from the Adrianople period, about the requirements for having an enlightened self and living spirit. Almost half of its passages were included in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
Keywords: Edirne, Turkey; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

Provisional Translations of Bahá'í Writings and their Publication - Universal House of Justice (1999)
Sent by the House to a number of NSAs, publishing trusts, and publishers to say that "favorable consideration has been given to allowing wider use of provisional translations..."
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of a recipient.
Keywords: Provisional translations; Publishing; Translation

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá - Sazedj,Peyman (2009)
Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org.
Collated and re-formatted by A. Masumian from archive.org. See also the Microsoft Word version.
Keywords: Ancestors and descendants; Angels; Attachment; Badi (Mírzá Aqa Buzurg-i-Nishapuri); Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Writings of; Contentment; Covenant; Creation; Divine nonfulfillment (Bada); Extraterrestrial life; Fate, destiny and predestination; Free will; Freedom and liberty; Future Manifestations of God; God, Will of; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jinn (genie); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book); Knowledge; Mahabad (prophet); Maid of Heaven; Middle Way; Moderation; Motion and stillness; Order of verses; Pilgrimage; Prayer texts; Prayers for pilgrimage; Prophets; Quran; Reward and punishment; Ruby Tablet; Self-knowledge; Seven stages of creation; Ships; Tablet of Paradise; Tablet of visitation for Badi; Tablets of Visitation; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; World order; Youth; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Provisional Translations, Policy Concerning - Universal House of Justice (1994)
Authorized vs. provisional translations of texts and the policies regarding their publication. Includes a compilation on "Policies and Procedures Concerning the Publication of Translations."
Keywords: Provisional translations; Translation

Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies - Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (1996)
On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): the abolition of the concept of ritual pollution caused by sexual fluids (semen, menstrual blood); illicit sexual conduct (zina and liwat); and marriage.
Presented at the Society for Shaykhi, Babi, and Bahá'í Studies meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, in November 1996. See also the author's Bahá'í Faith and Sexuality.
Keywords: 19th century; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Sexuality

Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions of Persecution and Suffering - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran as an example of spiritual resilience: what are the spiritual meanings of suffering? When confronted with persecution or torture, why do some individuals show radiant acceptance; what role do faith and belief play?
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/94. See also the author's Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering.
Keywords: Persecution; Psychology; Suffering

Psychology and Knowledge of Self - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Health and healing; Knowledge; Psychology; Self; Self-knowledge

Psychology and Peace - Roesch,Ronald (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
The relevance of psychology to the establishment of peace in the context of the Bahá’í peace message.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Change; Community (general); Cultural differences; Empowerment; Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement); Psychology

Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1984)
Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-century psychology.
Keywords: Dualism; Interfaith dialogue; Monism; Mysticism; Psychology; Sufism

Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review - Agahi,Cyrus (Associate, 1999)
Mirrored with permission from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/associate/a29/page5.htm [defunct].

Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review - Miller,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)

Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 1995)
Mirrored with permission from www.onecountry.org/oc72/oc7216as.html. Later published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:4 (1995), pp. 67-69, see PDF scan. See also review by R. Diessner (1995).

Public Address of Ruhiyyih Khanum to the 1953 Conference in Wilmette - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1953)
The Faith's mission over the next decade; spiritual and societal goals; humanity's individual relationship with God and the collective purpose of advancing civilization; plans to spread the teachings to over 130 countries; transformative power of unity.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.

Public Discourse on Race: Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech - Buck,Christopher (2012)
Presentation at Louhelen Bahá’í School on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the black intelligentsia, his views of the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, and his message to African Americans and the "Whites."
Some content of this presentation comes from the paper "‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation."
Keywords: African Americans; Equality; Howard University, Washington, DC; Race; United States (documents); Universities; War; Washington, DC, USA; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Public Schools May "Teach About Religion" — Not "Teach Religion" - Buck,Christopher (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2012)
History of legislation regarding how and when religious texts might be studied in public schools, and comments on pedagogical approaches.
Submitted by author for posting here.

Publishing Letters from the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (2005)
Permission must be sought from the House before publishing any of their letters.
The question asked was regarding "real-world" publishing, not online documents (like this one). Submitted by recipient; original PDF on file.
Keywords: Publishing; Publishing, Policy and practice; Universal House of Justice

Publishing, Bahá'í, Memorandum on: Materials to be Deposited with the Bahá'í World Centre Library - Bahá'í International Archives; Universal House of Justice (1998)
Overview of Literature Review, publishing, translations, and details of the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the World Center archives.
Two of these documents are from two different years (1998 and 2000). As there are minor differences, both are included.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; International Bahá'í Archives; International Bahá'í Library; Interpolation of telegrams (cables); Libraries; Manuscripts; Publishing; Publishing, Policy and practice; Publishing, Review; Telegrams (cables)

Punti Razionali Comuni fra Corano e Vangelo - Avaregan,Hossein (Opinioni Baha'i, 1990)
Ricerca personale della verità, origine divina di tutte le religioni, analogia delle profezie, uso delle allegorie, significato spirituale di molti termini, atteggiamento verso i miracoli fisici.
"Rational themes in common between the Quran and the Gospel:" personal search for truth, divine origin of all religions, analogy of prophecies, use of allegories, spiritual meaning of many terms, attitude toward physical miracles.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran

Purpose and Mission of the Manifestations of God - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Purposes of; Manifestations of God; Purpose of religion; Religion (general)

"Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary - Erickson,David L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
See also The Purpose of Poetry, and see author's response to this commentary.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Literature; Literature, English; Poetry

Purposeful Spiritual Endeavour: A fundamental Connection between Bahá'ís and Christians - Quin,Colin (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
There is a need for clearer, warmer, more purposeful connections between individuals of different Faiths; we each have similar concerns with our own human needs, aspirations, and religious devotion, and seek deeper understanding of the ideas we value.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 2.

Pursuing Excellence - Leith,Barney (Associate, 2001)
What is excellence, is it ineffable, how do we recognize it, and how might we pursue it?
Paper from the ABS-ESE Annual Conference, 2001. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 36.
Keywords: Excellence

Putative Distinctions Between Apologetics and Scholarship: A Commentary - McLean,Jack (1993)
Response to Christopher Buck's review of Michael Sour's The Prophecies of Jesus, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, on the definitions of apologia and the thought of Paul Tillich.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.

Qá'ení, Shaikh Mohammad-ʿAli - Foadi,Minou (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2005)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/qaeni-moh.
Keywords: Biography

Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl): A commentary on the Sura of Joseph, "The Best of Stories" - Báb, The (2002)
Translation, and lengthy commentary, on the Súratu’l-Nahl.
Another version of this paper, entitled "Reading Reading Itself," can be found at www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol1/nahl2.htm. The original Arabic text and another translation by Stephen Lambden can be found at https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu.
Keywords: Bees; Báb, Writings of; Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Qayyúm-al-'Asmá: Notes on Joseph - Poirier,Brent; Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Notes from Wilmette Institute courses and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read links or comments pertaining to this Tablet here.
Keywords: Joseph (Prophet); Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Qayyúm-al-'Asmá: Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Velasco,Ismael; Lawson,Todd (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read links or comments pertaining to this Tablet here.
Keywords: Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Qáʼim-Maqám Faráhání in the Baháʼí Writings - Rafati,Vahid (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
A comprehensive survey of references to the Qá’im-Maqám, prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Sháh, in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, as well as some of his statements that are directly quoted in the Writings.
See also Masumian's translation of "The Man of Courage: A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Life of Mírzá Áqá Khán Qá'im-Maqámí." Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/rafati_farahani.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Mírzá Abu'l-Qasim Farahani (Qaim-Maqam); Mírzá Aqa Khan Qaim-Maqami

Qiblih, Determining the direction of - Universal House of Justice (2010)
Guidance on how best to ascertain the direction of the Qiblih, the focus to which the faithful turn in prayer. For Bahá’ís the Qiblih is the tomb of Bahá’u’lláh at Bahji, "the Heart and Qiblih of the Bahá’í world" — similar to the Ka'bah for Muslims.
Keywords: Obligatory prayer; Qiblih; Questions and answers

Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn] - Nicolas,A.L.M. (Tahirih in History: Perspectives on Qurratu'l-'Ayn from East and West, 2004)
First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Táhirih. These passages are from Seyyed Ali Mohammad dit le Bab (1905) by A.-L.-M. Nicolas, French diplomat and author.
Posted online with permission of both translator and publisher. Order a copy of the book online at kalimat.com.
Keywords: A.L.M. Nicolas; Badasht, Iran; Biography; Bábí history; Conference of Badasht (1848); Equality; Iran (documents); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Veils; Women

Qualities and Attributes of the Spiritually Learned: Excerpts from The Secret of Divine Civilization - Wilson,Thomas R. (1987)
Keywords: Ethics; Knowledge; Leadership; Scholarship; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Social action; Spirituality; Virtues

Quddus - Johnson,Lowell (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South and West Africa, 1982)
Overview of the life of Quddus, the most prominent disciple of the Báb and the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: Biography; Letters of the Living; Quddus

Quddus - Mohammad-Hosseini,Nosratollah (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/qoddus-mohammad-ali-barforusi.
Keywords: Biography; Quddus

Quddús - Villar,Husayn (2008)
Originally posted at husaynvillar.blogspot.com/2008/01/qudds-mrz-muhammad-al-barfursh-titulado.html
Keywords: Biography; Quddus

Quddús: The First in Rank - Handal,Boris (2024)
Two chapters from a biography of Quddús: "Martyrdom of Quddús" (ch. 17) on the most revered figure in the Faith of the Báb, and "The Shrine of Quddús" (ch. 25) on the history of the most sacred Bahá'í sepulchre in Iran, which was destroyed in 2004.
Purchase the book (print or ebook) at amazon.com/dp/0645896322/. Below are two sample chapters shared by the author: Chapter 17 and Chapter 25.
Keywords: Quddus

Queen Marie and the Baha'i Faith - Postlethwaite,Robert (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
On the first monarch to embrace the Bahá'í Faith; the stature and the character of Queen Marie and her unique position in the early 20th century; her identification as a Bahá'í and her plan to visit Haifa in 1929; her relationship with Martha Root.
See also Queen Marie of Romania: A Preliminary Bibliography from the same issue. See also original scan. Also online at journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/267.
Keywords: Biography; Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; Romania; Royalty

Queen Marie of Romania: A Preliminary Bibliography - Jasion,Jan T. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Very few royals have left such a rich literary legacy as did Marie of Romania. She published novels, fairy tales, articles and essays for newspapers and magazines in Europe and North America, and she wrote of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also Queen Marie and the Bahá'í Faith from the same issue. See also original scan, from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/266.
Keywords: Queen Marie of Romania; Royalty

Queen Victoria and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1999)
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Queen Marie of Romania; Queen Victoria; Tablets to kings and rulers

Quelques Rencontres Importantes entre les Communautés Protestante et Bahá'íe en France - Jasion,Jan T. (La communauté bahá’íe de Châtenay-Malabry, 2019)
History of the relationship between the Faith in France and the Protestant community, 1870-1913 (with photographs).
Also available in OpenOffice format.
Keywords: Christianity; France; Interfaith dialogue; Protestantism

Questions about Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdul Baha at Tiberias and Haifa - Kunz,Anna (Star of the West, 1922)
Questions asked of Abdu'l-Bahá by two Christians visiting Haifa in 1921.
This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Death; Divine Assistance; Education; Equality; Evil; God, Word of; Haifa, Israel; Hospitality; Iran (documents); Life after death (afterlife); Love; Manifestations of God; Moderation; Munavvar Khanum; Philosophy; Pilgrims notes; Prayer; Prejudice; Prophecies; Refugees; Religious leaders (clergy); Science; Sea of Galilee, Israel; Service; Shortcomings; Teaching; Unity; Unity of humanity; Women; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Questions about the Second Coming - Townshend,George (1953)
Answers by Townshend to questions asked by the Bahá’ís of Kampala, Uganda about the return of Christ, the Bible, false prophets, the day of judgment, and the trinity.
PDF below from Microsoft Word version prepared by Ernie Jones (2022) from the original scan from bahai.works.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); False prophets; George Townshend; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Metaphors and allegories; Miracles; Prophecies; Return; Symbolism; Trinity; Unity of religion

Questions and Answers 1950-51 - Alfassa,Mirra (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1951)
Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá speaking about sacrifice and suffering by a leading spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo.
These words were written in 1951 but not published until 1972. Mirra Alfassa, "The Mother," was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo; see Wikipedia. See also at Google books.
Keywords: France; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Paris, France; Sacrifice; Sri Aurobindo; Suffering; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Questions and Answers on War and Related Issues - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (2003)
Compilation of passages and commentary on the military, political activism, disarmament, pacifism, and collective security.
See also Participation in Anti-War Demonstrations and Responding to the Middle East Crisis. This document is also available in PDF format.
Keywords: Politics; Questions and answers; War

Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan - Muhammad,Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali (1997)
Translation of the questions submitted to Bahá'u'lláh by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal uncle of the Bab, which led to the revelation of the Kitab-i Iqan.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Báb, Uncles of; Conversion; Dating of Writings; Hidden Imam; Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Prophecies; Qaim; Questions and answers; Shia Islam (Shiism); Twelfth Imam; Uncles

Quickeners of Mankind: Pioneering in a World Community - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Canada Publications, 1980)
Quotations about the theory and practice of pioneering and "travel teaching." Includes stories about pioneers, and a small selection of texts from Marion Jack.
Also available as PDF scan, original from bahaideepeningresources.blogspot.ca, optimized by M. Thomas (2023).
Keywords: Pioneering; Teaching; Travel Teaching

Quiet Strangulation: Islamic Republic's Treatment of Baha'is since 1991 - Yazdani,Mina (Tiempo Devorado, 2018)
Summary of persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran especially since 1991, and on analyses by other historians on the roots of anti-Bahá'í discrimination. Includes introduction by Amin Egea.
Mirrored with permission from revistes.uab.cat.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution, Iran

Quinta Epoca de la Edad Formativa de la Fe, Anuncio de la - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Keywords: Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Formative Age

Quote from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J.E. Bolles - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1953)
One short note about the "urgency of this particular time in history," from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J.E. Bolles, contained in a letter from Agnes Alexander to "Lucy," June, 1953.
J.E. Bolles is probably Mrs. Jeanette Ruhanguiz Bolles, July 21, 1881 (?)-March 17, 1967. See "In Memoriam," Bahá'í National Review May 1967, p. 6. A letter from May Ellis Bolles is also included in the Autobiographical Materials of Agnes Alexander. This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Pilgrims notes; Pioneering; Urgency

Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance: The Bab's tafsirs of Qur'an 103 and 108, the Declining Day and the Abundance - Lawson,Todd (Der Iran um 19 Jahrhundert und die Enstehung der Baha'i Religion, 1998)
Quranic commentary played a major role in the formation of the Bábí movement. Early Babis were impressed by the Bab's innovative interpretation of scripture. As the Bab's claims became more widely known, his language became less esoteric.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Commentaries; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran

Qur'anic and Biblical References in the Kitáb-i-Íqán: A Guide to Further Study - Garis,Dalton, editor; Sobhani,Mohebat, editor (2020)
List of quotes from the Bible and the Qur'an referenced by Baha’u’llah in the Kitab-i-Iqan as shown in its footnotes, and a brief discussion of each reference.
The translation of the Qur'án used in this document has been criticized for inserting some interpretations of the Wahhabi school directly into the English rendition — see wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Quran_(Hilali-Khan).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quotations from the Bible; Quotations from the Quran; Quran

Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration - Lawson,Todd (Routledge Companion to the Qur'an, 2022)
Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Bahá'í teachings on the typologies of proclamation and apocalypse.
Keywords: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Angels; Apocalypse; Bible; Certitude; Christianity; Civilization; Covenant; Creation; Cultural diversity; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Enlightenment; Epics; Eschatology; Ethics; Glory (general); God; God, Names of; Humility; Interfaith dialogue; Invocations; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jonah (Bible); Joseph (Prophet); Knowledge; Light; Light verse (Quran); Mary (Mother of Jesus Christ); Miriam (sister of Moses and Aaron); Northrop Frye; Nuqta (Point); Opposites; Peace; Persecution; Prophecies; Prophets; Quran; Recitation; Religion (general); Remembrance; Return; Revelation; Signs; Typology; Unity; Unity of humanity; Unity of religion; Voices of revelation; Words and phrases

Qur'ánic references in the Bahá'í Writings - Bolhuis,Arjen, compiler (2001)
Cross-reference list (incomplete).
Also available as an Excel spreadsheet.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Excel files; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Two seas; Vale of Towa; Words and phrases

Rabindranath Tagore: Some Encounters with Bahá'ís - Terry,Peter (1992)
'Abdu'l-Bahá is alleged to have met India's poet laureate Tagore in Chicago in 1912. This article examines the historical sources for that story.
Keywords: Bengal Renaissance; Biography; Brahmo Samaj; Chicago, IL; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Prosperity; Rabindranath Tagore; Renaissance; Santiniketan, India; United States (documents); West Bengal, India; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Race and Man: A Compilation - Gift,Maye Harvey; Cox,Alice Simmons (Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1943)
A collection of words of scientists, sociologists and educators, arranged to present the problem of race relations in this modern world and the solutions as great thinkers envision them, followed by Bahá'í teachings on the same topics.
Read more about this compilation at bahaipedia.org/Race_and_Man.
Keywords: Race; Race unity

Race and Racism: Perspectives from Bahá'í Theology and Critical Sociology - Hughey,Matthew (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
Review of the concepts of race and racism based on social scientific understanding, in order to better understand their definition and to delineate their relation to one another, and correlate them with the Bahá'í Writings.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/220. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: History (general); Prejudice; Race; Race unity; Racism; Sociology

Race Unity Day - Buck,Christopher (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Race; Unity

Race Unity: Implications for the Metropolis - Thomas,June Manning (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
Universal principles of unity which apply to cities; how racial disunity has been imprinted upon the metropolitan landscape in the United States; spiritual principles necessary to improve the fragmented urban life around the world.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also original scan.
Keywords: Built environment and urban planning; Cities; Discrimination; Disunity; Education; Minorities; Race; Racism; Silos (segmentation); Social change; Spirituality; United States (documents); Unity; Virtues; Wealth and poverty

"Race, Immorality and Money in the American Bahá'í Community: Impeaching the Los Angeles Spiritual Assembly," by Juan Cole: Commmentary - Stockman,Robert (Religion, 2000)
Response to Cole's article in the same issue, which analyzes the dissolution of the Bahá'í local assembly of Los Angeles in 1986-88 by the US NSA.
See Cole's original article at www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahai/2000/dialala2.htm.

Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies - Thomas,June Manning (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
Division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in fragmented U.S. metropolitan areas. The "institute process” as a strategy could overcome challenges that place-based action poses for racial unity.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Cities; Clusters; Detroit, MI; Institute process; Neighborhoods; Race; Race unity; Silos (segmentation); Social action; Social change; United States (documents); Vision

Racial Identity and the Patterns of Consolation in the Poetry of Robert Hayden - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
The dramatic tension in Robert Hayden’s poetry has often been mistaken for personal ambivalence and confusion with regard to both his ethnic identity and his beliefs as a Bahá’í — rather than the clear pattern of consolation that unites them.
This article is posted online at the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive. Permission to cross-post articles given by ABS editor in 1997 and 2000 when I was building the first bahai-studies.ca website.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; John Hatcher; Poetry; Race; Robert Hayden; Unity

Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard Thomas: Review - Berdjis,Nassim (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)

Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard Thomas: Review - Hassall,Graham (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Originally published in Australian Bahá'í Bulletin, May 1993, 10. See also original scan.

Radiant Acquiescence - Rexford,Orcella (World Order, 1937)
"Radiant acquiescence" (ridá') means not only to give up your will to the Divine Will, but to do so joyfully and with radiance, knowing it is the best way in the end.
The original publication can be found at bahai.works. Also published as a separate booklet.
Keywords: Acceptance; Anger; Contentment; Ethics; Happiness; Health and healing; Joy; Love; Non-violence; Philosophy; Protection; Psychology; Radiant acquiescence; Self-control; Sincerity; Tests and difficulties

Radio and Television in Teaching, The Use of - Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. See also Guidance for Bahá'í Radio. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Media (communication); Radio; Teaching; Television

Radio Bahá'í del Lago Titicaca, 20 años de historia - Qui√±onez,Rene (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2002)
Un breve relato sobre los logros de un proyecto de desarrollo socio económico al servicio de los pobladores del altiplano peruano boliviano.
Author note: Técnico en Electrónica. Miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'i de Puno. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.
Keywords: Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í history by country; Bolivia

Radio Baha'i Ecuador, by Kurt Hein: Review - O'Shea,Des (CADE: Journal of Distance Education, 1989)
Mirrored with permission from cade.athabascau.ca/vol4.1/12c_review-oshea.html (defunct).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Ecuador; Radio

Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity - Francis,Richard (1998)
Short biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
Mirrored with permission from the Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada; no longer online, but available at archive.org.
Keywords: Biography; Hands of the Cause; Mass teaching; Rahmatullah Muhajir; Travel Teaching

Rainha Vitória: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh - Oliveira,Marco (2004)
Short biography of Queen Victoria and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
This text was originally published in a Portuguese Bahá'í blog, povodebaha.blogspot.com.
Keywords: Biography

Rainn Wilson on His Baha'i Faith and Why His Success is Connected to His Spirituality - Wilson,Rainn; Power,Tom (2023)
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=SYkXbjgJ-oQ.
Keywords: Alan Coupe; Canada; Rainn Wilson; Spirituality; Television

Raising Children of Light: editorial - Bahá'í International Community (Jerusalem Post, 2008)
In seeking to end the world's suffering, we need to acknowledge that we are all one human race in an increasingly interconnected world, educate children and mothers, and end the oppression of girls and women.
Mirrored from www.bic.org/statements-and-reports/featured/raising-children-of-light.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Children; Education; Statements; Unity; Unity of humanity; Women

Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History - Sims,Barbara R. (1996)
Bahá'í activities in Korea 1921-1988.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Korea

Raising the Tent of Unity - Furutan,Ali-Akbar (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1970)
The year 1844 marked the end of humanity’s childhood and signaled the "coming of age" of the human race. Like a pot of water which has just come to a boil, we are now ready to rid ourselves of enmity and discord, and abide in freedom and security.
Two identical editions have been scanned; embedded below is the 1972 edition (signature written in ink, not printed), and the 1970 one is here.
Keywords: Unity; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Random page: Sacred Writings - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2011)
Jump to a random page of the Bahá'í Writings. Useful for exploration of the Bahá'í Writings, learning something new, or refreshing on something old. May be bookmarked for repeated use.
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings

Random Thoughts of a Mystic Economist - Shams,Badi (2016)
Collection of 68 articles published on bahaiteachings.org.
All items mirrored with permission from bahaiteachings.org/author/badi-shams. See this in Spanish translation, Pensamientos varios de un Economista Místico. See also badishams.com/resources.
Keywords: Economics

Rank and Station: Reflections on the Life of Bahíyyh Khánum - Khan,Janet A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Distinctive characteristics of the designation of rank in the Bahá’í administration and the nature of "station," drawing upon the example of Bahíyyih Khánum, the highest-ranking woman in the Bahá’í dispensation.
24th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/140.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Ranks, stations and functions

Ranks and Functions in the Bahá'í Cause - Universal House of Justice (1978)
Different ranks of and interactive functioning of the Continental Board of Counsellors versus National Spiritual Assemblies.
Keywords: Counsellors; Names and titles; National Spiritual Assemblies; Ranks, stations and functions

Ransom-Kehler, Keith - Bramson-Lerche,Loni (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: Keith Ransom-Kehler

Ransom-Kehler, Keith Bean - Ruhe-Schoen,Janet (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the American Bahá’í lecturer and world traveler, designated by Shoghi Effendi as the first American Bahá’í martyr, and a Hand of the Cause of God, the first woman to be so named.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: Biography; Hands of the Cause; Keith Ransom-Kehler

Rashḥ-i-'Amá: Les Nuages des Royaumes d'en-haut - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
Poème de Bahá’u’lláh publié dans "The Call of the Divine Beloved", édition anglaise du Centre mondial, 2019. Traduction provisoire.
See also the authorized English translation, the official French translation by la commission de traduction, another French translation by Pierre Spierckel, and some earlier provisional English translations.
Keywords: Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Rashh-i-'Amá: Les nuées du plus haut des cieux - Bahá'u'lláh (Appel du Bien-Aimé divin: Sélection d'oeuvres mystiques, 2021)
Traduction officielle d'une poème de Bahá’u’lláh publié dans "The Call of the Divine Beloved" (édition anglaise du Centre mondial, 2019).
Text below extracted and formatted from Appel du Bien-Aimé divin: Sélection d'oeuvres mystiques. Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also the authorized English translation, a provisional French translation by Pierre Daoust, another French translation by Pierre Spierckel, and some earlier provisional English translations.
Keywords: Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Rashh-i-'Amá: traduction en assonances - Bahá'u'lláh (2023)
Poème de Bahá’u’lláh, traduction provisoire.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also the authorized English translation, the official French translation by la commission de traduction, another French translation by Pierre Daoust, and some earlier provisional English translations.
Keywords: Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Rashid Rida on the Bahá'í Faith: A Utilitarian Theory of the Spread of Religions - Cole,Juan (Arab Studies Quarterly, 1983)
Rida developed a theory of missionary work characterized by both modern pragmatic and traditionalist Islamic aspects: a sociology of the spread of religion in terms of organizational efficiency avoids talk of intrinsic "truth" or supernatural agency.
Also available as a scan of the original article. Mirrored with permission from www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahai/2000/rida.htm.
Keywords: Egypt; Islam; Muhammad Rashid Rida; Syria

Rationalisation and re-enchantment in Malaysia: Temiar religion 1964-1995 - Benjamin,Geoffrey (1996)
Extensive discussion of the Baha’i Faith among the Temiars of Malaysia. Link to paper (offsite).
Updated version of a paper presented at the Conference on Enchantment and Re-enchantment: Religion in Modern Southeast Asia (Australian National University, 14-15 March 1996), and an extension of the author's PhD dissertation "Temiar Religion" (Cambridge, 1967).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Malaysia

Rationality in Academic Disciplines - Mohanan,K. P. (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
For an academic community to construct knowledge through teamwork, its members must have a shared language with the same pairings of concepts and words, and they must have shared epistemic values by which to "dialogue" and base collective decisions.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 6.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Knowledge; Philosophy; Rationality; Reason; Scholarship; Science

Reaching and Teaching the Indians: Clinics and Task Force Discussions #17 - Kahn,Franklin (1967)
Outreach and teaching teams for native peoples on reservations and in cities; the need for pioneering on reservations; understanding Indigenous culture.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also bahaipedia.org/Franklin_Kahn.
Keywords: Native Americans

Read-Aloud Plays - Holley,Horace (Mitchell Kennerley, 1916)
Nine short plays. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
This book is available in a variety of formats at gutenberg.org. Also available as PDF scan of original [10 MB].
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Fiction; Horace Holley; Plays

Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War - Egea,Amin E. (Baha'i World, 2021)
How ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporaneous “progressive” movements and thinkers.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (includes the footnotes).
Keywords: Crisis; Equality; Ethics; History (general); International peace conferences; Law, International; Laws; Materialism; Peace; Prejudice; Public discourse (discourses of society); Race; Reality; Social action; Unity; War; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Readings from the Writings of The Báb - Báb, The (2012)
Link to audio recordings of a descendant of the Báb reading from two of his most important works, Qayyúm al-Asmá' "Surah to the Kings" and the Bayán-i-farsí (Persian Bayán).
Keywords: Audiobooks and letters; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Writings of; Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Reality Magazine: Editorship and Ownership of an American Bahá'í Periodical - Smith,Peter (From Iran East and West: Studies in Babi and Baha'i History, 1984)
Development and eventual demise of an independent publication from the early years of the Faith in America.
See also Reality magazine, Biography of H.G. Dyar, and this series of articles about Dyar (2012).
Keywords: Harrison G. Dyar; Periodicals; Reality magazine

Reality magazine: Volume 1 - Various (Reality Magazine, 1919)
Five issues of Vol. 1, May 1919 - September 1919, of a short-lived journal designed to promote "liberal" approaches to the Bahá'í Faith.
The first issue is undated, but cites events at the end of April, and Issue #2 is dated June, so "May" is a likely guess.
Keywords: Periodicals; Reality magazine

Reality magazine: Volume 2 - Various (Reality Magazine, 1919)
Twelve issues of Vol. 2, December 1919 - December 1920.
Keywords: Periodicals; Reality magazine

Reality magazine: Volume 5 - Various (Reality Magazine, 1922)
Twelve issues of Vol. 5, January 1922 - December 1922.
Keywords: Periodicals; Reality magazine

Reality magazine: Volumes 3-4 - Various (Reality Magazine, 1921)
Twenty-four issues of Vols. 3-4, January 1921 - December 1921, of a short-lived journal designed to promote "liberal" approaches to the Bahá'í Faith.
Also online at Google books.
Keywords: Periodicals; Reality magazine

Reality Matters - Conow,Betty Hoff (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Bahá'í teachings discuss how reality affects matter and vice-versa. The "new physics" of relativity and high energy describe the reality of matter in similar terms. Our universe is both intelligible and is encoded with intelligence on the subatomic level.
Keywords: Physics; Reality; Science

Realms of Divine Existence as described in the Tablet of All Food - Ma'sumian,Bijan (Deepen, 1994)
Bahá'í theoretical theology in the Lawh-i-Qullu'Ta'am.
This document is also available as a scan of the original magazine pages [PDF, 2MB].
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Cosmology; God, Worlds of; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Philosophy; Sufism

Reason and Revelation: New Directions in Bahá'í Thought - Fazel,Seena, editor; Danesh,John, editor (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 2002)
Selected articles published earlier in Bahá'í Studies Review.
These articles are online in draft form only: some as published in the Bahá'í Studies Review and some in a pre-edited state. Some titles and content have been revised for the book edition. All articles online with permission of Bahá'í Studies Review and Kalimat Press.

Reason and the Bahá'í Writings - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2013)
The Bahá'í Faith has much to say on the importance of reason, logic, and a "rational God," but the mind alone is not sufficient to attain transrational understanding. This paper examines the uses and limitations of reason in light of cultural differences.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #109, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 2012). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/109/kluge_reason. See also an earlier workshop presentation, kluge_reason_bahai_writings.
Keywords: Contradictions; Cultural differences; Cultural diversity; God; Heart; Human nature; Intuition; Knowledge; Logic; Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Proofs; Rationality; Reason; Science; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; Unity of humanity

Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion - Kluge,Ian (2001)
How to study the Bahá'í Writings through the use of logic.
Workshop presentation at ABS conference, Seattle, September 2001. See also a later published article, kluge_reason_writings_2013.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Aristotle; Change; Closer than your life vein; Conspiracy theories; Context, Taking verses out of; Contradictions; Criticism and apologetics; Decline and renewal of religion; Deduction; Faith (general); Freedom and liberty; Gender; God; God, Knowledge of; God, Nearness to; Government; Human rights; Interpretation; Laws; Logic; Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Mirrors; Nearness and remoteness; Obedience; Obligatory prayer, Short; Paradoxes; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Politics; Progressive revelation; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Proofs; Propaganda; Public discourse (discourses of society); Reason; Relativism; Religion (general); Research; Rhetoric; Scholarship; Science; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; Statistics; Teaching; Theocracy; Tree (metaphor); Trinity; Universe

Recharge your batteries by detaching for a while - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2673830.

Recherche sur les Signes Visibles dans le Ciel de la Venue des Manifestations de Dieu - Moyo,Romuald Boubou (2019)
Les annonces des venues des Manifestations de Dieu dans les écrits saints ont à la fois un sens caché et visible. Quels sont les astres célestes qui ont été observés par les scientifiques à l’avènement du Christianisme, de l’Islam, et de la Foi Baha’ie?
Keywords: Astronomy; Christianity; Comets; Falling stars; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Planets; Prophecies; Science; Signs

Recognition and Identity: The case of the Baha'i Faith - Onder,Cetin (Alternatives, 2002)
Bahá'í Faith seen in a Hegelian model.
Mirrored with permission from alternativesjournal.net/volume1/number1.htm. Also available as a formatted PDF.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Philosophy

Recognition of Bahá'í Marriage and Holidays in American State Law - Wagner,Ralph D., compiler (1998)
List of sample legal statutes and proceedings from various states, followed by specific legal counsel of the State of Oklahoma regarding recognition of Bahá'í holy days.
Text taken from "Westlaw," a commercial database published by the West Publishing Company. To comply with copyright law, any annotations have been deleted, leaving the original public-domain text. [-R.D.W.]
Keywords: Holy days; Marriage; Recognition (legal); United States (documents); Weddings

Recognition of the Next Manifestation by the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Бахаулла говорит, что следующее Богоявление тоже столкнётся с преследованиями, но восторжествует над Своими гонителями.
Keywords: Future Manifestations of God; Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Universal House of Justice

Recognition of the Next Manifestation of God - Universal House of Justice (1997)
On concerns that a future Universal House of Justice might not recognize the next Manifestation of God.
Keywords: Future Manifestations of God; Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Persecution; Universal House of Justice

Recollection of Visits with 'Abdul-Baha - Dodge,William Copeland (1959)
Travels in Akka and meetings with Abdu'l-Bahá November 16 - December 4 1901 at his house in Akka, and in 1912 in New York, recounted by the son of Arthur Pillsbury Dodge.
Transcript, and audio recording with a prayer and extra 1 minute at beginning, online at bahaitalks.blogspot.ca/2013/08/my-visits-with-abdul-bha-in-1901-1912.html.

Recollections of Muriel Handley - Handley,Muriel; Handley,John (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Personal history of an early Bahá'í life in Australia.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Biography

Recollections of Pilgrimage: Nine Days with the Guardian in 1957 - Washington,Bill (2014)
Lengthy account of 9 days in the Holy Land. Appendixes include list of items in the Archives, stories told by other pilgrims, and discussion of the Ten-Year Plan.
Shared by author for posting here, shortly before his passing. Some minor edits, as suggested by a review panel of the NSA of Australia, were made in September 2016.
Keywords: Archives; Pilgrims notes; Plans

Reconciling the Other: The Bahá'í Faith in America as a Successful Synthesis of Christianity and Islam - Lee,Anthony (1995)
Although many ordinary Bahá'ís are unaware of their religion's Islamic roots, seeing it instead as the fulfilment of Christianity, we may regard the Bahá'í Faith in America as a successful synthesis, harmonizing Christianity and Islam.
Paper submitted for the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region, March 30-April 1, 1995, "Islamic Studies" section.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; United States (documents)

Reconsidering the Civil Rights Era in the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Thomas,June Manning (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2022)
On principles of racial prejudice and 1960s South Carolina, including the fallacy of racial prejudice, the need to judge people by their moral character rather than their race, and the responsibilities of different races toward each other.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue "Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence" [PDF].
Keywords: Human rights; Race; Race unity; Racism; South Carolina, USA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá

Reconstructing Ridvan - Velasco,Ismael (Baha'i Journal (UK), 2002)
Brief historical overview of an event about which the Guardian said the circumstances are "shrouded in an obscurity which future historians will find it difficult to penetrate."
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Declaration of; Iraq; Ridván; Ridván garden (Najibiyyih garden, Baghdad)

Reconstructing the Academy - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Brief response to postmodernism in academia and the "Sokal Hoax." Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
On the Sokal Hoax, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

Recovering the Lives of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt - Lee,Anthony (Changing Horizons in African History, 2016)
Reconstructing the lives of four slaves in the Middle East, including Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, servants of The Bab.
Posted by author at academia.edu in Microsoft Word format. Buy online at amazon.com.
Keywords: Biography; Báb, The; Diaspora, African; Fezzeh Khanum; Hájí Mubarak; Iran (documents); Servants; Slavery

Recreating Ourselves in the Image of the Master - Price,Tom (2012)
Program discussing how we can become more like 'Abdu'l-Bahá in our daily lives. Each of the six talks meditates on one quality.
This talk was presented at various summer schools around the world in summer 2012: Florida, Tennessee, Sweden, Scotland, Holland, Denmark, Slovakia, Greece, and Romania. This recording was made at the Tennessee Bahá'í School. Mirrored with permission from global-music.org.

Rectitude of Conduct - Mitchell,Glenford (2006)
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.

Recuerdos de los amigos del Consejero Raúl Pavón Mejía: Padre de la enseñanza a los indígenas en Ecuador - Various (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'í of Ecuador, 2008)
Compendium of stories and testimonies from the many friends who shared life and Faith with this renowned teacher to the indigenous peoples of Ecuador. Includes five pages of poetry, at end.
Posted with permission (personal email, 2021/06/21): "In response to your letter of May 13, 2021, requesting permission to include the digital book Los Recuerdos de los amigos del Consejero Raúl Pavón Mejía in the Bahá’í Library Online, the National Assembly is pleased to authorize the publication of the book. Regarding copyright, this book is a compilation of stories and photos from friends in the community that were requested by the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador through Mr. Ralph Dexter for the 25th anniversary of the passing of Counsellor Pavón. We are attaching a complete version of the book..."
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Ecuador; Raul Pavon

Redefining Resiliency, Resistance, and Oppression: A Case Study of the Bahá'i Underground University in Iran - Missaghi,Kimiya Tahirih (2021)
On the nature of resiliency in a systematically oppressed population; the existence and growth of the Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education exemplify perseverance and resistance under intergenerational pressure; a non-violent approach to seeking justice.
Posted at carleton.ca. M.A. thesis for the dept. of Legal Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Keywords: Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran

Rediscovering the Resources of Religion - Baharuddin,Azizan (The Lab, the Temple, and the Market, 2000)
Islamic perspectives on science and development; peace; experiential processes in religion; the role of metaphysics; the definition of "development."
Mirrored from idrc.ca, where it is also available in HTML format. The complete book is also available for free at Google books.

References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi to the Hidden Words: Introduction - Parvis Brookshaw,Dominic (Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Essay written as introduction to the Compilation on the Hidden Words, both published in BSR 9.
Keywords: Covenant; Interpretation; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Preserved Tablet; Translation; Tree of Life; Ungodly

References to Christ in His Tablet to Pope Pius IX - Bradford,Dianne (1998)
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX); Tablets to kings and rulers

References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - United States Department of State (1991)
Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on discrimination against the Bahá'í Faith and persecution of its adherents in twenty countries.
See also Human Rights Watch World Reports, 1989-2012 (offsite).
Keywords: Albania; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Barbados; Bolivia; Botswana; Bulgaria; Cambodia; Cameroon; Chad; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Djibouti, East Africa; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Ghana; Greece; Guinea; Human rights; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran (documents); Israel; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Laos; Lebanon; Libya; Liechtenstein; Mali; Moldova; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; New Zealand; Niger; Oman; Pakistan; Romania; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Spain; Swaziland; Tajikistan; Tonga; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yemen

References to the Holy Spirit in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá: A Meditational Compilation - Zein,Violetta, compiler (2023)
An aid to prayer and meditation. The Holy Spirit is referred to as an entity, a servant to the Manifestations, an intermediary, an outpouring of the Grace of God, an element of confirmation, the appearance and perfections of God, and many more.
Keywords: Devotion; Holy Spirit; Prayer

Reflections about the Greatest Name of God in the Bahá'í Faith - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (2023)
Two words used in the name of God "Alláh’u’Abhá": Alláh = God and Abhá = glorious; name reversal with the Manifestation, "God of All-Glory" versus "Glory of God."
Keywords: Alláh-u-Abhá; Bahá (word); Greatest Name

Reflections of a Human Spirit in a Male Body - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Includes discussions of the nature of patriarchy, chauvinism, and feminism.
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Gender

Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition - Bahá'í International Community (2021)
A statement to the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development on technological innovation, consultation on technological adoption, and working inclusively between communities and governments.
Mirrored from bic.org. Also available in PDF format. See also "BIC event explores relationships between digital technologies and just societies."
Keywords: Agriculture; Artificial intelligence (AI); BIC statements; Business; Communication; Consultation; Covid-19 (Corona virus); Cultural diversity; Decision making; Economics; Ethics; Inequality; Innovation; Internet; Justice; Knowledge; Materialism; Maturity of humanity; Moderation; Science; Social change; Social justice; Technology; United Nations; Values

Reflections on a Culture of Learning and Growth: Community and Individual Paradigm Shifts: Part A: A Contemporary, Historical, Futuristic and Personal Context - Price,Ron (2008)
The building of the community & administrative structure of this new world Faith was at the core of Bahai programs & policies, goals & game-plans, so to speak, from 1921 to 1996, a period of 75 years, and as far back as the last years of the 19th century.
Part 1: This book, of which this document at BLO is Part A, is 790 pages font 16, and 680 pages font 14. The book has 280 thousand words. It contains reflections and understandings regarding the new Bahá'í culture of learning and growth, what amounts to a paradigmatic shift, in the Baha’i community. This international community found in over 230 countries and territories, as well as an estimated 150 thousand localities, has been going through this shift in its culture since the mid-1990s. This Faith had its origins in mid-19th century Iran with a century of several critical precursors going back to the middle of the 18th century. The new Bahá'í culture or paradigm, which is the focus of this book, has just stuck its head above the ground, so to speak. This new culture of learning and growth will be developing in the decades ahead, arguably, at least until 2044, the end of the second century of the Bahá'í Era(1844 to 2044), and perhaps beyond into that third century of the Bahá'í Era, 2044 to 2144. Time will tell when the next paradigmatic shift will take place in the international Bahá'í community, a community I have now been associated with for more than 60 years: 1953 to 2015. Part 2: Comparisons and contrasts are made to several previous paradigm shifts in the Bahá'í community, as well as the Bábí community, the major precursor community out of which the Bahá'í Faith emerged by degrees from the 1850s to the 1860s. Thoughts on future developments within this paradigm, and future paradigms, are suggested. In the first nine years, 2007 to 2015, of the presence on the internet of this commentary, this book, it has contributed to an extensive dialogue on the issues regarding the many related and inter-related processes involved in the many ongoing changes since 1996 in the international Bahá'í community and its 5 to 8 million adherents. This work is dedicated to the Universal House of Justice, trustee of the global undertaking which the events of more than a century ago set in motion. The fully institutionalized charismatic Force, a Force that historically found its expression in the Person of Bahá'u'lláh, had effloresced by a process of succession, of appointment and election, at the apex of Bahai administration for half a century by the end of April 2013. I have also written this book as a form of dedication to, by some accounts, an estimated 20 thousand Bahá'ís and Babis who have given their lives for this Cause from the 1840s to the second decade of this third millennium. I have also dedicated this book to the many best teachers and exemplary believers--those ordinary Bahais--who have consecrated themselves, indeed their lives by sensible and insensible degrees, each in their own ways, to the work of this Faith. This book has also been written partly in memory of what has come to be recognized as a large and intrepid band of early Bahá’í men and women who blazed a trail for those of us who have followed, and the ever-growing, ever-evolving global Bahá’í community that they helped to “birth.” I am also grateful to have been in the warm embrace of many Bahá'í communities, a heterogeneous mix of people who have often tested me to my limits, and I them, but who taught me a great deal through the chrysalis of social interaction and experience over my more than 60 years of association with this newest, this latest, of the Abrahamic religions. Finally, I have written this work in memory of my maternal grandfather, Alfred Cornfield, whose life from 1872 to 1958 has always been for me a model of an engagement in a quite personal culture of learning and personal growth. Part 3: This book is the longest analysis and commentary on this new Bahá'í paradigm that is currently available in the Bahai community, although several other books, which deal with this new Bahá'í culture to some extent, have appeared since this book was first launched in cyberspace in 2007. The overarching perspective in this book is a quite personal one that attempts to answer the question: "where do I fit into this new paradigm?" Readers are left to work out their own response to this question, as readers inevitably must, now and in the decades ahead, as this new paradigm develops a life of its own within the framework already established in the first two decades of its operation: 1996 to 2015. The question now is not "if" but "how" each Bahá'í will engage themselves, will participate, in this new paradigm as the first century of the Bahá'í Formative Age comes to an end in 2021, and as the years beyond in this third millennium continue to challenge all of humanity in ways we can, at this point, only dimly imagine.
Keywords: Growth; Learning; Ron Price

Reflections on a Culture of Learning and Growth: Community and Individual Paradigm Shifts: Part B: A Contemporary, Historical, Futuristic and Personal Context - Price,Ron (2014)
The building of the community and administrative structure of this new world Faith was at the core of Bahai programs & policies, goals & game-plans, so to speak, from 1921 to 1996, a period of 75 years, & as far back as the last years of the 19th century.
Part 1: This book, of which this document at BLO is Part B, is 790 pages font 16, and 680 pages font-14. The book has about 280 thousand words. It contains reflections and understandings regarding the new Bahá'í culture of learning and growth, what amounts to a paradigmatic shift, in the Baha’i community. This international community found in over 230 countries & territories, as well as some 120 thousand localities has been going through this shift in its culture since the mid-1990s. The Bahá'í Faith claims to be the newest, the latest, of the Abrahamic religions. This Faith had its origins in mid-19th century Iran. But this new Bahá'í culture, or paradigm, has just stuck its head above the ground, so to speak. This particular form of the Bahá'í culture will be developing in the decades ahead, arguably, at least until 2044, the end of the second century of the Bahá'í Era(1844 to 2044), and perhaps beyond into that third century of the Bahá'í Era, 2044 to 2144. Time will tell when the next paradigmatic shift will take place in the international Bahá'í community, a community I have now been associated with for more than 60 years: 1953 to 2015. Comparisons and contrasts are made to several previous paradigm shifts in the Bahá'í community. Thoughts on future developments within this paradigm, and future paradigms, are suggested. In the first nine years, 2007 to 2015, of the presence on the internet of this book, this commentary, it has contributed to an extensive dialogue on the issues regarding the many related and inter-related processes involved in the many ongoing changes since 1996 in the international Bahá'í community and its 5 to 8 million adherents. Part 2: This work is dedicated to the Universal House of Justice, trustee of the global undertaking which the events of more than a century ago set in motion. The fully institutionalized charismatic Force, a Force that historically found its expression in the Person of Bahá'u'lláh, had effloresed by a process of succession, of appointment and election, at the apex of Bahá'í administration for half a century by the end of April 2013. I have also written this book as a form of dedication to, by some accounts, an estimated 20 thousand Bahá'ís and Babis who have given their lives for this Cause from the 1840s to the second decade of this third millennium. I have also dedicated this book to the many best teachers and exemplary believers--those ordinary Bahais--who have consecrated themselves, indeed their lives by sensible and insensible degrees, each in their own ways, to the work of this Faith. I have written this work in memory of my maternal grandfather, Alfred Cornfield, whose life from 1872 to 1958 has always been for me a model of an engagement in a quite personal culture of learning and personal growth. Part 3: This book is the longest analysis and commentary on this new Bahá'í paradigm that is currently available in the Bahai community, although several other books have appeared since this piece of writing first appeared in cyberspace in 2007. The overarching perspective in this book is a personal one that attempts to answer the question: "where do I fit into this new paradigm?" Readers are left to work out their own response to this question as readers inevitably must, now and in the decades ahead, as this new paradigm develops a life of its own within the framework already established in the first two decades of its operation: 1996 to 2015. The question now is not "if" but "how" each Bahá'í will engage themselves, will participate, in this new paradigm as the first century of the Formative Age comes to an end in 2021 and in the years beyond as this third millennium continues to challenge all of humanity. In mid-2015 I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and became unable to continue my work on this book. I leave it to others to take the story beyond the southern winter of 2015
Keywords: Ron Price

Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Claims to Being the Return of Imam Husayn - Velasco,Ismael (2020)
On Imam Husayn in Shi'a Islam, expectations of his return, his place in Bábí theology, and various relationships to the Bábí Faith: ancestral, devotional, initiatory, theophanic, typological, eschatological, and messianic.
Work in progress; will be updated and formatting improved later this year.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'í studies; Bábísm; Genealogy; Imam Husayn; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Prophecies; Return; Shia Islam (Shiism)

Reflections on Climate Change: A Baha'i Response - Duncan,Rod (Interreligious Insight, 2010)
Responses to climate change from members of various religious faiths.
Mirrored from www.interreligiousinsight.org/January2010/January2010.html.
Keywords: Climate change; Environment

Reflections on Human Rights, Moral Development, and the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence - Penn,Michael L. (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
A review some of the most significant developments in human rights law designed to contribute to the advancement of women and the eradication of gender-based violence; insufficient attention has been given to the psycho-spiritual dimensions.
This book is also available for download as a single PDF [2MB]. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Abuse; Compassion; Domestic violence; Ethics; Gender; Human rights; Moral education; Sexual violence; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); United Nations; Women

Reflections on Infallibility - Hatcher,William S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
The progress seen in human history would have been impossible without periodic Revelations. Infallibility is the main source of rationality, preventing humanity from losing itself in superstition, but should not be confused with omniscience or fanaticism.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/133.
Keywords: Infallibility

Reflections on Some Messianic Prophecies in Shaykhi Works - Ioannesyan,Youli A. (Lights of Irfan, 2010)
A Bahá’í interpretation of passages of messianic prophecy in the writings of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kázim.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/ioannesyan_messianic.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Islam; Prophecies; Shaykhism

Reflections on the Art of My Poetry: An Interview of Roger White (1929-1993) - Hatcher,John S., editor (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
A glimpse into the mind of a gifted poet and the struggles that he, like many Bahá'í artists, encountered in responding to Bahá'u'lláh's exhortation that art best serves humanity when it elevates and edifies the soul and its spiritual receptivity.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/205.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Biography; Interviews; John Hatcher; Poetry; Roger White

Reflections on the Bahá'í Peace Program - Danesh,Hossain (2013)
Peace-making, conflict resolution, and the importance of negotiation between opposing parties.
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, December 17, 2013. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il. This file was posted at gulfc.haifa.ac.il as a mono mp3 file streamed by Microsoft Media Server (44kHz, 128kbps). It was captured by Audio Hijack and saved as a downloadable mp3 file (44kHz, 128 kbps).

Reflections on the Challenge of Our Age - Lample,Paul (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2022)
On how Bahá'ís expect to search for truth and build a just and peaceful world through the conscious transformation of the moral order — not by force or coercion but by example, persuasion, and cooperation.
Issue date 2021, published 2022 January. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/398. See also the complete issue "Walking the Mystic Path with Practical Feet". [PDF]
Keywords: Morality; Paul Lample; Peace; Transformation

Reflections on the Epistemological Views of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Sergeev,Mikhail (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2012)
Abdu’l-Bahá explored four sources of knowledge—sensory perception, reason, intuition, and tradition—to examine the importance of scripture, limitations of human knowledge, distinctions between objective and subjective knowledge, and between human/divine.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/154
Keywords: Knowledge; Philosophy; Some Answered Questions (book)

Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age - Universal House of Justice (2023)
Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guardianship, global expansion, community building and development, participation in societal discourse, and construction of the Bahá'í World Centre.
Mirrored from, and online in multiple formats at, bahai.org/library. Also available with added paragraph numbers and references in PDF and Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2023), and also as Epub on bahaiebooks.org. An audio version is available at bahaiblog.net/audio/audio-books-readings. See also Study Guides by E. Michot (2023-12) and E. Bayat (2024-01). See also a pie chart overview of the letter's contents.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Advancement of civilization; Appointed arm; Auxiliary board members; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Bahá'í Faith, Purposes of; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í International Development Organization; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Bahá'í World volumes; Bahá'í schools; Betterment of the world; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Calamities and catastrophes; Capacity building; Centenaries; Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Chronology and timelines; Civilization; Clusters; Community building; Consultation; Counsellors; Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Crisis; Crisis; Decline and renewal of religion; Entry by troops; Expansion; External affairs; Formative Age; Freedom and liberty; Growth; Hands of the Cause, Institution; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Holy Land; Holy places; Holy places; Hope; Huqúqu'lláh; Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP); Institute process; Integration and disintegration; International Teaching Centre; Interpretation; Justice; Knowledge; Learning; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Maturity of humanity; Mount Carmel; Nine Year Plan (2022-2031); Office of Public Discourse; Opposition; Peace; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Pilgrimage; Plans; Prejudice; Principles; Programmes of growth; Promise of World Peace (statement); Protagonists (individuals, communities and institutions); Public discourse (discourses of society); Public discourse (discourses of society); Recognition (legal); Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (letter); Regional Bahá'í Councils; Religion (general); Religion (general); Religion (general); Resilience; Retrospect and prospect; Shoghi Effendi; Social action; Social and economic development; Social change; Society building; Spiritual Assemblies; Spirituality; Spirituality; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; Training Institutes; Transformation; United Nations; Unity; Unity of humanity; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Universal House of Justice, Constitution of

Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh - Hemmat,Amrollah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2021)
Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the larger context of the totality of the Bahá’í Writings, its purpose appears as a guide for spiritual wayfarers to the recognition of the Manifestation of God.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/300. See also the complete issue "Studying the Revealed Word". [PDF]
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Fragrance; Joseph (Prophet); Knowledge; Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Self; Wine (metaphor); Words and phrases

Reflections on the Ridvan 2009 Message - Khan,Peter J. (2009)
The concept of change in religion and in the Bahá’í Faith, and the importance of wholehearted obedience to the Covenant.
Location and context of this talk unknown. Headings presumably added by someone other than the author. New formatting added. See also a discussion of this letter by the US NSA. Mirrored from reflectionsonteachingbahaifaith.blogspot.com/2009/08/reflections-on-ridvan-2009-message-talk.html.
Keywords: Ridvan messages, Comments

Reflections on the Spiritual Dynamics of the Bahá'í Faith - Bausani,Alessandro (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
The spiritual force released by Bahá’u’lláh has the power to change the entire world; he has given us the power both to understand human problems and to correct them; the gathering together of Bahá’ís in prayer will augment these spiritual forces.
This article is posted online at the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive. Permission to cross-post articles given by ABS editor in 1997 and 2000 when I was building the first bahai-studies.ca website.
Keywords: Alessandro Bausani; Ethics; Social action; Spirituality

Reflections on the Structure of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Some - Danesh,Roshan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
While the Kitab-i-Aqdas might seem unstructured, lacking apparent logical or discernible order, there is meaning to be found in its organization — particularly the first 19 paragraphs: the pivotal constructs of Bahá’í spiritual and social teachings.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

Reflections, at the centenary of the Tablets of the Divine Plan - Lample,Paul (2016)
Lengthy discussions on who we are and what we're doing, morality in a the contemporary world, processes of integration and disintegration, and the Faith's future growth, helping place the work of the 2016-2021 Five-Year Plan in historical context.
Title made up for this online posting, not in original.

Réflexions intimes sur le Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Daoust,Pierre (2022)
Un petit recueil de réflexions; une sorte de voyage dans un domaine aux multiples paysages, qui donnera l'envie à d'autres de lire le Kitáb-i-Aqdas et d'être eux aussi touchés par sa profondeur, sa sagesse, et sa beauté.
Keywords: Authority; Freedom and liberty; Justice; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Knowledge; Laws; Peace; Unity; Wisdom

Reforming the Marja` at-Taqlid: The Baha'i Example - Walbridge,Linda (1997)
Shi'i leadership paradigms and the marja` at-taqlid, "clerical exemplar" or "religious guide."
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Shia Islam (Shiism)

Reformist Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Past, Present, and Future - Mahdi,Ali Akbar (2006)
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Centre for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, January 8 2006. Mirrored from http://gulfc.haifa.ac.il/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=31.

Reframing Public Discourse for Peace and Justice - Karlberg,Michael (Forming a Culture of Peace: Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations, Equity, and Justice, 2012)
At this critical juncture in human history, struggles for peace and justice should be understood, in part, as struggles to reframe public discourses according to the recognition of humanity’s increasing global interdependence.
While this article references Bahá'í concepts and cites many Bahá'í sources in the bibliography, it does not directly mention the Faith. Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Justice; Peace; Public discourse (discourses of society)

Regarding Economic Life - Universal House of Justice (2017)
Themes of Bahá'u'lláh's teachings include the reorganization of human society, how to participate in the material affairs of society in a way consistent with divine precepts, and how collective prosperity can be advanced through justice and collaboration.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Economics; Huqúqu'lláh; Justice; Materialism; Moderation; Prosperity

Regarding Jaʻfar-i-Kadhdháb ('Jaʻfar the Liar') - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
One-paragraph passage about the mystical cities Jabulqa and Jabulsa and the truthfulness of a figure, Jaʻfar (connected with the history of the Twelfth Imam).
Mirrored with permission from adibmasumian.com. The original Tablet can be found in Máʼidiy-i-Ásmání, vol. 4, pp. 90–91.
Keywords: Hidden Imam; Imams; Islam; Jabulqa and Jabulsa; Prophecies; Qaim; Shia Islam (Shiism); Twelfth Imam

Regarding the Implementation of the Badi` Calendar - Universal House of Justice (2014)
Message to the Bahá’ís of the world on the updated calendar of Bahá'í holy days. Includes a table of Bahá’í Dates 172 to 221 B.E., and a letter to an individual explaining the date of the astronomical new moon in Islamic and Bahá'í calendars.
Title taken from the "summary of contents" of this letter, as posted at bahai.org. Table below lightly updated by Mike Thomas and also provided in Word format (2021). See many other resources, including an app and online converter, at badi-calendar.com.
Keywords: Badi calendar; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Báb, Birth of; Calendars (general); Gradual implementation of laws; Holy days; Iran (documents); Laws; Naw-Rúz; Tehran, Iran; Twin Holy days

Regional Bahá'í Councils of the United States, Messages to - Universal House of Justice (1997)
In these two short letters, the House of Justice first sends greetings to the newly-formed United States' four Regional Bahá'í Councils, followed by the Councils' vow of firmness.
See also: Characteristics and Functions of Regional Bahá'í Councils, Results of the First Regional Bahá'í Council Election, Establishment of Regional Councils: Introduction, and Establishment of Regional Bahá'í Councils in the United States.
Keywords: Regional Bahá'í Councils; United States (documents)

Registry of Early Canadian Believers - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (1987)
A report on the recent progress in developing the Registry of Early Canadian Believers, 1893-1944, an adjunct project of A Short Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith.
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Author note: Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada

Reincarnation and the Nature and Progress of the Soul - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Buddhism; Death; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Reincarnation; Reincarnation; Research Department, Questions and answers; Return; Silence; Soul

Reincarnation, Rebirth and the Progress of the Soul - Universal House of Justice (1995)
On reincarnation, the Soul and the Concept of “Return,” and The Mind and “Former Life Memories."
The compilation referred to in the document is bahai-library.com/compilation_reincarnation_rebirth. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Buddhism; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Life after death (afterlife); Mind; Psychology; Reincarnation; Research Department, Questions and answers; Return; Soul

Reincarnation, The Return, and the "Cycle of Life" Chart - Getsinger,Edward C. (1916)
The concepts Reincarnation and Return in the context of pilgrims' recollections of the words of 'Abdul-Baha, with tablets translated by Ali Kuli Khan, and on Lua Getsinger's "Spiritual Evolution" chart.
Keywords: Buddhism; Charts; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Pilgrims notes; Reincarnation; Return

Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) - Garcia,David Russell (2022)
Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en sociale principes; heilige oorlog en vechten; redenen achter de reputatie van de islam als een oorlogsreligie; apocalypse.
Voor meer over jinn, zie On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' by Abdu'l-Bahá (provisional translation, 2019). See also English original.
Keywords: Adam and Eve; Angels; Bible; Book of Enoch; Christianity; Civilization; Clouds; Context, Taking verses out of; Creation; Culture, Western; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Dead Sea scrolls; Decline and renewal of religion; Devil (Satan); E-books; Encouragement; Evil; Food; Forgiveness; Free will; God, Fear of; God, Mercy and compassion of; God, Will of; Heaven and hell; Hinduism; Human rights; Independent investigation of truth; Interfaith dialogue; Intermediary realm; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jihad (Holy war); Jinn (genie); Judaism; Justice; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Love; Mary (Mother of Jesus Christ); Metaphors and allegories; Miracles; Muhammad (Prophet); Non-violence; Peace; Philosophy; Plato; Polygamy; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Prophets; Purity; Quran; Renaissance; Resurrection; Return; Reward and punishment; Science; Signs; Sin; Soul; Tests and difficulties; Trinity; Two seas; Ungodly; Unity of religion; Violence

Rejoinder to Ata Arjomand - Ekbal,Kamran (Iran Nameh, 2014)
[article in Persian]
Needs abstract: please contact me if you know Persian and can offer a summary of this essay. With permission of author, mirrored from issuu.com/nameh.

Relating the Faith to Current Issues - Khan,Peter J. (1986)
Short essay outlining an approach to relate the teachings to current thoughts and problems of humanity.
The article was printed in a variety of publications, including Glory, vol. 20, no. 3, 1987. This version was scanned from a photocopy dated 27 May 1986.
Keywords: Calamities and catastrophes; Democracy; Government; Peter Khan; Politics; Public discourse (discourses of society); Social issues; Terrorism

Relationship Between Science and Religion - Hatcher,William S. (2003)
Fireside in St. Petersburg.
Posted to Youtube by william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Science

Relationship between two statements of Bahá'u'lláh regarding the calculation of Ḥuqúqu'lláh - Universal House of Justice (2019)
About the relationship between paragraph 97 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (fraction) and “Questions and Answers”, number 8 (minimum threshold).
See also the original letter (recipient's name removed): uhj_huququllah_fraction_threshold.pdf.
Keywords: Huqúqu'lláh; Laws; Questions and answers

Relationship to Government - Author unknown, compiler (Baha'i World, 1986)
Three short sections: Loyalty to the government, the Bahá'í view of pacifism, and the Guardian's instructions regarding military service.
See Bahá'í World volume 18 table of contents.
Keywords: Government; Military; Obedience; Pacifism

Relativism and the Bahá'í Writings - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
A strident rejection of the philosophical concept of relativism as being incompatible with a Bahá’í perspective, and a critique of Momen's 'Relativism' article on that basis.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #79, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 11-14, 2007). Also presented at the 31st ABS conference, see abstract and program. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/79/kluge_relativism.
Keywords: Dualism; Interfaith dialogue; Irfan Colloquia; Monism; Philosophy; Relativism

Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics - Momen,Moojan (Studies in Honor of the Late Husayn M. Balyuzi: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1988)
"Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religions.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Cosmology; Dualism; God, Worlds of; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Metaphysics; Monism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Buddhist; Philosophy, Hindu; Philosophy, Islamic; Relativism; Relativity of religious truth; Speculation; Sufism; Theology