- Manooher Mofidi. 'Abdu'l Bahá's Tablet of the Two Calls: Civilizing Barbarity (2005). The relatioship between civilization and barbarity, and the capabilities of humanity.
- Elham Afnan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ezra Pound's Circle (1994). On the 1911 meeting between Ezra Pound, the famous American modernist poet, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá; links between the Bahá'í Faith and a number of important avant-garde circles in the West.
- Suheil Badi Bushrui. Age of Anxiety and the Century of Light, The: Twentieth-Century Literature, the Poet's Mission, and the Vision of World Unity (2003). W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Kahlil Gibran were writers who recognized and confronted the spiritual and intellectual crisis of their time. The mission of the poet is to bear witness, maintain the integrity of language, and express truths.
- Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani. Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh (2018). On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment as a prerequisite for attainment unto the Divine Presence. Includes translation of a Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh.
- Shirin Sabri. Author's Response to Commentaries on "The Purpose of Poetry" (1989-1990).
- Lavie Tidhar. Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction, The (2004-01). Contacts between Sci-Fi and Bahá'í have so far been minimal, but the origins of these two seemingly-disparate groups are shared by Western influences of the Enlightenment, urbanization, industrialization, Modernism, and the world of mass consumption.
- Lavie Tidhar. Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction, The (2005). Short essay published in a "speculative fiction e-zine."
- Anjam Khursheed. Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit (1998). The Bahá'í view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these three elements exist both in the Semitic religions and in the Far Eastern ones; Western dualist and Eastern monist traditions are in fact all tripartite.
- Ehud Maimon. Bridge over Troubled Waters: The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories (2012-01-23). Brief mentions of the temple of the Bab and the terraces, and the place of Haifa and Mt. Carmel in some contemporary Israeli fiction. Includes photos.
- Geoffrey Nash. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry? (1981). The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Bahá'í poetry; the use of profane imagery.
- Jack McLean. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (2012). Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of Hegel; the military metaphor; the language of interpretation; history of the apostolic age.
- Jack McLean. Characterization in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi: With Special Attention to Yahya (2000). The Guardian employed a creative literary device of adding moralistic comment about historical figures, such as kings and clerics, casting them as "heroes" or "villains." Mirza Yahya is depicted with aspects of the demonic.
- Michael Fitzgerald, ed. Creative Circle, The: Art, Literature, and Music in Baha'i Perspective (1989). Essays on the arts including poetry, music, film, etc. and their role in the Bahá'í community.
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Creative Circle: Art, Literature and Music in the Bahá'í Perspective, ed. Michael Fitzgerald: Review (1989-1990).
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
- Ted Slavin. Dichotomies of Charles Dickens still hold true today, The (2011-02-19). On the state of the present-day world, which swings between the extremes of unprecedented achievements and unimaginable horrors.
- Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer and meditation; a paradigm of spirituality and life tests; spiritual anthropology — the self and the soul; imagination; faith, love, and knowledge.
- Ron Price. Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White (2002). A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Bahá'í Faith.
- William F. McCants and John Walbridge et al. Richard C. Martin, ed. Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World (2004). Articles on Abdu'l-Bahá, the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian language and literature, Shaykhism, and Twelver Shi'ism.
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjective stories, between art as the representation of reality and faith based on the Word of God. We inherited a responsibility to resolve this tension.
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Four Levels of Detachment in Doris Lessing's Shikasta,, The (2004). The concept of detachment in Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings and its application to Doris Lessing’s Sufi-inspired novel, Shikasta; the reciprocal relation between detachment and attachment and service to the new prophet.
- Tom Lysaght. Genesis in King Lear: Joseph's Many-Colored Coat Suits Shakespeare (2019). Creative comparison of the biblical figure of Joseph and the character of Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear, in light of the Báb’s and Bahá'u'lláh's Writings.
- Elham Afnan. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature (1989). The Bahá'í Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopian visions of progress from 19th-century literature and dystopian visions of 20th-century fiction, disillusioned by war and social and economic disasters.
- Ross Woodman. "Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature,: Commentary (1989).
- Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. The bridegroom, Bahá'ulláh, enters union as the marriage of the Manifestation with the Maid of Heaven, who releases the Logos and the newly created soul.
- Annemarie Schimmel. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith (1990). One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed views on the the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in his dissertation "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia" and his poetical magnum opus the Javidnama.
- Todd Lawson. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses (2015). Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their resolution; relation between form and content; prominence of epiphany; manifestation, advent and apocalypse; and the theme of heroism, reading and identity.
- Greg Massiah. Kafka's spiritual dimension (1996). The metaphysical significance of Franz Kafka's work is often overlooked. An exploration of religion and spirituality in three of his best-known short stories: The Judgment, In the Penal Colony, and Before the Law.
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Jack McLean. Literary Criticism, Theology and Deconstructionism (2001). A dynamic tension exists between literary criticism and theology as distinct but mutually beneficial forms of discourse, which can enrich Bahá'í Studies by deepening exegesis and by correlating Bahá'í teachings with progressive movements.
- E. G. Browne. Literary History of Persia: Volumes 1-4 (1902). The essential text for students of Iranian literature through the ages.
- E. G. Browne. Literary History of Persia, Volume 4: Modern Times (1500-1924) (1928/1959). Volume 4 contains the first extensive catalogue of Bábí and Bahá'í literature published in English. To this day, the four-volume set is an essential text for students of Iranian literature.
- Glenford Mitchell. Literature of Interpretation, The: Notes on the English Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1972-73 Winter). The influence of the writings of Shoghi Effendi on the Bahá'í Faith is analogous to that of St. Augustine on Christianity, but infinitely more so. Includes discussion of the nature of exegesis, the Guardianship, and the scope of history.
- E. G. Browne. Literature of Persia, The: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society (1912-04-26). A selection of Persian poetry, featuring poems by Nabil, Tahirih, and Bábí martyrs.
- Edwin McCloughan. Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry (2002). A Bahá'í response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned by historical circumstances and has therefore little relevance for a contemporary reader.
- William S. Hatcher. Love, Power, and Justice (1999). The pursuit and abuse of power are moral choices for which there is no moral justification.
- Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the Word as the originating power of creation.
- E. S. Stevens. Mountain of God, The (1911/1970). Book excerpts, sympathetic portrayal by a non-Bahá'í of Abdu'l-Bahá and the small band of Bahá’ís who lived in Haifa and 'Akká early in 20th Century.
- Jack McLean. Mystic's Flight, The: The Parable of Majnún and Laylí (2001-07). This classic love tale of the Middle East, quoted by Bahá'u'lláh in the Seven Valleys, is prized by Sufi mystics as a spiritual allegory of the soul's search for union with God. A literary-critical analysis of the text yields theological clues.
- Necati Alkan. Nazif, Suleyman (2021). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Robert Weinberg. New Cycle of Human Power, A: Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists (2021-01). On the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a number of individuals who were at the cultural vanguard of a society undergoing rapid, radical change.
- Marzieh Gail. Notes on Persian Love Poems (1968 Spring). A short history of Persian poetry. Includes a selection of poems by Hafiz, Rumi, Ali-Kuli Khan, and others, many related to the Bahá'í Faith or quoted by Bahá'u'lláh or Abdu'l-Bahá, and one written for Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions; relevance to the performing arts; and the concept of refinement which comes across in both the person and the writings of the Báb.
- John Huddleston. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review (1988). 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political theory, Arthur Koestler and Aldous Huxley, and the future of humanity. Includes review of Jon Winokur's The Portable Curmudgeon, by Robert Ballenger.
- Robert E. Hayden and Douglas Ruhe et al. Place of Poetry in Religion and Society, The: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe (2014). Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Douglas Ruhe in 1975 on the future of poetry, transcendence, American destiny, important American poets, the Library of Congress, and Bahá'í spirituality.
- Mary A. Sobhani. Postsecular Look at the Reading Motif in Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's The Woman Who Read Too Much, A (2015). Nakhjavani’s historical novel includes metaphors that underscore a link between the secular and the sacred through the material and metaphysical act of reading; cf. McClure’s Partial Faiths: Postsecular Fiction in the Age of Pynchon and Morrison.
- Shirin Sabri. Purpose of Poetry, The (1988). Justifications for the work of contemporary artists; now is the time for Bahá’ís to work towards the flowering of civilization, using art as a unifying force to create links of understanding; poetry provides a means of approaching spiritual reality.
- David L. Erickson. "Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary (1989).
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The (1934). Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Bábí history authored by Nabil-i-A'zam.
- John S. Hatcher, ed. Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom (2004-06). Poetry by or in honor of early Bábí and Bahá'í martyrs. Includes foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, and discussion of the concept of martyrdom, cultural issues, and history of persecutions.
- Marion Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The (1989). The unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Táhirih at the conference of Badasht in 1848, announces a long-awaited coming of age or psychic integration.
- Carolyn See. Saddlebag, The: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2000-09-15).
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Saddlebag: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2002).
- Frank Lewis. Scripture as Literature: Sifting through the layers of the text (1997). Literary and religious antecedents to some of the styles and genres of Bahá'í scripture.
- William Michael Rossetti. Shelly's Life and Writings (1878 March). Brief overview of the Bábí Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of Islam," a poem in twelve cantos composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817.
- Nobel Augusto Perdu Honeyman and Ismael Velasco. Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation (2004). On the technical and literary features of Shoghi Effendi's translations of Bahá'í scriptures: translation vocabulary; interpretation; features of his 'neo-classical' English used to elevate the text.
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Spiritual Oppression in Frankenstein (1999). Comparing Shelley’s depiction of a spiritual malaise in Frankenstein with Bahá’u’lláh’s definition in the Kitáb-i-Íqán of the oppression experienced at the end of a reigning spiritual dispensation by the soul who seeks God but does not know where to look.
- Cal E. Rollins. Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God (1989). Stevens’s novel records impressions of the Bahá'í community in ‘Akká and Haifa in 1911. The two main characters are moving through an "individuation process" which could lead them to the Bahá'í Faith. Jungian literary criticism explains the symbolism.
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Text, Author, Reader and the Relationship with the Sacred (2008). A preliminary survey of how the relationship between sacred scripture, its reader, and the author — the Manifestation of God — originates and develops, in the light of critical theory.
- Jack McLean. "The Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary (1989).
- Mary A. Sobhani. The Woman Who Read Too Much: A Novel, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2018).
- Horace Holley. The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1922-08). On the creative nature of literature; the writings of Shakespeare; Bahá'u'lláh as author; the influence of the Divine shines through the writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
- Jack McLean. Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections (1999). 85 literary and theological existential essays on topics such as poetry, scripture, philosophy, spirituality, love, detachment, mysticism, joy, death, and theology.
- Frank Lewis. Unveiling the Hidden Words, by Diana Malouf: An Extended Review (1998). Book review, and a commentary on the need for Bahá'í academia aimed at a secular audience, and the possibility of updating the Guardian's translations when English evolves in the future.
- Marzieh Gail and Hilda Phillips. Wisdom and Wit of Roger White, The: Two Reviews (1987). Reviews of White's books One Bird One Cage One Flight and A Sudden Music.
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