- Abdu'l-Bahá. Elizabeth Fraser Chamberlain, comp. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy (1918). — An early collection of writings and talks of Abdu'l-Baha.
- Wendi Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels (2012). — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
- Keven Brown. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Darwinism: Its Historical and Philosophical Context (2001). — Editor's foreword to the collection of articles Evolution and Baha'i Belief.
- Keven Brown. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence (2001). — Includes provisional translation of Tablet on the Unity of Existence.
- Iraj Ghanooni. Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage (2022). — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
- Rodney H. Clarken. Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness (1997). — Baha’u’llah’s ideas of poverty as detachment, and nothingness as selflessness. Cites some comm...
- William S. Hatcher. Achieving Planetary Consciousness: Reality, Reason, and Revelation (2008). — The importance of understanding the world in terms of both linearity and non-linearity; the need to ...
- Rick Johnson. Active Force and That Which Is Its Recipient, The: A Bahá'í View of Creativity (2017). — On creativity and the pervasive nature of this concept in Baha’i thought. The universe is coded to...
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke (2004). — The life and ideas of the leading African-American intellectual Alain Locke and his involvement with...
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke: 'Race Amity' and the Bahá'í Faith (2007). — Presentation in slide format about the "First Black Rhodes Scholar."
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke: Bahá'í Principles and the Salvation of Democracy (2007). — Long presentation in slide format on the history and influence of Alain Locke.
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke: Baha'i Philosopher (2001). — Biography of one of the important African American intellectuals and his impact on American thought ...
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy (2005). — The importance of Alain Locke (1885-1954), the 'Dean' of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934), and an ...
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke and Cultural Pluralism (2004). — The worldview of the African American thinker Alain Locke as a Baha'i, his secular perspective as a ...
- Alain Locke materials: index to some documents online (2010). — List of the various documents at the Baha'i Library Online by or about Alain Locke, an American writ...
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke's Philosophy of Democracy (2015). — For Locke, democracy was more than its narrow political definition, but multidimensional, encompassi...
- Derik Smith. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck: Review (2008).
- William P. Collins and Anthony Fitchue et al. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck: Reviews (2006). — Three reviews of the book <a href="/buck_locke_faith_philosophy">Alain Locke: Faith and Philos...
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá'í Pluralist: 94th Annual Commemoration of 'Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Visit to Howard University (2006). — Available both as audio and PDF, and includes press release.
- Christopher Buck and Alain Locke. Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Baha'i Pluralist: includes Alain Locke in his Own Words: Three Essays and a poem (2005). — Article by Buck, poem "The Moon Maiden" and three essays by Locke introduced by Buck: "The Gospel fo...
- Christopher Buck. Anatomy of Figuration, The: Maimonides' Exegesis of Natural Convulsions in Apocalyptic Texts (Guide II.29) (2020). — Insights of medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides on figurative language and symbolic exegesis in h...
- Vahid Brown. Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization (2006). — The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in ...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Answered Questions, Some (2014). — 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Baha in ‘Akka between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions ...
- Ian Kluge. Answered Questions, Some: A Philosophical Perspective (2009). — Philosophical foundations of the Baha’i teachings, including ontology, theology, epistemology, phi...
- Brett Zamir, comp. Answered Questions, Some: Study Outline (2002).
- Nader Saiedi. Antinomies of Reason and the Theology of Revelation: Some Preliminary Thoughts (1998). — A thesis of Progressive Revelation offers a solution to the fundamental antinomies of philosophical ...
- Erfan Sabeti. Approach of Abdu'l-Baha to the Problem of Tolerance, The (2003). — Exploring the differences between forbearance, indifference, acceptance, turning away, freedom, and ...
- Ross Woodman. Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review (1994).
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
- Jordi Vallverdu Segura and Josuke Nakano. Architectures of Thinking, The (2022). — Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships betw...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Arguments for the Existence of God in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings (2014). — On the basic typology of philosophical arguments for the existence of God; classical vs contemporary...
- Ian Kluge. Aristotelian Substratum of the Bahá'í Writings, The (2003). — There is a pervasive and far-reaching congruence of Aristotle and the Baha’i Writings. This Aristo...
- Ismael Velasco. Art of Sacred Reading, The: In Search of a Bahá'í Approach (2006). — Embracing paradox: the experience of contradiction and the logic of reconciliation; "Loving sympathy...
- Todd Smith and Michael Karlberg. Articulating a Consultative Epistemology: Toward a Reconciliation of Truth and Relativism (2009). — Epistemology has a perennial tension between two contrasting approaches to knowledge: the search for...
- Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. Auguste Forel: His Life and Enlightment (1976). — Overview of Forel's life and his connections with the Baha'i Faith.
- Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
- Dianne Bradford and Fiona Missaghian et al. Jonah Winters, comp. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin (2004). — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Ethics in Light of Scripture, by Udo Schaefer: Review (2015).
- Bahá'í Faith and Marxism: Proceedings of a Conference held January 1986 (1987). — Topics include Marxism and human nature, society and social change, just government, and Marxism yes...
- Peter Terry. Bahá'í Hermeneutics: An Academic and Primary Source Inquiry (2009). — An exploration of the practice of scriptural interpretation by contrasting the "normative" approache...
- Jack McLean. Bahá'í Life and Existentialism (2008). — The role of passion in the search for truth; existence and essence in living-in-the-world; epiphany ...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Ontology, Part One: An Initial Reconnaissance (2005). — An initial survey and explication of the ontology implicit in the Baha'i Writings, particularly rega...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Ontology, Part Two: Further Explorations (2006). — A further exploration of Baha'i ontology: becoming and change; substance, soul, and identity; the na...
- Keven Brown. Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter, A (1990). — The origin of matter is spiritual. Science sees that, at its most fundamental level, reality is not ...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature, The (2017). — How the essential reality of the individual — the human soul and its powers of rational thought, w...
- Dann J. May. Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism (1993). — A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic...
- Rodney H. Clarken. Baha'i Principles of Education: Categorization of and Commentary on Extracts from Baha'i Education (1998). — Compilation and categorization of, and commentary on, extracts from the Writings on the topic of edu...
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Ernie Jones, comp. Bahá'í Teachings on The Universe (2017). — Compilation of writings related to the cosmos, the worlds of God, and spiritual evolution.
- Bahman Nadimi. Bahá'í View on Biological Evolution: Exploring Bahá'í Perspectives on the Intersection of Theology and Science (2023). — Intersection of theology and science; philosophers of the past; 'Abdu’l-Baha's and Shoghi Effendi'...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Writings and Kant's "Perpetual Peace", The (2012). — Kant's Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795) outlined practical steps necessary to end war ...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Writings and the Buddhist Doctrine of Emptiness, The: An Initial Survey (2019). — Agreements and convergence of the Buddhist concept of sunyata with the Baha'i Writings.
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Writings, Philosophy and Environment (2009). — Philosophy is one of the most under-utilized resources in the quest for an improved psycho-spiritual...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Writings, The: A Meta-ethical Excursion (2014). — Philosophical examination of the Writings' ethical teachings, how they relate to the major ethical s...
- Francis Henry Skrine. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds (1912). — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
- Nader Saiedi. Baha'u'llah and Human Nobility (2015). — Perspectives on the concept of nobility, from Zoroaster to Max Weber and Nietzsche; Rousseau to Baha...
- Joshua Hall. Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna (2022). — Comparison of the teachings of Baha’u’llah on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna;...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Bahá'u'lláh's (2008). — Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Baha’u’lla...
- Daniel Azim Pschaida. Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity (2022). — On the originality and deep coherence of this prayer as expressed by its rhyme, alliterations, and s...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Mehran Ghassempour, trans. Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas: Tablet of the Right of the People, Provisional Translation (2007). — A tablet on the metaphorical character of this world.
- Andrew R. Hatala. Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Developmental Psychology: Toward a Conception of Spiritual Development (2011). — Through the lens of the Seven Valleys, this paper creates a dialogue between theories of development...
- Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
- Roland Faber. Bahá'u'lláh and the Luminous Mind: Bahá'í Gloss on a Buddhist Puzzle (2017). — Non-duality is of central importance to Buddhist thought and experience; on monism and non-dualism a...
- Udo Schaefer. Balance hath been Appointed, The: Some Thoughts on the Publication of the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1993). — Significances of the Aqdas and the possible impact of its publication (1992) upon its Western audien...
- Arash Abizadeh. Because Baha'u'llah said so: Dealing with a non-starter in moral reasoning (1995). — Discusses a popular but misleading versus more philosophically responsible approaches to revelation.
- Vahid Brown. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony (2002). — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
- Michael F. Kalinowski and Daniel C. Jordan. Being and Becoming: The ANISA Theory of Development (1973). — To provide children with experience and knowledge, enabling them to direct their own spiritual evolu...
- Vargha Taefi. Beyond Welfare: A Preliminary Bahá'í Normative Framework for Economic Rights and Responsibilities (2022). — The conceptual underpinnings of a Baha’i approach to economic growth and disparity, mapped onto an...
- Nader Saiedi. Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab (2010). — A talk on an invited topic (the origin of humankind) from a scholar known for his unique familiarity...
- Nader Saiedi. Birth of the Human Being, The: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity (2011). — We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. T...
- Anjam Khursheed. Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit (1998). — The Baha'i view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these thre...
- Keven Brown. Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings (1990). — Neoplatonic concepts in Baha'i metaphysics.
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Brothers and Sisters: Buddhism in the Family of Chinese Religion (2000). — The endurance of Confucianism for 2,000 years is partly because Buddhism and Taoism were content to ...
- Daniel Conner. Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith (1971). — Brief summary of the history and thought of Buddhism; commonalities with Western concepts; different...
- Ian Kluge. Pierre Spierckel, trans. Buddhism and the Bahá'í Writings: An Ontological Rapprochement (2007). — The Baha'i Faith and Buddhism are two different and apparently incompatible religions, but they shar...
- Nozomu Sonda. Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education (2007). — Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Baha'i perspective on moral educ...
- Necati Alkan. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95 (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
- Ian Kluge. Call into Being: Introduction to a Bahá'í Existentialism (2003). — An existential approach to the Writings and their Aristotelian substratum provides a bridge between ...
- William S. Hatcher. Causality and Duality (2008).
- William S. Hatcher. Causality Principle in the World of Being, The (2008).
- 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...
- Harlan Carl Scheffler. Challenge: Helping Our Children Find Meaning and Purpose (2006). — Part one of the book The Quest.
- Kow Mei Kao. Chinese Religions: Evolution, Compatibility and Adaptability - A Historical Perspective (2000). — Case study of the history of Chinese civilization through the formation of the three major religions...
- Peter Terry. Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá'u'lláh, Some (2000). — An attempt to discover the antecedents of Baha’u’llah's distinctive chronology of ancient associ...
- Rhett Diessner. Cognitive-Developmental Psychology and the Baha'i Faith: Meaningful Connections (1995). — Some major concepts shared by Baha'is and adherents of cognitive-developmentalism; avenues of commun...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di) (1996).
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Moojan Momen, trans. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition (1985). — Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Baha when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms ...
- Albert Cheung. Common Teachings from Chinese Culture and the Bahá'í Faith: From Material Civilization to Spiritual Civilization (2000). — An examination of the similarities in belief between the Baha'i Faith and traditional Chinese cultur...
- Jonah Winters. Communicative Interaction: Relating Habermasian Universalism to Baha'i Consultation (1996). — The philosophy of Jurgen Habermas has been influential in formulating definitions of morality. These...
- Diane Robinson Kerr. Comparison of God and Soul Concepts from a Bahá'í and Hindu Point of View: Conceptions and Experiences of the Afterlife (2014). — Common ground between Hinduism’s Brahman and the Baha'i conception of God, and the complex underst...
- Dianne Bradford. Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (1998). — Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philo...
- Ali K. Merchant. Compassion or Karuna as Understood in the Bahá'í Religion (2001). — A brief overview of the meaning of ethics and the divine origin of compassion.
- Ehsan Bayat, comp. Compilation on the "Inner Reality" (2008).
- Juan Cole. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The (1982). — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Concept of Nature in Baha'i Philosophy, The (2014). — Philosophies of nature and of science; holistic approach to reality; subjectivity; the theory of int...
- William S. Hatcher. Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). — Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Baha'i World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," ...
- Amrollah Hemmat. Concept of the Manifestation of God in Chinese Symbolism: An Inter-civilizational Hermeneutic Study (2016). — Seemingly incompatible symbols can point to a common underlying meaning, connecting worldviews and p...
- Ismael Velasco. Conceptualising Moral Values: A Metaphysical, Ethical and Empirical Dialogue with Schaefer's Moral Philosophy (2012). — On a framework for a moral philosophy that integrates three areas of contemporary discourse: meta-et...
- Jack McLean. Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light (2022). — Philosophical essays; recollections of 'Abdu'l-Baha by Laura Dreyfus Barney, Curtis Kelsey, and othe...
- Moojan Momen. Cosmogony and Cosmology (1993). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Ismael Velasco. Counter-Intuition: A Manifestation of God in a Human Body? (2009). — Many leaders and gurus betray us as false prophets; it is difficult to understand how a fellow human...
- Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
- Julio Savi. Criteria of Knowledge, The: Beyond Inspiration (2014). — On the epistemology of inspiration and intuition; 4 criteria of human knowledge: sense perception, i...
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Arash Abizadeh. Democratic Elections without Campaigns? Normative Foundations of National Baha'i Elections (2005). — Article on the philosophical foundations and core values of Baha’i elections, with particular atte...
- Julio Savi. Destiny and Freedom in the Bahá'í Writings (2010). — Baha'i writings on human free will and fate: our lives are free, yet also regulated by the decrees o...
- Muhammad Iqbal. Development of Metaphysics in Persia, The: A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy (1908). — Short philosophical observations on the theology of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- Jenna Cellini. Development of Precast Exposed Aggregate Concrete Cladding, The: The Legacy of John J. Earley and the Implications for Preservation Philosophy (2008). — Architectural use of concrete and different concrete types, with many references to the Baha'i templ...
- Theo A. Cope. Dialogue Among Civilizations: Ancient and Future, Transitions and Potentials (2001). — Many ideas in Chinese civilization resonate with Baha'i thought. The I Ching highlights differences ...
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Dialogue between Yin-Yang Concepts and the Bahá'í Faith, The (2001). — Yin-yang, a pivotal theory in Chinese thought influencing government, architecture, relationships, a...
- 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...
- Julio Savi. Dimensions of Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review (1995).
- Michael Sabet. Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals in the Bahá'í Writings: Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse (2023). — Baha'i exegesis can discern a framework governing the treatment of animals and our relationship to t...
- Ali Murad Davudi. Vargha Taefi, trans. Discourse on Bahá'í Theology, A: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation (2021). — Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed...
- Michael Karlberg. Discourse, Identity, and Global Citizenship (2008). — What does it mean to be a "global citizen"? From early Greek times, the concept of citizenship expan...
- Frank Lewis. Discourses of Knowledge (2004). — Many statements in the Writings are couched in terms of a particular discourse, or intellectual trad...
- Bahman Nadimi. Do the Bahá'í Writings on Evolution Allow for Mutation of Species within Kingdoms but not across Kingdoms? (2004). — This paper explores the possibility that Baha'i writings on evolution allows for mutation of species...
- Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. Effect of Philosophical and Linguistic Gender Biases on the Degradation of Women's Status in Religion, The (1997). — Women’s rights have been undermined for centuries; philosophical and linguistic gender-related bia...
- William S. Hatcher. Elements of a Bahá'í-Inspired Natural Theology (2008).
- James B. Thomas. Elements of Immortality: A Nexus of Proofs by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions (2009). — This paper approaches the mystery of immortality in four steps that are based on objective reasoni...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Emergence, Enchantment, Entanglement and Excellence of the Cosmos (2008). — Science is gradually revealing Baha'u'llah's vision that the universe is God’s creation and every ...
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Ross Woodman. End of the World: Whatever Happened?, The: Or Leftover Time to Kill (1991). — If we contrast the eschatology of Baha’u’llah with that of Hegel and Nietzsche, we can locate an...
- William S. Hatcher. Epilogue on Neo-Darwinian Theory (2008). — Contains no mention of Baha'i Faith.
- William S. Hatcher. Epistemological Implications of the Gradated Claims to Divine Authority in the Bahá'í Writings: Reflections on Infallibility (2007). — There are different levels of infallibility, from the greater (the Manifestations who are "omniscien...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Epistemological Views of 'Abdu'l-Baha (2009). — A comprehensive reconstruction of Abdu’l-Baha's epistemological views that are scattered throughou...
- Ian Kluge. Ernst Bloch's Philosophy of Hope and the Bahá'í Writings (2012). — This Marxist thinker, like the Baha'i perspective, adheres to an evolutionary worldview: reality is ...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Essence of Man, The: Towards a Bahá'í Understanding of Human Nature and Psychology (2011). — Commentary on a section from Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mirza Hadi, about "the essence of man." This pa...
- Julio Savi. Eternal Quest for God: An Introduction to the Divine Philosophy of Abdu'l-Baha (1989). — A philosophical theology based on the Baha'i writings.
- William S. Hatcher. Eternal Quest For God, The, by Julio Savi: Review (1992).
- Keven Brown, ed. Evolution and Bahá'í Belief: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Nineteenth-Century Darwinism (2001). — Includes Eberhard von Kitzing's "Origin of Complex Order in Biology: `Abdu'l-Baha's concept of the o...
- Tony Michel. "Evolution of Reality,: Commentary (1991).
- Rafie Mavaddat. Evolutionary Pathways in an Unfolding Universe (2009). — History of events that have transformed primordial matter into present-day complex systems and the e...
- Chris Jones Kavelin. Examination of the Environmental Crisis (2001). — With a specific focus on the balance between the instrumental and intrinsic value of nature from a B...
- Báb, The. Keven Brown, trans. Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih (2001). — On effulgences, essence, and unity of existence.
- Theo A. Cope. Firm Cord of Servitude, The (2001). — A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Baha'i Teachings ...
- Frank Lewis. "First we speak of logical proofs': Discourse of knowledge in the Bahá'í writings (2001). — Recovering the intellectual context of particular discourses in the Baha'i writings can help to eval...
- Ian Kluge. Freedom and the Bahá'í Writings (2018). — Baha'i philosophy is based on principles of reason and non-contradiction. It is coherent because its...
- Amin E. Egea. Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat (2009). — A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
- Yeo Yew Hock. Future of Confucianism, The (2000). — The history of Confucianism, its teachings, a critique of its place in the modern world, its future,...
- Moojan Momen. God of Bahá'u'lláh, The (2005). — A close look at the view of God presented in the Writings of Baha’u’llah and analysis of the con...
- Ian Kluge. Grand Narratives and the Bahá'í Writings (2017). — Exploration of Baha'i teachings, inspired by the Guardian's call to "analyse the principles of the F...
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Great Tao, The (1991). — On a philosophy of the ancient Chinese people, a Tao whose eternal spirit has seeped into the very h...
- Keven Brown. Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1997). — History of alchemy, magic, and the hermetic arts, and their reflection in the later teachings of Bah...
- Anjam Khursheed. Hindu Concept of God, The: Unity in Diversity (1997). — The fundamental unity behind Hindu concepts of God and those found in the Semitic traditions, and th...
- Moojan Momen. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). — An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith and to explain the Baha...
- John William Draper. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1864). — A selection of excerpts from the book. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith, but is of interest p...
- Adrian John Davis. Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective (2001). — A study of some of the analogies and differences between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and t...
- William S. Hatcher. Human Nature and Human Society: A Bahá'í Viewpoint (1987). — Introduction to the Baha'i understanding of human beings and social structures.
- Michael L. Penn. Human Nature and Mental Health: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective (2015). — Overview of one research-practitioner’s understanding of the nature of mind from the perspective o...
- Harold Rosen. Human Nature and World Religion: Toward a Bahá'í-Inspired Philosophical Anthropology (2012). — On how the major religions depict human nature, philosophical anthropology, the shared metaphysical ...
- Ali-Akbar Furutan. Human Soul and its Immortality, The (1970). — On the three kinds of spirit — human, animal, vegetable; 9 proofs for the existence of the soul; 1...
- Ali Murad Davudi. Riaz Masrour, trans. Human Station in the Bahá'í Faith: Selected Sections: Philosophy and Knowledge of the Divine (2013). — A collection of talks by the Baha’i teacher and philosopher Dr. A. M. Davúdi on selected philosop...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá'u'llah (2012). — Theology and the language of revelation vs. atheism and scientific discourse, and apophatic "not-kno...
- Matthew Weinberg. Identity, Discourse, and Policy: Reconstructing the Public Sphere (2011). — Through interchange, individuals and their communities define their identities and goals. Life has a...
- Juan Cole. Ideology, Ethics, and Philosophical Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Iran (1989). — Intellectual biography as a discipline assumes that the life and thought of an individual can shed l...
- Universal House of Justice. Individual Rights and Freedoms (1988). — An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Baha'i community,...
- Ismael Velasco. Ineffability in Scripture: A Conversation with 6 Medieval Mystics (2006). — On how the experience of six 13th- and 14th-century Christian mystics was shaped by their language, ...
- Behrooz Sabet. Integrative Approach to Knowledge and Action: A Baha'i Perspective (2000). — A conceptual base for the development of an integrative approach to the study of the Baha'i Faith, b...
- Yeo Yew Hock. Introduction to the Doctrines of Soul and Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, An (1998). — The development of Mahayana and how the Chinese people adopted and adapted it; non-self/enlightenmen...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
- 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 v...
- Todd Lawson. Islam and the Life of the Mind (2005). — History of Islamic philosophy and how it connects to individual Muslims.
- Stanwood Cobb. Islamic Contributions to Civilization (1963). — Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic peopl...
- Yifan Zhang. Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith: Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space (2022). — Comparison of similarities in Baha'i and Jain teachings, especially in non-violence and plurality ac...
- 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 r...
- Vargha Taefi. Just War from the Bahá'í Perspective (2006). — A Baha'i view is that the individual's will is subordinate to society's will. Comparison of this att...
- Filip Boicu. Karlberg's Notion of Consultation and Bahá'í Consultation (Ontological Truths, Knowledge and Ethics) (2022). — Michael Karlberg proposes a "consultative epistemology" as central to the Baha'i methodology for soc...
- Sohrab Kourosh. Kitáb-i-Iqán, The: Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology (2018). — The Kitab-i-Íqan resolves and removes eschatological barriers and establishes the fundamentals of a...
- Jack McLean. Knowledge of God, The: An Essay on Bahá'í Epistemology (1978). — Knowledge of the divine is the beginning of all things. This can come through the investigative facu...
- Udo Schaefer. La conception de l'homme de Bahá'u'lláh (1981).
- Boris Handal. La Cultura Hispano Árabe en Latino América (2004). — The influence of the Hispano-Arab culture in Latin American history, from a linguistic point of view...
- Ian Kluge. Pierre Spierckel, trans. La Raison dans les Ecrits baha'is: Son importance, sa fonction, son usage (2013). — French translation of "Reason and the Baha'i Writings."
- Sim Tze Hong. Language of the Heart, The: Parallels between Chinese and Bahá'í Approaches to the Spiritual Self (1999). — Parallels between Chinese and Confucian thought vs. Baha'i teachings about the spiritual self, the n...
- Roland Faber. Laozi: A Lost Prophet? (2018). — On the Tao Te Ching, or Dao De Jing; the uniqueness of Toaism/Daoism; resonances with and difference...
- Vahid Rafati. Keven Brown, trans. Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients (2002). — Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Lawh-i-Hikmat, Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Wisdom: Towards a Progressive Bahá'í Theology (2006). — The primary focus of Baha'i studies must by on the Writings of the Faith, and the philosophical unde...
- Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946). — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
- Josephina Fallscheer. Richard Grosser, trans. Letter to Frau Alice Schwarz-Solivo of a Talk by Abdu'l-Baha (1933). — On the 'freedom of will', inheritance and instinct.
- Josephina Fallscheer. Steven Phelps, ed. Letter to Mrs. A. Schwarz, Stuttgart (1910). — Philosophic conversations of the Master with a French consular official. The nineteenth letter from ...
- Universal House of Justice. Letters Written on Behalf of the Guardian (2007). — Three questions: Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi; Status of Research Department Memorand...
- Sheila Banani. Life and Times of August Forel, The (2005). — A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social con...
- John S. Hatcher. Life as Metaphor (1986). — What is the moral rationale for physical reality? What is the proper relationship of human beings to...
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Life, Death and Immortality: The Taoist Religion in Singapore and the Bahá'í Faith (1997). — Main features of Taoist practices in Singapore compared with Baha'i which, at first glance, could no...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
- Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020). — Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich sp...
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- William S. Hatcher. Logical Proof of the Existence of God, A (2003).
- Benjamin Olshin. Look at Harmony and Unity as Common Principles in the Confucian System and the Bahá'í Faith, A (2014). — Confucianism and the Baha'i Faith represent complex and multi-faceted systems of philosophy, practic...
- Steven Phelps, comp. Loom of Reality: A Partial Inventory of the Works of the Central Figures of the Bahá'í Faith (2020). — A website with thematic compilations of quotations from the Baha’i Writings and beyond, and a cat...
- Iraj Ghanooni. Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans. Love of Iran, A (2022). — Philosophical reflections on how fundamentally our homeland shapes our reality, and how ‘Abdu’l-...
- William S. Hatcher. Love, Power, and Justice (1999). — The pursuit and abuse of power are moral choices for which there is no moral justification.
- Zaid Lundberg. Macrocriticism: A Comparison of Nicolai Berdyaev and Shoghi Effendi (2012). — Comparison of "the most widely read of the Russian religious philosophers" with the background and s...
- Udo Schaefer. Man: The Crown of Creation or Its Destroyer? (2001). — When will deficient humans, no longer able to solve the existential problems of humanity, change for...
- Roland Faber. Manifestation of God in the View of Process Theology, The (2019). — On how God can be all-present in the world and at the same time be manifest in the form of human fig...
- Peter Terry. Marian Crist Lippitt: Short Biographical Monograph (1999). — Controversial both during her lifetime and after, Lippitt was a trained engineer who applied her rig...
- Colin Leys. Marxism Yesterday and Today (1987). — Marxist movements today and the prospects for change. No mention of the Baha'i Faith.
- Anjam Khursheed. Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity (1997). — Prior to the Renaissance, Islam inspired revivals in the cultural traditions of Christianity and Jud...
- Archie Bell. Meeting a Prophet (1915). — Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Baha at the Sea of Galilee.
- Julio Savi. Methods and qualities of the seekers of Reality in Some Answered Questions in the light of Bahá'í Scriptures (2009). — The criteria and qualities of the seekers of Reality. The senses, reason, and reliance on scriptural...
- Benjamin Olshin. Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review (2015).
- Gerald Filson. Mind: "The Power of the Human Spirit" (2023). — Correlating Baha’i concepts of the mind with insights from philosophy; conceptual ways of knowing;...
- William S. Hatcher. Minimalism (2008).
- William S. Hatcher. Minimalism: A Bridge between Classical Philosophy and the Bahá'í Revelation (2004). — An application of modern relational logic retroactively to problems in classical philosophy such as ...
- Mahyad Zaerpoor Rahnamaie. Minimalism from a Bahá'í Perspective (2007). — Minimalism accepts the objective reality outside human perception but may go beyond the reductionis...
- John Walbridge. Miscellaneous philosophy topics (2002). — Islamic vs. Baha'i philosophy; Greek philosophers and the Jews; other topics of philosophy.
- John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The (2023). — Though Baha'i teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical b...
- Shahbaz Fatheazam. Models and Idols: Towards a Philosophy of the Community of Mind (2005). — It is the coexistence of action and learning that modifies community and its traditions, and this co...
- Benjamin Schewel. Modernity as an Age of Transition (2023). — Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern...
- Jena Khadem Khodadad. Mystery of Consciousness, The: Learning from Neuroscience and Insights from Bahá'í Sacred Writings (2019). — On the neural basis of consciousness; the concepts of mind and soul as presented in the Baha’i wri...
- James B. Thomas. Mystery of Divinity, The: A Comparison of Traditional Views of Divinity to Those in Some Answered Questions (2011). — A new paradigm of spiritual evolution, and a possible platform for philosophical dissertation regard...
- Fargang Jahanpour. Mysticism East and West (2007). — The meaning and nature of mysticism and some of the leading ideas in Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christ...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Nature of God, The: Some Extracts from the Bahá'í Writings (1992). — Brief compilation on nature of God.
- John S. Hatcher. Nature of Human Nature, The (2017). — "From the Editor's Desk": Introduction to this issue's two articles: Ian Kluge's on human nature and...
- Theo A. Cope. Neo-platonic Framework for Bahá'í philosophy (1997). — Some thoughts on the history and thought of Neoplatonism and its relation to Baha'i philosophy. Conc...
- Mark A. Foster. Neo-Platonism: Framework for a Bahá'í Ontology (1995). — Ways to approach the language of philosophical symbolism in the Baha'i teachings.
- Ian Kluge. Neoplatonism and the Bahá'í Writings, Part 1 (2010). — An examination of the Enneads of Plotinus and Proclus’ The Elements of Theology in Baha'i terms, a...
- Ian Kluge. Neoplatonism and the Bahá'í Writings, Part 2 (2011). — An examination of the Enneads of Plotinus and Proclus’ The Elements of Theology in Baha'i terms, a...
- Ian Kluge. New Atheism, The: A Bahá'í Perspective (2009). — Logically and philosophically speaking, the works of the "new atheists" are deeply flawed and are of...
- Udo Schaefer. New morality, The: An outline (1995). — Proposal that Baha'u'llah's ethical teachings rest on metaphysical premises about God and humankind,...
- Julio Savi. "Newly born babe of that Day", The: Mysticism in the Age of the Maturity of Humankind (2006). — The dynamic historical processes impacting mysticism. As the Baha'i Revelation is the revelation o...
- Ian Kluge. Nietzsche and the Bahá'í Writings: A First Look (2016). — First version, missing footnotes. See <a href="/kluge_nietzsche_bahai_update">update</a>...
- Ian Kluge. Nietzsche and the Bahá'í Writings: A First Look (reprint, with footnotes) (2017). — Baha'i Writings and Nietzsche’s philosophy share a surprising number of features in common that al...
- Ian Kluge. Pierre Spierckel, trans. Nietzsche et les écrits bahá'ís: Une première approche (2017). — Translation of "Nietzsche and the Bahá'í Writings: A First Look."
- Bani Dugal. Morten Bergsmo, ed. Non-Governmental Perspective on the Relative Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Measures to Combat Hate Speech, A: An Analysis of Tools Deployed in Response to Religious Hate Speech in Iran (2023). — International Human Rights framework; Iran's obligations under international law; history of Baha'i ...
- Novin Doostdar. Obituary: Alimurad Davudi (1922-1979) (1999). — Davudi was Professor of Philosophy at Tehran University, and long-time secretary of the Iranian Baha...
- Howard Colby Ives. Ocean of His Utterances, The (1963). — Unpublished study course in the Revelation of Baha'u'llah using the books of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l‑B...
- Farjam Majd. On Existence and Qualities of the Human Soul (2015). — On the existence, nature, and necessity of a human soul vs. the souls of animals. Is the concept of ...
- Arash Abizadeh. "On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective," by Craig Loehle: Commentary (1990).
- Keven Brown. "On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective," by Craig Loehle: Response to Commentary (1994).
- Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
- Peter Terry. Oneness of Reality, The: A Response to Moojan Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Baha'i Metaphysics" (2018). — Dialogue on epistemology and ontology as presented in the core literature of the Baha’i religion.
- Roger Coe. Organic Order, An: An Approach to the Philosophy of Baha'u'llah through the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1993). — The structure of the Administrative Order as outlined by the writings of the Guardian, and the princ...
- Alain Locke. Orientation of Hope and Lessons in World Crisis, The (1936). — Two essays meditating on the relevance of Baha'i principles to the period preceding and during the S...
- Keven Brown. Origin of the Bahá'í Principle of the Harmony between Science and Religion, The (2001). — On the origin of the principle of scientific/religious harmony in Islamic and Baha’i Writings, and...
- Farjam Majd. Origins of Creation (2014). — Some classical proofs of the existence of God; the meaning of proof, types of proof, and conditions ...
- Babak Rod Khadem. Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings (2006). — The Baha’i conception of unity has historical and intellectual precedents. On the history of this ...
- Dana Paxson. Out of Plato's Cave: A Dream Journey of Science, Philosophy, and Spirit, Featuring Crashes of Memoir, Dashes of Song and Rhyme, Florid Stagings of Drama, Wise Birds, Hungry Beasts, and a Garnish of Rebellious Footnotery (2017). — Book-length essay on the consistency of science and religion, treated as a work of fiction about the...
- Michael Karlberg. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The (2003). — In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characteri...
- Hoda Mahmoudi. Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives (2008). — Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and it...
- Richard N. Frye. Persia (1968). — Excerpt from a book on the history of Iran. Includes mention of Baha'i schools in the early twentiet...
- Eamonn Moane. Perspectives on the Inseparable Twin Duties Prescribed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (2003). — Religions differ in the balance of faith versus good works, the grace of God versus human strivings,...
- Dan Wheatley. Philosophical and Religious Contributions to the Emergence of Human Rights: The Bahá'í Perspective (2012). — While some forms of religious extremism are contemptuous of human rights, and human rights are somet...
- Lawrence D. Staudt. Philosophical Basis for the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Technology, A (2003). — Nature of the physical world, the principle of sustainability, the present energy situation, options...
- Daniel C. Jordan. Philosophical Basis of the ANISA Model, The (1974). — Talk given at Green Acre Baha'i School on ANISA, a science-based approach for curriculum development...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Philosophical Statements by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions (2019). — Quotations extracted from Ian Kluge's article "Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective"...
- Peter Terry. Philosophy: Material and Spiritual (2005). — Compilation and commentary on matters relating to material and divine philosophy, and definitions of...
- Boris Handal. Philosophy of Bahá'í Education, The (2007). — On a philosophy of education encompassing the individual and the society, the state of education and...
- William S. Hatcher. Philosophy of Spirituality, The: A Bahá'í Viewpoint (1996). — Views of human nature and the concept of spirituality; the Baha'i concept of spirituality; the cruci...
- Ian Kluge. Philosophy Special Interest Group Sessions at the 38th Annual ABS Conference, 2014: Conference Report (2014). — Summary of four presentations: K. Naimi's "Thinking Sociologically About Independent Investigation,"...
- 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 t...
- Myron Henry Phelps. Pilgrim Notes (1917). — Notes taken by Phelps during his second visit to Acca, 1917, from the words of Abdul-Baha.
- Ernesto Fernandez. Platón, Leonardo y el sistema del Monte Carmelo (2012). — The symbolic systems of Plato and Leonardo da Vinci, and their modern architectural representation i...
- Ron Price. Poetry About Philosophy: Section VIII: Poetry: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VIII Poetry (2005). — The poetry in this section is concerned with various aspects of philosophy in the western tradition ...
- Jack McLean. Possibilities of Existential Theism for Bahá'í Theology, The (1997). — The perspective of existential theology can benefit Baha'i studies of religion, as applied to issues...
- Ian Kluge. Postmodernism and the Bahá'í Writings (2008). — Whilst the Baha'i Writings and postmodernism share a variety of ideas at a superficial level, on fun...
- Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
- Filip Boicu. Principle of the Oneness of Humankind, The: Strong Foundationalism, Non-Adversarialism, and the Imperatives of Our Time (2022). — Some of the ways in which the concept of globalization has been framed in the recent past; the visio...
- Juan Cole. Problems of Chronology in Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Wisdom (1979). — On the biographical section of the Lawh-i-Hikmat and its background in Islamic models.
- Ian Kluge. Process Philosophy and the Bahá'í Writings: An Initial Exploration (2004). — An examination of the Baha'i Writings in relationship to modern process philosophy (e.g. Whitehead, ...
- Ian Kluge. Procrustes' Bed: The Insufficiency of Secular Humanism (2015). — Secular humanism’s inability to accommodate the universal presence of religion in human nature und...
- Jack McLean. Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology (1992). — Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Baha'i theology.
- Ismael Velasco. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
- Jack McLean. Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Bahá'í Theology (1995). — A nascent Baha'i systemic theology must have certain parameters, including spirituality, the prophet...
- Susan Maneck. Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria (2011). — Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, co...
- Jack McLean. Propositions on a More Comprehensive Theology (1995). — Implications of theology for science and creativity, religious language, proclamation, apologetics, ...
- Hossain Danesh. Psychology of Spirituality, The: From Divided Self to Integrated Self (2000). — Explores what is the nature of human reality, the purpose of human life, transcendence, and whether ...
- Shirin Sabri. Purpose of Poetry, The (1988). — Justifications for the work of contemporary artists; now is the time for Baha’is to work towards t...
- Peter Terry. Purposes and Objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship, The: Compilation and commentary (2009). — Three essays on objectives of Baha'i Scholarship, attaining to the knowledge of God, and the study o...
- Anna Kunz. Questions about Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdul Baha at Tiberias and Haifa (1922). — Questions asked of Abdu'l-Baha by two Christians visiting Haifa in 1921.
- Orcella Rexford. Radiant Acquiescence (1937). — "Radiant acquiescence" (rida') means not only to give up your will to the Divine Will, but to do so ...
- K. P. Mohanan. Rationality in Academic Disciplines (2001). — For an academic community to construct knowledge through teamwork, its members must have a shared la...
- Bijan Ma'sumian. Realms of Divine Existence as described in the Tablet of All Food (1994). — Baha'i theoretical theology in the Lawh-i-Qullu'Ta'am.
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings (2013). — The Baha'i Faith has much to say on the importance of reason, logic, and a "rational God," but the m...
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion (2001). — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
- Cetin Onder. Recognition and Identity: The case of the Baha'i Faith (2002). — Baha'i Faith seen in a Hegelian model.
- Keven Brown. Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A (2002). — Baha'u'llah and ‘Abdu’l-Baha referred to the 'hidden craft' of alchemy as part of divine philoso...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Reflections on the Epistemological Views of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2012). — Abdu’l-Baha explored four sources of knowledge—sensory perception, reason, intuition, and tradit...
- David Russell Garcia. Kees Poolman, trans. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) (2022). — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
- Moojan Momen. Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics (1988). — "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religion...
- Ian Kluge. Relativism and the Bahá'í Writings (2008). — A strident rejection of the philosophical concept of relativism as being incompatible with a Baha’...
- Anjam Khursheed. Religion in the Modem World (2001). — On aspects of the Western secular rebellion against theocracy and the rise of free enquiry and freed...
- Wendy M. Heller. Religious Foundations of Civil Society, The (2000). — A Baha'i perspective on the loss of a transcendent ethical basis as a central problem of modern soci...
- Shoghi Effendi and Universal House of Justice Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Reproduction and other Biological Subjects (2000). — Embryology; reproduction; biology; genetic engineering
- Robert Stockman. Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings (1997). — The complexities of the Baha'i concepts of revelation, interpretation, infallibility, and elucidatio...
- Jack McLean, ed. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology (1997). — Essays on religious unity, interreligious dialogue, apophatic and liberation theologies, the spiritu...
- Susan Maneck. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, by Jack McLean: Review (1999).
- David Piff. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, ed. Jack Mclean: Review (1999).
- Stephen Ramo. Rizal, Revelation and Revolution: Rizal's Letter to the Women of Malolos and Baha'u'llah's letter to Nabil Akbar Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) (2011). — Comparison of letter by Philippine national hero José Rizal to the women of Malolos with Baha'u'lla...
- Universal House of Justice. Sabaeans and African-based Religions in the Americas, The (2012). — Overview by the Research Department about the religion of the Sabaeans [aka Sabeans], and some indig...
- Jonah Winters. Saying Nothing about No-Thing: Apophatic Theology in the Classical World (1994). — The apophatic (negative) theology of the Neoplatonism of Plotinus and some pre-Pseudo-Dionysius east...
- Anjam Khursheed. Science and Religion in Chinese Culture (2000). — Religion lies at the root of philosophy and civilization during the Tang (618-907) and Sung (960-127...
- Universal House of Justice. Science and Sacred Scriptures (2016). — On scientific findings vs. personal interpretation of the Sacred Writings, and a paragraph regarding...
- William S. Hatcher. Scientific Proof of the Existence of God, A (1993). — Whenever scientists encounter a phenomenon that exhibits an evolution towards order, but without any...
- Arash Abizadeh and Ross Woodman et al. "Scientific Proof of the Existence of God," by William S. Hatcher: Commentaries and Responses (1997).
- Gordon Dicks and Philip Belove et al. "Scientific Proof of the Existence of God," by William S. Hatcher: Commentaries and Responses (1994).
- Pritam Singh. Scriptures of Different Faiths, The (1942). — Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teach...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Marzieh Gail, trans. Secret of Divine Civilization (1957). — Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Baha's program for the developmental reform...
- Fariba Moghadam. Secret of Divine Civilization, The (2021). — Overview of the history Abdu'l-Baha's treatise, and its themes presented through a compilation of qu...
- Ahmad Aniss. Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation (1998). — A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i conce...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' (2002). — Provisional translations of three selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha'.
- Jack McLean. Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice (2007). — The term "social justice” has been used by many engaged groups as a rhetorical tool to obtain more...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Socrates (n.d.).
- Universal House of Justice. Socrates in History and the Bahá'í Writings (1995). — Historical facts known about Socrates, some of the difficulties inherent in endeavouring to unravel ...
- Bret Breneman. Socrates'/Plato's Use of Rhetoric: A Bahá'í Perspective (1991). — Classical rhetoric continues to increase our understanding of human utterance and expression; the fi...
- Marco Oliveira. Some Answered Questions: An Introduction to Bahá'í Teachings (2020). — Background of this book and Laura Clifford Barney, and overview of its themes.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Soul, Life of the: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
- Henry Corbin. Nancy Pearson, trans. Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran (1977). — An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Isl...
- Anjam Khursheed. Spiritual Foundations of Science, The (1996). — In contrast to modern western accounts of science, which reduce it to methods of logic and experimen...
- Jack McLean. Spiritual Self in Bahá'í Studies, The (2003). — Being philosophically informed is particularly important for Baha'is who are in dialogue with person...
- Ali-Kuli Khan. Terry Nelson Randolph, ed. Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions (2013). — Proofs of the Baha'i Faith, written by a prominent translator and companion of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes...
- Anil Sarwal. Sri Aurobindo Movement and the Bahá'í Faith (2001). — Summary historical connections between the two communities.
- Howard Buchbinder. Strategies and Processes of Social Change (1987). — The theoretical and analytic context within which Marxists approach issues of social change; Marxist...
- Vahid Behmardi and William F. McCants. Stylistic Analysis of the Báb's Writings, A: Abridged Translation of Vahid Behmardi's Muqaddamih-yi dar bárih-yi sabk va siyáq-i áthár-i mubárakih-yi ḥaḍrat-i rabb a`lá (2007). — English translation by McCants of Behmardi's Persian article "Stylistic Analysis of the Bab’s Writ...
- Mark A. Foster. Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics (1999). — Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility...
- Daniel C. Jordan. Summary Statement of the ANISA Model (1974). — ANISA is a comprehensive educational system defined by specifications which insure its replicability...
- Michael McCarron. Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Bahá'í traditions (1997). — Introduction to some meanings of the various realms of God.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A (2005). — Insights into three statements by Baha'u'llah on pre-existence, creation, and nature as the essence ...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Tablet of All Food, The: The Hierarchy of the Spiritual Worlds and the Metaphoric Nature of Physical Reality (2010). — Terminology employed by Baha'u'llah to describe the hierarchy of the spiritual worlds: Hahút, Lah...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur) (1998).
- Moojan Momen. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Introduction (2010). — The conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential onenes...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Moojan Momen, trans. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Translation (2010).
- Abdu'l-Bahá Anonymous, trans. Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih) (1997). — A theological description of reality, with reference to Ptolemy and Al-Farabi.
- Juan Cole. Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-hikmat) (1995).
- Jonah Winters. Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat): Tablet study outline (1999).
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet of Wisdom Questions and Answers (1995). — Authorized translation of unpublished Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha to Ethel Rosenberg in 1906 in reply to ...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. William F. McCants, trans. Tablet on the Inmost Heart (2001). — On the four balances (scales) with which people weigh reality, significance, and the divine question...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) (2016). — On some situations relating to a person’s private rights, in this case theft and debt, with a larg...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá) (1984). — This Tablet illuminates a very important aspect of 'Abdu'l-Baha's response to Darwinism, which is Hi...
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd) (2001).
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Shoghi Effendi, trans. Tablet to Auguste Forel (1976). — A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Baha, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist Auguste-Henri Forel, d...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism (1995). — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- Todd Lawson. Tafsir and the Meaning of the Qur'an: The Crucifixion in Muslim Thought (2010). — Using Qur'an 4:156-7 as an example, classical tafsīr, “scholastic" exegesis, has not always taken...
- Vahid Houston Ranjbar. The Quantum State Function, Platonic Forms, and the Ethereal Substance: Reflections on the Potential of Philosophy to Contribute to the Harmony of Science and Religion (2023). — Science and philosophy correlate to concepts from the knowledge system of religion; the ethereal sub...
- Horace Holley. The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1922). — On the creative nature of literature; the writings of Shakespeare; Baha'u'llah as author; the influe...
- Jack McLean. Theological Ethics in a Bahá'í Perspective (1996). — The Baha'i writings are a rich source of moral precepts, with a large corpus of ethical ...
- Oliver Scharbrodt. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East (2002). — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. "These Four States Conferred Upon Thee": Tetrarchic Thinking in Philosophy, Theology, Psychology (2013). — We follow Baha’u’llah’s new principles and forget old patterns of thought in order to find pea...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith (2015). — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
- Viva Rodwell. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated? (1996). — Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
- Guy Sinclair. Three Stages of Divine Revelation, The (2002). — Shoghi Effendi states that the Kitab-i-Iqan "adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages o...
- Julio Savi. Towards a Definition of Bahá'í Theology and Mystical Philosophy (2003). — Baha'i theology is not metaphysical hair-splitting but is a "divine philosophy" all Baha'is are invi...
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. True of Thyself: The Mystical Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and Ken Wilber's System of Integral Philosophy (2005). — A comparison of Wilber's integration of the tradition of liberalism with a genuine spirituality and ...
- Jack McLean. Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections (1999). — 85 literary and theological existential essays on topics such as poetry, scripture, philosophy, spir...
- Suresh Sahadevan. Understanding the Human Condition: Secular and Spiritual Perspectives (2001). — Both materialist and religious paradigms are important for happiness and for informing our decisions...
- Ron House. Unhealthy Science, Religion, and Humanities: The Deep Connection and What Bahá'u'lláh Had to Say About It (2000). — How the "calamity" mentioned by Baha'u'llah manifests in errors in the scientific method; fundamenta...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Unity and Progressive Revelation: Comparing Bahá'í Principles with the Basic Concepts of Teilhard de Chardin (2004). — An attempt to correlate specific Baha'i teachings with the corresponding concepts of Teilhard de Cha...
- John S. Hatcher. Unveiling the Huri of Love (2005). — Three versions of this paper: Powerpoint presentation, audio file, and published article.
- Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
- David Russell Garcia. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim) (2003). — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
- Stanwood Cobb. What Is God? (1955). — Poetic meditations on the nature of God and our search for the divine, "an attempt to open up vistas...
- Sathia Varqa. Why freedom matters: Adding spirituality to Amartya Sen's interpretation on freedom (2006). — The aim of this paper is to argue why freedom matters to individual being. This is done with referen...
- Jonah Winters, comp. William S. Hatcher 1935-2005 (2008). — Bio and CV from the author's website.
- Juan Cole. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions (2015). — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...
- Robin Mihrshahi. Wondrous New Day, A: The Numerology of Creation and 'All Things' in the Badí' Calendar (2004). — Symbolism in the Baha'i-era calendar, some Shaykhi origins of the Bab’s cosmology and ontology, an...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Word is the Master Key for the Whole World, The: The Bahá'í Revelation and the "Teaching and Spirit of the Cause" in Dialogical and Personal Thinking (2007). — The Word of God is the master key that opens all doors; it assures the opening to the meaning of the...
- Auguste Henri Forel. World Vision of a Savant, The (1928). — Ruminations on the nature of the human brain, causes of racism, how to stop wars, the meaning of "Go...
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Worlds of God, The (2013). — Creation is an act of divine manifestation across five realms: Hahút, the unknowable Essence of God...
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Yínyáng Cosmology and the Bahá'í Faith (2013). — The yin-yang concept is pivotal to Chinese thought, culture, government, and ethics. It also bears m...
- Juan Cole. Zen Gloss on Baha'u'llah's Commentary on "He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord", A (1996). — A Buddhist interpretation of themes in Baha'u'llah's tablet on Islamic mysticism and a saying about ...
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