- Hutan Hejazi Martinez. Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa (2010-05). An outsider's view of the role of ideologies in a postmodern era, focusing on Bahá'í history, conversion narratives, ideology, and other competing philosophies. (Link to thesis, offsite.)
- Will C. van den Hoonaard, comp. Bibliography of sociological or anthropological studies on the contemporary Baha'i Community (1998). Current only through 1998.
- Whitney White Kazemipour. Even as the Waves of One Sea: Bahá'í Consultation's Implicit Cultural Support for the Clash of Differing Opinions (2024-03). A letter from Shoghi Effendi introduces some cultural dynamics which underlie Bahá'í consultation; disagreement can precede collective understanding and is not a sign of failure; the prayer to open meetings gives a moral motivation and ethos of tolerance.
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