- Ismael Velasco. Academic Irrelevance or Disciplinary Blind-Spot?: Middle Eastern Studies and the Baha'i Faith Today (2001 Winter). — Possible reasons for the lack of attention to the Baha'i religion in Middle Eastern academic studies...
- Graham Hassall. Accessing literature on the Bahá'í Faith: Emerging search technologies and recent results (2007). — Survey of search technologies that can be used to find documentation on the Baha'i religion, and a s...
- Olga Mehti. Ashgabat Collection (2019). — On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Baha'i history.
- Seena Fazel. Association for Baha'i Studies - English-speaking Europe: A Retrospective (2004-05). — Overview of the history of the Baha'i Studies Review, the Associate, and ABS-ESE special interest gr...
- Universal House of Justice. Associations for Bahá'í Studies (2008-04-24). — Some explanation on when it is appropriate for a country to form an ABS organization.
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 1:2 (1999). — The complete issue of volume 1 number 2.
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 2 (2000). — The complete issue of volume 2. Some papers were delivered at the 18th annual ABS conference "The Cr...
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 3 (2001). — The complete issue of volume 3.
- Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 4 (2002-2003). — The complete issue of volume 4.
- Denis MacEoin. Babi and Bahá'í Religions, The: An Annotated Bibliography (1997).
- Seena Fazel. Bahá'í Faith and Academic Journals (1993). — The nature of the major indexes which classify periodical and journal articles by author and subject...
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Faith, Scholarship on (1995). — This article is a survey of attempts to analyse and study the Babi and Baha'i Faith from a scholarly...
- Bahá'í Faith, The: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations (2023). — Twelve articles in a special issue "The Baha'i Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations" of the ...
- Brett Zamir. Bahá'í Reference Library Wiki Overlay (2013). — Broswer add-on (software) overlaying the official Baha'i Reference Library (reference.bahai.org) wit...
- Barney Leith. Bahá'í Review: Should the 'red flag' law be repealed? (1995). — Argument that the current provisions for review may be anachronistic and that the benefits of deregu...
- Seena Fazel. Baha'i Studies at the Crossroads: Key Papers and Developments in the Baha'i Studies Review 1990-2002 (2018). — Review of the first 12 years of the BSR journal, highlighting some key papers and developments from ...
- Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Archive (1982-2015). — Links to the full issues of BSB (all offsite).
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Peter Terry. Bahá'í Studies in Europe (1981). — Interviews with and bios of individuals engaged in study of the Babi and Baha'i religions, and descr...
- Bijan Ma'sumian and Adib Masumian. Baha'i Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey (2014). — Overview of the cultivation and evolution of religious education in the Baha’i Faith in Iran in th...
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Bahá'í studies Seminar in Cambridge, 30 September - 1 October 1978: Message to Participants (1996). — Harmony of science and religion; faith and reason; spiritual scholarship; and the institution of rev...
- Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983) (1986). — Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
- Alban G. Widgery. Bahá'ísm (1936). — Chapter-length overview of Baha'i theology.
- Albert Ross Vail. Bahá'ísm: A Study of a Contemporary Movement (1914-07). — Scholarly analysis of the influence of the Baha'i Faith and the psychology of its followers.
- 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 Baha'i history, conver...
- Youli A. Ioannesyan. Baron Rosen's Archive Collection of Bábí and Bahá'í Materials (2007). — Baron V. R. Rosen's unpublished materials relating to Babi and Baha'i studies, including his corresp...
- Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti. Bausani, Alessandro (2008). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Bibliography of Bábí-Bahá'í studies in non-Bahá'í academic sources, 1998-2000 (2001). — Partially annotated English language bibliography of Baha'i studies in non-Baha'i academic sources, ...
- Hooper Dunbar. Naysan Sahba, ed. Book of Certitude, The: An Interview with Hooper Dunbar (1998(?)). — Significance and themes of the Kitab-i-Íqan; its Islamic context; meaning of "certitude"; the impor...
- Brett Zamir, comp. Book Search: Jump to any page of the Sacred Writings or Primary Literature (-). — Jump to any page in any book of the Sacred Writings. See also <a href="/random">Random page<...
- Juan Cole. Browne, Edward Granville: Babism and Bahá'ísm (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- E. G. Browne. Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts (1892-07). — Categorization, descriptions, and excerpts of 27 manuscripts by the Bab, Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, a...
- E. G. Browne. Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts 2 (Continued from Page 499) (1892-10). — Categorization, descriptions, and excerpts of 27 manuscripts by the Bab, Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, a...
- Vernon Elvin Johnson. Challenge of the Bahá'í Faith: A Non-Bahá'í Assessment of Reasons for Studying the Bahá'í Religion (1976 Spring). — Though small and young, the Bahá’í Faith is a subject of central importance not only for the s...
- Udo Schaefer. Challenges to Bahá'í Studies (1992). — Discussion of the intellectual presentation of the Baha'i Faith, and of the related topics of review...
- Seena Fazel. Contemporary developments in Baha'i studies: An examination using citation analysis (2003-01). — Investigation of contemporary developments using the technique of citation analysis, a widely used m...
- Universal House of Justice. Covenant-Breakers in Bahá'í Historiography (1991-06). — Baha'i scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers.
- Denis MacEoin. Crisis in Babi and Bahá'í Studies, The: Part of a Wider Crisis in Academic Freedom? (1990). — Response to Cole's review of MacEoin's "Hierarchy, Authority, and Eschatology in Early Babi Thought"...
- Vance Salisbury. Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature, A (1997). — Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Baha'is suppress or distort historical tex...
- 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.
- Youli A. Ioannesyan. Development of the Babi/Bahá'í Communities, The: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives (2013). — 19th-century private letters and diplomatic correspondence from a prominent Russian scholar, one of ...
- Denis MacEoin. Divisions and Authority Claims in Babism (1850-1866) (1989). — Factors leading to the division of Babism into the Azalis and the Baha'is, and the question of succe...
- Stephen Lambden. Doing Bahá'í Scholarship in the 1990s: A Religious Studies Perspective (1993). — Argues that Baha'i studies must address contemporary world issues, dialogues in pluralism, the New A...
- Moojan Momen. Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths (1995).
- Brett Zamir. Efficient Searches and Shortcuts (2022). — A series of videos introducing rationales for, and details on use of, browser keyword shortcuts with...
- Udo Schaefer. Footnotes to Baha'i Studies and its Methodology, Some (2000). — Debate over the nature of 'Baha'i scholarship'; the problem of anti-intellectualism; the purpose of ...
- William P. Collins. Future of Bahá'í Studies, The (2001 Winter/Spring). — On the need for planning for the future, diversification, scholarly study by non-Baha'is, scholarshi...
- Juan Cole. Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity, The (1999-03). — Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism. The Baha'i faith, whi...
- Denis MacEoin. Hierarchy Authority and Eschatology in Early Babi Thought (1986). — Evolution of the Bab's theology and prophetology.
- Vernon Elvin Johnson. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An (1974). — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result...
- Brett Zamir. Indexes of Books, and Miscellaneous Sections of the Writings Not Yet Included Elsewhere Online (2005). — All of the published Sacred Writings are available online, but these items are usually scanned witho...
- Moojan Momen. Insider and Outsider Scholarship in Bahá'í Studies (2008). — 'Insider' and 'outsider' scholars can both use academic methodolology in the study of religion with ...
- Universal House of Justice. Intellectual life and the future of Bahá'í studies (2013-07-24). — Observations on the current state of intellectual pursuits in the Baha'i community and guidance for ...
- Graham Hassall, ed. International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries and Archives (2003-01). — Conference convened at Landegg International University for people to share experiences, learn about...
- Universal House of Justice. Internet Discussions, Character of (1995-05-19). — Internet courtesy, discipline, and the need for Baha'is online to be a "spiritual leaven."
- Seena Fazel. Interreligious Dialogue and the Bahá'í Faith: Some Preliminary Observations (1997). — An overview of pluralistic approaches and their relevance to Baha'i studies.
- Ignaz Goldziher. Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law (1981). — An early academic overview of Babi and Baha'i history and theology. From translation of a 1910 book ...
- Juan Cole, comp. Juan Cole manuscript and book collection: Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i texts (1997). — Manuscripts and books in Cole's library and selected Iranian National Baha'i Archive contents.
- Universal House of Justice. Laymen vs. Scholars in Bahá'í Studies (1996-03-14). — No distinction should be drawn between "laypeople" and "scholars" in Baha'i studies, and the pursuit...
- Jordan van Rijn. Learning to Sift: Reflections on Ten Years of Engaging with the Economics Discourse (2023-10). — Collaborators explored diverse approaches how to examine economic discourse from a Baha’i perspect...
- A.L.M. Nicolas. Les Béhahis et le Bâb (1933 ).
- Todd Lawson. Letters and Essays, The Master in Akká, and In Iran: Studies in Babi and Baha'i History vol. 3: Reviews (1988). — Reviews of three books by Kalimat Press.
- William P. Collins. Library and Archival Resources at the Bahá'í World Centre (1985:12). — Overview of the nature of the Baha'i World Centre; historical resources at the BWC; Centre for the S...
- Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
- Jonah Winters. List of useful published resources for Bahá'í Studies (1998). — A (now-outdated) bibliography of academic books helpful to Baha'i studies.
- Jack McLean. Literary Criticism, Theology and Deconstructionism (2001). — A dynamic tension exists between literary criticism and theology as distinct but mutually beneficial...
- Los Angeles Bahá'í Study Class Newsletter (1976-1983). — Informal study group notes and scholarly discussions, which were a precursor to <a href="/dialogu...
- Mehrangiz Afnan (1937-2018) (2019). — Afnan was an Iranian Baha'i and medical doctor who settled in Canada where she and her husband, Muha...
- Moojan Momen. Methodology in Bahá'í studies (2001). — How Baha'i scholars can interact with secular academia. Baha’i scholarship can develop in two ways...
- Juan Cole. Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only] (1998). — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
- Seena Fazel. New Wave of Bahá'í Intellectual Thought, A: The Impact and Contributions of World Order Magazine (2023). — The main themes and papers in World Order, interviews with editors, listing of the number of article...
- Steven Kolins, comp. Newspaper Collections and the Baha'i Faith (2020). — Links to collections of thousands of newspaper clippings and articles related to the Baha'i Faith, a...
- Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
- John Walbridge. Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series (1996). — Brief overview of this historical work. Includes letter from the World Centre explaining that no off...
- Hooper Dunbar. On the Study of the Bahá'í Writings (1998-10-31). — On deepening and the systematic study of the Writings.
- Universal House of Justice. Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl), The (2009-03-08). — Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript u...
- Peter J. Khan. Possible Topics for Research (1993). — List of research topics suggested by Dr. Peter Khan to the Association for Baha'i Studies (Australia...
- Thomas Linard. Preliminary Bibliography of works in French making mention of the Babí or Bahá'í religions (1945–2000) (2007).
- Universal House of Justice and Susan Maneck. Primary Source Texts, Access to (1998-12-30). — One scholar's query why the Baha'i World Centre's copies of primary sources in Babi and Baha'i histo...
- 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...
- K. P. Mohanan. Rationality in Academic Disciplines (2001). — For an academic community to construct knowledge through teamwork, its members must have a shared la...
- Graham Hassall, ed. Reference Desk, The: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age (2022). — 13 presentations on how digital technologies are supporting Baha’i scholarship. Webmasters, biblio...
- Matthew Weinberg. Reflections on "Questions" and Bahá'í Studies, Some (2005-04-01).
- Ismael Velasco. Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Claims to Being the Return of Imam Husayn (2020-06). — On Imam Husayn in Shi'a Islam, expectations of his return, his place in Babi theology, and various r...
- Robert Stockman and Jonah Winters. Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith (1997). — A comprehensive research and educational tool for the student or teacher of the Baha'i Faith. Includ...
- Moojan Momen and Denis MacEoin. Response to MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship" and "A Critique of Moojan Momen's Response," A (1983). — A discussion touching on many topics, including scientific objectivity in the study of religion, fai...
- Eric Hadley-Ives. Results of Talisman Attitudes Survey (2000). — Detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talism...
- Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Scholar Meets Prophet: Edward Granville Browne and Bahá'u'lláh (Acre, 1890) (2018). — Details of E.G. Browne's handwritten notes about his meeting with Baha'u'llah, his stay in Akka in A...
- Anjam Khursheed, ed. Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 1 (1996). — Selected papers presented at the first Singapore Baha'i Studies Conference, held at the Singapore Ba...
- Anjam Khursheed, ed. Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 2 (1997). — Papers on the topic of the fundamental unity of religions, some of which began as talks given at the...
- Anjam Khursheed, ed. Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 3 (1998). — Papers on the topic of spirit and the never-ending journey of the soul, originally delivered at the ...
- Anjam Khursheed, ed. Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 4 (1999). — Papers on challenges for the New Millennium, some of which began as talks at the fourth Singapore AB...
- Anjam Khursheed, ed. Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 5 (2000). — Papers on Chinese culture and its place amongst the world's spiritual traditions, some of which were...
- Anjam Khursheed, ed. Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review: Volume 6 (2001). — Papers on the topic of dialogue among civilizations, some of which were presented at the sixth Singa...
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. Social Organization of Mentorship in Bahá'í Studies, The (1998). — Mentorship in contemporary Baha’i Studies is influenced by gender inequality, generational differe...
- Youli A. Ioannesyan. St. Petersburg 19th Century Orientalist Collection of Materials on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, The: Primary and Other Sources (2006). — The important work of Russian scholars up to 1917 in collecting Babi and Baha’i materials; a detai...
- Moojan Momen. Study of Religion, The: Some Comments on Methodology of Studying Religion (1991). — Reasons for the broad variety of different theoretical frameworks from which to view religious pheno...
- Universal House of Justice. Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Comment on Issues Related to the (2008). — A follow-up to the "Issues Related to the Study of the Baha'i Faith" letter.
- Universal House of Justice. Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Issues Related to the (1998-05). — Letters from the House and the International Teaching Center, and compilation on the nature of oppos...
- Executive Committee of the Association for Bahá'í Studies – North America. Ten Year Retrospective, 24 July 2023 (2023-10). — Retrospective outlining some of the ABS' key developments over the last ten years in response to the...
- Brett Zamir. TextBrowser, Bahaiwritings, and Bahai-browser.org: Web apps for browsing the Bahá'í Writings with customizability (2022-02-23). — Tutorial videos on an experimental web app to browse Writings with high customizability and in paral...
- Christopher Buck. The Development of the Bábí/Bahá'í Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives, by Youli Ioannesyan: Review (2015-05).
- Juan Cole and Denis MacEoin. "'The Objectivity Question' and Bahá'í Studies: A Reply to MacEoin" and "A Few Words in Response to Cole's 'Reply to MacEoin'" (1991). — Two responses to MacEoin's article "Crisis in Babi and Baha'i Studies."
- Roshan Danesh. Themes in the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Emerging Approaches to Scholarship on Bahá'í Law (2017). — Review of what emergent scholarship has thus far accomplished relating to the study of the Kitab-i-A...
- Stephen Lambden. Thoughts on the Establishment of a Permanent Bahá'í Studies Center and Research Institute, Some (1988). — Present state and future possibilities of Baha'i studies and academic curricula, and answers to vari...
- Universal House of Justice. Translation and Review (1991-09-08). — Whether certain scholars were authorized as translators, and that the institution of review is not b...
- John S. Hatcher. Vision of the Future, A (2016). — "From the Editor's Desk": Introductory notes to JBS volume 26:4, announcing that JBS is now free for...
- Jack McLean. Why We Need Bahá'í Theology (1995). — A short definition of theology, its relationship with scholarship in general, and the role of apolog...
- Moojan Momen. Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937), The (1981). — Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
- E. G. Browne. Year Amongst the Persians, A (1893/1927). — Browne's famous account of his extended visit to Iran in 1887-1888; includes many references to Babi...
- Graham Hassall. Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1997 (1998-04-10). — Overview of worldwide Baha'i scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1997.
- Graham Hassall. Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1998 (1999-04-02). — Overview of worldwide Baha'i scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1998.
- Moojan Momen. Zuhur al-Haqq (2002). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر (Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar): "From the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature" (1989-2018). — Twenty volumes of scholarship in Persian, based on proceedings and papers from the Society of Persia...
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