- Edward C. Getsinger, comp. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land answers questions of Dr. Edward C. Getsinger in 1915 (1915-06-24). The importance of humility, spiritual guidance, unity, and self-sacrifice over rigid adherence to law; the dangers of envy and ambition, true authority in the Faith is characterized by humility and service, not personal ambition.
- Bahá'í International Community. Activities in the Bahá'í World Community to Improve the Status of Women during the United Nations Decade for Women (1985-07-15). Report presented to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace
- Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity (2022-10). Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U.S., Iran, and the world; reasons for the Bahá’í stance against partisan activity and its approach to social change; Bahá'í use of social media.
- Adel Salmanzadeh. Bahá'í Consultation and Freireian Dialogue in Development: A Comparative Perspective (2007). The potential Bahá'í contribution to the development process; case study of Bahá’í consultation in development practice with the 'Radio for Development' (Ecuador); conflict between privileging the global market vs. human communities; sustainability.
- Juan Cole. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology (1997). The idea of liberation and equality is central to Bahá'í theology; the poor in the 19th century Middle East; Bahá'u'lláh and the poor; Tablet to the Kings on wealth and peace; laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Huququ'lláh; state social welfare.
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Consultation and the Transformation of Society (2014). Overview of consultation in the Bahá'í Faith, from its introduction in the Aqdas and first implementation in Iran in the 1870s, and ways in which successive Bahá'í leaders promoted it in the community and for transformation of society.
- Todd Smith. Becoming Attuned to Reality: Presuppositions and the Power of Learning in Action (2024-03). The learning mode of action, reflection, consultation, and study encourages investigators to attend to six "interplays" which work together to facilitate collaborative readings of reality in the search for truth.
- Daniel C. Jordan, Doug Honaker. Birds of Diverse Feathers Consult Together (1972). 25-minute film strip with audio narration, written by Jordan and illustrated by Honaker. Originally accompanied by a booklet that had photos of all the images and the narrative.
- 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. This paper examines the development of this idea in the Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and its opposite concept, dehumanization.
- Moojan Momen. Changing Reality: The Bahá'í Community and the Creation of a New Reality (2005). The Bahá’í teachings criticize the socially created realities of warfare, environmental destruction, and the subordination of women, lower social classes and ethnic minorities, instead promoting a vision of global solidarity and individual worth.
- Universal House of Justice. Climate Change: Policies and Political Discourse (2017-11-29). Letter "to three individuals" on the science behind anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming, and how Bahá'ís might participate in activism and raising awareness of the issue while avoiding political divisiveness.
- 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 theories are similar to the unique use by Bahá'ís of "consultation" as a tool for creating civil societies and nonrepressive moral codes.
- Ros Gabriel. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth (1995).
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Consultation (1991).
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Consultation: Warwick Leaflets (1990/2010).
- Bill Knight-Weiler. Consultation and Compromise in Environment Affairs (1986). Examples of environmental disagreements — involving ranchers, off-road vehicle use, acid rain, and protected-lands designation — from Oregon and Washington, illustrating how the process of consultation can lead to environmental protection.
- Roger Coe. Consultation in the Quest for World Peace (1987). The Universal House of Justice in Promise of World Peace advised that Bahá'ís conduct their affairs utilizing a system of "commonly accepted consultative principles". This is a brief but comprehensive study of that system. Includes audio version.
- Universal House of Justice. Consultation, Portraits, Rakahs, Murtus, and Unknown Language (2009/2010/2018). Three replies from the Research Department to an individual, dated 2009, 2010 and 2018, on a variety of topics.
- Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez. Conversive Turn in Bahá'í Scripture, The: An Intersubjective Communications Model for Bridging Global Diversity (2007). Communications which manifest equality of participants bring diverse persons and elements of the world together. Bahá'í consultation exemplifies the capacity of language to transform the world through the unifying power of interpersonal connections.
- Australian Bahá'í Community. Creating an Inclusive Narrative (2020-11). Culmination of a series of nationwide round tables, conveying the vision of Australians to foster a socially cohesive society.
- Phyllis K. Peterson. Creating Intimacy: In the Community and With the Seeker (1998). On how intimacy in the Bahá'í community can be created, using Bahá’í scriptures as guideline. We hunger for intimacy, which is a prerequisite for friendship and a key principle in teaching. Cases drawn from experiences of people who feel psychically hurt.
- Christopher Buck. Deganawida, the Peacemaker (2015). Biography of the Iroquois / Haudenosaunee prophet-like figure who lived around 600 or 900 years ago.
- Michael Sabet. Democracy Built on Communicative Action, A: Bahá'í Political Practice as a Prefigurative Resource for Institutional Effectiveness, Accountability, and Inclusivity (2023-07). Habermas' mode for coordinating society grounded in deliberation; the critical role of prefigurative politics; the Bahá'í community demonstrates effective norms and practices;
- Universal House of Justice. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan (2022-11-01). Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis of identity, prejudice, economic injustice, and Africa.
- Bahá'í International Community. Embracing Interdependence: Foundations for a World in Transition (2024-09-04). Statement on the occasion of the United Nations Summit of the Future, advocating for global governance reform centered on humanity's oneness, urging leaders to prioritize unity, justice, and interdependence for lasting peace.
- 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.
- 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.
- Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Family Life (1991).
- Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time, The (1986). Excerpt from a talk presented at the "Prepare for Peace" conference, Long Beach, California, August 1985.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Freedom of Speech: Warwick Leaflets (1997).
- Geza Farkas. God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible, by Adam Nicolson: Review (2005-12/2015-06).
- Group Dynamics: Compilation, Study Guide, and Worksheets (n.d.). Collection of materials on group dynamics: a compilation from the Writings, study questions, observation techniques, worksheets to help improve group discussion and cohesion.
- Hoda Mahmoudi. Human Knowledge and the Advancement of Society (2012). Knowledge is the means toward realizing a global civilization. The current Five Year Plan focuses the Bahá'í community’s consultation, reflection, and global growth, and the individual’s applying spiritual and secular knowledge to help this process.
- John E. Kolstoe. Improved Access to Intelligent Responses Using the Bahá'í Model of Consultation: Two Exploratory Small-Sample Studies (1997). Studies using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale show that people consulting together can access intelligent responses superior to that attained through individual effort, and suggest several areas of inquiry for further investigation.
- Ian C. Semple. Indispensability of Consultation for Ordering Human Affairs, The (2010). Consultation is not just another word for discussion. It is not just a technique to be learned, but requires a development of the character of the individuals who are involved in it.
- Universal House of Justice. Individual Rights and Freedoms (1988-12-29). An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Bahá'í community, as contrasted with those in American civil society.
- Eamonn Moane. Ireland's Multi-Ethnic Immigration Challenge: An Irish Bahá'í View (2002). After centuries of population loss, Ireland’s economic success in the 1990s led to a surge of immigration, but its reaction to a multi-ethnic influx has been disappointing. It needs Bahá'í approaches like consultation, tolerance, fairness, and morality.
- John Huddleston. Just System of Government: The Third Dimension to World Peace (1987). Highlights a few points in the Bahá'í approach to government and collective action.
- Filip Boicu. Karlberg's Notion of Consultation and Bahá'í Consultation (Ontological Truths, Knowledge and Ethics) (2022-05). Michael Karlberg proposes a "consultative epistemology" as central to the Bahá'í methodology for social change. The claim is that a new model for civilization building has been born, one that transcends previous limitations.
- William S. Hatcher. La consultation (2008). Fireside talk.
- May Khadem. Lessons in Leadership (2018). A personal journey of learning about leadership; widely shared false assumptions have led many off-course in addressing the challenges in the fight against blindness, and other public health concerns.
- Shoghi Effendi. Juan Cole, trans. Letter to Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Bádí'u'lláh Khán of Abadih (1997-05). Answers four questions: (1) re "Crimson Scroll"; (2) re the "Sacred Night"; (3) re the "Tablet of the Bell"; and (4) using the Kitab-i-Aqdas for bibliomancy.
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to John B. Cornell (1943-05-25). Short personal letter relating answers from Shoghi Effendi to various questions of Cornell, on voting age, the election of the House, the "Source of all knowledge," etc.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Marriages, Preserving Bahá'í (1991).
- Guy Sinclair. Mediation, Transformation and Consultation: A Comparative Analysis of Conflict Resolution Models (2007). The Bahá'í principle of consultation as a framework for mediation, transformation, and the process of conflict resolution. The need for dialogue between all those concerned with such goals.
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Bahá'í International Community. One Planet, One Habitation: A Bahá'í Perspective on Recasting Humanity's Relationship with the Natural World (2022-06-01). A pictorial magazine-style overview of Bahá'í views on the environment, trusteeship, development, progress, and spirituality.
- Steven E. Ellis. Overcoming Barriers to Unity: An Essay on Group Harmony (1996). Different perspectives on unity and disunity; red flags of disunity including anger, advising, perfectionism, excessive speech; group decision-making; and the role of the institutions. Includes compilation on the subject of unity.
- Michael Karlberg. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The (2003-07). In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characterized as protest. This leads to injustice and unsustainability. Bahá'í models of elections and decision-making offer a practical alternative.
- Margery Dixon, Robert Sarracino (published as Robert Sinclair Sarracino). Pathways to Equity in Addressing Climate Change: A Bahá'í Perspective (2024). The urgency of climate change, advocating for a new relationship between science and religion, justice, equity, and inclusive consultation.
- Michael J. Bruwer. Poetry of Loving: Family Therapy and the Bahá'í Faith (1983). Psychotherapy and the family; the Bahá'í concept of the family; the role of models of the world.
- Universal House of Justice. Politics and Engagement in the Life of Society (2010-01-22). On which principles should guide Iranian believers in their participation in the life of society, and other themes related to political activism and social justice.
- Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). While Bahá'í social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the case today. The problem the world faces is not in the principles that would lead to a better society, but in their application.
- Shahla Ali. Power of Reflection, The: Advancing Governance and Dispute Resolution Systems through Devolved Reflection and Shared Knowledge Generation (2018). Reflection is the "source of crafts, sciences and arts," with the capacity to produce "pearls of wisdom and utterance as will promote the well-being and harmony of all the kindreds of the earth." It can improve institutions and community governance.
- Marzieh Gail. Primer for Bahá'í Assemblies (1944-10). Overview of the Bahá'í political system, and proposals for consultation, assembly functioning.
- Robert B. Rosenfeld, Michael H. Winger-Bearskin. Principles of Consultation Applied to the Process of Innovation in a Corporate Environment (1990). Innovation is essential for industrial growth, but is obstructed when creative employees are unable to communicate ideas and the organization is unresponsive. The Bahá’í process of consultation can enhance communication to promote innovation.
- Erik Blumenthal. Problem Solving in the Family (1995). How can we solve our problems or conflicts? We need to know and put 5 factors into practice: our attitude; mutual respect; understanding each other's motives; changing the 'present agreement' by conscious communication; and mutual cooperation.
- Brian D. Lepard. Protecting the Human Family: Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and Bahá'í Principles (2003). The moral and legal problems raised by the use of military force to aid human rights victims. Relevant Bahá’í ethical principles and how these might assist us to reform existing international law to better protect all members of the human family.
- Bahá'í International Community. Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition (2021-02). A statement to the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development on technological innovation, consultation on technological adoption, and working inclusively between communities and governments.
- Universal House of Justice. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (2023-11-28). Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guardianship, global expansion, community building and development, participation in societal discourse, and construction of the Bahá'í World Centre.
- Stephen R. Friberg. Revelation as Scientific in its Method: Science, Diversity, Consultation, and Learning in Action (2024-03). An exploration of Shoghi Effendi's statement that the Bahá'í Faith is scientific in method; the role of diversity in scientific objectivity and bias; the process of action, reflection, consultation, and study.
- Fariba Moghadam. Secret of Divine Civilization, The (2021-05). Overview of the history Abdu'l-Bahá's treatise, and its themes presented through a compilation of quotations. Prepared for the Wilmette Institute.
- Universal House of Justice. Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs (2017-04-27). Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freedom that Bahá’ís have to engage in social action and public discourse, particularly in relation to the principle of non-involvement in political affairs.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, trans. Social and Economic Development (2000).
- Universal House of Justice. Social media and non-involvement in politics (2019-12-01). Guidance on avoiding political involvement, exercising caution on social media, promoting unity, and focusing on spiritual transformation for societal betterment.
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A (1976). A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Bahá'í Spiritual Assembly: some of the blunders, some of the problems; how certain types of people fit better into one office and others into another."
- Alex Vedovi. The Role of Public Institutions in Ensuring Social Well-Being (2020-05). Questions around government’s role in social welfare and the welfare state; Bahá'í perspectives on the government's role in supporting well-being; taxation, wealth, and poverty;
- Viva Rodwell. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated? (1996). Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages (2023-08). The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the principles of consultation; addressing challenges.
- Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2009-11-24). Regarding the family and its role in the advancement of civilization.
- Craig L. Volker. Translating the Bahá'í Writings (1990). In translating the Bahá’í writings, faithfulness to the original text is paramount, reflecting both the beauty of the original and accurately conveying its concepts; consultation is an integral part of the process; practical problems faced by translators.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Hooshmand Badee, comp. True Foundation of All Economics, The (2000/2013). Book-length compilation ordered by chapters covering 26 themes on the economy, welfare, development, women's employment, work ethics, morality, agriculture, extremes of wealth and poverty, profit-sharing, health and alcohol, consultation.
- Adib Taherzadeh. Trustees of the Merciful: An Introduction to Bahá'í Administration (1972/1999/2009). The spirit that animates the Administrative Order of Bahá’u’lláh; spiritual attitudes that characterize members of the institutions of the Cause; unfoldment of the Administrative Order during the first 50 years of the Formative Age; statistical info.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Unity and Consultation: Foundations of Sustainable Development (1994).
- Susan Gammage. Various Essays (2013-2018/2023). 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Bahá'í life, life coaching and counselling, recovery from substances or abuse, family matters, dreams, elections, debt, abortion, and more. Includes bios of Bruce Matthews and Caroline Lehmann.
- Universal House of Justice. Violence Against Women and Children (1993-11-23). Bahá’í principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child discipline, and community protection.
- Benjamin J. Broome. Wisdom of the people: Potential and pitfalls in efforts by the Comanches to recreate traditional ways of building consensus (2001-01-01). Includes mention that a few Indian nations have adopted the Bahá'í "consultation" method of decision making.
- 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 whole world and its relationship to heaven; it is the key to the hearts of men and the human spirit, which opens this world towards the doors of heaven.
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