- Bahá'í Faith: Prophecy and Conversion, by Brian J. Mistler. (2001-02) Results of a field study of Bahá'ís in the United States and Australia which demonstrate that family connections and social teachings are greater incentives to conversion than prophecy is.
- Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, The: A Brief History, by Adam Berry. (2004-09-22) Bahá'í history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian converts in America; Jewish responses to the Faith.
- Bahá'í Faith and Traditional Societies, The: Exploring Universes of Discourse, by Moojan Momen. (1987) How misunderstandings can arise between pioneers and the cultures they've moved to; traditional vs. modern ways of communication, and the dynamics of conversion.
- Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa, by Hutan Hejazi Martinez. (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.)
- Conversion: to Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, by Juan Cole. (1993) Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Conversion Movements within Hindu Village Culture, by Susan Maneck. (1997) Hindu, Christian, and Bahá'í conversion patterns in India.
- Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran: Some Preliminary Observations, by Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck). (1990) Conversion patterns of Zoroastrians and Jews in the period 1877-1921.
- "Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran," by Susan Stiles Maneck: Commentary, by Foad Katirai. (1992)
- Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The, by Ahang Rabbani. (1999 Spring) The history of Hájí Mírzá Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
- Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of The Bab, by Peter Ashelman. (2001-09) Hermeneutics in early Babi/Bahá'í history and its relationship to conversion, and the historical evolution of the world Bahá’í community since its origins.
- Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies, by Linda S. Covey. (2011-05) Some Diné (Navajo) convert to the Bahá'í Faith because it fulfills their ancient prophecies, its institutions provide autonomy and empower the Diné people, and Bahá'í values of cultural diversity allow Diné to practice their traditional ways.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023) Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Enrollments and limited growth of the Bahá'í community, by Universal House of Justice. (2002-08-22) The lack of significant numerical growth in certain Western Bahá'í communities is related to the preceding decades of struggle, achievement and disappointment.
- Entry by Troops, Promoting, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (2000)
- Falta de crecimiento y el cambio de cultura, La, by Universal House of Justice. (2002-08-22)
- Finding the Lamp: My Bahá'í Experience, by Boris Handal. (2012) A personal adventure of faith, influenced by a background where faith and reason talked to each other, and an oriental ethnic heritage and curiosity for Eastern cultures; thoughts on inclusive spiritual agendas for the future.
- From Iran East and West, Juan Cole, ed, Moojan Momen, ed. (1984) Essays on Bahá'í history in the Middle East, the United States, and India.
- "I woke up and knew, spiritually, I have just accepted the faith": Agency and Dream Ethnography in the Bahá'í Faith, by Tova Makhani-Belkin. (2024-08-23) Analysis of first-generation Bahá'ís' dreams and visions as confirming their religious conversion, emphasizing dreams' role in integrating prior beliefs and aiding conversion.
- Jewish Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, by Moshe Sharon. (2011) On the conversion of Jews in Iran, where they were among the early converts to the new religion, first as occasional individuals, and from the late 1870s in massive numbers.
- Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, by Mehrdad Amanat. (2009) Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. (1988) The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Meeting a Prophet, by Archie Bell. (1915) Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Bahá at the Sea of Galilee.
- Membership, Joining and Leaving Religious Movements and Organizations, by Peter Smith. (2020) Reflections from the perspective of sociology of religion on belonging, joining, and leaving a faith group: membership, conversion, 'deconversion,' and sociological factors impacting conversion and deconversion; includes videos.
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. (1996)
- Meta-Narrative of Peasant Religious Conversion, The: A Case Study of the Baha'i Community In Thailand, by Amanah Nurish. (2015) A study of why the peasant peoples of Yasothon, Thailand have turned to the Bahá'í Faith instead of the more common Buddhism; how local political movements and resistance develop among the poor working-class in agricultural areas.
- Navajo Tradition, The: Transition to the Bahá'í Faith, by Linda S. Covey. (2010) Examines three reasons behind the conversion of some Navajo to Bahá'í in the early 1960s: fulfillment of prophecy, cultural empowerment and autonomy, and protection of traditional practices.
- Navjote of a Converted Zoroastrian Bahai, The, by Maneckji Nuserwanji Dhalla. Gool Sohrab H. J. Rustomji, trans, Behram Sohrab H. J. Rustomji, trans. (1975) Overview of the Faith, and the author's interactions with Bahá'ís in the early 1900s. (Navjote is the initiation ceremony where a child receives his/her ceremonial garments and first performs the Zoroastrian ritual.)
- Necessary History, A: Teaching On and Off The Reservations, by Linda S. Covey. (2016) On the early Bahá’í literature directed toward Native Americans; history of Bahá’í conversion activities with Indigenous populations; and the work conducted by the Central States Regional American Indian Teaching.
- Persian Stronghold of Zoroastrianism, A, by Mary Boyce. (1977) Brief mention of Bahá'í converts to Zoroastrianism in Yazd.
- Promoting Entry by Troops: Study Guide, by Robert McClelland. (1994-01) Study guide for the statement by the House and their compilation "Promoting Entry by Troops."
- Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant, by Universal House of Justice. (1996) Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Bahá'í social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevailing cultural mores; and the uniqueness of the Bahá'í covenant.
- Pursuit of Social Justice, The, by Michael Karlberg. (2022-08-03) An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice.
- Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan, by Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad. Denis MacEoin, trans. (1997-06) Translation of the questions submitted to Bahá'u'lláh by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal uncle of the Bab, which
led to the revelation of the Kitab-i Iqan.
- Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival, by Naghme Naseri Morlock. (2021) Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Bahá'í community responded to diaspora and persecution: passing as Muslim, religious constancy in the face of danger, and alternating "passing" with open displays.
- Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, by Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. (1995) Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh, by Bahá'u'lláh. Nosratollah Mohammad-Hosseini, trans. (1986) Raḍa’r-Rúḥ, a believer from Mashad, received this tablet shortly after Bahá'u'lláh arrived in Akka. In it, Bahá'u'lláh describes being pleased about the recent declaration of Christian doctor named Faris.
- Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, by Graeme Were. (2005) Anthropological study on the Bahá'í Faith in the Nalik area of New Ireland, New Guinea, especially the Nalik people's belief in harnessing ancestral power using transformative imagery.
- 'This Is a Progression, Not Conversion': Narratives of First-Generation Bahá'ís, by Tova Makhani-Belkin. (2023) Unlike personal transformation experiences in Christianity, religious conversion to the Bahá'í Faith is more often described as a gradual personal and spiritual growth analogous to progressive revelation. Link to article (offsite).
- Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions, by Juan Cole. (2015 Fall) Reflections on Bahá'u'lláh's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "language games"; Hinduism, India, and 19th-century Iranian culture; Manakji’s questions about Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.
- Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience, by Miriam Dixson. (2000) The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith.
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