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Tag "Criticism and apologetics"

tag name: Criticism and apologetics type: General
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referring tags: - Gender pronouns; Access to primary sources; Ambiguity; Báb, Grammar of; Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; Church and state; Conspiracy theories; Context, Taking verses out of; Contradictions; Freedom and liberty; Idealism; Infallibility; Interpretation; Making the Crooked Straight (book); Opposition; Publishing, Review; Seal of the Prophets; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Utopias and dystopias

"Criticism and apologetics" appears in:

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  1. Abdu'l-Bahá. Adib Masumian, trans. A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám (2016). — On apparently-conflicting hadiths (sayings ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) regarding the Hidden Im...
  2. Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck. Academic Methodologies (1997-09-21). — Two letters to the House on the relationship between "materialistic methodologies" and "doctrinal he...
  3. Thomas Gaskell Allen, William Lewis Sachtleben. Across Asia on a Bicycle: Through Persia to Samarkand (1894-07). — A travelogue through Tabreez, with a short but somewhat hostile history of the Bab.
  4. Universal House of Justice. Administrative Order, Suggestions about changes in (1995-05-18). — Ways in which Baha'is may make suggestions for change within the Baha'i administration, and the natu...
  5. Amin Banani. Ahmad Kasravi and the "Purification" of Persian: A Study in Nationalist Motivation (1981). — Political theory of a modernist Iranian reformer, also known for his criticisms of the Baha'i Faith....
  6. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Alleged Pro-German activities: Edward C. Getsinger, Case #317323 (1918). — Forty pages of FBI files investigating Edward C. Getsinger and possible Baha'i opposition to the war...
  7. Mina Yazdani, Omid Ghaemmaghami. Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism, An: The Case of Abu'l-Fadá'il-i-Gulpáyigání and E.G. Browne (2023). — Gulpaygani’s analysis of Orientalism as presented in his book Kashfu'l-Ghita', which focused on th...
  8. Ian Kluge. Apologetics: A Personal Vision (2001-09). — Argument for the need for and practice of academic defense of the Baha'i Faith.
  9. Universal House of Justice. Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of (2002-05-28). — On apparent contradictions, regarding Mirza Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Baha and a ...
  10. William F. McCants. Arabic Grammar of the Báb, The (2002). — Muslim detractors of the Bab have often criticized his grammar. Did the Bab make grammatical errors ...
  11. 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...
  12. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Attacks on the Faith (1997-04-08). — Response to two recent "attacks": dissidence and graffiti.
  13. Universal House of Justice. Authority and Centrality of the Universal House of Justice (2012). — Issues inspired by Udo Schaefer's writings about limitations on infallibility and the House's sphere...
  14. Denis MacEoin. Babi Concept of Holy War, The (1982). — An influential and controversial article, one of the first modern academic examinations of Babi hist...
  15. Bei Dawai. Bahá'í and Subud Dissent: Developments in the 2000s (2011-06). — Overview by a non-Baha'i on dissident movements, ex-Baha'is, and contemporary ideological debates.
  16. Udo Schaefer. Bahá'í Apologetics? (2001). — Apologetics is a branch of systematic theology rather than religious studies. It can help explore th...
  17. Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Faith in America as Panopticon 1963-1997, by Juan Cole: Review (1999).
  18. Peter Terry. Bahá'í Faith in America as Panopticon 1963-1997, by Juan Cole: The Myth of the Objective Observer (1999).
  19. Peter Terry. Baha'i Faith in America, by William Garlington: Review (2017).
  20. Douglas Martin. Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings, The by William Miller: "Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith" (1978-12). — Lengthy review of Miller's book, and a broad discussion of anti-Baha'i polemic and historiography.
  21. Denis MacEoin. Bahá'í Fundamentalism and the Academic Study of the Babi Movement (1986). — A response to Afnan and Hatcher's "Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins," on the issue...
  22. 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...
  23. A. E. Suthers. Baha'i Pontiff in the Making, A (1935-01). — A polemical article, published in what was originally a missionary-oriented journal, which is useful...
  24. Christopher Buck. Baha'i Reflections on the "Seal of the Prophets" (2013-2017). — Three blog entries of personal reflections: Unsealing the “Seal of the Prophets” (2013); The Sea...
  25. 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...
  26. Seena Fazel, comp. Bahá'í Scholarship: Readings (1993).
  27. Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  28. Francis Beckwith. Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989 Winter/Spring ). — An antagonistic and polemical overview of the Baha'i Faith by a Christian.
  29. David Friedman. Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered, by Francis Beckwith: A Bahá'í Response (1998). — Lengthy theological apologia.
  30. Jack McLean. Baha'is as a Mystic Community, by Moojan Momen, The: Response (2006). — The meanings of mysticism in the writings of Baha'u'llah and Shoghi Effendi.
  31. Samuel Graham Wilson. Bahá'ísm: An Anti-Christian System (1915-01). — A Christian missionary's perspective on the Baha'i Faith's claim to supersede Christianity.
  32. Denis MacEoin. Bahá'ísm: Some Uncertainties about its Role as a Globalizing Religion (2005). — On Baha'i self-understanding as the religion to unite all faiths in the culmination of globalisation...
  33. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'ísm - Its Origins and Role: A Rebuttal (1983-08). — The complete Iranian document "Bahaism — its origins and its role" together with BIC commentary on...
  34. Samuel Graham Wilson. Bahá'ísm and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha (1970). — A hostile and uninformed Christian missionary's overview of the Baha'i Faith from 1915; included her...
  35. Universal House of Justice. Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12: Beckwith's Allegations (1990-11-06). — Responses to allegations Francis Beckwith makes in his booklet "Baha'i" about changes to this book.
  36. Ibrahim George Kheiralla. Behaism: In Reply to the Attack of Robert P. Richardson (1915-10). — A defense of the Baha'i Faith, with reference to fulfilled prophecy. Followed by the journal's short...
  37. Christopher Buck. Beyond the "Seal of the Prophets": Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude (2007). — The Babi background of the Iqan, the nature of interpretation and exegesis, and the place of Muhamma...
  38. Heidi A. Campbell, Drake Fulton. Bounded Religious Communities' Management of the Challenge of New Media: Bahá'í Negotiation with the Internet (2012). — An outsiders' perspective of the Baha'i approach to fluid, open networks in the face of its bounded ...
  39. Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Brilliant Proof, The (1998). — Two editions of a work of apologetics by an eminent Baha'i scholar, first published in 1912 and repr...
  40. 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...
  41. Michael Stausberg, Denis MacEoin, Sen McGlinn. Challenging Apostasy: Responses to Moojan Momen's 'Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community' (2008). — Six letters to the editor published in the issue following Momen's article.
  42. Universal House of Justice. Challenging the Authority of the Universal House of Justice (1997-06-03). — Does the Universal House of Justice have the authority to make authoritative interpretations? Does a...
  43. Jan Karel van Baalen. Chaos of Cults, The: A Study in Present-Day Isms (1956). — Fourteen-page chapter on the Faith from a critical yet somewhat sympathetic Christian perspective ("...
  44. 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...
  45. Sen McGlinn. Church and State: Book 1 of a Postmodern Political Theology for the Bahá'í Community (2005). — Religion and politics in Islamic history; Islamic and Baha'i views on theocracy and democracy; the t...
  46. Roshan Danesh. Church and State in the Bahá'í Faith: An Epistemic Approach (2008). — On the public role of Baha'i institutions; review of current secondary literature; temporal legitima...
  47. Sen McGlinn. Church and State in the World Order of Baha'u'llah (1994-11-06). — The concept of theocracy as it applies to the Baha'i model of government.
  48. Mohsen Enayat. Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm (1992). — Response to an official 1986 pronouncement on the Faith by this prominent Egyptian university.
  49. Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Comments on "Infallible Institutions?" by Udo Shaefer and "Response" by Peter Terry (2020/2023). — Thoughts on infallibility of the Universal House of Justice through a case study of predictions rega...
  50. Richard Ater. Comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith (1997). — Analytical overview of the theology of prophethood in both religions.
  51. Nader Saiedi. Concealment and Revelation in Bahá'u'lláh's Book of the River (1999). — Analysis and provisional translation of Sahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River); on Baha'u'llah's e...
  52. 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," ...
  53. Moojan Momen. Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran (2004). — Early attacks on the Baha'i community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations...
  54. 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"...
  55. 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...
  56. Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Criticism: Extracts from letters written on behalf of the Guardian to individual believers (1996).
  57. Universal House of Justice. Daniel's Prophecies (2007). — Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications...
  58. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Dates in Baha'u'llah and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992-09-24). — Response to certain allegations Beckwith makes in his booklet Baha'i.
  59. Adib Masumian. Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith (2009). — Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Baha'i Faith as a subversive political group,...
  60. Peter Terry. Dialogue on Infallibility: A response to Udo Schaefer's 'Infallible Institutions?' (2006). — An extended review of the themes first published in Schaefer's Making the Crooked Straight, presente...
  61. Jack McLean. Did Prophecy Fail? The Lesser Peace and the Year 2000 (2003-08). — Prior to the 2010s, there was widespread belief in the Baha'i community that the Lesser Peace would ...
  62. Sen McGlinn. Difficult Case, A: Beyer's Categories and the Bahá'í Faith (2003-06). — Beyer considers that a religious movement which seeks to have religious norms enshrined in legislati...
  63. Discussions between MacEoin, Cole, Hatcher, Afnan, Lambden, Momen, et al.: index and links (1974-2013). — Table of contents and links for a variety of published scholarly debates within Baha'i studies, 1974...
  64. Universal House of Justice. Dissidence and Criticism by Bahá'ís and Scholars (1996-07-02). — Response to a latter about the content and tone of some online discussions in email listservers in t...
  65. 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...
  66. Moojan Momen. Dolgorukov Memoirs (1996). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  67. Stephen Lambden. Dr. MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship...": Some Thoughts (1982). — The nature of faith-based approaches to studying religion, authoritarianism, supernatural vs. human ...
  68. Universal House of Justice. Pierre Daoust, trans. Droits et libertés individuels (2023). — Translation of the letter "Individual Rights and Freedoms" by the Universal House of Justice (1988 D...
  69. L. P. Elwell-Sutton. Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1972).
  70. Universal House of Justice. Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice (1996). — Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the fore...
  71. James J. Keene. Essays on Bahá'í Topics (2010/2021). — Three sample chapters from a collection of essays: Universal Currency is Now, Baha'i Election Primer...
  72. 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 subjecti...
  73. Sen McGlinn. Faith and World Economy: A Joint Venture, a Bahá'í Perspective, by Giuseppe Robiati: Review (1998).
  74. William P. Collins. Farrakhan, Cabala, Bahá'í, and 19, by Martin Gardner: Response (1997). — Context of Baha'i numerology.
  75. Morgan Wilson. Feminism, Men and the Bahá'í Faith (1996). — Separate reflections on feminism and on men and the Baha'i Faith. The challenges faced by each are a...
  76. Charles H. Stileman. Followers of Beha in Persia, The (1898-09). — A follow-up to the author's 1893 article "A Week with the Babis."
  77. Christopher Buck. Fourth Candle, The: The Unity of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue (1986). — What does "Unity in Religion" mean, and how does it apply for Baha'is' interactions with other relig...
  78. Ali Akbar Dareini, trans. Freemasonry, Bahá'ísm, and British Tudehis (1999). — Overview of Baha'i activities during the period of Mohammad Reza Shah, from the hostile perspective ...
  79. 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.
  80. Jack McLean. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb, by Nader Saiedi: Review (2009). — Review of the book, expanded into an essay on the Bab's ethics, laws, and use of symbolism.
  81. Michael Karlberg, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims. Global Citizenship and Humanities Scholarship: Toward a Twenty-First Century Agenda (2006). — In this age of global interdependence, the critique of anachronistic social constructs is necessary ...
  82. Anonymous. God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi: Review (1945-01-31). — Brief review by a non-Baha'i journal, written shortly after the publication of God Passes By.
  83. Stephen Vaccaro. Good Tree, The: Distinguishing the Bahá'í Faith From Destructive Cults (1996). — Examination of some fundamental characteristics of a cult, to determine whether or not the Baha'i Fa...
  84. 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...
  85. Universal House of Justice. How Individuals Can Improve Their Understanding of the Bahá'í Teachings (1994-08-01). — On the inability of the finite human mind to fully grasp the import of the Teachings, and how indivi...
  86. Sen McGlinn. In praise of Individuation (1994). — On the critique of western society. Includes commentary by Roshan Danesh and Gordon Dicks.
  87. Federal Bureau of Investigation. In re. Bahá'í Temple Unity (Alleged German Religious Propaganda): Alfred S. Lunt, Case #304495 (1918). — Seven pages of FBI files investigating Alfred S. Lunt and Mirian Sevasly and possible Baha'i opposit...
  88. 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 Baha'i community,...
  89. 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."
  90. International Teaching Centre. Internet Forums, Development and Monitoring of (1995-02-24). — Guidance for Counsellors regarding participation in and monitoring of bulletin boards, chat rooms, a...
  91. Khazeh Fananapazir, Seena Fazel, Sen McGlinn. Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings, Some (1992). — Aspects of hermeneutics and authorized interpretation.
  92. Kathleen Jenkins. Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement (2003). — On the construction and maintenance of multiracial/ethnic networks in religious movements, through a...
  93. Ian C. Semple. Knowledge and the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh: Invited Commentary (1999). — On the apparent contradiction between following infallible divine guidance while pursuing an unfette...
  94. Gerald C. Keil. Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (2021). — Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan...
  95. Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946-06-07). — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
  96. 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...
  97. 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 Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  98. Samuel Graham Wilson. Mahdist Movements (1916). — An unsympathetic Christian missionary's early history of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths. Excerpt from lo...
  99. Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer. Making the Crooked Straight (2007). — Two pages on a prophecy concerning the advent of Man Yuzhiruhu'llah.
  100. Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer. Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Baha'i Apologetics [excerpt] (2000). — Front- and back-matter of the book only: Contents, Preface, Introduction, Conclusion, Bibliography, ...
  101. Christian Cannuyer. Greg Massiah, trans. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1998).
  102. Denis MacEoin. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2001-06).
  103. Seena Fazel. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2004-01-20).
  104. Heshmat Moayyad. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1998). — A commentary for Baha’is examining the balance of critical thought with loyalty to Baha’i instit...
  105. Seena Fazel. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2004).
  106. Manfred Hutter. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1997-10).
  107. Christian Cannuyer. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1997).
  108. Christian Cannuyer. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1997).
  109. Iain S. Palin. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2000 November).
  110. Anthony Lee, Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Udo Schaefer. Making the Crooked Straight, review by Denis MacEoin: Responses (2001). — Responses by Tony Lee, Kavian Milani, and Udo Schaefer to Denis MacEoin's review of Making the Crook...
  111. Jack McLean. Making the Crooked Straight: Foreword, and letter to World Order (2000/2005). — Foreword to the published book, followed by a letter to the editor for World Order regarding their i...
  112. Denis MacEoin. Making the Invisible Visible: Introductory Books on the Bahá'í Faith (2012-08). — Overview of contemporary issues in Baha'i scholarship from an outsider's perspective, including defi...
  113. Moojan Momen. Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community (2007). — Study of a particular type of articulate and well-educated ex-Baha'is, here termed "marginal" and "a...
  114. Moshe Sharon. Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary (2011). — Summary of pages 25-91 of the Arabic text of the "Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov," a fraudulent work.
  115. Moshe Sharon. "Memoirs of Dolgorukov" and "The Protocols of the Elders Of Zion" (2007). — Comparison of two fraudulent anti-religion works: "Elders of Zion" is one of the most notorious anti...
  116. Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  117. Moojan Momen. Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure (2007). — The argument about exactly when Baha'u'llah became aware of his mission. Relevant issues and rival p...
  118. Samuel Graham Wilson. Modern Movements among Moslems (1916). — A Christian missionary's overview of contemporary Islam, including the Babis.
  119. Amin Banani. Modernity and Millennium, by Juan Cole: Some Reflections (1999).
  120. 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.
  121. Juan Cole. Modernity and the Millennium, a response by Amin Banani: Response to review (2000).
  122. Denis MacEoin. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole (1999).
  123. Barbara D. Metcalf. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (2000).
  124. Sen McGlinn. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (1999).
  125. Merlin Swartz. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (2000-06).
  126. Gulbeniz Babayeva Majnunqizi (published as Babayeva Majnun qizi). Molla Nasreddin Magazine and Bahá'í Faith (2023). — Molla Nasr-al-Din, a weekly journal in Azeri Turkish published from 1906-1931, provided a platform f...
  127. Universal House of Justice. Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal (1996-06-27). — Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Baha'i concept of equality of the sexes in l...
  128. L. P. Elwell-Sutton. Muhammad and the Course of Islam, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1977).
  129. Necati Alkan. Nazif, Suleyman (2021). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  130. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Necessity for Prayer, The (2024). — Extract from a Tablet of ‘Abdu'l-Baha.
  131. Paul Carus. New Religion, Babism, A (1904-06/07). — Overview of early Baha'i history, the Faith in Chicago, a review of Myron Phelps' book Life and Teac...
  132. Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher, Denis MacEoin. Note on Maceoin's 'Bahá'í Fundamentalism' and 'Afnán, Hatcher and an old bone' (1986). — Two shorter follow-up essays, offering closing thoughts on a previously-published debate about issue...
  133. 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...
  134. Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. Nuqtat al-Káf (2008). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  135. Juan Cole. Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions (1998-08). — History of the writing of this early Babi historical text, and some recent interpretations of its hi...
  136. Susan Maneck. Old Charges for a New Religion, Some (2009-01-24). — The background and significance of the fantastic charges made against Baha’is in Iran and elsewher...
  137. Robert P. Richardson. Persian Rival to Jesus, and His American Disciples, The (1915-08). — History and teachings of the Babi and Baha'i religions and contemporary American disagreements, from...
  138. Universal House of Justice. Places Where the Manifestations of God Have Appeared; Equality of Men and Women (1986-10-27). — The consistent portrayal of all known Manifestations of God as male and their historical emergence e...
  139. Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004-2014). — 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Baha'i history, Central Figur...
  140. Robert P. Richardson. Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope, The: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (Conclusion) (1916-11). — Part 2 of a critique of Baha'i practice and thought from a (somewhat hostile) Christian perspective.
  141. Robert P. Richardson. Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope, The: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (part 1) (1916-10). — A critical overview of Babi history, contemporary American Baha'i issues and disagreements (e.g. Khe...
  142. Universal House of Justice, 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...
  143. Juan Cole. Problems of Chronology in Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Wisdom (1979 Spring). — On the biographical section of the Lawh-i-Hikmat and its background in Islamic models.
  144. Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Leila Rassekh Milani. Proof Based on Establishment (Dalíl-i-taqrír) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayát), The: An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics (1997). — Study of Baha'i apologetics based largely on the work of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl.
  145. Michael W. Sours, Christopher Buck. Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Commentary and Responses (1994). — Editorial statement about the nature of Baha'i scholarship and academic debate, followed by response...
  146. Universal House of Justice. Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Baha'u'llah and the New Era (1996-06-02). — Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications...
  147. Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion (2001-09-02). — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
  148. Cetin Onder. Recognition and Identity: The case of the Baha'i Faith (2002 spring). — Baha'i Faith seen in a Hegelian model.
  149. Linda Walbridge. Reforming the Marja` at-Taqlid: The Baha'i Example (1997). — Shi'i leadership paradigms and the marja` at-taqlid, "clerical exemplar" or "religious guide."
  150. Jack McLean. Refutation of Francesco Ficicchia and the Dangers of Silence, The (2001). — Examination of the prejudice caused to the reputation of the Faith in academic and ecclesiastical ci...
  151. Moojan Momen. Religions of the World: Divisive or Divine?: A Look at Religious Fundamentalism (2001-11). — What 'fundamentalism' means from the religious viewpoint; sociological and psychological explanation...
  152. Mina Yazdani. Religious Contentions in Modern Iran, 1881-1941 (2011). — In 20th-century Iran, anti-Bahaism played a role in transforming Shi'i religious piety into the poli...
  153. Bahá'í Internet Agency. Responding to Criticism and Opposition on the Internet (2009). — Baha’is welcome constructive examination of their Faith. While they should not engage in exchanges...
  154. Moojan Momen, 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...
  155. Eric Hadley-Ives. Results of Talisman Attitudes Survey (2000). — Detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talism...
  156. Universal House of Justice. Resurrection and Return of Jesus (2008). — The body of Christ; the burial of Christ; His return; and explaining the Baha'i view to Christians.
  157. 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...
  158. Nazila Ghanea-Hercock. Review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of Bahá'ís in Iran (1997). — Issues of misinformation, perceived favoritism under the Shah's regime, charges of espionage, and th...
  159. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Peter J. Khan, comp. Scholarship, Bahá'í (1993).
  160. Todd Smith. Science and Religion in Dynamic Interplay (2019). — An approach to conceptualizing and contributing to the harmony of science and religion; some legitim...
  161. David Piff, Margit Warburg. Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List (2005). — Dynamics of participation on the Talisman listserver in 1995, and how it provided an interactive pro...
  162. Universal House of Justice. Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse (2004-09-06). — Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the...
  163. Universal House of Justice. Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab (2000-02-02). — Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Baha'u'llah were slaves, and a list of relevant sources f...
  164. Bahá'í Computer and Communications Association, comp. soc.religion.bahai: Complete Archives (1992-2010). — Link to an 18-year archive of the first moderated Baha'i newsgroup.
  165. 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 freed...
  166. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). — Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American...
  167. Bahá'í International Community. Statement in Rebuttal of Accusations Made against the Bahá'í Faith by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (1982-11-30). — In a document distributed to the UN, "Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran made a num...
  168. Universal House of Justice. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The (1992-10-15). — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
  169. Denis MacEoin. Still Lives (1993). — The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdi...
  170. 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.
  171. 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...
  172. Moojan Momen. Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2000). — Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophec...
  173. Todd Lawson. Styles of piety: Notes on the relationship between Bahá'í scholars and the Bahá'í institutions with reference to academic methodology (2003). — On the role of the scholar in the community, the phenomenon of the internet, and the institution of ...
  174. Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá (2004-05-28). — Two questions: on the Tablet of the Bab "Lawh-i-Vasaya: The Will and Testament"; the nature of the a...
  175. Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation (1997/1998). — Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the transla...
  176. 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 ...
  177. Universal House of Justice. Tahirih and Women's Suffrage (1990-01). — Two letters on Tahirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You c...
  178. Universal House of Justice. Takfir, declaration of unbelief: includes excerpts from Risáliy-i-Siyasiyyih (2001-04-18). — Questions from an individual about the Muslim practice of takfir, declaring someone an unbeliever, w...
  179. Edward Price. Taking Care with Translation of Sacred Scripture (2016/2020). — Examination of the importance of using reliable translations of the Qur’an. Includes technical dis...
  180. David F. Young. Teaching Christians More Effectively: Handbook and Seminar (1999). — Baha'i views of Christianity; questions Christians might ask; interpretation of the Bible; theology ...
  181. Arthur Pillsbury Dodge. Paul Carus, ed. The Bahá'í Revelation (1905). — Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the...
  182. Juan Cole, 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."
  183. Christopher Buck. The Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Review (1992).
  184. Universal House of Justice. Theocracy and Separation of Church and State (1995-04-27). — On theocracy in relation to the Baha'i model of government, and issues relating to the development o...
  185. Sen McGlinn. Theology of the State from the Bahá'í Teachings, A (1999 Autumn). — Western religions exhibit three types of divine societies: eschatological (the Kingdom of God on Ear...
  186. 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...
  187. Universal House of Justice. To the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (2024-05-26). — The Baha’i response to conflicts and related humanitarian crises in the world; encouraging Baha’...
  188. Paul Lample. Toward a Framework for Action (2018). — On defining and encouraging scholarship, especially as it relates to the major objectives of the Bah...
  189. Peter Terry. Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History (1999-12). — Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which ...
  190. Universal House of Justice. Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The (1990-11-06).
  191. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, The (2021-02). — Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Baha’u’llah, 'Abdu’l-B...
  192. David Friedman. Unknown Hour, The (1998). — Christians believe the Bible does not specify the time of Christ's return, but the Baha'i teachings ...
  193. Universal House of Justice. Usage of the Word "Negro" in Writings of Shoghi Effendi (2021-01-21). — Brief letter about the historically evolving use of racial terminology, and avoiding offense.
  194. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Use of the Masculine Gender in the Bahá'í Writings, The: Extracts from Letters Written By and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice (2002). — Extracts from letters from the House of Justice from 1981-1999 on general principles in relation to ...
  195. Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher. Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins (1985). — A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Baha'i interpretations of history vis-à-v...
  196. Geoffrey Nash. What is Bahá'í Orientalism? (2021). — Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual otheri...
  197. Sidney Edward Morrison, Frank Lewis. When the Saints Come Marching In: The Art of Bahá'í Biography (1986). — Comments on hagiography, including reviews of nine popular Baha'i biographies. Includes response "In...
  198. Báb, The. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Will and Testament: Translation and Commentary (2004-09). — Examination of four available manuscripts, dates of issue, variations, exclusions, verse numbering f...
  199. Universal House of Justice. Wives of Baha'u'llah (1995-10-23). — Information on Baha'u'llah's three wives, and a background to the Baha'i teaching that people should...
  200. Universal House of Justice. Women on the Universal House of Justice (1988-05-31). — Response to a paper presented at a Baha'i Studies conference which raised the possibility that women...
  201. Universal House of Justice. Steve Cooney, comp. World Order, Evolution Towards: Notes on recent secondary literature, compilation, and two memoranda from the Bahá'í World Centre (1990/1995/2007). — Two letters, "Request for Materials about the World Order of Baha'u'llah" and "World Government and ...

2.   from the Chronology (20 results; expand)

  1. 1898-00-02 — The first anti-Baha'i polemical tracts were published by Christian missionaries in Iran. [SBB111:69]...
  2. 1905-00-00 — A.L.M. Nicolas published his book ...
  3. 1910-00-00 — The publication of Fifty-Three Years in Syria by Reverend H. H. Jessup. (Apologies: t...
  4. 1911-10-15 — In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha gave a talk at His apartment at #4 Avenue de Camoens. During the talk M...
  5. 1912-00-00 — The publication of The Brilliant Proof by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani in Chicago by the Bahai News S...
  6. 1915-09-01 — The publication of The Persian Rival to Jesus, And His American Disciples by Robert P. Richardson. ...
  7. 1931-00-00 — The publication of Baha'ism: Its Origins, History and Teachings by Reverend William McElwee Miller,...
  8. 1934-00-06 — In Egypt, a certain learned Shaykh el Kharashi attacked the Faith in a series of articles under the ...
  9. 1942-00-00 — The publication in Iran of The Political Confessions or Memoirs of Prince Dolgoruki (or, simply, Dol...
  10. 1943-00-00 — Fereidoon Adamiyyat, one of the most influential and widely acknowledged Iranian historians of the 2...
  11. 1964-11-05 — Followers of Charles Mason Remey filed suit in the United States District Court for Northern Illinoi...
  12. 1966-06-01 — The counter-claim of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States against the followers of C...
  13. 1971-00-00 — In Germany, Hermann Zimmer resurrected the claims of Ruth White in a small book published in 1971 (E...
  14. 1974-00-00 — The publication of The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings by Reverend William McElwee Miller. T...
  15. 1981-01-01 — The publication of Der Bahā'ismus, Weltreligion der Zukunft?: Geschichte, Lehre und Organisation in...
  16. 1986-01-21 — The Islamic Research Academy at the Azhar University in Cairo published in a number of newspapers a ...
  17. 1988-12-29 — The Universal House of Justice issued a letter to the Baha'is in the United States published as Indi...
  18. 2003-09-00 — The publication of History of Baha'ism in Iran by Abdullah Shahbazi, the then head of the Political ...
  19. 2004-00-00 — The publication of the paper Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Baha'i Community in Ira...
  20. 2009-00-00 — The publication of ...
 
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