- Lin Poyer. A Leaf of Honey and the Proverbs of the Rainforest, by Joseph Shepperd: Review (1989).
- Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Prophecy (2019). Slide-show overview of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's prophecy "these Indians will enlighten the whole world."
- Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. African Culture, Traditional, Aspects of (1998-12). Challenges and opportunities in the African continent; eliminating prejudices; dance and music; alcohol; hunting; initiation rites; the supernatural; tribal leadership; status of women.
- Layli Maparyan. Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections (2020). The meanings of the metaphor "pupil of the eye;" experiences of growing up African-American in the West; overcoming cosmological negation; the African worldview on nature, humanity, and creation; gendered expressions of African culture.
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke and Cultural Pluralism (2004). The worldview of the African American thinker Alain Locke as a Bahá'í, his secular perspective as a philosopher, and the synergy between his confessional and professional essays.
- Nossrat Peseschkian. Applications of Positive Psychotherapy for Marriage and Family Therapy (1983). To understand observed behaviour, we need to consider transcultural conditions as well as those in the personal history of the patient. This approach underlies the author's concept for a conflict-centred therapy.
- Jordi Vallverdu Segura, Josuke Nakano. Architectures of Thinking, The (2022). Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships between the subject and their surroundings. By sharing an environment and its relationships, members of a community define their values, attitudes, and "reality."
- Paul Fieldhouse. Bahá'í: Religion and Diet (2003). Short overview of fasting, feast, and diet.
- Graham Hassall, William Barnes. Bahá'í Communities in the Asia-Pacific: Performing Common Theology and Cultural Diversity on a 'Spiritual Axis' (1998-07). The idea of a ‘spiritual axis' between the Bahá'ís of the northern and southern regions of the Asia-Pacific both served to establish closer relations between them, and raise consciousness of the barriers impeding their close relations.
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies (1996). The origins and early life of the Bahá'í community in Canada as a sociological case study in the transplantation of non-Western faiths into Western settings.
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Faith and Traditional Societies, The: Exploring Universes of Discourse (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.
- Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, ed. Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights (2001). Articles by Kiser Barnes, Greg Duly, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Graham Hassall, Darren Hedley, Nazila Ghanea-Hercock,
Chichi Layor, Michael Penn, Martha Schweitz, and Albert Lincoln.
- Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). The nature of human potential, and how the Bahá'í Faith can guide the process of spiritual transformation.
- John Hunter, Chris Jones. Bioprospecting and Indigenous Knowledge in Australia: Implications of Valuing Indigenous Spiritual Knowledge (2006-07). Co-authored/painted paper by Aboriginal and 'Western' authors primarily focusing on spiritual issues in law.
- Chelsea Horton. Building Intercultural Community: Insights from Indigenous Bahá'í History (2016). Bridging Bahá'í communities with Indigenous populations in Canada and the United States was not easy, and was especially fraught for native believers, who also confronted tensions of intercultural understanding and sometimes outright racism.
- Nozomu Sonda. Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education (2007). Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Bahá'í perspective on moral education.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge (1993(?)/2015). A formal statement from the NSA of the Bahá'ís of India on the need to overcome religious, linguistic and caste-based tensions.
- Sulayman S. Nyang. Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity (1999-02). Contains only brief mention of Bahá'ís, but discusses the Iranian Revolution and related 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.
- Shahrzad Sabet. Crisis of Identity, The (2023-01-17). Exploring how the Bahá’í principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractable tension between oneness and diversity.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity (2000).
- Margaret Caton (published as Peggy Caton). Cultural Pluralism in the Bahá'í Community (1986). The idea of relative truth implies a situational approach to living. Bahá'í teachings encourage both diversity and harmonious co-existence.
- Universal House of Justice. Cultural Reconciliation in Canada (2000-06). The Universal House of Justice suggests to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada that their efforts at unity and reconciliation should focus on culture rather than on race.
- Universal House of Justice. Cultural Reconciliation in Canada - questions (2001). Reply from the House of Justice to a request for a reexamination of the assumptions on which its letter to Canada of 5 September 1999 was based.
- Universal House of Justice. Dancing in the Haziratu'l-Quds (1987). Recreational dancing in a temple is not appropriate, but cultural and devotional dancing is acceptable.
- Boris Handal. De la Córdoba Mora a los Bahá'ís de Irán (2010). Contrast between the contemporary Iranian Bahá'í community and the treatment of religious minorities in Spain under the Moors.
- 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.
- Archives Office of the United States Bahá'í National Center. Demographics of the United States National Spiritual Assembly (2016-03-17). Percentage of women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans serving on the U.S. and Canadian NSAs from 1922-2015.
- Linda S. Covey. Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies (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.
- Julio Savi. Duty of Kindness and Sympathy Towards Strangers, The (2011). Integrating immigrants into the culture of their new country is becoming a focus in some Western states. In 2007 the Italian government issued a “Charter on the Values and Significance of Citizenship and Integration,” which reflects such Bahá'í ideals.
- Susan Clay Stoddart. Education and Moral Development in Children (1988). We are caught between the imperative to function as a world culture and a belief that we need to maintain separate racial, cultural, and ethnic identities; strategies that parents and teachers can use to help children develop an identity with all peoples.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- 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.
- Moojan Momen. Exploring Universes of Discourse: The Meeting of the Bahá'í Faith and Traditional Society (1987). To communicate, people need to share not just a common language; there must also be a common framework for understanding, a "universe of discourse." Bahá'í pioneers must bridge cultural and linguistic divides when imparting the teachings of the Faith.
- Boris Handal. From Moorish Cordova to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Islamic Tolerance and Intolerance (2007-09-08). Though Bahá'ís are persecuted in Iran, Muhammad taught understanding and respect towards religious minorities. Cordova, Spain is an example of historical tolerance where Muslims, Christians and Jews co-existed harmoniously under Islamic rule.
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
- Moojan Momen. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith and to explain the Bahá'í Faith to those who are from a Hindu background.
- Duane L. Herrmann. Houses as Perfect as Is Possible (1994 Fall). A survey of the evolution in design of the Bahá'í Houses of Worship around the world through the twentieth century.
- Kiser Barnes. Human Rights and Multiculturalism (2001). The concept of human rights must be enriched by spiritual principles. They rest on universal principles of morality and justice, and are a philosophical source for political and social reform.
- Quentin Farrand. Identidad y Paz (2009). Estimular la apreciación de la diversidad de caracteres, talentos, y personalidades que encontramos en todos los grupos étnicos, de clase, nacionales, y de creencias, y desalentar el adoctrinamiento de aversión y contienda entre estos segmentos.
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Importance of and Guidance on Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Indigenous and Other Languages (n.d.). Compilation of one passage from Abdu'l-Bahá and fourteen excerpts from letters written by or on behalf of the Universal House of Justice.
- Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. Indigenous Messengers of God (2014-2020). 68 essays on Native American theology and history from the perspective of Bahá'í teachings.
- Chris Jones Kavelin. Individual Bahá'í Perspective on Spiritual Aspects of Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development: Towards a Second Enlightenment (2008). This paper discusses the spiritual value of cultural diversity and explores how such reflection impacts development policy on the local, national and international levels.
- Bahá'í International Community. Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation (2007-10). Statement to the United Nations on best practices and strategies for interreligious and intercultural cooperation.
- 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.
- Boris Handal. La Cultura Hispano Árabe en Latino América (2004). The influence of the Hispano-Arab culture in Latin American history, from a linguistic point of view, and through the development of the humanities and sciences such as mathematics, astronomy, and medicine.
- Alvino E. Fantini. Language and Worldview (1989). Languages are paradigms of a view of the world. Knowledge of more than one language holds promise for an expanded worldview, for understanding other people on their own terms.
- Moojan Momen. Learning from History (1989). The challenges caused by the influx of Third World villagers into the Bahá’í world community. The value of a study of the history of the Bahá’í Faith in understanding this development and in helping us towards appropriate presentations of the Faith.
- Christopher Buck. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- Ruhiyyih Khanum. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere (1969). Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Bahá'í Writings that their future is very great, and that they themselves best help to fulfill these promises by taking the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh to their own people.
- Paula Bidwell. Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha (2011). Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Abdu'l-Bahá from his 1912 visit to the United States.
- Linda S. Covey. Navajo Tradition, The: Transition to the Bahá'í Faith (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.
- Linda S. Covey. Necessary History, A: Teaching On and Off The Reservations (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.
- Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling (2008 Fall). On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá’ís: how do people put together stories to construct their contemporary Bahá’í identity?
- Deborah Clark Vance. Not Just for Consumers: An Argument for Depicting Diverse Beliefs on U.S. Television (2007). Globally, with few exceptions, television is a conduit for reaffirming hegemonic beliefs. How can we respond to the pressure towards standardization and homogenization? An increased awareness of one’s own cultural assumptions is needed.
- Universal House of Justice. Permissibility of Chinese New Year Celebrations and Cultural Prostrations (2019-06-04). Permissibility of observing Chinese New Year; prostrating is permissible for cultures in which prostrations do not signify submission or humiliation, but are merely gestures of respect or politeness.
- Universal House of Justice. Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities (1996-02). Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Bahá'í gatherings because of an inability to understand English.
- Universal House of Justice. Pioneering, Language, Arts, Example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1998-02-10). Pioneering; Serving parents; Serving where need is; Gardens; International Auxiliary Language; Arabic pronunciation; study of Persian; Some references in Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Folk art; External affairs; Daily living; Abdu'l-Bahá as divine exemplar.
- Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information. Protection of Diversity in the World Order of Baha'u'llah, The (1988). Statement dated December 29, 1985, released by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information following the broadcast of a BBC program on the Bahá'í Faith in 1985.
- Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration (2022). Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Bahá'í teachings on the typologies of proclamation and apocalypse.
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings (2013). The Bahá'í Faith has much to say on the importance of reason, logic, and a "rational God," but the mind alone is not sufficient to attain transrational understanding. This paper examines the uses and limitations of reason in light of cultural differences.
- 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.
- Pym Trueman. Return of the Dreamtime (1995). Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan customs and beliefs were changed or lost.
- Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation (2023-01-08). Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted process of social transformation that genuine reconciliation implies.
- Benjamin Leiker. Sacred Baha'i Architecture (1999-09). Symbolism and history of Bahá'í temples.
- Deborah Clark Vance. Same Yet Different, The: Bahá'í Perspectives on Achieving Unity out of Difference (2002-05). Based on in-depth interviews with members of the Bahá’í Faith [in the USA] to uncover a description of how they believe they can bring together diverse people; development of a linear model of multicultural communication.
- Deborah Clark Vance. Same Yet Different, The: Creating Unity Among the Diverse Members of the Bahá'í Faith (2002/2003 Winter). A study of the process by which people form a unified community from diverse cultures based on interviews with a small group of American Bahá’ís; the importance of foundational beliefs in this process; learning intercultural communication.
- Stanwood Cobb. Simla, a Tale of Love (1919). A Hindu legend retold in poetic form: a story of love and devotion that reconciles flesh and spirit, love and life, the world and the soul.
- Sama Shodjai. Singular Room, A: An Exploration of Bahá'í Houses of Worship (2023-12). Overview of the design principles followed in building the Bahá'í temples, and the intricacies and considerations involved in their design, using Canada as a case study. (Link to document, offsite).
- June Manning Thomas. Spatial Strategies for Racial Unity (2020-09). On the nature and approaches of Bahá’í educational programs and community building efforts which seek, in the context of neighborhoods and villages, to raise capacity for service to humanity.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand. Special Report on Baha'i Burial vs. Maori Custom (1989-10-06). Special report about reconciling Bahá'í burial laws with local maori customs where they conflict; includes guidance from the Universal House of Justice.
- Universal House of Justice. Tattoos, Permissibility of (2003).
- Graeme Were. Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (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.
- Roxanne Lalonde. Unity in Diversity: Acceptance and Integration in an Era of Intolerance and Fragmentation (1994-04). Short excerpt from thesis, edited as a stand-alone article.
- Michael Harris Bond. Unity in Diversity: Orientations and Strategies for Building a Harmonious Multicultural Society (1998-06). Insights from the discipline of psychology can be used to design societies compatible with the exigencies and opportunities provided by the 21st Century.
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
- Deborah Clark Vance. Us and Them: Understanding Cultural Identity (2002-08). Identity formation and cultural identities are an important part of who we are, but we need to be aware that intergroup prejudices can obstruct mutual understanding.
- Jennifer Chapa, Rhett Diessner. Values Education in Bahá'í Schools (2000). A general introduction to a Bahá'í view of the purpose of education, along with a review of common principles and features of Bahá'í-inspired schools, with a multiculturally sensitive curriculum.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Vision of Race Unity: America's Most Challenging Issue (1991). A formal statement from the US NSA on "the most challenging issue confronting America."
- Graham Hingangaroa Smith. Whanau (extended family) Structures as an Innovative Intervention into Maori Educational and Schooling Crises (1995). The development of an innovative response by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand to the dual crises of Maori educational underachievement on the one hand and to the loss of Maori language, knowledge and culture on the other.
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