- Are the Characteristics of Exiles Different from Immigrants?: The Case of Iranians in Los Angeles, by Georges Sabagh, Mehdi Bozorgmehr. (1986) Five passing references to "Bahai" — but in a statistical context only — about whether the large influx of Iranians into LA in the late 1970s added a sizeable and distinctive minority to the population of this metropolitan area.
- Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume, Robert Stauffer, comp. (1998) List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Domestic Temporalities: Sensual Patterning in Persian Migratory Landscapes, by Simone Dennis, Megan Warin. (2007-09) Embodied paths of patterning, memory and emotion amongst Persian immigrant women in Adelaide, especially the Bahá'í expatriate community. Link to document (offsite).
- From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States, by Naghme Naseri Morlock. (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.
- Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá'ís of North America, by Daniel Akira Stadnicki. (2019) On the legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution as reflected in Bahá'í American music; themes of religious oppression, persecution, and martyrdom; Iranian diaspora, transnational music-making, and cosmopolitanism.
- Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution, by Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. (1986) Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 February 1980.
- Iranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, by Frank Lewis, Puran Stevens. (1986) Introduction to Persian culture, history, and customs, designed as an aid in cultural understanding for Americans interacting with Iranian emigrants.
- Note on Babi and Baha'i Numbers in Iran, A, by Peter Smith. (1984) Estimates, sources, and bibliography for early Bábí and Bahá'í populations.
- Persian Bahá'ís in Australia, by Graham Hassall. (1989) Overview of the history and modern activities (ca. 1989) of the Persian Bahá'í community in Australia.
- Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities, by Universal House of Justice. (1996-02) Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Bahá'í gatherings because of an inability to understand English.
- Same Yet Different, The: Creating Unity Among the Diverse Members of the Bahá'í Faith, by Deborah Clark Vance. (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.
- Same Yet Different, The: Bahá'í Perspectives on Achieving Unity out of Difference, by Deborah Clark Vance. (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.
- Social media and non-involvement in politics, by Universal House of Justice. (2019-12-01) Guidance on avoiding political involvement, exercising caution on social media, promoting unity, and focusing on spiritual transformation for societal betterment.
- Spiritual Cosmopolitanism, Transnational Migration, and the Bahá'í Faith, by Layli Maria Miron. (2020) Spiritual cosmopolitanism — how people can be persuaded to extend feelings of kinship beyond their own ethnic or national groups — and its principles of universal love and harmony is a key to borderless solidarity.
- Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá'í Families, The, by Stephen Licata. (1997) On how immigrant Persian Bahá’í families have carried their cultural values to the U.S., how the move affected the development of their children, and the cultural adaptation process. Includes survey on cultural values among Persian Bahá'ís in Los Angeles.
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