- 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.
- Joanna M. Tahzib-Thomas. Empowering Words (2012). Extracts from the letters and messages of Shoghi Effendi for inspiration, guidance, and vision. Includes bio of the Guardian and study guide to the texts.
- Nader Saiedi. From Oppression to Empowerment (2016). On four contemporary types of oppression: in the international political order, forms of the state, economic structures, and forms of cultural identity; Bahá’u’lláh’s personal response to oppression; and a Bahá’í approach to empowerment and liberation.
- Harvard Pluralism Project: Baha'i (2023). Six overview essays on Bahá'í history, beliefs, and practices. (Offsite)
- Fleur Fallon. Liberation Theology and its Potential for Guidance Towards Peace on Earth: A Bahá'í Perspective (1996). Bahá'u'lláh prescribed both a moral code for individuals based on knowing God and a design for a system of world government. These offer the most holistic answer for liberation theologians today.
- Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich spiritual and philosophical heritage of humanity.
- 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.
- Ronald Roesch. Psychology and Peace (1988). The relevance of psychology to the establishment of peace in the context of the Bahá’í peace message.
- Gerald Filson. Reading of Sona Farid-Arbab's Moral Empowerment: In Quest of a Pedagogy, A (2018). On the central goal of education and how it can address our evolving need to learn about both the physical and social world at a
time when knowledge and information are accumulating at such an incredible pace.
- Joan Barstow Hernandez. Transformative Leadership: Its Evolution and Impact (2018). The ideas behind the conceptual framework and capabilities of Núr University’s "Transformative Leadership Program," developed as a Bahá’í-inspired approach to leadership in academic settings or in projects of social action.
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