- Abdu'l-Bahá. Answered Questions, Some (2014). — 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Baha in ‘Akka between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions ...
- Ian Kluge. Answered Questions, Some: A Philosophical Perspective (2009). — Philosophical foundations of the Baha’i teachings, including ontology, theology, epistemology, phi...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
- Jordi Vallverdu Segura and Josuke Nakano. Architectures of Thinking, The (2022). — Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships betw...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Arguments for the Existence of God in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings (2014). — On the basic typology of philosophical arguments for the existence of God; classical vs contemporary...
- 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...
- Todd Lawson. Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The (2002). — A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risala fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant...
- Zaid Lundberg. Bahá'í Apocalypticism: The Concept of Progressive Revelation (1996). — Progressive revelation is part of a coherent system of apocalypticism. Paper includes discussion of ...
- Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Ontology, Part One: An Initial Reconnaissance (2005). — An initial survey and explication of the ontology implicit in the Baha'i Writings, particularly rega...
- Francis Henry Skrine. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds (1912). — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
- Joshua Hall. Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna (2022). — Comparison of the teachings of Baha’u’llah on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna;...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Bahá'u'lláh's (2008). — Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Baha’u’lla...
- Daniel Azim Pschaida. Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity (2022). — On the originality and deep coherence of this prayer as expressed by its rhyme, alliterations, and s...
- Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
- Roland Faber. Bahá'u'lláh and the Luminous Mind: Bahá'í Gloss on a Buddhist Puzzle (2017). — Non-duality is of central importance to Buddhist thought and experience; on monism and non-dualism a...
- Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). — The nature of human potential, and how the Baha'i Faith can guide the process of spiritual transform...
- Vahid Brown. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony (2002). — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
- Udo Schaefer. Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm (1998). — Religious pluralism and associated issues: diversity and unity of religions, absoluteness, relativit...
- Tom Lysaght. Body of God: A Reader's Guide to Bahá'u'lláh's Surih of the Temple, by John Hatcher: Review (2023). — Review of John Hatcher's book about Baha'u'llah's Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple).
- Daniel Conner. Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith (1971). — Brief summary of the history and thought of Buddhism; commonalities with Western concepts; different...
- Jack McLean. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (2012). — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di) (1996).
- 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.
- Diane Robinson Kerr. Comparison of God and Soul Concepts from a Bahá'í and Hindu Point of View: Conceptions and Experiences of the Afterlife (2014). — Common ground between Hinduism’s Brahman and the Baha'i conception of God, and the complex underst...
- 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," ...
- Keven Brown. Creation: The Nature of God and the Creation of the Universe in Bahá'í Cosmology (2003).
- Bill Knight-Weiler. Cry in the Wilderness: An Environmentalist Looks at Bahá'í Teachings on Nature (1987). — Baha'i Writings use images from nature to illustrate spiritual truths and call mankind to recognize ...
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Desire of the World, The: Materials for the contemplation of God and His Manifestation for this Day (1982). — Compiled from the Words of Baha’u’llah. Includes a compilation of names and titles of God and of...
- Universal House of Justice. Diacritics; meaning of (1993). — Two disparate topics: the translation style adopted by the Guardian and other considerations related...
- Ali Murad Davudi. Vargha Taefi, trans. Discourse on Bahá'í Theology, A: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation (2021). — Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed...
- Báb, The and Bahá'u'lláh et al. Mabel Hyde Paine, comp. Divine Art of Living, The (1944). — Collection of thematically arranged quotations.
- Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. Divine Therapy: Pearls of Wisdom from the Bahá'í Writings (1986). — Lengthy collection of passages on numerous themes including coping with stress, orientation to the D...
- John S. Hatcher. Enigmatic Questions Surrounding the Appearances of the Prophets (2011). — Issues related to the ontology and powers of the Manifestations can test the mettle of even deepened...
- Ismael Velasco. Entering into Obligatory Prayer: Introduction and Commentary (2006). — Overview of Baha'i prayer, its historical background, and a detailed commentary on the preamble to t...
- Julio Savi. Eternal Quest for God: An Introduction to the Divine Philosophy of Abdu'l-Baha (1989). — A philosophical theology based on the Baha'i writings.
- Báb, The. Keven Brown, trans. Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih (2001). — On effulgences, essence, and unity of existence.
- Mark A. Foster. Father and the Maiden, The: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine (1999). — While the outward structure of the Baha'i Faith may be patriarchal, the spirit of the age is express...
- Lil Osborn. Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles (1994). — A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces ...
- Paula A. Drewek. Feminine Forms of the Divine in Bahá'í Scriptures (1992). — Examples of the interaction between male and female principles in the writings. Complementarity of m...
- Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011). — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
- Moojan Momen. God of Bahá'u'lláh, The (2005). — A close look at the view of God presented in the Writings of Baha’u’llah and analysis of the con...
- Universal House of Justice. God the All-Humorous (1997). — Did Baha'u'llah ever refer to God as the "All-Humorous"?
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. God, Nature of: Warwick Leaflets (1994). — The nature of God in the Baha'i Faith.
- Grover Gonzales. God, the Conscious Energy (2023). — Thoughts on the transference between matter and energy, the energetic nature of miracles, science an...
- Universal House of Justice. Goddess Religion, Ancient (1992). — Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
- Larry D. Curtis, comp. Greatest Name and the 99 Names of God, The: Compilation (1998). — Includes (1) Allah'u'Abha in Arabic, (2) compilation on the Baha'i and Islamic use of "Greatest Name...
- George Townshend. Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith (1939). — Using only the text of the Bible, Townshend provides a new reading of Scripture as a guidebook for t...
- Theo A. Cope. Heaven in China without "Religion" and Manifestation (2000). — Some believe there never was a time when humanity was without a Prophet to guide it, but as none is ...
- Anjam Khursheed. Hindu Concept of God, The: Unity in Diversity (1997). — The fundamental unity behind Hindu concepts of God and those found in the Semitic traditions, and th...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá'u'llah (2012). — Theology and the language of revelation vs. atheism and scientific discourse, and apophatic "not-kno...
- Michael W. Sours. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (1992). — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
- Mirza Asad'Ullah. Ali-Kuli Khan, trans. Instructions Concerning Genesis and the Mystery of Baptism (n.d.). — A short treatise on Biblical verses and symbology viewed in light of the Hidden Words and other Writ...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
- Stephen Lambden. Kaleidoscope: Some Aspects of Angelology, Light, the Divine Throne and Color Mysticism in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture (2004). — Miscellaneous notes relating to religious cosmology, angelology, color and “throne” symbolism in...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, comp. Key Passages from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (2022). — Cross-reference compilation of 40 passages from the Kitab-i-Íqan selected by Shoghi Effendi for inc...
- John Walbridge. Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n (1996). — Brief essay on, and partial translation of, this work of the Bab.
- Udo Schaefer. L'histoire de Salut et Changement de Paradigme: Deux Contributions à la Théologie Bahá'íe (1993). — French translation of <a href="/schaefer_beyond_clash_religions">Beyond the Clash of Religions...
- Moojan Momen. Learning from History (1989). — The challenges caused by the influx of Third World villagers into the Baha’i world community. The ...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. 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.
- Christopher Buck. Bolhuis Arjen, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- William S. Hatcher. Logical Proof of the Existence of God, A (2003).
- Hooper Dunbar. Love of God (2006).
- Julio Savi. Love Relationship between God and Humanity: Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Hidden Words (1997). — An overview of God and man's relationship as expressed in Baha'u'llah's Hidden Words.
- Muhammad Asad. Message of The Quran, The: Appendices (1980). — Symbolism and allegory in the Qur'an; al-Muqatta'at (opening letters); the term and concept of Jinn;...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) 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 Baha'i Writings that...
- Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
- William S. Hatcher. Minimalism: A Bridge between Classical Philosophy and the Bahá'í Revelation (2004). — An application of modern relational logic retroactively to problems in classical philosophy such as ...
- Anil Sarwal. Miracles in Religion: A Study of the miraculous in religion in context of the Baha'i Faith (1996). — Guide to spirituality, offers insights on the purpose of religion, experiences of Himalayan masters,...
- John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The (2023). — Though Baha'i teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical b...
- Gul Afroz Zaman. Mystic Journey of the Soul, The (1998). — On the journey a soul must make to attain union with the Eternal from the confines of material life ...
- Romane Takkenberg, comp. Names of God (2010). — A list of some of the names of God from English translations of the Baha'i Writings.
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Nature of God, The: Some Extracts from the Bahá'í Writings (1992). — Brief compilation on nature of God.
- Marjorie McCormick. New and Effective way to Study the Kitab-i-Igan, A (1958). — One-page subject index prepared as a suggested guide for study, prepared for Geyserville Baha'i Scho...
- Udo Schaefer. New morality, The: An outline (1995). — Proposal that Baha'u'llah's ethical teachings rest on metaphysical premises about God and humankind,...
- Craig Loehle. On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective (1990). — The science of evolution is difficult for those who demand a literal interpretation of scripture and...
- Farjam Majd. Origins of Creation (2014). — Some classical proofs of the existence of God; the meaning of proof, types of proof, and conditions ...
- Babak Rod Khadem. Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings (2006). — The Baha’i conception of unity has historical and intellectual precedents. On the history of this ...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, comp. Passages uit de Kitáb-i-Íqán (Boek van Zekerheid) in Bloemlezing uit de Geschriften van Bahá'u'lláh (2022). — Compilatie van 40 passages uit de Kitab-i-Íqan door Shoghi Effendi geselecteerd voor opname in Bloe...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Philosophical Statements by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions (2019). — Quotations extracted from Ian Kluge's article "Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective"...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). — Essay about various prayers and meditations of Baha'u'llah.
- Jack McLean. Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology (1992). — Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Baha'i theology.
- Susan Maneck. Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria (2011). — Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, co...
- Peter Terry. Purposes and Objectives of Bahá'í Scholarship, The: Compilation and commentary (2009). — Three essays on objectives of Baha'i Scholarship, attaining to the knowledge of God, and the study o...
- Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration (2022). — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings (2013). — The Baha'i Faith has much to say on the importance of reason, logic, and a "rational God," but the m...
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion (2001). — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
- Ross Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith, The (1995). — On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the...
- Jonah Winters. Saying Nothing about No-Thing: Apophatic Theology in the Classical World (1994). — The apophatic (negative) theology of the Neoplatonism of Plotinus and some pre-Pseudo-Dionysius east...
- Anjam Khursheed. Science and Religion in Chinese Culture (2000). — Religion lies at the root of philosophy and civilization during the Tang (618-907) and Sung (960-127...
- William S. Hatcher. Scientific Proof of the Existence of God, A (1993). — Whenever scientists encounter a phenomenon that exhibits an evolution towards order, but without any...
- Arash Abizadeh and Ross Woodman et al. "Scientific Proof of the Existence of God," by William S. Hatcher: Commentaries and Responses (1997).
- Gordon Dicks and Philip Belove et al. "Scientific Proof of the Existence of God," by William S. Hatcher: Commentaries and Responses (1994).
- Pritam Singh. Scriptures of Different Faiths, The (1942). — Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teach...
- Christopher White. Searching for God in time and memory: An examination of Bahá'í prayer as 'remembrance' (2002). — Describes Baha'i prayer practices as a way to understand the human self and the Divine and overcomin...
- James B. Thomas. Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond between The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts from the Persian Bayán (2006). — A comparison of some of the writings of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, showing the unique, mysterious bond...
- Peter Mazal. Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith (1999). — Comparison of Baha'i and Christian morality, archetypal events and people (e.g. the ideal woman) in ...
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Some Themes and Images in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1976). — Exploring the relationship between the Creative Word, particularly its expression in language, and t...
- Howard Colby Ives. Song Celestial, The (1938). — Book-length poem about the search for God, in which a seeker asks God various questions, and God res...
- Universal House of Justice. Station of Baha'u'llah: Three Letters (1991). — Three letters on the station of Baha'u'llah, the souls of the Manifestations, the varying intensitie...
- Todd Lawson. Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif, The (1992). — The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees G...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A (2005). — Insights into three statements by Baha'u'llah on pre-existence, creation, and nature as the essence ...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism (1995). — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- Betty Hoff Conow. "The active force and that which is its recipient" (1988). — Metaphysics of gender and the Lawh-i-Hikmat; universal spiritualism; social indoctrination of gender...
- Peter Terry. Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History (1999). — Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which ...
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká (2019). — Talks from 1904-1907.
- Seena Fazel. Understanding Exclusivist Texts (1997). — Contemporary religions, esp. Christianity, must examine their exclusivist claims to account for othe...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1928). — Four short talks given by ‘Abdu'l-Baha in London, December 1912. These talks have not been publish...
- 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 ...
- Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
- Ismael Velasco. "What I Want to Say is Wordless": Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship (2001). — If the Word of God transcends words and letters, what point is there to Scripture, let alone to scho...
- Roberta Law. What is Baha'u'llah's Message to the Sufis? (1998). — Nature of Sufism and Baha'u'llah's teachings for the Sufi community, especially as contained in the ...
- Stanwood Cobb. What Is God? (1955). — Poetic meditations on the nature of God and our search for the divine, "an attempt to open up vistas...
- Juan Cole. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions (2015). — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...
- Roberta Law. Wrathful God of Martin Luther and Baha'u'llah: Tablet of Ahmad-i-Farsi and Martin Luther (A comparison) (1998). — Comparison of the theologies of Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Ahmad (Persian) and early Protestantism.
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