- Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The, by Todd Lawson. (2002) A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risála fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant compositions. It provides a brief discussion of the mystic quest, and sheds light on the Báb's relationship to the Shaykhi movement and to Sayyid Kázim.
- Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality, Paul Lample, comp. (1996) The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the soul and humanity’s spiritual education.
- Concept of Spirituality, The, by William S. Hatcher. (1986) Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Bahá'í World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," "Process of Spiritual Growth," and "Collective Dimension of Spirituality."
- Glad Tidings of Bahá'u'lláh, The: Being Extracts from the Sacred Writings of the Bahá'ís, by Bahá'u'lláh. George Townshend, comp. (1949/1975) A compilation with some notes, on the topics of building the world, God’s command and exhortation, proclamation of the day of God, and the journey of the soul.
- Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude, by Roshan Danesh. (2012) The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Bahá’u’lláh speaks about the collective spiritualization of humanity — creating new patterns of community and social relations — as the "journey" of the human body politic.
- Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith, by Christopher Buck. (1999) Study of Bahá'í and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith."
- Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A, by Patricia Verge. (2016) On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Bahá'ís; pioneering to the Nakoda community; and the importance of learning, listening, and personal transformation.
- Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A, by Christopher Buck. (1998) A “symbolic profile” of Bahá’í consciousness as shaped by the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ancillary texts: Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religion is used to order and classify the symbols, together with insights from Sherry Ortner & John Wansbrough.
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