- Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity: An interview with Pasteur Monnier on the relationship between the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity, Paris (1993). — Revised translation of an interview with Pasteur Monnier, from chapter 5 of 'Abdu'l-Baha on Divine P...
- 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 ...
- Stephen Lambden. Aspects of Isrá'íliyyát and the Emergence of the Bábí-Bahá'í Interpretation of the Bible, Some (2002). — Islamic "Israelitica" literary traditions, the Bible, and their relationship to the Babi and Baha'i ...
- 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...
- Dann J. May. Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism (1993). — A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic...
- Todd Lawson. Bahá'í Tradition, The: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination (2012). — Overview of the status of violence in the Baha'i tradition, and the historical/social conditions in ...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. Bahá'u'lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Tutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat (2007). — Translations of Tutunjiyya "Sermon of the Gulf," Iftikhar "Sermon of Iftikhar," and Ma'rifat bin-Nur...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Bahá'u'lláh's (2008). — Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Baha’u’lla...
- Moojan Momen. Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions (1995). — Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Peter Terry. Companion to Proofs of the Prophets (2008). — Compilation of texts related to nomenclature of proof; reasons for opposition to the Prophets of God...
- Moojan Momen. Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions (1995). — Table comparing the lives of the Founders of the world's religions.
- Richard Ater. Comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith (1997). — Analytical overview of the theology of prophethood in both religions.
- Ehsan Bayat, comp. Compilation on the "Recognition of Him" (2007). — On the subject of the recognition of the Manifestation of God.
- Juan Cole. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The (1982). — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
- Youli A. Ioannesyan. Concept of the "Perfect Man" (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá'í Notion of the Manifestation of God, The (2001). — While there is an obvious similarity between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and the Baha'i co...
- Amrollah Hemmat. Concept of the Manifestation of God in Chinese Symbolism: An Inter-civilizational Hermeneutic Study (2016). — Seemingly incompatible symbols can point to a common underlying meaning, connecting worldviews and p...
- Ismael Velasco. Counter-Intuition: A Manifestation of God in a Human Body? (2009). — Many leaders and gurus betray us as false prophets; it is difficult to understand how a fellow human...
- Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
- Anupam Premanand. Dashavatara and Progressive Revelation (2010). — The phenomenon of Divine Revelation from the Hindu and Baha'i points of view is studied in terms of ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Anton Haddad. Divine Revelation: The Basis of All Civilization (1902). — Commentary on the influence of the Prophets on human society.
- 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...
- William S. Hatcher. Epistemological Implications of the Gradated Claims to Divine Authority in the Bahá'í Writings: Reflections on Infallibility (2007). — There are different levels of infallibility, from the greater (the Manifestations who are "omniscien...
- 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.
- James B. Thomas. Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, An (2002). — A description of Baha'u'llah's Fire Tablet, a dialogue between himself and God on suffering and sacr...
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
- Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011). — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
- Kay Zinky. Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1950). — Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations.
- 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. Goddess Religion, Ancient (1992). — Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
- Barbara Ives Reich Kochmann, comp. "He hath known God who hath known himself": A Deepening Course on the Bahá'í Revelation (2012). — A lengthy compilation by the granddaughter of Howard Colby Ives designed to be a study guide to the ...
- 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 ...
- Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
- 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...
- Moojan Momen. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). — An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith and to explain the Baha...
- Hadi Rahmani Shirazi. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. How Parrots Are Taught to Speak (2010). — An experience of Muhammad Quli Khan Nakha’ee, who went on pilgrimage to meet Baha’u’llah.
- Adrian John Davis. Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective (2001). — A study of some of the analogies and differences between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and t...
- Juan Cole. I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts (1993). — Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Baha'u'llah identifies ...
- 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...
- Hooper Dunbar. Immortality and the Human Soul: Lecture Series (1989).
- Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
- Yeo Yew Hock. Introduction to the Doctrines of Soul and Enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, An (1998). — The development of Mahayana and how the Chinese people adopted and adapted it; non-self/enlightenmen...
- Mohamad Ghasem Bayat. Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple), An (2001). — One of Baha’u’llah's major writings. It includes references to the manifold stations of the Mani...
- Rowshan Mustapha. Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics (2014). — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
- Jack McLean. John the Baptist and Baha'i Prophetic Categories: An Atypical Paradigm (2013). — Comparative Jewish-Christian-Islamic-Baha’i study of the prophetic station of the prophet John the...
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. John the Baptist and Interpretation (1989). — Various questions about the the Baha’i position on John the Baptist, his station and teaching, and...
- 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...
- Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi, trans. Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude (1931). — Major theological work by Bahaʼu'llah, written prior to his declaration of mission.
- Michael W. Sours and Brent Poirier et al. Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999). — Notes on various topics related to Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude.
- 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...
- Roland Faber. Laozi: A Lost Prophet? (2018). — On the Tao Te Ching, or Dao De Jing; the uniqueness of Toaism/Daoism; resonances with and difference...
- Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Last Prophet and Last Day: Shaykhí, Bábí and Bahá'í Exegesis of the 'Seal of the Prophets' (Q. 33:40) (2023). — Survey and analysis of viewpoints on the meaning of "Seal of the Prophets"; the prophetic cycle and ...
- Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946). — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
- 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.
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
- Roland Faber. Manifestation of God in the View of Process Theology, The (2019). — On how God can be all-present in the world and at the same time be manifest in the form of human fig...
- Hooper Dunbar. Manifestation of God, The (2005).
- Shoghi Effendi and Universal House of Justice Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Manifestations of God and the Master: Representation of in Portraits, Photographs, and Dramatic Presentations (n.d.). — Excerpts on the use of imagery of the Central Figures in art, stage, and print.
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Manifestations of God and Their Function in Human History, The (2004). — The terminology, purpose and mission, sufferings, functions, and the threefold reality of the Manife...
- Denis MacEoin. Mazhar [Manifestation] (1960). — Definition of a type of theophany in which the divinity or its attributes are made visible in human ...
- Moojan Momen. Mazhar-i Ilahi (Manifestation of God) (2016). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- 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 P. Collins. Native Messengers of God in Canada? A test case for Bahá'í universalism, by Christopher Buck: Commentary (1998).
- Universal House of Justice. New Religious Movements, Tolkien, Marriage (1994). — Various questions: new religious movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; eternality...
- Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, comp. Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an, Some (2000). — Compilation by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Central and East Africa
- Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
- 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...
- Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1937 (1937). — Essay published as a pamphlet about the goal of life, revelation and access to heaven, self-improvem...
- 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"...
- William Sears. Progressive Revelation and Oneness of Religion (1972). — A videotaped talk (possibly from 1972), along with a shorter animated 2018 presentation prepared by ...
- Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Teaneck NJ. Progressive Revelation Poster (n.d.). — One-page poster giving a visual representation of the Manifestations that have come to nine countrie...
- Ismael Velasco. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
- Peter Terry. Proofs of the Prophets (2008). — Compilation of texts related to proofs of prophethood, as found in the writings of Baha'u'llah, the ...
- Peter Terry. Proofs of the Prophets: Contents (2008). — Links to a series-in-progress of compilations and commentary.
- Peter Terry, comp. Proofs of the Prophets: The Case for Baha'u'llah (2008). — Forty proofs of prophethood set forth in the writings of Baha’u’llah, the Bab, ‘Abdu’l-Baha,...
- Peter Terry, comp. Proofs of the Prophets: The Case for Lord Krishna (2008). — Compilation of texts related to Lord Krishna; forty proofs of prophethood set forth in the Bhagavad-...
- Moshe Sharon. Prophets and Mountains (2008). — Metaphors of mountains and actual mountains in the history of religion; Mount Carmel.
- 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...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. Ehsan Bayat, comp. Purpose and Mission of the Manifestations of God (2002).
- Anna Kunz. Questions about Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdul Baha at Tiberias and Haifa (1922). — Questions asked of Abdu'l-Baha by two Christians visiting Haifa in 1921.
- 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.
- Amrollah Hemmat. Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (2021). — Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the la...
- Ahmad Aniss. Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation (1998). — A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i conce...
- 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 ...
- Arjen Bolhuis, ed. Sequential Outline of the Kitáb-i-Íqán: condensed version (2021). — Aid to locating main themes and various subjects in Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude, adapted from Ho...
- 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...
- Peter Terry. Sovereign Remedy, The: A Study of Bahá'í Sources (2000). — Quotations showing that Baha'u'llah and his authoritative interpreters state what fundamentalists of...
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Spiritual Oppression in Frankenstein (1999). — Comparing Shelley’s depiction of a spiritual malaise in Frankenstein with Baha’u’llah’s defi...
- Bahá'í International Community. Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A (1992). — Introduction to the life and work of Baha'u'llah, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his ...
- 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...
- Universal House of Justice. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The (1992). — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
- 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...
- Kavian Sadeghzade Milani and Nafeh Fananapazir. Study of the Pen Motif in the Bahá'í Writings, A (1999). — Theology and background of the "pen" metaphor — the creative force presented by the Manifestation ...
- Enoch Tanyi. Syrian Prophet(s), The (1991). — The Qur'an says there were previous Messengers of God whose names have not been mentioned. Where do ...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur) (1998).
- Abdu'l-Bahá Anonymous, trans. Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih) (1997). — A theological description of reality, with reference to Ptolemy and Al-Farabi.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God (2016). — Summary of some themes from the Kitab-i-Iqan, concluding with a long prayer inviting the reader to s...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí) (1991). — Tablet to a one-time Covenant-breaker, also known as the Tablet of Beauty.
- 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.
- David F. Young. Teaching Christians More Effectively: Handbook and Seminar (1999). — Baha'i views of Christianity; questions Christians might ask; interpretation of the Bible; theology ...
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Text, Author, Reader and the Relationship with the Sacred (2008). — A preliminary survey of how the relationship between sacred scripture, its reader, and the author ...
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- 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...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Unity and Progressive Revelation: Comparing Bahá'í Principles with the Basic Concepts of Teilhard de Chardin (2004). — An attempt to correlate specific Baha'i teachings with the corresponding concepts of Teilhard de Cha...
- 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...
- John S. Hatcher. Unveiling the Huri of Love (2005). — Three versions of this paper: Powerpoint presentation, audio file, and published article.
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 "...
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