- Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks, by Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2018/2024) 209 selections, last updated August 2024.
- Bahá'í Conventions, by Moojan Momen. (1989) Brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
- Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983), Universal House of Justice, comp. (1986) Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
- Community Functioning, Issues Concerning: Fostering the Development of Bahá'í Communities, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (2000) Extensive guidance on community development. Includes extracts from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi on fostering the evolution of Bahá'í communities.
- Confidencialidad en los Asuntos de las Asambleas Locales y Nacionales, by Universal House of Justice. (1994-08-07)
- Cultural Reconciliation in Canada - questions, by Universal House of Justice. (2001) Reply from the House of Justice to a request for a reexamination of the assumptions on which its letter to Canada of 5 September 1999 was based.
- Demographics of the United States National Spiritual Assembly, by Archives Office of the United States Bahá'í National Center. (2016-03-17) Percentage of women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans serving on the U.S. and Canadian NSAs from 1922-2015.
- Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities: Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1998) A guide to community development. Links to document offsite.
- "Easy Familiarity," Explanations of, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ann Boylan, John B. Cornell, Universal House of Justice. (1912/1947/1974) Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also questions on assembly infallibility, and whether one with a minority opinion should vote against his conscience.
- Indexes to Bahá'í World volumes: Obituaries, chronologies, contents, illustrations, Patricia Paccassi, comp, Frank Paccassi, comp. (2013) Seven separate indexes for Bahá'í World, in PDF, Word, and Excel versions.
- Indian Nations and National Spiritual Assemblies, by Universal House of Justice. (2002-01-13) American Indian nations are not fully sovereign and thus do not have their own National Spiritual Assemblies.
- Law, Application of, by Universal House of Justice. (1991-12-09) Questions concerning the violation of Bahá'í and civil law, and the removal of administrative rights.
- Learning to Respond to Emerging New Realities: Messages from the Universal House of Justice, by Universal House of Justice. (2006) Two letters to the US NSA dealing with expansion and administration, and a document prepared by the International Teaching Centre, "Impact of Growth on Administration Processes."
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. (1996)
- National Convention, The, by Universal House of Justice. (1992-12)
- National Convention, The, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (2000)
- National Spiritual Assemblies: Lists and years of formation, by Graham Hassall. (2000-01)
- National Spiritual Assembly, by Shoghi Effendi. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (1991)
- National Spiritual Assembly members who are women, Percentage of, 1953-2007, by Bahá'í World Centre. (1998/2008) Two letters from the House, with attached tables, showing the number of women serving on NSAs 1953-1993, 1987-1997, and 1997-2007. Includes graphs showing numbers and percent of women serving on NSAs by continental region.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States vs. New Mexico Covenant-Breakers, by Author unknown. (1966) Documents from the lawsuit by the NSA vs. the New Mexico covenant-breaker group "The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States of America Under the Hereditary Guardianship, Inc." for their use of Bahá'í names and titles.
- National Spiritual Assembly, The, by Universal House of Justice, Horace Holley. (1986) Includes Holley's brief overview of the nature of an NSA and the history of Bahá`í Temple Unity, NSA by-laws and a list of new NSAs as of 1980-1983.
- NSA staff members answering correspondence; prayers of Abdu'l-Baha, by Universal House of Justice. (2011-09-19) Two topics: the use by National Spiritual Assembly staff members to handle correspondence, and the authenticity of a prayer attributed to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá "O Lord! Open Thou the door, provide the means, prepare the way, and make safe the path..."
- Principles of Bahá'í Administration, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, comp. (1950/1973) A guide to procedure in the life and organic activity of the Bahá'í community, prepared from three main sources from the US National Spiritual Assembly: Bahá'í Administration, Bahá'í Procedure, and Bahá'í Community.
- Ranks and Functions in the Bahá'í Cause, by Universal House of Justice. (1978-03-27) Different ranks of and interactive functioning of the Continental Board of Counsellors versus National Spiritual Assemblies.
- Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Languages Other Than English, by Craig L. Volker, Mary Goebel Noguchi. (2024-12) Challenges in translation, including questions about spelling, terminology, politeness strategies employed in the original work, and idiosyncrasies of English usage; case study of passage of Bahá'u'lláh as translated into Japanese and Tok Pisin.
- Trustees of the Merciful: An Introduction to Bahá'í Administration, by Adib Taherzadeh. (1972/1999/2009) The spirit that animates the Administrative Order of Bahá’u’lláh; spiritual attitudes that characterize members of the institutions of the Cause; unfoldment of the Administrative Order during the first 50 years of the Formative Age; statistical info.
- United States National Spiritual Assembly vs. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, by Author unknown. (1941) In 1941 the National Spiritual Assembly unsuccessfully sued Covenant Breaker Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for his use of the word "Bahá'í." This is the court's conclusions.
- Violation of Baha'i and Civil Law, by Universal House of Justice. (1991-12-09) Role of Spiritual Assemblies in regulating behavior of Bahá'ís, removal of administrative rights, and treatment of Bahá'ís convicted of a criminal offense.
- WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2001-1302, "bahaiwomen.com", by Author unknown. (2001) A legal ruling finding, on behalf of the Bahá'ís, that unauthorized use of the domain bahaiwomen.com is a trademark infringement. Followed by a newspaper article from Newsbytes, "Bahá'í Organization Bests Speculator In Domain Dispute."
- WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net", by Author unknown. (2005-08-25) A legal ruling finding, against the Bahá'ís, that covenant breakers are allowed to use the domain uhj.net.
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