- Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization, by Vahid Brown. (2006) The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in 10th- to 13th-century Spain.
- Answered Questions, Some: A Philosophical Perspective, by Ian Kluge. (2009) Philosophical foundations of the Bahá’í teachings, including ontology, theology, epistemology, philosophical anthropology and psychology, and personal and social ethics.
- Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The, by Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. (2015) Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the Greek to Jewish, Christian and Muslim thought, contrasted with the theosophy, metaphysics, anthropology, and hermeneutics of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Background and Centrality of Apophatic Theology in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture, The, by Stephen Lambden. (1997) History of the theological position of the incomprehensibility-unknowability of God in past major Abrahamic religions and its importance and significance for contemporary Bahá'ís.
- Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony, by Vahid Brown. (2002) The dimensions of myth in the Bahá'í Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, religious history, and Administrative Order.
- Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit, by Anjam Khursheed. (1998) The Bahá'í view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these three elements exist both in the Semitic religions and in the Far Eastern ones; Western dualist and Eastern monist traditions are in fact all tripartite.
- Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The, by Juan Cole. (1982) Lengthy overview of Bahá'í theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
- Development of Metaphysics in Persia, The: A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy, by Muhammad Iqbal. (1908) Short philosophical observations on the theology of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023) Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Firm Cord of Servitude, The, by Theo A. Cope. (2001) A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Bahá'í Teachings as well as Jungian psychology.
- Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat, by Amin E. Egea. (2009) A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
- Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective, by Adrian John Davis. (2001) A study of some of the analogies and differences between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and the Bahá'í notion of the Manifestation of God; theologies of at-Tirmidhí, Ibn al-'Arabí, Dáwud-al-Qaysarí, Haydar Amulí, et al.; the "Muhammadan Essence."
- Islam and the Life of the Mind, by Todd Lawson. (2005-06-11) History of Islamic philosophy and how it connects to individual Muslims.
- Islamic Contributions to Civilization, by Stanwood Cobb. (1963) Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic people and nations.
- Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients, by Vahid Rafati. Keven Brown, trans. (2002) Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn (its recipient / "such as receive its impact") in Islamic philosophy, and their later use in Shaykhi and Bahá'í texts.
- Letter to Mrs. A. Schwarz, Stuttgart, by Josephina Fallscheer. Steven Phelps, ed. (1910-01) Philosophic conversations of the Master with a French consular official. The nineteenth letter from Dr. Fallscheer to Schwarz.
- Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity, by Anjam Khursheed. (1997) Prior to the Renaissance, Islam inspired revivals in the cultural traditions of Christianity and Judaism, indicating a harmony between the three religions. The reforms inspired by Islam were a prelude to the modern scientific revolution.
- Miscellaneous philosophy topics, by John Walbridge. (2002) Islamic vs. Bahá'í philosophy; Greek philosophers and the Jews; other topics of philosophy.
- Oneness of Reality, The: A Response to Moojan Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Baha'i Metaphysics", by Peter Terry. (2018) Dialogue on epistemology and ontology as presented in the core literature of the Baha’i religion.
- Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings, by Babak Rod Khadem. (2006) The Bahá’í conception of unity has historical and intellectual precedents. On the history of this concept (and the concept of causality) as it developed in ancient Greek thought, Neoplatonism, and, subsequently, in Islamic philosophy and mysticism.
- Philosophical Statements by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions, by Abdu'l-Bahá. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2019-12-08) Quotations extracted from Ian Kluge's article "Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective" (2009), using the 2014 revised edition of "Some Answered Questions".
- Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies, by Ismael Velasco. (2004) On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential Islamicists of the 20th century, whose work is uniquely relevant in understanding the philosophical context for the emergence of the Bábí Faith.
- Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics, by Moojan Momen. (1988) "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religions.
- Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran, by Henry Corbin. Nancy Pearson, trans. (1977) An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body identity. Includes descriptions of cosmologies in Zoroastrian, Shi'i Islamic and Shaykhi philosophies.
- Stylistic Analysis of the Báb's Writings, A: Abridged Translation of Vahid Behmardi's Muqaddamih-yi dar bárih-yi sabk va siyáq-i áthár-i mubárakih-yi ḥaḍrat-i rabb a`lá, by Vahid Behmardi, William F. McCants. (2007) English translation by McCants of Behmardi's Persian article "Stylistic Analysis of the Báb’s Writings".
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