- 35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith, by Bridging Beliefs. (2018-05-03) Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Bahá'í Faith and against religion in general.
- Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, by Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. (2018) On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment as a prerequisite for attainment unto the Divine Presence. Includes translation of a Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh.
- Bahá'í Shrines, by John Walbridge. (1989)
- Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions, by Moojan Momen. (1995) Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways re-capitulated each other.
- Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions, by Moojan Momen. (1995) Table comparing the lives of the Founders of the world's religions.
- Entering into Obligatory Prayer: Introduction and Commentary, by Ismael Velasco. (2006) Overview of Bahá'í prayer, its historical background, and a detailed commentary on the preamble to the Long Obligatory Prayer.
- Holy Day Observances, by Universal House of Justice. (1992-06-15) Do Tablets of Visitation need to be recited on holy days? Do participants need to face the Qiblih while one is being recited?
- Long Obligatory Prayer, The, by `Alí Nakhjavání. (2000-03) Notable talk from March 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, who served on the Universal House of Justice from 1963 to 2003, about various aspects of the long obligatory prayer (link to audio, off-site).
- Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: Introduction to A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif, by Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. (2008) A tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to one of the Bábís to renew his faith before He had revealed his mission; its recipient and circumstances of composition; a prayer of 'reunion' and its attendant rituals.
- Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria, by Susan Maneck. (2011) Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, compiled from an email discussion group archive; the context of the questions and their answers against the background of Ishraqi philosophy.
- Qiblih, Determining the direction of, by Universal House of Justice. (2010-07-15) Guidance on how best to ascertain the direction of the Qiblih, the focus to which the faithful turn in prayer. For Bahá’ís the Qiblih is the tomb of Bahá’u’lláh at Bahji, "the Heart and Qiblih of the Bahá’í world" — similar to the Ka'bah for Muslims.
- Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, by Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. (1995) Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions, by Juan Cole. (2015 Fall) Reflections on Bahá'u'lláh's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "language games"; Hinduism, India, and 19th-century Iranian culture; Manakji’s questions about Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.
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