- Mina Yazdani. `Abdu'l-Bahá and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Embracing Principles while Disapproving Methodologies (2014). — Abdu’l-Baha’s orientation toward the Constitutional Revolution of 1906–1911: he embraced the p...
- Adib Masumian. `Abdu'l-Bahá's Blueprint for a Progressive and Prosperous Iran (2016). — 'Abduʼl-Baha's contributions to Iranian thought and social discourse, as recorded in his seminal wo...
- Elnaz Nasehi. Ambivalence of Hostility and Modification: Patriarchy's Ideological Negotiation With Women, Modernity and Cinema in Iran (2020-10). — Passing mentions of the Baha'i Faith in the context of how forces behind the Constitutional Revoluti...
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s (1983-09). — Baha'i influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
- Reed M. Breneman. Bahá'í Students and American University of Beirut in the Early 20th Century (2008-02). — The influential activities of the campus Baha'i association in Beirut, 1900-1920 and during the firs...
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Moojan Momen. Baha'is and the Constitutional Revolution, The: The Case of Sari, Mazandaran, 1906-1913 (2008-06). — Accounts of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran have tended to ignore the role of the Baha’is. T...
- Francis Henry Skrine. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds (1912). — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
- Juan Cole. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology (1997). — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
- Christopher Buck. Baha'u'llah as 'World Reformer' (1991). — This article places Baha'u'llah in the context of Islamic reform by comparing him to several contemp...
- Christopher Buck, Youli A. Ioannesyan. Bahá'u'lláh's Bishárát (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen (2010-04). — Historical and textual study of the one of the major writings of Baha'u'llah, and new theories as to...
- Kamran Ekbal. Browne, Edward Granville: Persian Constitutional movement (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Kamran Ekbal. Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu'l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East (2014). — Abdu'l-Baha was opposed to the cultural and political colonialism of foreign powers and their milita...
- Moojan Momen. Constitutional Movement and the Bahá'ís of Iran, The: The Creation of an 'Enemy Within' (2012-12). — Baha'is had a complex relationship with the Constitutionalist Movement, sometimes supporting it and ...
- Muhammad Iqbal. Development of Metaphysics in Persia, The: A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy (1908). — Short philosophical observations on the theology of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- Bahá'í International Community. Embracing Interdependence: Foundations for a World in Transition (2024-09-04). — Statement on the occasion of the United Nations Summit of the Future, advocating for global governan...
- James B. Thomas. Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá), An (2003). — To fully appreciate the historical significance of the Tablet of the World, this essay first portray...
- Roshan Danesh. Internationalism and Divine Law: A Baha'i Perspective (2004). — On the internationalism motif in Baha'i political and legal thought; the place of divine legal clai...
- Nader Saiedi. Introduction to Abdu'l-Baha's The Secret of Divine Civilization, An (2000). — 'Abdu'l-Baha's The Secret of Divine Civilization in the context of the Iranian social and political ...
- Anonymous, comp. Laws Abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2020). — Laws abolished from previous religions and from the Bayan.
- Universal House of Justice. Letter on Racism in the United States (2020-07-22). — Letter on need for American people to grasp the moment to create a reform of its social order relate...
- Benjamin Olshin. Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review (2015).
- Juan Cole. Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only] (1998). — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
- Juan Cole. Muhammad `Abduh and Rashid Rida: A Dialogue on the Bahá'í Faith (1981 Spring). — Translation of a dialogue between two influential Sunni thinkers of the early Twentieth Century; con...
- 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...
- Necati Alkan. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith (2004-06-15). — Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in ...
- Necati Alkan. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s (2004). — The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Baha'is from the ...
- Michael Karlberg. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The (2003-07). — In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characteri...
- Hoda Mahmoudi. Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives (2008). — Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and it...
- Richard N. Frye. Persia (1968). — Excerpt from a book on the history of Iran. Includes mention of Baha'i schools in the early twentiet...
- Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
- Michael Karlberg. Pursuit of Social Justice, The (2022-08-03). — An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organizati...
- Jack Kalpakian. Representing the Unpresentable: Historical Images of National Reform, by Negar Mottaheddeh: Review (2008). — Book review that touches on the Islamic Republic's treatment of judgment day and how it relates to B...
- Geoffrey Cameron, Tahirih Danesh. Revolution without Rights?, A: Women, Kurds and Baha'is searching for equality in Iran (2008-11). — Discussion from the Foreign Policy Centre in London on the religious, legal, and social obstacles to...
- Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation (2023-01-08). — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Marzieh Gail, trans. Secret of Divine Civilization (1957). — Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Baha's program for the developmental reform...
- Roger Coe. Secret of Divine Civilization: Expanded outline (1999). — Summary of contents, in outline format.
- Fariba Moghadam. Secret of Divine Civilization, The (2021-05). — Overview of the history Abdu'l-Baha's treatise, and its themes presented through a compilation of qu...
- Christopher Buck, Nahzy Abadi Buck. Tablet of Glad-Tidings: A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen (2012-12-24). — The Lawh-i-Bishárát as a Proclamatory Aqdas and public announcement of principles from 'The Most...
- Oliver Scharbrodt. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East (2002). — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith (2015). — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Juan Cole, trans. Treatise on Leadership (1998-02).
- Bahá'í International Community. Turning Point for All Nations (1995-10). — A statement on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, about the scope, function...
- Necati Alkan. Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine, The (2011). — Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Baha on his political ...
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