- Amin E. Egea. Abdu'l‐Bahá y la cuestión racial (2022). — Pese a compartir objetivos comunes, la perspectiva sobre la armonia racial del lider de la religión...
- Jordi Vallverdu Segura and Josuke Nakano. Architectures of Thinking, The (2022). — Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships betw...
- Peter Smith and Moojan Momen. Babi Movement, The: A Resource Mobilization Perspective (1986). — Babism from a sociological standpoint, esp. the place of the Babis in their contemporary cultural an...
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies (1996). — The origins and early life of the Baha'i community in Canada as a sociological case study in the tra...
- Dianne Bradford and Fiona Missaghian et al. Jonah Winters, comp. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin (2004). — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
- Adam Berry. Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, The: A Brief History (2004-09-22). — Baha'i history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian c...
- Shahla Mehrgani. Bahá'í Faith and the Construction of Social Reality: How do Bahá'ís Translate the Word of God into Practice? (2017). — This project takes a constructionist approach, using a case study of the Baha'is of Sheffield U.K. a...
- Peter Smith. Bahá'í Faith in the West, The: A Survey (2004). — General account of the development and expansion of the Faith in Europe and North America 1894-1994,...
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- James J. Keene. Bahá'í World Faith: Redefinition of Religion (1967 Autumn). — Baha'is consistently differ from Jews and Christians in the structure of their religious behavior an...
- Albert Ross Vail. Bahá'ísm: A Study of a Contemporary Movement (1914-07). — Scholarly analysis of the influence of the Baha'i Faith and the psychology of its followers.
- Hutan Hejazi Martinez. Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa (2010-05). — An outsider's view of the role of ideologies in a postmodern era, focusing on Baha'i history, conver...
- 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...
- Will C. van den Hoonaard, comp. Bibliography of sociological or anthropological studies on the contemporary Baha'i Community (1998). — Current only through 1998.
- Yin Hong Shuen. Challenge of Change for the Chinese in Southeast Asia, The (2000). — Chinese Baha'is in some Asian countries are a microcosm of Chinese people in this region. An email s...
- Community Histories (1992). — Essay on the diversity of Western Baha'i communities, followed by six histories of selected local co...
- Todd Smith. Crisis and the Power of an Inclusive Historical Consciousness: Progressing from Delusional Habits to Dynamic Freedom (2020). — On delusional ways of thinking: the habits of totalizing reality vs. fragmenting reality. These lead...
- Shahrzad Sabet. Crisis of Identity, The (2023-01-17). — Exploring how the Baha’i principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractabl...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of (1991).
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. Emergence from Obscurity: The Journey of Sociology in the Bahá'í Community (2008). — The field of sociology and the Baha’i Faith share important principles and both challenge widely-h...
- Holly Hanson. Enacting Thought: Divine Will, Human Agency, and the Possibility of Justice (2009). — Societies evolve through generations of human decision making. Using the examples of 300 years of po...
- Tony Michel. "Evolution of Reality,: Commentary (1991).
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). — The denial of a national identity of Baha'is in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differ...
- Peter Ludwig Berger. From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement [excerpt] (1954-06). — Early notable thesis by an eminent sociologist; first chapter only (for an assessment of Berger's wo...
- Patricia De Luna Garcia and Rodrigo Vazquez Canales. Género y catolicismo: Concepciones y realidades de practicantes del catolicismo referente a la pluralidad del género (2022). — Relaciónes entre el ser un practicante del catolicismo y la apertura a la pluralidad de género. La...
- William S. Hatcher. Human Nature and Human Society: A Bahá'í Viewpoint (1987). — Introduction to the Baha'i understanding of human beings and social structures.
- Saul Palacios. Importancia de las Escrituras en la Ética Laboral Protestante (2022). — La ética laboral protestante (PWE) se fundamentaba en un fuerte componente. La PWE ya no esta únic...
- Kathleen Jenkins. Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement (2003). — On the construction and maintenance of multiracial/ethnic networks in religious movements, through a...
- 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 ...
- Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh and Kathe Richman et al. Life Crises among the Religiously Committed: Do Sectarian Differences Matter? (1984). — Study of Catholic Charismatics, Christian Scientists, and Baha'is, in terms of their perceptions of ...
- Laurie E. Adkin. Marxism, Human Nature, and Society (1987). — On Marxism, human nature, alienatation and emancipation, and feminism. No mention of the Baha'i Fait...
- Peter Smith. Membership, Joining and Leaving Religious Movements and Organizations (2020). — Reflections from the perspective of sociology of religion on belonging, joining, and leaving a faith...
- Benjamin Olshin. Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review (2015).
- Juan Cole. Millennialism in Modern Iranian History (2002). — Religions in Iran have been volatile and evolving, from a tool of the establishment to representing ...
- Benjamin Schewel. Modernity as an Age of Transition (2023-01-16). — Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern...
- Peter Beyer. New Religious System for Contemporary Society (2001-04). — On scholarship and categories of religions in the global society, religion as a function system, and...
- Lynn Echevarria-Howe. New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling (2008 Fall). — On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bah...
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. Night as Frontier: Some Implications for the Bahá'í Community (1997). — Sociological effects of night-shift employment and the nocturnal populace.
- 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...
- 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...
- John Huddleston. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review (1988). — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
- Susan Maneck and Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani et al. Question of Gender, A: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law (1987). — Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitab-i-Aqdas, ma...
- Matthew Hughey. Race and Racism: Perspectives from Bahá'í Theology and Critical Sociology (2017). — Review of the concepts of race and racism based on social scientific understanding, in order to bett...
- James J. Keene. Religious Behavior and Neuroticism, Spontaneity, and Worldmindedness (1967-06). — Baha'is were included in a broad survey of religious thoughts and actions, and their attitudes stati...
- Alkhaldy Ayman and Alhrahshehr Rakan. Religious Extremism in a Multifaceted Context (2022). — Deconstruction of the word "extreme" in religious perspectives; proposal for a complete framework en...
- Wendy M. Heller. Religious Foundations of Civil Society, The (2000). — A Baha'i perspective on the loss of a transcendent ethical basis as a central problem of modern soci...
- Nader Saiedi. Replacing the Sword with the Word: Bahá'u'lláh's Concept of Peace (2019-05). — The writings of Baha'u'llah reconstruct foundational concepts such as mysticism, religion, and socia...
- Lin Poyer. Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development, The (1989). — On the challenge to develop creative, satisfying ways to live within a mass production/mass consumpt...
- Peter Smith. Routinization of Charisma?, The: Some Comments on “Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahá'ísme” (1998-11). — Discussion of sociologist Peter Berger and themes from his dissertation "From Sect to Church: A Soci...
- Elizabeth Kostina. Sacred spaces and secular visions in the Bahá'í Holy Gardens (2024-04-22). — Exploring the interplay between religious practice and heritage tourism at the Baha’i Holy Gardens...
- Deborah Clark Vance. Same Yet Different, The: Bahá'í Perspectives on Achieving Unity out of Difference (2002-05). — Based on in-depth interviews with members of the Baha’i Faith [in the USA] to uncover a descriptio...
- Deborah Clark Vance. Same Yet Different, The: Creating Unity Among the Diverse Members of the Bahá'í Faith (2002/2003 Winter). — A study of the process by which people form a unified community from diverse cultures based on inter...
- Jamar M. Wheeler. Seeking Light in the Darkness of "Race" (2017). — A historical sketch of how race concepts evolved, with analysis at macro and micro levels of society...
- Bryan F. Le Beau. Social Adaptation of Marginal Religious Movements in America, The (1993-06-22). — Processes of interaction between Marginal Religious Movements and their social environments; adaptiv...
- Christopher G. Gourdine and Justin R. Edgren et al. Social Affinity Flow Theory: A New Understanding of Both Human Interaction and the Power of the Baha'i Training Institute Process (2019). — On a new explanation of social rifts prevalent in many societies today as well as constructive effor...
- Moojan Momen. Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1953): A Preliminary Analysis (1983). — In the mid-19th century, Iran was shaken by unrest caused by the Babi movement, which set off a chai...
- Leslie William Kuzyk. Social Justice, Wealth Equity and Gender Equality: Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís of Alberta (2003-09). — Baha'i theology takes distinctive positions on wealth distribution and gender equality. These issues...
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. "The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development," by Lin Poyer: Commentary (1989).
- Graeme Were. Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (2005). — Anthropological study on the Baha'i Faith in the Nalik area of New Ireland, New Guinea, especially t...
- Viva Rodwell. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated? (1996). — Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
- Ismael Velasco. Unity in Diversity: Toward a Correlation of the Bahá'í Perspective with Current Empirical Findings in the Social Science Literature (2009). — The Baha'i community has much to learn from, and contribute to, the efforts of psychologists, sociol...
- James J. Keene. Unsuspected Effects of Religion on your Personality (1967). — Review of research reports in sociology and social psychology journals to analyse survey data from f...
- Oleg Kyselov. К вопросу о типологии и классификации веры бахаи: On Typology and Classification of the Bahá'í Faith (2011). — An attempt to classify the Baha'i Faith from a perspective of the sociology of religion and Marxism.
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