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Articles too informal or non-scholastic to be classified academic, and blog posts. See also academic articles, published or unpublished, and newspaper articles.
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  1. 1982. Dawn Fasting Prayer, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Essay from ‘Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum's book The Desire of the World. [about]
  2. 1982-02. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Baltimore, by Allison Vaccaro and Edward E. Bartlett, in Bahá'í News. History of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Baltimore, Maryland. [about]
  3. 1981. La conception de l'homme de Bahá'u'lláh, by Udo Schaefer. [about]
  4. 1981-09. Birth of Radio Bahá'í of Lake Titicaca in Peru, The, by Boris Handal, in Bahá'í News. On a momentous international Bahá'í teaching project linking the sister communities of Peril and Bolivia. [about]
  5. 1979-11. Meditation, by Peter J. Khan, in Australian Bahá'í Bulletin. A short summary of the Bahá’í approach to meditation and its relevance to peace and intuition. [about]
  6. 1979-01-07. Letter on Bahá'í attitudes towards politics and scholarship, by Denis MacEoin, in LA Study Class Newsletter, 34. Thoughts on whether the Faith is in danger of becoming irrelevant to the problems faced by people in the world outside, partly due to lack of involvement in politics. [about]
  7. 1978. History of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tihran, Iran. Brief history of the birth-place of Bahá'u'lláh distributed to pilgrims to the site. [about]
  8. 1976. La realité du monde exterieur et l'existence de Dieu, by Luc Dion, in Bahá'í Studies, 1. Student essay on Foi et raison, Les concepts fondamentaux, La loi générale qui gouverne l’univers, et Dieu. [about]
  9. 1976. Function of Revelation in Artistic Expression, The, by Otto Donald Rogers, in Bahá'í Studies, 1. Overview of some Bahá'í themes and how they are reflected in the making of art: man as an instrument; desire for order and beauty; use of materials; element of light; principle of unity; polarities and relationships; part and whole; energy and power. [about]
  10. 1975. Promise of Lord Krishna, The, by Gloria A. Faizi. Bahá'í fulfillment of Krishna's prophecy of return: "Whenever there is decay of righteousness and exaltation of unrighteousness, then I Myself come forth." [about]
  11. 1974. Summary Statement of the ANISA Model, by Daniel C. Jordan. ANISA is a comprehensive educational system defined by specifications which insure its replicability, evaluation, and refinement. Its objectives are the actualization of human potential and explanations of how to achieve them. [about]
  12. 1974/1977/1993. Forewords and Preface to Tablets of the Divine Plan, by Horace Holley and Amin Banani. Preface to the 1974 edition by Horace Holley; foreword to 1977 edition by Amin Banani; forewords to 1993 edition by Geoffrey W. Marks and by the publisher. [about]
  13. 1973-04. Divine Education: The Root of Knowledge, by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, in Glory: A Bahá'í Youth Magazine, 5:2. On Bahá'í families and raising children to appreciate Bahá'í principles. [about]
  14. 1970. Unity of Nations, The, by Albert Ross Vail and Emily McLellan Vail, in Transforming Light: The Living Heritage of World Religions. A meditation on Bahá'í-inspired themes of peace and the betterment of society. Does not mention the Faith. [about]
  15. 1970. Bahá'í Viewpoint, A, by H. M. Munje, in The World Religions Speak on The Relevance of Religion in the Modern World. Short essay on Bahá'í principles, presented along with other "leaders of the world's great religions" at the First Spiritual Summit Conference in Calcutta, October 1968. [about]
  16. 1970/1972. Raising the Tent of Unity, by Ali-Akbar Furutan. The year 1844 marked the end of humanity’s childhood and signaled the "coming of age" of the human race. Like a pot of water which has just come to a boil, we are now ready to rid ourselves of enmity and discord, and abide in freedom and security. [about]
  17. 1969. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. An overview of the Bahá'í Faith, written to the native Inuit and First Nations peoples of North America. [about]
  18. 1969/1975. Power of Prayer, The, by Eleanor S. Hutchens, in Bahá'í News, 464. Reflections on the purpose of humankind, the nearness of God, the healing power of revealed prayer, and how prayers are answered. [about]
  19. 1969-05. Flowers to `Akká, by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, in Bahá'í News. Some history of Sayessan, a Bahá'í village near Tabriz; of Mullá Asad’u’lláh, who prophesied the coming of the Bab; of Bahá'u'lláh's gift of seed potatoes; and Sayessani pilgrims travelling to Akka to meet Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes pictures. [about]
  20. 1968. Becoming Your True Self, by Daniel C. Jordan, in World Order, 3:1. The nature of human potential, and how the Bahá'í Faith can guide the process of spiritual transformation. [about]
  21. 1967. Bahá'u'lláh: His Call to the Nations: A Summons to World Order, by Eunice Braun. On the irreversible movement toward the interdependence of all peoples and nations, a Bahá'í perspective on history, and Bahá'u'lláh's summons to the rulers. [about]
  22. 1965 March/April. Visit to Persia, A, by Guy Murchie, in Bahá'í News, 408. Notes from travels to Bahá'í holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission from the House of Justice; includes descriptions of the architecture of the house and shop of the Bab, the birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Síyáh Chál. [about]
  23. 1964-12. Introduction to a Study of Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh, by Anonymous. Brief study guide for and review of this collection of 184 passages selected by Shoghi Effendi for the book. [about]
  24. 1960. Browne and the Babis, by Arthur J. Arberry, in Shiraz: Persian City of Saints and Poets. Brief history of the Babis and E. G. Browne's relations with them. [about]
  25. 1959 August. Education of Youth and Our Twentieth Century Dilemma, The, by Habib Taherzadeh, in Bahá'í News, 342. Moral education is lacking in modern societies. Bahá'í moral precepts can guide us towards the goal of moral evolution, to usher in the Golden Age of human maturity and the dawn of Divine Civilization on this planet. [about]
  26. 1958-07-13. I am a Bahá'í, by Guy Murchie. "An Exotic Faith Has Built One of the World's Great Temples Here. A Believer Tells What That Faith Means to Him." [about]
  27. 1957. Shoghi Effendi, by Marcus Bach, in The Circle of Faith, Chapter 3. Dr. Bach set out to meet the five people of his time whom he felt best exemplified the teachings of Jesus Christ. He travelled the world to pursue this aim, interviewing Helen Keller, Pope Pius XII, Albert Schweitzer, Therese Neumann, and Shoghi Effendi. [about]
  28. 1957. Introduction to the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, by Robert L. Gulick. Essay included as a preface to a 1952 edition of Seven Valleys and published as a stand-alone booklet in 1957; see miscellanie.com [about]
  29. 1957-04-10. Bahá'i: A Second Look, by Marcus Bach, in Christian Century, 74:15. A positive assessment of the Bahá'í faith by an outsider. [about]
  30. 1956. Sufferings of Bahá'u'lláh and Their Significance, The, by George Townshend, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 12 (April 1950-1954). Short essay on martyrdom and the Fire Tablet. [about]
  31. 1956. Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An, by Ugo Giachery, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 12 (1950-54). On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited Iran and wrote a 66-page monograph entitled I Babi (1881): one of the first documentations made by a European of the episode of the Báb. [about]
  32. 1954. Introduction, by George Townshend, in Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh. Original introduction to the Hidden Words, which is often omitted from print and online versions of the book. [about]
  33. 1954. Challenge to Chaos: The Mission of the Bahá'í Faith, by Horace Holley. Summary of the mission of Bahá'u'lláh through the lens of three essential truths: Unity of God, Unity of the Prophets, and Unity of Humankind. Published as a stand-alone pamphlet. [about]
  34. 1953. Questions about the Second Coming, by George Townshend. Answers by Townshend to questions asked by the Bahá’ís of Kampala, Uganda about the return of Christ, the Bible, false prophets, the day of judgment, and the trinity. [about]
  35. 1953. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Introduction to, by Marzieh Gail. [about]
  36. 1952. Mission of Bahá'u'lláh, The: And Other Literary Pieces, by George Townshend. Poems, meditations, and essays, including "Nabíl’s history of the Báb," "Abdu’l-Bahá: A study of a Christlike character," "Queen Marie of Rumania and the Bahá’í Faith," "The wellspring of happiness," and "The genius of Ireland." [about]
  37. 1952. Letters of Abdu'l-Bahá, by George Townshend, in The Mission of Bahá'u'lláh and Other Literary Pieces. An appreciation of the spiritual power of the writings of Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  38. 1952. Introduction, by W. Kenneth Christian, in Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Original introduction to Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, which is often omitted from online versions of the book. [about]
  39. 1952. Experiment in Race Relations, A, by Robert P. Powers, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 11 (1946-1950). An early program in race tolerance, preceding the Civil Rights movement, as described by a prominent Chief Law Enforcement Officer in early 20th-century California. [about]
  40. 1950. Kitáb-i-Íqán: Introduction to the 1950 Edition, by Helen Reed Bishop. Overview of its themes and historical context. [about]
  41. 1950-04-21. In the High Sierras, by Marzieh Gail, in Bahá'í World, XI. A poetic meditation about mankind's grappling with the coming of a new Revelation. [about]
  42. 1946/1968. Community of Religions, The, by John Herman Randall, in The Meaning of Religion for Man. Chapter on religious tolerance, inclusivism, and the need for a World Faith, with a passing discussion of Bahá'í principles, written by a Baptist minister who addressed Bahá'í audiences and received a letter from the Guardian. [about]
  43. 1946-11. Scientific Approach to Moral Conduct, by John B. Cornell, in World Order, 12:8. Comparison of Bahá'í teachings on sexual behavior with those presented by a then-current textbook, Personality and the Family (1935). [about]
  44. 1946-05. Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, by Marzieh Gail, in World Order, 12:2. A meditation on the themes of ESW. [about]
  45. 1945?. Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name, by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. Explanation of "The Greatest Name," with words of Abdu'l-Bahá, as copied by May Maxwell. Source and date not known. [about]
  46. 1945-08-30. Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran and His Book, the Zend Avesta, by Ali-Kuli Khan. [about]
  47. 1944-10. Primer for Bahá'í Assemblies, by Marzieh Gail, in World Order. Overview of the Bahá'í political system, and proposals for consultation, assembly functioning. [about]
  48. 1940. Tests: Their Spiritual Value, by Mamie L. Seto. Abdu'l-Bahá's views on the spiritual effects of suffering and trials, and their necessity for personal growth of the soul. [about]
  49. 1938. Unity of Nations, The, by Stanwood Cobb, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 7 (1936-1938). A look six decades into the future (from 1938) to envision the Lesser Peace. [about]
  50. 1938. Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah: A Meditation, by George Townshend, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 7 (1936-1938). [about]
  51. 1938. Life of the Bab, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, in Star of the West, Set 7, Vol 14, Num 7. Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani) [about]
  52. 1937-09. Radiant Acquiescence, by Orcella Rexford, in World Order. "Radiant acquiescence" (ridá') means not only to give up your will to the Divine Will, but to do so joyfully and with radiance, knowing it is the best way in the end. [about]
  53. 1936. Baha'u'llah's Ground Plan of World Fellowship, by George Townshend, in Faiths and Fellowship, Proceedings of the World Congress of Faiths Conference. This talk, proposing a practical scheme for addressing the problem of world-fellowship, was delivered at the first World Congress of Faiths conference in London in 1936 — one of the earliest Bahá'í papers to appear in a modern interfaith setting. [about]
  54. 1936/1945. Orientation of Hope and Lessons in World Crisis, The, by Alain Locke, in Bahá'í World, vols. 5 and 9. Two essays meditating on the relevance of Bahá'í principles to the period preceding and during the Second World War. [about]
  55. 1931-09. My Visit to Temple University, by Martha L. Root, in Bahá'í Magazine, 22. On Martha Root's visit to Temple University in Philadelphia in 1931 to talk about the Bahá'í peace principles. [about]
  56. 1931-07. Bahá'í Temple of Universal Peace, The, by Albert Ross Vail, in The Open Court, 45:902. Short essay on the construction of the temple in Wilmette, and an overview of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  57. 1930. Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah: A Reflection, by George Townshend, in Bahá'í World, Vol. 3 (1928-1930). Reflections on the meaning and significance of Bahá'u'lláh's Hidden Words. [about]
  58. 1928. World Vision of a Savant, The, by Auguste Henri Forel, in Star of the West, 18:11. Ruminations on the nature of the human brain, causes of racism, how to stop wars, the meaning of "God," and Bahá'í principles. [about]
  59. 1925-1954. May Ellis Maxwell, in Bahá'í World, I-XII. Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Bahá'í World I-XII, 1925-1954; includes photo. [about]
  60. 1924-10. Bird's-Eye View of the World in the Year 2000, A, by Orrol L. Harper, in Star of the West, vol. 15, no. 7. A fanciful and optimistic vision of life in the Twenty-first Century. [about]
  61. 1921-10-06. Bahá'ísm and Its Ambitious Claims, by Orvis Fairlee Jordan, in Christian Century, 38:2. Overview of Bahá'í teachings, the Faith's relationship with Islam, Bahá'ís in Chicago, and the under-construction temple in Wilmette. [about]
  62. 1919. New Day, The: The Bahá'í Revelation, by Charles Mason Remey. "A brief statement of its history and teachings" in summary form. Opens with short "dissertation by Abdu'l-Bahá upon the New Day." [about]
  63. 1919. Covenant, The, by Charles Mason Remey. "A brief statement of the Covenant God made with mankind through the prophets of the past and has fulfilled in these latter days, in the Bahai Movement." Includes excerpts of tablets and talks of Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  64. 1917. Shining Light from Persia, A, by Albert Ross Vail and Emily McLellan Vail, in Heroic Lives in Universal Religion: A Manual for Religious Instruction in Junior Grades. Overview chapter from a religious-studies textbook, written by a sympathetic outsider. This excerpt, from a "teacher's edition" of the book, contains an additional 7 pages of commentary not included in the regular edition. [about]
  65. 1917-03. Persian Reformer's View of Art, A, by Juliet Thompson, in The Art World, 1:6. Personal recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá's words on art and inspiration. Includes the portrait Thompson painted of Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  66. 1915-10. Behaism: In Reply to the Attack of Robert P. Richardson, by Ibrahim George Kheiralla, in The Open Court, 29:10. A defense of the Bahá'í Faith, with reference to fulfilled prophecy. Followed by the journal's short response to Bahá'í requests not to include advertisements for Kheiralla's book (which one is not named, could be O Christians). Not yet proofread. [about]
  67. 1913-09-08. Power of “The Covenant of God” Alone Regenerates Mankind, The, by Charles Mason Remey, in Star of the West, 4:10. Recognition of the centre of the covenant is the important matter before the world today. Includes extracts from a letter to a Bahai assembly in America. [about]
  68. 1913-05. Babism, by Samuel Kasha Nweeya, in Persia, The Land of the Magi or The Home of the Wise Men. Old essay on the Bábí Faith. [about]
  69. 1912-03. Bahá'í Movement for Universal Religion, The, by Charles Mason Remey. Dictionary-like summaries of Bahá'í personages and teachings. [about]
  70. 1912-01. Difficulties of the Young Turk Party, The, by Stanwood Cobb, in The North American Review, 195:674. Reflections on the character and political fortunes of the Young Turks, written shortly before the partitioning of Ottoman empire. [about]
  71. 1909-02. Bahá'í Revelation, The: Its Western Advance, by Jean Masson, in The American Review of Reviews, 39:2. Three-page overview of Bahá'í history and teachings. [about]
  72. 1904-04. World Organization Secures World Peace, by R. L. Bridgman, in The Atlantic Monthly, 94:563. While this paper does not mention the Bahá'í Faith, it is an interesting snapshot, and history of, early movements paralleling or even preceding Bahá'í teachings. [about]
  73. 1902-10. Visit to the Prophet of Persia, A, by Philip Sidersky and S. K. Braun, in Missionary Review, 25:10. Interview with Mirza Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpaygani in Washington, D.C., 1901. [about]
  74. 1902-10. Babism and the Babites, by Henry H. Jessup, in Missionary Review, 25:10. Sympathetic overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, including a meeting and a detailed conversation with Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  75. 1901-06-22. Babites, The, by Henry H. Jessup, in The Outlook, 68:8. Sympathetic overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history, including a meeting and a detailed conversation with Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  76. 1894. Religious Mission of the English-Speaking Nations, The, by Henry H. Jessup, in Neely's History of the Parliament of Religions and Religious Congresses of the World's Columbian Exposition. The report mentioned by Shoghi Effendi in God Passes By, and often (erroneously) referred to as being the one of first public mentions of the Faith. [about]
  77. 1869-05. Bab and Babism, by Edwin E. Bliss, in Missionary Herald. Summary and review of an article from earlier that year by Edward Evans, adding the opinion that Babism is not worthy of further attention. [about]
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