Welcome to the Baha'i Academics Resource Area. Material here supplements the body of published works available on the internet with some of the vast amount of useful primary sources and secondary scholarship.

Note: this site and its content is wholly independent and is     not sponsored or endorsed by any Baha'i body or institution

This first page is a site directory, linked to individual tables of contents describing the 520 files available at this site. The lists will be expanded as others contribute their work or documents become available. Please check back monthly and click here to see what's new. (Note: for a variety of reasons, no diacritics have been included in files at this site.)

• Search the Baha'i Academics Resource Area webspace for keywords or phrases.
• Database of Baha'i Scholars, by the Research Office of the US Baha'i National Center (please contribute to the survey).
• Local Bulletin Board (for discussion of issues related to this site or Baha'i activities on the internet in general).

  * Primary Source Material *

• Provisional translations of Baha'i sacred texts.
• Compilations of Baha'i Writings, arranged by topic.
• Letters from the Universal House of Justice and some National Spiritual Assemblies.
• Pilgrims' notes, memoirs written by visitors to the Baha'i central figures.
• Primary historical material, original documents other than sacred texts.

  * Secondary Source Material *

• Books and other full-length published works.
• Articles and papers by scholars and other students.
• Pieces from newspapers and magazines.
• Essays, talks, and personal letters: includes papers delivered to conferences.
• Draft Encyclopedia Articles from the forthcoming Short Encyclopedia of the Baha'i Faith.
• Book reviews, both published and unpublished.
• Court documents and other government-related material.

  * Resource Tools *

• Resource tools, including the comprehensive Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Baha'i Faith, the large Babi and Baha'i Religions: An Annotated Bibliography, publishers' addresses, journal indices, lists of sacred writings, and assorted other databases.
• Association for Baha'i Studies of North America homepage: ABS news and archives (independent site).

  * Random Material *

• Other sites containing original and useful academic material, plus the Baha'i Ring.
• Notes and credits for and history of the Baha'i Academics Resource Area.
• The Bin is the storage space for my backlog of not-yet edited files. For the adventurer only.

visits since Feb. 1997

* Personal Academic Work and Information *

Papers I've written while in grad school.

My theses, other publications, and curriculum vitae.

Some bio information, for those I know from cyberspace but have yet to meet in three dimensions, including my Humor Archive.