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Abstract:
The Bahá'í Library Online posts a large amount of material, and interesting items can be overlooked. To highlight noteworthy additions, we select some to "feature."

Featured Pieces

See also List of New Items and Featured Updates.

January 2023

  • Jack McLean: Some Poems in Latter Days
  • Farnaz Ma'sumian: Story of the Prophets
  • December 2022

  • Christopher Buck: Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022)
  • Harry Liedtke: A Wayfarer between Two Worlds
  • George Townshend: The Old Churches and the New World-Faith
  • Bahiyyih Randall Winckler. A Pilgrimage to Haifa, November 1919
  • Compilation: Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove
  • November 2022

  • Bahá'u'lláh, trans. Pierre Daoust: Les Quatre Vallées, publié dans The Call of the Divine Beloved
  • Steven Phelps: The Verge of the New: A Series of Talks
  • Compilation: A Journey of Courage: From Disability to Spiritual Ability
  • October 2022

  • Abdu'l-Bahá: Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in The Sufi Quarterly
  • Duane Troxel: Powerpoints for Deepening and Videos for Deepening
  • Mírzá Áqá Khán Katírá’í, trans. Adib Masumian: An Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján
  • Minou Foadi: The Bábí-Bahá'í Community in Khorasan
  • August 2022

  • Anne King Sadeghpour: El Cuarto Acto: Una Pionera Bahá'í en Nicaragua durante los años 1976-1983: Un relato personal e histórico
  • Jack McLean: Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light
  • Sen McGlinn: Church and State: Book 1 of a Postmodern Political Theology for the Bahá'í Community
  • Filip Boicu: Strong Foundationalism in the Bahá'í Faith? An Analysis of Michael Karlberg's 'Ontological Foundationalism' and Karlberg's Notion of Consultation and Bahá'í Consultation
  • July 2022

  • H. M. Balyuzi: The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days
  • Mirza Asad'Ullah: Explanations Concerning Sacred Mysteries and Instructions Concerning Genesis and the Mystery of Baptism (1902)
  • Fuad Izadinia:
  • Filip Boicu: The Principle of the Oneness of Humankind: Strong Foundationalism, Non-Adversarialism, and the Imperatives of Our Time
  • June 2022

  • Shahla Mehrgani: Bahá'í Faith and the Construction of Social Reality
  • Iraj Ghanooni: A Love of Iran
  • May 2022

  • Jonah Winters: Bahá'í Library Online at 25: Background, Functioning, and Future
  • Universal House of Justice: Whether Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb Met, Indications in the Writings and Historical Records Relative to the Question
  • April 2022

  • 120 newly-posted-online book reviews and articles from Journal of Bahá'í Studies
  • International Teaching Centre: The Five Year Plan 2011-2016: Summary of Achievements and Learning
  • March 2022

  • Abdu'l-Bahá: مجموعه الواح و مناجاتهای ترکی حضرت عبدالبهاء طهران ١٢٧ بدیع: Collected Azeri Turkish Tablets and Prayers of `Abdu'l-Bahá
  • Jack McLean: Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections
  • یادگار جشن پنجاهمین سال تاسیس محفل مقدس بهائیان طهران 55-103: Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Bahá'í Assembly of Tehran B.E. 55-103 (1947)
  • Brent Poirier: Lists of 126 articles
  • Iraj Ghanooni: 'Abdu'l-Bahá́ on the World Stage
  • February 2022

  • Graham Hassall: The Reference Desk: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age (2022)
  • Graham Hassall: International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries and Archives (2003)
  • Jack McLean: A Love That Could Not Wait
  • Compilation: The Divine Art of Living
  • Dominique Marchal: Enregistrements audio en français
  • January 2022

  • Universal House of Justice: Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan, incl. study guides and outlines
  • 20 volumes of Khoosh-i-Ha'i Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature)
  • William McCants, John Walbridge, et al.: Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World
  • David Russell Garcia: Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim)
  • Abu'l-Qasim Afnan: Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh
  • Chuck Egerton: Being and Becoming: A Photographic Inquiry with Bahá'í Men into Cultures of Peace
  • December 2021

  • Sacred Writings and histories: Iranian National Bahá'í Archives
  • Shoghi Effendi: "The Bahai Movement": A paper read by Shoghi Effendi at Oxford
  • Jack McLean: Dimensions in Spirituality
  • Compilation: The Bahá'í Community: A Summary of Its Organization and Laws (1947)
  • Patricia Locke: Native American and Other Indigenous Messengers of God
  • November 2021

  • Kurt Asplund: `Abdu'l-Bahá in Manhattan
  • Nora Crossley: Memoirs of Nora Crossley (1893-1977)
  • Various: Emma Maxwell (Maxie) Jones Collection of 63 early 20th-century Bahá'í documents
  • Fadil Mazandarani: Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq
  • Dergham Aqiqi and Todd Lawson: Haykal or "Star Tablet" Written in the Báb's Own Hand: Form, Content, and Provisional Translation
  • October 2021

  • Hasan Balyuzi (in translation): Dans la Gloire du Père: Une Biographie de Bahá'u'lláh
  • Books and poems by Roger White
  • Various: From Iran East and West: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 2
  • Ahmad Sohrab, ed. David Merrick: 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Britain, 1913
  • Ismael Velasco: Archangel, the Potowatami Woman on Whose Land the Wilmette [Ouilmette] Temple Was Built
  • September 2021

  • Journal series: Studies in Bahá'í Philosophy
  • Various: Star of the West Extracts
  • Christopher Buck: The 'Bahá'í Question' in Iran: Influence of International Law on Islamic Law
  • Filip Boicu: On the Notion of a 'Conceptual Framework' in Bahá'í Education: The Harmony of Science and Religion
  • Peter Smith: A Note on Babi and Bahá'í Numbers in Iran
  • Compilation: Light & Mercy: Mental Health and Tests and Difficulties
  • August 2021

  • Betty Bennett: Montana Bahá'í History
  • John Kolstoe: Alaskan Bahá'í Community: Its Growth and Development: The Formative Years: To 1999
  • Compilation: Perspectives on Science and Religion
  • Badi Shams: 10 new books, articles, and compilations in English and Spanish
  • Moshe Sharon: 12 old or newly-reposted articles retrieved from archive.org
  • Archive: bahailib.com Website Archive
  • July 2021

  • New collection: Compilations by National Spiritual Assemblies
  • Four articles from: The Creative Circle: Art, Literature, and Music in Bahá'í Perspective
  • Compilation: Bahá'í Procedure
  • Shoghi Effendi: Afire with the Vision: Messages from Shoghi Effendi to Latin America
  • Lil Osborn: Religion and Relevance: The Bahá'ís in Britain 1899 - 1930
  • June 2021

  • National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ecuador: Recuerdos de los amigos del Consejero Raúl Pavón Mejía
  • Annemarie Schimmel: Mystical Dimensions of Islam
  • Seena Fazel: Association for Bahá'í Studies - English-speaking Europe: A Retrospective
  • May 2021

  • Roger White: Four poems and essays
  • Various: Five essays from elixir-journal
  • Dan Jordan and Doug Honaker: Birds of Diverse Feathers Consult Together
  • April 2021

  • Marlene Macke: Nineteen Dramatic Readings
  • Marlene Macke, compiler: 'Abdu'l-Bahá́ in Canada: A Compilation from Written Accounts
  • Universal House of Justice: Vaccination and Covid: Six Letters Regarding Issues of Vaccination in 2020 and 2021
  • Universal House of Justice: Framework for Action: 2006-2016, Selected Messages of the UHJ and Supplementary Material
  • March 2021

  • Various: List of Wilmette Institute Presentations on Youtube.com
  • BWC compilation: Difficult Art of Translation: Selected Extracts From Letters by the Universal House of Justice Concerning the Translations of Shoghi Effendi
  • BWC compilation: Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Universal Auxiliary Language
  • BWC compilation: Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings and Matters of Translation
  • BWC compilation: Use of the Masculine Gender in the Bahá'í Writings: Extracts from Letters by the Universal House of Justice
  • February 2021

  • Books by Boris Handal: Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: 101 Stories of Bravery on the Move, The Khamsis: A Cradle of True Gold, El Concurso en Lo Alto, and A Trilogy of Consecration: The Courier, the Historian and the Missionary.
  • Various: Collections of Audio Talks: Lists of Speakers and Titles
  • Universal House of Justice: Audio Versions of Letters from the Universal House of Justice
  • January 2021

  • Adib Ma'sumian: The Languages of Revelation of the Bahá'í Writings
  • Thomas R. Wilson: Qualities and Attributes of the Spiritually Learned: Excerpts from The Secret of Divine Civilization
  • Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman: The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries
  • Hussein Ahdieh: Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way
  • Stanwood Cobb: 10 newly-posted books by Cobb
  • December 2020

  • New collections: Songs / songbooks / sheet music, Scripts / screenplays, and Glossaries / dictionaries / transliterations
  • Universal House of Justice: On the Calamitous State of World Affairs and the Material Sustainability of Communities
  • William McCants: A Portal of God's Grace: Passages on Life after Death in the Bahá'í Writings (compilation)
  • John Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, and Ehsanollah Hemmat: Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Huriyyih
  • Seena Fazel: The Bahá'í Faith in Europe
  • November 2020

  • Baháʼí Houses of Worship: A Visual Overview
  • Udo Schaefer: Die Grundlagen Der "Verwaltungsordnung" Der Bahá'í
  • Archive: Dwight Barstow Collection
  • Ismael Velasco: 17 new articles
  • October 2020

  • Fadil Mazandarani, Keven Brown trans.: The State When Asleep: Dreams, Their Interpretation and Wisdom
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam — Bahá'í Selections
  • Marlene Macke: Helen Frances Grand (1865-1944): Traces of a Bahá'í Life
  • September 2020

  • Bahá'í World Centre: The World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion - Compilation
  • Bahá'í International Community: The Bahá'ís: Contributing to an Emerging Global Civilization (magazine)
  • Peter Terry: Proofs of the Prophets
  • Henri Corbin: Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran
  • August 2020

  • Richard Hollinger, ed.: Community Histories
  • Duane Herrmann: Thirty articles and poems by Herrmann
  • July 2020

  • Christopher Buck and Kevin Locke: Indigenous Messengers of God
  • S. Naharoy, Fariburz Sahba, et al.: Lotus in Concrete
  • June 2020

  • Daniel Azim Pschaida: Bahá'u'lláh's Long Healing Prayer: Translation and Notes
  • NSA of the Bahá'ís of the UK: "In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá́: The Master in the British Isles" part 1 1911 and part 2 1912-1913
  • May 2020

  • Denis MacEoin: The Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History: A Survey
  • Seena Fazel: Bahá'í Studies at the Crossroads: Key Papers and Developments in the Bahá'í Studies Review
  • April 2020

  • The Báb, trans anonymous, The Persian Bayán: From A.L.M. Nicolas' French translation
  • E. G. Browne: Introduction to Nuqtat-al-Kaf, and Index and Concordance to the Persian Bayán
  • March 2020

  • Romane Takkenberg: A Pocketful of Meaning: Compilation of Terms, Phrases and Symbols as Used in the Sacred Writings of all Faiths
  • Dalton Garis and Mohebat Sobhani, comp.: Qur'anic and Biblical References in the Kitáb-i-Íqán
  • February 2020

  • Steven Phelps, comp.: Loom of Reality: A Partial Inventory of the Works of the Central Figures of the Bahá'í Faith
  • Peter Terry: The Oneness of Reality: A Response to Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Bahá'í Metaphysics"
  • January 2020

  • Arjen Bolhuis, comp.: Philosophical Statements by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions
  • Various: Lights of Irfan vol 20
  • Various: Pilgrims' Notes from U.S. Archives, 1898
  • Ella Goodall Cooper, comp.: 'Abdu'l-Bahá in California
  • December 2019

  • Adib Ma'sumian: An Introduction to the Baháʼí Religiolect
  • Ali-Akbar Furutan: Science and Religion
  • November 2019

  • Shahla Gillbanks: Footprints in the Sands of Time: Memoirs of a Pioneer in Iran
  • Selena Crosson: Searching for May Maxwell: Bahá'í Millennial Feminism, Transformative Identity and Globalism in the New World Order
  • October 2019

  • Hasan Nushabadi: The Man of Courage: A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Life of Mírzá Áqá Khán Qá'im-Maqámí
  • Gerald Warren, comp.: Bahá'í Translation Work: A Compilation
  • September 2019

  • Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali: Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí
  • Moojan Momen: Millennialist Narrative and Apocalyptic Violence: The Case of the Babis of Iran
  • August 2019

  • Harry Liedtke: The German Bahá'í Community under Nazism: A Historical Perspective
  • The Bab, trans. A.L.M. Nicolas: Le Béyan Persan
  • July 2019

  • Curtis Kelsey: Stories of 'Abdul-Baha and the Guardian
  • Amanah Nurish: The Meta-Narrative of Peasant Religious Conversion: A Case Study of the Bahá'í Community In Thailand
  • June 2019

  • Annemarie Schimmel: Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam
  • Keith Munro: Through the Eyes of Margaret Cousins: Irish and Indian Suffragette
  • April 2019

  • The Báb & Bahá'u'lláh: Prayer and Devotional Life compilation
  • Christopher Buck: Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A Trajectory of Christology from Prophet Messianism to Bahá'í Theophanology
  • February 2019

  • Barbara R. Sims: In the Light of the Rising Sun: Memoirs of A Bahá'í Pioneer to Japan
  • Adib Ma'sumian, comp.: Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Translation Comparison
  • January 2019

  • Universal House of Justice: Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs
  • Neil McMillan & Brian Didier: A Bahá'í Glossary of Principles and Concepts
  • December 2018

  • 18 more audio recordings of firesides and lectures by William S. Hatcher
  • November 2018

  • Various: Lights of Irfan vol 19
  • William Collins, ed.: Scriptum (all 6 issues)
  • September 2018

  • David Merrick, comp.: Passing of Abdu'l-Bahá (Nov 1921): Chronology and Compilation
  • David Merrick, comp.: Declaration of the Bab (May 1844): A Survey of Sources for Researchers
  • August 2018

  • Susan Gammage: Fear Into Faith: Overcoming Anxiety
  • July 2018

  • Grover Gonzales: Khatt-i-Badí' (The New Script): Transliteration and Notes
  • May 2018

  • June Manning Thomas: Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies
  • Patricia McIlvride: Depression, Stigma, and the Soul
  • April 2018

  • Ian Kluge: The Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature
  • Christopher Buck & Youli Ioannesyan: Scholar Meets Prophet: Edward Granville Browne and Bahá'u'lláh
  • March 2018

  • Bijan Ma'sumian & Adib Ma'sumian: Bahá'í Studies in Iran: A Preliminary Survey
  • Bijan Ma'sumian & Adib Ma'sumian: The Bab in the World of Images
  • February 2018

  • Maureen M. Thur: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Arizona: The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950
  • Marie Watson: My Pilgrimage to the Land of Desire
  • January 2018

  • Gerald Keil: Authority of the Institutions According to the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá, The: A Text Analysis
  • Ernie Jones, comp.: Bahá'í Teachings on Health, Healing and Nutrition
  • December 2017

  • David Merrick: Martyrdom of the Bab: An Outline for Researchers
  • Universal House of Justice Climate Change: Policies and Political Discourse
  • November 2017

  • William Sears & Robert Quigley: The Flame: Biography of Lua Moore Getsinger
  • Fariborz Alan Davoodi et al.: Tablet of Wisdom: Study Guide
  • October 2017

  • Moojan Momen: Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1953)
  • Moojan Momen: Division and Unity in the Bahá'í Community
  • September 2017

  • Sina Mossayeb: Educational Strategy Selection of Religious Minorities in Modern Iran: The Case of the Jewish, Christian, and Bahá'í Communities
  • Juan Cole: Millennialism in Modern Iranian History
  • August 2017

  • Eugène Flandin: Voyage en Perse [travel diary from the time of The Bab]
  • Dorothy Freeman Gilstrap: From Copper to Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker
  • July 2017

  • Various: Lights of Irfan vol 18
  • Karl Weaver: Tablet of All Food and the Nature of Reality
  • June 2017

  • A.L.M. Nicolas: Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb
  • Peter Smith: 12 Bahá'í Studies videos
  • March 2017

  • Various: Lights of Irfan vol 17
  • Hooshmand Badee: Bahá'í Teachings on Economics and Their Implications for the Bahá'í Community and the Wider Society (PhD dissertation)
  • February 2017

  • 21 new articles in Journal of Bahá'í Studies
  • January 2017

  • Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Report of the Transliteration Committee [the system of transliteration used by Shoghi Effendi]
  • November 2016

  • Shoghi Effendi, ed. Don Calkins: Uncompiled Letters
  • Ali Nakhjavani: Shoghi Effendi: Author of Teaching Plans
  • October 2016

  • Hiroyasu Takano: Memories of Talks with the Guardian
  • Mike Thomas, comp.: Glossary of Arabic and Persian Transliteration
  • September 2016

  • Australian Bahá'í Studies journal, volume 2 (2000)
  • August 2016

  • Keven Brown: Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter
  • Terms remembrance and gate in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, and 8 more new articles by Todd Lawson
  • July 2016

  • Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman: A Way Out of No Way: Harlem Prep: Transforming Dropouts into Scholars, 1967-1977
  • Beshara Magazine: The Unity of Humanity: An Interview with Professor Todd Lawson
  • June 2016

  • Keven Brown: Selections from the Writings of The Bab and Bahá'u'lláh, and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation
  • Bahá'u'lláh, trans. Keven Brown: Tablet to Ashraf
  • May 2016

  • Aziz'u'llah Azizi: Crown of Glory: Memoirs of Jinab-i-Aziz'u'llah Azizi
  • April 2016

  • Steve Scholl: The Remembrance of God: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh
  • March 2016

  • Hussein Ahdieh: Nayriz Heroes: 22 Biographies of Bábís and Bahá'ís from Nayriz, Calligraphy of Ahmad Nayrizi, and Poetry of Vafá
  • FBI documents: Edward Getsinger: Alleged Pro-German Activities; Alfred Lunt: Alleged German Religious Propaganda
  • February 2016

  • Peter Terry: A Prophet in Modern Times: A.L.M. Nicolas' Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab
  • Linda Covey. Diné Becoming Bahá'í: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies
  • January 2016

  • Jean-Marc Lepain, trans. Peter Terry: The Archeology of the Kingdom of God
  • Peter Terry: Bahá'í Hermeneutics: An Academic and Primary Source Inquiry
  • November 2015

  • Various: Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review
  • October 2015

  • Margit Warburg, ed.: Bahá'í and Globalisation
  • Various: Lights of Irfan vol 16
  • Shahbaz Fatheazam: The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice
  • September 2015

  • League of Nations: Documents 1928-1932 on confiscation of Bahá'í properties in Iraq
  • Various: discussions between Denis MacEoin, Juan Cole, William Hatcher, Muhammad Afnan, Stephen Lambden, Moojan Momen, et al.
  • August 2015

  • Margaret Marie Rutledge: Gulick and Three Women: Diary of a Cross-country Auto Trip to and back from the 1942 Bahá'í National Convention with Ramona Allen Brown, Marzieh Gail, and Robert Gulick
  • Todd Lawson: Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary? A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses
  • July 2015

  • Peter Terry: Bahá'í Studies in Europe (1981)
  • Peter Terry, translator: Arabic Bayan, from A.L.M. Nicolas' French translation
  • May 2015

  • Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani: Letters and Essays, 1886-1913
  • Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani: Miracles and Metaphors
  • April 2015

  • Various: Lights of Irfan volume 13, volume 14, and volume 15
  • E. S. Stevens: Abbas Effendi: His personality, work, and followers
  • March 2015

  • Bill Washington: Hands of the Cause of God: Personal Recollections
  • Bill Washington: Recollections of Pilgrimage: Nine Days with the Guardian
  • Walter Bryant Guy: The Bahá'í Message
  • Glenn Cameron and Wendi Momen: A Basic Bahá'í Chronology
  • February 2015

  • Kathryn Louisa Vernon: Bahá'u'lláh's Garden: Jacksonville, Florida, 1919-1969
  • Universal House of Justice: On Gaza, and Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts
  • Violette Nakhjavani: Amatu'l-Bahá Visits India
  • January 2015

  • Nureddin Momtazi: Twin Pilgrimages of Núru'd-Dín Mumtází
  • Abbas Amanat: Thesis: The Early Years of the Babi Movement: Background and Development
  • December 2014

  • Jan Jasion: A Bábí and Bahá'í Bibliography from Gallica
  • Lyon Virostko: Thesis: Naturalistic Assumptions in School Counseling and the Bahá'í Principle of the Unity of Science and Religion
  • June 2014

  • Bill Garlington: Thesis: The Bahá'í Faith in Malwa, India: A Study of a Contemporary Religious Movement
  • May 2014

  • V. E. Johnson: Thesis: An Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith
  • Comte de Gobineau: Les religions et les philosophies dans l'asie centrale
  • April 2014

  • Bahá'í Studies volume 1 (1976)
  • Journal de Constantinople newspaper archive 1848-1851
  • March 2014

  • The Conservation and Restoration of Calligraphy by Mishkín Qalam
  • David Piff and Margit Warburg: Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List
  • Heidi A. Campbell and Drake Fulton: Bounded Religious Communities' Management of the Challenge of New Media: Bahá'í Negotiation with the Internet
  • February 2014

  • Iranian Intellectuals and the Bahá'ís: 59 essays in Iranian newspapers by influential thinkers, about the Faith in contemporary Iran
  • Bahá'í Journal of the United Kingdom: Five years of news and essays, in 406 files
  • January 2014

  • World Order: Complete issue of Volume 2 (April 1936 - March 1937)
  • December 2013

  • European Bahá'í Archives Workshop: info on preserving sources, forms for archivists, historians, and registers for LSAs
  • November 2013

  • Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: Music, Devotions, and the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar
  • Peter Smith: The Bahá'í Faith in the West: A Survey
  • October 2013

  • Various: First newspaper story of the events of the Bábí Faith
  • Bahá'í Library on Freenet
  • September 2013

  • 13 new Theses and dissertations
  • July 2013

  • Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum: The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith
  • June 2013

  • 10 more Bahá'í World volumes (7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24)
  • 12 historically influential documents by C. M. Remey
  • May 2013

  • 25 transcripts of audio talks and essays by Darius and Grace Shahrokh from the Windows to the Past series
  • April 2013

  • Violette Nakhjavani: The Great Safari of Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum
  • March 2013

  • Moojan Momen: Understanding Bahá'í History: Introduction to the study of history
  • February 2013

  • Jack McLean: 51 newly-posted articles and essays
  • January 2013

  • 16 more articles published in dialogue magazine, 1986-88
  • December 2012

  • Ahang Rabbani: The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs
  • Ahang Rabbani: Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History, volumes 1-9
  • November 2012

  • Isaac Adams and Anton Haddad: Bab and Babism
  • The Báb, trans. and edited E. G. Browne: A Summary of the Persian Bayan
  • October 2012

  • Roy Wilhelm, Stanwood Cobb, and Genevieve Coy: In His Presence: Visits to 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  • Mary Lucas: Brief Account of My Visit to Acca
  • September 2012

  • Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman: 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York
  • Henry Jessup: First public mention of the Bahá'í Faith in the West (1893)
  • August 2012

  • Various: Lights of Irfan volume 13
  • Peter Smith: The Universal House of Justice and the Baha’i World, 1963-1973
  • July 2012

  • 84 more audio lectures
  • Moojan Momen: An Introduction to Shi'i Islam (summary)
  • June 2012

  • 4 more Bahá'í World volumes (7, 15, 16, 18)
  • 10 newly-posted translations in Russian
  • April 2012

  • Muhammad Afnan: Readings from the Writings of the Báb audio recordings
  • March 2012

  • 30 articles published in Solas magazine (Association for Bahá'í Studies Europe, Irish Edition), 2001-2004
  • February 2012

  • 43 articles published in dialogue magazine, 1986-88, and archive of dialogue scans
  • January 2012

  • Happy 15th Birthday Bahá'í Library! See what's new.
  • December 2011

  • Christopher Buck: dozens of recently-posted or recently-published items by Buck
  • George Curzon: Persia and the Persian Question, volume I, proofread and formatted
  • November 2011

    Four 1990s
    books by
    ABS
    Australia
    1. The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges
    2. Bahá'í Studies in Australasia, vol. 3
    3. 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia
    4. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book

    October 2011

  • John Hatcher: Enigmatic Questions Surrounding the Appearances of the Prophets
  • September 2011

  • Aziz Rohani, comp: Sweet and Enchanting Stories
  • Various: English-Arabic dictionaries and English-Persian dictionaries
  • August 2011

  • Various: Lights of 'Irfán Book 12
  • Four new (old) books by Stanwood Cobb
  • July 2011

  • Tahereh Tahririha-Danesh: Bahá’í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights
  • Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia: Human Rights, Faith, and Culture
  • June 2011

  • Mark Foster: Increasing Complexity as a Process in Social Evolution: A Case Study of the Bahá'í Faith
  • Mark Foster: Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics
  • May 2011

  • John Walbridge: Essays and Notes on Babi and Bahá'í History
  • January 2011

  • UHJ letter: Non-involvement of Bahá'ís in repression of homosexuality in Uganda
  • September 2010

  • Maps and Charts in Bahá'í World volumes
  • August 2010

  • Adib Masumian: Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith,
  • Christopher Buck: Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy,
  • July 2010

  • Lights of 'Irfán Book 10
  • Lights of 'Irfán Book 11
  • June 2010

  • Alain Locke: Race Leader: Three Essays and Redefining Democracy: Four Talks. See also the index to online material about Locke.
  • Christopher Buck: Trial of the Yaran, Iranian Islam on Trial, and Criminalizing the Bahá'í Religion
  • May 2010

  • Horace Holley: Bahá'í: The Spirit of the Age
  • Mary Hanford Ford: The Oriental Rose: The Teachings of Abdul Baha Which Trace the Chart of "The Shining Pathway"
  • April 2010

  • Lights of 'Irfán Book 2: Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars
  • Lights of 'Irfán Book 3
  • March 2010

  • 1906 Pilgrim Notes of Ali Kuli Khan
  • Episodes in the Life of Moneereh Khanum
  • (2007-2009: site was dormant, no updates)

    February 2007

  • Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File
  • Reason and Revelation: New Directions in Bahá'í Thought
  • June 2006

    Articles written by Shoghi Effendi at age 16 or 17:
  • The Function of Sports in Life
  • Rules of Parliamentary Discipline
  • April 2005

  • Goodall & Cooper: Daily Lessons Received at Akka, 1908
  • March 2005

  • Chris Jones: Masters Thesis: Examination of the Environmental Crisis
  • January 2005

  • Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání: Mahmúd's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Journey to America
  • Irfan Colloquia: Lights of `Irfán: Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars Book One
  • November 2004

  • Universal House of Justice: Compilation of Compilations vol. 3
  • Shoghi Effendi: This Decisive Hour
  • October 2004

  • Shoghi Effendi: Messages to Canada (1999 expanded edition)
  • Todd Lawson: Qur'an Commentary of the Bab: PhD Dissertation
  • September 2004

  • William Hatcher: The Concept of Spirituality
  • Abdu'l-Bahá: Excerpts from Muntakhabát Vol. 2 and Vol. 3
  • December 2003

  • Day of the Covenant 26 November 2003: To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in the Cradle of the Faith
  • October 2003

  • In the news: Shirin Ebadi
  • August 2003

  • In the news: David Kelly
  • In the news: Suicide
  • October 2002

  • Ron Price: The Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White
  • September 2002

  • Bahá'u'lláh: Gems of Divine Mysteries
  • August 2002

  • Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá: Bahá'í Scriptures
  • Richard Landau: The Bahá'í Faith and the Environment
  • June 2002

  • Juliet Thompson: The Diary of Juliet Thompson
  • A.Q. Faizi and Shirley Macias: Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí
  • May 2002

  • Bahá'u'lláh: Summons of the Lord of Hosts
  • Shoghi Effendi: Messages to the Antipodes [Australasia]
  • February 2002

  • Bahá'í World Center, Compilation of Compilations: Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3.
  • Various, Notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
  • December 2001

  • Holly Hanson, The World We Want: Overcoming Barriers to Systematic Action
  • Alan Bryson, Responding to an Attack on Humanity
  • October 2001

  • Jonah Winters, Jihad in the Contemporary World
  • International Teaching Centre, Letter on the "calamity"
  • September 2001

  • Holly Hanson, Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence
  • Susan Maneck, The Theology of Osama bin Laden
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