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  1. Posted 2022-03-27, in Book Reviews:   Pierre-Yves Mocquais. Unité dans la diversité — les religions au service de la verité, by O. P. Ghai: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:4 (1989). [about]
  2. Posted 2022-03-27, in Book Reviews:   Dawn K. Smith. Way to Inner Freedom: A Practical Guide to Personal Development, by Erik Blumenthal: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 2:1 (1989). [about]
  3. Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles:   Mina Yazdani. `Abdu'l-Bahá and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Embracing Principles while Disapproving Methodologies, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 24:1-2 (2014). Abdu’l-Bahá’s orientation toward the Constitutional Revolution of 1906–1911: he embraced the principles of constitutionalism while disapproving of confrontation; real social change needs to start at the moral-ethical level. [about]
  4. Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews:   Julie Badiee. Drawings, Verse, and Belief, by Bernard Leach: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:3 (1989). [about]
  5. Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles:   Vahid Rafati. Evolving Role of Bahá'í Scholarship, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 25:1-2 (2015). Lecture on the evolution of Bahá’í scholarship; ulamás and the Faith; role of the ulamás in Islam; changes instituted by Bahá'u'lláh; abolition of clerical authority; historical legacy of some scholars; present challenges and future scholarship. [about]
  6. Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews:   Geza Farkas. God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible, by Adam Nicolson: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 15:1-4 (2005). [about]
  7. Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles:   Layli Miller-Muro. Knowledge into Action: The Bahá'í Imperative to Serve Humanity, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 24:1-2 (2014). On the history of experience and evolution in thinking regarding social action in the Bahá’í community; the Tahirih Justice Center’s experience as one example of such learning; the culture of service we must embody. [about]
  8. Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles:   Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 23:1-4 (2013). Bahá'í scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a discourse that is free of "haughty intellectualism." The Association for Bahá’í Studies can help promote the Bahá'í cause to institutions of higher learning. [about]
  9. Posted 2022-03-26, in Biographies:   Robert E. Hayden and Douglas Ruhe. Place of Poetry in Religion and Society, The: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 24:3-4 (2014). Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Douglas Ruhe in 1975 on the future of poetry, transcendence, American destiny, important American poets, the Library of Congress, and Bahá'í spirituality. [about]
  10. Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles:   Roshan Danesh. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 24:1-2 (2014). The concept of law in the Bahá’í Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language and discourse in Bahá’u’lláh’s writings. Religious law, rooted in conscious knowledge and the dynamics of love, rejects rigid and legalistic rules. [about]
  11. Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews:   Dwight Bashir. Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions, by Brian Lepard: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 14:1-2 (2004). [about]
  12. Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews:   Gilbert Bartholomew. Science and Religion: Towards the Restoration of an Ancient Harmony, by Anjam Khursheed: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:1 (1988). [about]
  13. Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews:   John Danesh. Selections from the Writings of E. G. Browne on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, ed. Moojan Momen: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:3 (1989). [about]
  14. Posted 2022-03-26, in Published Articles:   Sharon Nur Hatcher. Spirituality in Medicine: Reflections of a Bahá'í Physician, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 25:4 (2015). A self-reflective piece by a family physician and educator; personal experiences and challenges with patients, students, and colleagues related to the integration of spirituality into medicine. [about]
  15. Posted 2022-03-26, in Book Reviews:   Susan Lamb. Unity: The Creative Foundation of Peace, by H. B. Danesh: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 1:1 (1988). [about]
  16. Posted 2022-03-25, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Birth of Radio Bahá'í of Lake Titicaca in Peru, The, in Bahá'í News (1981). On a momentous international Bahá'í teaching project linking the sister communities of Peril and Bolivia. [about]
  17. Posted 2022-03-25, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, The, in Australian Bahá'í Bulletin (2008). Overview of the Bahá'í Covenant, the nature of Covenant-breaking, and the spiritual foundation for being firm in such a fundamental principle. [about]
  18. Posted 2022-03-25, in Introductory:   Boris Handal. Teaching Bahá'í History in Schools: A Resource Material (2010). A self-contained lesson addressing the history and growth of the Faith and the lives of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, designed for primary-school students in the broader community; contains learning objectives, learning activities, and audio-visual resources. [about]
  19. Posted 2022-03-21, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Finding the Lamp: My Bahá'í Experience, in Catholics and Catholicism in contemporary Australia: challenges and achievements ed. Abe Ata (2012). A personal adventure of faith, influenced by a background where faith and reason talked to each other, and an oriental ethnic heritage and curiosity for Eastern cultures; thoughts on inclusive spiritual agendas for the future. [about]
  20. Posted 2022-03-21, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Loving 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Understanding His Station, in The Australian Bahá'í (2021). Early Bahá’ís in the West struggled to understand the station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Mystery of God. [about]
  21. Posted 2022-03-20, in Published Articles:   Boris Handal. Global Scholars as Ambassadors of Knowledge, in Academic Migration, Discipline Knowledge and Pedagogical Practice: Voices from the Asia Pacific eds. F. Rawling and C. Mason (2013). Global scholars can face challenges interacting with peers and with the community of their destination cultures, but can become agents of social change due to their unique overseas positions, and teach global citizenship, moral leadership, and unity. [about]
  22. Posted 2022-03-20, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Metaphors in Education (2008). Knowledge is associated with the development of spiritual capabilities such as justice, confidence, patience, service, etc. Educational research and its methodologies are a vehicle to find knowledge and a tool to help us achieve our highest selves. [about]
  23. Posted 2022-03-18, in Books:   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). Booklet and collection of historical photographs published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tihran, published B.E. 103 (1947). Includes partial English translation (2022). [about]
  24. Posted 2022-03-18, in Published Articles:   Daniel Azim Pschaida. Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:3 (2022). On the originality and deep coherence of this prayer as expressed by its rhyme, alliterations, and structures organized around the number 19; the prayer is an invitation to meditate on God’s names, and see reality in a metaphysics of wholeness and unity. [about]
  25. Posted 2022-03-18, in Study Guides:   Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude, by Bahá'u'lláh: Interlinear Presentation (2022). Parallel translations of Ali Kuli Khan (1904) and the authorized one by Shoghi Effendi (1931), and the Persian text. [about]
  26. Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles:   Joshua Hall. Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:3 (2022). Comparison of the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna; this helps one understand the philosophical content and significance, and rational rigor, of Bahá’u’lláh’s own statements on God’s existence and creative act. [about]
  27. Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles:   Vargha Taefi. Beyond Welfare: A Preliminary Bahá'í Normative Framework for Economic Rights and Responsibilities, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:1-2 (2022). The conceptual underpinnings of a Bahá’í approach to economic growth and disparity, mapped onto an applied framework of economic rights and responsibilities, give rise to economic justice and individual and institutional rights and responsibilities. [about]
  28. Posted 2022-03-17, in Book excerpts:   Julia Berger. Ideas, Religion, and Social Change, in Rethinking Religion and Politics in a Plural World: The Bahá'í International Community and the United Nations (2021). Links to a book chapter and video presentation and presentation notes (offsite) presented for the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, on meaning-making processes driving NGO behavior and the Bahá'í Faith's pursuit of social change. [about]
  29. Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles:   Bayan Jalalizadeh. Need for an Integrative Conceptual Framework for Addressing Mental Health Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:1-2 (2022). Overview of the state of mental health and illness in the world during the Covid pandemic, summary of the prevailing frameworks and practices, and a potential framework which could guide a response to current mental health challenges. [about]
  30. Posted 2022-03-17, in Published Articles:   Paul Lample. Reflections on the Challenge of Our Age, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:1-2 (2022). On how Bahá'ís expect to search for truth and build a just and peaceful world through the conscious transformation of the moral order — not by force or coercion but by example, persuasion, and cooperation. [about]
  31. Posted 2022-03-15, in Maps:   Bahá'í World News Service. List and Map of 114 Youth Conferences in 2013 (2013). List of pages at bahai.org (offsite) with reports, descriptions, and videos of youth events across the globe. The accompanying map gives an impression of the spread of the worldwide Bahá'í community. [about]
  32. Posted 2022-03-13, in Biographies:   Boris Handal. In Memoriam: Salomon Pacora Estrada (Pacora Blue Mountain) 1899-1969 (2022). Short bio of the first known Bahá'í of Inca descent, who served as a pioneer in Ecuador. [about]
  33. Posted 2022-03-11, in Bahá'í Writings:   'Abdu'l-Bahá à Londres (1996). [about]
  34. Posted 2022-03-11, in Essays and short articles:   Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009). Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites. [about]
  35. Posted 2022-03-10, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Update of "Additional Tablets" by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Permanency of URLs on bahai.org (2022). Answers to two questions: the PDF at bahai.org for "Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks" will be updated, and website addresses (URLs) at bahai.org are permanent and can reliably be cited. [about]
  36. Posted 2022-03-06, in Published Articles:   Robert K. Arbuthnot. Bab and Babeeism, The: Part 2, in Contemporary Review Volume XII (1969). Part two of an early, relatively lengthy overview of Bábí history and theology. [about]
  37. Posted 2022-03-03, in Book Reviews:   Christopher Buck. 175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Bábís and Bahá'ís of Iran, by Fereydun Vahman: Review (2021). [about]
  38. Posted 2022-03-03, in Book Reviews:   Christopher Buck. Philosophic Values and World Citizenship: Locke to Obama and Beyond, ed. Jacoby Adeshai Carter and Leonard Harris: Review, in Bahá'í Studies Review 18 (2012). [about]
  39. Posted 2022-03-03, in Book Reviews:   Christopher Buck. The Bahá'ís of America: The Growth of a Religious Movement, by Mike McMullen: Review (2017). [about]
  40. Posted 2022-03-03, in Book Reviews:   Christopher Buck. The Development of the Bábí/Bahá'í Communities: Exploring Baron Rosen's Archives, by Youli Ioannesyan: Review, in Nova Religio 18:4 (2015). [about]
  41. Posted 2022-03-02, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl), The (2009). Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript used by Shoghi Effendi for The Dawn-Breakers; can scholars inspect the one surviving copy; does a corrected version or a "second manuscript" exist? [about]
  42. Posted 2022-03-01, in Published Articles:   Iraj Ghanooni. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage (2022). A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's first visit to Paris with the secular aims of some famous Iranian contemporaries who went there around the same time; includes philosophical discussions and an analysis of two talks by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  43. Posted 2022-03-01, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í Attitude towards Celebration of Christmas (2002). A clarification on whether Baha’is are permitted to celebrate Christmas: believers should not be deterred from participating in festivities in which the religious meaning has, over time, given way to purely culturally-oriented practices. [about]
  44. Posted 2022-03-01, in Essays and short articles:   Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Glasgow. Eco-Pledge (2021). An illustrated booklet of environmental actions individuals and communities can take, presented as a tool to reflect on and enable practical action towards sustainable use of the world’s material resources; includes quotations from the Writings. [about]
  45. Posted 2022-02-28, in Personal compilations:   Compilation on All of Humanity Embracing the Bahá'í Faith, A (2022). [about]
  46. Posted 2022-02-28, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Permissibility of Chinese New Year Celebrations and Cultural Prostrations (2019). Permissibility of observing Chinese New Year; prostrating is permissible for cultures in which prostrations do not signify submission or humiliation, but are merely gestures of respect or politeness. [about]
  47. Posted 2022-02-27, in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Causeries d'Abdu'l-Bahá à Paris (1987). [about]
  48. Posted 2022-02-26, in Personal compilations:   Guidance for Bahá'í Radio from the Bahá'í World Centre (1990). Selection of guidance received from the Bahá'í World Centre on Bahá'í radio from May, 1980 to December, 1989, on four major themes: administration; programming, training and production; finance and technical matters. [about]
  49. Posted 2022-02-26, in Bahá'í Writings:   Báb, The. Sélection des Écrits du Báb (1984). [about]
  50. Posted 2022-02-25, in Newspaper articles:   Manya A. Brachear. Bahá'í Schism Battles It out in Court, in Chicago Tribune (2009). Short article touching on a lawsuit to prevent covenant-breakers from using the word "Bahá'í" and "The Greatest Name." [about]
  51. Posted 2022-02-25, in Archives:   International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries and Archives (2003). Conference convened at Landegg International University for people to share experiences, learn about best practices, and begin developing a structure for world interaction among those who handle and organize Bahá’í library and archival materials. [about]
  52. Posted 2022-02-25, in Presentations:   Reference Desk, The: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age (2022). 13 presentations on how digital technologies are supporting Bahá’í scholarship. Webmasters, bibliographers, genealogists, and archivists speak about their journey in reference projects: origins, progress, and insights into how their projects are used. [about]
  53. Posted 2022-02-24, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Term Limits for Members of Spiritual Assemblies (2022). Quotations from Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice on matters regarding Bahá'í elections, and why there are no term limits for members of Bahá'í assemblies. [about]
  54. Posted 2022-02-22, in Personal compilations:   Báb, The and Bahá'u'lláh. Divine Art of Living, The (1944). Collection of thematically arranged quotations. [about]
  55. Posted 2022-02-22, in Videos:   Brett Zamir. Efficient Searches and Shortcuts (2022). A series of videos introducing rationales for, and details on use of, browser keyword shortcuts with the Bahá'í Writings [about]
  56. Posted 2022-02-22, in Videos:   Brett Zamir. TextBrowser, Bahaiwritings, and Bahai-browser.org: Web apps for browsing the Bahá'í Writings with customizability (2022). Tutorial videos on an experimental web app to browse Writings with high customizability and in parallel. [about]
  57. Posted 2022-02-21, in Chronologies/genealogies:   Donald Osborn and Vicky Majewski. Genealogies of Bahá'ís on WikiTree (2022). Links to online genealogies, and a video presentation "Using the tools of genealogy." [about]
  58. Posted 2022-02-17, in Presentations:   Luca Forconi. Lo sviluppo socio-economico della comunità bahá'í (2022). Panoramica sull’azione sociale baha’i con gran parte dei contenuti estratti e tradotti dal documento "For the Betterment of the World" (OSED / BIC, 2018), integrati da alcuni cenni alla letteratura in ambito economico. [about]
  59. Posted 2022-02-17, in Unpublished Articles:   William F. McCants. Multivalent Mahdihood: Karim Khan Kirmani's Early Critique of the Multiple Claims of the Bab (2003). Shaykhi critiques of the Qayyum al-asma; the nature of the Báb's gradually unfolding claims, first as a báb to imam and qá'ím and finally prophethood; the Báb's concept of religious authority. [about]
  60. Posted 2022-02-17, in Published Articles:   Oleg Kyselov. К вопросу о типологии и классификации веры бахаи: On Typology and Classification of the Bahá'í Faith, in Essays on Religious Studies 2 (2011). An attempt to classify the Bahá'í Faith from a perspective of the sociology of religion and Marxism. [about]
  61. Posted 2022-02-04, in Audio:   Enregistrements audio en français (2021). Enregistrements audio en français des écrits sacrés baha'is, par Dominique Marchal. [about]
  62. Posted 2022-02-04, in Books:   David Russell Garcia. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) (2022). Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en sociale principes; heilige oorlog en vechten; redenen achter de reputatie van de islam als een oorlogsreligie; apocalypse. [about]
  63. Posted 2022-02-03, in Bahá'í Writings:   Báb, The. Épître du Báb aux Lettres du Vivant (1972). [about]
  64. Posted 2022-02-03, in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Florilège d'écrits de Bahá'u'lláh (2006). [about]
  65. Posted 2022-02-03, in Books:   Jack McLean. Love That Could Not Wait, A: The Remarkable Story of Knights of Baha'u'llah Catherine Heward Huxtable and Clifford Huxtable (2016). The story of the Canadian Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, Catherine Heward Huxtable and husband Cliff Huxtable, who opened the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia to the Bahá'í Faith in October, 1959. [about]
  66. Posted 2022-02-01, in Book excerpts:   Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth. Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher (2008). Three paragraphs mentioning the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  67. Posted 2022-02-01, in Book Reviews:   Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Faith: The Basics, by Christopher Buck: Review, in Nova Religio 25:3 (2022). [about]
  68. Posted 2022-01-26, in Published Articles:   Ishita Kohli. Inheritance Laws of Bahá'í Community: A Gendered Analysis of Inheritance Under the Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Indian Succession Act, in Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research 3:1 (2021). Bahá'í laws create a symmetrical equality between sexes, via the principle of mutatis mutandis; the concept of private property and its effect on testamentary succession seen through a progressive and gender-neutral lens. [about]
  69. Posted 2022-01-24, in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá. On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn': Provisional translation (2019). Translation of passages from Tablets of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá on the symbolism of jinn and angels in the Qur'an. [about]
  70. Posted 2022-01-24, in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Passages uit de Kitáb-i-Íqán (Boek van Zekerheid) in Bloemlezing uit de Geschriften van Bahá'u'lláh (2022). Compilatie van 40 passages uit de Kitáb-i-Íqán door Shoghi Effendi geselecteerd voor opname in Bloemlezing uit de Geschriften van Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
  71. Posted 2022-01-22, in Theses:   Chuck Egerton. Being and Becoming: A Photographic Inquiry with Bahá'í Men into Cultures of Peace (2020). How Bahá’í men experience and perform their masculinities as told through their stories and photographs; the theories of Bourdieu's habitus, the mirror of visual introspection through photography, and indigenous "Sacred Relationship"; conflict resolution. [about]
  72. Posted 2022-01-22, in Published Articles:   Chuck Egerton. CommonVisions: Photography and Conflict Transformation, in Global Journal of Peace Research and Praxis 1:1 (2015). How an arts-based photography project, built on the concept of the oneness of humanity, was used to overcome racism using the universal language of photography and a medical model to bring unity and resolve conflict. [about]
  73. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 1: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 1 (1989). [about]
  74. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 10: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 10 (1999). [about]
  75. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 11: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 11 (2000). [about]
  76. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 12: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 12 (2001). [about]
  77. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 13: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 13 (2002). [about]
  78. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 14: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 14 (2003). [about]
  79. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 15: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 15 (2005). [about]
  80. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 16: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 16 (2008). [about]
  81. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 17: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (2013). [about]
  82. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 18: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 18 (2014). [about]
  83. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 19: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 19 (2016). [about]
  84. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 2: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 2 (1990). [about]
  85. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 20: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 20 (2018). [about]
  86. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 3: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 3 (1991). [about]
  87. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 4: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 4 (1992). [about]
  88. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 5: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 5 (1993). [about]
  89. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 6: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 6 (1995). [about]
  90. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 7: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 7 (1996). [about]
  91. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 8: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 8 (1997). [about]
  92. Posted 2022-01-21, in Books:   خوشه هایی از خرمن ادب و هنر vol. 9: Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar (from the rich harvest of Persian culture and literature), in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar 9 (1998). [about]
  93. Posted 2022-01-20, in Historical documents:   Emma Maxie Jones and Anonymous. Third Bahá'í Intercontinental Conference, Chicago: Notes (1958). Notes, with comments by Borah Kavelin, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Leroy Ioas, Horace Holley, John Robarts, Ugo Giachery, et al., on topics such as raising funds for Temples, pioneering, Native Americans, reflections on Shoghi Effendi, and Mt. Carmel. [about]
  94. Posted 2022-01-18, in Unpublished Articles:   Michael Cook and William F. McCants. Affairs of the Heart: Early Theophanic Interpretations of Muhammad's Relationship with the Divine (2001). The relationship between God and humanity is one of the principal motifs of the Qur’an; the human heart is the locus of understanding and divine guidance; exegesis of Surat an-Najm, "The Star." Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  95. Posted 2022-01-18, in Books:   Abu'l-Qasim Afnan. Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1988). Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history. Preface by Moojan Momen. [about]
  96. Posted 2022-01-18, in Published Articles:   William F. McCants. "I Never Understood Any of This from 'Abbás Effendi": Muhammad 'Abduh's Knowledge of the Bahá'í Teachings and His Friendship with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements and the Bābī-Bahā'ī Faiths ed. Moshe Sharon (2004). Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905) was a journalist, revolutionary, professor, and later Grand Mufti of Egypt, who befriended and corresponded with the Master; the role of Muhammad Rashíd Ridá; Abdu’l-Bahá's 1885 letter to Abduh. [about]
  97. Posted 2022-01-17, in Published Articles:   Suheil Badi Bushrui. Age of Anxiety and the Century of Light, The: Twentieth-Century Literature, the Poet's Mission, and the Vision of World Unity , in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 13:1-4 (2003). W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Kahlil Gibran were writers who recognized and confronted the spiritual and intellectual crisis of their time. The mission of the poet is to bear witness, maintain the integrity of language, and express truths. [about]
  98. Posted 2022-01-17, in Published Articles:   Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. Bábí-State Conflict at Shaykh Tabarsí, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 14:1-2 (2004). Analysis of first of four major clashes between the Bábís and the Qájár state from 1848-1853. The Bábís were not intent on revolt; factors include the increased public hostility toward the Bábís, their understanding of holy war, and political instability. [about]
  99. Posted 2022-01-17, in Published Articles:   Philip Selznick. Civility and Piety as Foundations of Community, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 14:1-2 (2004). Text of a talk by a sociologist on moral commitments we make in life, democratic principles, the nature of "community," and articles of faith. [about]
  100. Posted 2022-01-17, in Published Articles:   Lasse Thoresen. Creation, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 12:1-4 (2002). Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating in the process of never-ending unfolding; the divine names are the eternal archetypes organizing the material world; dialogue between thinking and reality. [about]
  101. Posted 2022-01-17, in Published Articles:   Suheil Badi Bushrui. Opening of the Academic Mind, The: The Challenges Facing a Culture in Crisis, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 14:1-2 (2004). Perspective on the state of the academy: reforms essential to the progress and development of society: the central place of teaching in the curriculum; humility in place of intellectual arrogance; abrogating the practice of "publish or perish." [about]
  102. Posted 2022-01-17, in Published Articles:   Guy Sinclair. Three Stages of Divine Revelation, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 12:1-4 (2002). Shoghi Effendi states that the Kitáb-i-Iqán "adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages of Divine Revelation"; some Sufi doctrines help understand the significance of Bahá'u'lláh’s three stages. [about]
  103. Posted 2022-01-16, in Scripts and screenplays:   James J. Keene. Dawn-Breakers Movie, The (1986). Sample sections of a movie script of historical fiction: preface, first scene, and appendices 1-5: Dawn-Breakers chronology, story outline and plot, and character visualizations. [about]
  104. Posted 2022-01-16, in Fiction:   James J. Keene. Dawn-Breakers Novel, The (2021). Sample chapters from a book of historical fiction: preface and chapters 1-3: Anticipation of the mission of the Báb, the Shaykhi movement in Karbala, and proclamation of the mission of the Báb. [about]
  105. Posted 2022-01-15, in Essays and short articles:   Ismael Velasco. Counter-Intuition: A Manifestation of God in a Human Body? (2009). Many leaders and gurus betray us as false prophets; it is difficult to understand how a fellow human being could ever be a true voice of the divine, a transcendent Manifestation of God. Yet Bahá'ís recognize this in Mirzá Husayn Alí, Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
  106. Posted 2022-01-15, in Unpublished Articles:   Ismael Velasco. Unity in Diversity: Toward a Correlation of the Bahá'í Perspective with Current Empirical Findings in the Social Science Literature (2009). The Bahá'í community has much to learn from, and contribute to, the efforts of psychologists, sociologists and network theorists to understand the workings of both unity and diversity in human collectivities; cohesion research within Bahá'í studies. [about]
  107. Posted 2022-01-12, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Nine Year Plan, The: 2022-2031 (2021). 9 letters from November 2021 to January 2022, addressed to the Bahá'í world, Continental Counsellors, Auxiliary Board members, and National Spiritual Assemblies. Link to free download of book (offsite). [about]
  108. Posted 2022-01-10, in Encyclopedia articles:   William F. McCants and John Walbridge. Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World (2004). Articles on Abdu'l-Bahá, the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian language and literature, Shaykhism, and Twelver Shi'ism. [about]
  109. Posted 2022-01-10, in Published Articles:   Julie Badiee. Image of the Mystic Flower, The: Exploring the Lotus Symbolism in the Bahá'í House of Worship, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 10:1-2 (2000). The design of the temple in India creates the visual effect of a large, white lotus blossom emerging from the pools of water around it. Besides many other deep and old cultural meanings, flower imagery symbolizes the appearance of the new Manifestation. [about]
  110. Posted 2022-01-10, in Published Articles:   Annemarie Schimmel. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith, in The Bahá'í Faith and Islam (1990). One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed views on the the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in his dissertation "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia" and his poetical magnum opus the Javidnama. [about]
  111. Posted 2022-01-10, in Published Articles:   Wendy M. Heller. Religious Foundations of Civil Society, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 10:1-2 (2000). A Bahá'í perspective on the loss of a transcendent ethical basis as a central problem of modern social theory; religion is the source of society’s moral foundations and its organizing principles of order, law, and governance. [about]
  112. Posted 2022-01-10, in Published Articles:   Amin Banani. Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 10:1-2 (2000). An account of Tahirih allowing her own voice, through her poems, to speak for herself, her time, and her motivations; it is her poetry that both reveals the layers of her complex motivations and makes her accessible. [about]
  113. Posted 2022-01-09, in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Key Passages from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (2022). Cross-reference compilation of 40 passages from the Kitáb-i-Íqán selected by Shoghi Effendi for inclusion in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, adapted from Hooper Dunbar's Companion to the Study of the Kitáb-i-Íqán. [about]
  114. Posted 2022-01-08, in Study Guides:   Hooper Dunbar. Book of Certitude, The: An Interview with Hooper Dunbar (1998). Significance and themes of the Kitáb-i-Íqán; its Islamic context; meaning of "certitude"; the importance of deepening and knowledge of the Writings. [about]
  115. Posted 2022-01-08, in Personal compilations:   Characterized by an Abiding Sense of Joy: Practical Application of Spiritual Principles in Everyday Life (1987). Cultural influences from the outside world; the nature of humanity; purpose of life; pain and suffering; faith; detachment; relationships; consultation and problem-solving. [about]
  116. Posted 2022-01-08, in Research notes:   Chad Jones. Mason Remey and Joel Bray Marangella (2001). Short research note about Remey's claim to the Guardianship, which may have been inspired by Joel Marangella. [about]
  117. Posted 2022-01-07, in Unpublished Articles:   Paul Lample. Centers of Learning for Social and Economic Development (1995). On the birth and efflorescence of a new civilization; a new age of maturity in humanity's development; the conceptual basis for development strategies; development projects as centers of learning; the Office of Social and Economic Development at the BWC. [about]
  118. Posted 2022-01-07, in Study Guides:   Mona G. Seow and Jimmy Seow. Covenant Deepening: Workshop Materials (2002). A nine-part set of deepening materials on the Covenant, including study guides, a book-length compilation on the covenant, a crossword puzzle, and group discussion topics and activities. [about]
  119. Posted 2022-01-07, in Scripts and screenplays:   Naysan Sahba. It Is Written: A Monologue Recounting the Episode of the Martyrdom of the Báb (2001). Fictional monologue of a character who participated in the execution of the Báb. [about]
  120. Posted 2022-01-07, in Books:   David Russell Garcia. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim) (2003). A lengthy overview of the Qur'án and its themes for a Bahá'í audience; holy war and fighting; reasons behind Islám's reputation as a war-like religion; theology of Islám vs. Christianity; laws and admonitions; spiritual and social principles; apocalypse. [about]
  121. Posted 2022-01-06, in Study Guides:   Little Badasht: Aids for the Study of Nabil's Narrative (1980). Study guide of The Dawn-Breakers designed for a youth audience. Includes chronology of the time period, and maps of Persia. [about]
  122. Posted 2022-01-05, in Published Articles:   Necati Alkan. `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás, in The World of the Bahá'í Faith ed. Robert Stockman (2021). Abdu’l-Bahá’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman Empire; his unique station, unequalled in religious history; travels in the West; achievements and contributions to the expansion of His Father’s religion. [about]
  123. Posted 2022-01-05, in Theses:   Kimiya Tahirih Missaghi. Redefining Resiliency, Resistance, and Oppression: A Case Study of the Bahá'i Underground University in Iran (2021). On the nature of resiliency in a systematically oppressed population; the existence and growth of the Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education exemplify perseverance and resistance under intergenerational pressure; a non-violent approach to seeking justice. [about]
  124. Posted 2022-01-03, in Unpublished Articles:   Christopher Buck. Kitab-i Iqan, The: An Introduction to Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude with Two Digital Reprints of Early Lithographs, in Occasional Papers in Shaykhí, Bábí and Bahá'í Studies 2:5 (1998). Overview of the history and themes of the preeminent doctrinal work of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  125. Posted 2022-01-03, in Personal compilations:   Spiritual Citizenship: Putting Faith into Practice (2017). Lengthy compilation on promoting the betterment of the world, addressing cruelty and negativity, avoiding harmful actions, acquiring and promoting knowledge, work, and acquiring virtues. [about]
  126. Posted 2022-01-02, in Personal compilations:   Susan Gammage. Famous Miracles in the Bahá'í Faith (2015). Miraculous events and stories of faith healing. ("Miracles" attributed to Shoghi Effendi or other Bahá'ís are to be taken metaphorically.) [about]
  127. Posted 2022-01-01, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan (2021). Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, generational in its scope and significance," to be implemented Ridvan 2022. [about]
  128. Posted 2021-12-31, in Introductory:   Duane Troxel. 25 Bahá'í Crossword Puzzles (2021). Crossword puzzles with Bahá'í themes. Solutions provided after each puzzle. [about]
  129. Posted 2021-12-28, in Archives:   Iranian National Bahá'í Archives (INBA) (1976). 105 volumes of Bahá'í writings and manuscripts, compiled before the Islamic revolution in Iran by the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly and distributed as photocopies to Bahá'í scholars and archives, for preservation. [about]
  130. Posted 2021-12-27, in Essays and short articles:   James J. Keene. Essays on Bahá'í Topics (2010). Three sample chapters from a collection of essays: Universal Currency is Now, Bahá'í Election Primer, and Proclamation 1,2,3. [about]
  131. Posted 2021-12-27, in Book excerpts:   James J. Keene. Justice Book: Some Bahá'í Teachings on Human Development (2010). Three sample chapters from a collection of essays on the "big picture" of the world today: What is justice, the power of justice, and justice in the condition of humanity. [about]
  132. Posted 2021-12-27, in Published Articles:   James J. Keene. Unsuspected Effects of Religion on your Personality, in World Order 2:2 (1967). Review of research reports in sociology and social psychology journals to analyse survey data from five religious groups — Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Bahá'ís and non-affiliates — to define four dimensions of key social psychological dynamics. [about]
  133. Posted 2021-12-25, in NSA Compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Bahá'í Community, The: A Summary of Its Organization and Laws (1947). An early manual and compilation on Bahá'í administration, community, and laws. [about]
  134. Posted 2021-12-22, in Published Articles:   Juan Cole. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology, in Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 8 (1997). The idea of liberation and equality is central to Bahá'í theology; the poor in the 19th century Middle East; Bahá'u'lláh and the poor; Tablet to the Kings on wealth and peace; laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Huququ'lláh; state social welfare. [about]
  135. Posted 2021-12-21, in Unpublished Articles:   Patricia Locke. Native American and Other Indigenous Messengers of God (1993). God did not neglect the millions of indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere; over the centuries, many messengers were sent to Indian nations to bring them divine theologies. Includes compilation of stories about Native prophets and prophecies. [about]
  136. Posted 2021-12-18, in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi. Bahai Movement, The: A paper read by Shoghi Effendi at Oxford, in The Dawn 1:1-8 (1923). Text of an address given to the Oxford University Asiatic Society, February 1921, before the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and before Shoghi Effendi was appointed the "Guardian." [about]
  137. Posted 2021-12-17, in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. Abdu'l-Baha's Life and Legacy: Key Facts (2021). The key principles of Bahá’u’lláh that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá expounded are part of his "living legacy" — i.e. these new or special principles are useful for presenting information about the Bahá’í Faith today. [about]
  138. Posted 2021-12-17, in Essays and short articles:   Duane L. Herrmann. Encounter, The, in Ré Nua New Day 241 (2016). A slightly fictionalized account of a visit to the Shrine of the Bab in the Holy Land. [about]
  139. Posted 2021-12-17, in Essays and short articles:   Christopher Buck. On Jesus' Cry from the Cross, in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin 1:4 (1983). Comments on an article by Stephen Lambden on "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" [about]
  140. Posted 2021-12-15, in Essays and short articles:   Duane L. Herrmann. One Cold Hike (2021). Short essay about visiting the Bahá'í House of Worship in Hofheim-Langenhain, Germany. [about]
  141. Posted 2021-12-14, in Visual Materials:   Program for the Activities of the Bahá'í Students in the American University of Beirut, 1927-1928 (1927). The program of the weekly meetings of the Bahá'í students in the American University of Beirut during the Bahá'í year 84-95 (1927-1928), including presentations by A.Q. Faizi, H.M. Balyuzi, Hasan and Ali Dehgan, Eshagh and Abbas Eqbal, et al. [about]
  142. Posted 2021-12-10, in Books:   Lesley Shams. Insistent Self, The: How to Nurture Our Spirit (2015). The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering our spiritual destiny; compilation of guidance from the Writings and other sources on the spiritual path, prayer, fasting, sacrifice, tests, love, etc. [about]
  143. Posted 2021-12-08, in Book Reviews:   Roland Faber. Bahá'í Faith: The Basics, by Christopher Buck: Review, in Reading Religion (2021). [about]
  144. Posted 2021-12-08, in Book Reviews:   Christopher Buck. Being Human: Bahá'í Perspectives on Islam, Modernity, and Peace, by Todd Lawson: Review, in Reading Religion (2021). [about]
  145. Posted 2021-12-08, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Request for Designation as Martyr of Alonzo Twine (2015). In response to a request that Alonzo Twine, the first Bahá'í in the state of South Carolina, be named a Martyr to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh, the House replied that there are no criteria for them to make such designations. [about]
  146. Posted 2021-12-03, in Published Articles:   Horace Holley. The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, in Star of the West 13:5 (1922). On the creative nature of literature; the writings of Shakespeare; Bahá'u'lláh as author; the influence of the Divine shines through the writings of Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
  147. Posted 2021-12-02, in Biographies:   Select Clevenger Archives, 1926-1936 (2021). Personal letters to Ella Robarts, the National Spiritual Assembly, Horace Holley, and others; article "The Riddle of the Slain Co-ed" from Insider Detective. [about]
  148. Posted 2021-12-01, in Books:   Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer and meditation; a paradigm of spirituality and life tests; spiritual anthropology — the self and the soul; imagination; faith, love, and knowledge. [about]
  149. Posted 2021-12-01, in Books:   Lesley Shams. Little Book of Comfort / Librito Reconfortante (2015). The reason for suffering and tools to transform it; words of comfort and prayers. La razón del suframiento y herramientas para transformarlo; palabras de consuelo y oraciones. [about]
  150. Posted 2021-11-30, in Essays and short articles:   W. Kenneth Christian. Introduction, in Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1952). Original introduction to Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, which is often omitted from online versions of the book. [about]
  151. Posted 2021-11-25, in Published Articles:   Michael W. Sours. 1844 Ottoman 'Edict of Toleration' in Bahá'í Secondary Literature, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 8:3 (1998). This edict, issued the year the Bahá'í era began, permitted Jews to return to Palestine. The return of Jews to the Holy Land was thought by Christians to be an event anticipated by biblical prophecy, heralding the Second Advent of Christ. [about]
  152. Posted 2021-11-25, in Published Articles:   Leila R. Milani and Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. Bahá'í Fundamentals for Bioethics, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 8:2 (1998). The science of the soul; Bahá’í scriptural understanding of suffering, theodicy, and the purpose of creation; definitions of life and death, as well as the purpose of human life; formulating a Bahá’í approach to bioethical dilemmas. [about]
  153. Posted 2021-11-25, in Published Articles:   Peter Calkins and Benoit Girard. Bahá'í Village Granary, The: Spiritual Underpinnings and Applications to North America, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 8:3 (1998). A village granary helps lay the systemic foundations of Bahá’u’lláh’s spiritualized new world economic order for both rural and urban society, the capstone of God’s progressive revelation of rural institutions for the sustainable use of natural resources. [about]
  154. Posted 2021-11-25, in Published Articles:   H. Elsie Austin. Faith, Protest, and Progress, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 8:2 (1998). Protest is occasionally necessary and justified; it does not have to mean violence, but rather the courage to reject the false and unjust. Protest based on faith can have a transforming effect on both the individual and society and racial unity. [about]
  155. Posted 2021-11-25, in Published Articles:   John E. Kolstoe. Improved Access to Intelligent Responses Using the Bahá'í Model of Consultation: Two Exploratory Small-Sample Studies, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:4 (1997). Studies using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale show that people consulting together can access intelligent responses superior to that attained through individual effort, and suggest several areas of inquiry for further investigation. [about]
  156. Posted 2021-11-25, in Published Articles:   Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá', The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name of God, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 8:2 (1998). The Arabic word bahá' — meaning beauty, excellence, goodliness, majesty, glory, splendor, brilliancy, and many others — was a term of considerable import in Islamic and Bábi literature, and was occasionally seen in prophetic or messianic contexts. [about]
  157. Posted 2021-11-24, in Maps:   Kurt Asplund. `Abdu'l-Bahá in Manhattan (2013). Maps of all the places visited by `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912, from Miniature Atlas of the Borough of Manhattan in One Volume, complete with detailed descriptions of each location, quotations from people present, and excerpts from newspaper articles. [about]
  158. Posted 2021-11-24, in Published Articles:   Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:1 (1995). Constituents of Bahá'í cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist arguments; eschatological character of Bahá'í cosmological symbolism; Bahá'í eschatology provides answers to many feminist and ecological objections. [about]
  159. Posted 2021-11-24, in Published Articles:   Farhad Sabetan. Exploration into the Political Economy of Global Prosperity, An, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:4 (1997). Concepts of prosperity and well-being from an economic and global perspective; concept of global destitution; current assumptions about human nature and human relationships with the physical world and society are inadequate; ethical first principles. [about]
  160. Posted 2021-11-24, in Published Articles:   June Manning Thomas. Shoghi Effendi's Plans for Progress Practical Lessons, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:4 (1997). The nature of "planning" and the role plans play in the Bahá'í concept of governance and human progress; four broad categories of guidance that Shoghi Effendi used when overseeing global plans; 'functional components' of his planning efforts. [about]
  161. Posted 2021-11-24, in Published Articles:   Rose van Es. Thoughts on the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and the Rise of Globalism, Some, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:1 (1995). Global thinking is replacing traditional nationalist ideologies; changes necessary for a shift to an ecologically centered ideology; merits of the Bahá’í Faith’s teachings in light of a global transformation to a world-centered mindset. [about]
  162. Posted 2021-11-23, in Encyclopedia articles:   Lil Osborn. Bahá'í Faith, The, in Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements Chapter 33 (2021). Origins; Bahá'u'lláh; `Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi; 'world religion' from 1957; beliefs and practices; controversies; persecution. [about]
  163. Posted 2021-11-23, in Videos:   Roshan Danesh. Bahá'í Law (2021). Bahá'í law in its historical, cultural, social, religious, political, and legal contexts, within processes and discourses of social change and legal revitalization within Islamic societies; responses to modernity, colonization, and justice movements. [about]
  164. Posted 2021-11-23, in Published Articles:   Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez. Conversive Relationality in Bahá'í Scholarship: Centering the Sacred and Decentering the Self, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:2 (1995). Ways in which Bahá’í scholars might follow the process of consecration by centering the sacred within and decentering the self out of academic work; a conversive model of communication and scholarship is rooted in the sacred, emphasizing relationality. [about]
  165. Posted 2021-11-23, in Published Articles:   Julie Badiee. Images of a 'New Creation' in Twentieth-Century Art, Some, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:1 (1995). A look at the works of some 20th-century artists to show that, whether they were aware of the Baha’i revelation or not, many of these artists have been compelled to express the quiet, yet unmistakable theme of a "new creation." [about]
  166. Posted 2021-11-23, in Essays and short articles:   David S. Ruhe. New Evolution, A: Religious Bonding for World Unity, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:4 (1995). America's spiritual destiny; world forces conducive to the unity of humankind; post-Darwinian evolution; bonding of humankind for a golden age; Bahá’ís as authentic saviors of the world. [about]
  167. Posted 2021-11-23, in Published Articles:   June Manning Thomas. Race Unity: Implications for the Metropolis, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:4 (1995). Universal principles of unity which apply to cities; how racial disunity has been imprinted upon the metropolitan landscape in the United States; spiritual principles necessary to improve the fragmented urban life around the world. [about]
  168. Posted 2021-11-23, in Published Articles:   Gary K. Waite. Religious State, The: A Comparative Study of Sixteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Opposition: The Case of the Anabaptists and the Bábís, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 7:1 (1995). Brief overview of the nature of and opposition to the Dutch and North German Anabaptist movement of the sixteenth century; survey for the nineteenth-century Bábís; conclusions regarding important parallels noted between these movements. [about]
  169. Posted 2021-11-23, in Published Articles:   Roxanne Lalonde. Unity in Diversity: A Conceptual Framework for a Global Ethic of Environmental Sustainability, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:3 (1994). This article contributes to environmental ethics by highlighting the common ground among several perspectives and discussing six principles that unite them; "unity in diversity" as a conceptual framework for devising a global ethic of sustainability. [about]
  170. Posted 2021-11-22, in Biographies:   Nora Crossley. Memoirs of Nora Crossley (1893-1977) (1921). Autobiography of an early British Bahá'í, known for cutting her famous hair to help fundraise for the Chicago temple. Includes two Tablets of Abdu'l-Bahá, one to Crossley and one mentioning her and praising her "self-sacrifice." [about]
  171. Posted 2021-11-22, in Books:   Horace Holley. Modern Social Religion, The (1913). Early introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, its history, and its social teachings. [about]
  172. Posted 2021-11-22, in BWC Compilations:   Universal House of Justice and International Teaching Centre. Role of the Local Assembly in Cluster Growth (2009). Practical guidelines for LSAs to organize and teach more effectively. [about]
  173. Posted 2021-11-22, in Software:   Violetta Zein. Transliteration-Ready Fonts (2021). Downloads of four font sets — AbrilFatface, Apollo, Cinzel, and Didot — modified to contain the 5 underdotted letters (and their 5 capitals) often used in Bahá'í transliteration. For Mac or PC. [about]
  174. Posted 2021-11-22, in Biographies:   Matt Briggs. Well Dressed Woman of Recent Times, A, in Fictionaut (2000). Historical fiction which contains part of The Wardrobe of Gertrude Heim Remey, a book Mason Remey wrote about his wife's wardrobe (which the Des Moines Register wrote was "quite likely the best book ever written about his wife's clothes"). [about]
  175. Posted 2021-11-21, in Published Articles:   Roshan Danesh. Church and State in the Bahá'í Faith: An Epistemic Approach, in Journal of Law and Religion 24:1 (2008). On the public role of Bahá'í institutions; review of current secondary literature; temporal legitimacy vs. divine sovereignty; interaction of religion and politics; maturation and unity; an open vision of church and state. [about]
  176. Posted 2021-11-21, in Newspaper articles:   John Kelly. Harrison G. Dyar: Articles, in Washington Post (2012). Links to a 10-part series of columns about Harrison Dyar, one of Washington D.C.’s most unusual residents (the "mysterious tunnel builder"), and another Bahá'í, Wellesca Pollock. Includes many mentions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  177. Posted 2021-11-21, in Published Articles:   Christina Kwauk and Jenny Perlman Robinson. Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial: Redefining Rural Secondary Education in Latin America, in Millions Learning Case Studies (2016). A series on educational interventions where not only access to schools was improving, but also learning itself; a look at Colombia's Bahá'í-inspired initiative Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial ("Tutorial Learning System"). [about]
  178. Posted 2021-11-21, in Published Articles:   Catherine A. Honeyman. Social Responsibility and Community Development: Lessons from the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial in Honduras, in International Journal of Educational Development 30:6 (2010). Exploration of the connections between education, social capital, and development through a mixed-methods case study of Colombia's Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial, an innovative secondary-level education system. [about]
  179. Posted 2021-11-20, in Published Articles:   Sarthak Sharma. Inheritance Laws of the Baha'i Community and Gender Equality, in International Journal of Legal Science and Innovation 3:6 (2021). Examination of whether the Bahá'í Faith's teachings on gender-justice and equality are reflected in its inheritance laws and the Kitab-i-Aqdas; scholarly articles on this subject; comparison with Islamic provisions and law. [about]
  180. Posted 2021-11-20, in Books:   Adib Taherzadeh. Trustees of the Merciful: An Introduction to Bahá'í Administration (1972). The spirit that animates the Administrative Order of Bahá’u’lláh; spiritual attitudes that characterize members of the institutions of the Cause; unfoldment of the Administrative Order during the first 50 years of the Formative Age; statistical info. [about]
  181. Posted 2021-11-20, in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Trustees of the Merciful: The Station, Responsibilities and Duties of the Local Spiritual Assembly (1958). Brief compilation from Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi; constitutional basis of the Local Spiritual Assembly; duties and responsibilities. [about]
  182. Posted 2021-11-19, in Book Reviews:   Jack Kalpakian. Representing the Unpresentable: Historical Images of National Reform, by Negar Mottaheddeh: Review, in Digest of Middle East Studies 17:2 (2008). Book review that touches on the Islamic Republic's treatment of judgment day and how it relates to Bábí doctrine; the image of the Bábí as the internal, modern other inside Iran's national psyche; Qurrat al-'Ayn as a female equivalent of Joseph. [about]
  183. Posted 2021-11-19, in Book Reviews:   Fares Gillon. Shaykhisme à la période qajare, by Denis Hermann: Review, in Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques (2019). [about]
  184. Posted 2021-11-19, in Book Reviews:   Yann Richard. Shaykhisme à la période qajare, by Denis Hermann: Review, in Iranian Studies 54:1-2 (2020). [about]
  185. Posted 2021-11-16, in Published Articles:   Shamil Jeppie. Identity Politics and Public Disputation: A Baha'i Missionary as a Muslim Modernist in South Africa, in Journal for Islamic Studies 27 (2007). On the "Arabic Study Circle" of South Africa (ca. 1950) and the role of its most influential member, Joseph Perdu; the question of public performances of identity and their relations to private pursuits of identity. [about]
  186. Posted 2021-11-13, in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. Primary Source Texts Related to the Covenant (2021). Collection of some essential writings central to understanding the Bahá'í Covenant. [about]
  187. Posted 2021-11-10, in Books:   Badi Shams. Towards a New Spiritual Economic System (2021). Collection of some of work on the concept of Baha’i economics. The goal is to simplify economics and make it accessible for the reader, and not use technical, economic vocabulary. [about]
  188. Posted 2021-11-10, in Books:   تاريخ ظُهور الحق (Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq): "The History of the Manifestation of Truth" (1968). Nine volumes of Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq, hand-typed and proofread. The first volumes were originally published 1932-1936. [about]
  189. Posted 2021-11-09, in Presentations:   Dergham Aqiqi and Todd Lawson. Haykal or "Star Tablet" Written in the Báb's Own Hand: Form, Content, and Provisional Translation (2021). Detailed analysis of the content and translation of an undated haykal; the relation between the Báb’s composition and the Qur'an; scriptural/verbal and figural/artistic modes of revelation; symbolism of the star shape; role of repetition; dominion. [about]
  190. Posted 2021-11-06, in Published Articles:   Keith Bookwalter. El proyecto educacional Bahá'í hacia un sistema universal de educacion, in Principios para una educación del siglo XXI (2000). Las principales tareas que enfrentan hoy los educadores baha'is y que constituyen lo que he denominado como "El proyecto educacional baha'i", y los obstaculos como las oportunidades frente a la generación actual de escolares y educadores baha'is. [about]
  191. Posted 2021-11-06, in Bahá'í Writings:   Long Obligatory Prayer: Printable, Foldable Version (2021). Layout of the Long Obligatory Prayer designed to be printed, trimmed to pocket size, and foldable. Available in more than 50 languages. [about]
  192. Posted 2021-11-05, in Archives:   Emma Maxwell (Maxie) Jones Collection (1907). 63 documents collected by Maxie Jones covering a wide variety of topics and sources: pilgrims' notes, letters of Shoghi Effendi, convention reports, Tablets, hymns, compilations, talks of Ruhiyyih Khanum, personal letters of early Bahá'ís. [about]
  193. Posted 2021-11-04, in Published Articles:   Keith Bookwalter. Bahá'í Educational Project, The: Towards a Universal System of Education (2000). Interpretation of guidance in the Baha' writings to formulate a method of using Bahá'í deepening and training materials that utilize research-based learning, teaching, and curriculum theory, both deductive and inductive, beyond institute-style courses. [about]
  194. Posted 2021-11-01, in Essays and short articles:   Grover Gonzales. Aghsan, The (2021). The article gives a new, different view of the development of the Bahai Covenant, the end of the Guardianship, overview of the meanings of aghsán ("branches"), the sons of Bahá'u'lláh, the expulsion of Abdu'l-Bahá's seven grandsons, and succession. [about]
  195. Posted 2021-11-01, in Published Articles:   Ali Murad Davudi. Discourse on Bahá'í Theology, A: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 30:4 (2021). Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed by a translation of a treatise on the transcendence of God, apophatic theology, knowledge of God, emanation and manifestation, and divine attributes. [about]
  196. Posted 2021-11-01, in Pilgrims' notes:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Talk Given by Abdu'l-Baha to Theosophists at Marseille, in Abdu'l-Bahá in France, 1911-1913 (2017). Text of a talk on materialism and philosophy, adapted from a newspaper article. [about]
  197. Posted 2021-10-31, in Pilgrims' notes:   Ahmad Sohrab. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Britain, 1913: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (2018). Diary of the travels to Liverpool, London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Woking, 1912/12/05-1913/01/21. Presented as a "hybrid" book with internet links, maps, and QR codes. Includes copious notes, alternative accounts, and an appendix of the talks. [about]
  198. Posted 2021-10-30, in Book excerpts:   Anonymous. Bahaism, in Vassar Miscellany 42:5 (1913). Early Western report on the Bahá'í Faith, notable because it's one of the first references to Bahá'u'lláh being "the tenth avatar of Vishnu," prior to the Guardian's indication of the "tenth avatar... of Krishna" in God Passes By. [about]
  199. Posted 2021-10-25, in Published Articles:   Elham Afnan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ezra Pound's Circle, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:2 (1994). On the 1911 meeting between Ezra Pound, the famous American modernist poet, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá; links between the Bahá'í Faith and a number of important avant-garde circles in the West. [about]
  200. Posted 2021-10-25, in Published Articles:   Jean-Marc Lepain. Les Paradigmes cachés de l'histoire: Comparaison de l'histoire des premiers siècles du christianisme et de la foi bahà'ie, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:2 (1994). Exploration of some lessons from history relevant to our era and our near future, from the perspective of philosophy of history; paradigms of Christian history which illuminate Bahá'í history; the rise and decline of civilizations; role of the Zeitgeist. [about]
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