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  1. Posted 2021-05-06, in Newspaper articles:   Reviews: The Philosophical Year and the Bábys, in Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art (1869). Brief review of the recently-published scholarship of Gobineau and Kazem-Beg, with an overview of Bábí theology and social teachings. [about]
  2. Posted 2021-05-03, in Videos:   Daniel C. Jordan and Doug Honaker. Birds of Diverse Feathers Consult Together (1972). 25-minute film strip with audio narration, written by Jordan and illustrated by Honaker. Originally accompanied by a booklet that had photos of all the images and the narrative. [about]
  3. Posted 2021-05-02, in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). Tablets of ‘Abdul-Bahá describing aspects of the life of Bahá’u’lláh including the tribulations He suffered, events in His homeland, the purpose and greatness of His Cause, and the nature and significance of His Covenant. [about]
  4. Posted 2021-05-01, in Encyclopedia articles:   Babi, or Babists, in Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, And Ecclesiastical Literature Volume 1, ed. McClintock & Strong (1878). [about]
  5. Posted 2021-04-30, in Published Articles:   Charles William Heckethorn. Babis, The, in The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries Volume 2 (1897). Neutral-to-sympathetic overview of: The Bab, the founder; progress of Babism; Bábí doctrine; recent history of Babism. [about]
  6. Posted 2021-04-30, in Encyclopedia articles:   Babysme, Babys, in Annuaire encyclopédique: politique, économie sociale, statistique, administration, sciences, littérature (1868). [about]
  7. Posted 2021-04-30, in Published Articles:   Said Amir Arjomand. Consolation of Theology, The: Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism, in Journal of Religion 76:4 (1996). Overview of the Shi'i doctrine of occultation, or the "Hidden Imam," and how this idea evolved into a principle of salvation: historical background; hidden God / sealed prophecy; theodicy and law; rationalization. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  8. Posted 2021-04-30, in Published Articles:   Bonnie Wilder. Creative Act and the Spirit, The, in The Creative Circle ed. Michael Fitzgerald (1989). Essay on the connections between art and the Bahá'í teachings, from the perspective of personal artistic experience. (First 90% of article only, pages 17-34.) [about]
  9. Posted 2021-04-30, in Essays and short articles:   Charles Wolcott. Foreword, in The Creative Circle ed. Michael Fitzgerald (1989). Essay on the meaning of music, and the dynamics of artistic endeavor in the context of the pull toward community, by a member of the Universal House of Justice, who passed away the very day he dictated this essay. Includes preface by Michael Fitzgerald. [about]
  10. Posted 2021-04-30, in Published Articles:   Said Amir Arjomand. Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation: Imami Shiʿism Circa 280-290 A. H./900 A. D., in Journal of the American Oriental Society 117:1 (1997). Examination of the end of the 9th century and events following the death of the eleventh Imam, and the formal beginnings of the doctrine of the "hidden" twelfth Imam. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  11. Posted 2021-04-30, in Book excerpts:   Said Amir Arjomand. Turban for the Crown, The (1988). Passing mentions of Babis and Bahá'ís on six pages. [about]
  12. Posted 2021-04-29, in Published Articles:   Edward Payson Evans. Bab and Babism, in Hours at Home volume 8 (1869). Overview of Bábí history, the dissemination of its teachings, events following the Bab's death, and the Bab's theology as a progressive religion. [about]
  13. Posted 2021-04-29, in Published Articles:   Carla Serena. Formation de la Secte des Babi, in Hommes et Choses en Perse (1883). Also sections "Les Exploits de la Secte de Babi," "Mort du Point," "Complot des Bábí contre Nasser-Eddin," and "Attentat." Historical overview from a traveller to Persia in 1877-1878, who says she met with a witness to events. [about]
  14. Posted 2021-04-29, in Unpublished Articles:   Dana Paxson. Half Million Years, A (2021). Exploring the 500,000-year Bahá’í cycle asserted by Shoghi Effendi, in two versions: academic-style essay form, and story-narrative form. [about]
  15. Posted 2021-04-29, in Encyclopedia articles:   Persia, in American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865 (1866). Short summary of the Bábí Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn, on last page of an entry about Persia. [about]
  16. Posted 2021-04-28, in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Covid-19 Vaccination Guidance (2021). Bahá'ís should follow the counsel of medical and other scientific experts, and consider their social responsibilities and the common good. In large gatherings, responsible institutions should require full vaccination of all attendees. [about]
  17. Posted 2021-04-28, in Published Articles:   Australian Bahá'í Community. Creating an Inclusive Narrative (2020). Culmination of a series of nationwide round tables, conveying the vision of Australians to foster a socially cohesive society. [about]
  18. Posted 2021-04-28, in Visual Materials:   Unfoldment of the Divine Plan, in The One Year Plan: 2021-2022 (2021). Visual overview of the Bahá'í Cycle, the Bahá'í Era, the three Ages, the three Epochs, and all of the Plans. [about]
  19. Posted 2021-04-27, in Encyclopedia articles:   Allen, Wellesca Pollock, in Woman's Who's Who of America 1914-1915 (1915). Brief bio of a kindergarten teacher from Washington DC who visited Abdu'l-Bahá in 1907. [about]
  20. Posted 2021-04-27, in Published Articles:   Robert K. Arbuthnot. Bab and Babeeism, The: Part 1, in Contemporary Review Volume XI (1869). Part one of an early, relatively lengthy overview of Bábí theology and history. [about]
  21. Posted 2021-04-27, in Published Articles:   Aleksandr Kazem-Beg. Bab et les Babis, ou Le Soulevement politique et religieux en Perse, de 1845 à 1853, in Journale Asiatique volumes 7-8 (1866). French translation, serialized in a journal, of a book first published in Russian on the origins of the Bábí Faith; the Mazandaran, Nayriz, and Zanjan events; the life of the Bab; and religious doctrine. [about]
  22. Posted 2021-04-27, in Books:   Helen Bassett Hornby. Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 (1984). First book (in English) on the first four decades of the Faith in Ecuador. [about]
  23. Posted 2021-04-27, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. One Year Plan, The: 2021-2022 (2021). Letter "To the Bahá’ís of the World" (5 November 2020), Ridvan message (20 April 2021), and a chart "Unfoldment of the Divine Plan" (2021). Link to free download of book (offsite). [about]
  24. Posted 2021-04-27, in Book excerpts:   William Michael Rossetti. Shelly's Life and Writings, in The University Magazine Volume 1 (1878). Brief overview of the Bábí Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of Islam," a poem in twelve cantos composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. [about]
  25. Posted 2021-04-27, in Scripts and screenplays:   Terre Ouwehand. Tahirih (1816 - 1852), in Voices from the Well vol. 2 (1984). Written for performance in 1984, published 2015. [about]
  26. Posted 2021-04-25, in Published Articles:   Moojan Momen. Baha'i Sacred Texts (2019). The Baha’i Faith is a scriptural religion. Momen explains the Baha’i beliefs about sacred texts and prophets, the transmission and distribution of the scripture and its role in the community. (Link to document, offsite.) [about]
  27. Posted 2021-04-25, in Published Articles:   Moojan Momen. Central Figures of the Baha'i Faith (2019). Momen explores the life of the founder of the Baha’i Faith, as well as the lives of his forerunner and successor. He delves into the key events concerning their beliefs and teachings and reflects on their legacy. (Link to document, offsite.) [about]
  28. Posted 2021-04-25, in Books:   Abu'l-Qasim Faizi. Gift of Love, A: Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf (1982). Booklet on various topics related to the life of Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Bahíyyih Khánum (1846-1932), dedicated as a gift of love to her memory on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of her passing [about]
  29. Posted 2021-04-25, in Published Articles:   Peter Smith. Introduction to the Baha'i Faith (2019). A look at the central features of the Baha’i Faith, including its history, and the key beliefs, organisation and world-view of the Baha’i community. (Link to document, offsite.) [about]
  30. Posted 2021-04-25, in Biographies:   Abu'l-Qasim Faizi. Milly: A Tribute to The Hand of the Cause of God Amelia E. Collins (1977). A moving personal biographical history of Amelia Collins. [about]
  31. Posted 2021-04-22, in Unpublished Articles:   Phyllis K. Peterson. Basisvertrouwen (1998). Over hoe vertrouwen in de bahá'í-gemeenschap kan worden gecreëerd, met bahá'í-geschriften als richtlijn. We hongeren naar vertrouwen, wat een voorwaarde is voor vriendschap en een sleutelbeginsel bij onderricht. [about]
  32. Posted 2021-04-22, in Personal compilations:   George Townshend. Covenant, The: An Analysis (1950). A study guide in outline form on the idea of a covenant, Messengers and their missions, the covenant between the Messenger and the faithful, and covenant-breaking. Includes an appendix, compilation on the covenant. [about]
  33. Posted 2021-04-22, in Published Articles:   Phillip Smith. Development and Influence of the Bahá'í Administrative Order in Great Britain, 1914-1950, in Community Histories: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions Volume 6 (1992). Overview of this history: the early years; the Bahá'í councils; the guardianship of Shoghi Effendi; problems and difficulties; resurgence; establishing the Faith; spreading the Faith. [about]
  34. Posted 2021-04-22, in Scripts and screenplays:   Sarah Munro. Josie McFadden (2013). Josie McFadden is a fictitious character who works in the home of Reverend Frederick White and his wife, Jane Elizabeth White, actual people who hosted Abdu'l-Bahá in Edinburgh. Though this monologue is fiction, it is based on real events. [about]
  35. Posted 2021-04-22, in Scripts and screenplays:   John Chesley. My Name is John Good, Servant of the Servant (2013). John Good was a man who heard Abdu'l-Bahá speak at the Bowery Mission in New York in 1912. From his boyhood, he had spent most of his life in prison. The main material for this characterization is from the diary of Juliet Thompson et al. [about]
  36. Posted 2021-04-22, in Videos:   Reinee Pasarow. Near Death Experience (1993). Video talk by a person who had a life-changing near death experience as a teenager, became a seeker and Bahá'í, and did talks about her experience which also gave her the opportunity to teach about the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  37. Posted 2021-04-22, in Scripts and screenplays:   Anne Gordon Perry. Sarah Farmer Monologue (2005). Created for performance in the New Hampshire Chautauqua Series and at Green Acre, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty. [about]
  38. Posted 2021-04-21, in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Long Healing Prayer, The: Original Arabic, Transliteration, and Authorized English Translation (2021). A table showing the Long Healing Prayer in Arabic, in Roman transliteration, and in translation. Includes link to audio/video version. [about]
  39. Posted 2021-04-21, in Scripts and screenplays:   Rhonda Palmer and Anne Gordon Perry. Remembering The Master (2012). Variations on a script for 1-3 voices, with both monologue and presentation versions, consisting of fictionalized retelling of stories about Abdu'l-Bahá visiting America. [about]
  40. Posted 2021-04-21, in BWC Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. امر بهائی و هنر (Amr-e Bahai va Honar) (2007). Persian translation of Compilation on the Arts. [about]
  41. Posted 2021-04-21, in Books:   Abu'l-Qasim Faizi. اندیشه های من در شب چهارم نوامبر (Andishehaye man dar shab chaharom novambr) (2015). Persian translation of Faizi's "Three Meditations on the Eve of November Fourth." [about]
  42. Posted 2021-04-20, in Published Articles:   Christopher White. Discovering Imageless Truths: The Bahá'í Pilgrimage of Juliet Thompson, Artist, in American Religious Liberalism ed. Leigh E. Schmidt and Sally M. Promey (2012). Draft of an article, later published, prepared for a conference on the history and theory of American Religious Liberalism. Juliet Thompson is used to provide an example of a cosmopolitan Christian American seeker who found the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  43. Posted 2021-04-19, in Scripts and screenplays:   Nathan Ashelman. Love of the Master, The: A Visit with Curtis Kelsey (2012). Fictional dialogue of Curtis Kelsey's visit to a Bahá'í Conference in 1958, on the themes of Abdu'l-Bahá's all-encompassing love and joy; firmness in the Covenant; service. [about]
  44. Posted 2021-04-19, in Scripts and screenplays:   Anne Gordon Perry. Promise of Peace (2015). A dramatic reading for two voices, incorporating various excerpts from Bahá’í Writings. It's a flexible script and can be modified in any way. [about]
  45. Posted 2021-04-19, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Ridvan 2020: Bahá'í Era 177 (2020). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. [about]
  46. Posted 2021-04-19, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Ridván 2021: Bahá'í Era 178 (2021). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. [about]
  47. Posted 2021-04-18, in Scripts and screenplays:   Anne Gordon Perry. Behold!: A Program for the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb (2019). A fictionalized script of Bahá'í notables commenting on the 200th anniversary of the Bab's birth in 1819, based on passages from Robert Weinberg’s compilation The Primal Point: A selection of testimonials and tributes to the Báb and His followers. [about]
  48. Posted 2021-04-18, in Study Guides:   Marlene Macke. Dramatic Readings (2017). Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute, either fictionalized dramatic presentations of pivotal events in Bahá'í history or adapted from historical books. [about]
  49. Posted 2021-04-18, in Essays and short articles:   Habib Taherzadeh. Education of Youth and Our Twentieth Century Dilemma, The, in Bahá'í News 342 (1959). Moral education is lacking in modern societies. Bahá'í moral precepts can guide us towards the goal of moral evolution, to usher in the Golden Age of human maturity and the dawn of Divine Civilization on this planet. [about]
  50. Posted 2021-04-17, in Personal compilations:   'Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada: A Compilation from Written Accounts (2012). Lengthy collection of passages from the books Origins of the Bahá’í Community in Canada, Maxwells of Montreal, Mahmúd’s Diary, and Abdu’l-Bahá in Canada, the newspaper Montreal Gazette, and other sources. [about]
  51. Posted 2021-04-17, in Notable Talks:   Ali Nakhjavani. Long Obligatory Prayer, The (2000). Notable talk from March 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, who served on the Universal House of Justice from 1963 to 2003, about various aspects of the long obligatory prayer (link to audio, off-site). [about]
  52. Posted 2021-04-17, in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Now They Are Hanging Women (2018). Notes and script of a presentation on contemporary persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran; title taken from a newspaper headline for an article announcing the execution by hanging of ten Iranian Bahá’í women on June 18, 1983. [about]
  53. Posted 2021-04-16, in Unpublished Articles:   Armin J. Jezari. Measuring Success: An Exploratory Study of United States Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assemblies and the Five Year Plan (2010). Applied research project on what degree a typical Local Spiritual Assembly in the United States is adopting elements of effective public administration based on the Five Year Plan (2006-2011). [about]
  54. Posted 2021-04-16, in Essays and short articles:   Eleanor S. Hutchens. Power of Prayer, The, in Bahá'í News 464 (1969). Reflections on the purpose of humankind, the nearness of God, the healing power of revealed prayer, and how prayers are answered. [about]
  55. Posted 2021-04-14, in Unpublished Articles:   Phyllis K. Peterson. Creating Intimacy: In the Community and With the Seeker (1998). On how intimacy in the Bahá'í community can be created, using Bahá’í scriptures as guideline. We hunger for intimacy, which is a prerequisite for friendship and a key principle in teaching. Cases drawn from experiences of people who feel psychically hurt. [about]
  56. Posted 2021-04-14, in Book excerpts:   Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, Volumes 1-5 (2016). Multiple excerpts referencing the Bahá'í Faith from this 5-volume set. [about]
  57. Posted 2021-04-10, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Framework for Action: 2006-2016, Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material (2017). 58 letters from the House; "Social Action," by the Office of Social and Economic Development; "Insights from the Frontiers of Learning" and "Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning," prepared by the International Teaching Centre. [about]
  58. Posted 2021-04-10, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Vaccination and Covid-19: Five Letters Regarding Issues of Vaccination in 2020 and 2021 (2020). Five letters sent in 2020 and 2021 on contemporary issues regarding vaccination. While not all five directly mention Covid-19, they are all likely inspired by the topic. Prefaced by letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States. [about]
  59. Posted 2021-04-08, in Books:   Boris Handal. Mirza Mihdi: The Purest Branch (2017). Two excerpts from a book-length biography of the son of Bahá'u'lláh — "Akká, the Most Great Prison" (chapter 1) and "The Treasure of God in the Holy Land" (chapter 9) —  which describe the life and martyrdom of Mirza Mihdi on 23 June 1870. [about]
  60. Posted 2021-03-31, in Biographies:   Vahid Houston Ranjbar. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Shaykh Ahmad (2016). Brief comparison of two opposing ideologies: fundamentalist Wahhabism vs. the less literalistic teachings of Shaykhism and the Bábí Faith. [about]
  61. Posted 2021-03-30, in Research notes:   Susan Gammage. Using the Names of God for Healing: List of 405 Names of God (2012). Short essay on using the names in healing prayer; long list of names of God culled from the "Long Healing Prayer" and from Ruhiyyih Khanum's The Desire of the World. [about]
  62. Posted 2021-03-29, in Videos:   Wilmette Institute Presentations on Youtube.com (2011). Link to Youtube channel with dozens of educational presentations and videos, listed here for keyword searching and tagging. [about]
  63. Posted 2021-03-27, in BWC Compilations:   Difficult Art of Translation, The: Selected Extracts From Letters Written By and On Behalf of the Universal House of Justice Concerning the Translations of Shoghi Effendi (2002). Seven selections, from 1964-1999, on various matters regarding translation. [about]
  64. Posted 2021-03-27, in BWC Compilations:   Importance of and Guidance on Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Indigenous and Other Languages (n.d.). Compilation of one passage from Abdu'l-Bahá and fourteen excerpts from letters written by or on behalf of the Universal House of Justice. [about]
  65. Posted 2021-03-27, in BWC Compilations:   Literary Style — Translation (n.d.). Compilation including a statement from Abdu’l-Bahá about translation, extracts from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and a description of the writings of Shoghi Effendi excerpted from Priceless Pearl. [about]
  66. Posted 2021-03-27, in BWC Compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings, and Matters of Translation (2002). A collection of letters about gender pronouns in Writings, a compilation concerning the translations of Shoghi Effendi, the literary style of translation, and guidance on translating the Writings into indigenous languages. [about]
  67. Posted 2021-03-27, in BWC Compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Universal Auxiliary Language (2002). A collection of resources on the International Auxiliary Language: compilation from the Bahá'í Writings, letter and memorandum from the Research Department, and two bibliographies listing citations from the Writings and from scholarship. [about]
  68. Posted 2021-03-27, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Use of Masculine Pronouns and Images (2002). Overview of the use of gender terms in language, and a "cover letter" introduction to four compilations prepared by the Bahá'í World Centre which were attached to the cover letter. [about]
  69. Posted 2021-03-26, in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Compilation of Utterances from the Pen of Abdul-Baha Regarding His Station (1906). Compilation prepared in response to "different opinions and statements" regarding the station of Abdu'l-Bahá. Prefaced by a letter from Mirza Assad'ullah. [about]
  70. Posted 2021-03-26, in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablets Containing Instructions (1906). Described by Abdu'l-Bahá as a few Tablets revealed for believers in Persia; if they are translated and spread in the West it will not be without effect ... Print them and circulate them amongst the believers in all those parts. [paraphrased from intro] [about]
  71. Posted 2021-03-26, in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablets Revealed by the Blessed Perfection and Abdul-Beha Abbas (1900). Miscellaneous tablets "brought to this country by Haji Mirza Hassan, Mirza Assad' Ullah, and Mirza Hussien." Includes a "prayer for the confirmation of the American government." [about]
  72. Posted 2021-03-26, in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablets Revealed by the Master Abdul Beha Abbas (1901). Tablets revealed by Abdu'l-Bahá "To the House of Justice at Chicago, To the Ladies' Assembly of Teaching, To Mirza Assad'ullah and to other individuals, also one to the Believers in Persia." [about]
  73. Posted 2021-03-26, in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablets, Communes and Holy Utterances (1897). The first prayer book and first compilation of Bahá'í writings published in the West. Most of the selections are from Bahá'u'lláh, save for pages 18–21 which are from Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  74. Posted 2021-03-26, in BWC Compilations:   Use of the Masculine Gender in the Bahá'í Writings, The: Extracts from Letters Written By and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice (2002). Extracts from letters from the House of Justice from 1981-1999 on general principles in relation to this subject and the Bahá'í perspective on it. [about]
  75. Posted 2021-03-24, in Published Articles:   Boris Handal. Digital Citizenship: The New Citizenship, in Mobile Makes Learning Free (2016). This book chapter discusses the need for introducing the notion of virtues and spiritual attitudes in the delivery of learning experiences fostering digital citizenship values from a Bahá'í perspective. [about]
  76. Posted 2021-03-24, in Biographies:   Boris Handal. In Memoriam: Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), Spiritual Father of Peru, Mentor and Counselor (2021). On the life of a distinguished Bahá'í from Rasht, Iran, who travel-taught to Africa and South America and later became a member of the National Spiritual Assemblies of Bolivia and Peru. [about]
  77. Posted 2021-03-24, in Biographies:   Boris Handal. Maronite Physician's Encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká, A (2021). Brief notes from the autobiography of Lebanese doctor Shakir El Khoury on meeting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when he was working as a physician in ‘Akká (date unknown, circa 1870). Scan of original Arabic included. [about]
  78. Posted 2021-03-24, in Research notes:   Boris Handal. Numeracy for the Junior Youth: Addition and Subtraction (2021). Learning materials developed for use in rural schools in India, intertwining numeracy skills with spiritual concepts for the Junior Youth age range. Reflections and quotations from the Bahá'í writings are included. [about]
  79. Posted 2021-03-24, in BWC Compilations:   Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, The (2021). Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, 'Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, and from the constitution and letters of the Universal House of Justice. [about]
  80. Posted 2021-03-23, in Audio:   Boris Handal. Audio-Video Presentations: Mirza Mihdi; historia de la familia Khamsi; Varqá and Rúhu'lláh (2020). Links to five Youtube videos in English and Spanish, including "Mírzá Mihdí: The Purest Branch," "Mírzá Mihdí: La Rama Más Pura," "Historia de la Familia Khamsi, un Legado de Servicio," and "Life and Martyrdom of Varqá and Rúhu’lláh." [about]
  81. Posted 2021-03-23, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Notes on Letter from Shoghi Effendi re Parental Consent for Marriage (2021). Answers re a letter from the Guardian from 1929 on: the correct order of two excerpts from this letter; confirmation that he read and approved all letters written by his secretaries; this is one of few letters where a secretary offered a personal opinion. [about]
  82. Posted 2021-03-20, in Biographies:   Boris Handal. In Memoriam: Mercedes Sánchez (1912-1999) (2021). On the life of one of the first Peruvian Bahá'ís, who encountered the Faith via Eve Nicklin, the first American pioneer to settle in Peru. [about]
  83. Posted 2021-03-20, in Biographies:   Boris Handal and Enrique Sanchez. In Memoriam: Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013) (2021). On the life of an active member of the early Peruvian community, who first encountered the Bahá'í Faith in her hometown in Argentina in 1948 before travel-teaching in Peru. [about]
  84. Posted 2021-03-19, in Newspaper articles:   James S. Tinney. Baha'i Doctrine Attracts Non-whites, in The National Leader 2:24 (1983). On the Bahá'í Faith's progress toward racial unity; brief bios of Glenford Mitchell, Amoz Gibson, Wilma Brady, Barbara Eaton Bond, and Alberta Deas; reflections on Black experiences of the Bahá'í community. [about]
  85. Posted 2021-03-19, in Unpublished Articles:   Nader Saiedi. Baha'u'llah and Human Nobility (2015). Perspectives on the concept of nobility, from Zoroaster to Max Weber and Nietzsche; Rousseau to Bahá'u'lláh; institutionalization of human dignity; reinterpretation of religion. [about]
  86. Posted 2021-03-15, in Book excerpts:   Christopher Buck. Bahá'í Faith: The Basics (2021). Introduction "What is the Bahá'í Faith?", front-matter, and back-matter. [about]
  87. Posted 2021-03-15, in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. Baha'i Faith: The Basics: Presentation for Book Launch (2021). PowerPoint for live Zoom book launch of Bahá’í Faith: The Basics (Routledge, 2020), hosted by the Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute, on February 26, 2021; includes brief book excerpts. [about]
  88. Posted 2021-03-15, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Progress of the Faith in the United States and South Carolina (2019). While growth may not be always apparent in local regions, efforts of clusters country-wide are showing overall progress. [about]
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