Archive of "What's new to the Baha'i Academics Resource Library"

Archive of What's New to the
Bahá'í Academics Resource Library

This page contains the old list of additions to the Baha'i Academics Resource Library, provided for those wishing to see an overview of the site's evolution and growth or trace the online history of a particular piece. See the "What's New" current page for a list of additions from the previous year.

April 2002

New site: Bahá'í Philately (stamp collecting)
Published documents from the House: Ridvan 2002 message
Unpublished compilations: Extracts regarding Electronic Communication with Covenant-breakers
— Non-Association with Covenant-breakers
Historical material: Interview with UN Secretary Kofi Annan
Provisional Translations: Tablet of the Holy Mariner, trans. Mehran Ghasempour.
— Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Sháhábadí (Tablet to Hasan-i-Sháhábadí)
— Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá
— Lawh-i-Bágh-i-Ridván (Tablet of the Garden of Ridván)
— Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II
— Lawh-i-Mihrabán (Epistle to Mihrabán)
— Lawh-i-Nasír Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní)
— Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván (Revealed on the Day of Ridván)
— Prayer for Illumination
— Rashh-i-Amá (“Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing”)
— Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá)
— Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to the Hague)
— Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Sádiq Khán (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad Sádiq)
Student papers: Benjamin Leiker, Sacred Baha'i Architecture
Published Compilations: The Suffering of Bahá'u'lláh
— Fire and Light

March 2002

Personal pages: Jonah Winters: Bachelor's thesis: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamikakarikas newly formatted
— Ehsan Bayat: Personal Page
Books: Robert Craig and Antony Alexander: Lango: "Language Organisation"
— NSA of the Baha'is of the Hawaiian Islands: The Tree of Life: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Baha'i Community
— Stanwood Cobb: Islamic Contributions to Civilization (not formatted)
— Shoghi Effendi: Compilation of Letters and Extracts of Writings from the Guardian Published in the Baha'i News of the United States 1924 - 1934
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: indian.nations.html

February 2002

Sacred Writings:

— Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh
— Seven Valleys and Four Valleys
— Prayers and meditations
— Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
Published Articles: Sen McGlinn: A Theology of the State from the Baha'i Teachings
Study Guides: Robert McClelland: Study Guide to "Promoting Entry by Troops"
Published compilations:
— The Gift of Teaching: A compilation of extracts from the Baha'i Writings
— Promoting Entry by Troops
from Compilation of Compilations,
— Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster
— Baha'i Burial
— Centres of Baha'i Learning
— Chaste and Holy Life
— Consultation
— Crisis and Victory
— Deepening, Importance of
— Divorce
— Baha'i Education
— Baha'i Elections
— Establishment of The Universal House of Justice
— Excellence in all Things
— Family Life
— Feast
— Formative Age, Significance of the
— Lifeblood of the Cause [Funds]
— Huququ'llah
— Living The Life
— Local Spiritual Assemblies
— The Local Spiritual Assembly
— Meetings (Word document; see also text version)
— Music
— National Spiritual Assembly
— Opposition
— Peace
— Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude
— Preserving Marriages
— Prohibition--Drink
— Prominent People
— Teaching The Masses
— Teaching, Guidelines for
— Trustworthiness
— Writers & Writing
— Youth
Unpublished compilations: Compilation on 'Fire' used in the Sacred Writings
— Compilation on Arising to Act
— Compilation on Water used in the Sacred Writings
— Compilation on the Fear of God
— The Purpose and Mission of the Manifestations of God
Book Excerpts: Robert Ullian: Frommer's Guide to Israel: The Best of Israel
— Robert Ullian: Frommer's Guide to Israel: The Golden Coast (includes Akka and Bahji)
— Robert Ullian: Frommer's Guide to Israel: Haifa
— Alyn Shipton: Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
— Napier Malcolm: Five Years in a Persian Town
— Julius Germanus: Modern Movements in Islam
— Laurence Oliphant: Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine
— Ceasar E. Farah: Islam: Beliefs and Observances
— James Fieser and John Powers, Scriptures of the World's Religions
— Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions
Resource Tools: Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

January 2002

Resource Tools Baha'i World Statistics, 2001
Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies: "Information for Baha'is called to fill out the Questionnaire on military duty under the Draft Act," 1940
— "The Basis of the Baha'i Community: A Statement Concerning the New History Society"
Historical Documents: Howard MacNutt: Interview with Badi'u'llah
- Mehdi Abedi: "The Anti-Baha'i Society"
Study Guides: List of recipients and dates of Section 17, "Excerpts from other Tablets," Tablets of Baha'u'llah
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: aspects.teachings.html (Authenticity of Statements; Quran; Marriage Prayer; 'Sun' and 'Moon'; Night of Power; Sarcophagus for Baha'u'llah; International Baha'i Library; Lunar Calendar and Holy Days; Leiden Library; Tablets to the Kings; Functions of the Research Dept.; etc.)
— new.religions.html (New Religious Movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; the Marriage Bond; Illumination of Baha'u'llah's Tablets)
Essays: Mirza Abu'l-Fadl: "Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name"
Government/legal Documents: bahaiwomen.com domain name dispute ruling in favor of the Baha'is
Updated Complete Catalogue, alphabetized by author
Provisional Translations: Abdu'l-Baha, "A Tablet of the Centre of the Covenant 'Abdu'l-Baha' Concerning the Passing of Mirza 'Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpaygani," trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
— Baha'u'llah: Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs, trans. H.M. Balyuzi
— Baha'u'llah: Tablet on Marriage (Lawh-i-Nikah), trans. Denis MacEoin.
— Baha'u'llah: Tablet Concerning the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám), trans. William F. McCants.
— Baha'u'llah: Fire Tablet, trans. Ali Kahn and Marzieh Gail
— Baha'u'llah: First Tablet to Napoleon III, excerpts trans. Ismael Velasco.
— Baha'u'llah: Tablet of Seven Questions (Lawh-i-haft pursish), trans. Sháhriar Razaví.
— Baha'u'llah: Portion of a Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, trans. H. M. Balyuzi
— Abdu'l-Baha: Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation, the first edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan
— Abdu'l-Baha: Tablet on Covenant-Breaking (Lawh-i-Munáfiqín), trans. Ahang Rabbani
— Abdu'l-Baha: An Address to the Theosophical Society, trans. Ameen W. Fareed
— Abdu'l-Baha: Portion of a Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá' to Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán, trans. H. M. Balyuzi
— Abdu'l-Baha: Tablet to Mason Remey
Published Articles: Udo Schaefer: "The Baha'i Faith: Sect or Religion?"
— Udo Schaefer: "Religious Intolerance as a Source of Violence"
— Udo Schaefer: "Baha'u'llah's Unity Paradigm: A Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue on a Global Ethic?"
— Udo Schaefer: "Crime and Punishment: Baha'i Perspectives for a Future Criminal Law"
— Anton Haddad: "Divine Revelation: The Basis of Civilization"
— A. Q. Faizi: "A Flame of Fire"
Published Books: Artemus Lamb: The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America: Some Remembrances
— Udo Schaefer: Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm (mirrored from an offsite link)
— Addresses by Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani, trans. Anton Haddad (1900)
— Abdu'l-Baha, as presented by Ahmad Sohrab: Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation, the first edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan (1919)
— Paul Kingston Dealy: The Dawn of Knowledge and The Most Great Peace (1903)
— W. W. Harmon: Divine Illumination (1915)
Pilgrims' Notes: Abdu'l-Baha: "Ios, the Shepherd Boy"
— Mabel Paine, Sylvia Paine, Cora Grey and Genevieve Coy: "A Week in Abdul-Baha's Home" (1920)
— Mirza Hadi, trans. Ameen Fareed: "Table Talks" (1907)
— Arthur Agnew: "Table Talks at Acca" (1907)
— Anna Kunz: "Some Questions About Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdul Baha at Tiberias and Haifa" (1921)
— Alice Beede: "A Glimpse of Abdul-Baha in Paris" (1912)
— Mr. and Mrs. Geo Winterburn: "Table Talks" (1904)
— Letter from May Woodcock to Mrs A.M. Bryant, re interment of the remains of the Bab on Mt. Carmel (1909)
— Anton Haddad: "Message from Acca" (1900)
Talks by Baha'i notables: Ali Nakhjavani: Talks in Africa, 2001
— Notes on the Twentieth Century
— Time of Peril, Prospects for Peace
Unpublished compilations: Wealth, Redistribution of
— Economics, Agriculture, and Related Subjects
— Agriculture and Rural Life
Letters from the Guardian: Letter to Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Bádí'u'lláh Khán of Abadih, trans. Juan Cole
Conference papers: Moojan Momen: "Religions of the World: Divisive or Divine? A Look at Religious Fundamentalism"
Unpublished Articles: Anton Haddad, "An Outline of the Bahai Movement in the United States," 1902 (history of Ibrahim Kheiralla)

December 2001

Bulletin Board: Updated architecture of Bulletion Board archives
Unpublished Compilations: "Baha'i Feast Book," prepared by Kate Lindsay
Conference papers: Holly Hanson, "The World We Want: Overcoming Barriers to Systematic Action"
Essays: Anil Sarwal, "Sri Aurobindo Movement and the Bahá'í Faith"

November 2001

Published Books: William Sears, The Prisoner and the Kings
Historical/Government Documents: State Department Human Rights reports on Baha'is, 1990-2000
Published Compilations: "Unlocking the 'Power of Action'"
Essays: George Townshend, "The Letters of Abdu'l-Baha"
Book Reviews: The Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada, 1898-1948, by Will C. van den Hoonaard; review by Mike McMullen
— Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Bahá'í Apologetics, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer; review by Denis MacEoin
— Responses to Denis MacEoin's review of Making the Crooked Straight, by Tony Lee, Udo Schaefer, and Kavian S. Milani
— Persian Mirrors, by Elaine Sciolino; review by Ira Lapidus
— A Pattern of Dust: Selected Poems, 1965-1990, by Timothy Wangusa; review by Peter Nazareth
— Radio Baha'i Ecuador, by Kurt John Hein; review by Des O'Shea
— Commentary on Amin Banani's "Some Reflections on Juan Cole's Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole
— Collected Poems of Robert Hayden; review by Harryette Mullen
Fiction: Ian Kluge: "The Light"
— "Coming Out"
Resource Tools Sources for studying the life and writings of Abdu'l-Baha: a topical bibliography

October 2001

Provisional Translations: Tablet to Ibrahim George Kheiralla
Personal letters: Emogene Hoagg, "Letter from Haifa in the Time of Mourning"
Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies: Constitution of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and By-Laws of Local Spiritual Assemblies
— The Five Year Plan
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: devotional.meetings.html; includes a "Compilation on Devotional Gatherings"
— "translation.html," includes:
— a compilation from the Research Dept. and a policy statement from the House on translation and provisional translations, and publication
Talks by Baha'i notables: Peter Khan on the Five Year Plan
Documents from the Universal House of Justice: "Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace"
— The Institution of the Counsellors statement, January 29 2001, including:
— a letter from the House to the Counsellors January 9 2001 and
— a letter from the House to the Baha'i World January 16 2001
— Ridvan letters: Ridvan 1968
— Ridvan 1974
— Ridvan 1975
— Naw-Ruz 1976
— Ridvan 1977
— Ridvan 1978
— Naw-Ruz 1979
— Ridvan 1980
— Ridvan 1981
— Ridvan 1987
Pilgrims' Notes: Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Thomas Breakwell, Herbert Hopper, and Isabella D. Brittingham, 1901
— Interview of Sachiro Fujita by Sylvia Ioas
Essays: Alan Bryson, "Responding to an Attack on Humanity"
Conference papers and talks: Holly Hanson: "Clay into Crystal: How Thought Shapes Structure in the Pursuit of Justice"
Study Guides: Brett Zamir: Study Guide and Outline on The Dawnbreakers
— Brett Zamir: Study Guide and Outline on Some Answered Questions
— Brett Zamir: Correlation of passages in A Traveller's Narrative with God Passes By and Dawn-Breakers
— Brett Zamir: Study Guide and Outline on Turning Point for All Nations
— Brett Zamir: Outline of Prosperity of Humankind
— Brett Zamir: Outline of God Passes By
Personal Pages: Gary Fuhrman's personal page
Essays and Internet Postings: Ethics Survey: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin

September 2001

Conference papers and talks: Ian Kluge: "Apologetics: A Personal Vision"
Book Reviews: Who is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century, review by Iain S. Palin
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: iranian.expatriats.html
— mental.tests.html
— sabeans.etc.html
— takfir.html
— stem.cells.html
Provisional Translations: The Persian Bayan, ongoing translation from Nicolas' French rendering, trans. Ismael Velasco
Unpublished Articles: Peter Ashelman, "Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of the Bab"
— "Ian Kluge: Reason and the Bahai Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion"
Fiction: Juliet Thompson: I, Mary Magdalene
Essays: Holly Hanson: "Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence"
— Susan Maneck, "The Theology of Osama bin Laden"
Published Books: Browne, E. G.: The New History (tarikh-i-jadid) of Mirza Ali-Muhammed the Bab
— Chase, Thornton: The Baha'i Revelation
— Curzon, George N.: Persia and the Persian Question
— Haydar-Ali, Haji Mirza: Baha'i Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD
— Herrick, Elizabeth: Unity Triumphant: The Call of the Kingdom
— Johnson, Lowell: Mulla Husayn (mirrored from an offsite link)
— Khanum, Ruhiyyih: Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship
— Maxwell, May: An Early Pilgrimage
— National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States: Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities: Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies
— Sarwal, Anil: Miracles in Religion (mirrored from an offsite link)
— Shiel, Lady (Mary): Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
— Shoghi Effendi and Lady Blomfield: The Passing of Abdu'l-Baha
— Thompson, Juliet: Diary of Juliet Thompson
— Tudor Pole, Wellesley: The Silent Road in the light of personal experience
— Tudor Pole, Wellesley: Writing on the Ground
Published documents from the UHJ: Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-63
— Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86
— Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73
— Wellspring of Guidance: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68
— A Wider Horizon: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992
Book Excerpts: Browne, E. G.: A Literary History of Persia, vol IV.
— John William Draper, History of the Intellectual Development of Europe
Study Guides: Horace Holley: God Passes By: A Study Guide
— Sheila Banani: Century of Light: Questions and References
Published Compilations: Baha'i Scriptures

August 2001

Almost all my time this month will be spent on behind-the-scenes consultation about the Library and working on grant proposals for its funding. Updates will be fewer until I have a chance to fully implement the managing editors positions.
Book Reviews: "The Education of Nations: A book review" [of Secret of Divine Civilization], by Barbara Casterline
— Thief in the Night, or, The Strange Case of the Missing Millennium, by William Sears. Review by Anonymous
— Century of Light, by the Universal House of Justice. Review by John Taylor.
— Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin. Review by Paul Dodenhoff
— Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin. Review by Robert Stauffer
— Modernity and the Millennium: the Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East, by Juan R.I. Cole. Review by Denis MacEoin
— Modernity and the Millennium: the Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East, by Juan R.I. Cole. Review by Merlin Swartz
— Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, ed. Jack McLean. Review by Susan Maneck
— Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith, by Christopher Buck. Review by Harold Coward
Study Guides: Expanded Outline of The Secret of Divine Civilization, by Roger Coe
— The Secret of Divine Civilization study questions, prepared by Habib Riazati
— Shahriar Razavi, Study questions to World Order of Baha'u'llah
— Dwight Allen and Morten Bergsmo, Study questions to Advent of Divine Justice
— Century of Light, outline by Arjen Bolhuis (offsite)
Unpublished Articles: as-Sahyuni, Abdu'l-Bab: "Protocols of the Followers of Baha'u'llah"
Published Compilations: Conservation of the Earth's Resources
— The Writings of Shoghi Effendi
Pilgrims' Notes: "Message of the World Spiritual Crusade," received from the Guardian by Ali-Akbar Furútan
Unpublished Articles: Robert Stockman: "Christianity from a Bahá'í Perspective"
Essays: Ted Brownstein, "Facilitating Spiritual Joy" workshop on Christianity
Published Books: Marzieh Gail, Six Lessons on Islam
Published documents from the UHJ: "Four-Year Plan message to Baha'is of the World" and "Four-Year Plan message to the Continental Board of Counsellors"
— Century of Light
Essays/Internet Postings: Franklin Lewis, "Overview of the Abjad numerological system"
Book Excerpts: Shi'ism, Resistance, and Revolution, ed. Martin Kramer

July 2001

Getting Started: Overview of online and offline Baha'i Search engines
Provisional Translations: Prayer for Illumination
— Tablet to the Hague (Lawh-i-Hague ), trans. anonymous
— Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj), trans. Stephen Lambden
— Abdu'l-Baha: "Epistle to Paris" in three translations, ed. Thomas Linard (offsite)
Visual materials: Baha'u'llah's passport, with translation
— daira (circular talisman) #1 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)
— daira with haykal #1 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)
— daira with haykal #2 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)
— haykal (pentacular talisman) #1 drawn by The Bab (unidentified)
Published Compilations: The Covenant
Published Books: Alan Bryson: Light after Death: The Baha'i Faith and the Near-Death Experience (offsite)
— M.V. Gandhimohan: Mahatma Gandhi and the Baha'is: Striving towards a Nonviolent Civilization
Introductory Materials: "The Baha'i Faith" introduction booklet
Historical Documents: Shah Abdu'llah and the Baha'is of Abadeh
Encyclopedia articles United States of America, history of the Baha'i Faith in
Ridvan messages: Lal and Dheena Fernando: Ridvan 2001 Study Guide
Unpublished Articles: Albert Cheung: "Common Teachings from Chinese Culture and Baha'i Faith" (offsite)
Documents from the Guardian: Some letters from Shoghi Effendi, regarding his first stay in France, ed. Thomas Linard (offsite)
Pilgrims' Notes: Chris Manvell: "A Baha'i Pilgrimage"
— Cher Holt-Fortin: "A Baha'i Pilgrimage"
Conference papers and talks: Holly Hanson: "Global Dilemmas, Local Responses: Creating Patterns of Action that Make the World Different"
— Holly Hanson: "Sexuality, Self, and the Shape of Society"
Notes to the Baha'i Library: updated download statistics (July 2001)

June 2001

The Winters family spent the month moving from North Carolina to Vancouver, BC; no updates

May 2001

May 29: The Baha'i Academics Resource Library registered its 100,000th visit
Resources: scans of Revelation of Baha'u'llah indexes of Tablets
Implemented a Managing Editors system, plus an Editors' discussion board
— Baha'i Academics Resource Library style sheet
Added a complete catalogue, alphabetized by author
Newspaper and magazine articles: incorporated the entire University of Georgia Baha'i Club archive of newspaper articles, containing ca. 1,200 articles
Ridvan messages: Ridvan 2001
Provisional Translations: Tablet to The Times of London (Lawh-i-Times)
— Tablet of the Veil, trans. Denis MacEoin
— The Fire Tablet, trans. Denis MacEoin
Unpublished Articles: Dharlene Valeda: "Organizing Digital Collections: the Case of the Bahá'í Academics Resource Library"
Visual materials: Israel postage stamp depicting the Baha'i World Centre terraces
Book Excerpts: Geoffrey Parrinder, Sexual Morality in the World's Religions
Published Compilations: Compilation of Compilations vol. 1 (Baha'i Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991)
— Compilation of Compilations vol. 2 (Baha'i Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991)
— Art and Architecture
— Arts and Crafts
— Health, Healing, and Nutrition
— Power of Divine Assistance
— Use of Radio in Teaching

April 2001

Conference papers and talks: Tony Lee: "Reconciling the Other: The Baha'i Faith in America as a Successful Synthesis of Christianity and Islam"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: prayer.questions.html
Book Excerpts: Taj al-Saltana: Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914
— Lewis M. Hopfe: Religions of the World
— Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Vergilius Ferm, ed.: Living Schools of Religion
— Solomon A. Nigosian: World Faiths
— Edward Rice: Ten Religions of the East
— Ervand Abrahamian: Iran between Two Revolutions
— Robert S. Ellwood: Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America
— George A. Mather and Larry A. Nichols: Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult. Includes response by Robert Stockman
— Marcus Bach: They Have Found a Faith
— Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins: Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet
— Mírzá Abú'l-Fadl Gulpáygání: Letters & Essays 1886-1913:."The Báb and the Bábí Religion"
— Joseph J. Dewey: The Gathering of Lights
Unublished compilations: Extraterrestrial Life
— "Non-association with Covenant-breakers"
Unpublished Articles: Duane Troxel: "Intelligent Life in the Universe and Exotheology in Christianity and the Baha'i Writings"
— Robert Stockman, "Some Notes on the Bab"
— Richard Ater: "A comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith"
— Sepehr Manuchehri: "Historical Account of two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi & Sayyid Basir Hindi." Includes translations of extracts from primary source material.
Published Books: Robert W. McLaughlin: These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
— Sims, Barbara R. The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle: An Historical Record of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Taiwan
— Smith, Peter, ed.: In Iran: Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History volume three
— Momen, Moojan, ed.: Scripture and Revelation: Papers Presented at Irfan Colloquia
Published Articles: Moojan Momen: "The Psychology of Mysticism and its relationship to the Baha'i Faith"
— Stephen Lambden: "An Episode in the Childhood of the Báb"
— Denis MacEoin: "Hierarchy, Authority, and Eschatology in Early Bábí Thought"
— Keven Brown: "Brief Discusion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings"
— Todd Lawson: "The Dangers of Reading: Inlibration, Communion and Transference in the Qur'an Commentary of the Bab "
— Peter Smith and Moojan Momen: "The Bábí Movement: A Resource Mobilization Perspective"
— Khazeh Fananapazir: "The Day of God (Yawmu'lláh) and the Days of God (Ayyámu'lláh)"
Provisional Translations: "The Sermon of Glorification (Khutbat'ul-Iftikhar)"
— Sepehr Manuchehri: "Whilst He was in Suleymaniah: Extracts from the memoirs of Nabil Zarandi on the conduct of the Babis in Iraq"
Visual materials: Abdu'l-Baha's horoscope, as done by Marc Edmund Jones
— From Dawnbreakers: Map of Persia
— From Dawnbreakers: Genealogy of the Bab

March 2001

Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Baha'i Faith

Guide.

February 2001

National Spiritual Assembly documents: Spiritual Institutions: The Unique Nature of Baha'i Institutions
Catalogs of Libraries and Archives: Winters library of books on the Babi or Baha'i religions
Essays: Marzieh Gail, introduction to the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
— Marzieh Gail: "'Abdu'l-Baha: Portrayals from East and West"
— Peter Khan, "Foreword to Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi"
Book Reviews: Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi, ed. Moojan Momen
Published Articles: Jim Stokes: The Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions"
— Jim Stokes: "The Story of Joseph in the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths"
— Susan Maneck, "The Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Baha'i Faith in Iran: Some Preliminary Observations"
Published Books: Christopher Buck: Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions vol. 7
— Thornton Chase: In Galilee (includes Arthur S. Agnew's "In Wonderland")
Fiction: Steve Dighton: Breathe Not the Sins of Others: A Tale of Suspense
— Steve Dighton: Locked In: A Medical Mystery
Provisional Translations: The Tablet of Unity (Lawh-i Ittihad), trans. and commentary by Moojan Momen
— Ramin Neshati: Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Manikji Sahib, trans. and introduction
— Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Wahdat al-Wujúd), trans. Keven Brown

Published Articles: Articles mirrored from the Baha'i Studies Review:
1. — "Female Representations of the Holy Spirit," by Lil Abdo
2. — "'Because Bahá'u'lláh said so': dealing with a non-starter in moral reasoning," by Arash Abizadeh
3. — "Bahá'u'lláh as Zoroastrian saviour," by Christopher Buck
4. — "Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A test case for Bahá'í universalism," by Christopher Buck
5. — "Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail," Translator and Author, 'Patron Saint' of Women Bahá'í Scholars," by Constance M. Chen
6. — "A Commentary on the Azhar's Statement Regarding 'Baha'is and Baha'ism'" by Mohsen Enáyat
7. — "The Bahá'í Faith and Academic Journals," by Seena Fazel
8. — "Inheritance," by Seena Fazel
9. — "A review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of Bahá'ís in Iran," by Nazila Ghanea-Hercock
10. — "Interfaith and the Future," by John Hick
11. — "Education of women and socio-economic development," by Geeta Gandhi Kingdon
12. — "Doing Bahá'í Scholarship in the 1990s: A Religious Studies Perspective," by Stephen Lambden
13. — "Islám, Muhammad and the Qur'án: Some Introductory Notes," by Stephen Lambden
14. — "Bahá'í Review: should the "red flag" law be repealed?" by Barney Leith
15. — "Translating the Hidden Words: an extended review of Diana Malouf's Unveiling the Hidden Words," by Franklin Lewis
16. — "Bahá'í Scholarship: Definitions and Perspectives," by Moojan Momen
17. — "In all the Ways that Matter, Women Don't Count," by Moojan Momen
18. — "The Study of Religion: Some Comments On The Methodology Of Studying Religion," by Moojan Momen
19. — "Scholarship in The Bahá'í Community," by John Parris
20. — "Unofficial information and rumour in the Bahá'í community: the case of 'The tree they couldn't kill,'" by David Piff
21. — "Some Observations on Boykin's 'The Bahá'í Faith': Underlying Principles and Approach for a Bahá'í Response," by Shahriar Razavi and Khazeh Fananapazir
22. — "Ethics for a Global Society," by Udo Schaefer
23. — "The new morality: an outline," by Udo Schaefer
24. — "Challenges to Bahá'í Studies," by Udo Schaefer
25. — "Commentary on terminology in Dr. Robert Stockman's article 'Jesus in the Bahá'í Writings,'" by Michael Sours
26. — "Seeing With the Eye of God Relationships Between Theology and Interpretation," by Michael W. Sours
27. — "Jesus Christ in the Baha'i Writings," by Robert Stockman
28. — "Sex, Gender, and New Age Stereotyping," by Lata Ta'eed
29. — "Rituals: an American Bahá'í dilemma," by Linda Walbridge
30. — "Searching for God in time and memory: an examination of Bahá'í prayer as "remembrance"," by Christopher White

Frank Lewis and Puran Stevens: "Iranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: sin-covering.gaze.html
— prayers.disabled.html
— pioneering.education.html
— nsa.counsellors.html
— hollow.reed.html
Visual materials: Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi, prepared by Grover Gonzales
Unpublished Articles: Fariborz Alan Davoodi: "Human Evolution: Directed?"
— Eric Hadley-Ives: Results of Talisman2 Attitudes Survey
— Brian Mistler: "The Bahá'í Faith: Prophecy and Conversion"
Historical Documents: The Bábí Attempt on the Life of the Sháh, 1852: Coverage in the New York Times
Unublished compilations: Springtime metaphors and spring-related imagery
Resources: Graham Hassall: The 1999 Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship
Conference papers and talks: Sulayman S. Nyang, "Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity"
Study Guides to the Sacred Writings: Quotations from the Blessed Beauty Found in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
— Excerpts Related to Epistle to the Son of the Wolf from Adib Taherzadeh's The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh

January 2001

Student Papers: Arash Keshavarz Rahbar: "Biography of Mulla Aliy-i-Bastami (A Letter of Living)"
Resources: Moojan Momen: "The Akka Traditions in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf: a Research Note"
Essays: Kerkhoff, Sonja van: "Rewriting the Script: some thoughts on gender roles and the Baha'i Teachings"
- Marzieh Gail, "Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf"
- John Taylor: "On History's Greatest Breakthrough in Knowledge"
Personal Sites: added Sonja van Kerkhoff's site
Book Reviews: "The Baha'i Faith in America as Panopticon, 1963-1997" by Juan Cole, review by Peter Terry
- Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian, review by Mansour Farhang
Conference papers and talks: John Taylor: "On Novelty in Ayyám-i-Há and the Badí Calendar"
Book Excerpts: John Hick, The Fifth Dimension
Published compilations: formatted copy of compilation on Women
Unublished compilations: "Reproduction and other biological subjects"
Provisional Translations: The Bab: Tablet of Visitation for Mullá Muhammad 'Alí-i-Barfurushí (Quddús). Trans. Denis MacEoin
- Baha'u'llah: "Lawh-i-Malikih"

December 2000

Unpublished Articles: Robert Cameron: "The Disconnected Letters of the Qur'an and the Significance of the Number Nineteen"
New directory added: Introductory Materials
- Moojan Momen, A Short Introduction to the Baha'i Faith
- The Warwick Leaflets

November 2000

Provisional Translations: Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá (Tablet of Abdu'l-Bahá on the subject of the "struggle for survival")
Search engines: added Google full-site search option
Published compilations: Europe: A Compilation from the Bahá’í Writings
- Humor and Laughter
- The Islands of the South Pacific
- The Islands of the North Sea
- Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland
- Readings on Bahá’í Scholarship
- Scholarship, Statements from the World Centre on
- Bahá’í Scholarship
Visual materials: The Bab: A haykal (pentacle) of the Bab
- "Roll of Honor, Baha'i World Crusade 1953-1963"
Catalogs of Libraries and Archives: Dutch Library Holdings
Published Articles: Juan Cole: "Interpretation in the Bahá'í Faith"
Published Books: Julio Savi: The Eternal Quest for God
Notes to this website: September 2000 stats posted
Book Reviews: Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, by John Walbridge
- "The Baha'i Faith in America as Panopticon, 1963-1997" by Juan Cole
- An Earthly Paradise: Bahá'í Houses of Worship Around the World, by Julie Badiee
- Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896, by Abbas Amanat
- Mirror of the Divine: Art in the Bahá'í World Community, by Ludwig Tuman
- Towards the Most Great Justice: Elements of Justice in the New World Order, ed Charles Lerch
- Emergence – Dimensions of a New World Order, ed. Charles Lerche
- A Short History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Peter Smith
- A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen
- Law and International Order: Proceedings of the First European Bahá'í Conference on Law and International Order
- Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity, by Renee Weber
- Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard W. Thomas
- The Eco Principle, by Arthur Lyon Dahl
- Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán, by Christopher Buck
- The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948, by Will C. van den Hoonaard
- The Search for a Just Society, by John Huddleston
- A Basic Bahá'í Chronology, by Glenn Cameron with Wendi Momen
- Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith, by Hugh C. Adamson and Philip Hainsworth
- Desinformation als Methode: Die Baha'ismus-Monographie des F. Ficicchia, by U. Schaefer, N. Towfigh, and U. Gollmer
- The Psychology of Spirituality, by Hossain B. Danesh
- Transition to a Global Society, ed. Suheil Bushrui, Iraj Ayman, & Ervin Laszlo
- Five New Recordings of Baha'i Music
- Planning Progress: Lessons from Shoghi Effendi, June Manning Thomas

October 2000

Published Books: Barbara R. Sims: Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese
Catalogs of Libraries and Archives: David Piff collection of letters to and from presidential archives
Encyclopedia articles "Progressive Revelation"
Book Reviews: John and William Hatcher: The Law of Love Enshrined: Selected Essays
- Robert Stockman: The Bahá'í Faith in America 1900-1912 vol 2
- Baha'i International Community: The Baha'is
- Juan R.I. Cole: Modernity and Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha'i Faith in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East
- H.B. Danesh: The Psychology of Spirituality
- Moojan Momen, ed., Scripture and Revelation
Provisional Translations: Tablet of the Wondrous (Lawh-i-al-`Ajab)
Published Articles: Seena Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir, "Some Interpretive Principles in the Baha'i Writings"
- Moojan Momen, "Baha'u'llah's prophetology: archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions"
- Juan Cole, "The Concept of Manifestation in the Baha'i Writings"

September 2000

Visual materials: Cover of the New Yorker magazine, September 18 2000
- "Virgin Territories Opened by The Knights of Baha'u'llah, 1953-1990"
- "Progress Baha'i World Crusade 1953-1958"
New directory added: Study Guides to the Sacred Writings
- Soroush Shakib: Study Guide to the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah
Historical Documents: "Memories of Haji Muhammad Nayrizi," trans. and introduced by Ahang Rabbani
- "If Walls Could Speak: An eyewitness account of the Babis of Nayriz," trans. and introduced by Ahang Rabbani
Published Books: Baha'i World Centre: Bahiyyih Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf (fully formatted version)
Book Reviews: E.G. Browne, The Persian Revolution of 1905-1909
- Advancement of Women: A Baha'i Perspective, by Janet and Peter Khan
- Do They Hear You When You Cry, by Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir
- The Saddlebag: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
- God, Chance and Necessity, by Keith Ward
- Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, by Alyn Shipton
- Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet, by Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman
- Love, Power and Justice: the Dynamics of Authentic Morality, by William S. Hatcher
- Mark Tobey: A retrospective exhibition
- One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism, by William Greider
Encyclopedia articles Added links to online articles in the Encyclopedia of the Orient
New directory added: Catalogs of Libraries and Archives
- Dwight Barstow Collection; plus introduction
- Updated Ahang Rabbani's list of the Writings of Baha'u'llah
Conference papers and talks: Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Sustainable Development and the Environment of the World: An Overview"
- Nima Hazini: "Neoplatonism: Framework for a Bahá'í Metaphysics"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Globalization and the Environment"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Soil in the Baha'i Faith"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "The Baha'i Perspective on Water"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Social Crises and Their Connections to Global Ecological Problems"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Ecological Models of Social Organization: A Baha'i Perspective"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "The Baha'i Approach: Moderation in Civilization"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity"
Unpublished Articles: Robert Stockman: Islam and the Baha'i Faith
Unpublished compilations: A Compilation on triumphing over our weaknesses
Talks by Baha'i Notables: Peter Khan: Queen's Birthday Weekend Conference
- A.Q. Faizi: From Adrianople to Akka
Published Articles: Arthur Lyon Dahl: "The Bahá'í Faith: a Future-Oriented Religion"
- Arthur Lyon Dahl: "Environmental Protection from a Baha'i Perspective"
- Added links to the five articles published in Landegg Academy's new journal Converge
Resources: Horace Holley: "The Kitab-i-Iqan: A Study Guide"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: permission.html
- white.men.html
- research-dept.alam.html
- dialogue.new-delhi.html
- administrative.order.html
Newspaper and magazine articles: Haim Shapiro: "Beauty Born of Faith"
- "Personal faith fuels Baha'i"

August 2000

Etc: The Baha'i Library first passes its 1,000 hits/week mark, as recorded by the Baha'i Top 19
Compilations: Baha'i World Faith
Personal Letters: Ruhiyyih Khanum, "Success in Teaching"
Informal Essays: David Friedman, "The Unknown Hour"
- David Friedman: "Does 1 Corinthians chapter 15 Teach a Physical or a Spiritual Resurrection?"
- David Friedman: "Are there indications of a Second Coming of a Messiah in the Old Testament?"
Published Books: Samuel Graham Wilson: Bahaism and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha
- Drong, D. Llewellyn: John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over
Historical Documents: Sepehr Manuchehri, trans.: "Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran"
Book Reviews: Moojan Momen, Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith
- Juan Cole, Modernity and the Millennium
Unpublished compilations: "Compilation on the Internet"
- "Defining a "Minority" for the Purpose of Resolving a Tie for Ninth Place in a Bahá'í Election"
- Compilations on the Hazirutu'l-Quds and the Mashriqu'l-Adhkars
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: meditation.html
Provisional Translations: "Sermon of the Gulf [Khutbih-i-Tutunjiyyih] of the Imam 'Ali, introduction and translation by Khazeh Fananpazir
Abdu'l-Baha: Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám (Tablet on the Greatest Name)
Published Articles: Moojan Momen: "The Cyprus Exiles"
- Denis MacEoin: "From Babism to Baha'ism: Problems of Militancy, Quietism, and Conflation in the Construction of a Religion"
- Anonymous: "Some Notes on Baha'i Proofs Based on the Qur'an"
- Robert Stockman: "The Bahá'í Faith: A Portrait"
Resources: Brian Miller, comp.: "Chronology of Mid-East History during the Islamic Period, with commentary"
- "Statistical information on the Baha'is of the United States, 1978-79"
- Jonah Winters, comp.: "Chronology of Baha'i Persecutions"

July 2000

The Baha'i Academics Resource Library was selected as a Links2Go "Key Resource" in the Baha'i category, ranking 6th out of all Baha'i sites listed.
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: self.defense.html
- dinkard.zoroastrianism.html
Resources: Added section on statistical information
Published Articles: Moojan Momen: "Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics"
- Sen McGlinn: "Commentary: Some interpretive principles in the Bahá'í writings"
- Robert Stockman: "Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá'í Writings"
Book Reviews: Lauran Walker: Review of Roy Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran
- Daniel Grolin: Review of Christopher Buck, Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith
Unpublished Articles: Sen McGlinn, "The Guardianship and the House of Justice"
Published Books: Cornell, John and Beatrice C. Rinde. Six Lessons on Bahá'í Law: A Deepening Course for Bahá'ís
Provisional Translations: Rashh-i Ama (The Mist of Unknown), trans. Ramin Neshati.

June 2000

Resources: Kitáb-i-Aqdas questions and concordances
Published Compilations: The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting
Informal Essays: "Jamal-i-Burujirdi"
Published Books: Gulpáygání, Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Brilliant Proof
- Various: Appreciations of the Bahá'í Faith
Published Articles: Seena Fazel: "Understanding Exclusivist Texts"
- Easton, Peter: "Bahaism—A Warning"
- Robert Stockman: "Comments about 'Race, Immorality and Money in the American Bahá'í Community: Impeaching the Los Angeles Spiritual Assembly'"
Historical Documents: Ahang Rabbani, "Remains of the Bab in Tihran"; includes extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan "Memoirs of a Refugee from Isfahan"
National Spiritual Assembly documents: "Who is Writing the Future?"
Encyclopedia Articles: Moojan Momen, "Iran, religious background of revolution in"
Provisional Translations: Abdul'-Baha: three letters on "Attitude of Baha'is towards Persian Politics"
- Baha'u'llah: "Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Jamal-i Burujirdi," trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
- Imam Ali: "The Sermon of Ma'rifat bin-Nuraaniyyat [Recognition with Luminousness]," trans. Khazeh Fananapazir

May 2000

Provisional Translations: Surah-i-Hajj I, trans. Denis MacEoin
- Surah-i-Hajj II, trans. Denis MacEoin
Published Books: Muhammad Mustafa: Baha'u'llah: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an
- Grundy, Julia M: Ten Days in the Light of Akka
Historical Documents: Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani: The Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida
- List of the martyrs of the second revolt at Nayriz
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: letters.quddus.dawnbreakers.html
Pilgrims' Notes: Ethel Rosenberg: Notes on St. John
Published Compilations: added a number of compilations. Many need html formatting; please write to to help.
Resources: Arjen Bolhuis, "The first Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era"
Student Papers: Daryl Lowery: "The Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian Hidden Words #77"
- Helen T. Wilson: "Shoghi Effendi's The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah: Its Continuing Place In History"
- Brian Wittman: "Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah"
Talks by Baha'i Notables: A.Q. Faizi: "Transcription of a talk on the Kitab-i-Aqdas"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: lawh.tibb.html
Published Documents from the the Universal House of Justice: Ridvan 1999 message
- Ridvan 2000 message
- (commentary) Arjen Bolhuis: Outline of Ridvan 2000 message

April 2000

New directory added: Published Compilations
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: sanctions.html
- exemption.prayer.html
Unpublished compilations: Exemption from Obligatory Prayer
Informal Essays: Phyllis Peterson: Essay on Detachment

March 2000

Provisional Translations: Tablet to the Shah, published in Baha'i Scriptures
Fiction: Wellesley Tudor Pole: Private Dowding: The personal story of a soldier killed in battle
Baha'i Studies in the Asia Pacific: new website opens
Notes to this website: December 1999 statistics posted
Compilations: Aspects of Traditional African Culture
Sacred Writings: updated many books of Baha'u'llah and Shoghi Effendi
National Spiritual Assembly letters: Adib Taherzadeh: Spiritualization of the Baha'i Community
- "Use of appropriate domain names by Baha'is on the Internet"
Added directory: Visual materials (maps, graphics, charts,timelines, etc.)
Visual materials: Kathryn Brown, Sharon Davis, and Karen Johnson: "Timeline to the Baghdad Period"
- Map of Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka
Published Books: Ustad Salmani: My Memories of Baha'u'llah
- Schaefer, Udo: In A Blue Haze: Smoking and Baha'i Ethics
- Momen, Moojan: Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith
- Sims, Barbara: Unfurling the Divine Flag in Tokyo: An Early Bahá'í History
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: handicapped.access.html
- spiritual.growth.html
- servants.html
- election.infallibility.uhj.html
- power.elucidation.uhj.html
- proselytizing.covenant.html
Unpublished Articles: Vahid Chittleborough: "Sexual Morality: The Bounds of Sexual Expression"
Published Articles: Bishop, Helen Reed: "The Kitáb-i-Íqán: Introduction"
- Troxel, Duane: "Islam and the Baha'i Faith: A Brief Guide"

February 2000

Unpublished Articles: Peter Terry: "Truth Triumphs: A Baha'i Response to Misrepresentations of the Baha'i Teachings and Baha'i History"
Resources: "Map of the Travels of Bahá'u'lláh"
Encyclopedia Articles:
- Moojan Momen: "Ages and Cycles."
- Moojan Momen: "Akhund, Haji (Haji Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi)."
- Moojan Momen: "`Ali Bastami, Mulla."
- Moojan Momen: "Amin, Haji Abu'l-Hasan."
- Moojan Momen: "Badi` Khurasani."
- Moojan Momen: "Baha'i Faith, Scholarship on the."
- Moojan Momen: "Browne, Edward Granville."
- Moojan Momen: "Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith."
- Moojan Momen: "Esslemont, John E. "
- Moojan Momen: "Gulpaygani, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl. "
- Moojan Momen: "Haziratu'l-Quds. "
- Moojan Momen: "Russia."
- Moojan Momen: "Shi`i Islam and the Baha'i Faith"
- Moojan Momen: "Turkmenistan."
Published Books: Howard Colby Ives: Portals to Freedom
Conference papers and talks: Emeric Sala: "Shoghi Effendi's Question"
Informal Essays: David Friedman: "A Baha'i response to Francis Beckwith's article 'Baha'i-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered'"

January 2000

Latest new item: our first child is born, Liam Azrael Winters (see photos here). Additions to the Library will be more infrequent now, and volunteer help will be greatly appreciated.
Provisional translations: Engish translation of Abdu'l-Baha's "Treatise on Leadership"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: aqdas.laws.html

December, 1999

Resources: Kitab-i-Aqdas Windows Help File
Resources: Tablets to Napoleon overview
Provisional translations: Suriy-i-Ashab, trans. Juan Cole
Talks: "The Hidden Words," delivered by A. Q. Faizi
Published Documents from the the Universal House of Justice: "2000: 'One-Year Plan' Intro Letter"

November, 1999

The entirety of the Baha'i Academics Resource Library is now available on CD-ROM at http://bahai-library.com/cdrom.
Student Papers: Alison Marshall: "What on earth is a disconnected letter? An overview of Baha'u'llah's commentary on the disconnected letters"
Published Books: Faizi, Abu'l-Qasim (A.Q.): Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name.

October, 1999

Compilations: Letter from the International Teaching Committee followup to the House of Justice's April 7 letter re the compilation "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith"
The Bahá'í Faith in East Asia: Barbara R. Sims: The Macau Bahá'í Community in the Early Years
The Bahá'í Faith in East Asia: Agnes Alexander: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-38
The Bahá'í Faith in East Asia: Barbara R. Sims: Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History
The Bahá'í Faith in East Asia: Barbara R. Sims, comp.: Japan Will Turn Ablaze! (complete text, with graphics and formatting)
The Bahá'í Faith in East Asia: Barbara R. Sims, comp.: Selected Communications from the Universal House of Justice Concerning the North East Asia Area Including Japan
Letters from the National Spiritual Assembly: copyright.html
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: photo.bahaullah.html
Unpublished academic articles: Sepehr Manuchehri: "The Practice of Taqiyyah in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions"

September, 1999

Getting Started: Guide to finding used Baha'i books online
Notes: old downloading statistics
Jonah Winters' theses: PDF file of thesis on Nagarjuna added

August, 1999

Talks: Glenford Mitchell: "Whatever happened to the Double Crusade?"
Compilations: "References from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi Concerning the Hidden Words"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: provisional.translations.html
Getting Started: Added general introductions to online studies
Fiction: Ben Roskams: "The Sailor's Problem"
Updated search pages

July, 1999

Personal pages: updated my music site
Conference papers: Lin Deahl-Coy and John W. Suggs, "Common Threads: A Theory and Practice of Community Development"
Theses: Peter Mazal: "Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Baha'i Faith"
Student papers: Rachel Woodlock: "Dying for Our Sins"
Provisional translations: Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality (Lawh-i-Basit), trans. Moojan Momen
"'Abdu'l-Baha's Commentary on The Islamic Tradition: 'I Was a Hidden Treasure,'" trans. Moojan Momen

June, 1999

busy month, no new additions for June!

May, 1999

Talks: David S. Ruhe: "Baha'i Horizons in the 21st Century"
Resources: Steven Phelps: Index to Ad’iyyih-i-Hadrat-i-Mahbúb
Essays: Trey Yancy: "The Tablet of Ahmad"
Theses: Dann May: The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism
Informal essays: Frank Lewis: "Notes on Camphor and the Camphor Fountain"
Provisional translations: Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Joseph, trans. Anton Haddad
Posted expanded copy of the Surih-i-Sabr, trans. Khazeh Fananapazir
Student papers: Nina Bailey: "Comparison of the Seven Valleys and the American Indian Peace Shield"
Fiction: Mark Perry: "Layli, Majnun and the Infernal Tree"
Etc.: added "Some Notes on Copyright"
Books: updated the List of books available in etext
Excerpts: John L. Esposito: Islam: The Straight Path
Ira M. Lapidus: A History of Islamic Societies
Annemarie Schimmel: Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam
Ninian Smart: The Religious Experience of Mankind
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: infallibility.abdulbaha.html
access.sources.html
Pilgrims' notes: "Flowers Culled from the Rose Garden of Acca"
George Latimer: The Light of the World
"Conversation of Mrs. Rollins and Mrs. McMormick with the Guardian"
Search engines: updated search engines, installed new ones
Articles: E. G. Browne: "Personal Reminiscences of the Babi Insurrection at Zanjan in 1850"
E. G. Browne: "Babism"
Books: Robert Riggs: The Apocalypse: An Exegesis
The Apocalypse Unsealed
Robert Riggs: I, Daniel
Bruce Limber: Index to I, Daniel

April, 1999

Provisional translations: A Prayer for Protection
Etc.: updated website notes and statistics
Books: posted the final files for A Traveller's Narrative
Resources: Duane Troxel: "Quranic Quotations in the Kitab-i-Iqan"
"Notes on Paragraph Numbering of the Kitab-i-Iqan"
The 1998 Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship
The 1999 Leiden List of the Tablets of Baha'u'llah
Personal pages: Dianne Bradford's The Seeker's Passage newsletters
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "errors.godpassesby.html"
Publications of the House and the BIC:. "The Baha'i Statement on Nature"
added other publications of the Baha'i International Community
Articles and Pilgrims' notes: Gandhi M. Viswanathan: "Baha'i Pilgrimage to Israel"
Compilations: "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith: Extracts from letters written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice"
Excerpts: E. E. Kellett: A Short History of Religions

March, 1999

Provisional translations: Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand
Fiction: E. S. Stevens: The Mountain of God
March 24: Site logged its 20,000^th hit
Found and fixed the remaining dead links
Turkish Baha'i Studies website now mirrored at the Library
Student papers: Elizabeth Pottenger: "Baha'u'llah's Disclosure of His Station"
Cynthia C. Shawamreh: "Lessons on Detachment in the Tablet to Pope Pius IX"
Cynthia C. Shawamreh: "Comparison of the Suriy-i-Haykal and the Prophecies of Zechariah"
Unpublished articles: Alison Marshall: "How to Get Out of It: fana' and baqa' in the early Writings of Baha'u'llah"
Published documents of the House: posted the Ridvan letters
Books: E. G. Browne: The Persian Revolution of 1905-1909
Articles: Helen, John and Amelia Danesh: "The Life of Shoghi Effendi"
Seena Fazel: "Interreligious Dialogue and the Bahá'í Faith: Some Preliminary Observations"
Conference papers: John Hick: "Interfaith and the Future"
Resources: Seena Fazel, "Study questions for The Promised Day is Come"
Joyce McCleary, "A Concordance to the Arabic Hidden Words"
Essays: Stephen Friberg: "On Postmodernism"
Brent Poirier: "The Kitab-i-Iqan: The Key to Unsealing the Mysteries of the Holy Bible"
Notes: updated website statistics
Compilations: "Conservation of the Earth's Resources"
Compilation on Socrates
Excerpts: Peter Avery: Modern Iran
Court documents: updated the "Human Rights report"
Completed redesign of the Library and announced its "grand opening"

February, 1999

Unpublished Universal House of Justice documents: aqdas.expulsion-cbs.html
Newspapers: "UW Baha'is Protest Iranian Actions"
The Baha'i Association for the Arts, the Baha'i Studies Review, and a collection of Russian Texts all moved to the Library.
Conference papers: Anthony Lee, "Reconciling the Other: The Bahá'í Faith in America as a Successful Synthesis of Christianity and Islam"
Theses and dissertations: Laura Herzog: "A Preliminary Analysis of the Baha'i Concept of Mental Health"
Resources: "Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1853-1863"
Excerpts: A Popular Dictionary of Islam
The Venture of Islam, volume three
Published Articles: George Townshend: "The Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah--A Meditation"
George Townshend: "The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah--A Reflection"
Ishraq-Khavari: "The Writings of Baha'u'llah: Part of a commentary by the renowned scholar `Abdu'l-Hamid-i-Ishraq Khavari"
Julio Savi: "The Love Relationship between God and Humanity: Bahá'u'lláh's Hidden Words"
Books: posted more of Browne's A Traveller's Narrative
Published Universal House of Justice documents:` Six-Year Plan
Added directory Published documents from the Universal House of Justice
Articles: Bijan Ma'sumian: "The Realms of Divine Existence as described in the Tablet of All Food"
Bahá'u'lláh's Seclusion in Kurdistan
Farnaz Ma'sumian: "Mysticism and the Baha'i Faith"

January, 1999

Installed new search engines
Added directory unpublished articles
Added directory theses and dissertations
Continued move to http://bahai-library.com
Provisional translations: mirrored more provisional translations from The H-Baha'i homepage.

December, 1998

December 1, 1998: the new domain bahai-library.com set-up and functional (moved from its early home for 1997-1998, www.interlog.com)
Conference papers: Sepehr Manuchehri: "A Brief Analysis of the features of Babi Resistance at Sheikh Tabarsi"

November, 1998

Books: E.G. Browne: A Year Amongst the Persians (in 18 parts)
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "pronouns.etc.html"
"mazandarani.html"
"husband.wife.html"
Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies: "natl.organization.women.html"
Articles: Stanwood Cobb: "The Unity of Nations"
Seena Fazel: "Is the Baha'i Faith a World Religion?"
Seena Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir: "A Baha'i Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam"
Jack McLean: "Prolegomena to a Baha'i Theology"
Orrol L. Harper: "A Bird's-Eye View of the World in the Year 2000"
Juan Cole: "Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions"
Michael McCarron: "Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Baha'i traditions"
Inder Manocha: "Bahá'í Art: Fact or Fiction?"
Bahíyyih Nakhjavání: "Exemption"
Khazeh Fananapazir and Seena Fazel: "The Station of the Kitáb-i-Íqán"
Robert Weinberg: Obituary, Roger White
Roy Steiner: "The Bahá'í community as a learning organisation"
Bryan Graham: "The Bahá'í Faith and economics"
Internet postings, informal essays: Robert Stockman, "Baha'i membership statistics"
Compilations: "Compilation on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union"

October, 1998

Personal letters: Ruhiyyih Khanum: Letter to the US NSA, July 1998
Ruhiyyih Khanum: Letter to the Youth, 1948
Ruhiyyih Khanum: Letter to the US and Canada on Racism, 1961
Resources: Study Outline of the Kitab-i-Iqan
The Eshraghieh and Mahmoud Rabbani Arabic/Persian Book Collection
"1998 Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship," in four parts
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "biblical.passages.html"
"holy.day.observances.html"
"publishing.html"
"scholarship.cambridge.html"
"khatami.faq.html"
Newspaper Articles: "Rights Violated in Iran despite Reform Moves U.N."
"Iran's Khatami defends religious, press freedom"
"Iran slams U.N. criticism on rights as `political'"
Joshua Mzizi: "Accept others as you would that they accept you"
Articles: Anonymous: "The Kitab-i-Aqdas: its place in Baha'i literature"
Eberhard von Kitzing: "The Origin of Complex Order in Biology: `Abdu'l-Baha's concept of the originality of species compared to concepts in modern biology"
Michael Harris Bond: "Unity in Diversity: Orientations and Strategies for Building a Harmonious, Multicultural Society"
Pilgrims' Notes: posted the revised (proofread) edition of the second volume of Mary and May Maxwell's "Haifa Notes"
Virginia Orbison's pilgrim's notes
Pilgrimage: Notes by LeRoy Jones
Streamlined "Thorough Search" options
Compilations: The Importance of the Arts
Student papers: LeRoy Jones: "Mystical Aspects of the Bahá'í Faith as presented in the Seven Valleys"
"The Mystic Cup: The Essential Mystical Nature of the Baha'i Faith"
Provisional Translations: "Tablet of the Feast of the Ridwan"

September, 1998

Notes to this webpage: updated "Complete Site Map"
Resources: Contents list of the Persian sections of Star of the West, Book 1
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "beckwith.daniel.prophecy.html"
"peace.activities.html"
Informal Talks: Peter Khan: "The World's Equilibrium"
Academic articles: Susan Maneck: "Wisdom and Dissimulation: The Use and Meaning of Hikmat in the Baha'i Writings and History"
Provisional Translations: Baha'u'llah's Second Tablet to `Ali Pasha (Lawh-i-Ra'is II)
76 Tablets, under "Tablets of Baha'u'llah and `Abdu'l-Baha from Star of the West vols. 1-2"
Baha'u'llah's Suratu'l-Haykal, the "Tablet of the Temple"; complete with research notes and references
"UHJ letter: lawh.huriyyih.uhj.html" (posted under "Tablet of the Maiden"); includes related posting by the translator
Books: The rest of 'Abdu'l-Baha on Divine Philosophy posted.

August, 1998

Pilgrims' Notes: A second set of notes from Agnes Alexander, presented in parallel format
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: english.and.translation.html
Excerpts: Sandra Mackey: The Iranians: Persia, Islam, and the Soul of a Nation
Student papers: Ted Brownstein: "Tablet of the True Seeker: Personal Commentary and Reflections"
Ted Brownstein: "Are the Four Valleys four stages in one path, or are they four paths?"
Roberta Law: "The Wrathful God of Martin Luther and Baha'u'llah"
Newspaper articles: Dianne Penner: "One of two white full-time students at Morehouse completes freshman year"
Essays: Abbas65: "Falsafi, Kashani, and the Baha'is"
Compilations: "The Twelve Steps: A Compilation from the Baha'i Writings"

July, 1998

July 14: The Baha'i Academics Resource Library registered its 10,000th hit.
Personal pages: updated my resumes
Student papers: Dianne Bradford: "Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Baha'u'llah"
Rouha Rose: "Some Thoughts on the City of Certitude"
Donald Plunkett: "Does the Valley of Unity negate the distinction between 'Bahá'í' and 'non-Bahá'í'?"
Ruhiyyih Skrenes: "An Analysis of Figurative Language in the Tablet of Ahmad"
Ruhiyyih Skrenes: "The Meaning and Significance of Certitude"

June, 1998

Newspaper articles: "Race Unity Day discrimination against the Baha'is"
"Elections of a different type: followers of the Baha'i Faith from the whole world elect a new religious leadership in a colorful ceremony in Haifa"
Books: E.G. Browne, trans.: A Traveller's Narrative
Student essays: Roberta Law: "What was Baha'u'llah's Message to the Sufis?"

May, 1998

Renamed "Baha'i Academics Resource Area" to "Baha'i Academics Resource Library"
Finalized new, faster Search Engine; revised old Search Engine interface
Added directory, Fiction
Added directory, Excerpts from non-Baha'i books
Added directory, Student and practice papers
Split directory "Letters and Essays" into Informal essays and internet postings and Personal letters (contemporary and historical)
Excerpts: The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam
Newspaper articles: "Considering the good of the whole: Ridvan festival marks election of Baha'i assembly members"
"Diversity is the Baha'i way: Family-centered religion gains a foothold in Wake County"
"Baha'i School Accused of Forcing Indoctrination of Students"
Essays: John B. Cornell: "Scientific Approach to Moral Conduct"
Marzieh Gail: "Primer for Baha'i Assemblies"
Conference papers: John B. Cornell: "The Spiritual Assembly as Arbitrator"
Court and government documents: "A Synopsis of References to the Baha'i Faith in the US State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 1993-1997"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "salmani.letters.html" (two letters)

April, 1998

Books: Abdul Baha on Divine Philosophy
Histories: "Juliet Thompson Remembers Kahlil Gibran"
Letters from the Guardian: Letter to John B. Cornell, 1946
Letter to John B. Cornell, 1955
Letters and Essays: Katie Dillon: "Women in Martyrdom: Parallels of Passio Perpetuae and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith"
Court Documents: "Green Acre Baha'i Institute v. Town of Eliot, 1954"
"Green Acre Baha'i Institute v. Town of Eliot, 1963"
"Sarhangzadeh vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1996"
"Sobhani vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1994"
"Mostofi vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1996"
"Recognition of Baha'i Marriage and Holidays in American State Law"
"In re Petition for Naturalization of Parviz Meghnot, 1965"
"A Case on Conscientious Objection"
Dhabihullah Mahrami and Musa Talibi: "Iran: Where Your Religious Beliefs Can Get You a Death Sentence"
Newspaper Articles: Ben Dlamini: "Some non-theological reactions to the Boleswa Theological conference"
Hagit Gur: "Haifa, the Holy City: The World Center of the Baha'i Faith"
Books and Theses: Zaid Lundberg: Bahá'í Apocalypticism: The Concept of Progressive Revelation
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "scholars.internet.html"
"arius.html"
"academic.methodologies.html"
Pilgrims' Notes: "Letter by Dr. Falscher to Frau Alice Schwarz-Solivo"
"Extracts from remarks to pilgrims to Haifa by Shoghi Effendi"
"Myron Phelps Pilgrim Notes"
"Pilgrim Letter of Hooper Harris"
"Letter by Frau Anna Grossmann"
Academic Articles: R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: "The Use of Generative Imagery in Shoghi Effendi's The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah"
Book reviews: Jonah Winters: Christopher Buck, Symbol and Secret
Jonah Winters: review of Symbol and Secret and McLean, ed., Revisioning the Sacred
Provisional Translations: Added to the "Multilinear Translation of the Kitab-i-Aqdas."

March, 1998

Conference talks: Zaid Lundberg: "The New Age Movement and the Baha'i Faith"
Academic Articles: 'Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian: "Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "apostle.paul.html"
Provisional Translations: "Tablet of the Branch"
Newspaper/Magazine articles: "Baha'i Faith Makes Gains Among Rural Blacks in Southern U.S."
"Baha'is Report Increased Assemblies Doubling of Membership in the U.S."
Linda Marie Deloff: "Religious Repression in Khomeini's Iran"
Book Reviews: "Review of H.M. Balyuzi: The Bab: The Herald of the Day of Days"
"Review of H.M. Balyuzi: Abdu'l-Baha: The Centre of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah"
Added more "personal pages"
Court Documents: "United States Policies in Support of Religious Freedom: Focus on Christians"
Compilations: Mary K. Radpour: "Some Practical Notes on Preparations for Baha'i Funerals and Burials"
Book reviews: "H.M. Balyuzi, Muhammad and the Course of Islam"
"William Miller, The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings"
"H.M. Balyuzi, E.G. Browne and the Baha'i Faith"
Books: Robert Stockman: Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase
E.G Browne: Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion
Newspaper articles: "Baha'i Temple Moves Toward Completion"
"Baha'i Faith Will Advertise"
Five articles on "The World Bank and the Baha'i Faith"
"Iran Seeks to Suppress Baha'i Faith"
Marcus Bach: "Baha'i: A Second Look"
Academic Articles: Julio Savi: "Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys"
Provisional translations: completed posting of the "Kitab-i-Aqdas Parallel Translation"
Abdu'l-Baha: "Tablet on Burial," trans. Ali Kuli Khan

February, 1998

Notes and Credits page: Added "Frequently-downloaded files" list
Added "Master Site Map" list of files
Academic articles: "A Critical Examination of Baha'i Literature"
Book reviews from Christian Century: "Robert Stockman's Baha'i Faith in America"
"Shoghi Effendi's God Passes By"
"Ruth White's Bahai Leads out of the Labyrinth"
"Ahmad Sohrab's The Will and Testament of Abdul Baha, An Analysis"
Notable Talks: Jinab-i-Fadl Mazandarani: "Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God"
Added directory, Letters from the Guardian
"Letter to Marzieh Gail"
"easy.familiarity.html"
Notable Talks: Glenford Mitchell: "Remembering Shoghi Effendi as Interpreter, part 2"
Newspaper Articles: Ben Dlamini: "Did Somhlolo's Dream Have Anything to Do With the Bible?"
Provisional Translations: Two charts and accompanying text for `Abdu'l-Baha's "Explanation of Spiritual Evolution as Taught from the Baha'i Teachings"
Pilgrims' Notes: William Allison: "Pilgrim's Notes"
Added "Critical Edition" of Alice Dudley notes, plus 3 more manuscript versions
Ethel Rosenberg: "Pilgrim's Notes"
Natalie French: "Pilgrim's Notes"
Agnes Alexander: "Notes Taken in the Presence of Shoghi Effendi"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "resurrection.html"
"resurrection.bible.html"
"personal.webpages.html"
Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies: "beckwith.2.html"
"homosexuality2.html"
Compilations: "Extracts from the Baha'i Writings and from Letters of the Guardian and the Universal House of Justice on the Old and New Testaments"
"Extracts Concerning The Resurrection"
Revised search engine interface
Compilations: "Selected Extracts on Science and Technology"
"What Writings constitute the Holy Scriptures of previous Dispensations"
Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies: "Baha'is and Military Service"
"Human Rights are God-Given Rights"
"Obedience to Civil Authority"
"War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition"
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "calamity.p-notes.html"
"ritual.abuse.html"
"oppression.of.children.html"
"holy.scriptures.html"
"childhood.trauma.html"
"childhood.abuse.html"
"science.religion.html"
Notable Talks: Hossain Danesh: "Marriage and Sexuality"
Ian Semple: "Obedience"
Newspaper and Magazine Articles: Martha Root: "My Visit to Temple University"
Anne Davis: "Working for harmony, a person at a time"
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "huququllah.transactions.html"
Letters and Essays: "Questions on the Persian Bayan"
"First Public Mentions of the Baha'i Faith in the West"
Rob Weinberg: "Who Was Thomas Breakwell?"
Duane Troxel: "Life of Agnes Alexander"
Histories: "Autobiographical Materials of Agnes Alexander"
Conference talks: Margaret and Crispin Pemberton-Pigott: "Monotheistic Religion in Africa: The Example of the Swazi People"
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "subud.html"
"alcoholics.anonymous.html"
"counselors.html"
Academic Articles:
Peter Smith and Moojan Momen: "The Baha'i Faith 1957-1988: A Survey of Contemporary Developments"
Rob Weinberg: "Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund"
Newspaper Articles: "Biography of David Hofman"
Jason Herman: "Revolution brings persecution for minority religions"
Jason Herman: "Baha'i student grateful to escape from persecution in Islamic Iran"

January, 1998

Made directory Academic Talks and Conference Presentations
Newspaper Articles: "Report cites religious persecution around the world"
"U.S. Baha'is Ask Iran's President: Does His Call for Religion and Liberty Apply to Baha'is?"
"The Return of the "White Buffalo Calf Woman": Prophecy of the Lakota"
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "hands.html"
"youth2.html"
"youth3.html"
"youth4.html"
"youth5.html"
"Issues Concerning Community Functioning"
Compilations: "Extracts from Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi on Fostering the Development of Baha'i Communities"
Book Reviews: Will van den Hoonaard: "The Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada, 1898-1948"
Notable Talks: Peter Khan: "A Talk on the Four-Year Plan"
Lee Brown: "North American Indian Prophecies"
Pilgrims' Notes: Ruhaniyyih Ruth Moffett, Pilgrim's Notes parts 2 and 3
Added directory Notable Talks.
Moved 7 files from old directory of Talks and Essays to new directory
Added directory Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies.
Moved 7 files from old directory of Letters from the Universal House of Justice to new directory
Compilations: Quotations on Pilgrims' Notes
Newspaper Articles: "Race unity is still the most challenging issue!"
Pilgrims' Notes: Sara Kenny: "Pilgrim Notes"
Marion Hofman: "Pilgrim Notes of Marion Holley Hofman"
Gayle Woolson: "Haifa Notes"
Ramona Brown: "Haifa Notes"
Added brief bio notes to and updated and corrected many Pilgrims' Notes
Letters and Essays: Ruhiyyih Khanum: "Letter to the 'Ecole des Jeunes May Bolles Maxwell Conference'"
Ramona Brown: "Pilgrim's Notes about Shoghi Effendi"
Ruhaniyyih Ruth Moffett: "Revealing Haifa Notes and Directives by Our Guardian"
Historical Documents: "Letter from Shidan Fathe-Aazam"
Encyclopedia Articles: Stephen Lambden: "The Greatest Name"
Pilgrims' Notes: "Anonymous 1953 Note"
Mabel Hyde Paine: "Excerpts from Notes on Shoghi Effendi's Table Talk"
Ben Levy: "Pilgrim's Notes"
Alice Dudley: "Notes on Pilgrimage to Haifa"
Valera Allen: "Haifa Impressions"
Valera Allen et al.: "Brief Valera Allen notes"
Bernard Leach: Pilgrim's Notes excerpts
Ruhiyyih Khanum: "Quote from letter of Ruhiyyih Khanum"
Edith McClaren: "Pilgrim's Notes"
Two Pilgrims' Notes letters from Jessie E. Revell
Academic Articles: Stephen Lambden: "The Word Bahá: Quintessence of the Greatest Name"
Sandra Fotos and Lynn Hansen: "Investigating Spiritualization: Noticing, Processing and the Function of Time--Empirical Evidence for a Cognitive Model"
Moojan Momen: "Fundamentalism and Liberalism: Towards an Understanding of the Dichotomy"
Seena Fazel: "Intro to Abdu'l-Baha's Interview with Pasteur Monnier on Christianity"
Provisional Translations: "Abdu'l-Baha's Interview with Christianity"
Provisional Translations: "Abdu'l-Baha's Interview with Pasteur Monnier on Christianity," trans. Khazeh Fananapazir and anonymous.
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "pilgrims.notes.html"
"orange.tree.html"
"uhj.to.reg.councils.html"
Iranian National Spiritual Assembly: "banning.bahais.in.iran.html"
US National Spiritual Assembly: "nsa.race.unity.html"

December, 1997

Added Bulletin Board
Pilgrims Notes: "Clara Edge Notes"
"Conversations with Shoghi Effendi"
Provisionals: Abdu'l-Baha: "Prayer for Fathers"
"Parallel Translation of the Kitab-i-Aqdas"
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "inauthentic.tablets.html"
Book Reviews: Cybele Sohrab: "Review of Asking Questions et al."
Academic Articles: Mark Foster: "Neo-Platonism: Framework for a Baha'i Ontology"
Essays and Talks: Ralph Wagner: "Leacock's Parody on 'Abdu'l-Baha"
Pilgrims Notes: "The Pilgrimage of Louis G. Gregory"
"The Maxwell Notes, volume 2"
Provisionals: "Multilinear Translation of the Kitab-i-Aqdas"
"Selection of tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha addressed to Louis G. Gregory"
Letters of the Universal House of Justice: "napoleon.victoria.html"
"regional.election.html"
Compilations: Seena Fazel: "Compilation on Scholarship"
Articles: Trevor Finch: "Unclipping the Wings: A Survey of Literature on Baha'i Perspectives on Women"
Phillip Smith: "The Baha'i Faith and Religious Diversity"
Udo Schaefer: "The Balance Hath Been Appointed Some Thoughts on the Kitab-i-Aqdas"
Seena Fazel and John Danesh: "Baha'i Scholarship: Citation Analysis"

November, 1997

Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "translation.subsisting.html"
"cbs.online.html"
"persian.believers.html"
"poets.html"
"c-breakers.and.remey.html"
"krishna.qayyum.html"
Compilations: "Guidance to Poets" and "Extracts from the Baha'i Writings on the Subject of Writers and Writing"
Letters and Essays: William Collins: "nineteen.response.html"
Articles: Universal House of Justice: "Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him"
Resource Tools: Posted the complete, revised, and fully formatted Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Baha'i Faith, written by Robert Stockman and Jonah Winters for the Research Office of the United States Baha'i National Center. Hard copies of this are now on sale: see ordering information.
Book reviews: "Review of Ethel Rosenberg: The Life and Times of England's Outstanding Pioneering Worker"
"Review of Community Histories (Studies in Babi and Baha'i Religions; Volume 6)"
"Review of Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm"
Encyclopedia Articles: Juan Cole: "Biography of Baha'u'llah"
Juan Cole: "Tablets to the Rulers"
John Walbridge: "Mulla `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib)"
Provisional translations: The Bab: "The Persian Bayan," trans Denis MacEoin
The Bab: "The Qayyum al-Asma Sura 93," trans. Todd Lawsan
Added directory, "Topical Compilations of Baha'i Writings"
Compilations: "Homosexuality"
"Photographs of Baha'u'llah"
"Writings of Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of the Faith"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "king.james.bible.html"
"fundamental.verities.html"
"meaning.of.huruf.html"
"cbreakers.photo.html"
"zoroaster.date.html"
"homosexuality.discussion.html"
"internet.newsgroups.html"
"wives.bahaullah.html"
Provisional Translations: Baha'u'llah: "Tablet on Zoroaster"
Essays and Talks: Glenford Mitchell: "Remembering Shoghi Effendi as Interpreter, part 1"
Various: "The Baha'i Faith and Sexuality"

October, 1997

Court documents: "Imbrie Affair personal interview"
Book Reviews: Gardeners of God: An Encounter with Five Million Baha'is
Articles: Roxanne Lalonde: "Unity in Diversity: Acceptance and Integration in an Era of Intolerance and Fragmentation"
Newspaper articles: Amanda Enayati: "Not Black, Not White"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: Two reports, "iran.deaths.html"
"dancing.feast.html"
"challenge.uhj.html"
Essays and Talks: Amelia Collins' "Tribute to Shoghi Effendi"
Newspaper Articles: "Baha'is in the Workplace"
"Iranian High School Student Baha'i Refugee"
"Happy birthday to the Baha'i Temple"
Pilgrim's Notes (all keyboarded by Robert Stauffer):
Completed posting of volume one of "Maxwell Notes"
"Our Pilgrimage to Haifa" by the Beasleys
Essays and talks: "talk given by Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas"
Peter Khan, "The Nature of Tests"
My Other Publications: Added corrected and expanded conclusion to thesis "Dying for God."
Articles: Kavian Sadeghzade Milani and Leila Rassekh Milani: "The Dalíl-i-taqrír and the Hujjiyyat-i-ayát: An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics."

September, 1997

Books: The Baha'i Faith and Marxism: Seven articles. Articles also listed individually under Articles.
My other publications My master's thesis: Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi religions.
Essays and talks: Paul Dodenhoff: "The Baha'i Faith and the New Age Movement."
newspaper articles: Moojan Momen: "Towards the Millennium"
"Human Rights Watch Report" on Baha'is in Iran
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "gaia.html"
"arc.1987.html"
"arc.1991.html"
"arc.1994.html"
Provisions and Compilations "Compilation from the Writings of Baha'u'llah and the Writings and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Baha on the subject of nature"
Added directory Draft Encyclopedia Articles.
Transferred articles from other directories to this one.
Encyclopedia Articles: "Circumpolar Regions (arctic)"
"Community, Baha'i"
"Family Life"
"Prejudice and Discrimination"
"Schopflocher, Siegfried"
"Netherlands, Baha'i Faith in"
"Registry of Early Canadian Believers"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "women.only.meetings.html"
Articles: Will C. van den Hoonard: "Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History"
"Chaos as Metaphor for the Study of Social Processes in the Post-modern World: A Bahá'í Illustration"
"The Broad Contours of the Canadian Bahá'í Community"
"The Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Case Study in the Transplantation of non-Western religious movements to Western societies"
"The Question of Gender in Canadian Baha'i History"
"Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Canadian Baha'i Community"
Letters and Essays: Will C. van den Hoonaard: "Inside The Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada: A Personal Narrative"

August, 1997

UHJ letters:"house.guardian.html"
"huququllah.questions.html"
"legislating prayer.html"
"translation.and.review.html"
Pilgrims' Notes:"The Maxwell Notes"
Essays and talks: "Chasm of Belief"
Added directory The Bin, so that my ever-growing queue of files can be made available to the visitor as they wait ever-longer times before being edited and posted.
Added my queue of 40 or so rough files to The Bin
Newspaper articles: "Israeli Bomb Victim Buried" (two articles)
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "goddess.feminine.html"
"translation.and.review.html"
Database of Baha'i Scholars completed and posted
Resources: "Description of Baha'i Internet Resources"
Added directory, Books
Added The Chosen Highway to Books
Academic Articles: Negar Motahedeh: "Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht."

July, 1997

Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "vision.html," the highly significant letter to the US community of May 19, 1994
Tony Lee's posting of Corinne True's original letter, with his commentary, regarding the UHJ letter "umumi.html"
Sen McGlinn's original query on and background to Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Ishraqat, appended to the UHJ's response "ishraqat.html."
Provisionals: A "Talk Given at the Chicago Plaza Hotel" by Abdu'l-Baha
Academic articles: Foad Shadjai: "History of and notes on Baha'u'llah's Suriy-i-Ghusn, the Tablet of the Branch"
Juan Cole: "commentary on `Abdu'l-Baha's Risalih-'i Siyasiyyih"
Denis MacEoin, "Still Lives"
Newspaper articles: "San Jose Baha'i Community Commemorates Prophet's Death"
Letters and essays: William Garlington, "Daya Ram Malviya's letter"
Various: five postings on "Is the Baha'i Faith a "World Religion" or a 'New Religious Movement'?"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "ashchi.letter.html"
"iran.emmigrants.html"
Histories: "Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali"
Academic articles: Denis MacEoin: "Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Shari'a: the Babi and Baha'i Solutions to the Problem of Immutability"
New index, Court documents and other government-related material, added. Three pieces moved from index "newspapers..." to this new index "Court documents."
Court documents: three pieces on the "Imbrie Affair"
Letters from the Universal House of Justice: "Dancing in the Haziratu'l-Quds"
"African Americans in the US."
Local search engine installed. Comprehensive link directories installed on every index page.
This "what's new" page was added.
A survey of Baha'i Academics and Scholars sent to listservers;
"Database of Baha'i Scholars" established

July 1, 1997

The Baha'i Academics Resource Area was moved from its previous site at the University of Toronto to a commercial ISP in Toronto, www.interlog.com/~winters .
(no "what's new" records kept at this time)

February, 1997

The Baha'i Academics Resource Library was established on my personal student account at the server chass.utoronto.ca/~jwinters .
(no "what's new" records kept at this time)

see the current "What's New" page for a list of additions from the previous year

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