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  1. Posted 2023-09-26, in Essays and short articles:   Harry Liedtke. Greenland Promise, The (2012). Commentary on the misunderstood prediction of Abdu'l-Bahá that Greenland would one day become green again. [about]
  2. Posted 2023-09-26, in Essays and short articles:   Harry Liedtke. Thousand Years Must Elapse: Examining a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2022). Commentary on a tablet by 'Abdu'l-Baha that addresses the present debasement of Persia and its future glory, and the Western world. [about]
  3. Posted 2023-09-25, in Biographies:   Koumarth Sulaymani. Brief Biography of 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani, A (2007). Overview of the life and publications of a prominent Iranian scholar (1901-1985) who wrote on history, philosophy, and theology, and was especially known for his biographies of 99 Bahá'ís in the ten-volume series Masabih-i-Hidayat. [about]
  4. Posted 2023-09-25, in Published Articles:   Samsul Hidayat. Indonesian Bahá'í Community's Perspective on Gender Equality, in Al-Albab 12:1 (2023). On the concept of gender equality in Indonesian context from a Bahá'í perspective; Bahá'ís view gender differences only from biological factors; differences are due to the cultures of the people, not patriarchal ideology like in the Indonesian tradition. [about]
  5. Posted 2023-09-25, in Historical documents:   Azizu'llah Sulaymani. مصابیح هدایت (Masabih-i-Hidayat): "Lights of Guidance" (1948). Biographies of 99 prominent Bahá'ís from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 and 1976. [about]
  6. Posted 2023-09-23, in Personal compilations:   Greeting Alláh-u-Abhá, The (2023). Short but thorough compilation on the use of the greeting Alláh-u-Abhá, "God is the Most Glorious." [about]
  7. Posted 2023-09-23, in Visual Materials:   Interiors of the Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in Bahá'í World Vol. 3 (1928-1930) (1930). Five pictures of the shrines of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [about]
  8. Posted 2023-09-23, in Unpublished Articles:   Adel Shafipour. تاريخ امرئی بهايی روشنکوه: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Roshankoh (2022). History of the Faith in an Iranian town (also transliterated Roshankouh, Roshan Kouh, and Rowshan Kuh), known recently for the destruction of Bahá'í homes in August 2021. [about]
  9. Posted 2023-09-22, in Poetry:   Adelbert Muhlschlegel. Adelbert Mühlschlegel: Seine Gedichte in zwei Sprachen: His Poetry in Two Languages (2010). Overview of the life of this Hand of the Cause, written by his daughter and son-in-law, and a selection of 31 poems, with the original German and English translation presented side-by-side. [about]
  10. Posted 2023-09-22, in Books:   Harry Liedtke. Humanity and the Universe: Mirror of the Unknown (1996). A study of the origin and nature of the universe in light of Bahá'í texts; creation and evolution; cosmology and life in the universe; technological progress; science and religion; the nature of time, our senses, and free will. [about]
  11. Posted 2023-09-21, in NSA Compilations:   Shoghi Effendi and Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity (2022). Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U.S., Iran, and the world; reasons for the Bahá’í stance against partisan activity and its approach to social change; Bahá'í use of social media. [about]
  12. Posted 2023-09-21, in Essays and short articles:   Harry Liedtke. Jalal Khazeh Remembered (2023). Memory of meeting a Hand of the Cause of God at the first Bahá'í World Congress, April 28, 1963, and a brief tangent on the history of Royal Albert Hall, London. [about]
  13. Posted 2023-09-21, in Published Articles:   Ali Akhbar Abaib Mas Rabbani Lubis and Sulaiman. Politics of Recognition, Society, and Law, The: The Role of Muslim Society and the Kubu Raya Local Government in the Struggle of the Bahá'ís, in Millah: Journal of Religious Studies 21:3 (2022). The experience of Bahá'ís in Indonesia, specifically the region of Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, where they face rejection in society and restrictions on civil rights; relationships between the Baha’is and the majority Muslim community and local government. [about]
  14. Posted 2023-09-21, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community, in The American Bahá'í (1991). Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American Bahá’í community, and suggestions for personal action. (Letter dated Dec. 24 1990, published March 1991.) [about]
  15. Posted 2023-09-20, in Newspaper articles:   Abdel Karim Effendi: He Visits America and Sets Aside the False Teachings of Dr. Kheiralla, in Star of the Magi: A Monthly Journal of Occult Science, Art and Philosophy 1:9 (1900). A short account in a non-Bahá'í periodical of Haji Abdu'l-Karim Effendi's visit to New York in May 1900 to counter Ibrahim Kheiralla's actions against the Covenant. [about]
  16. Posted 2023-09-20, in Unpublished Articles:   Bahman Nadimi. Bahá'í View on Biological Evolution: Exploring Bahá'í Perspectives on the Intersection of Theology and Science (2023). Intersection of theology and science; philosophers of the past; 'Abdu’l-Bahá's and Shoghi Effendi's comparisons of Eastern and Western philosophers and their statements on science; metaphysical principles; moral implications of the evolutionary model. [about]
  17. Posted 2023-09-20, in Published Articles:   Todd Lawson. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The, in Religions 12:8 (2021). On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths: the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Religion, and the Oneness of Humanity. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  18. Posted 2023-09-20, in Unpublished Articles:   Pierre Daoust. La Condition Humaine: âme, raison, conscience (2023). Cet article propose un tour d'horizon des Écrits sur les notions d'âme, de raison et de conscience et en tire des conclusions sur la condition et la noblesse de l'être humain. [about]
  19. Posted 2023-09-20, in Unpublished Articles:   Filip Boicu. Notes on Uncertainty & the World: Theories for Social Change? A Framing (2023). On what theories are dominant in a particular setting via the use of a basic grid; social and religious applications; religions, social change, and strategies for growth; gaps in existing Bahá'í literature. [about]
  20. Posted 2023-09-20, in Published Articles:   Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration, in Routledge Companion to the Qur'an chapter 17 (2022). Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Bahá'í teachings on the typologies of proclamation and apocalypse. [about]
  21. Posted 2023-09-20, in Book Reviews:   Todd Lawson. Translator of Desires: Poems by Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabí, trans. by Michael Sells: Review, in Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabi Society 72 (2022). Book review includes a brief discussion of the word tarjumán, "translation" (and the name of a Bahá'í email list), and touches on themes relevant to the Bahá'í Writings, but contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths. [about]
  22. Posted 2023-09-19, in Pilgrims' notes:   Jeanne Kranen. A Pilgrimage Excerpt from the Story of Jeanne Kranen (2013). [about]
  23. Posted 2023-09-19, in Essays and short articles:   Horace Holley. Angel in the Garrison, The, in Star of the West 14:11 and 14:12 (1924). An essay critiquing modern psychology's materialistic approach, advocating a shift in consciousness towards spiritual understanding, and referencing the story of Job as a metaphor for spiritual transformation. [about]
  24. Posted 2023-09-19, in Biographies:   Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. Memoirs of Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein (1999). Memoirs of the first pioneer to Famagusta (as requested by Shoghi Effendi to pioneer from the City of the Covenant to the City of the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant), and pilgrim to Haifa in December 1953. First written June 1985, completed April 1999. [about]
  25. Posted 2023-09-18, in Fiction:   Dana Paxson. Out of Plato's Cave: A Dream Journey of Science, Philosophy, and Spirit, Featuring Crashes of Memoir, Dashes of Song and Rhyme, Florid Stagings of Drama, Wise Birds, Hungry Beasts, and a Garnish of Rebellious Footnotery (2017). Book-length essay on the consistency of science and religion, treated as a work of fiction about the journey of the main character Will, who is accompanied by the mysterious Jeddin and other strange beings; includes many selections from the Writings. [about]
  26. Posted 2023-09-13, in Book excerpts:   Richard N. Frye. Persia (1968). Excerpt from a book on the history of Iran. Includes mention of Bahá'í schools in the early twentieth century. [about]
  27. Posted 2023-09-12, in Book excerpts:   Dorothy de Warzee. Peeps Into Persia (1913). Brief mention of the Bahá'í Faith in a travelogue about Persia. [about]
  28. Posted 2023-09-07, in Unpublished Articles:   Ted Brownstein. Black and Beautiful: Skin Color in the Biblical Song of Songs (2023). Racial biases can be found in several translations of the biblical Song of Solomon; a look at the original Hebrew from the perspectives of morphology and syntax can give insights into a contextually accurate translation of these controversial passages. [about]
  29. Posted 2023-09-06, in Book excerpts:   Archie Bell. Meeting a Prophet, in The Spell of the Holy Land (1915). Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Bahá at the Sea of Galilee. [about]
  30. Posted 2023-09-03, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Historical Background of the Lawh-i-Aflákíyyih, Tablet of the Universe (2014). One-paragraph summary of the date and addressee of Abdu'l-Bahá's Lawḥ-i-Aflákíyyih / Lawḥ-i-Áfáqíyyih (Tablet of the Universe), with short list of scholarly references. [about]
  31. Posted 2023-09-03, in Newspaper articles:   Moshe Gilad. 'This Place Has a Major Historical Value Since Prophet Elijah. How Can They Do This?', in Haaretz (2023). An Israeli army base is set to be vacated in Haifa's Stella Maris area, which houses a Carmelite monastery and a Bahá'í holy site. Residents are horrified at the idea of turning such a rich historical site into housing. [about]
  32. Posted 2023-09-02, in Book excerpts:   Richard G. Badger. Mahdi in Persia and Syria, The, in Messiahs Christian and Pagan (1918). Extract on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths, in a book exploring the concept of the Mahdi, a messianic figure in Islamic tradition. [about]
  33. Posted 2023-09-02, in Book excerpts:   Merwin Bannister. Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century (1904). Brief mention of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  34. Posted 2023-09-02, in Book excerpts:   James Bassett. Persia: The Land of the Imams (1886). Brief mention of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths. [about]
  35. Posted 2023-08-25, in Book Reviews:   Tom Lysaght. Body of God: A Reader's Guide to Bahá'u'lláh's Surih of the Temple, by John Hatcher: Review (2023). Review of John Hatcher's book about Bahá'u'lláh's Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple). [about]
  36. Posted 2023-08-25, in Poetry:   Jalal Sunstrum. Chase's Chaste Chase: Poems (2023). Twelve poems on the theme of facing reality on our way to the promised land of world peace and joy. The title is in honor of Thornton Chase. [about]
  37. Posted 2023-08-25, in Published Articles:   Shahrzad Sabet. Crisis of Identity, The, in Bahá'í World (2023). Exploring how the Bahá’í principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractable tension between oneness and diversity. [about]
  38. Posted 2023-08-25, in Book excerpts:   List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Arabia and the Arabs, Arabic Philosophy, Science and Literature, in Bulletin of the New York Public Library Vol. 15:1 (January 1911) (1911). A single entry "Daghistani" and a section "Muhammadanism / Sects / Babis." [about]
  39. Posted 2023-08-25, in Book excerpts:   List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Persia: Babism and Behaism, in Bulletin of the New York Public Library (1915). Section "Religion / Parsees / Babism and Behaism." [about]
  40. Posted 2023-08-25, in Software:   David William House. Microsoft Word Autocorrect Tool for Bahá'í Words (2018). A set of about 180 proper nouns encountered in the Bahá'í Faith, which can be added to the custom dictionary in Microsoft Word to help automate their orthography and transliteration. [about]
  41. Posted 2023-08-25, in Published Articles:   Benjamin Schewel. Modernity as an Age of Transition, in Bahá'í World (2023). Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern age of transition; ideological frustration; toward a new horizon of research and intellectual activity. [about]
  42. Posted 2023-08-25, in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. Principios de Administración Bahá'í (Una compilación) (1961). Spanish translation of Principles of Bahá'í Administration [about]
  43. Posted 2023-08-25, in Published Articles:   Roshan Danesh and Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation, in Bahá'í World (2023). Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted process of social transformation that genuine reconciliation implies. [about]
  44. Posted 2023-08-24, in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018). 80 selections, updated August 2023. [about]
  45. Posted 2023-08-24, in Books:   Chowghi Rouhani. Bahá'u'lláh et le Carmel (2017). Bahá’u’lláh honore la terre sainte; la révélation de la Tablette du Carmel; la grande resurrection; la levée des scellés al-rahiq-ul-makhtoom; le mystère des quatre lettres saintes; Shoghi Effendi et le projet du Carmel; le centre administratif mondial. [about]
  46. Posted 2023-08-24, in Published Articles:   Salim A. Nakhjavani. Constitutional Coherence and the Legal Status of the Bahá'í Community of Iran, in FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 70 (2016). Constitutional coherence as a process norm; unfulfilled constitutional promises; aspects of the Iranian constitution and the lived experience of the Bahá'í community. [about]
  47. Posted 2023-08-24, in Published Articles:   Michael Sabet. Democracy Built on Communicative Action, A: Bahá'í Political Practice as a Prefigurative Resource for Institutional Effectiveness, Accountability, and Inclusivity, in Frontiers in Sociolology 8 (2023). Habermas' mode for coordinating society grounded in deliberation; the critical role of prefigurative politics; the Bahá'í community demonstrates effective norms and practices; [about]
  48. Posted 2023-08-24, in Biographies:   Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and Rowshan Mustapha. Enoch Olinga: Hand of the Cause of God (2001). Lengthy biography of a Hand of the Cause, published in the In Memoriam section of Bahá'í World (1986), followed by a separate section "Enoch Olinga, Reminiscences of Moments with Him," by Rowshan Mustapha. [about]
  49. Posted 2023-08-24, in Books:   Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum and Rowshan Mustapha. Enoch Olinga: Main de la cause de Dieu (2006). French version of Ruhiyyih Khanum's "Enoch Olinga, Hand of the Cause of God" (Bahá'í World 18, 1986). Followed by a separate translation of Rowshan Mustapha's "Enoch Olinga, Reminiscences of Moments with Him." Translation anonymous or by committee. [about]
  50. Posted 2023-08-24, in Essays and short articles:   Grover Gonzales. God, the Conscious Energy (2023). Thoughts on the transference between matter and energy, the energetic nature of miracles, science and religion, Einstein's equation E=mc2, and Bahá'u'lláh's explanations of the First Cause and the divine creative force. [about]
  51. Posted 2023-08-24, in Published Articles:   Saman Sabeti. Iran's Systemic Denial of Access to Higher Education, in FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 84 (2017). Discrimination as embedded in the Iranian Constitution and in higher education since 1979; dismissal and expulsion; exclusion by application form; exclusion by process; how the victims have responded. [about]
  52. Posted 2023-08-24, in Published Articles:   Bani Dugal. Non-Governmental Perspective on the Relative Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Measures to Combat Hate Speech, A: An Analysis of Tools Deployed in Response to Religious Hate Speech in Iran, in Religion, Hateful Expression and Violence 41:23 (2023). International Human Rights framework; Iran's obligations under international law; history of Bahá'í persecution; connections between media, propaganda, and violence; reactions and responses to hate speech from the United Nations and the global community. [about]
  53. Posted 2023-08-24, in Books:   Kenneth D. Stephens. So Great a Cause!: A Surprising New Look at the Latter Day Saints (1973). A thorough overview of parallels in the thought of Mormonism and the Bahá'í Faith. Book offsite, available free online as a temporary loan. [about]
  54. Posted 2023-08-24, in Published Articles:   Tadeja Jere Jakulin. Systems Approach in the World Heritage Site Bahá'í Gardens, in Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal 16:1 (2023). Functioning and management of the Bahá'í gardens in harmony with the social environment, the natural surroundings, pilgrims, and tourists; the interplay between theory and the practical application of systems thinking for tourism and UNESCO heritage. [about]
  55. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Mina Yazdani and Omid Ghaemmaghami. Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism, An: The Case of Abu'l-Fadá'il-i-Gulpáyigání and E.G. Browne, in Religions 14:6 (2023). Gulpaygani’s analysis of Orientalism as presented in his book Kashfu'l-Ghitá', which focused on the Cambridge scholar E.G. Browne and how his worldview prefigured that of Edward Said; colonial power relations. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  56. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Zackery Mirza Heern. Báb and 'Alí Muhammad, Islamic and Post-Islamic, The: Multiple Meanings in the Writings of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad Shírází (1819-1850), in Religions 14:3 (2023). Writings of the Báb can be understood as a commentary on the Qur'án, the original Qur'án, and divine revelation; the metaphors and symbolism of Gate (Báb), Remembrance (Dhikr), and Point (Nuqtah). Link to article (offsite). [about]
  57. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. Báb on the Rights of Women, The, in Religions 14:6 (2023). Statements of the Báb on issues such as mutʿah and tahlíl marriages, polygyny, bridal consent, divorce and spousal relations, and their significance for the rights of women in Muslim juridical opinions and social customs. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  58. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Wendi Momen. Bahá'í Faith and the Equality, Rights, and Advancement of Women, The: A Survey of Principles, Praxis, and Discourse, in Religions 14:4 (2023). Equality of women and men; education, advancement, and rights of women and girls; their application within the Bahá’í community; Bahá'í individual and institutional efforts to influence the international discourse on women. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  59. Posted 2023-08-23, in Books:   Rowshan Mustapha. Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, The: A Historical Survey of the First Twelve Decades (2023). Detailed chronology and lengthy chapters on Bahá'u'lláh's blessings to Egypt, Abdu'l-Bahá's travels, the origins of the Egyptian Bahá'í community, teaching plans, and growth of the administration 1911 through 1981. [about]
  60. Posted 2023-08-23, in Books:   Bahá'í Faith, The: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations, in Religions 14 (2023). Twelve articles in a special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations" of the journal Religions, volume 14 (sub-issue numbers 3, 4, and 6). Links to articles offsite. [about]
  61. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Last Prophet and Last Day: Shaykhí, Bábí and Bahá'í Exegesis of the 'Seal of the Prophets' (Q. 33:40), in Religions 14:3 (2023). Survey and analysis of viewpoints on the meaning of "Seal of the Prophets"; the prophetic cycle and cycle of fulfillment; metaphorical and spiritual understandings of the "divine presence." Link to article (offsite). [about]
  62. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Sholeh A. Quinn. Mi'ráj in Select Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í Texts, The, in Religions 14:3 (2023). The ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven, and commentary on its meanings by religious leaders associated with the the Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í movements. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  63. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Todd Lawson. Role of Wonder in Creating Identity, The, in Religions 14:6 (2023). The term badí', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Báb in his proclamatory work the Qayyúm al-Asmáʾ. Wonder plays a major role in Bábí and Bahá'í thought and practice, and in their ethos and message. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  64. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Tova Makhani-Belkin. 'This Is a Progression, Not Conversion': Narratives of First-Generation Bahá'ís, in Religions 14:3 (2023). Unlike personal transformation experiences in Christianity, religious conversion to the Bahá'í Faith is more often described as a gradual personal and spiritual growth analogous to progressive revelation. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  65. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Stephen Lambden. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A, in Religions 14:3 (2023). Translation of and commentary on the Shí'í "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadán, and its symbolic exploration in Bábí and Bahá'í texts. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  66. Posted 2023-08-23, in Published Articles:   Moojan Momen. Who Was a Bahá'í in the Upper Echelons of Qájár Iran?, in Religions 14:4 (2023). The nature of multiple religious identities in a traditional society; five criteria by which many individuals can be identified as having secretly been Bahá'ís in the ruling society and administration of Qájár Iran. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  67. Posted 2023-08-17, in BIC Documents:   Bahá'í International Community. One Planet, One Habitation: A Bahá'í Perspective on Recasting Humanity's Relationship with the Natural World (2022). A pictorial magazine-style overview of Bahá'í views on the environment, trusteeship, development, progress, and spirituality. [about]
  68. Posted 2023-08-16, in BWC Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá. To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages (2023). The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the principles of consultation; addressing challenges. [about]
  69. Posted 2023-08-15, in Essays and short articles:   Geoffrey Nash. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry?, in Bahá'í World Vol. 17 (1976-1979) (1981). The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Bahá'í poetry; the use of profane imagery. [about]
  70. Posted 2023-08-15, in Published Articles:   Geoffrey Nash. Impact of Fear and Authority on Islamic and Bahá'í Modernisms in the Late Modern Age, The: A Liberal Perspective, in Religions 6 (2015). Anthony Giddens and Charles Taylor’s conceptualisation of the self in the secular age; rationality, independent inquiry, and theophanic transformation; suggestions for a progressive religious approach in late modernity. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  71. Posted 2023-08-15, in Unpublished Articles:   Geoffrey Nash. Oppression and Universalism in Selected Palestinian and Bahá'í Poetry: A Contrastive Analysis (2022). Contrast of literatures informed by dispossession and oppression; the thought and context of Bahá'í poet Robert Hayden (1913-80) and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008); martyrdom; universal humanism. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  72. Posted 2023-08-15, in Book Reviews:   Dietrich Jung. Religion, Orientalism and Modernity: Mahdi Movements of Iran and South Asia, by Geoffrey Nash: Review (2023). Link to review (offsite). [about]
  73. Posted 2023-08-15, in Published Articles:   Geoffrey Nash. What is Bahá'í Orientalism?, in Humanities 10:2 (2021). Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual othering; power and knowledge are linked in the production of Orientalist discourse. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  74. Posted 2023-08-10, in Unpublished Articles:   Adib Masumian. Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha'sha' (The Tablet of the Effulgent Praise), The: A Little-Known but Significant Early Writing of Bahá'u'lláh (2023). The Lawḥ-i-Ḥamd-i-Musha‘sha‘ is a Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh from the early 1850s which gives evidence of His nascent theophany. This paper proposes dates for its revelation, discusses the historical context, and gives an analysis of selected passages. [about]
  75. Posted 2023-08-09, in Published Articles:   Gerald Filson. Mind: "The Power of the Human Spirit", in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:3-4 (2023). Correlating Bahá’í concepts of the mind with insights from philosophy; conceptual ways of knowing; implications of language for philosophy of mind; science and religion both shed light on the capacities and nature of the mind, including the spiritual. [about]
  76. Posted 2023-08-09, in Published Articles:   John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:3-4 (2023). Though Bahá'í teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical brain is essential to our development; emotional processing requires a healthy brain; the brain-as-transceiver model can help treat affective disorders. [about]
  77. Posted 2023-08-08, in BIC Documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Beyond Legal Reforms: Culture and Capacity in the Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls (2006). Statement on the epidemic of violence against women around the world, as perpetuated by social norms, religious fanaticism, and economic and political exploitation; necessary educational objectives and legal frameworks. [about]
  78. Posted 2023-08-08, in Books:   Bahá'u'lláh. Glad Tidings of Bahá'u'lláh, The: Being Extracts from the Sacred Writings of the Bahá'ís (1949). A compilation with some notes, on the topics of building the world, God’s command and exhortation, proclamation of the day of God, and the journey of the soul. [about]
  79. Posted 2023-08-08, in Book Reviews:   Jack McLean. The Life of Laura Barney, by Mona Khademi: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:3-4 (2023). [about]
  80. Posted 2023-08-08, in Book Reviews:   Michael Sabet. The World of the Bahá'í Faith, ed. Robert H. Stockman: Review, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:3-4 (2023). [about]
  81. Posted 2023-08-04, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Áqá Buzurg, Entitled Badí "The Wonderful" (2023). Áqá Buzurg and Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Sultán; Tablet to Badí from Bahá'u'lláh; the Pride of the Martyrs of the Bahá'í Faith; excerpts from the Lawh-i-Sultán. [about]
  82. Posted 2023-08-04, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Ásíyih Khánum Called Navváb, Entitled Varaqiy-i-Ulyá "The Most Exalted Leaf," the Wife of Bahá'u'lláh (2023). The story of Bahá'u'lláh's wife Ásíyih Khánum, entitled Navváb (1820–1886), covering her life in Iran, Baghdád, Istanbul, Adrianople, and 'Akká. [about]
  83. Posted 2023-08-04, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Family of Mullá Husayn, The (2023). The life, context, and times of Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú’í (1813-1849), the Bábu'l-Báb, "Gate of the Gate." [about]
  84. Posted 2023-08-04, in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal. Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, Entitled Vahíd "The Incomparable" (2023). The Commissioner of Muhammad Sháh; Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran; the episodes of Yazd and Nayríz. [about]
  85. Posted 2023-08-03, in BIC Documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition (2021). A statement to the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development on technological innovation, consultation on technological adoption, and working inclusively between communities and governments. [about]
  86. Posted 2023-08-03, in Theses:   Mina Yazdani. Religious Contentions in Modern Iran, 1881-1941 (2011). In 20th-century Iran, anti-Bahaism played a role in transforming Shi'i religious piety into the political ideology known as Islamism; Bahá'ís became branded as Iran's internal "other"; role of The Confessions of Dolgoruki. Link to thesis (offsite). [about]
  87. Posted 2023-07-18, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers (2010). One short paragraph which explains that it is acceptable to substitute "and make him" with "and make me" when reciting prayers. It is also acceptable to omit the prefatory "Say" in invocations. [about]
  88. Posted 2023-07-18, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Permission to Change Pronouns in Private Prayer (2022). Bahá'u'lláh's permission to change the pronoun when reciting a prayer (e.g. from "him" to "me") should be applied only when it is recited in private and only by changing the third person to the first, where appropriate. [about]
  89. Posted 2023-07-11, in Unpublished Articles:   Filip Boicu. Feed-back Mechanisms in the Bahá'í Community and the Need for a Global Knowledge Architecture, The (2023). Checks and balances and information-sharing between the Appointed and the Elected Arms; feedback from Bahá’í scholarship, individuals, and grass-roots; outside expertise and partners; The Knowledge Game. [about]
  90. Posted 2023-07-10, in Published Articles:   Promilla Kapur. Principle of Fundamental Oneness, The, in The Lab, the Temple, and the Market (2000). The teachings of Hinduism offer a resource for integrated development; a personal perspective of work with the International Development Research Centre; Vedanta; the Self and development; science and Hinduism; Ramakrishna; Gandhi; Sri Aurobindo. [about]
  91. Posted 2023-07-10, in Published Articles:   Farzam Arbab. Promoting a Discourse on Science, Religion, and Development, in The Lab, the Temple, and the Market (2000). Personal experiences leading to work in the field of development; rural-urban balance; religion and spirituality; the state and the market; faith and reason; spiritual principles and epistemology; transfer of technology; universities and education. [about]
  92. Posted 2023-07-10, in Published Articles:   Azizan Baharuddin. Rediscovering the Resources of Religion, in The Lab, the Temple, and the Market (2000). Islamic perspectives on science and development; peace; experiential processes in religion; the role of metaphysics; the definition of "development." [about]
  93. Posted 2023-07-10, in Published Articles:   Gregory Baum. Solidarity with the Poor, in The Lab, the Temple, and the Market (2000). Roman-Catholic ideas of development; the World Bank and religion; social-science research and secularism; papal encyclicals concerning development. [about]
  94. Posted 2023-07-10, in Books:   The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Development (2000). Essays on what faith, science, and international development have to offer one another; how religion affects globalization, peace, and the environment; how the roles and world views of science, religion, and development intersect in different cultures. [about]
  95. Posted 2023-07-09, in Unpublished Articles:   Pierre Daoust. La translittération bahá'íe: pourquoi, comment (2023). Cet article explique pourquoi il est important de bien translittérer les mots arabes et comment le faire en pratique à l'aide de quelques exemples. [about]
  96. Posted 2023-07-08, in Published Articles:   Daniel Conner. Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, in World Order 6:2 (1971). Brief summary of the history and thought of Buddhism; commonalities with Western concepts; different emphases placed on ethics vs. metaphysics; aspects of social control. [about]
  97. Posted 2023-07-08, in BIC Documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Employment and Beyond: Drawing on the Capacities of All to Contribute to Society (2023). A statement to the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development inspired by the changing nature of work over the coming decades. [about]
  98. Posted 2023-07-08, in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Extract from a Tablet Regarding Palmistry (n.d.). Two versions of a statement that "we cannot be surprised if some proofs are discovered by the lines in the palms of the hands which tend to unfold the facts of the present and the future." [about]
  99. Posted 2023-07-08, in Published Articles:   Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. Hope and Resilience: The Application of Spiritual Principles to Community Life (2021). On how communities use concepts and principles such as the oneness of humankind and interconnectedness with nature in their efforts to contribute towards the common good; on strong networks of social support and the management of water-related challenges. [about]
  100. Posted 2023-07-08, in Published Articles:   Yifan Zhang. Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith: Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space, in ISJS-Transactions: A Quarterly Refereed Online Research Journal on Jainism 6:2 (2022). Comparison of similarities in Bahá'í and Jain teachings, especially in non-violence and plurality across time and space. Link to article (offsite). [about]
  101. Posted 2023-07-07, in Published Articles:   Michael Sabet. Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals in the Bahá'í Writings: Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:1-2 (2023). Bahá'í exegesis can discern a framework governing the treatment of animals and our relationship to the natural world; examination of the author’s own relationship with animals; ethics of kindness and justice flow from underlying ontological principles. [about]
  102. Posted 2023-07-07, in Published Articles:   Ann Boyles. Epistolary Style of Shoghi Effendi, The, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:4 (2022). The purposes of this paper are to investigate the new style of the epistle and the roots of its development, and demonstrate that elements of the form have been modified to accommodate the vision of Shoghi Effendi, architect of Bahá'u'lláh's World Order. [about]
  103. Posted 2023-07-07, in Published Articles:   Deborah van den Hoonaard. Learning from 'Abdu'l-Bahá in a Society Characterized by Ageism, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:1-2 (2023). On the nature and impact of ageism and how we learn to be old by the way people treat us, and how ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s example informs our own lives given the prevalence of ageism in Western society. [about]
  104. Posted 2023-07-07, in Published Articles:   Lev Rickards. New Knowledge from Old: Conceptions of the Library in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:4 (2022). Conceptions of libraries in the writings of Shoghi Effendi compared to different meanings assigned to libraries throughout history; comments on Bahá’í beliefs that could inform the practice of librarianship; avenues for future research. [about]
  105. Posted 2023-07-07, in Published Articles:   June Thomas. Reconsidering the Civil Rights Era in the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 31:4 (2022). On principles of racial prejudice and 1960s South Carolina, including the fallacy of racial prejudice, the need to judge people by their moral character rather than their race, and the responsibilities of different races toward each other. [about]
  106. Posted 2023-07-07, in Published Articles:   Vahid Ranjbar. The Quantum State Function, Platonic Forms, and the Ethereal Substance: Reflections on the Potential of Philosophy to Contribute to the Harmony of Science and Religion, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 32:1-2 (2023). Science and philosophy correlate to concepts from the knowledge system of religion; the ethereal substance described by Abdu’l-Bahá belongs to Plato’s idealized realm and resonates with the modern understanding of a quantum field. [about]
  107. Posted 2023-07-06, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Authenticity of Statement on Shaving the Beard (2022). Letter indicating that a quote about shaving of the beard is a mere pilgrim's note. [about]
  108. Posted 2023-07-02, in Essays and short articles:   Dana Paxson. Camphor and Metaphor (2023). The single word ‘camphor’ appears once in the holy Qur’án. It also appears in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Here we explore this term, its referents, and its sense of surprise, feeding meanings of great spiritual potency. [about]
  109. Posted 2023-06-15, in Published Articles:   Seena Fazel. New Wave of Bahá'í Intellectual Thought, A: The Impact and Contributions of World Order Magazine, in Religions 14:4 (2023). The main themes and papers in World Order, interviews with editors, listing of the number of articles by topic, and summary of available information on the most cited (from Google Scholar) and downloaded (from Bahá'í Library Online) World Order papers. [about]
  110. Posted 2023-05-04, in Essays and short articles:   Muhammad Afnan. Invocation 'Is There Any Remover of Difficulties Save God...', The (2023). Short overview of the historical background of the Báb's invocation. [about]
  111. Posted 2023-05-04, in Book excerpts:   Frederick Jones Bliss. Religions of Modern Syria and Palestine, The (1912). [about]
  112. Posted 2023-05-02, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2023: Bahá'í Era 180 (2023). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. [about]
  113. Posted 2023-04-20, in Poetry:   Badi Shams. Mystic Ramblings and Daydreamings (2022). Poems, meditations, and quotes from Bahá'í Writings and other sacred scriptures. [about]
  114. Posted 2023-02-03, in Essays and short articles:   Marzieh Gail. In the High Sierras, in Bahá'í World XI (1950). A poetic meditation about mankind's grappling with the coming of a new Revelation. [about]
  115. Posted 2023-02-03, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Rashh-i-'Amá: traduction en assonances (2023). Poème de Bahá’u’lláh, traduction provisoire. [about]
  116. Posted 2023-02-03, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Rashh-i-'Amá: Les nuées du plus haut des cieux, in Appel du Bien-Aimé divin: Sélection d'oeuvres mystiques (2021). Traduction officielle d'une poème de Bahá’u’lláh publié dans "The Call of the Divine Beloved" (édition anglaise du Centre mondial, 2019). [about]
  117. Posted 2023-01-31, in Books:   Jack McLean. Poems in Latter Days, Some (2022). Poems written 2009-2022 on themes from incidents in everyday life, eulogies to friends who have passed and others still living, metaphysical poems inspired by the spiritual quest, and the many faces of love. [about]
  118. Posted 2023-01-28, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan (2022). Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, the human family's crisis of identity, prejudice, Africa, and economic injustice. [about]
  119. Posted 2023-01-28, in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Oneness of Mankind, The: Basic Principle of the Bahá'í Faith, in Bahá'í News 303 (1956). Statement of Bahá'í teachings prepared in order to clarify the position of members of the Faith throughout the United States at this critical hour, published as an insert in the U.S. Bahá'í newsletter. [about]
  120. Posted 2023-01-25, in Books:   Farnaz Ma'sumian. Story of the Prophets (2013). Biographies of nine Manifestations, from Abraham to Bahá'u'lláh. Designed for junior youth by a retired professor of world religions, it provides a compact source of information on the founders of the world's major religions in readable language. [about]
  121. Posted 2022-12-27, in Chronologies/genealogies:   Harry Liedtke. Guardian's Wartime Travels, The (2016). Brief chronology of world events 1938-1940 juxtaposed with Shoghi Effendi's travels in 1940, when he left Haifa for England nine months after the beginning of the war. [about]
  122. Posted 2022-12-27, in Biographies:   Harry Liedtke. Wayfarer between Two Worlds, A: Recollections (2013). A chronicle of some of the highlights of the author's seventy-five years as a Bahá'í, and covering the years 1927-2022, including periods in Germany and Canada and historical events from each. Includes poems and photographs. [about]
  123. Posted 2022-12-18, in Essays and short articles:   Harry Liedtke. Der Herr Ist Nahe / The Lord Is Near: The Divine Mystery of the Transformation of Mt. Carmel (2022). Brief history of the Templer Society and Georg David Hardegg, who landed in Haifa in 1868 and built a spiritual colony at the foot of Mt. Carmel. [about]
  124. Posted 2022-12-18, in Pilgrims' notes:   Bahiyyih Randall Winckler. Pilgrimage to Haifa, November 1919, A (1941). Winckler's parents were Bahá'ís; she met 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit to America when He visited her mother in 1912, and was bestowed the name Bahiyyih when she went on pilgrimage in 1919 at age twelve. [about]
  125. Posted 2022-12-18, in Essays and short articles:   George Townshend. Questions about the Second Coming (1953). Answers by Townshend to questions asked by the Bahá’ís of Kampala, Uganda about the return of Christ, the Bible, false prophets, the day of judgment, and the trinity. [about]
  126. Posted 2022-12-16, in Books:   Ignaz Goldziher. Mohammed and Islam (1917). Twelve pages on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths — described as a modern movement within Islam which recognizes the religious evolution of mankind — covering history up to Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to the United States. Includes link to the complete book. [about]
  127. Posted 2022-12-16, in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Sélection des Écrits de 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1984). [about]
  128. Posted 2022-12-13, in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022) (2022). Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiritual traditions, prophecies, and the destiny of indigenous peoples. [about]
  129. Posted 2022-12-11, in Newspaper articles:   Thomas Chaplin. Babs of Persia, The, in The Times of London (1871). Eight versions/excerpts of an article originally published in The Times of London Oct. 5, 1871, and then reprinted elsewhere. [about]
  130. Posted 2022-12-11, in Published Articles:   George Townshend. Old Churches and the New World-Faith, The (1949). Pamphlet publication of Townshend's letter of renunciation of the Anglican Church and proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
  131. Posted 2022-12-04, in Books:   Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove (2022). Selections from the Writings that refer to the Word of God as music emanating from the mystic dove or the Nightingale of Paradise, and the Divine Word as a melody calling for us to spread the Word in song and praise. [about]
  132. Posted 2022-12-03, in Bibliographies:   Index and Glossary to Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1952). Index and glossary, from the 1952 and the 1976/1983 editions of Gleanings, indexed by page number and by paragraph number. [about]
  133. Posted 2022-12-02, in Bibliographies:   Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. Command and Creation (Amr va Khalq): Translation of Index and Catalog of Contents (2018). Translation of Mazandarani's Table of Contents for his compilation of Baha'i Writings from 1945 — some not published elsewhere — and a catalog of the contents of each section by McCants, with some notes and partial translations of select passages. [about]
  134. Posted 2022-11-27, in Personal compilations:   Journey of Courage: From Disability to Spiritual Ability (2023). The purpose of this compilation is to offer an approach to transform our limitations and attitudes when dealing with our disabilities, health conditions, and the ageing process. Includes updated Guidelines for Improving Accessibility. [about]
  135. Posted 2022-11-16, in Personal letters:   Ida A. Finch. Personal Letter to Isabelle M. Campbell (1920). Short letter from Finch in Tokyo to Isabelle M. Campbell in Spokane WA, describing some Baha'i activities in Japan, referencing Ahmad [Sohrab] in the U.S. and some translations into Japanese, and a pilgrim's note about Abdu'l-Bahá being sleepless. [about]
  136. Posted 2022-11-13, in Book Reviews:   Grover Gonzales. Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, by Denis MacEoin: Some Notes (2022). [about]
  137. Posted 2022-11-11, in Presentations:   Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017). Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment. Includes compilation of Writings on spiritual dislocation, science, language, spiritual evolution, nature, and revelation. [about]
  138. Posted 2022-11-10, in Essays and short articles:   Horace Holley and Amin Banani. Forewords and Preface to Tablets of the Divine Plan (1974). Preface to the 1974 edition by Horace Holley; foreword to 1977 edition by Amin Banani; forewords to 1993 edition by Geoffrey W. Marks and by the publisher. [about]
  139. Posted 2022-11-08, in Maps:   Boris Handal. Mulla Husayn's Journey: Google Earth video (2022). This silent video captured from Google Earth shows Mulla Husayn's 800km, 82-day journey from Mashhad to Shaykh Tabarsi with 200+ Babis (21 July - 12 October 1848). [about]
  140. Posted 2022-11-07, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Les Quatre Vallées, publié dans The Call of the Divine Beloved (Centre mondial bahá'í - 2018) (2022). La traduction des Quatre Vallées de Marzieh Gail contient beaucoup de passages exquis et inspirés, mais quelques changements ont été nécessaires pour la clarté et l'exactitude. [about]
  141. Posted 2022-10-24, in Presentations:   Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004). 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Bahá'í history, Central Figures, teachings, and relationship with Islam. [about]
  142. Posted 2022-10-24, in Videos:   Duane Troxel. Videos for Deepening (2004). Four videos: The Life of the Báb, The Life of the Guardian, The Return of Christ, and What Do Bahá'ís Believe. [about]
  143. Posted 2022-10-23, in Published Articles:   Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Bahá'ís, The, in The Sufi Quarterly 3 (1928). A "comprehensive account of the inspiration and ideals upon which Baha’ism is built up" — overview of the history and teachings of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  144. Posted 2022-10-23, in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in The Sufi Quarterly 3 (1928). Four short talks given by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá in London, December 1912. These talks have not been published elsewhere and the translator is not identified. The original Persian text alluded to at the beginning seems not to be readily available. [about]
  145. Posted 2022-10-20, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá (1991). On the meaning and correct transliteration of "Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá" (O Thou Most High"), where it can be found, and if it is an invocation to the Báb. [about]
  146. Posted 2022-10-19, in Encyclopedia articles:   Minou Foadi. Bábí-Bahá'í Community in Khorasan, The, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (2022). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. [about]
  147. Posted 2022-10-19, in Unpublished Articles:   Hooshmand Badee. Economic Significance of the Law of Huququ'llah (2022). Wilmette Institute webinar on the "Right of God": the Institution of Ḥuqúqu’lláh; sustainable development; the Input-Output model; distributive justice; the social function of wealth; equality; market equilibrium; the tax system; the law of Zakát. [about]
  148. Posted 2022-10-15, in Presentations:   Filip Boicu. What Is Bahá'í Education? (2022). different current expectations about what should fall under the topic of "Bahá’í education"; three types of curricula (FUNDAEC, Anisa, BIHE) and their theoretical sources; these must be drawn together into a field of study; the importance of universities. [about]
  149. Posted 2022-10-14, in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles (2022). Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's answer to the question "What has Bahá’u’lláh brought that we have not heard before?" [about]
  150. Posted 2022-10-14, in Videos:   Hussein Ahdieh. Bahá'í History and Videos (2013). Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqá, Bahá'í schools for girls and Tahirih's influence, martyrs in Nayriz, Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, and Harlem Prep School. [about]
  151. Posted 2022-10-12, in Provisional translations:   Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján, An (2022). Originally written in Persian by Mírzá Áqá Khán Katírá’í (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payám-i-Bahá’í with minor edits by Hushidar Motlagh, this is an account of the former's great-grandfather, Ḥakím Áqá Ján (d. 1881), one of the first Jewish Bahá’ís. [about]
  152. Posted 2022-10-12, in Published Articles:   Necati Alkan. Late Ottoman Sunni Missionary Project, The, in Missions and Preaching: Connected and Decompartmentalised Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa (2022). Excerpts from the author's book Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire: State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis. Contains only passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  153. Posted 2022-10-10, in Book excerpts:   Bahá'í International Community. Extract from Brochure "One World, One People - A Bahá'í View" (1974). Short selection from a brochure presented by the Baha’i International Community to delegates attending the United Nations World Population Conference and World Food Conference in 1974. [about]
  154. Posted 2022-10-10, in BIC Documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Towards a Sustainable Food System (2022). Short selection on sustainable, non-exploitative food systems that provide for the global population. [about]
  155. Posted 2022-08-26, in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. Joseph in Religious History and the Bahá'í Writings (2022). Just as the story of Joseph is the "best of stories," the metaphor of Joseph is the "best of metaphors": it is the most comprehensive, pervasive symbol and allegory of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the Bahá’í Writings. [about]
  156. Posted 2022-08-25, in Biographies:   Miriam Zuleta. Biografía de Clemencia Pavón Mejía (2022). Biografía de Pavón Mejía (1931-2020), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá’ís del Ecuador. [about]
  157. Posted 2022-08-25, in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ecuador. Carmen Olimpia Ballesteros Sosa y Vicente Quiñonez de Esmeraldas: Epitafios (2020). Messages from the NSA of Ecuador honoring the lives of Carmen Olimpia Ballesteros Sosa (-2020) and Vicente Quiñonez de Esmeraldas (-2021). [about]
  158. Posted 2022-08-25, in Biographies:   Clemencia Pavon de Zuleta. Reseña Biográfica de la Vida de la Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón: Biographical Summary of the Life of Mrs. Isabel Pavón de Calderón (2009). Biografía de Pavón de Calderón (1929-2000), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahá’ís del Ecuador y Consejero Continental. [about]
  159. Posted 2022-08-25, in Biographies:   Ralph Dexter. Story of Mr. Rufino Gualvisí (2020). Biography of a well-known travel teacher in Ecuador. English and Spanish text by Dexter; includes section by Isabel Pavon de Calderón; includes photographs. [about]
  160. Posted 2022-08-23, in Books:   Jeanne de Corrales. Nine Days to Istanbul (1981). An incredible story of a mid January 1963 train journey. [about]
  161. Posted 2022-08-20, in Unpublished Articles:   Filip Boicu. Karlberg's Notion of Consultation and Bahá'í Consultation (Ontological Truths, Knowledge and Ethics) (2022). Michael Karlberg proposes a "consultative epistemology" as central to the Bahá'í methodology for social change. The claim is that a new model for civilization building has been born, one that transcends previous limitations. [about]
  162. Posted 2022-08-20, in Biographies:   Maneckji Nuserwanji Dhalla. Navjote of a Converted Zoroastrian Bahai, The: (Chapter 68), in Dastur Dhalla, the Saga of a Soul: Autobiography of Shams-ul-ulama Dastur Dr. Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla (1975). Overview of the Faith, and the author's interactions with Bahá'ís in the early 1900s. (Navjote is the initiation ceremony where a child receives his/her ceremonial garments and first performs the Zoroastrian ritual.) [about]
  163. Posted 2022-08-20, in Essays and short articles:   Filip Boicu. One Concern with the Notion of Power as an Element of the Conceptual Framework Guiding the Activities of the Bahá'í Community (2022). Power can be defined in negative or positive ways, as either adversarialism (oppressive power dominance) or mutualism (emancipatory egalitarian empowerment). Anti-foundationalism argues that injustice must be challenged at the individual, micro-level. [about]
  164. Posted 2022-08-20, in Unpublished Articles:   Filip Boicu. Strong Foundationalism in the Bahá'í Faith?: An Analysis of Michael Karlberg's 'Ontological Foundationalism' (2022). A close reading of Michael Karlberg's Constructing Social Reality. An Inquiry into the Normative Foundations of Social Change, and reflections on the Bahá’í methodology for social justice and social change that he has put forward. [about]
  165. Posted 2022-08-19, in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. La Constitution do la Maison Universelle de Justice (2022). La Constitution fut signée dans la Ville de Haïfa le quatrième jour du mois de Qawl de la cent-vingt-neuvième année de l'Ère bahá'íe. [about]
  166. Posted 2022-08-19, in Published Articles:   Michael Karlberg. Pursuit of Social Justice, The, in Bahá'í World (2022). An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice. [about]
  167. Posted 2022-08-19, in Notable Talks:   Martha Root. Táhirih's Message to the Modern World, in Bahá'í World Vol. 8 (1938-1940) (1941). Transcript of a radio address from Sunday April 21, 1940, telling the story of Ṭáhirih, describing her as the foremost woman of her generation known across Persia for her beauty, intelligence, and courage, who gave her life for the emancipation of women. [about]
  168. Posted 2022-08-19, in Published Articles:   Marzieh Gail. The White Silk Dress, in Bahá'í World Vol. 9 (1940-1944) (1945). An "intimate portrait" of Ṭáhirih first published Friday April 21, 1944. [about]
  169. Posted 2022-08-13, in Books:   Sen McGlinn. Church and State: Book 1 of a Postmodern Political Theology for the Bahá'í Community, in Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions 19 (2005). Religion and politics in Islamic history; Islamic and Bahá'í views on theocracy and democracy; the theology of the State and the unfoldment of world civilization; relevant contemporary Bahá'í literature in English, French, and German. [about]
  170. Posted 2022-08-13, in Books:   Anne King Sadeghpour. El Cuarto Acto: Una Pionera Bahá'í en Nicaragua durante los años 1976-1983: Un relato personal e histórico (2015). Un relato personal de la historia de la Fe en Nicaragua antes, después y durante la revolución Sandinista de 1979; la historia de Mathew Kaszab, primer pionero a Nicaragua; primera Bahá'í nicaragüense Blanca Mejía; referencia al poeta Rubén Darío. [about]
  171. Posted 2022-08-12, in Study Guides:   Reginald L. Priestley. Bahá'í Fireside Notebook, The (2012). A believer's personal fireside notebook, compiled for his study and deepening: notes, timelines, and quotations summarizing the Bahá'í teachings. [about]
  172. Posted 2022-08-12, in Biographies:   Reginald L. Priestley. Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley (1991). Autobiography of a world traveller who visited many places in and around Israel while in the Palestine Policeman service in the 1940s, and the story of his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
  173. Posted 2022-08-11, in Book Reviews:   Susan Maneck. Bahá'í Faith: The Basics, by Christopher Buck: Review, in Journal of Religious History 46:2 (2022). [about]
  174. Posted 2022-08-11, in Biographies:   Farideh Sobhani-Matejko. Professor: A Tribute to Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí (2022). Tribute by a young psychology student in the late 1960s to Dr. ‘Alí-Murád Dávúdí, a philosopher and intellectual giant of the Bahá’í Faith who was later kidnapped by the Islamic regime and never heard from again. [about]
  175. Posted 2022-08-10, in Encyclopedia articles:   Azer Jafarov and Bayram Balci. Les Bahaïs du Caucase: b.a.-ba d'une communauté méconnue, in Religion et politique dans le Caucase post-soviétique (2007). Chapter on "the Bahá'ís of the Caucasus, the basics [lit. the ABCs] of an unknown community." [about]
  176. Posted 2022-08-10, in Theses:   Vedad Haghighi. Nine Valleys - Towards Embodied Experience, The: Understanding the Confluence of Material and Spirit in the Design of a Bahá'í House of Worship (2022). Detailed proposal, with extensive site photographs and illustrations, for a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Thorhill, Ontario (location of the Canada Bahá'í National Centre); discussion of the embodied experience of worship in a temple to promote unity. (offsite) [about]
  177. Posted 2022-08-08, in Books:   Jack McLean. Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light (2022). Philosophical essays; recollections of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Laura Dreyfus Barney, Curtis Kelsey, and other Europeans; recollections of Shoghi Effendi by ten individuals; dreams and visions; eulogies of the author's parents; travel teaching across Russia. [about]
  178. Posted 2022-08-01, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq) (2022). Tablet revealed in Firayjat, a place where Bahá’u’lláh stayed in Baghdad, which is about 5km north of the Riḍván Garden. Translator, date, and source unknown. Includes scan of the original Arabic, and background materials including excerpt from Balyuzi. [about]
  179. Posted 2022-07-24, in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1942). Early 42-page compilation, primarily highlights from the Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. [about]
  180. Posted 2022-07-23, in Biographies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Universal House of Justice. In Memoriam Fred Schechter: Bahá'í House of Worship Memorial Program (2017). Messages from the Universal House of Justice and the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, and a selection of quotations, that summarize and celebrate the life of this Knight of Bahá'u'lláh and Continental Counsellor, for a memorial service at Wilmette. [about]
  181. Posted 2022-07-23, in Books:   Pierre Daoust. La poésie du Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Aspects de l'esthétique (2018). Les concepts philosophiques qui éclairent sur le sens de la vie et la nature spirituelle de l'être humain, révélés sous forme de prose rimée caractéristique de la poésie arabe. Le Kitáb-i-Aqdas touche à l'esthétique et au bonheur. [about]
  182. Posted 2022-07-23, in Personal compilations:   Programs for the Observance of Bahá'í Holy Days (2014). Booklets from four devotional programs at the Wilmette House of Worship: 9th day of Ridván (2014), 1st day of Ridván (2017), martyrdom of The Báb (2017, and birth of Bahá'u'lláh (2021), with selections of relevant passages from the Writings. [about]
  183. Posted 2022-07-22, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Function of Interpretation, The (1982). Two letters: difference between the authoritative interpretation of Abdu'l-Bahá and the Guardian vs. the divinely inspired legislation of the House of Justice, and the qualitative difference between interpretation and elucidations of the House of Justice. [about]
  184. Posted 2022-07-22, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. John the Baptist and Interpretation (1989). Various questions about the the Bahá’í position on John the Baptist, his station and teaching, and the function of interpretation. [about]
  185. Posted 2022-07-22, in Unpublished Articles:   Filip Boicu. Principle of the Oneness of Humankind, The: Strong Foundationalism, Non-Adversarialism, and the Imperatives of Our Time (2022). Some of the ways in which the concept of globalization has been framed in the recent past; the vision of Shoghi Effendi; The Seven Valleys and social change; moral codes and ethical living; the oneness of humankind and non-adversarialism. [about]
  186. Posted 2022-07-19, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl) (1996). [about]
  187. Posted 2022-07-14, in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Research Department of the Universal House of Justice and Abdu'l-Bahá. Compilation of Extracts Regarding Arius (1991). Collection of materials regarding an early Christian theologian who, in expounding that Christ was subordinate to God the Father, discarded the trinity and fractured the unity of the Church. [about]
  188. Posted 2022-07-14, in Books:   Fuad Izadinia. Major Opus, The: A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith (2014). The story of the journey of two parallel movements to the Holy Land in 1868: the Bahá'ís from Iran and the Templars from Germany. Includes early descriptions of Haifa from both sources, comparative translations of the Tablet to G. Hardegg, and more. [about]
  189. Posted 2022-07-14, in Pilgrims' notes:   Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Memories of the Sojourn of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris, in Bahá'í World Vol. 6 (1934-1936) (1937). Memoir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s four-month stay in Paris in 1911. Notes taken by the author's daughters were later published as the book Paris Talks. [about]
  190. Posted 2022-07-08, in Unpublished Articles:   Anthony Lee. Ziba Khanum of Yazd: An Enslaved African Woman in Nineteenth-Century Iran (2017). Issues of race, gender, slavery, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the 19th and 20th centuries; historiography of African women in Iran; the Herati-Khorasani family tree. [about]
  191. Posted 2022-07-07, in Books:   Fuad Izadinia. Panama, The Crossroads between the Continents: The Story of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Panama 1939-1972 (2015). History of the first Bahá'í community in Panama, including a photo album; biographies of Martha Root, Mathew Kaszab, Louise Caswell, Cora Oliver, Julie Lois Regal, Hascle Cornbleth–Colon, Alfred Osborne, Raquel Francois, Clare Hamilton, Blanca De Campos. [about]
  192. Posted 2022-07-07, in Personal compilations:   Two Parts of the Law of God, The: The Essential and the Secondary Teachings of the True Religion of God, and Counterfeit Doctrines (2022). Four compilations on themes related to the progressive revelation of the religion of God; essential vs. secondary teachings; counterfeit doctrines of the false religion of man. [about]
  193. Posted 2022-07-05, in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di) (1996). [about]
  194. Posted 2022-07-05, in Published Articles:   Juan Cole. 'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850, in Middle Eastern Studies 22:4 (1986). On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers which grew around the tombs of the Imams, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Connections from India proved lucrative for the Usuli clerics in these cities. [about]
  195. Posted 2022-07-05, in Books:   Fuad Izadinia. Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith (2014). Biographies of many dozen Bahá'ís of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Turkmenistan; Bahá'í schools for boys and for girls; stories of exiled Bahá'ís. [about]
  196. Posted 2022-07-05, in Essays and short articles:   Juan Cole. Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure (2002). Lengthy collection of notes on Baha'u'llah's relationship to Subh-i-Azal, with quotations from Fadil Mazandarani's Zuhur al-Haqq histories, compiled and edited from posts sent to an academic email list. [about]
  197. Posted 2022-07-05, in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. "Seal of the Prophets" and "Divine Presence": Why These Two Key Verses Should Be Read Together (2022). On two verses from the Qur'án on Muhammad as the "Seal of the Prophets" and the meaning of "attainment unto the divine Presence"; Shoghi Effendi as translator; comments by Nader Saiedi and Dergham Aqiqi; explanations from Kamalu'd-Din Bakhtavar. [about]
  198. Posted 2022-07-05, in Published Articles:   Juan Cole. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions, in Iran Nameh 30:3 (2015). Reflections on Bahá'u'lláh's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "language games"; Hinduism, India, and 19th-century Iranian culture; Manakji’s questions about Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. [about]
  199. Posted 2022-07-04, in Published Articles:   Christopher Buck. Bahá'í Prayers for Good Governance, in Journal of Ecumenical Studies 56:4 (2021). Bahá’u’lláh encouraged Bahá’ís to pray for their rulers. This essay presents a newly authorized translation of "A Prayer for the confirmation of the American Government," and a provisional translation of a prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for the Ottoman Caliphate. [about]
  200. Posted 2022-07-03, in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Varqá and His Son: A Talk by `Abdu'l-Bahá (2022). English translation, and two transcripts of the Persian original, of a talk given by `Abdu'l-Bahá in New York on May 31, 1912. [about]
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