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Peter Smith, Moojan Momen. Babi Movement, The: A Resource Mobilization Perspective (1986). Babism from a sociological standpoint, esp. the place of the Babis in their contemporary cultural and economic classes. Articles. Peter Smith. Bahá'í Communities (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Faith 1957-1988, The: A Survey of Contemporary Developments (1989). A general account of developments in the Bahá'í Faith during these three decades. Articles. Peter Smith. Bahá'í Faith in the West, The: A Survey (2004). General account of the development and expansion of the Faith in Europe and North America 1894-1994, including distribution and social composition of contemporary communities. Includes Foreword to the volume. Articles. Moojan Momen, Peter Smith. Bahá'í History (1993). A general survey of the history of the Bahá'í Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Bábí and Bahá'í history. Next, a series of themes that have developed throughout Bahá'í history is examined. Encyclopedia. Peter Smith. Bahá'í Studies videos (2013). Twelve introductory videos about Bahá'í history, practice, and teachings. Video. Peter Smith. Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist (2020). Link to Smith's videos on Bábí and Bahá'í history: Emergence of the Bábí movement; Bábí conflict and collapse; development of a new religion; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í beliefs and practice; geo-cultural breakthroughs; expansion of the Bahá'í Faith. Video. Peter Smith, ed. Bahá'ís in the West (2004). Essays and illustrations on the beginnings of the Faith in Australia and New Zealand, Denmark, Hungary, and the United States. Books. Peter Smith, ed. In Iran (1986). Essays on Bábí-Bahá'í history, sociology, and theology in Iran. Books. Peter Smith. Introduction to the Baha'i Faith (2019). A look at the central features of the Baha’i Faith, including its history, and the key beliefs, organisation and world-view of the Baha’i community (archived copy, original offline). Articles. Muhammad Afnan, Todd Lawson, Peter Smith, et al.. Letters of the Living (Hurúf al-Hayy) (2009). Title given by the Báb to His first eighteen disciples. Encyclopedia. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen. Martyrs, Bábí (2005). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia. Peter Smith. Membership, Joining and Leaving Religious Movements and Organizations (2020). Reflections from the perspective of sociology of religion on belonging, joining, and leaving a faith group: membership, conversion, 'deconversion,' and sociological factors impacting conversion and deconversion; includes videos. Articles-unpublished. Peter Smith. Note on Babi and Baha'i Numbers in Iran, A (1984). Estimates, sources, and bibliography for early Bábí and Bahá'í populations. Resources. Peter Smith. Reality Magazine: Editorship and Ownership of an American Bahá'í Periodical (1984). Development and eventual demise of an independent publication from the early years of the Faith in America. Articles. Peter Smith. Routinization of Charisma?, The: Some Comments on “Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahá'ísme” (1998-11). Discussion of sociologist Peter Berger and themes from his dissertation "From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement." Articles-unpublished. Peter Smith. Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, A (2013). Summary prepared for the Virginia Commonwealth University website on religious movements. Includes short history, doctrines and beliefs, Bahá'í practices, issues and challenges, and references. Introductory.