- 20,000 Martyrs, Source of Statements about. Universal House of Justice, Research Department (1984/2005). Two letters from the Research Department. UHJ-letters.
- Africa. Hooper Dunbar (1984-09-14). Stories of Dunbar's travels through Africa, its unique energy, and its place in the Bahá'í Faith. Audio.
- Bahá'í Influences on Mirza 'Abdu'llah, Qajar Court Musician and Master of the Radíf. Margaret Caton (1984). The mystical milieu of musicianship and the Bahá'í Faith's approval of music (in contradistinction to the legalistic Islam of the ayatu'llahs, which forbade it) made the Faith appealing to Abdu'llah, one of the great compilers of the Persian repertoire. Articles.
- Bahá'í Proselytization in Malwa, India. William Garlington (1984/2001). The establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in Malwa amongst poor rural villagers; elements of appeal, including the use of Hindu terminology. Articles-unpublished.
- Bahá'í Scholarship: Importance, Nature, and Promotion of. International Teaching Centre (1984-08-09). Information on Bahá'í scholarship to devise ways to foster the development of Bahá'í scholarship along lines that are in accordance with Bahá'í standards and values. UHJ-documents.
- Bahá'u'lláh and the Naqshbandi Sufis in Iraq, 1854-1856. Juan Cole (1984). The interplay of Bábí themes of messianism and the Sufi mystical emphasis on internal spirituality; analysis of an early poem by Bahá'u'lláh which hints that by the 1850s he began to see his mission of reform to carry out in the Bábí community. Articles.
- Beloved of All Hearts, The: Shoghi Effendi. Zikrullah Khadem (1984-11). Personal memories of the Guardian, given in a talk at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies, Ottawa, Canada. Talks.
- Corporation and Community. Badi Foster (1984). How do we develop human beings in such a way that we produce economic surplus and fair distribution? How do Bahá'í principles apply in the real world in American society? Audio.
- Crisis and Opportunities. William Sears (1984). Talk at hte Canadian Bahá’í National Convention in Ottawa, 1984. Audio.
- Early Zoroastrian Conversions to the Baha'i Faith in Yazd, Iran. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles) (1984). A history of the gradual process of conversion among some Zoroastrians to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran from the 1880s to 1921, based on heretofore unstudied biographical materials. Articles.
- From Copper to Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker. Dorothy Freeman Gilstrap (1984). This biography’s purpose is to reflect not only the chronology of Baker’s life, but also the drives, the suffering, the delights, and the peak moments of decision that helped make her who she was. Books.
- From Iran East and West. Juan Cole, ed. , Moojan Momen, ed. (1984). Essays on Bahá'í history in the Middle East, the United States, and India. Books.
- Function of Interpretation, The. Universal House of Justice (1982/1984). 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. UHJ-letters.
- Golden Age of Jewish/Christian Relations Revisited, The: The Contribution of H.J. Schoeps to Interfaith Dialogue. Christopher Buck (1984). On Bavarian historian Hans Joachim Schoeps, considered a foremost authority on early Jewish Christianity. Includes appendix of previously unpublished correspondence between Schoeps and Bahá'í scholar Udo Schaefer, in both German and English translation. Articles-unpublished.
- Growing in the Bahá'í Faith. Adib Taherzadeh (1984). Talk at an Alaskan summer school, covering topics such as the nature of the soul, our purpose, and personal and collective growth. Audio.
- Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979. Helen Bassett Hornby (1984). First book (in English) on the first four decades of the Faith in Ecuador. Books.
- Historical Geography of Iran, An. Wilhelm Barthold (1984). Passing mentions of the Bahá'ís in Yazd and E. G. Browne; Zanjan in 1850; and the location of the execution of the Báb. Excerpts.
- Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America. Richard Hollinger (1984). A study of the Lebanese Bahá'í who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced his allegiance to Abdu'l-Bahá, based on many primary source materials the author unearthed in public and private archives. Articles.
- Identity of the Sabi'un, The: An Historical Quest. Christopher Buck (1984-07). This article solves two problems that have long puzzled Islamicists: (1) How can the conflicting identifications of Sabians be explained? and (2) What was the Qur'an's original identification of the Sabians? Articles.
- Iranian Refugees: The Many Faces of Persecution. Allen K. Jones (1984-12). A paper detailing the persecution and displacement of Iranian refugees (including Bahá'ís) due to religious, ethnic, and political reasons following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, emphasizing their global spread and challenges in asylum and resettlement. Articles.
- Letters to and from US Presidential Archives. David Piff, comp. (1984). A collection of correspondence circa 1984 from and to archivist David Piff concerning Bahá'í-related holdings. Also included is some correspondence between offices of the presidents and the US National Spiritual Assembly and the BIC. Archives.
- Life Crises among the Religiously Committed: Do Sectarian Differences Matter?. Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh, Kathe Richman, Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1984). Study of Catholic Charismatics, Christian Scientists, and Bahá'ís, in terms of their perceptions of the number, types and reactions to crises they had experienced. Sectarian differences exert a consistent effect. Articles.
- Note on Babi and Baha'i Numbers in Iran, A. Peter Smith (1984). Estimates, sources, and bibliography for early Bábí and Bahá'í populations. Resources.
- Notes on Fundamental Principles, Some: Western Scholarship and the Religion of the Báb. R. Mehrabkhani (1984-03). On the Báb's claims to divinity and divine revelation; abrogating Quranic law; the revelation of áyát (verses); the meaning of holy war; bios of the Báb's early followers. Articles.
- Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran 1844-1984. Douglas Martin (1984). Treatment of the Bahá'ís in Iran by the state and by the Shi'ism under the Qájárs (1844-1925), Pahlavis (1925-1979), and under the Islamic Republic (1979-); responses by the Bahá'í Community. Articles.
- Pilgrims Notes and the "Calamity". International Teaching Centre (1984-07-01). Status of Pilgrims' Notes and their discussion of the catastrophic events some Bahá'ís believe might occur around the turn of the millennium; concerns about retributive calamity. UHJ-letters.
- Police Forces Bearing Arms, Bahá'í Enlistment in. Universal House of Justice (1995-12). Two letters from the House on joining armed police forces, e.g. the Ulster Defence Regiment and the police force in Northern Ireland, and whether they would be allowed to bear arms. Also discussion of consummating marriage, and marrying an atheist. UHJ-letters.
- Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith. Moojan Momen (1984-03). Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-century psychology. Articles.
- Reality Magazine: Editorship and Ownership of an American Bahá'í Periodical. Peter Smith (1984). Development and eventual demise of an independent publication from the early years of the Faith in America. Articles.
- Remembrances of Shoghi Effendi: An address from the Hand of the Cause. Zikrullah Khadem (1984). Audio.
- Reminiscences of Shoghi Effendi. John Robarts, Audrey Robarts, Zikrullah Khadem, Musa Banani (1984). Audio.
- Ridván 1984: Bahá'í Era 141. Universal House of Justice (1984). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. UHJ-documents.
- Sélection des Écrits de 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá (1984/2016). Writings.
- Sélection des Écrits du Báb. The Báb (1984/2016). Writings.
- Shoghi Effendi: Master Builder of World Civilization. Nathan Rutstein (1984). Audio.
- Shoghi Effendi: Expounder of the Bahá'í Faith. David Hofman (1984). Talk written by David Hofman, but delivered by May Hoffman. Audio.
- Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing (Rashh-i-'Amá). Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. (1984-09/1995). The first extent Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh. Translations.
- Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am). Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. (1984-06). Translations.
- Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá). Abdu'l-Bahá, Keven Brown, trans. , Mehdi Wolf, ed. (1984/2000). Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism is that the struggle for survival, far from being innate to human nature, is an erroneous notion characterizing humanity's adolescence, and is due to be replaced by the more exalted concept of cooperation for survival. Translations.
- Tahirih (1816 - 1852). Terre Ouwehand (1984/2015). Written for performance in 1984, published 2015. Scripts.
- Thoughts on the Lesser Peace, Some. Alí Nakhjavání (1984-12-28). Lengthy talk given at the World Centre for the Ihtifál (celebration) programme on general guidelines on peace and world unity, and statements from the Writings that appear to be contradictory. Talks.
- Universal House of Justice's Power of Elucidation, The. Universal House of Justice (1996). Clarification about the qualitative difference between the Guardian's prerogative of interpretation and the power of elucidation of the Universal House of Justice. UHJ-letters.
- Vision of Shoghi Effendi as Reflected in The Advent of Divine Justice. Richard Thomas (1984-11). Audio.
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