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  1. Posted 2026-06-16 in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. What Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith are New and Distinct? (2026).
  2. Posted 2026-05-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Infallibility of the Manifestations of God (1986). Affirming the essential infallibility of the Manifestations of God, clarifying individual interpretation’s limits, and emphasizing humility, faith, and contextual understanding of scripture.
  3. Posted 2026-05-15 in Essays and short articles:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. 'Abdu'l-Bahá — the Master: Warwick Leaflets (2021). Introductory biography of 'Abdu'l-Bahá — Bahá'u'lláh's son, appointed leader, authorised interpreter, and selfless exemplar of Bahá'í life.
  4. Posted 2026-05-15 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Life of Service — Following the Example of Abdu'l-Bahá, A: Warwick Leaflets (2021). Service to humanity as a spiritual duty, a form of worship, and the path to personal and collective happiness.
  5. Posted 2026-05-13 in Unpublished articles:   Mohammad Norozi. Execution of the Jewish Tribe of Banú Qurayẓih, The: Historical, Religious, and Ethical Considerations (2025). Examination of the historical context of this event from the days of the Prophet Muḥammad, 627 CE.
  6. Posted 2026-05-12 in Books:   Peter J. Khan, Janet A. Khan. Advancement of Women: A Bahá'í Perspective (1998). Explores Bahá’í teachings on gender equality, women’s education, family transformation, moral dignity, and how equal partnership between sexes advances peace and society.
  7. Posted 2026-05-12 in Videos:   Filip Boicu, Steven Phelps. Games of Religion and the Game of Knowledge (2025). On the roles religion plays relative to growth, social change and development, justice, knowledge, and cosmology.
  8. Posted 2026-05-12 in Published articles:   Neha Mohajer. No Shaykh, No Slave: Anti-Structure and Egalitarian Mysticism in Tahirih's Liminal Poetics (2026). Tahirih’s poetry rejects clerical and social hierarchy, using liminal mystical imagery to envision equality, women’s emancipation, spiritual renewal, and communal justice.
  9. Posted 2026-04-23 in Unpublished articles:   Bahman Nadimi. Structural Assessment of the Bahá'í Peace Program, A (2026). Examination of the structural and theoretical foundations of Bahá'u'lláh's peace program and assesses the degree to which it departs from the inherited tradition of earlier peace proposals.
  10. Posted 2026-04-21 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2025: Bahá'í Era 182 (2025). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  11. Posted 2026-04-21 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2026: Bahá'í Era 183 (2026). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  12. Posted 2026-04-16 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck. Shaykhi Religious School: Historical Subjects, Teachings, by Y. A. Ioannesyan: Review (2026).
  13. Posted 2026-04-11 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. On Community Building and the Nine Year Plan: A Balancing Point? (2026). This paper explores community building in the Bahá'í Nine Year Plan as a balance between inner and outer community spheres, emphasizing expansion, consolidation, and guiding individuals across the “threshold” into committed membership.
  14. Posted 2026-04-11 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. On How to Increase Universal Participation in the Work of Community Building: A Proposal for Mature Local Spiritual Assemblies (2026). This proposal outlines how Bahá’í assemblies can increase universal participation in community building by engaging individuals, fostering service, and aligning personal initiative with collective goals via consultation, co-support, and systematic action.
  15. Posted 2026-04-11 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. On the Need for One-on-One Mentoring (2026). Proposal for the systematic integration of one-on-one mentoring into the Bahá’í community’s efforts under the Nine Year Plan; mentoring should be voluntary and could be coordinated by LSAs or committees; 16 topics for deepening new believers.
  16. Posted 2026-04-08 in Books:   Daniel Nelson Wegener. Divine Springtime: Louise Caswell Recalls the Early Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Central America and Panama (1977). Overview of Bahá'í pioneering to and growth in Central America, covering the period from the late 1930s to 1975.
  17. Posted 2026-04-05 in Published articles:   Dariush Maani. Explanations Concerning Passage No. 1 of the Persian Hidden Words (2017). Chapter #4 from the book, provided as a sample by the publisher.
  18. Posted 2026-04-05 in Poetry:   Stanwood Cobb. Poems to Live By (1969). Poems of youth, of nature and love, and poems of the spirit.
  19. Posted 2026-04-02 in Videos:   Filip Boicu, W. Andy Knight. Interregnum, The (2026). An open, candid interview offering a unique view of what he terms the "interregnum," linking today's turbulent world to xeno-racism and structural racism, and showing how honest intellectual dialogue can help society reflect and find hope.
  20. Posted 2026-04-01 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to the NSA of the Bahá'ís of Canada (1986). Letter summarizing a recent trip to Canada and experiences visiting Indian reservations; Bahá'ís must find new ways to approach and respect native culture and spirituality in order to attract them to the Faith; the Peigan Pipe Ceremony.
  21. Posted 2026-04-01 in Poetry:   Jaine Toth. Scent of Spirituality, The: Jaine's Poems in Search of the Divine (2026). A selection of poems on taking a poetic path in search of the Divine.
  22. Posted 2026-04-01 in Poetry:   Jaine Toth. Write from My HeART: Jaine's Musings on Writing and Creativity (2026). A selection of poems addressing the quest for creativity.
  23. Posted 2026-03-26 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department. Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Badí'u'lláh (2026). Regards the translation of a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh (“Be generous in prosperity…”) by Shoghi Effendi.
  24. Posted 2026-03-26 in Unpublished articles:   Filip Boicu. "Knowledge Game" and the Bahá'í Faith, The: Ten Perspectives from Bahá'í Scholarship (2026). What does the Revelation have to contribute to the modern system of knowledge and academic disciplines? To what extent does the understanding of the Revelation depend on the modern system of knowledge? This problematic is the knowledge game of religion.
  25. Posted 2026-03-26 in Study Guides:   Anonymous. One Common Faith: A Summary (2005). Summary of a commentary prepared in 2005 under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, that reviews passages from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of the contemporary religious crisis.
  26. Posted 2026-03-24 in Published articles:   H. E. Chehabi. Anatomy of Prejudice: Reflections on Secular Anti-Baha'ism in Iran (2008). On social attitudes toward Bahá'ís in Iranian society; religious and cultural prejudice; anti-Bahá'í arguments and conspiracies; their political prominence under the Sháh; Iranian nationalism and Bahá'í cosmopolitanism; Bahá'ís and Persian culture.
  27. Posted 2026-03-24 in Books:   Ronen A. Cohen. Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran, The: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present (2013). History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading an anti-Khomeini agenda; spiritual background to Imamite Shi'ism and the historical context; a counter-revolutionary movement that echoes today.
  28. Posted 2026-03-24 in Published articles:   Leila Chamankhah. Persianization of Shaykhīsm: The Doctrine of Rukn-i Rābiʿ from Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī to Karīm Khān Kirmānī (2021). On the concepts of authority, leadership, and the doctrine of the Fourth Pillar in Shaykhism; the theology of maʿrifa (gnosis); how Kirmání and his successors deal with the Bábí cause; Kirmání's attempts to Persianize the Shaykhi creeds.
  29. Posted 2026-03-23 in Published articles:   Uzi Rabi, Ronen A. Cohen. Iran, Israel and the "Shi'ite Crescent" (2008). Conference proceedings on the relations between the regional powers of Iran and the Arab world, and the relations between Iran and Israel since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Only passing mention of Bahá'ís, but of general relevance.
  30. Posted 2026-03-23 in Links:   Arash Abizadeh. Publications of Arash Abizadeh (1998). Listing of articles and other material, including audio/visual, online at the author's website, many with content related to Bahá'í studies.
  31. Posted 2026-03-21 in Unpublished articles:   Benjamin Schewel. Concept of Spiritual Force, The: Teilhardian and Bahá'í Perspectives (2013). The concept of spiritual force - purpose, and growth in capacity - constitutes an important component of both Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s thought and a Bahá’í conceptual framework; overview of historical approaches to the concept of spiritual force.
  32. Posted 2026-03-21 in Published articles:   Amanah Nurish. Social Injustice and Problem of Human Rights In Indonesian Bahá'í Community (2012). Religious freedom in Indonesia; political and social dynamic with the Muslim majority; religious conflicts and minority rights; political and social consequences of surviving as a Bahá'í.
  33. Posted 2026-03-21 in Unpublished articles:   Benjamin Schewel. Subtraction Narratives (2013). On the claims that religion flourishes when ignorance, powerlessness, and passivity govern human life, giving way to a more secular rationalism; on the thought of Daniel Dennett, John Dewey, and Maurice Gauchet.
  34. Posted 2026-03-21 in Published articles:   Ronen A. Cohen. Triple Exclusion of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, The: Their Activities for Human Rights in Iran as a Voice in the Wilderness (2013). On the Iranian Islamist semi-Marxist organization founded by students in Tehran in 1965 to oppose the Shah; history of repression in contemporary Iran. No mention of the Faith other than in footnotes.
  35. Posted 2026-03-21 in Published articles:   Ronen A. Cohen. אגודת החג'תיה: בין השיעה לדת הבהאית, בין פילוסופיה למהפכנות (2012). On the historical background of the Hojjatieh Society and its philosophy; the Islamic revolution; Khomeini and Halabi.
  36. Posted 2026-03-20 in Presentations:   Marco Oliveira. Book of Certitude, The: The Main Theological Principles (2017). Detailed presentation on the historical background of the Íqán; its content and structure; the themes of God, the Manifestations of God, and the Human Being; signs of a new revelation.
  37. Posted 2026-03-20 in Unpublished articles:   Christopher Buck. Figurative Structure of Eschatological Arabic, The (1989). Much of the Qur'an concerns heaven and hell and the final judgment to come, using various kinds of figures of speech, like transference, metaphor, symbol; exploration of these figures as phenomenological, cognitive, and meaning-intended.
  38. Posted 2026-03-20 in Published articles:   Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá'í (Social, Economic and Religious Problems from the Bahá'í Perspective) (2022). 15 articles in a journal issue dedicated to Bahá'í studies.
  39. Posted 2026-03-20 in Essays and short articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. منابع مطالعه، حبیب‌الله حسامی: مقدمه (Research Sources, by Ḥabíbu'lláh Ḥisámí: Introduction) (1968). Short introduction praising the author for this study, beneficial for those who are engaged in teaching and for seekers of knowledge.
  40. Posted 2026-03-20 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá مَکاتیب عَبدُالبَهآء: جلد نهم (Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, volume 9).
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