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  1. Posted 1997 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States 1995 U.S. National Bahá'í Convention (1995). Letter to an individual concerning some suggestions about the structure, function, and budget of the US NSA.
  2. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan 1995: Four Year Plan (1996). Talk organized by the US NSA and the LSA of Washington, DC.
  3. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck Academic Methodologies (1997). Two letters to the House on the relationship between "materialistic methodologies" and "doctrinal heresy" in the academic fields, followed by the House's detailed response.
  4. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Administrative Order, Suggestions about changes in (1995). Ways in which Bahá'ís may make suggestions for change within the Bahá'í administration, and the nature of internet discussions.
  5. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice African Americans in the United States (1996). Comments about what public role might be played by the Bahá'í Faith in America to ameliorate the difficulties faced by African-American males.
  6. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice African religions; miracles; strange phenomena (1996). Five questions: the religion of Santeria; relationship to Sabaeanism; Yoruba-based new world religions; visions and miracles of the Virgin Mary and Fatima; UFOs, aliens, and genetic engineering.
  7. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Alcoholics Anonymous (1987). Three short letters concerning Bahá'í participation in Alcoholics Anonymous.
  8. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Amnesty International (1993). Bahá'ís may work with but should not hold membership in Amnesty International.
  9. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Nossrat Peseschkian Applications of Positive Psychotherapy for Marriage and Family Therapy (1983). To understand observed behaviour, we need to consider transcultural conditions as well as those in the personal history of the patient. This approach underlies the author's concept for a conflict-centred therapy.
  10. Posted 1997 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Attacks on the Faith (1997). Response to two recent "attacks": dissidence and graffiti.
  11. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Authenticity of Texts (1996). Status of texts of Abdu'l-Bahá's talks, of the books Bahá'í World Faith and Foundations of World Unity, of letters from the Universal House of Justice versus its Secretariat, and of letters from the Guardian.
  12. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Authority of the Hands of the Cause to direct the Faith and expel Covenant-breakers (1997). Authority of the Hands of the Cause assume control of the Faith and eject Covenant-breakers following Shoghi Effendi's passing.
  13. Posted 1997 in Theses:   Zaid Lundberg Bahá'í Apocalypticism: The Concept of Progressive Revelation (1996). Progressive revelation is part of a coherent system of apocalypticism. Paper includes discussion of theology, cosmology, and prophetology.
  14. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam, A (1993). Survey of the terms "prophet" and "seal," and a Bahá'í reconciliation of these terms with progressive revelation.
  15. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Bahá'í Faith and Sexuality (1996). A selection of internet postings from January-February 1996 on the teachings, history, and laws of the Bahá'í Faith regarding sexuality, concluding with a discussion of some biological meanings of "gender."
  16. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Robert Stockman Baha'i Faith and Syncretism, The (1997). Addresses the common misunderstanding that the Bahá'í Faith is syncretistic.
  17. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Baha'i Faith, The: A Future-Oriented Religion (1997). The rise and fall of civilizations as regards future human development.
  18. Posted 1997 in Encyclopedia articles:   Robert Stockman Baha'i Faith: A Portrait (1995). General introduction to Bahá'í history and teachings.
  19. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   David S. Ruhe Bahá'í Horizons in the 21st Century (1993). Informal notes transcribed from a talk closing a 1993 Conference on Social and Economic Development in Orlando, Florida, offering an overview of Bahá'í activities at the turn of the millennium.
  20. Posted 1997 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   International Teaching Centre Bahá'í scholarship: importance, nature, and promotion of (1984). 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.
  21. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm, by Udo Schaefer: Review (1996).
  22. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Orrol L. Harper Bird's-Eye View of the World in the Year 2000, A (1924). A fanciful and optimistic vision of life in the Twenty-first Century.
  23. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Moojan Momen, Abu'l-Qasim Afnan, Anthony Lee Black Pearls: Notes on Slavery (1988). Editor's note, foreword, preface, and introduction to two editions of Black Pearls; brief overview of the institution of slavery.
  24. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Boise, Idaho, comp. Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith (1996). Chronology of major events in Bahá'í history from 1844 to 1996.
  25. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard, Deborah K. van den Hoonaard Broad Contours of the Canadian Baha'i Community (1994). Historical and sociological overview of the Canadian Bahá'í community.
  26. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Jonah Winters Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen: Review (1994). Issues raised by Momen's attempt to show that both religions are compatible, that the manifestation of Bahá'u'lláh fulfills the prophecies of the Buddha on the coming of a future Maitreya Buddha, and Bahá'í re-interpretations of Buddhist theology.
  27. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Paul Dodenhoff Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm?: The Bahá'í Faith and the New Age Movement (1999). The juxtaposition between the 'New Age' movement in the United States and Britain and the Bahá'í Faith.
  28. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Challenging the Authority of the Universal House of Justice (1997). Does the Universal House of Justice have the authority to make authoritative interpretations? Does anyone has the right to challenge the authority or actions of the Universal House of Justice?
  29. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Childhood Abuse, Ritual (1994). Matters of psychology and healing relating to recovery from certain forms of childhood abuse.
  30. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Childhood Trauma, Recovering from (1992). Guidance for individuals who suffered traumatic childhood experiences at the hands of disturbed parents.
  31. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Children, Oppression of (1985). Discussion of the oppression of children at the hands of exploitative individuals and solace for those who have suffered such treatment.
  32. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Sen McGlinn Church and State in the World Order of Baha'u'llah (1994). The concept of theocracy as it applies to the Bahá'í model of government.
  33. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Sen McGlinn Commentary on the Kitab-i Aqdas, verse one (1997). Meanings why recognition of God and his Manifestations are the first two laws of the Aqdas.
  34. Posted 1997 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Communicative Interaction: Relating Habermasian Universalism to Baha'i Consultation (1996). The philosophy of Jurgen Habermas has been influential in formulating definitions of morality. These theories are similar to the unique use by Bahá'ís of "consultation" as a tool for creating civil societies and nonrepressive moral codes.
  35. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Richard Ater Comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith (1997). Analytical overview of the theology of prophethood in both religions.
  36. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Continental Boards of Counselors, Elucidation of the Nature of (1972). The nature of the Institution of the Continental Boards of Counselors and its relationship to the Institution of the Hands of the Cause.
  37. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   May Maxwell Conversations with Shoghi Effendi (1924). A set of informal notes taken by Maxwell at Haifa in 1924, and "reproduced for the information of the Bahá'í friends with the permission of the National Spiritual Assembly."
  38. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Susan Maneck Conversion Movements within Hindu Village Culture (1997). Hindu, Christian, and Bahá'í conversion patterns in India.
  39. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Covenant-Breakers, Encountering Online (1997). Actions Bahá'ís need or need not take upon meeting Covenant Breakers in online "chat rooms" or by email.
  40. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer Crime and Punishment: Bahá'í Perspectives for a Future Criminal Law (1996). There is a moral crisis at the present time due to the decline of religion. The Bahá'í teachings uphold the principles of divine justice, individual responsibility, moral education, and the fear of God.
  41. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Dancing in the Haziratu'l-Quds (1987). Recreational dancing in a temple is not appropriate, but cultural and devotional dancing is acceptable.
  42. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Khazeh Fananapazir Day of God (Yawmu'llah) and the Days of God (Ayyamu'llah) (1997). Comparison of Biblical and Islamic antecedents of the symbol of the "Day of God."
  43. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Denis MacEoin Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Shari'a: Babi and Baha'i Solutions to the Problem of Immutability (1997). Ways in which the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh adopted and changed the Islamic shari`a in their own, new codes of law.
  44. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Hossain B. Danesh Development and Dimensions of Love in Marriage (1983). As with all forms of love, love in marriage is developmental in nature. Its development is closely related to the process of maturation in the individual.
  45. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Robert T. Cameron Disconnected Letters of the Qur'an and the Significance of the Number 19 (1982). Critique of Rashad Khalifa's (disputed) study purporting to find a "deep structure" of 19 in the Qur'an.
  46. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Dissidence and Criticism by Bahá'ís and Scholars (1996). Response to a latter about the content and tone of some online discussions in email listservers in the mid-1990s.
  47. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Anonymous Divine Institution of Marriage, The (1983).
  48. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Richard Logan Enlightened Scholarship: E.G. Browne and H.M. Balyuzi (1996). Examination of the qualities of scholarship embodied by E. G. Browne and H. M. Balyuzi.
  49. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Environmental Protection from a Baha'i Perspective (1997). The place of the natural world in the Bahá'í teachings.
  50. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   John Walbridge Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Baha'u'llah (1997). Mystical symbolism in early Bahá'í poetry.
  51. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Bernard Leach, Lucy Marshall Excerpts from a letter from Bernard Leach after his visit to Haifa (1954). Brief impressions of the Bahá'í Shrines and of Shoghi Effendi; the coming of the Lesser Peace.
  52. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Sen McGlinn Exploring the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1997). Four topics: Entry by troops and the institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar; the House of Worship and the House of Justice; the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar as a Meeting, and the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar as a Building.
  53. Posted 1997 in Personal compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Duane Troxel, comp. Extraterrestrial Life (1996).
  54. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   A. W. Samii Falsafi, Kashani, and the Bahá'ís (1996). Essay posted to the Usenet group soc.culture.iranian in January 1996 provides a brief but well-researched history of the treatment of Bahá'ís in Iran in the 1950s and the roles of Abol-Ghasem Kashani and Mohammad Taghi Falsafi.
  55. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   William P. Collins Farrakhan, Cabala, Bahá'í, and 19, by Martin Gardner: Response (1997). Context of Bahá'í numerology.
  56. Posted 1997 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Four-Year Plan, 1995-1999: Messages to the Bahá'ís of the World (1995). Message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  57. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Fundamental Verities (1996). Meaning of the phrase "fundamental verities of the Faith" in the writings of Shoghi Effendi.
  58. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny God, Chance, and Necessity, by Keith Ward: Review (1997).
  59. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Goddess Religion, Ancient (1992). Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
  60. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Sen McGlinn Guardianship and the House of Justice (1997). The Context of The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh; the distinction and separation of the Guardianship and the Houses of Justice; distinctions between the Guardian and the Exemplar; the inseparability of the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice.
  61. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Guardianship, Anticipation of, in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1992). Did Bahá'u'lláh anticipate the Institution of the Guardianship in the Kitab-i-Aqdas?
  62. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Clara A. Edge Haifa Notes (1954). Notes by the author of the biographical novel Tahirih, taken during her visit to Haifa in 1954.
  63. Posted 1997 in Visual Materials:   The Báb Haykal (pentacle talisman) and da'ira (circle) (n.d.). Talisman drawn by the Bab; not identified.
  64. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. , Juan Cole, trans. He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú): Commentary (1996). Translation by Shoghi Effendi, completed by Cole. Themes include Islamic mysticism and the meaning of detachment, the meaning of the hadith about knowing one's self, the meaning of Return, and the hadith "The believer is alive in both worlds."
  65. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Robert Stauffer, ed. History of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tihran, Iran (1978). Brief history of the birth-place of Bahá'u'lláh distributed to pilgrims to the site.
  66. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Holy Day Observances (1992). Do Tablets of Visitation need to be recited on holy days? Do participants need to face the Qiblih while one is being recited?
  67. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Homosexual Practices, Bahá'í Teachings on (1995). Overview of Bahá'í teachings towards homosexual practices, and how the community should approach homosexuals.
  68. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Homosexuality, Advice on (1994). Clarification to a Bahá'í woman in love with another Bahá'í woman that the Guardian's interpretations of the Bahá'u'lláh's teachings on homosexuality are infallible; concedes that homosexuality may have a "natural" genetic cause.
  69. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Homosexuality: Biological, or a Learned Behavior? (1993). Various topics related to homosexuality, with an especial focus on whether the Bahá'í writings teach that homosexuality is biologically based or is a "learned behavior."
  70. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering (1983). The human response to stressful events; coping mechanisms, including those of Bahá'í martyrs; responses to social stressors.
  71. Posted 1997 in Newspaper articles:   Reuters Human Rights Watch on Persecution of Baha'is in Iran (1997). Two articles covering a report by Human Rights Watch on the treatment of the Bahá'ís and other minorities in Iran.
  72. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Huququ'llah Transactions, Examples of (1991). Information and examples about calculating Huququ'llah transactions.
  73. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Huququ'llah, Sixteen Questions about (1991). Sixteen detailed questions about Huququ'llah, submitted by a Bahá'í attorney.
  74. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Duane Troxel Intelligent Life in the Universe and Exotheology in Christianity and the Bahá'í Writings (1996). Theological statements on extraterrestrial life in Christian and Bahá'í texts, and in the work of Giordano Bruno and Galileo.
  75. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Internet Communications; Virgin Birth; Encyclopedia; Administrative Order (1996). Questions on email discussion groups and the Covenant, the Bahá'í stance on the Virgin Birth of Christ, the spirituality of administrating, the spiritual destiny of the American Bahá'í community, and the status of the Bahá'í Encyclopedia.
  76. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Internet Discussions, Character of (1995). Internet courtesy, discipline, and the need for Bahá'ís online to be a "spiritual leaven."
  77. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   International Teaching Centre Internet Forums, Development and Monitoring of (1995). Guidance for Counsellors regarding participation in and monitoring of bulletin boards, chat rooms, and email lists.
  78. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Ian C. Semple Interpretation and the Guardianship (2005). Two versions of a talk presented at a seminar in Haifa, 1984, on differences between personal interpretation, authoritative interpretation, divinely guided legislation, and the role of the Guardian as interpreter
  79. Posted 1997 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Investing and Finance (1996). Letter from the US BNC's Finance Coordinator describing some investment principles followed by the NSA, and offering limited guidance for individuals.
  80. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Iranian Believers Throughout the World, Message to (1997). Inspirational discussion of the history of the Bahá'ís in Iran, including exhortations for the education of Persian children and youth.
  81. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Frank Lewis, Puran Stevens Iranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (1986). Introduction to Persian culture, history, and customs, designed as an aid in cultural understanding for Americans interacting with Iranian emigrants.
  82. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel Is the Bahá'í Faith a World Religion? (1994). Examination of the terms "world religion" and "new religious movement" to demonstrate that the Bahá'í Faith is best categorized as a "world religion."
  83. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ishraqát, Tablet of, Date of Revelation (1996). Clues that could provide a date for the revelation of Bahá'u'lláh's "Tablet of Ishraqat." Includes part of Sen McGlinn's original query to which the House.
  84. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Israel, Teaching the Faith in (1995). Short overview of the policies on discussing the Bahá'í Faith in Israel; the prohibition of Bahá'ís from teaching the Bahá'í Faith to Israelis extends to internet discussions. Includes US State Dept. overview of the laws regarding proselytizing in Israel.
  85. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Expulsion of Covenant Breakers (1997). Discussion of a reference in the Kitab-i-Aqdas to the possible end of the Guardianship, and the authority of the Hands of the Cause to expel Covenant-breakers.
  86. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   John Walbridge Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n (1996). Brief essay on, and partial translation of, this work of the Bab.
  87. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Krishna, historiography of; Meaning of "Qayyúm" (1983). Two questions: historical information about Krishna, and the meaning of the term "qayyum".
  88. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Language of Revelation and Status of Guardian's Translations (1992). English translations as a "basis" for translations into other European languages;. Though Shoghi Effendi's writings are "authoritative," they do not make English a language of revelation.
  89. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Susan Maneck Law of Love Enshrined, The: Selected Essays, by John Hatcher and William Hatcher: Review (1997).
  90. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Laymen vs. Scholars in Bahá'í Studies (1996). No distinction should be drawn between "laypeople" and "scholars" in Bahá'í studies, and the pursuit of knowledge.
  91. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Legislating on Morality (1988). Areas in which the Universal House of Justice is refraining from legislating on, e.g. abortion and homosexuality.
  92. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Legislative Responsibilities of the Universal House of Justice Regarding Obligatory Prayers, Guardian's Statement on (1995). Brief note about which aspects of obligatory prayer the House may one day legislate on.
  93. Posted 1997 in Bibliographies:   Sen McGlinn Leiden List: Bibliography to the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh (1999).
  94. Posted 1997 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, May 19 1994 (1994). A lengthy response inspired by the US community's 1994 "Vision in Action" initiative, addressing the slowness of the growth of the Faith in America and the impact of negative trends in American society on the nation's Bahá'í community.
  95. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Jessie Revell Letters from Jessie Revell (1952). Two letters, from Shoghi Effendi's secretary at the time, to believers in the United States.
  96. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Letters of the Quranic Dispensation and Letters of the Living (huruf) (2003). Some meanings of the term huruf ("letters") in Bahá'í texts, including Letters of the Bayan, Letters of the Living, and Letters of the Quranic Dispensation.
  97. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   John T. Dale Lidia Zamenhof (1996). Brief biography of the daughter of Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
  98. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Los Angeles, Living in (1996). Bahá'ís have not been advised to avoid living in Los Angeles, but should still recall the importance of pioneering and not congregating in insular communities.
  99. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Julio Savi Love Relationship between God and Humanity: Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Hidden Words (1997). An overview of God and man's relationship as expressed in Bahá'u'lláh's Hidden Words.
  100. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Lauran Walker Mantle of the Prophet, The: Religion and Politics in Iran, by Roy Mottahedeh: Review (1997).
  101. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   Hossain B. Danesh Marriage and Sexuality (1991). Transcript of a talk at a private home in Springfield, Virginia, recorded and distributed for teaching and deepening.
  102. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Khalil A. Khavari Marriage and the Nuclear Family: A Bahá'í Perspective (1983). Bahá'í concepts of the purposes of marriage, courtship and dating, family communication, and children.
  103. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Kerry Mothersill Marriage Breakdown in North America: A Psychosocial Perspective (1983). What are the effects of marital breakdown, what are its causes, and what can be done to enhance marital and family stability?
  104. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Ruth Eyford, Helgi Eyford Marriage: the Eternal Principle (1983). The role marriage plays in our ultimate purpose to know and worship God. The practical implications of marriage from a Bahá'í perspective. To what extent can we accept modern secular answers and therapists' techniques to marital problems?
  105. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Marshall Islands population statistics (1996). Populations of the Marshall Islands, and explanation of a directive by the Universal House of Justice that teachers travel to an island that was uninhabitable because of radiation.
  106. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him (1997). Letter from the US NSA on the importance of commitment to the covenant, a letter from the UHJ on covenant-breaking, and the history "Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him."
  107. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Phyllis K. Peterson Meaning of Detachment, The (1997). Detachment as it relates to women, teaching, the media, and unity.
  108. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Sen McGlinn Meanings of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1997). Summary of the full meanings of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, "The Dawning Place of the Remembrance of God."
  109. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   International Teaching Centre Meetings for women only (1997). It is acceptable and perhaps even sometimes necessary for Bahá'ís to hold gender-segregated meetings.
  110. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Mental Tests (1995). Meaning of the phrase "mental tests" in the writings of Abdu'l-Bahá and of Shoghi Effendi. Includes short compilation of relevant passages.
  111. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan Mental Tests (1995). An address by Dr. Khan, of the Universal House of Justice, in Australia. Needs proofreading.
  112. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal (1996). Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Bahá'í concept of equality of the sexes in light of some Bahá'í laws and history which appear to undermine it
  113. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. , Anton Haddad, trans. Most Holy Book, The: Parallel Translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1901). Two translations, side-by-side: the authorized one (1992) and a more literal one by Anton Haddad (1901). Includes image-scan of Haddad's translation.
  114. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Music Lyrics, Singing, and Dancing at Feast (1994). Bahá'ís may incorporate music, singing, and dancing into the spiritual portions of the community devotional meetings.
  115. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Theo A. Cope Neo-platonic Framework for Bahá'í philosophy (1997). Some thoughts on the history and thought of Neoplatonism and its relation to Bahá'í philosophy. Concludes with a review of another essay on Neoplatonism.
  116. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Mark A. Foster New Typology of Religious Organization (1995). Overview of models normativist, arcanist, routinized, and charismatic.
  117. Posted 1997 in Research notes:   Robert Stockman Notes from the National Bahá'í Archives on the Chicago House of Spirituality (1986). Unformatted notes, ordered chronologically, on early American Bahá'í history. Prepared as background research for The Bahá'í Faith in American vol. 1: Origins, 1892-1900.
  118. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Edith McLaren Notes of the Pilgrimage of Edith McLaren (1954). Notes of a pilgrimage May 2-10, 1954.
  119. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Mary Day Notes on Feminist Theory, Some (1997). Implications of feminism for Bahá'í thinking.
  120. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Mabel Hyde Paine Notes on Shoghi Effendi's Table Talk (1931). Notes from a pilgrimage in 1931.
  121. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Dann J. May Notes on the Christian "Antichrist" and Titles of Christ (1997). Intro for a Bahá'í-Christian dialogue on the meaning of the antichrist, titles of Jesus in the Bahá'í Sacred Writings, and brief compilation of Bahá'í writings.
  122. Posted 1997 in Research notes:   Robert Stockman Notes on the Thornton Chase Papers (1985). Unformatted notes, ordered chronologically, on early American Bahá'í Thornton Chase.
  123. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   John Walbridge Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series (1996). Brief overview of this historical work. Includes letter from the World Centre explaining that no official translation is forthcoming.
  124. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   Leroy Ioas, B. Buckley, ed. Notes to a talk given by Hand of the Cause Ioas in Pasadena California (1960).
  125. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Eberhard von Kitzing Origin of Complex Order in Biology: Abdu'l-Baha's concept of the originality of species compared to concepts in modern biology (2001). The purpose and destiny of our human life is shown to be compatible with the facts of biology and paleontology.
  126. Posted 1997 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Origins of Shi'ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship (1996). Shi'ism, representing about 10% of the umma, is often regarded as illegitimate by the majority Sunnis. Using Western historiographical methods, I examine three key events occuring during the life of Muhammad that are used to legitimize Shi'i origins.
  127. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Michael McMullen Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada 1898-1948, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard: Review (1997).
  128. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Elmer Beasley, Gladys Beasley Our Pilgrimage to Haifa (1957). Notes from a pilgrimage in 1956.
  129. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities (1996). Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Bahá'í gatherings because of an inability to understand English.
  130. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Kamran Hakim Personal Interpretation of the term 'Seal of the Prophets' (1997). A lengthy examination of the terms khatam, "seal," and Nabi, "Prophet," and their meanings in Islam.
  131. Posted 1997 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Personal page (1997). My own links, theses, and papers. The tags are places I've lived or gone to school.
  132. Posted 1997 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Various Petition from the Persian Reformers (1867). A petition sent by Bahá'ís in Baghdad and Shushtar, Iran, in 1867 to the US Consulate general, seeking assistance in getting Bahá'u'lláh released from imposed exile.
  133. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Author unknown Pilgrim's Notes (1953). Anonymous notes from January 1953.
  134. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   William Sears Pilgrimage to Haifa and Akka: Parts Two-Three (1954). Notes on his pilgrimage in 1954 by American Baha'i and pioneer (and later Hand of the Cause) William Sears.
  135. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Pioneering or Education? (1968). To Bahá'í youth in every land: deciding whether to pioneer or continue with higher education.
  136. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Michael J. Bruwer Poetry of Loving: Family Therapy and the Bahá'í Faith (1983). Psychotherapy and the family; the Bahá'í concept of the family; the role of models of the world.
  137. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Prayer for Protection (1996). A short prayer, authoritatively translated on behalf of the Universal House of Justice.
  138. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Prayer of the Bab "God Sufficeth...," Two versions of (1996). The original text of the prayer "God Sufficeth" has not been found, and there may be two versions.
  139. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant (1996). Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Bahá'í social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevailing cultural mores; and the uniqueness of the Bahá'í covenant.
  140. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ranks and Functions in the Bahá'í Cause (1978). Different ranks of and interactive functioning of the Continental Board of Counsellors versus National Spiritual Assemblies.
  141. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Linda Walbridge Reforming the Marja` at-Taqlid: The Baha'i Example (1997). Shi'i leadership paradigms and the marja` at-taqlid, "clerical exemplar" or "religious guide."
  142. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer, Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. Religious Intolerance as a Source of Violence (1994). A Bahá'í-inspired examination of how religious fanaticism and prejudice promotes violence.
  143. Posted 1997 in Historical documents:   Ahang Rabbani Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The (1997). Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Refugee from Isfahan," discussing the history of these remains. Includes biographical notes.
  144. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   Glenford Mitchell Remembering Shoghi Effendi as Interpreter (1997). Scholarly talk on the nature of interpretation and the Covenant, given at Foundation Hall of the House of Worship in Wilmette.
  145. Posted 1997 in Personal letters:   David Langness Report from the 1995 National Convention (1995). A short series of daily reports from the U.S. National Bahá'í Convention, from a personal perspective.
  146. Posted 1997 in Books:   Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters Resource Guide for the Scholarly Study of the Bahá'í Faith (1997). A comprehensive research and educational tool for the student or teacher of the Bahá'í Faith. Includes curriculum guides, lecture outlines, annotated bibliographies, and lists of educational materials.
  147. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Mark A. Foster Resurrection: A Bahá'í Perspective (1993). Personal reflections and interpretations.
  148. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Resurrection and Return of Jesus (2008). The body of Christ; the burial of Christ; His return; and explaining the Bahá'í view to Christians.
  149. Posted 1997 in Study Guides:   Foad Shodjai Ridván 1996: Outline (1996). Summary of this letter, in outline format.
  150. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, by Denis MacEoin: Review (1996). A compact, well-documented academic study including a representative selection of texts; by focussing only on texts it omits actual Bahá'í practice and over-emphasizes the ritual elements found in the Bahá'í Faith.
  151. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   John S. Hatcher, Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian, Mark Towfiq, comp. Role of the Scholar: Scholarship and the Covenant (1996). Essays "The New Role of the Scholar in Bahá'í Society" and "Scholarship and the Covenant."
  152. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Negar Mottahedeh Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht (1998). Implications of Tahirih's revolutionary act at Badasht in terms of a decisive break with Islamic history; also Shaykh Abu Turab's recollections of the event and his literary role in Nabil's Dawn-Breakers.
  153. Posted 1997 in Book reviews:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, by John Walbridge: Review (1996).
  154. Posted 1997 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Saying Nothing about No-Thing: Apophatic Theology in the Classical World (1994). The apophatic (negative) theology of the Neoplatonism of Plotinus and some pre-Pseudo-Dionysius eastern Christian thinkers.
  155. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Scholars and the Administrative Order (1997). Letter to the House requesting guidance concerning a possible "atmosphere of distrust" among some academics, followed by a response which sets the problem in the context of the current intellectual and spiritual crisis afflicting society at large.
  156. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Schools owned by Bahá'ís and "Bahá'í schools" (1994). Are schools owned by or run by Bahá'ís always considered "Bahá'í" schools, and does the word "Bahá'í" always appear in their title?
  157. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Science and Religion, Quotations on (1997). Regarding a compilation on science and religion; includes a short list of references to science and religion.
  158. Posted 1997 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Shi'i Qur'an: An Examination of Western Scholarship (1997). In the Kitab-i-Iqan (pp. 84-89) Bahá'u'lláh rejects the charge that the text of the Bible has been tampered with. Many Shi'is have charged the same, accusing Sunnis of removing the proofs of Ali's appointment as leader of the community from the Qur'an.
  159. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Moojan Momen Significance of the New Millennium (1997). Facing a new Millennium, Bahá'ís advocate the goal of increasing unity, peace, and the spiritualisation of our society and our world; the Bahá'í teachings contain a practical programme to attain these objectives.
  160. Posted 1997 in Study Guides:   Vahid Rafati, Denis MacEoin, Faruq Izadinia, Jonah Winters, comp. , Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Sources of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1997). List of the original Tablets excerpted by Shoghi Effendi in compiling Gleanings.
  161. Posted 1997 in Notable talks:   Suheil Badi Bushrui Spiritual Foundation of Human Rights, The: A Bahá'í Perspective (1997).
  162. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Spiritual Growth, Essential Requisites for (1983). Letter to Europe; its historically-recent turn away from religion, six ways to improve spirituality, and the importance of prayer and meditation.
  163. Posted 1997 in Statistics:   Bahá'í International Community Statistical Information on the Bahá'í Faith (1994). Brief statistics on the number of Bahá'ís in the world and in certain territories and the activities of Bahá'ís.
  164. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Denis MacEoin Still Lives (1993). The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the lives of Tahirih and Shoghi Effendi.
  165. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Subud, Membership in (1995). Whether a person may be allowed to be a member of both the Bahá'í Faith and "Subud," an international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
  166. Posted 1997 in Research notes:   Bahá'í Computer and Communications Association Summary of Baha'i Activities on Worldwide Computer Networks (1995) (1995). A snapshot of the very early online Bahá'í community, when there were "over 1,000" Bahá'ís on the internet!
  167. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Surah of God (1992). Includes essay about the "Most Great Separation" (1866) and historical events in Bahá'u'lláh's household in the mid-1860s.
  168. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Michael McCarron Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Bahá'í traditions (1997). Introduction to some meanings of the various realms of God.
  169. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablet of Ahmad and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996). Date of publications of translations of the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
  170. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. , Sen McGlinn, trans. Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát) (1983). Two versions: a literalistic translation by Stephen Lambden and a poetic one by Sen McGlinn.
  171. Posted 1997 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Author unknown, trans. Tablet to Násiri'd Din Sháh (Lawh-i-Sultán) (1923).
  172. Posted 1997 in Study Guides:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas: Information on Circumstances of Revelation of Tablets (1997). List of recipients and dates of Section 17 of Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas, "Excerpts from other Tablets."
  173. Posted 1997 in Unpublished articles:   Jonah Winters Themes of 'The Erotic' in Sufi Mysticism (2017). Mystical writing is replete with symbolism of love and eros, and it can also be found in the mystical poetry of Bahá'u'lláh. This paper provides background for that topic by surveying the use of themes of the erotic in writings by seven Sufi mystics.
  174. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Theocracy and Separation of Church and State (1995). On theocracy in relation to the Bahá'í model of government, and issues relating to the development of the Bahá’í Administrative Order.
  175. Posted 1997 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Thinking in Buddhism: Nagarjuna's Middle Way (1994). Thesis and unpublished book on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, the central text of a school of thought that later evolved and migrated to become Zen Buddhism.
  176. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Rick Schaut Toward a Bahá'í Economic Model (1995). Summary of three positive statements which might form the basis for a Bahá'í economic model.
  177. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Denis MacEoin Trial of the Báb: Shi'ite Orthodoxy Confronts its Mirror Image (2000). Overview of, and documents preserved from, the Bab's 1848 trial for heresy against Islam.
  178. Posted 1997 in Pilgrims' notes:   Valera Allen, Charlotte M. Linfoot Two brief pilgrims' notes (1954). Brief notes on (1) the infallibility of the Guardian in his choice of successor an (2) atomic energy.
  179. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel Understanding Exclusivist Texts (1997). Contemporary religions, esp. Christianity, must examine their exclusivist claims to account for other paths to salvation.
  180. Posted 1997 in Theses:   Roxanne Lalonde Unity in Diversity: Acceptance and Integration in an Era of Intolerance and Fragmentation (1994). Short excerpt from thesis, edited as a stand-alone article.
  181. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Universal House of Justice's Power of Elucidation, The (1996). Clarification about the qualitative difference between the Guardian's prerogative of interpretation and the power of elucidation of the Universal House of Justice.
  182. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Violence Against Women and Children (1993). Bahá’í principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child discipline, and community protection.
  183. Posted 1997 in Essays and short articles:   Robert Weinberg Who Was Thomas Breakwell? (1997). Brief biography of the first English Bahá'í and an individual central in early European Bahá'í community.
  184. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Julio Savi Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys (1994). Exploration of some of the "seemingly abstruse" concepts of the Four Valleys.
  185. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Wills and Inheritance (1996). Five questions about the writing of Bahá'í wills. Includes a list of which laws are not at present binding upon the friends in the western world, and a compilation of "Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of Inheritance."
  186. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Susan Maneck Wisdom and Dissimulation: The Use and Meaning of Hikmat in the Bahá'í Writings and History (1996). Examination of hikmat within the Bahá'í community, especially as it refers to survival strategies in situations of danger or insecurity.
  187. Posted 1997 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Wives of Baha'u'llah (1995). Information on Bahá'u'lláh's three wives, and a background to the Bahá'í teaching that people should be monogamous in the modern age.
  188. Posted 1997 in Published articles:   Susan Maneck Women in the Bahá'í Faith (1994). Bahá'í paradigms of womanhood, and some highlights of women's participation in the Faith's history.
  189. Posted 1997-03 in Essays and short articles:   Charles Nolley, William Garlington India, Notes on Bahá'í Population (1997). Indian membership numbers, and how "enrollment" there has a different meaning than in developed countries.
  190. Posted 1997-03 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Martyrdom in Jihad (1997). Unlike Judeo-Christianity, Islam does not contain a core of martyrdom. Rather, it occurs in three disparate areas: war/jihad, asceticism, and Shi'ism. I examine the relationship between jihad and martyrdom and their classical and contemporary meanings.
  191. Posted 1997-05 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Anonymous, trans. Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih) (1997). A theological description of reality, with reference to Ptolemy and Al-Farabi.
  192. Posted 1997-05 in Historical documents:   Denis MacEoin, comp. Trial of the Báb: Answers given during the interrogation of the Báb (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  193. Posted 1997-05 in Historical documents:   Denis MacEoin, trans. Trial of the Báb: Alim-i Hashtrud's account (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  194. Posted 1997-05 in Historical documents:   Denis MacEoin, trans. Trial of the Bab: Mulla Muhammad Mamaqani's account (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  195. Posted 1997-05 in Historical documents:   Denis MacEoin, comp. Trial of the Báb: Questions, rebukes, statements made during the interrogation of the Bab (1997). Translation of source documents preserved from the 1848 trial.
  196. Posted 1997-05-06 in Historical documents:   Mirza Badi'u'llah, Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Epistle to the Bahá'í World, An (1907). Letter from the half-brother of `Abdu'l-Bahá about Badi'u'llah's exit from, return to, and then exit again from the Bahá'í Faith.
  197. Posted 1997-05-20 in Archives:   Juan Cole, comp. Juan Cole manuscript and book collection: Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i texts (1997). Manuscripts and books in Cole's library and selected Iranian National Bahá'í Archive contents.
  198. Posted 1997-06 in Essays and short articles:   Jack Coleman Common Grounds between Buddhism, Quantum Physics, and the Bahá'í Faith (1997). Some parallels and similarities between the Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, and physics.
  199. Posted 1997-06 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, E. G. Browne, trans. , Shoghi Effendi, trans. , Sen McGlinn, comp. Tablet to Nasiri'd Din Shah (Lawh-i-Sultan) (1997). Complete tablet, as translated by both Shoghi Effendi and E.G. Browne. With introduction by Sen McGlinn.
  200. Posted 1997-06-05 in Essays and short articles:   Denis MacEoin, Robert Stockman, Juan Cole, Will C. van den Hoonaard, Jonah Winters, ed. Is the Bahá'í Faith a "World Religion" or a "New Religious Movement"? (1997). Compilation of emails about the socio-religious classification of the Bahá'í Faith.
  201. Posted 1997-07 in Essays and short articles:   Kamran Hakim Homosexuality in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1996). Informal notes on the treatment of homosexuality in the Kitab-i Aqdas, and its background.
  202. Posted 1997-07-22 in Essays and short articles:   Anne Gordon Atkinson Introduction to Green Acre Bahá'í School (1990). Brief summary of the history contained in the book-length history "Green Acre on the Piscataqua: A Centennial Celebration".
  203. Posted 1997-08 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Deaths of Two Iranian Bahá'ís, 1997 (1997). Reports from the Universal House of Justice and the NSA of the United States on the deaths of Masha'llah Enayati and Shahram Reza'i.
  204. Posted 1997-08 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Translation and Review (1991). Whether certain scholars were authorized as translators, and that the institution of review is not being abrogated at this time.
  205. Posted 1997-08-31 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Arc Project: 1987 Open Letter (1987). Status of the Arc Project (Bahá'í World Center), 1987.
  206. Posted 1997-08-31 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Arc Project: 1991 Open Letter (1991). Status of the Arc Project (Bahá'í World Center), 1991.
  207. Posted 1997-08-31 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Arc Project: 1994 Open Letter (1994). Status of the Arc Project (Bahá'í World Center), 1994.
  208. Posted 1997-09 in Personal pages:   Jonah Winters Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions (1997). Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shí'í and Bábí history.
  209. Posted 1997-09-01 in Unpublished articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard, William W. Hackborn Chaos as Metaphor for the Study of Social Processes in the Postmodern World: A Baha'i Illustration (1997). How ideas drawn from the study of chaos theory can be used to describe some aspects of a social environment.
  210. Posted 1997-10 in Essays and short articles:   David Langness Mystical content and symbology of Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys (1997). Symbology of the Four Valleys, and a brief overview of a four-stage spiritual growth model.
  211. Posted 1997-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Ahang Rabbani Aqa Husayn Ashchi's narrative (1996). A letter to the House requesting permission to translate and publish Aqa Husayn Ashchi's narrative and their response.
  212. Posted 1997-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Pilgrims' Notes Online (1997). No policy other than the exercise of wisdom currently exists regarding the publishing of pilgrims' notes on the internet.
  213. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Ali Kuli Khan, John Bosch, Louise Bosch, Marzieh Gail, ed. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Portrayals from East and West (1971). Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and Louise Bosch.
  214. Posted 1998 in Visual Materials:   Marc Edmund Jones Abdu'l-Baha's horoscope (1974). Abdu'l-Bahá's Horoscope, as prepared by a non-Bahá'í.
  215. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   L. P. Elwell-Sutton Abdu'l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1973).
  216. Posted 1998 in Bibliographies:   Owen Battrick, comp. Achievements and Victories of the Guardianship: Statistics, chronology, and bibliography (1982). List of books written, assemblies founded, Hands of the Cause appointed, and Plans for Expansion conceived.
  217. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Alcohol, Prohibition of (1997). Explanation of the prohibition on drinking alcohol; guidelines on how to approach and impose administrative sanctions on someone using it flagrantly.
  218. Posted 1998 in Books:   Robert Riggs Apocalypse Unsealed (1981). Early draft of the later book Apocalypse - An Exegesis.
  219. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Apostle Paul, a "False Teacher"? (1998). Whether Bahá'í Writings state that Paul was a "false teacher," the relationship between apostles Paul and Peter, and some Bahá'í teachings on Christianity.
  220. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Brownstein Are the Four Valleys four stages in one path or are they four paths? (1998). Alternate readings of symbolism in the Four Valleys.
  221. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Authenticity of Prayers and Tablets (1992). List of some prayers and tablets which are not or might not be authentic; includes 2020 update on the prayer "Help me to refrain from every irregular inclination..."
  222. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Juan Cole, trans. Báb and the Bábí Religion, The (1985). A general overview of Bábí history and thought, written in Arabic in 1896.
  223. Posted 1998 in Books:   Denis MacEoin Babi and Bahá'í Religions, The: An Annotated Bibliography (1997).
  224. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Baha'i Approach, The: Moderation in Civilization (1995). Bahá'í approach to nature and ecology.
  225. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Inder Manocha Bahá'í Art: Fact or Fiction? (1993). A re-examination of the nature of Bahá'í art. Includes response by Sonja van Kerkhoff.
  226. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Roy Steiner Bahá'í Community as a Learning Organisation, The (1996). How a knowledge management system focussed on assisting individuals, communities and institutions could improve their success. Followed by commentaries by Kambiz Maani and Svenja Tams.
  227. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   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.
  228. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Bruce Burrill, Juan Cole, Moojan Momen, Dann J. May Bahá'í Faith and Buddhism Dialogue (1995). Eleven email postings from Bruce Burrill, Juan Cole, Moojan Momen, and Dann May, from the listserver Talisman 1.
  229. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Bryan Graham Baha'i Faith and economics: a review and synthesis (2002). Review of the secondary literature on the subject and some issues of methodology.
  230. Posted 1998 in Books:   Various Bahá'í Faith and Marxism: Proceedings of a Conference held January 1986 (1987). Topics include Marxism and human nature, society and social change, just government, and Marxism yesterday and today.
  231. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Phillip Smith Bahá'í Faith and Religious Diversity (1991). The Bahá'í principal of unity in diversity as applied to religious pluralism.
  232. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Derek Cockshut Bahá'í Faith in America, The: 1900-1912, by Robert Stockman: Review (1995).
  233. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Author unknown Baha'i Faith in America, The: Origins 1892-1900, by Robert Stockman: Review (1985).
  234. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Shahriar Razavi, Khazeh Fananapazir Bahá'í Faith, The, by John Boykin: Underlying Principles and Approach for a Bahá'í Response (1992). A case study in opposition literature and anti-Bahá'í polemicism.
  235. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   L. P. Elwell-Sutton Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings, The, by William Miller: Review (1976).
  236. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Douglas Martin Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings, The by William Miller: "Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith" (1978). Lengthy review of Miller's book, and a broad discussion of anti-Bahá'í polemic and historiography.
  237. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Author unknown Baha'i Leads out of the Labyrinth, by Ruth White: Review (1944).
  238. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Robert Stockman Bahá'í membership statistics (1998). Statistics on the American community from 1998, and notes on how membership numbers are calculated.
  239. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Bahá'í Perspective on Water, The (1997). Water in the Bahá'í Faith and Bahá'í Writings.
  240. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Cher Holt-Fortin Bahá'í Pilgrimage, A (1998). Contemporary notes about a pilgrimage in 1998.
  241. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   A. E. Suthers Baha'i Pontiff in the Making, A (1935). A polemical article, published in what was originally a missionary-oriented journal, which is useful in that includes a fairly extended glimpse of Shoghi Effendi through the eyes of a non-Bahá'í contemporary observer.
  242. Posted 1998 in Theses:   Dann J. May Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism (1993). A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic Perspectivism."
  243. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Moojan Momen Bahá'í Scholarship: Definitions and Perspectives (1993). Reflections on strictly religious Bahá'í scholarship vis-à-vis secular scholarship, and how one can effectively study the Faith in different fields.
  244. Posted 1998 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Bahá'í Statement on Nature, The (1987). Prepared as official statement by the BIC Office of Public Information for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
  245. Posted 1998 in Bibliographies:   Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  246. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Bahá'í studies Seminar in Cambridge, 30 September - 1 October 1978: Message to Participants (1996). Harmony of science and religion; faith and reason; spiritual scholarship; and the institution of review.
  247. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Bahá'í Teachings, Aspects of (1997). Authenticity of Statements; Mathnavi; Quranic quotations; Marriage Prayer; 'Sun' and 'Moon'; Hands of the Cause; Night of Power; Khatt-i-Badi; Sarcophagus for Bahá'u'lláh; International Bahá'í Library Building; Lunar Calendar and Holy Days; Leiden; Kings.
  248. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   David Friedman Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered, by Francis Beckwith: A Bahá'í Response (1998). Lengthy theological apologia.
  249. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Bahá'ís and Military Service (1965). Brief discussion on how Bahá'ís may or may not serve in the armed forces.
  250. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Seena Fazel Bahá'ís, The, by Bahá'í International Community: Review (1993).
  251. Posted 1998 in Historical documents:   Peter Easton Bahá'ísm: A Warning (1998). This anti-Bahá'í essay from 1911 was the inspiration for the classic Bahá'í text Brilliant Proof. It has no value other than as a historical document.
  252. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12: Beckwith's Allegations (1990). Responses to allegations Francis Beckwith makes in his booklet "Bahá'í" about changes to this book.
  253. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions (1995). Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways re-capitulated each other.
  254. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Bijan Ma'sumian Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan (1993). Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Bahá'u'lláh's life.
  255. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran Banning of Bahá'í Religious Institutions in Iran, The: An Open Letter (1983). An open letter from the NSA of Iran, translated from the Persian and sent to the American Bahá'ís by the US NSA, in response to the 1983 banning of the Bahá'í Faith in the country.
  256. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   William P. Collins Basic Bahá'í Chronology, The, by Glenn Cameron, and Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith, by Hugh Adamson: Review (1998).
  257. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Basis of the Bahá'í Community, The: A Statement Concerning the New History Society (1941). A statement on Ahmad Sohrab's activities and its trademark infringement case.
  258. Posted 1998 in Study Guides:   Denis MacEoin Bayán (Bayán-i-Farsí): Questions on (1998). Answers to a number of questions relating to the Bab and the Bayan, inspired by MacEoin's translation of the Persian Bayan.
  259. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Juan Cole Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus (1997). Bahá'u'lláh's lessons from the Judeo-Christian experience for founding a new, post-Islamic religion; invoking Christ to illuminate contemporary situations within Babi-Bahá'í history; implications for his relations with Middle Eastern Christians.
  260. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Moojan Momen Beyond Pluralism (1995). Brief thoughts on the Bahá'í Faith as a "metareligion."
  261. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Biblical discrepancies in God Passes By (1993). Citation errors for quotations from Ezekiel in God Passes By.
  262. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Biblical Questions, Interpretation of: Ezekiel 10:19, Jeremiah 49:38 and Micah 7:12 (1998). Can certain passages from the Hebrew Bible be taken as prophetic references to the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths?
  263. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Sepehr Manuchehri Brief Analysis of the features of Bábí Resistance at Sheikh Tabarsi (1998). The unique features of the Bábí Resistance in Sheikh Tabarsi; how it compared to other militia movements in terms of numbers, membership, social status, military training and leadership.
  264. Posted 1998 in Books:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání Brilliant Proof, The (1998). Two editions of a work of apologetics by an eminent Bahá'í scholar, first published in 1912 and reprinted 1998.
  265. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Author unknown Case on Conscientious Objection, A (1972). In 1972, a Bahá'í — previously convicted of failing to submit to induction (the draft) — was acquitted on appeal.
  266. Posted 1998 in Notable talks:   Luiz Gushikan Challenges of the Construction of a New Morality (1995). Keynote speech at the Bahá'í Conference on Social and Economic Development in Orlando, Florida, on the topic of Bahá'í contributions to morality and ethics.
  267. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer Challenges to Bahá'í Studies (1992). Discussion of the intellectual presentation of the Bahá'í Faith, and of the related topics of review, apologetics, and contemporary political contexts.
  268. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Barbara L. McLellan Chasm of Belief (1996). Post traumatic stress disorder, its challenge to the Bahá'í community, and steps which may assist the community to face this issue.
  269. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Robert Stockman Christianity from a Bahá'í Perspective (1998). Includes two topics: "A Bahá'í approach to the Bible" and "Bahá'í Writings on Jesus Christ."
  270. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Melissa Tansik Chronological study: Tablets to the Rulers (1998). Timeline of the rise of nation states, 1844-1871, and the history and fate of the rulers to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote in the 1860s.
  271. Posted 1998 in Research notes:   Jonah Winters, comp. Chronology of Persecutions of Babis and Baha'is (1998).
  272. Posted 1998 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Circumpolar Regions (Arctic): History of the Baha'i Faith (1994).
  273. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Donald Osborn Colorblindness and Race Unity: One Bahá'í's Perspective (1997). Reflections on race perspectives in the Bahá'í writings.
  274. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Mohsen Enayat Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm (1992). Response to an official 1986 pronouncement on the Faith by this prominent Egyptian university.
  275. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Peter Hulme Community in Diversity: The New Man (1991). The focus of this presentation is the community of selves within each of us. Where is the evidence that we are more than one self?
  276. Posted 1998 in Personal pages:   Dianne Bradford Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (1998). Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philosophers, and Mystics.
  277. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   W. Smith Murray Consideration of the Bahá'í religion, its Tenets, the Character of its Followers, and the Possibility of its Spread, A (1925). Lengthy report back to the US State Department by Murray, who was then in charge of the U.S. Consulate in Tihran, on the Bahá'ís in the Middle East, the "Imbrie affair," the character of the Bahá'ís, and the possibility of the Faith's spread in Persia.
  278. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Considerations in Setting Sacred Text to Music for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1996). The relationship of music to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar as a place and as a gathering of people, and a proposed set of 'rules' that can aid the conscious development of a Bahá'í devotional music.
  279. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Sen McGlinn Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some (1995). Gender distinctions in the Bahá'í inheritance laws might at first glance seem to favor male heirs, but the laws actually create a symmetrical equality.
  280. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Constitution of the Universal House of Justice (1972).
  281. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck) Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran: Some Preliminary Observations (1990). Conversion patterns of Zoroastrians and Jews in the period 1877-1921.
  282. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   United States Bahá'í Publishing Trust Copyright Status of Bahá'í Texts (1996). Questions regarding copyright and posting of Sacred Writings on the Internet.
  283. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Covenant-Breakers in Bahá'í Historiography (1991). Bahá'í scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers.
  284. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Vance Salisbury Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature, A (1997). Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Bahá'ís suppress or distort historical texts. Includes tables of changes made in different editions of four popular Bahá'í books.
  285. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Cyprus Exiles, The (1991). History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Bahá'u'lláh exiled with them in Cyprus. Includes genealogies.
  286. Posted 1998 in Visual Materials:   The Báb Daira (circular talisman) #1 (n.d.). Talisman drawn by the Bab; not identified.
  287. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Dates in Baha'u'llah and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992). Response to certain allegations Beckwith makes in his booklet Bahá'í.
  288. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice "Devotional Meetings," Definition and Scope of (1991). Guidance on the structure and content of devotional gatherings.
  289. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Diacritics; meaning of "Self-subsisting" (1993). Two disparate topics: the translation style adopted by the Guardian and other considerations related to literary style and the sacred writings, and the meaning of the term "self-subsisting."
  290. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   William G. Huitt Dimensions in Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review (1997).
  291. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Dissimulation by Iranian Emigrants (1985). Letters from the House and the US NSA concerning Bahá'ís who were able to escape Iran in 1997 by denying their Faith.
  292. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Rachel Woodlock Dying for Our Sins (1998). Examination of the Christian doctrine of the substitutionary atonement and whether such a doctrine has a place within a Bahá'í theological framework.
  293. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Ecological Models of Social Organization: A Baha'i Perspective (1994). Natural vs. human social ecosystems and the interplay of natural vs. social systems in the 21st century.
  294. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   L. P. Elwell-Sutton Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1972).
  295. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice (1996). Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the foreknowledge that there would be no Guardian? Was the time ripe for such an action? Could not the International Bahá'í Council have carried on the work?
  296. Posted 1998 in Study Guides:   Dianne Bradford, comp. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Self-quotations from Baha'u'llah found in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (1998). Compares Bahá'u'lláh's self-quotations in the Epistle with their earlier versions.
  297. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Establishment of Regional Bahá'í Councils in Certain Countries, Their Characteristics and Functions, The (1997). Outline of various policies governing the formation and functioning of Regional Bahá'í Councils.
  298. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Establishment of Regional Bahá'í Councils in the United States (1997). Announcement of the historic event of the founding of a new administrative level in the United States, the "Bahá'í Councils."
  299. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Establishment of Regional Councils: Introduction (1997). Nature, functioning, and establishment of the administrative bodies known as Regional Bahá'í Councils.
  300. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer Ethics for a Global Society (1994). Addresses the collapse of moral order and value systems in the contemporary world, advocating in response a global ethic based on the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
  301. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice European Bahá'í Youth Conference in Innsbruck (1983). Challenges facing European Bahá'í Youth, followed by consolation to Bahá'í youth in light of the 1983 martyrdoms of young Bahá'ís in Iran.
  302. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Evolution, Diagram Illustrating the True Story of (1997). Explanation of the chart Cycle of Life prepared by Lua Getsinger.
  303. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Bahíyyih Nakhjavání Exemption (1993). Thoughts on Bahá'u'lláh's meaning in "exempting" women from certain Bahá'í obligations, especially pilgrimage.
  304. Posted 1998 in Visual Materials:   Lua Getsinger, Edward C. Getsinger, Curtis Kelsey Explanation of Spiritual Evolution as Taught from the Bahá'í Teachings (1899). Chart "Cycle of Life" allegedly drawn on Abdu'l-Bahá's behalf (1899) to refute reincarnation; accompanying text quoting Lua's pilgrim's notes by Curtis Kelsey (1958); a letter from the Universal House of Justice (1997); and a talk by Lua Getsinger (1911).
  305. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Fadil-i-Mazandarani (1998). Was Fadil-i-Mazandarani declared a Hand of the Cause of God, and on determining if there were other Hands.
  306. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   William P. Collins Fasting: The mercy and grace of God (1998). Brief overview of the purpose and backround of fasting.
  307. Posted 1998 in Biographies:   Robert Weinberg First Obligation, The: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund (1998). Bio prepared for the UK Bahá'í Centenary (1998-99).
  308. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Brent Poirier Flow of Divine Authority (1996). Scriptural authority for the Universal House of Justice to function infallibly without the presence of a living Guardian.
  309. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ida A. Finch, Fanny Alma Knobloch, Alma S. Knobloch Flowers Culled from the Rose Garden of Acca (1908). Lengthy notes of talks with three visitors, taken November 7-13, 1908.
  310. Posted 1998 in Biographies:   Sandra Lynn Hutchison, Richard Hollinger, ed. Foreword to 'Abdu'l-Baha in America: The Diary of Agnes Parsons (1996). Overview of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to America and his meetings with Agnes Parsons.
  311. Posted 1998 in Book excerpts:   Robert Ullian Frommer's Guide to Israel: The Best of Israel (1998). Summary of the best ancient cities, beaches, dining, hotels, museums, nature, outdoor and travel experiences in Israel, plus the more evocative ancient sites, important Holy Places, and the Messages that can be taken from excavated mosaic floors.
  312. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Fundamentalism and Liberalism: Towards an Understanding of the Dichotomy (1992). Explores extremes of religious belief in an attempt to understand their distinctions and commonalities.
  313. Posted 1998 in Personal compilations:   Mary K. Radpour, comp. Funerals and Burials, Preparations for: Some practical notes (1998). A compilation of Bahá'í directions for funerals and burials (i.e., this is not a compilation of direct quotations from the Writings).
  314. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Marc Foxhall Gardeners of God: An Encounter with Five Million Bahá'ís, by Colette Gouvion and Philippe Jouvion: Review (1998).
  315. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Genealogy of Bab, The (1932). Genealogy of the family of the Bab and the family of Bahá'u'lláh in relation to the Bab.
  316. Posted 1998 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters Glossary of internet-related terms (1998). A document created in 1998, when many users were new to the Web, explaining some common internet terms. Retained for historical interest.
  317. Posted 1998 in Study Guides:   Horace Holley God Passes By: A Study Guide (1970). Thematic index to the Guardian's key historical work.
  318. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Author unknown God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi: Review (1945). Brief review by a non-Bahá'í journal, written shortly after the publication of God Passes By.
  319. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Stephen Vaccaro Good Tree, The: Distinguishing the Bahá'í Faith From Destructive Cults (1996). Examination of some fundamental characteristics of a cult, to determine whether or not the Bahá'í Faith can be so defined.
  320. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Green Acre Bahá'í Institute vs. Town of Eliot, Maine (1954). Two court decisions regarding the tax exempt status of the Green Acre Bahá'í School, 1954 and 1963, and notes from a 1997 follow-up.
  321. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Valera Allen, John Allen Haifa Impressions (1954). Notes from a pilgrimage in December, 1954.
  322. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ramona Brown Haifa Notes (1954). Notes from a pilgrimage in 1954.
  323. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Gayle Woolson Haifa Notes (1956). Notes from a pilgrimage in 1956.
  324. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Keith Ransom-Kehler, Lorol Schopflocher Haifa Talks (1932). Two slightly different versions of these notes. Includes introduction by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram.
  325. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Louis G. Gregory, Abdu'l-Bahá Heavenly Vista, A: The Pilgrimage of Louis G. Gregory (1911). The journal of Gregory's visit to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1911, including statements of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, stories of the believers in the Holy Land, and Gregory's experiences at the Shrines. Followed by a selection of tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed to him.
  326. Posted 1998 in Personal pages:   Dianne Bradford Hidden Words: Training Course on (1998). Syllabus, materials, and quotes, covering themes of the Hidden Words.
  327. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   William S. Hatcher Human Nature and Human Society: A Bahá'í Viewpoint (1987). Introduction to the Bahá'í understanding of human beings and social structures.
  328. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Human Rights are God-Given Rights (1968). A short "Bahá'í Statement on Human Rights," written by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States for the International Year for Human Rights, 1968.
  329. Posted 1998 in Historical documents:   Ibrahim Nayrizi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. If Walls Could Speak: An eyewitness account of the Bábís of Nayriz (1998). An account of the Nayriz uprising in 1853.
  330. Posted 1998 in Historical documents:   Author unknown Imbrie Murder Laid to Religious Hate (1924). Two brief articles describing the 1924 murder of an American diplomat by a Muslim mob who thought he was a Bahá'í.
  331. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen In All the Ways that Matter, Women Don't Count (1994). The Bahá'í goal of achieving sexual equality cannot be achieved merely by trying to advance the position of women in society, but rather society itself must be "feminized."
  332. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Sen McGlinn In praise of Individuation (1994). On the critique of western society. Includes commentary by Roshan Danesh and Gordon Dicks.
  333. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Author unknown In re Petition for Naturalization of Parviz Meghnot (1965). In 1965 naturalization was granted to a Bahá'í applicant, overruling a decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service that belief in world government compromised his loyalty to the United States.
  334. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Susan Maneck Infallibility: An Essay (1998). Short overview of the meaning of infallibility, as applied to Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  335. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Seena Fazel Inheritance (1994). The apparent contradiction between sexual equality and the unequal inheritance laws contained in the Aqdas.
  336. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Sen McGlinn Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1995). Conceptualizing the Kitab-i Aqdas as establishing a fixed and elaborate set of laws and requirements is misplaced; even in the most central issues there has been a radical development in Bahá'í law.
  337. Posted 1998 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Stephen Birkland, comp. Internet, the World Wide Web, and Electronic Discussion Lists: A perspective from the Bahá'í Writings (1998). Compilation prepared by a member of Continental Board of Counsellors.
  338. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Internet: Creation of the newsgroup talk.religion.bahai (1997). Two letters, sent at different times and to different individuals, regarding the proposed newsgroup talk.religion.bahai.
  339. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Internet: Promoting the Bahá'í Faith via Personal Web Pages (1997). Bahá'ís may establish personal homepages on the Internet as a means of promoting the Faith.
  340. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Khazeh Fananapazir, Seena Fazel, Sen McGlinn Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings, Some (1992). Aspects of hermeneutics and authorized interpretation.
  341. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel Interreligious Dialogue and the Bahá'í Faith: Some Preliminary Observations (1997). An overview of pluralistic approaches and their relevance to Bahá'í studies.
  342. Posted 1998 in Historical documents:   Anthony Lee Interview with Ruhollah Geula regarding Robert Imbrie (1997). Interview by Lee, the general editor of Kalimat Press, with his father-in-law, an eyewitness to these 1924 events in Tehran.
  343. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Introduction to a Statement on Race Unity (1997). An informal letter on the "most challenging issue confronting America."
  344. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Eberhard von Kitzing Is the Bahá'í view of evolution compatible with modern science? (1997).
  345. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Duane Troxel Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: A Brief Guide (1994). An overview of some facts and resources about Islam Bahá'ís should know when conversing with Muslims. Includes chronology of Islam.
  346. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Robert Stockman Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings (1992). While Christians traditionally believe the Gospels to be substantially accurate, little is known about Jesus and what he actually taught; the Bahá'í writings fill in many of these gaps.
  347. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Michael W. Sours Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings, by Robert Stockman: Review: Commentary concerning the differences between Christian and Bahá'í terminology (1993). Discusses the station and titles of Christ in an attempt to find common ground with Christians.
  348. Posted 1998 in Personal pages:   Various John Cornell: in memoriam (1998). Brief bio note written by Dr. Cornell in 1998 for posting at the Bahá'í Library Online, and a memoriam biography published by the BCCA in 2001.
  349. Posted 1998 in Books:   D. Llewellyn Drong John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over (1998). Book length biography of an early Bahá'í pioneer.
  350. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   John Huddleston Just System of Government: The Third Dimension to World Peace (1987). Highlights a few points in the Bahá'í approach to government and collective action.
  351. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Paul Dodenhoff Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin: Review (1998).
  352. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Author unknown Kitab-i-Aqdas: Its Place in Bahá'í literature (1993). Offers a broad introduction to the Aqdas and its themes.
  353. Posted 1998 in Study Guides:   Suheil Badi Bushrui Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1995). The near-similarity between the style of the Qur'an and that of the Aqdas.
  354. Posted 1998 in Encyclopedia articles:   Christopher Buck Kitab-i-Iqan: An Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude with Two Digital Reprints of Early Lithographs (1998). The significance, context, style, exegical devices, background, contents, manuscripts, and printing history of the Kitab-i Iqan.
  355. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Brent Poirier Kitab-i-Iqan: Key to Unsealing the Mysteries of the Holy Bible (1998). Examination of the Bible in light of interpretations of its symbolism offered by Bahá'u'lláh's Kitab-i-Iqan.
  356. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Josephina Fallscher, Richard Grosser, trans. Letter to Frau Alice Schwarz-Solivo of a Talk by Abdu'l-Baha (1933). On the 'freedom of will', inheritance and instinct.
  357. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Anna Grossmann, Lili Hermann, trans. , Carl Hermann, trans. Letter to Lili Hermann re Abdu'l-Bahá envisioning a break in the line of Guardians (1958). From letter written by Frau Anna Grossmann (wife of Hermann Grossmann, Hand of the Cause and member German-Austrian NSA) to Mrs. Lili Olitaki Hermann, pioneer in Salzburg, June 5, 1958.
  358. Posted 1998 in Personal letters:   Shidan Fat'he-Aazam Letter to the Geyserville (California) Bahá'í Summer School (1953). Short letter from a famous travel-teacher (and later member of the NSA of South and West Africa, and Counsellor for Africa).
  359. Posted 1998 in Biographies:   E. G. Browne, trans. List of Descendants of Mirza Buzurg of Nur, the Father of Baha'u'llah (1918). Brief genealogy of Bahá'u'lláh and His family.
  360. Posted 1998 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters List of useful published resources for Bahá'í Studies (1998). A (now-outdated) bibliography of academic books helpful to Bahá'í studies.
  361. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Love, Power, and Justice: The Dynamics of Authentic Morality, by William Hatcher: Review (1998).
  362. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Christian Cannuyer, Greg Massiah, trans. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1998).
  363. Posted 1998 in Historical documents:   Siyyid Muhammad Tabib Manshadi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. , Naghmeh Astani, trans. Martyrs of Manshad (1996). Detailed eyewitness account of martyrdoms in Iran in 1903.
  364. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Colin Leys Marxism Yesterday and Today (1987). Marxist movements today and the prospects for change. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  365. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Laurie E. Adkin Marxism, Human Nature, and Society (1987). On Marxism, human nature, alienatation and emancipation, and feminism. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  366. Posted 1998 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Sen McGlinn, comp. Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1998). Compilation on the Bahá'í temple, the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, "Dawning Place of Remembrance."
  367. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Meditation, Prayer, and Spiritualization (1983). Practicing personal spirituality and methods for achieving spiritual growth.
  368. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Membership in the National Organization for Women (1998). A statement on behalf of the NSA about which criteria Bahá'ís should consider when deciding what organizations to participate in, and whether they are politically active.
  369. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Anton Haddad Message from Acca (1900). A lengthy report of Abdu'l-Bahá's teachings to the Bahá'ís in America. Can be seen as a precursor to Tablets of the Divine Plan.
  370. Posted 1998 in Books:   Anil Sarwal Miracles in Religion: A Study of the miraculous in religion in context of the Baha'i Faith (1996). Guide to spirituality, offers insights on the purpose of religion, experiences of Himalayan masters, worship of gods and goddesses, idol worship, psychic phenomena, prayer, meditation, and fasting.
  371. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Mirza Mihdi, "Holy Family", Capitalization of Pronouns, Guardian's Use of English (1998). Five unrelated questions about Mirza Mihdi; use of the title "Holy Family"; capitalization of personal pronouns; and the Guardian's use of English in his translations.
  372. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Margaret Pemberton-Pigott, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott Monotheistic Religion in Africa: The Example of the Swazi People (2005). Similarities between the Bahá'í Faith and the ancient traditional beliefs of the Swazi people of Southern Africa.
  373. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Mostofi vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1996 (1996). A "Bahá'í" immigration case, in which an Iranian immigrant sought asylum by falsely claiming affiliation with the Bahá'í Faith.
  374. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   L. P. Elwell-Sutton Muhammad and the Course of Islam, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1977).
  375. Posted 1998 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Mulla `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib) (1997).
  376. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Simon Maw hinney Music Reviews: Five New Recordings of Bahá'í Music (1998). Reviews of Songs of the Ancient Beauty, Lift up Your Hearts and Sing, The Prince of Peace, Here at Black Mesa, and From the Sweet-Scented Streams of Eternity.
  377. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Farnaz Ma'sumian Mysticism and the Bahá'í Faith (1995). An examination of the Bahá'í Faith's relation to mysticism and mystic themes and ideas present in the Bahá'í Faith.
  378. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Napoleon III and Queen Victoria, Responses to the Tablets of Baha'u'llah (1997). Do we know what Napoleon and Queen Victoria really said upon receiving tablets from Bahá'u'lláh?
  379. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Author unknown National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States vs. New Mexico Covenant-Breakers (1966). Documents from the lawsuit by the NSA vs. the New Mexico covenant-breaker group "The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States of America Under the Hereditary Guardianship, Inc." for their use of Bahá'í names and titles.
  380. Posted 1998 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan Nature and Challenge of Tests, The (1995). An address by Dr. Khan, of the Universal House of Justice, at the Bahá'í House of Worship at Wilmette.
  381. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Mark A. Foster Neo-Platonism: Framework for a Bahá'í Ontology (1995). Ways to approach the language of philosophical symbolism in the Bahá'í teachings.
  382. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer New morality, The: An outline (1995). Proposal that Bahá'u'lláh's ethical teachings rest on metaphysical premises about God and humankind, specifically the teleological and the deontological.
  383. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice New Religious Movements, Tolkien, Marriage (1994). Various questions: new religious movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; eternality of the marriage bond; illumination of Bahá'u'lláh's tablets.
  384. Posted 1998 in Notable talks:   Lee Brown North American Indian Prophecies (1986). Talked delivered at the 1986 Continental Indigenous Council, Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  385. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ethel J. Rosenberg Notes of Miss Ethel Rosenberg of London England, taken in Acca, January 1909 (1909). Includes a short unrelated letter, a "postscript to the letter of Miss Harriet M. Wise" by Reunion Morattebe and Mirza Anayatullah Isfahani, which was typed on page 2 of Rosenberg's notes and has been retained for the sake of completeness.
  386. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Sara M. Kenny Notes on 1954 Pilgrimage (1954). Notes from Kenny (1900-1968), Knight of Bahá'u'lláh to Medeira.
  387. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Robert Stockman Notes on Islam from a Bahá'í Perspective (1998). Overview of Islamic history and teachings and brief notes on Islam and the Bahá'í Faith.
  388. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Robert Stockman Notes on Judaism from a Bahá'í Perspective (1998). Overview of Judaism with many comments on Bahá'í teachings on Jewish history and prophets; includes chronology of Judaism.
  389. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alice Dudley Notes on Pilgrimage to Haifa: April 15-23, 1957 (1957). Notes on a pilgrimage in 1957.
  390. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alice Dudley, Thellie Lovejoy, comp. Notes on Pilgrimage to Haifa: Parallel edition of five manuscripts (1997). Multiple manuscripts of Dudley's notes of a pilgrimage in 1957, and a case study in how much different manuscripts of Pilgrim's Notes can differ.
  391. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ethel J. Rosenberg Notes on St. John as explained by Our Lord (1901). Extracts from Rosenberg's pilgrim notes, taken in Haifa February-March 1901.
  392. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Robert Stockman Notes on The Báb, Some (1998). Brief overview of sources on the Bábí period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
  393. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Notes on the Babi and Bahá'í Religions in Russia and its territories (1993). Overview of the history of Bábí and Bahá'í communities in Russia and Russian territories.
  394. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Virginia Orbison Notes on Words of the Guardian (1956). Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Made by Virginia Orbison, January 15 to February 11".
  395. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Agnes Baldwin Alexander Notes Taken in the Presence of Shoghi Effendi (1937). Notes from a pilgrimage in spring, 1937. Two editions of the notes are presented in parallel.
  396. Posted 1998 in Research notes:   Robert Stockman, Juan Cole Number of tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (1999). Informal accounting of the number of writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
  397. Posted 1998 in Notable talks:   Ian C. Semple Obedience (1991). Obedience in relation to freedom of thought, and the importance of obedience both to the individual's spiritual development and to society as a whole.
  398. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Obedience to Civil Authority (1970). A statement on the problem of whom one should obey when there is apparent conflict between the immediate civil authority under which one resides and a superior authority, such as a state or the Federal Government.
  399. Posted 1998 in Biographies:   Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Kenneth C. McCulloch, Kenneth C. McCulloch, comp. Obituary: Knight of Baha'u'llah Mary Zabolotny McCulloch (1996). Includes a tribute from the Universal House of Justice, a bibliography by Kenneth McCulloch, a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly, and a note from her husband.
  400. Posted 1998 in Biographies:   Constance M. Chen Obituary: Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail (1908-1993): Translator and Author, "Patron Saint" of Women Bahá'í Scholars (1996). A short biography of a famous female Bahá'í scholar and translator.
  401. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism, by William Greider: Review (1997).
  402. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Orange Tree, Myth of (1997). Refutation of the "miracle" of an immortal orange tree growing at the site of the former House of the Bab
  403. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Moojan Momen Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard: Review (1998).
  404. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Graham Hassall Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard: Review (1997).
  405. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Afshin A. Khavari Parallels Between Islamic and Baha'i laws and Constitutional Principles (1998). The roles of Sunnah, Hadith, and Ijtihad in Islamic constitutional law, and the development of the Bahá'í legal order and its unique approach to law-making.
  406. Posted 1998 in Books:   Shoghi Effendi, Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield Passing of Abdu'l-Baha, The (1922). A compilation on the last days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf. Later published in abridged form in World Order.
  407. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Peter Nazareth Pattern of Dust, A: Selected Poems 1965-1990, by Timothy Wangusa: Reviews (1996).
  408. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Peace, Activism for (1987). Bahá'ís may be actively involved in peace processes but may not interfere excessively, since Bahá'í institutions will not be directly involved in effecting the political unity of nations.
  409. Posted 1998 in Books:   George N. Curzon Persia and the Persian Question, volume I (1892). In Moojan Momen's "The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts" (1981), p. 45, the work is described: "One of the most remarkable books ever to appear on Persia…", reviewed through p. 47 and used many times beyond.
  410. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Hooper Harris Pilgrim Letter of Hooper Harris to Mr. Hoar (1907). Letter from a pilgrim to a friend back home in America, giving impressions of Akka and of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  411. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Myron Henry Phelps Pilgrim Notes (1917). Notes taken by Phelps during his second visit to Acca, 1917, from the words of Abdul-Baha.
  412. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ben Levy Pilgrim's Notes (1953). Notes from a pilgrimage March 9-16, 1953.
  413. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   William Allison, Thelma Allison Pilgrim's Notes (1957). Notes from a 1957 pilgrimage; Allison was one of the last Bahá'ís to visit the Guardian in Haifa.
  414. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ramona Brown Pilgrim's notes about Shoghi Effendi (1980). Notes from a pilgrimage in 1954.
  415. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   LeRoy Jones Pilgrimage: Notes by LeRoy Jones (1998). Contemporary notes from a 1975 pilgrimage.
  416. Posted 1998 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters Pilgrims' Notes, Status of (1998). "Pilgrims' Notes" are unofficial records of meetings with central figures of the Bahá'í Faith, like 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. They may contain inaccuracies, and are not considered authentic, but can be of help, guidance and inspiration.
  417. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Sholeh A. Quinn Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy 1831-1896, by Abbas Amanat: Review (1998).
  418. Posted 1998 in Theses:   Laura Herzog Preliminary Analysis of the Bahá'í Concept of Mental Health (1998). A preliminary analysis of Bahá’í concepts of psychology, delimited to translated Scriptures and the author’s understanding of Divine Revelation, vis-à-vis the theories of Jung, Maslow, and Rogers.
  419. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck Primary Source Texts, Access to (1998). One scholar's query why the Bahá'í World Centre's copies of primary sources in Bábí and Bahá'í history are not available for study, followed by the House's response.
  420. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Farzam Arbab Process of Social Transformation, The (1987). Bahá'í concepts of social change contrasted with other common paradigms.
  421. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Jack McLean Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology (1992). Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Bahá'í theology.
  422. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Promise of World Peace (1985). A document distributed to many politicians and prominent individuals since its writing in 1985, it was the first official public statement made by the Universal House of Justice since its inception in 1963.
  423. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Leila Rassekh Milani Proof Based on Establishment (Dalíl-i-taqrír) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayát), The: An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics (1997). Study of Bahá'í apologetics based largely on the work of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl.
  424. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Baha'u'llah and the New Era (1996). Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era.
  425. Posted 1998 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Prosperity of Humankind (1995). A statement prepared by the Bahá'í International Community Office of Public Information, Haifa, first distributed at the United Nations World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995.
  426. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Abdu'l-Bab as-Sahyuni Protocols of the Followers of Baha'u'llah: Anti-Bahá'í propaganda in Iran (1998). A sympathetic overview by "Freethought Mecca" of persecution of Bahá'ís, and activities of the Iranian government.
  427. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Provisional Translations, Policy Concerning (1994). Authorized vs. provisional translations of texts and the policies regarding their publication. Includes a compilation on "Policies and Procedures Concerning the Publication of Translations."
  428. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies (1996). On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): the abolition of the concept of ritual pollution caused by sexual fluids (semen, menstrual blood); illicit sexual conduct (zina and liwat); and marriage.
  429. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Stephen Miller Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review (1997).
  430. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Quote from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J. E. Bolles (1953). One short note about the "urgency of this particular time in history," from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J.E. Bolles, contained in a letter from Agnes Alexander to "Lucy," June, 1953.
  431. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Bijan Ma'sumian Realms of Divine Existence as described in the Tablet of All Food (1994). Bahá'í theoretical theology in the Lawh-i-Qullu'Ta'am.
  432. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Recognition of Bahá'í Marriage and Holidays in American State Law (1998). List of sample legal statutes and proceedings from various states, followed by specific legal counsel of the State of Oklahoma regarding recognition of Bahá'í holy days.
  433. Posted 1998 in Personal pages:   Dianne Bradford References to Christ in His Tablet to Pope Pius IX (1998).
  434. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Regional Bahá'í Councils of the United States, Messages to (1997). In these two short letters, the House of Justice first sends greetings to the newly-formed United States' four Regional Bahá'í Councils, followed by the Councils' vow of firmness.
  435. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Vivian Fellows Remarks to Pilgrims to Haifa by Shoghi Effendi (n.d.). Six short, undated quotations.
  436. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   W. Smith Murray Report to the U.S. Secretary of State (1924). A report to the US Secretary of State by W. Smith Murray, who was in charge of the U.S. Consulate in Tihran, on report of the murder of Vice Consel Robert Imbrie in Tihran.
  437. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms (1992). Two questions: (1) what is the function of the Research Department, and (2) etymologies of the three terms "world of exemplars," "'álam," and "barzakh." Includes translated excerpts of tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  438. Posted 1998 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Results of the First Regional Bahá'í Council Election (1997). Results of the first US Regional Bahá'í Councils election, posted here because it was a "historic event."
  439. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Robert Stockman Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings (1997). The complexities of the Bahá'í concepts of revelation, interpretation, infallibility, and elucidation
  440. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Nazila Ghanea-Hercock Review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of Bahá'ís in Iran (1997). Issues of misinformation, perceived favoritism under the Shah's regime, charges of espionage, and theological conflicts with Islam as motives for the persecution of Bahá'ís.
  441. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1968: Bahá'í Era 125 (1968). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  442. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1974 (Naw-Rúz): Bahá'í Era 131 (1974). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  443. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1975: Bahá'í Era 132 (1975). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  444. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1976 (Naw-Rúz): Bahá'í Era 133 (1976). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  445. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1978: Bahá'í Era 135 (1978). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world, and message to the friends gathered at National Bahá'í Conventions.
  446. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1979 (Naw-Rúz): Bahá'í Era 136 (1979). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world, on the launching of the Seven Year Plan and elucidation of the Seven Year Plan goals.
  447. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1980: Bahá'í Era 137 (1980). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  448. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1981: Bahá'í Era 138 (1981). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  449. Posted 1998 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Africa: Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: Africa.
  450. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Linda Walbridge Rituals: An American Bahá'í dilemma (1995). The nature of Bahá'í "Feasts" and related American observances and formalities.
  451. Posted 1998 in Biographies:   Robert Weinberg Roger White: An Obituary: Writer and editor, "poet laureate" of the Bahá'í community (1929-1993) (1997). Brief biography, written as an obituary, of a famous Bahá'í poet.
  452. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Sarhangzadeh vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1996 (1996). A "Bahá'í" immigration case, in which an Iranian immigrant sought asylum by falsely claiming affiliation with the Bahá'í Faith.
  453. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   John Parris Scholarship in the Bahá'í Community (1991). intellectual development in the Bahá'í community; scholarship is an avenue open to all believers and not confined to an elitist few.
  454. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   John B. Cornell Scientific Approach to Moral Conduct (1946). Comparison of Bahá'í teachings on sexual behavior with those presented by a then-current textbook, Personality and the Family (1935).
  455. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Daniel Grolin Scripture and Revelation, ed. Moojan Momen: Review (2000).
  456. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Frank Lewis Scripture as Literature: Sifting through the layers of the text (1997). Literary and religious antecedents to some of the styles and genres of Bahá'í scripture.
  457. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Danesh Sarooshi Search for a Just Society, The, by John Huddleston: Review (1994).
  458. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Ahmad Aniss Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation (1998). A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Bahá'í concept of creation.
  459. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Michael W. Sours Seeing With the Eye of God: Relationships Between Theology and Interpretation (1991). Various spheres of interpretation and how their hierarchies reflect theological truth.
  460. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Self-Defense, Guidance on (1996). Whether Bahá'ís may practice self-defense in times of danger, and whether American Bahá'ís should purchase firearms.
  461. Posted 1998 in Notable talks:   Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani (published as Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani) Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God: Gems of Divine Mystersies (Javáhiru'l-Asrár) and Seven Valleys (1923). Address given to an American audience in 1923, probably translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, who accompanied Fadl's second tour of the USA and Canada.
  462. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Lata Ta'eed Sex, Gender, and New Age Stereotyping (1994). Advocates the abolishing of culturally produced differences between men and women and challenges gender inconsistencies inherent in many Bahá'í discussions.
  463. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Sobhani vs. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1994 (1994). A "Bahá'í" immigration case, in which an Iranian immigrant sought asylum by falsely claiming affiliation with the Bahá'í Faith.
  464. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Social Crises and Their Connections to Global Ecological Problems (1994). Global warming and the social roots of environmental problems.
  465. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Socrates in History and the Bahá'í Writings (1995). Historical facts known about Socrates, some of the difficulties inherent in endeavouring to unravel the historical Socrates, and quotations from the Bahá'í Writings.
  466. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Soil in the Bahá'í Faith (1998). Extracts on soil in the Bahá'í Writings and Bahá'í attitudes to nature.
  467. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   John B. Cornell Spiritual Assembly as Arbitrator, The (1997). The function of Spiritual Assemblies in arbitrating disputes among Bahá'ís, and some historical insight into the development of Bahá'í practice.
  468. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development (1996). The many meanings of "development" and their spiritual aspects.
  469. Posted 1998 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Eric Hadley-Ives, comp. Springtime metaphors and spring-related imagery (1995). Introduction and Compilation, interspersed with editorial comments. Includes discussion of "plain English" translation.
  470. Posted 1998 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A (1992). Introduction to the life and work of Bahá'u'lláh, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his death, at the request of the Universal House of Justice.
  471. Posted 1998 in Statistics:   Bahá'í World Centre Statistical information on the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1979 (1979). Document issued to delegates to the annual National Spiritual Assembly elections, April 1979.
  472. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Howard Buchbinder Strategies and Processes of Social Change (1987). The theoretical and analytic context within which Marxists approach issues of social change; Marxists believe in the notion of praxis, i.e. the linkage of social theory and social action/practice.
  473. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Study of Religion, The: Some Comments on Methodology of Studying Religion (1991). Reasons for the broad variety of different theoretical frameworks from which to view religious phenomena and the lack of a unified model.
  474. Posted 1998 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Issues Related to the (1998). Letters from the House and the International Teaching Center, and compilation on the nature of opposition to the Faith from within academia, especially as conducted via the Internet.
  475. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Miles L. Bradbury Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review (1998).
  476. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Sen McGlinn Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review (1996).
  477. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán) (1968).
  478. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh) (1996).
  479. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity (1998). The problems of consumption and their solutions.
  480. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Sustainable Development and the Environment of the World: An Overview (1997).
  481. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Frank Lewis Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review (1996).
  482. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha Concerning Arius (1998). Arius was an early Christian theologian whose rejection of the Trinity, Abdu'l-Bahá said, destroyed the unity of the Church.
  483. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) (1984).
  484. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Ali Kuli Khan, trans. , Marzieh Gail, trans. Tablet of the Bell (Tablet for the Feast of Ridvan) (n.d.). Tablet revealed in declaration of Bahá'u'lláh's mission; to be recited at the Feast of Ridván. More commonly known as the "Tablet of the Bell," Khan and Gail titled this translation "Tablet for the Feast of Ridvan" because of the word Paradise in line 1.
  485. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn) (1966).
  486. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, John Walbridge, trans. Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld) (1996).
  487. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur) (1998).
  488. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Anton Haddad, trans. , Shoghi Effendi, trans. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Two translations collated (1900). Translation by Anton Haddad combined with the few passages translated by Shoghi Effendi, collated by Sen McGlinn.
  489. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Brownstein Tablet of the True Seeker: Personal Commentary and Reflections (1998). Commentary on a section of the Kitáb-i-Íqan (Book of Certitude).
  490. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Moojan Momen, trans. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Translation (2010).
  491. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Unity (1996).
  492. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) (n.d.). Tablet on "the legitimacy of figurative scripture interpretation."
  493. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet to Fuad (1997).
  494. Posted 1998 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Tablet to Fuad (Lawh-i-Fuad): Translator's introduction, and bio from Encyclopedia Britannica (1997).
  495. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Jamál-i-Burujirdí (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí) (2003). Tablet to a one-time Covenant-breaker on the importance of obedience to the Covenant.
  496. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Stephen Lambden, trans. Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí: Extracts (1998). Extract from a Tablet of the Bab to the 13th Letter of the Living, in reply to his question about Man yuzhiruhu'lláh, "He Whom God will make Manifest."
  497. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í International Community Television Address of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (1998). Questions and answers about a historically unique television interview of Iranian President Khatami, given on CNN Wednesday, Jan 7, 1998.
  498. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Anonymous Thief in the Night or The Strange Case of the Missing Millennium, by William Sears: Review (1998).
  499. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Susan Maneck Time and the Containment of Evil in Zoroastrianism (1997). Basic beliefs of Zoroastrianism, the concept of time in Zoroastrianism, and Zoroastrianism in a Bahá'í context.
  500. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Toward the Most Great Justice: Elements of Justice in the New World Order, by Charles Lerche: Review (1996).
  501. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Susan Lamb Transition to a Global Society, by Suhail Bushrui: Review (1994).
  502. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Brent Poirier Twin Covenants of the Bahá'í Faith (1998). Nature of the "Twin Covenants" of the Bahá'í Faith — those of Bahá'u'lláh and of Abdu'l-Bahá; includes compilation of relevant quotations.
  503. Posted 1998 in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Two Wings of a Bird: The Equality of Women and Men (1997). The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is essential to human progress and the transformation of society.
  504. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Trevor R. J. Finch Unclipping the Wings: A Survey of Secondary Literature in English on Bahá'í Perspectives on Women (1994). Annotated bibliography of Bahá'í perspectives on women and women's issues.
  505. Posted 1998 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   United States Department of State United States Policies in Support of Religious Freedom: Focus on Christians (1997). The US Department of State report "United States Policies in Support of Religious Freedom: Focus on Christians" includes a few brief mentions of Bahá'ís in Iran; the relevant passages are excerpted here.
  506. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   Michael Harris Bond Unity in Diversity: Orientations and Strategies for Building a Harmonious Multicultural Society (1998). Insights from the discipline of psychology can be used to design societies compatible with the exigencies and opportunities provided by the 21st Century.
  507. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   Stanwood Cobb Unity of Nations, The (1938). A look six decades into the future (from 1938) to envision the Lesser Peace.
  508. Posted 1998 in Essays and short articles:   David Friedman Unknown Hour, The (1998). Christians believe the Bible does not specify the time of Christ's return, but the Bahá'í teachings are that an exact year, 1844, is indicated in the Bible for the time of the Second Coming.
  509. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Frank Lewis Unveiling the Hidden Words, by Diana Malouf: An Extended Review (1998). Book review, and a commentary on the need for Bahá'í academia aimed at a secular audience, and the possibility of updating the Guardian's translations when English evolves in the future.
  510. Posted 1998 in Unpublished articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Use of Generative Imagery in Shoghi Effendi's Dispensation of Baha'u'llah (1998). Examination of metaphors such as "conception," "offspring," and "seed" in some of the Guardian's writings.
  511. Posted 1998 in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Vision of Race Unity: America's Most Challenging Issue (1991). A formal statement from the US NSA on "the most challenging issue confronting America."
  512. Posted 1998 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ruth Moffett Visiting the Bahá'í World Centre (1954). Detailed memories of Ruth Moffett's visit to the Baha'i World Centre in 1954; words of Shoghi Effendi; travel teaching in Europe; questions of authenticity.
  513. Posted 1998 in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition (1969). A whitepaper on issues of Bahá'í involvement in the military services.
  514. Posted 1998 in Notable talks:   Glenford Mitchell Whatever happened to the Double Crusade? (1996). Lengthy commentary on the progress of teaching and the Four Year Plan, delivered at Foundation Hall in Wilmette. Includes discussion of the travels and teaching work of Leonora Armstrong.
  515. Posted 1998 in Book reviews:   Author unknown Will and Testament of Abdul Baha, The: An Analysis, by Ahmad Sohrab: Review (1944).
  516. Posted 1998 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Ali Kuli Khan, trans. , Marzieh Gail, trans. Wisdom of Burying the Dead in the Earth: Tablet of Cremation (1902). Tablet to Laura Clifford Barney regarding the wisdom of burying the dead in the Earth, also known as Tablet of Cremation, in two translations: one by Marzieh Gail, one by ‘Alí Kulí Khán.
  517. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Women on the House of Justice; meaning of "Umumi" (1997). Clarifies that 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in a tablet to Corinne True, indeed refers to the Universal House of Justice when affirming that membership is confined to men only. Includes a portion of Corinne True's original query to 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  518. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Women on the Universal House of Justice (1988). Response to a paper presented at a Bahá'í Studies conference which raised the possibility that women could one day be eligible for membership on the Universal House of Justice.
  519. Posted 1998 in Published articles:   Abdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávarí, Habib Taherzadeh, trans. Writings of Baha'u'llah, The (1974). Part of a commentary by the renowned scholar `Abdu'l-Hamid-i-Ishraq Khavari, adapted by Habib Taherzadeh, summarizing many of the early and often untranslated Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
  520. Posted 1998 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Youth in Every Land, to (1966). Three fields of service open to young Bahá'ís: improving their personal character, teaching the Faith to others, and preparing for their later years through education.
  521. Posted 1998-01 in Essays and short articles:   Donald Plunkett Does the Valley of Unity negate the distinction between 'Bahá'í' and 'non-Bahá'í'? (1998). In the higher reaches of mystical attainment, the distinction between "Bahá'ís" and "non-Bahá'ís" is lessened.
  522. Posted 1998-01-12 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters, Brett Zamir Notes on Copyright (1998). Notes about various copyright schemes followed by the Bahá'í Library Online, with links to the US Library of Congress' copyright information website.
  523. Posted 1998-01-12 in Essays and short articles:   Stephen R. Friberg On Postmodernism (1998). Thoughts on the relevance of post-modernism in considering the sometimes extreme claims to the authority of an intellectual 'essentializing' methodology amongst some Bahá'í scholars.
  524. Posted 1998-02 in Essays and short articles:   Martha L. Root My Visit to Temple University (1931). On Martha Root's visit to Temple University in Philadelphia in 1931 to talk about the Bahá'í peace principles.
  525. Posted 1998-02 in Historical documents:   Mohammad Khatami Transcript of interview with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (1998). Khatami praises American civilization, defends Iran and Islam, and laments the 'confrontation between religion and liberty which is to the detriment of religion, liberty, and the human beings who deserve to have both'; no mention of Baha'i.
  526. Posted 1998-02 in Newspaper articles:   Various World Bank's meeting with the world's religions (1998). Five articles on the dialogue for broadening "opportunities for common understanding and action in tackling the critical issue of global poverty" include discussion of Bahá'í involvement in the conference.
  527. Posted 1998-02-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Elizabeth Fraser Chamberlain, comp. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy (1918). An early collection of writings and talks of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  528. Posted 1998-02-02 in Archives:   Bosch Bahá'í School library, Robert Stauffer, comp. Eshraghieh and Mahmoud Rabbani Collection (1998). Arabic and Persian books, tablets, and manuscripts held at the Bosch Bahá'í School library.
  529. Posted 1998-02-02 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   International Teaching Centre Pilgrims Notes and the "Calamity" (1984). 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.
  530. Posted 1998-03 in Essays and short articles:   Ruhiyyih Skrenes Meaning and Significance of Certitude (1998). Nature of Certitude and the process of its attainment as described in the Kitab-i-Iqan.
  531. Posted 1998-03 in Essays and short articles:   Rouha Rose Thoughts on the City of Certitude (1998). Reflections on the 'City of Certitude' referred to in the Bahá'í writings.
  532. Posted 1998-04 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Amnesty International, United States Department of State, Alan Dershowitz Cases of Dhabihu'llah Mahrami and Musa Talibi, The (1998). In June 1994 and January 1996, two Bahá'ís in Iran were arrested and later sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy from Islam. These 9 documents and articles are about their case.
  533. Posted 1998-04 in Study Guides:   Ruhiyyih Skrenes Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Analysis of Figurative Language in the Tablet of Ahmad (1998). Introductory analysis of the metaphors and symbols used in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
  534. Posted 1998-06-08 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, trans. Traveler's Narrative, A: Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb (1982). Reprint of Browne's original translation of 1891 but lacking all of Browne's notes.
  535. Posted 1998-08 in Unpublished articles:   Juan Cole Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions (1998). History of the writing of this early Bábí historical text, and some recent interpretations of its history.
  536. Posted 1998-10 in Books:   Robert Riggs I, Daniel (1998). Spiritual, metaphorical, and esoteric teachings from the Bible's book of Daniel.
  537. Posted 1998-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Salmani's My Memories of Baha'u'llah, Publication of (1982). Two letters, to a Bahá'í publisher and an individual, regarding the 1982 publication of My Memories of Bahá'u'lláh, an autobiography of Bahá'u'lláh's barber, Ustad Salmani.
  538. Posted 1998-11 in Essays and short articles:   Cynthia C. Shawamreh Lessons on Detachment in the Tablet to Pope Pius IX (1998).
  539. Posted 1998-12 in Essays and short articles:   Cynthia C. Shawamreh Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Comparison with the Prophecies of Zechariah (1998). Comparison of Bahá'u'lláh's symbol of the Manifestation as "temple" and its analogues from the Hebrew Bible.
  540. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1995).
  541. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. , Seena Fazel, ed. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity: An interview with Pasteur Monnier on the relationship between the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity, Paris (1993). Revised translation of an interview with Pasteur Monnier, from chapter 5 of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy.
  542. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity: Introduction (1993). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's answers to questions posed by Pastor Monnier in Paris in 1913 on Christian subjects, notably the nature of Christ, and the relationship between Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith.
  543. Posted 1999 in Biographies:   Agnes Baldwin Alexander, Thomas Linard, ed. Account of How I Became a Bahá'í and My Stays in Paris in 1901 and 1937, An: Written at the Request of Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney (1958). Alexander's account of her acceptance of the Bahá'í teachings in Rome in 1900 and subsequent meetings with the Bahá'í group in Paris.
  544. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. African Culture, Traditional, Aspects of (1998). Challenges and opportunities in the African continent; eliminating prejudices; dance and music; alcohol; hunting; initiation rites; the supernatural; tribal leadership; status of women.
  545. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Akhund, Haji (Haji Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi) (1995). Short biography of an Iranian Hand of the Cause of God.
  546. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Ali Bastami, Mulla (1995).
  547. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Robert Stockman American Bahá'í Community in the Nineties, The (1995). Overview of the American Bahá'í community in the 1990s: contemporary issues; priorities and concerns; the Bahá'í impact on American society; the future and social turmoil.
  548. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Amin, Haji Abu'l-Hasan (1995).
  549. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Various, Author unknown, comp. Appreciations of the Bahá'í Faith (1941). Excerpts from books, magazines, newspaper articles, and testimonials.
  550. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Keven Brown Are 'Abdu'l-Bahá's views on evolution original? (1997). The philosophical and historical context of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism.
  551. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   David Friedman Are there indications of a Second Coming of a Messiah in the Old Testament? (1999). Some claim that the New Testament teaching of a "Second Coming" is not found in the Old Testament; however, it is easy to find older references to a Return.
  552. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Cybele Sohrab Asking Questions: A Challenge to Fundamentalism and The Secret of our Century: Bahá'u'lláh, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Reviews (1993).
  553. Posted 1999 in Biographies:   Marzieh Gail At 48 West Tenth (memories of Juliet Thompson) (1983). Thompson (1873–1956) was an American painter, a prominent early American Bahá'í, disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and also "friend and neighbour" of Kahlil Gibran.
  554. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   E. G. Browne Babism (1890). An early academic account of Babi-Bahá'í history and belief.
  555. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Badí` Khurasani (1995). Short biography of Badi, a Bahá'í renowned for his bravery and devotion.
  556. Posted 1999 in Visual Materials:   Sonja van Kerkhoff Baha'i Association for the Arts (1999). Biographies of, essays about, and artwork by contemporary Bahá'í artists.
  557. Posted 1999 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í country notes: Africa (1999).
  558. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel Bahá'í Faith and Academic Journals (1993). The nature of the major indexes which classify periodical and journal articles by author and subject which are appropriate to Bahá'í studies and what they reveal about the state of the academic study of the Faith.
  559. Posted 1999 in Book excerpts:   Marcus Bach Baha'i Faith, The (1946). An outsider's view of the Bahá'í community from a "faith-based" perspective.
  560. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia 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.
  561. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Barney Leith Bahá'í Review: Should the 'red flag' law be repealed? (1995). Argument that the current provisions for review may be anachronistic and that the benefits of deregulation might outweigh possible disadvantages. Includes responses by Roxanne Lalonde and Sepideh Taheri.
  562. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel, John Danesh Bahá'í Scholarship: An examination using citation analysis (1995). Examines references of articles in major Bahá'í studies journals published during 1978-83 and 1988-93 to study trends in Bahá'í scholarship.
  563. Posted 1999 in Personal compilations:   Seena Fazel, comp. Bahá'í Scholarship: Readings (1993).
  564. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Daniela Pinna Bahá'í, I by Margit Warburg: Review (2001).
  565. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Francis Beckwith Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989). An antagonistic and polemical overview of the Bahá'í Faith by a Christian.
  566. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Bahá'u'lláh (1995). Biography of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
  567. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Marzieh Gail Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (1946). A meditation on the themes of ESW.
  568. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove" (1997).
  569. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer Baha'u'llah's Unity Paradigm: A Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue on a Global Ethic? (1996). The mystic unity of religions and the concept of progressive revelation.
  570. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer Balance hath been Appointed, The: Some Thoughts on the Publication of the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1993). Significances of the Aqdas and the possible impact of its publication (1992) upon its Western audience.
  571. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Universal House of Justice, Iraj Ayman, Muhammad Afnan, Robert Stockman Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí and Bayán-i-'Arabí), The: Letters and Letters of the Living (1994).
  572. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Brent Poirier, Christopher Buck, Moojan Momen, Jonah Winters Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí and Bayán-i-'Arabí), The: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1997).
  573. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus, by Juan Cole: Review (1997).
  574. Posted 1999 in Books:   Udo Schaefer, Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm (1998). Religious pluralism and associated issues: diversity and unity of religions, absoluteness, relativity of truth, New Age thought, and interfaith dialogue
  575. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Burl Barer Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm, by Udo Schaefer: Review (1996).
  576. Posted 1999 in Bibliographies:   Jonah Winters, comp. Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1853-1863 (1999). Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Baghdad period".
  577. Posted 1999 in Bibliographies:   Jonah Winters, comp. Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1863-1868 (1999). Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Adrianople period".
  578. Posted 1999 in Bibliographies:   Jonah Winters, comp. Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1868-1877 (1999). Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Akka period".
  579. Posted 1999 in Bibliographies:   Jonah Winters, comp. Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1877-1892 (1999). Annotated list of historical references to Bahá'u'lláh's "Bahji period".
  580. Posted 1999 in Bibliographies:   Jonah Winters, comp. Bibliography for the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh: Key to sources and full citations (1999).
  581. Posted 1999 in Biographies:   Adib Taherzadeh, Dariush Lamie, Juan Cole Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi (1998). Three short biographies of about the man who asked to be exempt from the laws of the Aqdas.
  582. Posted 1999 in Biographies:   Author unknown Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún) (1999). Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote two Tablets.
  583. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Author unknown Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp) (1999). Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
  584. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Author unknown Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih) (1999). Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Bahá'u'lláh wrote a Tablet.
  585. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Keven Brown Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings (1990). Neoplatonic concepts in Bahá'í metaphysics.
  586. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith (1995).
  587. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews (1940). An address delivered at Temple Emmanu-El, San Francisco, October 12, 1912.
  588. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Moojan Momen, trans. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan) (1985). Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Bahá when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms "Hidden Treasure", "Love", "Creation", and "Knowledge" in a manner which suggests that the recipient was a Sufi and an admirer of Ibn 'Arabí.
  589. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Sen McGlinn Commentary: Some Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings (1997). Criteria which may be used to determine which of Shoghi Effendi writings are "interpretations", and thus permanently binding, and which are not.
  590. Posted 1999 in Unpublished articles:   John W. Suggs, Jr., Lin Deahl-Coy Common Threads: A Theory and Practice of Community Development (1999). Results of a sociological study designed "to teach practical skills of love, support and belonging."
  591. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Graham Hassall Community Histories, by Richard Hollinger: Review (1995).
  592. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Community, Baha'i (1993).
  593. Posted 1999 in Unpublished articles:   Sulayman S. Nyang Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity (1999). Contains only brief mention of Bahá'ís, but discusses the Iranian Revolution and related topics.
  594. Posted 1999 in Personal pages:   Dianne Bradford Course on Teaching Christians about the Bahá'í Faith (1999). Compilation of quotes from the Bahá'í Writings to aid in the teaching of the Faith to Christians, including answers to some questions posed by Christians.
  595. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Covenant, The, and Covenant-breaker (1995).
  596. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Continental Board of Counsellors, comp. Covenant-breakers, Non-association with (1999). Includes extracts regarding electronic communication with Covenant-Breakers.
  597. Posted 1999 in Book excerpts:   Taj al-Saltana, Abbas Amanat, ed. , Anna Vanzan, trans. Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914 (1993). Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-Din's daughter.
  598. Posted 1999 in Books:   Nabil-i-A'zam, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation (1932). The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Bahá'í Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí].
  599. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Kishan Manocha Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity, by Renee Weber: Review (1992).
  600. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   David Friedman Does Corinthians 1:15 Teach a Physical or a Spiritual Resurrection? (1999). While literalists claim that this verse supports a physical resurrection, the evidence seems to show the exact opposite to be true.
  601. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Stephen Lambden Doing Bahá'í Scholarship in the 1990s: A Religious Studies Perspective (1993). Argues that Bahá'í studies must address contemporary world issues, dialogues in pluralism, the New Age movement, and secular ideologies.
  602. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Dr. Cormick, E. G. Browne, comp. Dr. Cormick's Accounts of his Personal Impressions of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, The Báb (1848). A Westerner's account of meeting the Bab in 1848, and an account of separate incidents involving the persecution of Babis.
  603. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Early Western Accounts of the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths (1995).
  604. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Earthly Paradise, An: Bahá'í Houses of Worship Around the World, by Julie Badiee: Review (1997).
  605. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Guardian:   Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ann Boylan, John B. Cornell, Universal House of Justice "Easy Familiarity," Explanations of (1912). Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also questions on assembly infallibility, and whether one with a minority opinion should vote against his conscience.
  606. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Eco Principle, The: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis, by Arthur Dahl: Review (1996).
  607. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Stephen Vickers Eco Principle, The: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis, by Arthur Dahl: Review (1997).
  608. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Geeta Gandhi Kingdon Education of women and socio-economic development (2002). The findings of recent research on the social and the economic benefits of female education, which provides insights as to why Bahá'u'lláh stressed its importance.
  609. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Effulgences (Tajallíyát): Tablet study outline (1999).
  610. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Nazila Ghanea-Hercock Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order, by Charles Lerche: Review (1992).
  611. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Sen McGlinn Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order, by Charles Lerche: Review (1993).
  612. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Michael W. Sours, Iraj Ayman Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  613. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Michael W. Sours Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): The Lesser Peace (1999).
  614. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Marzieh Gail Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Introduction to (1953).
  615. Posted 1999 in Books:   Julio Savi Eternal Quest for God: An Introduction to the Divine Philosophy of Abdu'l-Baha (1989). A philosophical theology based on the Bahá'í writings.
  616. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   William S. Hatcher Eternal Quest For God, The, by Julio Savi: Review (1992).
  617. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Richard Hollinger Ethel Rosenberg: The Life and Times of England's Outstanding Pioneering Worker, by Robert Weinberg: Review (1996).
  618. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Europe, Eastern, and the Soviet Union (1993).
  619. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Stephen R. Friberg Evolution and Bahá'í Belief, by Keven Brown and Eberhard von Kitzing: Commentary (1998). Commmentary on Keven Brown's "Are 'Abdu'l-Bahá's views on evolution original?" and Eberhard von Kitzing's "Is the Bahá'í view of evolution compatible with modern science?"
  620. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   John Walbridge Exalted Letters (Hurúfát-i-'Álín), The: Overview (1996).
  621. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard, Deborah K. van den Hoonaard Family Life (1995). Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdu'l-Bahá, and the Institutions, with commentary reviewing views on family life.
  622. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Fasting (1996).
  623. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Fire Tablet (Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún): Tablet study outline (1999).
  624. Posted 1999 in Research notes:   Arjen Bolhuis First Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era, The (1999). Chart of the first 361 years (19*19) of the Bahá'í Era, in both HTML and Excel formats.
  625. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Bahá'í Information Office of the UK First Public Mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the West (1998). Short essay based on research by Moojan Momen and Derek Cockshutt. The first mention for the Faith in the West was not in 1893, but rather in a number of earlier talks on the Faith in England, and reports on the Babis in the 1850s.
  626. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman, Muin Afnani Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  627. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Tablet study outline (1999).
  628. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani, Avarih, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Further extracts concerning the remains of the Bab in Tehran (n.d.). Two brief excerpts
  629. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department Gaia Concept, The (1992). Overview of the Gaia hypothesis, a concept which regards the entire planet as a living organism.
  630. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Muin Afnani Gems of Mysteries (Javáhiru'l-Asrár): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  631. Posted 1999 in Chronologies/genealogies:   Grover Gonzales Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi (1957). A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history.
  632. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Robert Stockman Glad-Tidings (Bishárát): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  633. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl Globalization and the Environment (1998). Some responses to possible problems associated with globalization.
  634. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice God the All-Humorous (1997). Did Bahá'u'lláh ever refer to God as the "All-Humorous"?
  635. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Stephen Lambden Greatest Name, The (al-Ism al-A`zam) (1995).
  636. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Guardianship, The Universal House of Justice, and Infallibility (2009). The House is infallible even without the Guardian, because that the Guardian's chief function was interpretation and not legislation.
  637. Posted 1999 in Visual Materials:   Bahá'u'lláh Haykal (pentacle talisman) and da'ira (circle) (n.d.). Talisman "prayer for protection" by Bahá'u'lláh; similar to many drawn by the Bab.
  638. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Haziratu'l-Quds (1995).
  639. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Daryl Lowery Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77 (1999). Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
  640. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
  641. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   George Townshend Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah: A Reflection (1930). Reflections on the meaning and significance of Bahá'u'lláh's Hidden Words.
  642. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Joyce McCleary, comp. Hidden Words, also known as Book of Fatimih (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih): Concordance (1998).
  643. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   E. G. Browne, Jack McLean, Julio Savi, Jonah Winters Hidden Words, also known as Book of Fatimih (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  644. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Hidden Words, also known as Book of Fatimih (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih): Tablet study outline (1999).
  645. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   William Garlington Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen: Review (1998).
  646. Posted 1999 in Books:   Agnes Baldwin Alexander, Barbara R. Sims, ed. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938 (1977). An account of the Bahá'í Cause in Japan, China, Korea, and the Hawaiian Islands, prepared by request of the Guardian.
  647. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Holley, Horace Hotchkiss (1995). Biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  648. Posted 1999 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Roger Reini, comp. , Darren Hiebert, comp. Homosexuality, Bahá'í Writings on (1996).
  649. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Husband and Wife, Relationship between (1996). The "functional" divisions between husband and wife in the Bahá'í Writings should be considered in the light of the general principle of equality between the sexes.
  650. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Juan Cole "I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts (1993). Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with all the past Prophets and their sufferings, depicting himself mortally wounded on the field of battle, like Imám Husayn.
  651. Posted 1999 in Bibliographies:   Bruce Limber I Daniel: Index (1999). An index to the contents of Robert Riggs' book I, Daniel.
  652. Posted 1999 in Fiction:   Juliet Thompson I, Mary Magdalene (1940). Semi-autobiographical account of Juliet Thompson's contact with 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  653. Posted 1999 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Individual Rights and Freedoms (1988). An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Bahá'í community, as contrasted with those in American civil society.
  654. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Infallibility and Historical Knowledge of the Guardian (2005). While the Guardian's infallibility applies to interpretation of revelation, it does not include historical and scientific knowledge.
  655. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Infallibility and Knowledge of Abdu'l-Baha (1982). Abdu'l-Bahá's infallibility, authority, and the extent to which his knowledge was historically contextualized.
  656. Posted 1999 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Infallibility of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice (1977). Distinction between the interpretive spheres of the Guardian versus the Universal House of Justice.
  657. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Juan Cole Interpretation in the Bahá'í Faith (1995). The Bahá'í writings contain a complex and nuanced set of prescriptions for the interpretation of scripture. Before examining them, the very idea of "interpretation" must be clarified.
  658. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Juan Cole Introduction to the Tablet of Ashab (1991). Short overview of Bahá'u'lláh's evolving proclamation.
  659. Posted 1999 in Unpublished articles:   Sandra S. Fotos, Lynne Hansen Investigating Spiritualization: Noticing, Processing and the Function of Time (1995). Survey and analysis of the personal adoption of virtues among Mormons and Bahá'ís.
  660. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Iran: History of the Bahá'í Faith (1994).
  661. Posted 1999 in Book excerpts:   Sandra Mackey Iranians, The: Persia, Islam, and the Soul of a Nation (1998). Brief overview of the Bahá'í Faith during the Qajar period, in the context of Iranian politics.
  662. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Stephen Lambden Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: Some Introductory Notes (1991). Islamic contributions to Western culture and science and discusses the place of Islamic Studies in the Bahá'í Faith.
  663. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Islands of the North Sea (1996).
  664. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Islands of the South Pacific (1996).
  665. Posted 1999 in Book excerpts:   Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui), Joe Jenkins Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet (1998). Includes portrait of 'Abdu'l-Bahá sketched by Kahlil Gibran.
  666. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet, by Suheil Bushrui: Review (1999).
  667. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Robert Stauffer Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin: Review (1999).
  668. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Brent Poirier Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1998).
  669. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Tablet study outline (1998).
  670. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Universal House of Justice, Ismael Velasco, Peter Terry, Michael W. Sours Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): The Obligatory Prayers (2000).
  671. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Brent Poirier, Iraj Ayman, Frank Lewis Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the "choice wine" (2000).
  672. Posted 1999 in Software:   Peyman Talaei Kitab-i-Aqdas Windows Help File software (1999). A hyperlinked version of the Aqdas in the Windows Help File format (for Windows 3) which can be used for easy study and reading.
  673. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Horace Holley Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: A Study Guide (1975). A short topical and thematic outline, with links.
  674. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Notes on paragraph numbering (1998). Official paragraph numbering.
  675. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Bahá'í Publishing Committee Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Outline Study Guide (1933). Content outline of the Iqan, with links.
  676. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Michael W. Sours, Brent Poirier, Ismael Velasco, Iraj Ayman Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999). Notes on various topics related to Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude.
  677. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Tablet study outline (1999).
  678. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Ahang Rabbani Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n, Book of Five Qualification: Notes (1999). Informal correspondence from the listserver Talisman 1 regarding the Panj Sha'an, including translated portions.
  679. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Joshua Lincoln Law and International Order: Proceedings of the First European Bahá'í Conference on Law and International Order: Review (1997). Review of conference proceedings, highlighting Bahá'í law, governance, human rights, and future perspectives.
  680. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Letter from the Guardian to John B. Cornell, 1946 (1946). Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, noting how many letters he now had to deal with, encouraging Bahá'í youth to play a greater role in the activities of the Faith, and that questions about secondary administrative matters should be put to the NSA.
  681. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Letter from the Guardian to John B. Cornell, 1955 (1955). A letter stating Bahá'ís should seek guidance with local Bahá'í leadership in matters of divorce.
  682. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Letter to Corinne True re Women on the House of Justice (1909). Translation by Amín Faríd of a short letter stating that "men and women are equal in all rights save in the Universal House of Justice; for the Chairman and the members of the House of Justice are men according to the Text of the Book."
  683. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Letter to Marzieh Gail (1942). Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, stating that not being reappointed to Bahá'í committees gives people more opportunity to engage in the teaching work, and expressing pleasure at the Bahá'ís' lack of prejudice towards minority group members.
  684. Posted 1999 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, 1998 (1998).
  685. Posted 1999 in Books:   Shoghi Effendi Letters and Extracts of Writings from the Guardian Published in the US Bahá'í News 1924 - 1934 (1924).
  686. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Duane Troxel Life of Agnes Alexander (1998). Essay prepared for the Bahá'í Esperanto League's 25th anniversary booklet (see wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_Esperanto-League).
  687. Posted 1999 in Books:   Robert Stockman Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase (1999). Detailed overview of the first American Bahá'í. Provided in draft form as "Love's Odyssey" as well as a link to the PDF published as Thornton Chase: The First American Bahá'í.
  688. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Manifestations of God and the Master: Representation of in Portraits, Photographs, and Dramatic Presentations (n.d.). Excerpts on the use of imagery of the Central Figures in art, stage, and print.
  689. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida, The (1999). Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida and the trial of his killers.
  690. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Ahang Rabbani, comp. Martyrs of the Second Revolt at Nayriz (1999). A list, compiled from three histories, of those who died in the 1852 revolt at Nayriz.
  691. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Meetings, Bahá'í (n.d.).
  692. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Ahang Rabbani, Sen McGlinn Memories of Ashchi: Background (1999). Background information on and a start at translation of the narratives of Aqa Husayn Ashchi.
  693. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Haji Muhammad Nayrizi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Memories of Hájí Muhammad Nayrízi (1999). A short account of events in the 1853 Nayriz uprising.
  694. Posted 1999 in Books:   Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  695. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Constance M. Chen Mirror of the Divine: Art in the Bahá'í World Community, by Ludwig Tuman: Review (1997).
  696. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Moody, Susan (1998).
  697. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Negar Mottahedeh Mutilated Body of the Modern Nation: Qurrat al-'Ayn's Unveiling and the Persian Massacre of the Bábís (1998). A Freudian interpretation of the extreme antipathy underlying common Iranian opposition to the Babis/Bahá'ís as being disruptive symbols of destabilizing modernism, with the stories of Qurratu'l-'Ayn's public unveiling a central element.   
  698. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Nature (1988).
  699. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Naw-Rúz: The Bahá'í New Year (1996). History of the observance of Naw Ruz, the Iranian New Year, in Persian culture and the Bahá'í Faith.
  700. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Netherlands: History of the Baha'i Faith (1993).
  701. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Night as Frontier: Some Implications for the Bahá'í Community (1997). Sociological effects of night-shift employment and the nocturnal populace.
  702. Posted 1999 in Visual Materials:   T. Cavalier-Smith Nine-pointed star in microscopic images of the algae Chlamydomonas (1974). Electron-microscope enlarged structures that appear to form Bahá'í symbols. From "Basal Body and Flagellar Development during the Vegetative Cell Cycle and the Sexual cycle of Chlamydomonas Reinhardii."
  703. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Nineteen Day Feast (1996).
  704. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of (2000).
  705. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Obligatory Prayer, Exemption from (n.d.).
  706. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Ode of the Dove (Qasídiy-i-`Izz-Varqá'iyyih): Tablet study outline (1999).
  707. Posted 1999 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice One-Year Plan, 2000: Introductory Letter (1999). Introduction to the "Twelve-Month Plan."
  708. Posted 1999 in Personal letters:   Daniel Orey, et al. Open Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly re Gays in the Baha'i Faith (1993).
  709. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Robert Stockman Ornaments (Tarázát): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  710. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Frank Lewis Overview of the Abjad numerological system (1999). Numerological analysis of the word bahá.
  711. Posted 1999 in Research notes:   Hasan M. Balyuzi, Marzieh Gail, Iraj Ayman Persian and Arabic names (1973). Explanations of the elaborate system of Persian names and titles used in the nineteenth century.
  712. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Various Persian Revolution of 1905-1909, The, by E. G. Browne: Reviews (1996). Three reviews, published in CIRA Bulletin, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, and Journal of Islamic Studies.
  713. Posted 1999 in Research notes:   Iraj Ayman, Robert Stockman Persian, Arabic, and Provisional Translations (1999). Words relating to the titles of Bahá'í Writings, "Pure" Persian and "Pure" Arabic, and information on provisional translations.
  714. Posted 1999 in Archives:   Ahang Rabbani, comp. Persian/Arabic Bahá'í Books in the Library of Ahang Rabbani (1999). Private library of Persian and Arabic sacred writings and other Bahá'í-related material.
  715. Posted 1999 in Personal pages:   Ralph D. Wagner Personal Page: Ralph D. Wagner (1999).
  716. Posted 1999 in Personal pages:   Dianne Bradford Personal Page: Dianne Bradford: Deepening and teaching materials (1999). Links to some personal projects.
  717. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Photograph of Baha'u'llah on Website (1999). Source of a photo of Bahá'u'lláh publicly displayed on a non-Bahá'í website, and whether action can be taken to have it removed.
  718. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice Photographs of Bahá'u'lláh; William Miller (1980). Two questions and a short compilation occasioned by William Miller's book The Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings: reading books by covenant-breakers, and viewing photographs of Bahá'u'lláh.
  719. Posted 1999 in Pilgrims' notes:   Marguerite R. Sears Pilgrims Notes (1953). Pilgrimage to Haifa, Israel, February 26 to March 9, 1953.
  720. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Poets, Guidance to (1988). Guidance on the responsibilities of poets; includes an overview of Tablets addressed to poets.
  721. Posted 1999 in Books:   Howard Colby Ives Portals to Freedom (1983). A collection of anecdotes and history of Abdu'l-Bahá's travels to the United States, as told by one observer.
  722. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Prayer and Worship (1996). An overview of devotional practices and prayers in Babism and the Bahá'í Faith.
  723. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. Prayer for Fathers (1921). Tablet revealed for Albert Windust, first American publisher of the Bahá'í Writings and founder of Star of the West, on the occasion of his father's passing.
  724. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Prejudice and Discrimination (1993). Prejudice is cultural. History shows no society is immune. U.S. Bahá'ís facilitated Racial Amity groups in the 20s and 30s, and found ignorance plus apathy are key factors in prejudice. Reducing it requires a universal commitment to the unity of humanity.
  725. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   Marzieh Gail Primer for Bahá'í Assemblies (1944). Overview of the Bahá'í political system, and proposals for consultation, assembly functioning.
  726. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Brent Poirier Principle of Succession in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  727. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Robert Stockman Progressive Revelation (1995).
  728. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Seena Fazel Promised Day is Come: Study Questions (1991). A list of questions to inspire deepening and study.
  729. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Psychology and Knowledge of Self (n.d.).
  730. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith (1984). Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-century psychology.
  731. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Cyrus Agahi Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review (1999).
  732. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review (1995).
  733. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Brent Poirier, Stephen Lambden Qayyúm-al-'Asmá: Notes on Joseph (1999).
  734. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Ismael Velasco, Todd Lawson Qayyúm-al-'Asmá: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  735. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad, Denis MacEoin, trans. Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan (1997). Translation of the questions submitted to Bahá'u'lláh by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal uncle of the Bab, which led to the revelation of the Kitab-i Iqan.
  736. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Nassim Berdjis Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard Thomas: Review (1996).
  737. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics (1988). "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religions.
  738. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Seena Fazel Religious Pluralism (1995).
  739. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   Ala'u'l-Mulk, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Report to the Shah from Akka, A (2000). Brief report from the Iranian ambassador to Istanbul on the activities of the Bahá'ís in Turkey, 1901.
  740. Posted 1999 in Unpublished articles:   Alison Marshall Revelation in the Voices of Baha'u'llah (1999). Paper examines how the process of revelation can be understood by examining how ordinary human beings create speech and write, and explores the voices Bahá'u'lláh uses in six of his mystical works.
  741. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review (1989). Overview of Literature Review, publishing, and the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the Bahá'í World Center library.
  742. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Ridvan (1995). Two versions of a short article about the 12-day Bahá'í festival.
  743. Posted 1999 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Cambodia, Hong Kong, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam: Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: East Asia.
  744. Posted 1999 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Europe: Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: Europe.
  745. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Russia (1995). Overview of the development of the Bahá'í community in Russia.
  746. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Carolyn See Saddlebag, The: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2000).
  747. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice Scholarship, Bahá'í: Statements from the World Centre (1993).
  748. Posted 1999 in Personal compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Peter J. Khan, comp. Scholarship, Bahá'í (1993).
  749. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Schopflocher, Siegfried (1993). Short biography of a prominent Baha''i from a German-Jewish background who served as a Hand of the Cause of God.
  750. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Science and Technology (1998).
  751. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Robert Stockman Scripture (1995).
  752. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán): Tablet study outline (1999).
  753. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Second Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún): Tablet study outline (1999).
  754. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Roger Coe Secret of Divine Civilization: Expanded outline (1999). Summary of contents, in outline format.
  755. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Barbara Casterline Secret of Divine Civilization, by 'Abdu'l-Baha: The Education of Nations: A Review (1972).
  756. Posted 1999 in Books:   Universal House of Justice, Barbara R. Sims, comp. Selected Communications Concerning the North East Asia Area including Japan (1994). Compilation of letters from, or on behalf of, the Universal House of Justice, in both English and Japanese.
  757. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Tahirih Qurratu'l-Ayn, Nabil-i-A'zam, E. G. Browne, trans. Selected Poems by Qurratu'l-`Ayn, Nabil, and other Babis (1918).
  758. Posted 1999 in Theses:   Peter Mazal Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith (1999). Comparison of Bahá'í and Christian morality, archetypal events and people (e.g. the ideal woman) in early Christian and Bábí-Bahá'í history plus concepts of Christ (Christology) and the Messiah compared to Prophets, Messengers and Manifestations of God.
  759. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman Seven Valleys (Haft Vádí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  760. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Seven Valleys (Haft Vádí): Tablet study outline (1999).
  761. Posted 1999 in Essays and short articles:   George Townshend Seven Valleys of Baha'u'llah: A Meditation (1938).
  762. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Shi`i Islam (1995). Overview of Shi'a Islam, including a section on its relations to the Bahá'í Faith.
  763. Posted 1999 in Audio:   Emeric Sala Shoghi Effendi's Question (1993). Recollections of Sala (1906-1990) on Shoghi Effendi discussing the meaning of the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Includes audio version.
  764. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck Short History of the Bahá'í Faith, by Peter Smith, and Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen: Reviews (1997).
  765. Posted 1999 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Six-Year Plan, 1986-1992 (1986). Outline of Bahá'í goals for 1986-1992, and collection of letters from the House.
  766. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Ismael Velasco, Julio Savi Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  767. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Tablet study outline (1999).
  768. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Khazeh Fananapazir, Seena Fazel Station of the Kitab-i-Iqan, The (1993). Review of the rank and station of the Iqan according to the primary Bahá'í literature, followed by an outline and a thematic guide.
  769. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Seena Fazel Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations, by Charles Kimball: A Jihad for All Seasons: Review (1994).
  770. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Surah of the Companions (1991). One of Bahá'u'lláh's first public proclamatory tablets, following his private proclamation in 1863.
  771. Posted 1999 in Book reviews:   Jonah Winters Symbol and Secret and Revisioning the Sacred: Reviews (1999).
  772. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Tablet study outline (1999).
  773. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Muin Afnani, Stephen Lambden, Moojan Momen Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  774. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám): Tablet study outline (1999).
  775. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Duane Troxel, Juan Cole, Stephen Lambden Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  776. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván): Tablet study outline (1999).
  777. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Iskandar Hai, Iraj Ayman Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  778. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of Splendors (Lawh-i-Ishráqát): Tablet study outline (1999).
  779. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Adib Taherzadeh, Nabil-i-A'zam Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Overview (1999).
  780. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Stephen Lambden Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  781. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Naqus) (1994). Translation of a tablet written in Istanbul in fall, 1863 in honor of the Declaration of the Bab. Also known as Subhánáka-Yá-Hú, or "Praised be Thou, O He!"
  782. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Foad Shodjai Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn) (1999).
  783. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn): Tablet study outline (1999).
  784. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Universal House of Justice, Juan Cole Tablet of The Desired One (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  785. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Michael W. Sours, Jonah Winters Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  786. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Tablet study outline (1999).
  787. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of the River [Tigris] (1997). Includes introduction by translator.
  788. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Tablet study outline (1999).
  789. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   John Walbridge Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) (1996).
  790. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   The Báb Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad 'Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddús) (Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mullá Muhammad \'Alí-i-Barfurushí) (1994). A tablet written by the Bab in honor of Quddus.
  791. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat): Tablet study outline (1999).
  792. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-hikmat) (1995).
  793. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Peter Terry, Ted Brownstein, Stephen Lambden Tablet of [Mount] Carmel (Lawh-i-Karmil): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  794. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Tablet on the Debasement of Persia (1923). Short comment by Abdu'l-Bahá on the present debasement of Persia and its future glory, date unknown, shared by the Guardian in a letter to the US NSA in 1923.
  795. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) (1994). Explanation of the numerological significances of Bahá’ and the ringstone symbol.
  796. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí) (1991). Tablet to a one-time Covenant-breaker, also known as the Tablet of Beauty.
  797. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  798. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet to the Kings (Súratu'l-Mulúk): Tablet study outline (1999).
  799. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Stephen Lambden Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb): Notes (1992).
  800. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb): Tablet study outline (1999).
  801. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet to the Premier [Ali Pasha] (Lawh-i-Ra'ís): Tablet study outline (1999).
  802. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablet to the Sultan [Nasiri'd-Din Shah]: Tablet study outline (1999).
  803. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní) (1997).
  804. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Sen McGlinn, comp. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá from Star of the West (1978). Compilation of tablets translated and published in Book 1 of the 1978 reprint of Star of the West, which contains all of Vol. 1, March 1910, and Vol. 2 to Number 11, September 1911.
  805. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Tablets to Napoleon III: Comparison (1999). Comparison of the First and the Second Tablets to Napoleon
  806. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Tablets to the Rulers (Surat al-Muluk) (1995).
  807. Posted 1999 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, John Walbridge, trans. Talk given 2 May 1912 at the Chicago Plaza Hotel (1991). New translation of a short talk for which the original Persian text was recently (as of 1991) discovered in the Wilmette archives.
  808. Posted 1999 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Teaching Problems / Success in Teaching (1949). Three versions of an article: first published as "Teaching Problems" in March 1949, then as "Success in Teaching" in June 1949, and a Persian translation.
  809. Posted 1999 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Translation and provisional translations (n.d.).
  810. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Translations of the Bible Used by Abdu'l-Baha (1996). Which translations of the Bible were used by Abdu'l-Bahá.
  811. Posted 1999 in Books:   E. G. Browne, Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, trans. Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A (1891). Annotated translation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's history of the Bábí and early Bahá'í movements, dated 1886; includes many historical appendices by Browne.
  812. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Juan Cole Treatise on Leadership: Introduction (1998). Informal notes about and introduction to `Abdu'l-Bahá's Risalih-i-Siyasiyyih (1893).
  813. Posted 1999 in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands Tree of Life, The: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community (1993). Compilations for a spiritualization and teaching campaign on prayer and meditation, how to be like the "shining examples" of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh, and the 1992 Ridvan message.
  814. Posted 1999 in Notable talks:   Amelia Collins Tribute to Shoghi Effendi, A (1958). Address delivered at the Intercontinental Bahá'í Conference held in Germany, July 1958, which Collins attended as the chosen representative of Shoghi Effendi.
  815. Posted 1999 in Personal compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Brent Poirier, comp. Triumphing over our weaknesses (1998). Personal compilation
  816. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Turkmenistan (1995). History of the Bahá'í Faith in Turkmenistan.
  817. Posted 1999 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Turning Point for All Nations (1995). A statement on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, about the scope, function, and mandate of the UN, and world concerns it must address.
  818. Posted 1999 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'ís in Recovery Fellowship, comp. Twelve Steps, The: Bahá'í Writings and recovery from substance abuse (1988).
  819. Posted 1999 in Historical documents:   E. G. Browne, E. G. Browne, trans. Two State Papers Bearing on the Removal of the Babis from Baghdad to Turkey (1862). Iranian State papers requesting that the Ottomans expel Bahá'u'lláh and the Bábís from Baghdad.
  820. Posted 1999 in Pilgrims' notes:   Mrs. Rollins, Margery McCormick Two Statements from the Guardian (1937). Two short comments of Shoghi Effendi, from a personal conversation.
  821. Posted 1999 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen United Kingdom: History of the Bahá'í Faith (1998). A short history of the Bahá'í community of the United Kingdom.
  822. Posted 1999 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Author unknown United States National Spiritual Assembly vs. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (1941). In 1941 the National Spiritual Assembly unsuccessfully sued Covenant Breaker Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for his use of the word "Bahá'í." This is the court's conclusions.
  823. Posted 1999 in Books:   Elizabeth Herrick Unity Triumphant: The Call of the Kingdom (1925). An early introduction to the Bahá'í teachings and a testimony of faith in the revelation of Bahá'u'lláh.
  824. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   David Piff Unofficial information and rumour in the Bahá'í community: The case of "The tree they couldn't kill" (1998). Legend and rumor spread via online discussion groups, and the place of "unofficial information" in the world view and social dynamics of a religious community.
  825. Posted 1999 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Who is Writing the Future?: Reflections on the Twentieth Century (1999). A statement on the current state of human society and its evolution, by the BIC's Office of Public Information.
  826. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters Wondrous Book (Kitáb-i-Badí'): Tablet study outline (1999).
  827. Posted 1999 in Published articles:   Stephen Lambden Word Bahá, The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name (1993). History of the concept of the Greatest Name and its place in Bahá'í theology.
  828. Posted 1999 in Study Guides:   Robert Stockman, Iraj Ayman Words of Wisdom (Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  829. Posted 1999 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan World's Equilibrium, The (1998). Short, partial notes of a talk delivered at Baruch College, New York, August 22, 1998.
  830. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Zoroaster, Date of (1979). Clarifications re the dates and bio information Bahá'í texts give for the prophet Zoroaster.
  831. Posted 1999 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Zoroastrianism, Reference to, in All Things Made New (1999). A reference to the Zoroastrian text Dinkird, or "Acts of the Religion" (dín-kird) in John Ferraby's All Things Made New, and on the authenticity of the Zoroastrian scriptures.
  832. Posted 1999-01 in Unpublished articles:   Alison Marshall How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah (1999). Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.
  833. Posted 1999-04-03 in Essays and short articles:   Frank Lewis Camphor and the Camphor Fountain (1999). What is the meaning of the camphor fount — a symbol common in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, and the Qur'an — what is its context, and what is the cup tempered there?
  834. Posted 1999-04-29 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice International Youth Year, 1985 (1985). Two letters, giving words of inspiration and guidance for the International Youth Year, 1985.
  835. Posted 1999-05 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq) (1998).
  836. Posted 1999-07 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Provisional Translations of Bahá'í Writings and their Publication (1999). Sent by the House to a number of NSAs, publishing trusts, and publishers to say that "favorable consideration has been given to allowing wider use of provisional translations..."
  837. Posted 1999-07 in Study Guides:   Alison Marshall Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: What on earth is a disconnected letter? Baha'u'llah's commentary (1999). The meaning of the Arabic letters alif, lam, mim, as explained in Bahá'u'lláh's tablet Tafsir hurufat al-maqatt’ah. Includes List of disconnected letters in the Qur'an and Abjad values of the Arabic letters.
  838. Posted 1999-09 in Book reviews:   Jonah Winters Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review (1999).
  839. Posted 1999-09-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1988).
  840. Posted 1999-09-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1992). Full authoritative English translation of Baháʼu'lláh's book of laws, along with clarifying texts and detailed explanatory notes.
  841. Posted 1999-09-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Marzieh Gail, trans. Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The (1991). Bahá’u’lláh's most well-known mystical works, written in Baghdad after his return from Kurdistan in 1856.
  842. Posted 1999-09-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1988).
  843. Posted 1999-09-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Tablets of the Divine Plan (1993). 14 letters written by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to Baháʼís in the United States and Canada between March 1916 and March 1917 on the goal of establishing the Bahá'í religion throughout the world.
  844. Posted 1999-09-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá (1992). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament consists of three parts - all three written in His own hand. The first one was revealed around 1905 and the second and third sometime around 1907.
  845. Posted 1999-09-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London (1982). Notes on 'Abdu'l-Baha's visit to London and Bristol in 1911, his discourses and conversations; first published in 1912.
  846. Posted 1999-09-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (1979). The last major work of Baháʼu'lláh, written in 1891 to 'the son of the Wolf', Shaykh Muhammad Taqi known as Áqá Najafi (1846-1914), a prominent Muslim cleric in Isfáhán.
  847. Posted 1999-09-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Foundations of World Unity (1979). A collection of talks and writings of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.
  848. Posted 1999-09-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Hidden Words (1985). Bahá'u'lláh's review of the most important themes of prior scriptures and religions, written in 1858 in the style of Persian mystical poetry.
  849. Posted 1999-09-02 in Essays and short articles:   LeRoy Jones Mystical Aspects of the Baha'i Faith as presented in the Seven Valleys (1998). Mystical aspects of the Bahá'í Faith are of paramount importance and may sometimes get overlooked in favor of its social aspects.
  850. Posted 1999-09-10 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Laura Clifford Barney, trans. Answered Questions, Some (1990). 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney; first published in 1908.
  851. Posted 1999-09-10 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude (1931). Major theological work by Baháʼu'lláh, written prior to his declaration of mission.
  852. Posted 1999-09-10 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. Memorials of the Faithful (1971). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's volume of short biographies of Bábí and Bahá'í figures and heroes, translated from the original Persian text and annotated by Marzieh Gail.
  853. Posted 1999-09-10 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Promulgation of Universal Peace (1982). A collection of transcriptions of 140 talks delivered by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá during the nine months in 1912 when he travelled across the United States and Canada.
  854. Posted 1999-09-18 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Paris Talks (1972). Transcribed from translations of talks given by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá while in Paris in 1912; not yet compared to Persian originals and so unauthenticated.
  855. Posted 1999-09-18 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. Secret of Divine Civilization (1957). Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's program for the developmental reform of society within an Iranian context.
  856. Posted 1999-09-18 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá (1978).
  857. Posted 1999-09-18 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Tablet to Auguste Forel (1976). A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist Auguste-Henri Forel, dated 21 September 1921.
  858. Posted 1999-10 in Book reviews:   Iain S. Palin Who is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century, by Bahá'í International Community: Review (1999).
  859. Posted 1999-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Arohanui: Letters to New Zealand (1982).
  860. Posted 1999-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Bahá'í Administration (1974). Excerpts from 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament, and letters from Shoghi Effendi 1922-1932.
  861. Posted 1999-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Citadel of Faith: Messages to America 1947-1957 (1980). A collection of messages from the Guardian to the Bahá’ís of the United States, written between 1947 and 1957.
  862. Posted 1999-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Dawn of a New Day (1970). Early version of Messages of Shoghi Effendi to India.
  863. Posted 1999-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi, Gertrude Garrida, comp. Directives from the Guardian (1973). Compilation of passages from letters of Shoghi Effendi which were published in the Bahá'í News of the United States. Arranged alphabetically by topic.
  864. Posted 1999-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Unfolding Destiny (1981). Letters and telegrams by or on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to British Bahá'ís from 1922 to 1957. Those to Local Spiritual Assemblies listed separately. Includes biographical notes on British Bahá'ís in the order the names appear in the text.
  865. Posted 1999-10-09 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (1991). Letters written by the Guardian, 1929-1936.
  866. Posted 1999-10-11 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Advent of Divine Justice (1971). A letter from Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá’ís of North America, dated 25 December 1938; the Bahá'ís' achievements and responsibilities; the crises affecting the world; the destiny of America.
  867. Posted 1999-10-11 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Promised Day is Come, The (1980). A book-length letter written by Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá’ís of the West, dated 28 March 1941, about Bahá'u'lláh's letters to the kings and rulers, and their relation to historical events.
  868. Posted 1999-10-11 in Bahá'í Writings:   The Báb, Habib Taherzadeh, trans. , Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Selections from the Writings of the Báb (1982).
  869. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi God Passes By (1971). The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944.
  870. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi High Endeavors: Letters to Alaska (1976).
  871. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Letters to Australia and New Zealand (1971).
  872. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Light of Divine Guidance: Volume 1 (1982).
  873. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Light of Divine Guidance: Volume 2 (1985).
  874. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Messages to America (1947). Selected messages to the American Bahá'ís from Shoghi Effendi from 1932 to 1946.
  875. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Messages to Canada (1965).
  876. Posted 1999-10-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Messages to the Bahá'í World (1971). General messages of Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá'ís, written between 1950 and 1957.
  877. Posted 1999-11 in Essays and short articles:   Melissa Tansik Education and the Supreme Talisman in the Kitáb-i-Íqán (1999). How the Kitab-i-Iqan can be seen as a compendium of what humankind needs to know; a discussion of perception as it relates to learning what is needful; intellectual honesty; and the results of various learning experiences.
  878. Posted 1999-11 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Prayer "Make me a hollow reed," Source of (1999). The prayer "Oh, God, make me a hollow reed..." is neither by Abdu'l-Bahá nor George Townshend, and its author is unknown.
  879. Posted 1999-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Zena Sorabjee, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India Inter-religious gathering in New Delhi, and Address to Pope John Paul II (1999). Brief address by Counsellor Sorabjee to an inter-religious gathering organised by the Roman Catholic Church in New Delhi with with Pope John Paul II, and a short description of the event by the NSA of India, as shared by the House of Justice.
  880. Posted 1999-12 in Unpublished articles:   Peter Terry Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History (1999). Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Bahá'í, A Christian response to Bahá'ísm, the religion which aims toward one world government and one common faith."
  881. Posted 1999-12-29 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Further Application of (1999). Announcement to the Bahá'í world that all elements of the laws dealing with obligatory prayer and fasting are now applicable.
  882. Posted 200-05 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb) (2000). On translations of Bahá'u'lláh's "Tablet of Medicine/Tablet to the Physician"; includes a partial provisional translation.
  883. Posted 2000 in Books:   Eliane Lacroix-Hopson, Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York: The City of the Covenant (1999). Details of 'Abdu'l-Baha's visit to New York City in 1912; his discourses and conversations.
  884. Posted 2000 in Visual Materials:   Author unknown Advertisement for Israeli Tourism in the New Yorker magazine (2000). Bahá'í World Centre photograph in advertisement in prominent magazine, featuring the terraces.
  885. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Ages and Cycles (1995). Overview of the ideas of specific cycles and periods of time in Bahá'í belief.
  886. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Alcohol, Prohibition on Drinking (1991).
  887. Posted 2000 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker (1999). Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Bahá'í.
  888. Posted 2000 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, ed. Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics (1910).
  889. Posted 2000 in Personal compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Seena Fazel, comp. Bahá'í Activities in University (1997).
  890. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Graham Hassall, William Barnes Bahá'í Communities in the Asia-Pacific: Performing Common Theology and Cultural Diversity on a 'Spiritual Axis' (1998). The idea of a ‘spiritual axis' between the Bahá'ís of the northern and southern regions of the Asia-Pacific both served to establish closer relations between them, and raise consciousness of the barriers impeding their close relations.
  891. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies (1996). The origins and early life of the Bahá'í community in Canada as a sociological case study in the transplantation of non-Western faiths into Western settings.
  892. Posted 2000 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í country notes: Egypt (1997). History of Bahá'ís in Egypt from 1860s to 1961 referencing early merchant settlements, Abdu'l-Bahá's visits, the Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said and national communities plus persecutions, court decisions, and the Presidential anti-Bahá'í decree 263 of 1960.
  893. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í Faith in Tasmania 1923-1963 (1995). Early history of the Bahá'í community of Tasmania.
  894. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Bahá'í Faith, Scholarship on (1995). This article is a survey of attempts to analyse and study the Bábí and Bahá'í Faith from a scholarly viewpoint.
  895. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í History in the Formative Age: The World Crusade 1953-1963 (1995). The major features of the Bahá'í 'World Crusade' 1953-1963; thoughts about the contemporary practice of historical Bahá'í scholarship; the guardianship and evolution of the Universal House of Justice; United Nations and the Bahá'í International Community.
  896. Posted 2000 in Books:   Thornton Chase Bahá'í Revelation, The (1933). Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, emphasizes the Bahá’í teachings as a vehicle for personal spiritual transformation. Continued to be reprinted until the 1920s. Cited Bahá'í Writings may have been superseded by later authorized translations.
  897. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Christopher Buck Baha'u'llah as Zoroastrian saviour (1998). Examines the Bahá'í view of Zoroastrianism to understand tensions between scholarship and "messiahship" and topics such as proof texts and prophecy.
  898. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Bahá'í Community of Canada, The (1997).
  899. Posted 2000 in Books:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Bahiyyih Khanum, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Bahiyyih Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf (1982). A compilation from Bahá'í sacred texts and writings of the Guardian of the Faith and Bahíyyih Khánum's own letters.
  900. Posted 2000 in Archives:   Thellie Lovejoy Barstow Collection: Contents, Index, and Compiler's Notes (2000). Introduction to and contents list of the 478 translated tablets and other English documents from the library of American collector Dwight Barstow.
  901. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Arash Abizadeh Because Baha'u'llah said so: Dealing with a non-starter in moral reasoning (1995). Discusses a popular but misleading versus more philosophically responsible approaches to revelation.
  902. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Bible, Preferred English Translation of (1996). While Shoghi Effendi recommended the use of the King James translation of the Bible, Bahá'ís are yet welcome to use any translation they wish.
  903. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Guardian:   Laura Clifford Barney (published as Laura C. Dreyfus-Barney), Shoghi Effendi, Thomas Linard, ed. Biography of Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney (1928). A biography of the first French Bahá'í, followed by telegrams and letters from Shoghi Effendi to Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Hippolyte's sister Mrs. Yvonne Meyer-May.
  904. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Browne, Edward Granville (1995). Short biography of an English orientalist and famous scholar of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths.
  905. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Capital Punishment and Amnesty International (n.d.). Letter from the House to Amnesty International on the death penalty.
  906. Posted 2000 in Book excerpts:   Joseph J. Dewey Chapter 10, The Three Revelations (1999). Discusses the Bab and Bahá'ís in context of the emergence of other teachers/masters around the time of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism.
  907. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Anthony Lee Choice Wine: The Kitab-i Aqdas and the Development of Bahá'í Law (1995). The Kitab-i Aqdas was not intended to establish a new law code (shari'a) similar to the one known to 19th century Muslim jurisprudence, but rather to discard that approach to law in favor of a more organic promulgation of ethical principles.
  908. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Aqa Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani, E. G. Browne, trans. Chronicle of `Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani: Personal Reminiscences of the Insurrection at Zanjan (1897). Translation of an account of the Babi struggle at Zanjan in 1850, as recollected by an aged eyewitness who had been a child at the time; an important source for early Babi history.
  909. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Compilation of Compilations: Volume 1 (1991).
  910. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Compilation of Compilations: Volume 2 (1991).
  911. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Juan Cole Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The (1982). Lengthy overview of Bahá'í theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
  912. Posted 2000 in Library Miscellany:   Various Contributors and assistants (2000). List of people who have donated significant amounts of time to building the Bahá'í Library (now outdated).
  913. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Todd Lawson Dangers of Reading, The: Inlibration Communion and Transference in the Qur'an Commentary of The Bab (1997). Tafsír (traditional Qur'an commentary) and the writings of the Bab.
  914. Posted 2000 in Study Guides:   Soroush Shakib Dispensation of Baha'u'llah: Study Guide (2000). Short study questions, some by Morten Bergsmo, for each paragraph of this document.
  915. Posted 2000 in Books:   W. W. Harmon Divine Illumination (1915). An American Theosophist's appreciation of 'Abdu'l-Baha and the Bahá'í message published in 1915.
  916. Posted 2000 in Archives:   Sen McGlinn, comp. Dutch Library Holdings (2000). Complete list of items relating to Bábí or Bahá'í studies in multiple languages, housed in the three principal and other libraries across the Netherlands.
  917. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, comp. Europe (1991).
  918. Posted 2000 in Book excerpts:   Annemarie Schimmel Excerpt (1994). Three passing mentions.
  919. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name (1968). Calligraphy, numerology, and theology of Baha and the ringstone symbol.
  920. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Lil Osborn Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles (1994). A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces patriarchy with the suggestion that sexual equality is independent of, and unrelated to, gender images of the Divine.
  921. Posted 2000 in Historical documents:   E. G. Browne, trans. Five unpublished contemporary documents relating to The Bab's examination at Tabriz in 1848 (1848).
  922. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Formative Age of Our Faith, Significance of the (1991).
  923. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   William S. Hatcher Foundations of Mathematics: An Overview at the Close of the Second Millennium (2000). Article posits that the foundational study of mathematics has only emerged in this century, and discusses its evolutionary growth.
  924. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland (1994). Compilation of new perspectives on the future of European civilization. Includes introduction by Julio Savi.
  925. Posted 2000 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alice R. Beede Glimpse of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris (1912). Short account of a brief meeting in Paris, and brief speech by Abdu'l-Bahá.
  926. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Holly Hanson Global Dilemmas, Local Responses: Creating Patterns of Action that Make the World Different (2000). Globalization through the metaphor of the world as a body: as a diseased body, as a beautiful but dead body, and of political and social institutions as a growing body.
  927. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice, The (1966). Passages from a letter on the relationship between the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice, the timing of the election of the House, the lack of a will by or a successor to the Guardian, and the House's ability to function on its own.
  928. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Gulpáygání, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl (1995).
  929. Posted 2000 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall H. Collis Featherstone (1990). Biography of a prominent Australian Bahá'í and Hand of the Cause of God.
  930. Posted 2000 in Pilgrims' notes:   May Maxwell, Rúhíyyih Khánum Haifa Notes of Shoghi Effendi's Word: Volumes 1 and 2 (1937). Transcriptions of talks given by Shoghi Effendi by May Maxwell and Ruhiyyih Khanum, taken during their pilgrimage in 1937.
  931. Posted 2000 in Visual Materials:   The Báb Haykal (pentacle talisman) #1 (1992). Talisman drawn by the Bab; not identified.
  932. Posted 2000 in Visual Materials:   The Báb Haykal (pentacle talisman) #2 (n.d.). Talisman drawn by the Bab; not identified.
  933. Posted 2000 in Notable talks:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Hidden Words, The: Transcript of a talk by Hand of the Cause of God A. Q. Faizí (1967). Talk delivered in Wilmette, Illinois.
  934. Posted 2000 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Hilda Brooks and the Australian Bahá'í Community (1989). The role played by Hilda Margaret Brooks (1896-1969) in the development of the Australian Bahá'í Community.
  935. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Homosexuality (1993). Extracts from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi and letters written by or for the Universal House of Justice emphasize that Bahá'ís empathize with homosexuals while not viewing homosexuality as natural or permanent
  936. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Humor and Laughter (1997).
  937. Posted 2000 in Books:   Udo Schaefer In A Blue Haze: Smoking and Baha'i Ethics (1997). Smoking as a focus of this first attempt to define certain aspects of Bahá'í ethics.
  938. Posted 2000 in Bibliographies:   Steven Phelps, comp. Index to Ad'iyyih-i-Hadrat-i-Mahbúb (1994). Index of the contents of an Arabic and Persian Bahá'í collection of prayers and scripture.
  939. Posted 2000 in Bibliographies:   Adib Taherzadeh Indexes of Tablet names, diacritics, and transliteration: Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (1974). Indexes only, useful for (1) referencing the diacritics and transliteration of Tablet names, and (2) knowing in which books Taherzadeh discusses which tablets.
  940. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer Infallible Institutions? (2002). Historical and Bahá'í interpretations of infallibility.
  941. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   John Hick Interfaith and the Future (1994). The development of the interfaith movement over the past 100 years and its possible futures.
  942. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Nader Saiedi Introduction to Abdu'l-Baha's The Secret of Divine Civilization, An (2000). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's The Secret of Divine Civilization in the context of the Iranian social and political situation of the day, and comments on its contribution to ongoing debates on certain religious, social, and political debates.
  943. Posted 2000 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Barbara R. Sims, comp. Japan Will Turn Ablaze! (1992). Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá, letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and historical notes about Japan.
  944. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Kitab-i Aqdas, the Most Holy Book (1999).
  945. Posted 2000 in Study Guides:   Sen McGlinn, comp. Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Bibliography (1998).
  946. Posted 2000 in Study Guides:   Habib Riazati Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Questions and Concordances (2000). Study questions, categorized cross-references to the Aqdas and its notes and "Questions and Answers," topical concordances, and other research materials.
  947. Posted 2000 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Letter to the Ecole des Jeunes May Bolles Maxwell Conference (1997).
  948. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Letters of Living, Dawn-Breakers, Quddús, Terraces (2000). Five unrelated questions: Identity of the Letters of the Living; "List of Illustrations" in the Dawn-Breakers; Status of the Writings of Quddus; Naming of the Terraces at the Arc; and The Bab's Tablets in the Dawn-Breakers.
  949. Posted 2000 in Biographies:   Helen Danesh, John Danesh, Amelia Danesh Life of Shoghi Effendi, The (1991). Chapter length biography, and overview of the Guardian's life's work.
  950. Posted 2000 in Pilgrims' notes:   George Orr Latimer Light of the World, The (1920). A book chronicling Latimer's visit to the Holy Land, November 1919; includes words of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  951. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Living the Life (1991).
  952. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Local Spiritual Assemblies (1991).
  953. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Local Spiritual Assembly, The (1991).
  954. Posted 2000 in East Asia:   Barbara R. Sims Macau Bahá'í Community in the Early Years (1991). Brief overview of the history of Macau, and a detailed account of Bahá'í involvement 1953-1975, and stories of early believers.
  955. Posted 2000 in Maps:   Author unknown Map of Persia (1932). Map included in the 1932 edition of Dawnbreakers.
  956. Posted 2000 in Maps:   Muhammed Labib Map of Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka (1968). Map of Stages in Bahá'u'lláh's Successive Exiles from Tihran to Akka, compiled and designed by Labib in 1968, includes an extensive list of which tablets Bahá'u'lláh revealed and where.
  957. Posted 2000 in Maps:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands, comp. Map of the Travels of Baha'u'llah (1991). The progressive exiles of Bahá'u'lláh through the Middle East. Includes timeline.
  958. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Marriages, Preserving Bahá'í (1991).
  959. Posted 2000 in Books:   E. G. Browne, comp. and trans. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion (1918). An early collection of historical documents related to Bahá'í and Bábí studies. (Not fully complete.)
  960. Posted 2000 in Research notes:   Brian A. Miller Mid-East History during the Islamic Period: Chronology and Commentary (2000). Brief overview of Islamic history.
  961. Posted 2000 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall, Orwin Austria Mirza Hossein R. Touty: First Baha'i Known to Have Lived in the Philippines (2000). Touty was a Bahá'í who stayed in the Philippines for about five years (1921-26), teaching the Faith to Filipinos.
  962. Posted 2000 in Essays and short articles:   Graham Hassall Modelling Human Rights Education: A View from the Pacific (1997). For Bahá'ís to be successfully involved in the promotion of human rights development, they will have to decide what their model of 'human rights' is, and how to deal with the variant conceptions of human rights already held across the Asia-Pacific region.
  963. Posted 2000 in Book reviews:   Sen McGlinn Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (1999).
  964. Posted 2000 in Book reviews:   Denis MacEoin Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole (1999).
  965. Posted 2000 in Books:   Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall Mother's Stories: Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá (1998). Stories of Abdu'l-Bahá and early Bahá'ís told by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1897-1984), daughter of Howard Colby Ives and Elizabeth Church Hoyt.
  966. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Music (1991).
  967. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. National Spiritual Assembly (1991).
  968. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Christopher Buck Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá'í Universalism (1996). Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Bahá'í category of "Manifestations of God" using the Iroquois prophet Deganawida as an example.
  969. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   John Taylor Novelty in Ayyám-i-Há and the Badí Calendar (2000). The place of calendars in a religion, and the meaning of the Badi calendar for Bahá'ís.
  970. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Opposition (1991).
  971. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Peace (1991).
  972. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Various, E. G. Browne, trans. Persecutions of Babis in 1888-1891 at Isfahan and Yazd (1918). Eyewitness or historical accounts of specific events, uprisings, and attacks, as collected by E.G. Browne.
  973. Posted 2000 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Denis MacEoin, trans. Persian Bayan, The: Partial translation (2000). A partial provisional translation of the Persian Bayan.
  974. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   E. G. Browne Personal Reminiscences of the Bábí Insurrection at Zanjan in 1850 (1897). The testimony of Áqá 'Abdu'l-Ahad Zanjani.
  975. Posted 2000 in Book reviews:   Lynn Echevarria-Howe Planning Progress: Lessons from Shoghi Effendi, by June Manning Thomas: Review (2000).
  976. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Power of Divine Assistance, The (1991).
  977. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, The Báb, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of (1991).
  978. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Prayers of Shoghi Effendi (1994). Why the Guardian's prayers are not translated into English.
  979. Posted 2000 in Study Guides:   Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Proclamation of Baha'u'llah sources (2000). Cross-reference chart of passages published in Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh with Summons of the Lord of Hosts and other published sources.
  980. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Prominent People, Teaching (1991).
  981. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Bahá'í International Archives, Universal House of Justice Publishing, Bahá'í, Memorandum on: Materials to be Deposited with the Bahá'í World Centre Library (1998). Overview of Literature Review, publishing, translations, and details of the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the World Center archives.
  982. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Question of Gender in Canadian Baha'i History, The (1994). The position of Bahá'í women in the Canadian community and the extent to which they participated in teaching and administrative activities.
  983. Posted 2000 in Book reviews:   Robert Stockman "Race, Immorality and Money in the American Bahá'í Community: Impeaching the Los Angeles Spiritual Assembly," by Juan Cole: Commmentary (2000). Response to Cole's article in the same issue, which analyzes the dissolution of the Bahá'í local assembly of Los Angeles in 1986-88 by the US NSA.
  984. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Radio and Television in Teaching, The Use of (1991).
  985. Posted 2000 in East Asia:   Barbara R. Sims Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History (1996). Bahá'í activities in Korea 1921-1988.
  986. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Anthony Lee Reconciling the Other: The Bahá'í Faith in America as a Successful Synthesis of Christianity and Islam (1995). Although many ordinary Bahá'ís are unaware of their religion's Islamic roots, seeing it instead as the fulfilment of Christianity, we may regard the Bahá'í Faith in America as a successful synthesis, harmonizing Christianity and Islam.
  987. Posted 2000 in Book excerpts:   Robert S. Ellwood Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America (1973). From chapter eight, "The East in the Golden West: Other Oriental Movements."
  988. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran (1995).
  989. Posted 2000 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Religious Freedom in the Asia Pacific: The Experience of the Bahá'í Community (1998). Some aspects of the Bahá'í Community's approach to one human rights initiative, the "Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief."
  990. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Eric Hadley-Ives Results of Talisman Attitudes Survey (2000). Detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talisman2 (circa 1999).
  991. Posted 2000 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Resurrection of Christ and the Bible (1987). Information on Bahá'í concepts related to the Resurrection of Christ.
  992. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Graham Hassall Seventy Five Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Victoria, Australia (1998). History of the Bahá'í community of Victoria, Australia.
  993. Posted 2000 in Books:   Marzieh Gail Six Lessons on Islam (1953). A brief overview of Islam, particularly Shi'a Islam, and its relevance to the Bahá'í Faith.
  994. Posted 2000 in Unpublished articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Canadian Baha'i Community (1991). Statistics and analysis of enrollment and growth patterns.
  995. Posted 2000 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. Spiritual Institutions: The Foundation for Oneness (2000). Annotated compilation on the structure and functioning of the Bahá'í administrative order.
  996. Posted 2000 in Essays and short articles:   William G. Huitt Spiritual Nature of a Human Being, The (2000). When individuals combine understandings derived from science, philosophy, and religion with their personal experiences and intuitions they will have a more complete knowledge of the reality of the universe than from any one knowledge system by itself.
  997. Posted 2000 in Bibliographies:   Sen McGlinn, comp. Star of the West Book 1: Contents lists of the Persian sections (2000).
  998. Posted 2000 in Books:   Christopher Buck Symbol and Secret: Qur'án Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán (1995). Comparative study of tafsir, exegesis, and theology in the Qur'an and the Kitab-i-Iqan. Includes Persian translation.
  999. Posted 2000 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Anton Haddad, trans. Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf) (1904).
  1000. Posted 2000 in Study Guides:   Stephen Lambden, R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Naqus), also known as Tablet of Praised be Thou, O He (Subhánika-Yá-hu): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  1001. Posted 2000 in Study Guides:   Aziz Mboya Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations (2000). Includes a provisional translation of the Persian part of this Tablet, and. two compilations on the Lesser prophets, and mini-compilations on 82 topics: "angels," "apostles," "balance," "clouds," "Maid of Heaven," "trumpet," "Youth," etc.
  1002. Posted 2000 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. Tablet to `Ali Pasha III (Lawh-i-Ra'ís III) (1911).
  1003. Posted 2000 in East Asia:   Barbara R. Sims Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle: An Historical Record of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Taiwan (1994). Bahá'í activities in Taiwan and personal histories, 1952-1992. Includes earliest pamphlet published in Chinese.
  1004. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Teaching The Masses (1991).
  1005. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Teaching, Guidelines for (1991). Republication of The Individual and Teaching: Raising the Divine Call.
  1006. Posted 2000 in Books:   Julia M. Grundy Ten Days in the Light of Akka (1907). A lengthy recollection of conversations with Abdu'l-Bahá and notes of his lectures.
  1007. Posted 2000 in Chronologies/genealogies:   Kathryn Brown, Sharon Davis, Karen Johnson Timeline to the Baghdad Period: Themes of Early Tablets and Historical Personages Related to them (2000). History and themes of and personages related to Bahá'u'lláh's Tablets of the Baghdad period (1853-63), including a graphical chronology.
  1008. Posted 2000 in East Asia:   Barbara R. Sims, Sheridan Sims, ed. Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese (1989). Extensive history of Bahá'í events and personages in Japan, 1914-1983.
  1009. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Trustworthiness: A Cardinal Bahá'í Virtue (1991).
  1010. Posted 2000 in Books:   Barbara R. Sims Unfurling the Divine Flag in Tokyo: An Early Bahá'í History (1998). History of Bahá'í activities in Japan, 1909-1994, and life stories of notable persons.
  1011. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Unlocking the Power of Action (1994).
  1012. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Women (1991). Explores the status of women in the world, the development of women, the role of education in that development, the Bahá'í concept of gender equality and the application of that principle to family life. Includes bibliography of related Bahá'í literature.
  1013. Posted 2000 in Essays and short articles:   Kathleen Dillon Women in Martyrdom: Parallels of Passio Perpetuae and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith (2000). Accounts of female martyrs in early Christianity and revolutionary Iran.
  1014. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Writers and Writing (1991).
  1015. Posted 2000 in Fiction:   Steven Leacock, Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Yahi-Bahi Society of Mrs. Resselyer-Brown, The (1914). Canadian humorist's 1914 parody of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1016. Posted 2000 in Books:   E. G. Browne Year Amongst the Persians, A (1893). Browne's famous account of his extended visit to Iran in 1887-1888; includes many references to Bábí and Bahá'í history and personages.
  1017. Posted 2000 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1998 (1999). Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1998.
  1018. Posted 2000 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1997 (1998). Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1997.
  1019. Posted 2000 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1999 (2000). Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1999; includes a progress report on the growth of the Bahá'í Library Online.
  1020. Posted 2000 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Youth (1991).
  1021. Posted 2000 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge, Reina Pennington, ed. Zaynab (2003). Brief biography of a female Bábí fighter.
  1022. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel, Graham Hassall 100 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe (1998). Overview of the first 100 years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe, including growth and the distinctive aspects of this community, external affairs, the role of women, and Bahá'í studies.
  1023. Posted 2000-01 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters About Bahá'í Library Online (1997). Background of this private, non-profit library: credits, history, content, ownership, notes.
  1024. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Australian Women and Religious Change: Margaret Dixson and the First Melbourne Baha'is (1988). Women played an important role in the initial spread and development of the Bahá’í Faith in Australia. In doing so, they struggled to break the bounds that traditionally defined women's place in the life and organization of a religious community.
  1025. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í Community of Randwick: A Survey of 75 Years (1999). History of the Bahá'í community of Randwick, Australia.
  1026. Posted 2000-01 in Unpublished articles:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í Faith in Hong Kong (1998). Extensive and detailed overview of the history of the Bahá'í community in Hong Kong.
  1027. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Baker, Euphemia Eleanor (1996). Short biography of an early Australian Bahá'í.
  1028. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Contemporary Governance and Conflict Resolution: A Bahá'í Reading (1999). The Bahá'í Writings provide the foundations for a "critique of modernity" at the same time that they suggest possible paths to the future, in particular in conflict resolution.
  1029. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Dunn, Clara and Hyde (2000). Biography of two early Bahá'í teachers and pioneers.
  1030. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Failure of the Tommy Kabu Movement, The: A Reassessment of the Evidence (1991). The rise and fall of Koivi-Aua, better known as Tom Kabu (1922?-1969), an influential local innovator and "proto-nationalist" leader in colonial Papua New Guinea and the first Papuan Bahá'í.
  1031. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Fazel Mohammad Khan (1999). The life of Fazel "Frank" Khan, an Australian Muslim convert to the Bahá'í Faith.
  1032. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Harold and Florence Fitzner: Knights of Bahá'u'lláh to Portuguese Timor (1994). Harold Thomas Fitzner (1893–1969) and his wife Florence (c. 1906-1980) were early South Australian Bahá'ís who pioneered to Portuguese Timor during the Ten Year Crusade; Harold was also involved in the publication of Herald of the South.
  1033. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Hoahania, Hamuel (1999). Short biography of an early Pacific islander convert to the Bahá'í Faith.
  1034. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Rick Harmsen Holy Grail of Objectivity, The: Some Considerations for Balancing Sacred and Secular in Bahá'í Scholarship (1995). Discussion of an apologetic nature about an interpretive or hermeneutic principle relating to Bahá'í scholarship articulated by Shoghi Effendi.
  1035. Posted 2000-01 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall National Spiritual Assemblies: Lists and years of formation (2000).
  1036. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Outpost of a World Religion: The Bahá'í Faith in Australia 1920-1947 (1991). An updated version of a paper published in two places.
  1037. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Pacific Bahá'í Communities 1950-1964 (1992). Detailed overview of the history of Bahá'ís in Pacific island states.
  1038. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Persian Bahá'ís in Australia (1989). Overview of the history and modern activities (ca. 1989) of the Persian Bahá'í community in Australia.
  1039. Posted 2000-01 in Book reviews:   Graham Hassall Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard Thomas: Review (1997).
  1040. Posted 2000-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Thelma Perks (1998). Perks (1901-1988) was a prominent Australian Bahá'í who served at various times on the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia, and as an inaugural Auxiliary Board member and later Continental Counselor.
  1041. Posted 2000-01 in Pilgrims' notes:   Thomas Breakwell, Isabella D. Brittingham, Herbert Hopper Utterances of Abdu'l-Baha to Thomas Breakwell, Herbert Hopper, and Isabella D. Brittingham (1901). Message to the believers in America, on the nature of evil, on universal language, on the number 9, and a conversation with Abu'l-Qasim, the gardener of the Ridvan.
  1042. Posted 2000-01 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Yerrinbool Bahá'í School 1938 - 1988: An Account of the First Fifty Years (1988). History of an early Australian Bahá'í school.
  1043. Posted 2000-01-01 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Self and Society: Biography and Autobiography in Baha'i Literature (1999). On some of the 'moral implications' in writing biography in a Bahá'í perspective; the modes, intentions, and problems of Bahá'í biography.
  1044. Posted 2000-01-01 in Study Guides:   Graham Hassall Who Is Writing the Future?: Summary outline (1999). Summary of the BIC statement "Who is Writing the Future: Reflections on the Twentieth Century"
  1045. Posted 2000-02 in Study Guides:   Adib Taherzadeh Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Excerpts from Revelation of Baha'u'llah (1987). Excerpts from chapters 24-25, compiled for the Wilmette Institute.
  1046. Posted 2000-02 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Handicapped facilities at the Bahá'í World Center pilgrimage sites (2000). Two letters giving an overview of wheelchair access to various points on pilgrimage tours.
  1047. Posted 2000-02 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab (2000). Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh were slaves, and a list of relevant sources for further research.
  1048. Posted 2000-02 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall State and Society: Implications of the Most Holy Book (1996). The purpose of law is for the order of the world and the security of people; the Kitáb-i-Aqdas reinstates authority and renews the linkages between society, law, virtue, and spirituality; the situation in future Bahá'í states.
  1049. Posted 2000-02-01 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Rúhíyyih Khánum Ministry of the Custodians: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-1963 (1992). Account of the stewardship of the Hands of the Cause of God from 1957-63, from the passing of Shoghi Effendi to the election of the House, riding the waves of crisis to the moment of victory — the fulfillment of prophecy.
  1050. Posted 2000-02-01 in Published articles:   Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh Persecution of the Bahá'í Community of Iran Under the Islamic Republic: Twenty Years of Intolerance (2000). Description of some of the persecutions of the Bahá'í community in Iran over the past twenty years.
  1051. Posted 2000-02-01 in Books:   Robert W. McLaughlin These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah (1982). Detailed study of a section from Ishraqat and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.
  1052. Posted 2000-02-03 in Published articles:   Rhett Diessner Action Research (2000). The purpose of action research is "transformative action," action that makes a difference in the life-worlds of both the researcher and the researched.
  1053. Posted 2000-02-03 in Published articles:   Behrooz Sabet Integrative Approach to Knowledge and Action: A Baha'i Perspective (2000). A conceptual base for the development of an integrative approach to the study of the Bahá'í Faith, based largely on the harmony of science and religion.
  1054. Posted 2000-03-07 in Essays and short articles:   Helen Reed Bishop Kitáb-i-Íqán: Introduction to the 1950 Edition (1950). Overview of its themes and historical context.
  1055. Posted 2000-04 in Essays and short articles:   Helen T. Wilson Dispensation of Baha'u'llah, The: Its Continuing Place In History (2000). Historical context of the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh and some of the Guardian's objectives in writing it.
  1056. Posted 2000-04 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Exemption from Obligatory Prayer for the Sick (2000).
  1057. Posted 2000-04 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice White Bahá'í Men as a sub-group combatting racism (2000). Use of the phrase "white Bahá'í men" in an anti-racism project in North Carolina.
  1058. Posted 2000-04-19 in Published articles:   LeRoy Jones Mystic Cup, The: Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá'í Faith (2001). Although the Bahá’í Faith is fundamentally mystic in character, American Bahá’ís often do not even understand what  mysticism is. Heart-centered mystic oneness is crucial in individual, societal, and adminstrative spiritual transformation.
  1059. Posted 2000-05 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Texts, Sacred, Permission to Distribute Electronic Copies of (2000). Sacred Writings and anything produced by the Bahá'í World Center or the Bahá'í International Community may be electronically redistributed.
  1060. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Administration, Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets (1993). Introduction to the Bahá'í administration.
  1061. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop After Communism: What Next?: Warwick Leaflets (1990). Leaflet proposing the Bahá'í Faith as a solution to the hole left in European society by the downfall of communism.
  1062. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Animals, Treatment of: Warwick Leaflets (1991). Kindness toward animals is a core Bahá'í teaching about the station and capacity of animals, who have senses and feelings but not spiritual susceptibilities. Our responsibility toward animals means a decrease in their use as food in the future.
  1063. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Bahá'í Centenary, The: 100 years of the Bahá'í Faith in Britain, A Brief History: Warwick Leaflets (1998). Short history of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom.
  1064. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Bahá'í Faith, The: How It Began: Warwick Leaflets (1990). A very short introduction to Bahá'í history.
  1065. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Bahá'í Faith, What Is It?: Warwick Leaflets (1990). Basic Bahá'í teachings, beliefs and principles.
  1066. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Baha'u'llah, the Messenger of God: Warwick Leaflets (1990). Short biography of Bahá'u'lláh with scriptural excerpts.
  1067. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Baha'u'llah, The Promised One: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  1068. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Being A Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets (1990). Short introduction to Bahá'í religious obligations.
  1069. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Christ, Return of: Warwick Leaflets (1994). Some Christian prophecies and their fulfillment in the Bahá'í Faith.
  1070. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Consultation: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  1071. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Cyflwyno'r Ffydd: Warwick Leaflets (1993). Welsh introduction to the Bahá'í Faith.
  1072. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Dear Parent ... a Message to a non-Bahá'í Parent: Warwick Leaflets (2000). A letter written to the parents of British Bahá'í converts to dispel anxiety and misinformation.
  1073. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Economics, A Bahá'í Approach: Warwick Leaflets (1994).
  1074. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Education, Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets (1994).
  1075. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Family Life: Warwick Leaflets (1992).
  1076. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Fasting and the Bahá'í Fast: Warwick Leaflets (1993).
  1077. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop God's Promise to Humanity: Warwick Leaflets (1993).
  1078. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop God, Nature of: Warwick Leaflets (1994). The nature of God in the Bahá'í Faith.
  1079. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Good and Evil: Warwick Leaflets (1996).
  1080. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Health and Healing: Warwick Leaflets (1989).
  1081. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets (2000).
  1082. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Law and Order: Warwick Leaflets (1995).
  1083. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Marriage, Bahá'í: Warwick Leaflets (1992). Bahá'u'lláh said everyone should marry. Marriage unites the physical and spiritual in a "fortress for well-being" and provides for the nurturing of children. People should choose partners carefully. Discusses the ceremony, solving problems and divorce.
  1084. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop New Age, The: Warwick Leaflets (1992).
  1085. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop New Millennium, The: A Bahá'í View: Warwick Leaflets (1999).
  1086. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop New World Order, The: Warwick Leaflets (1995).
  1087. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop One Human Race: Warwick Leaflets (1993). Brief introduction of ideas related to the Bahá'í concept of the oneness of mankind.
  1088. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Prayer and Meditation: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  1089. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Religions Are One: Warwick Leaflets (1993).
  1090. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Science and Religion: Warwick Leaflets (1995).
  1091. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Sikhism and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets (1998). Introductory leaflet describing similarities and differences between Bahá'í and Sikh teachings.
  1092. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Soul, Life of the: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  1093. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Suffering, The Meaning of: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  1094. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Sustainable Development, A Bahá'í View: Warwick Leaflets (1995).
  1095. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Terrorism, Freedom from: Warwick Leaflets (1996).
  1096. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Women, The Status of: Warwick Leaflets (1995). Overview of the status of women in education, marriage, and the future.
  1097. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Words of Inspiration: Warwick Leaflets (1992).
  1098. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop World Citizenship: Warwick Leaflets (1996).
  1099. Posted 2000-06 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop World Peace: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  1100. Posted 2000-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Ramin Neshati, trans. Tablet of the Mist of the Unknown (Rashh-i-Amá) (2000).
  1101. Posted 2000-07-06 in Essays and short articles:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop Warwick Leaflets (1989). A series of brochures for seekers and new Bahá'ís explaining basic Bahá'í teachings.
  1102. Posted 2000-08 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan Address at Queen's Birthday Weekend Conference, Auckland (2000). Addresses a variety of issues facing the Bahá'í community, especially as pertains to New Zealand Bahá'ís.
  1103. Posted 2000-08 in Books:   Samuel Graham Wilson Bahá'ísm and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha (1970). A hostile and uninformed Christian missionary's overview of the Bahá'í Faith from 1915; included here for historical interest.
  1104. Posted 2000-08 in Study Guides:   Khazeh Fananapazir Sermon of the Gulf (Khutbih Tutunjiyyih): Introduction (2000). Essay on Imám `Alí's sermon, which is also the source of Bahá'u'lláh's quote in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai."
  1105. Posted 2000-08-04 in Provisional translations:   Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. , Hafiz Rajab al-Bursi, comp. Sermon of the Gulf (2000). The source of Bahá'u'lláh's quotation "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai."
  1106. Posted 2000-09 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Administrative Order, Bahá'í (2000). A number of questions about the functioning of the Bahá'í Administrative Order.
  1107. Posted 2000-09 in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, comp. Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an, Some (2000). Compilation by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa
  1108. Posted 2000-09-06 in Books:   John B. Cornell, comp. , Beatrice Rinde, comp. Six Lessons on Bahá'í Law: A Deepening Course for Bahá'ís (1974). Principles of the Faith; justice and mercy; laws for the individual vs society; jurisdiction; civil law.
  1109. Posted 2000-10 in Essays and short articles:   John Taylor On History's Greatest Breakthrough in Knowledge (2000). Various musings inspired by the month of "knowledge," and by Bahá'u'lláh's statement that "every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute."
  1110. Posted 2000-10 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Physical disability preventing genuflections of Long Obligatory Prayer (2000). How can a believer with physical disabilities say the Long Obligatory Prayer, which requires genuflections. Preceded by original question asked.
  1111. Posted 2000-10-16 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation (1997). Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the translation by Juan Cole.
  1112. Posted 2000-10-30 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Keven Brown, trans. , Mehdi Wolf, ed. Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá) (1984). This Tablet illuminates a very important aspect of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism, which is His teaching that "struggle for survival," far from being innate to human nature, is really an erroneous notion, or at least a notion characterizing human.
  1113. Posted 2000-11 in Historical documents:   Mehdi Abedi, Michael M. J. Fischer Anti-Bahá'í Society, The (1990). Autobiographical stories of Abedi and his involvement in opposition to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran with the "Anjoman-e Zedd-e Bahá'íyat."
  1114. Posted 2000-11 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Kate Lindsay, comp. Bahá'í Feast Book (2000). Quotations for all 19 Feasts, nicely laid-out with graphics and suitable for printing.
  1115. Posted 2000-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Obligatory Prayer, Questions about (2000). Answers to four questions about reciting prayers at meetings; changing language gender; repetition of Greatest Name; and raising hands.
  1116. Posted 2001 in Library Miscellany:   Various About the Bahá'í Faith (2001). Starting places for studying the Bahá'í Faith: introductory books, articles, and magazines etc.
  1117. Posted 2001 in Published articles:   Ismael Velasco Academic Irrelevance or Disciplinary Blind-Spot?: Middle Eastern Studies and the Baha'i Faith Today (2001). Possible reasons for the lack of attention to the Bahá'í religion in Middle Eastern academic studies. Why is it considered marginal? What are the conceptual boundaries involved and their limitations?
  1118. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Dan Rather American Dream, The: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation (2001). Commentary on Bahá'í persecutions, by a famous TV news anchor.
  1119. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Arts and Architecture (n.d.).
  1120. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Arts and Crafts (1991).
  1121. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, comp. Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith (2000).
  1122. Posted 2001 in Encyclopedia articles:   Cyril Glasse Babis, Bahá'ís, Shaykhis (1991).
  1123. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Ian Richard Netton Babism, Bahá'ís, Baha'u'llah (1992). A few short dictionary-type entries.
  1124. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Solomon A. Nigosian Bahá'í: Chapter 15 (1994). Overview of the Faith from a popular comparative religions textbook.
  1125. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Ahmad Sohrab Bahá'í Cause, The (1956). Brief overview of the Bahá'í Faith, with passing references to Sohrab's "New History Society."
  1126. Posted 2001 in Research notes:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í country notes: China (1997). History of the Bahá'í community in China.
  1127. Posted 2001 in Published articles:   Graham Hassall Bahá'í Faith in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects (1996). The development of the diverse Bahá'í Communities in the Pacific Islands since the launching of the World Crusade (1953-63); patterns of expansion; the changing role of the pioneer.
  1128. Posted 2001 in Introductory:   Bahá'í International Community Bahá'í Faith, The: An Introduction (1998). An overview of the Bahá'í Faith, in words and pictures.
  1129. Posted 2001 in Statistics:   Bahá'í World Centre, Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Bahá'í World Statistics 2001 (2001). From the Department of Statistics, Bahá'í World Centre; prepared and with notes added by Arjen Bolhuis.
  1130. Posted 2001 in Visual Materials:   Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Bahá'u'lláh's passport, with translation (1945). Bahá'u'lláh's passport at the time of His exile from Iran, 1853, with translation of text.
  1131. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Bible, The: Extracts on the Old and New Testaments (n.d.).
  1132. Posted 2001 in Bibliographies:   Will C. van den Hoonaard, comp. Bibliography of sociological or anthropological studies on the contemporary Baha'i Community (1998). Current only through 1998.
  1133. Posted 2001 in Personal letters:   Daya Ram Malviya, William Garlington, trans. Biographical letter from a Hindu villager (1974). A glimpse into the life of an Indian convert to the Faith.
  1134. Posted 2001 in Unpublished articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard, Lynn Echevarria-Howe Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History (1994). Survey of African-Americans in Canada, their activities in the Bahá'í community, and statistical information.
  1135. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects (1991). A compilation on the status of Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and other figures.
  1136. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Burial, Baha'i (1991). Extracts from writings on Bahá'í burials, cemeteries, and funerals, specifying the type of ring, shroud, coffin, and prayer plus the position of a body in a grave.
  1137. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Centres of Bahá'í Learning (1991).
  1138. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Chaste and Holy Life, A (1991).
  1139. Posted 2001 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Community Functioning, Issues Concerning: Fostering the Development of Bahá'í Communities (2000). Extensive guidance on community development. Includes extracts from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi on fostering the evolution of Bahá'í communities.
  1140. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Conservation of the Earth's Resources (1991).
  1141. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Consultation (1991).
  1142. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Covenant (1991).
  1143. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, comp. Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of the Faith, Writings of; Photographs of Baha'u'llah (2000). Bahá'í scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers, including William Miller's The Bahá'í Faith.
  1144. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Crisis and Victory (1991).
  1145. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Criticism: Extracts from letters written on behalf of the Guardian to individual believers (1996).
  1146. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Duncan H. MacDonald Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory (1903). Two-page excerpt with a one-sentence mention of Babism.
  1147. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Devotional Gatherings, Selected Guidance concerning (n.d.). Structure and character of devotional practices.
  1148. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Divorce (1991).
  1149. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Albert Gore Earth in the Balance (1993). One-paragraph mention in a book by Senator, then just-elected Vice-President, of the US.
  1150. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Education, Bahá'í (1991).
  1151. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi Elections, Baha'i (1991).
  1152. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Elections, Bahá'í: Defining a "Minority" for the Purpose of Resolving a Tie for Ninth Place (1999).
  1153. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Excellence in all Things (1991).
  1154. Posted 2001 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Brownstein Facilitating Spiritual Joy: Workshop on Christianity (1999). Introduction to the history and philosophy of Christianity from a Bahá'í perspective, and deepening materials.
  1155. Posted 2001 in Newspaper articles:   Various Faith and Works: Maoris and the Bahá'í Faith (1995). The transcript of an interview with two New Zealand Bahá'ís, Huti Toataua and Hedi Moani, aired by the New Zealand National Radio show "Faith and Works" (May, 1995) on "the growing relationship between the Maori community and the Bahá'í Faith."
  1156. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Family Life (1991).
  1157. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Feast, Nineteen Day (1991).
  1158. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Fire and Light: Excerpts from the Bahá'í Sacred Writings (1982).
  1159. Posted 2001 in Essays and short articles:   Peter J. Khan Foreword: Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1991).
  1160. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi Funds and Contributions, Baha'i (1991).
  1161. Posted 2001 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Genetic Engineering (2000). Information about genetic engineering; the observation that the Writings make no mention of genetics
  1162. Posted 2001 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, by Alyn Shipton: Review (1999).
  1163. Posted 2001 in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Guidance for Bahá'í Groups (2000). The purpose, organization, functioning, limitations, privileges and responsibilities of Bahá'í groups; guidance for individuals about application of Bahá'í laws, such as marriage and divorce; and guidance for Assemblies that have reverted to group status.
  1164. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Health, Healing, and Nutrition (1991).
  1165. Posted 2001 in Study Guides:   Sen McGlinn Hidden Words: Bibliography (1998).
  1166. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Huqúqu'lláh (1991).
  1167. Posted 2001 in Books:   Arthur S. Agnew, Thornton Chase In Galilee and In Wonderland (1985). Two essays of a pilgrimage to Akka in 1907.
  1168. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Inheritance: Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of (n.d.).
  1169. Posted 2001 in Essays and short articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Inside The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948: A Personal Narrative (1996). A detailed account of the author's experience researching, writing, and publishing this extensive historic study.
  1170. Posted 2001 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Institution of the Counsellors: Message to the Bahá'ís of the World (2001).
  1171. Posted 2001 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Institution of the Counsellors: Letter to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors (2001). On launching the Five-Year Plan.
  1172. Posted 2001 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Institution of the Counsellors (2001). Detailed discussion of the history and function of the highest level of the "Institution of the Learned."
  1173. Posted 2001 in Pilgrims' notes:   Sylvia Ioas Interview of Sachiro Fujita (1975). Interview of Fugita-san by Sylvia Ioas during John McHenry's pilgrimage in December, 1975 at McHenry's request.
  1174. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   John L. Esposito Islam: The Straight Path (1988). Passing mention of political persecutions.
  1175. Posted 2001 in Books:   Stanwood Cobb Islamic Contributions to Civilization (1963). Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic people and nations.
  1176. Posted 2001 in Published articles:   Brian Wittman Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah" (2001). Some references to Islam in Shoghi Effendi's English-language writings.
  1177. Posted 2001 in Study Guides:   Duane Troxel, comp. Kitáb-i-Íqán and the Qur'an: Quotations from the Iqan Compared with their Counterparts in Rodwell's Translation of the Qur'an (2001). Includes table of Qur'anic quotations from the Íqán compared with their counterparts in the Qur'an, and an index to surihs and verses in the Kitáb-i-Íqán arranged chronologically by surih.
  1178. Posted 2001 in Fiction:   Mark Perry Layli, Majnun, and the Infernal Tree (2001). Short play dealing with the story of Layli and Majnun and partly inspired by the Seven Valleys.
  1179. Posted 2001 in Visual Materials:   Author unknown, comp. Marriage certificates of The Bab and Baha'u'llah (1934). Marriage certificates of The Báb (1842) and Bahá'u'lláh (1835).
  1180. Posted 2001 in Essays and short articles:   Jason Illari Nineteenth Century Islamic Mahdism in Iran and the Sudan: A brief analysis of the teachings and influence of The Bab and Muhammad Ahmad (The Sudanese Mahdi) (2001). A comparitive study of the movements of the Bab and the Sudanese Mahdi.
  1181. Posted 2001 in Software:   Chad Jones, comp. Ocean 2.0 Interfaith Reader: Bahá'í Writings search engine (1998). Complete search engine for Bahá'í texts and books from other religions (offsite).
  1182. Posted 2001 in Book reviews:   Ira Lapidus Persian Mirrors, by Elaine Sciolino: Review (2000).
  1183. Posted 2001 in Personal pages:   Ehsan Bayat Personal Page: Ehsan Bayat (2001). Ehsan Bayat's personal compilations.
  1184. Posted 2001 in Personal pages:   Gary Fuhrman Personal Page: Gary Fuhrman (2001).
  1185. Posted 2001 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   United States Department of State, Ralph D. Wagner, comp. References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (1991). Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on discrimination against the Bahá'í Faith and persecution of its adherents in twenty countries.
  1186. Posted 2001 in Book reviews:   Farideh Farhi Religious Minorities in Iran, by Eliz Sanasarian: Review (2001).
  1187. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Removal of Administrative Rights (1993).
  1188. Posted 2001 in Study Guides:   Arjen Bolhuis Ridvan 2000: Study Outline (2000). Short summary and outline of the Ridván 2000 message of the Universal House of Justice.
  1189. Posted 2001 in Books:   Moojan Momen, ed. Scripture and Revelation: Papers presented at the First Irfan Colloquium (1997).
  1190. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Scriptures of Previous Dispensations (1981). Excerpts on what writings constitute the holy scriptures of previous Dispensations.
  1191. Posted 2001 in Provisional translations:   Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Sermon of Glorification (Khutbat'ul-Iftikhár) (2001). A sermon by the first Imam of Shi'i Islam, alluded to by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitab-i-Iqan.
  1192. Posted 2001 in Provisional translations:   Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness (Khutbih-i-Ma'rifat bin-Núráníyyat) (2001). A sermon by Imam Ali, of interest to Bahá'ís because (1) it was often quoted by Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i­ and Siyyid Kázim Rashtí; (2) it concerns the true station of the Imáms; and (3) Bahá'u'lláh quotes it in the Kitáb-i-I­qán.
  1193. Posted 2001 in Unpublished articles:   Holly Hanson Sexuality, Self, and the Shape of Society (2001). Argues that our culture's current understanding of sexuality is relatively new, is materialistic, and ultimately unjust, especially in the highly politicized discourse about homosexuality.
  1194. Posted 2001 in Historical documents:   Aqa Mirza Qabil Abadeh'i, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Shah Abdu'llah and the Bahá'ís of Abadeh: An account of the persecution of Bahá'ís by followers of an imaginary Imam (2001). Account of persecutions in Abadeh, Fars province, in 1901.
  1195. Posted 2001 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ugo Giachery Shoghi Effendi on the Book of Certitude (1973). Brief pilgrims' note with some interesting comments on the Kitab-i-Iqan.
  1196. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Shoghi Effendi, Studying the Writings of (1991).
  1197. Posted 2001 in Books:   Wellesley Tudor Pole Silent Road: In the light of personal experience (1960). PDF of the entire book, followed by a short HTML-formatted excerpt about the "healing miracles" of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1198. Posted 2001 in Library Miscellany:   Various Sites hosted by the Bahá'í Library Online. Collections or website projects maintained by individuals; most are no longer maintained.
  1199. Posted 2001 in Book excerpts:   Marshall G. S. Hodgson Social Protest of the Babis, The (1974). Two pages on the Babis, from a classic textbook on Islamic history.
  1200. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Socrates (n.d.).
  1201. Posted 2001 in Biographies:   Jonah Winters, comp. Sources for studying the life and writings of Abdu'l-Baha: A topical bibliography (1999). Now outdated bibliography; retained for historical interest.
  1202. Posted 2001 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) (1996).
  1203. Posted 2001 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Moojan Momen, trans. Tablet of Unity (2001). Refers to unities of religion, words, ritual acts, ranks, wealth, and souls.
  1204. Posted 2001 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd) (2001).
  1205. Posted 2001 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. , Anonymous, trans. Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih) (n.d.).
  1206. Posted 2001 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Traveler's Narrative, A Study Outline and Cross-Reference (2001). Summary headings and correlation of passages with The Dawn-Breakers, God Passes By, the Lawh-i-Sultán, and other works.
  1207. Posted 2001 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Turning Point for All Nations Study Outline (2001). Summary and an extensive, detailed outline of this book's contents.
  1208. Posted 2001 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, comp. Universal House of Justice, Establishment of (1991).
  1209. Posted 2001 in Maps:   Author unknown Virgin Territories Opened by the Knights of Baha'u'llah 1953-1990 (1998). List of names and dates of pioneers and the NSAs responsible for opening territories.
  1210. Posted 2001 in Pilgrims' notes:   Genevieve L. Coy, Cora E. Gray, Mabel Hyde Paine, Sylvia Paine Week in Abdu'l-Baha's Home, A (1921). Notes of a pilgrimage by Mabel Paine, Sylvia Paine, Cora Gray and Genevieve L. Coy in 1920, published as a series in 4 parts in 3 issues of Star of the West.
  1211. Posted 2001 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum What It Is to Be a Bahá'í?: A Letter to the Bahá'í Youth from Ruhiyyih Khanum (1948). The object of life to a Bahá'í is to promote the oneness of mankind.
  1212. Posted 2001 in Books:   Wellesley Tudor Pole Writing on the Ground (1968). PDF of the entire book, followed by HTML-formatted excerpt of Part Three, "The Bahá'í Faith."
  1213. Posted 2001-01 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Address to the Theosophical Society, An (1912).
  1214. Posted 2001-01 in Unpublished articles:   Udo Schaefer, Harry Liedtke, trans. , Nancy Ackerman, ed. Loyalty to the Covenant and Critical Thought (2001). A commentary for Bahá’ís examining the balance of critical thought with loyalty to Bahá’í institutions.
  1215. Posted 2001-01 in Published articles:   Jim Stokes Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions (1997). The parable of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and Islam. Prefaced by comments by Moojan Momen.
  1216. Posted 2001-01 in Published articles:   Jim Stokes Story of Joseph in the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, The (1997). The story of Joseph describes the eternal process by which the most profound kind of new knowledge comes into the world, simultaneously describing, in story form, its interrelated human, physical, and metaphysical dimensions.
  1217. Posted 2001-02 in Encyclopedia articles:   Graham Hassall Australia: History of the Bahá'í Faith (1998). Short history of the Bahá'í community of Australia.
  1218. Posted 2001-02 in Provisional translations:   Ramin Neshati, Ramin Neshati, trans. Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib: Introduction and provisional translation (2002).
  1219. Posted 2001-02 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Cultural Reconciliation in Canada - questions (2001). Reply from the House of Justice to a request for a reexamination of the assumptions on which its letter to Canada of 5 September 1999 was based.
  1220. Posted 2001-02 in Published articles:   Anton Haddad Divine Revelation: The Basis of All Civilization (1902). Commentary on the influence of the Prophets on human society.
  1221. Posted 2001-02 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Information for Bahá'ís called to fill out the Questionnaire on military duty under the Draft Act 1940 (1940). Summary of grounds for seeking exemption from combatant duty.
  1222. Posted 2001-02 in Pilgrims' notes:   Anna Kunz Questions about Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdul Baha at Tiberias and Haifa (1922). Questions asked of Abdu'l-Bahá by two Christians visiting Haifa in 1921.
  1223. Posted 2001-02 in Biographies:   Graham Hassall Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' in New Ireland (2001). The career of Apelis Mazakmat, the first native Bahá'í in Papua New Guinea, set against the complex period of rapid social change in New Ireland after World War II.
  1224. Posted 2001-02 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Sin-covering Gaze (2001). Brief explanation of a possible source for a story of Christ told by Abdu'l-Bahá about encountering a dead dog and commenting on the beauty of its teeth; i.e., having a "sin-covering gaze."
  1225. Posted 2001-02-13 in Unpublished articles:   Brian J. Mistler Bahá'í Faith: Prophecy and Conversion (2001). Results of a field study of Bahá'ís in the United States and Australia which demonstrate that family connections and social teachings are greater incentives to conversion than prophecy is.
  1226. Posted 2001-02-20 in Historical documents:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Badi'u'llah, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. Center of the Covenant: Tablet to Mason Remey, interview with Badi'u'llah (1912). Brief interview conducted by Howard MacNutt. Includes a tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá to Mason Remey.
  1227. Posted 2001-03 in Unpublished articles:   Sepehr Manuchehri Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi (2001). Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
  1228. Posted 2001-03 in Unpublished articles:   Sepehr Manuchehri Taqiyyah (Dissimulation) in the Babi and Bahá'í Religions (2000). The historical application of taqiyyah and instances where Bábís cooperated with the authorities in suppression of their peers, and the attitude of government officials towards these individuals.
  1229. Posted 2001-04-01 in Unpublished articles:   Thomas Linard, comp. Bibliographie des ouvrages de langue française mentionnant les religions babie ou baha'ie (1844-1944) (1997). Bibliography of French works mentioning the Bábí or Bahá'í Religions, 1844-1944.
  1230. Posted 2001-05 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Fire Tablet (1994). Tablet of "The Hearts of the Sincere are Consumed in the Fire" (Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún).
  1231. Posted 2001-05 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, trans. La Politique: Treatise on Leadership (n.d.). Translation into French from Persian by Dreyfus.
  1232. Posted 2001-05 in Theses:   Dharlene Valeda Organizing Digital Collections: The Case of the Bahá'í Academics Resource Library (2001). Library Science analysis of the Bahá'í Library's content and architecture, observations about online information retrieval, and ways to structure digital libraries.
  1233. Posted 2001-05 in Published articles:   Sandra Lynn Hutchison Shoghi Effendi and the American Dream (1997). Context and import of Advent of Divine Justice, American destiny, the American frontier, ethical imperatives, and the Most Great Peace.
  1234. Posted 2001-05 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers: Excerpt (1998). Translation, posted to email list, of a portion of a Tablet revealed on the occasion of the expulsion of Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, who had caused dissension in Tehran around 1913.
  1235. Posted 2001-05 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet of the Wondrous (Lawh-i-al-`Ajab) (1994).
  1236. Posted 2001-05 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Training Institutes: Letter to an individual (2001). Short letter to an individual on the importance of studying the Writings in group training institutes, rather than through independent study; however, both methods are encouraged.
  1237. Posted 2001-06 in Book reviews:   Anthony Lee, Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Udo Schaefer Making the Crooked Straight, review by Denis MacEoin: Responses (2001). Responses by Tony Lee, Kavian Milani, and Udo Schaefer to Denis MacEoin's review of Making the Crooked Straight by Udo Schaefer et al.
  1238. Posted 2001-06 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2001: Bahá'í Era 158 (2001). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1239. Posted 2001-06 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Takfir, declaration of unbelief: includes excerpts from Risáliy-i-Siyasiyyih (2001). Questions from an individual about the Muslim practice of takfir, declaring someone an unbeliever, whether this is practiced in the Bahá'í Faith, and questions related to "church and state", followed by the House's response.
  1240. Posted 2001-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Steven Phelps, trans. Prayer for Illumination (1999). 2-paragraph prayer from Ad'iyyih Hadrát-i-Mahbúb.
  1241. Posted 2001-07 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague) (1919). A letter written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’ to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague, December 17, 1919. Translators unknown.
  1242. Posted 2001-07-15 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, A. L. M. Nicolas, trans. , Ismael Velasco, trans. Persian Bayan, The: From A.L.M. Nicolas' French translation (2001). Four short chapters from The Báb's book of laws. Translation of Nicolas’s Le Beyán Persan, translated from the French, with reference to the Persian, by Ismael Velasco.
  1243. Posted 2001-08 in Study Guides:   Lal Fernando, Dheena Fernando Ridvan 2001: Study Guide (2001). Summary and key points of this Message.
  1244. Posted 2001-09 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan 2001: Five Year Plan (2001). Talk given by Dr. Khan about the Five Year Plan at the City Hall in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany (near the Bahá'í Temple in Langenhein)
  1245. Posted 2001-09 in Unpublished articles:   Peter Ashelman Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of The Bab (2001). Hermeneutics in early Babi/Bahá'í history and its relationship to conversion, and the historical evolution of the world Bahá’í community since its origins.
  1246. Posted 2001-09 in Book reviews:   Kazem Kazemzadeh, Firuz Kazemzadeh Five Books About 'Abdu'l-Baha: Review (1971). Brief reviews of books by Myron Phelps (1904), Howard Colby Ives (1962), Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani (1914), Habib Mu'ayyad (1961), and Yunis Khan-i-Afrukhtih (1952).
  1247. Posted 2001-09 in Pilgrims' notes:   Abdu'l-Bahá Ios, the Shepherd Boy: Some Parables Concerning the Laws of the Spiritual Life (1922). Five short stories by Abdu'l-Bahá told to Lua Getzinger, as recalled by May Maxwell, illustrating the spiritual life.
  1248. Posted 2001-09 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alí-Akbar Furútan Message of the World Spiritual Crusade received from the Guardian (1953). Notes taken by Furútan in the early years of the 10-year plan (1953-63) and distributed at the request of Shoghi Effendi.
  1249. Posted 2001-09 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar (Múnáját-i-Jináb-i-Samandarí) (2001). Brief prayer revealed by Bahá'u'lláh to aid in making decisions. Translation and accompanying letter by the Bahá'í World Centre.
  1250. Posted 2001-09 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department Stem Cells (2001). There is nothing in the Writings related to stem-cell research or therapy; individuals are free to come to their own conclusions.
  1251. Posted 2001-09-01 in Books:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship (1948). An early account of Shoghi Effendi's ministry, written by his wife while he was still alive.
  1252. Posted 2001-09-06 in Books:   Lady Mary Sheil Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia: With Notes on Russia, Koords, Toorkomans, Nestorians, Khiva, and Persia (1856). Considered first travel book on Persia by a woman. Of particular interest to Bahá'ís are her accounts on Babism (Babeeism) and the Bab.
  1253. Posted 2001-09-09 in Essays and short articles:   Ian Kluge Apologetics: A Personal Vision (2001). Argument for the need for and practice of academic defense of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1254. Posted 2001-09-09 in Unpublished articles:   Ian Kluge Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion (2001). How to study the Bahá'í Writings through the use of logic.
  1255. Posted 2001-09-15 in Library Miscellany:   Featured Pieces. The Bahá'í Library Online posts a large amount of material, and interesting items can be overlooked. To highlight noteworthy additions, we select some to "feature."
  1256. Posted 2001-09-16 in Essays and short articles:   Holly Hanson Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence (2001). Contemplation of Bahá'í responses to the global issues raised by 9/11.
  1257. Posted 2001-09-16 in Essays and short articles:   Susan Maneck Theology of Osama bin Laden, The: History and 9/11 (2001). Overview of the Muslim thinkers who influenced bin Laden and their motivations, and some historical context.
  1258. Posted 2001-09-29 in Historical documents:   New York Times, Ralph D. Wagner, comp. Babi Attempt on the Life of the Shah, 1852: Coverage in the New York Times (1852). Five brief newspaper reports, among the earliest known references to the Báb in an American publication.
  1259. Posted 2001-09-29 in Essays and short articles:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name (1945). Explanation of "The Greatest Name," with words of Abdu'l-Bahá, as copied by May Maxwell. Source and date not known.
  1260. Posted 2001-09-29 in Book excerpts:   John William Draper History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1864). A selection of excerpts from the book. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith, but is of interest partly because Abdu'l-Bahá referred to this book in Secret of Divine Civilization.
  1261. Posted 2001-1-19 in Study Guides:   Habib Riazati Secret of Divine Civilization Study questions (2001). 130 questions to guide and deepen understanding of this book.
  1262. Posted 2001-10 in Books:   Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani, Anton Haddad, trans. Addresses Delivered before the New York and Chicago Assemblies (1900). Talks to the New York and Chicago assemblies, delivered at Abdu'l-Bahá's request, to deepen the believers following the covenant-breaking of Ibrahim Kheiralla, published as a 100-page booklet.
  1263. Posted 2001-10 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace (2001). Letter sent to all NSAs and later broadcast to the Bahá'í world to explain the process through which the Lesser Peace will be created and its relation to the Most Great Peace.
  1264. Posted 2001-10 in Unpublished articles:   Holly Hanson Clay into Crystal: How Thought Shapes Structure in the Pursuit of Justice (2001). Explores the concept that social structures emerge out of patterns of thought, illustrated with the history of political transformation in Uganda, of economies in Europe, of the academy.
  1265. Posted 2001-10 in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Constitution of the NSA of the Bahá'ís of the United States and By-Laws of Local Spiritual Assemblies (1927). Text of the Constitution first adopted in 1927.
  1266. Posted 2001-10 in Books:   May Maxwell Early Pilgrimage, An (1917). Notes from an 1898 pilgrimage by the mother of Ruhiyyih Khanum, published in 1917 and reprinted in 1953.
  1267. Posted 2001-10 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Ali Kuli Khan, trans. , Marzieh Gail, trans. Fire Tablet (1937). Tablet of "The Hearts of the Sincere are Consumed in the Fire" (Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún).
  1268. Posted 2001-10 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Five Year Plan, 2001-2006 (2001). Includes both HTML and PDF versions.
  1269. Posted 2001-10 in Biographies:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Flame of Fire, A: The Story of the Tablet of Ahmad (1967). Biography of the recipients, both called Ahmad, of the Persian and Arabic Tablets titled Lawh-i-Ahmad.
  1270. Posted 2001-10 in Personal letters:   Emogene Hoagg Letter from Haifa in the Time of Mourning, 1922: from Emogene Hoagg to Nelly French (1971). The commemoration of 'Abdu'l-Baha's passing and the first public reading of his Will, including the appontment of Shoghi Effendi.
  1271. Posted 2001-10 in Pilgrims' notes:   May Woodcock, A. M. Bryant Letter to Mrs A.M. Bryant re interment of the remains of The Bab on Mt. Carmel (1909). Brief description of the interment of the remains of the Bab on Mt. Carmel on 21 March 1909.
  1272. Posted 2001-10 in Pilgrims' notes:   Corinne True, Mirza Hadi, Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca (1907). Notes of a pilgrimage in 1907, and Abdu'l-Bahá's answers to questions posed by True, published as a book.
  1273. Posted 2001-10 in Pilgrims' notes:   George F. Winterburn, Rosa V. Winterburn, Youness Khan Afroukhteh, trans. Table Talks with Abdu'l-Baha (1908). Lengthy notes taken in February 1904, published as a 32-page book in July 1908 at the request of Thornton Chase.
  1274. Posted 2001-10 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Ibrahim George Kheiralla, trans. Tablet to Ibráhím George Kheiralla (1900). Short two-paragraph tablet to, and prayer on behalf of, an individual believer (translated by the recipient himself).
  1275. Posted 2001-10 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Translation, brief compilation on (1999). A collection of letters from the House and the Guardian on policies regarding translation, provisional translations, and publication. Includes a compilation from the Research Dept. and a policy statement from the House.
  1276. Posted 2001-10 in Published articles:   Amin Banani Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, The (1971). The style and genres of Abdu'l-Bahá's writings, a chronology of their thematic and linguistic change, and a categorization of the various types of his writings and talks.
  1277. Posted 2001-10-05 in Books:   Paul K. Dealy Dawn of Knowledge and Most Great Peace, The (1903). Early collection of lectures on Bahá'í teachings and history with reference to the Bible, and a "supplement" by Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1278. Posted 2001-10-10 in Essays and short articles:   Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin (2004). Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college course at Hofstra University, New York, fall 2001.
  1279. Posted 2001-10-10 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, William F. McCants, trans. Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám) (1999). Tablet revealed in commemoration of Bahá'u'lláh's birthday (November 12, 1817).
  1280. Posted 2001-10-12 in Historical documents:   Juliet Thompson Juliet Remembers Gibran: As told to Marzieh Gail (1978). Juliet Thompson's recollections of Kahlil Gibran.
  1281. Posted 2001-10-18 in Essays and short articles:   Alan Bryson Responding to an Attack on Humanity (2010). Reflections on the events of 9/11.
  1282. Posted 2001-10-25 in Historical documents:   Anton Haddad Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States, An: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi (1902). Overview of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S.
  1283. Posted 2001-11 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Archives, Bahá'í: Preserving and Safeguarding the Sacred Texts (1993). Includes estimated numbers of Tablets revealed, and numbers of Tablets archived at the Bahá'í World Center; prepared by the Archives Office on behalf of the House.
  1284. Posted 2001-11 in Unpublished articles:   Fariborz Alan Davoodi Human Evolution: Directed? (2001). Overview of contemporary biological theories of evolution and some of their failings in the face of a philosophy of evolution guided by God; includes details on photosynthesis, glycolysis, and geological time
  1285. Posted 2001-11-01 in Fiction:   Ian Kluge Light, The (2001). True life war story of an unexpected encounter with the miraculous in a large asylum for the incurably insane.
  1286. Posted 2001-11-28 in Fiction:   Ian Kluge Coming Out (2001). Short, humorous play depicting the confusions that can result from trying to be too delicate in announcing one's commitment to the Bahá'í Faith.
  1287. Posted 2001-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, trans. , Ismael Velasco, trans. First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun): Excerpts (2001).
  1288. Posted 2001-12 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi, Juan Cole, trans. Letter to Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Bádí'u'lláh Khán of Abadih (1997). Answers four questions: (1) re "Crimson Scroll"; (2) re the "Sacred Night"; (3) re the "Tablet of the Bell"; and (4) using the Kitab-i-Aqdas for bibliomancy.
  1289. Posted 2001-12 in Notable talks:   Douglas Martin Notes on the Twentieth Century (2001). Multiple transcriptions of talks given in Atlanta, New York, and Massachusetts in September and October, 2001, largely based on the document Century of Light.
  1290. Posted 2001-12 in Archives:   placeholder.
  1291. Posted 2001-12 in Unpublished articles:   Moojan Momen Religions of the World: Divisive or Divine?: A Look at Religious Fundamentalism (2001). What 'fundamentalism' means from the religious viewpoint; sociological and psychological explanations of it; why it is that it has come to the fore at the present time.
  1292. Posted 2001-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shahriar Razavi, trans. Tablet of Seven Questions (Lawh-i-haft purish) (1993).
  1293. Posted 2001-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Habib Taherzadeh, trans. Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand): Excerpt (1986).
  1294. Posted 2001-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet on Marriage (Lawh-i-Nikáh) (1994).
  1295. Posted 2001-12 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. Tablet to Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán): Excerpt (1985). Short one-paragraph tablet from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
  1296. Posted 2001-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada) (1985). Short tablet of tribute to the King and Beloved of the Martyrs, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
  1297. Posted 2001-12 in Notable talks:   `Alí Nakhjavání, Violette Nakhjavani Three Talks in Africa (2001). Three talks given in East London, South Africa circa August-September 2001, on personal reminiscences of Ruhiyyih Khanum and Enoch Olinga, some history of the Faith in Africa, and stages of spiritual growth and teaching.
  1298. Posted 2001-12 in Notable talks:   Glenford Mitchell Time of Peril, Prospects for Peace (2001). Talk at the Bahá'í Unity Center in Atlanta.
  1299. Posted 2001-12-24 in Essays and short articles:   George Townshend Letters of Abdu'l-Bahá (1952). An appreciation of the spiritual power of the writings of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1300. Posted 2001-12-24 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. Portion of Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí) (1985).
  1301. Posted 2001-12-24 in Unpublished articles:   Holly Hanson World We Want, The: Overcoming Barriers to Systematic Action (2001). Explores the process through which humanity can create a peaceful and just world society, as presented in The Secret of Divine Civilization, "The Promise of World Peace," and letters of the Universal House of Justice.
  1302. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Alessandro Bausani, Denis MacEoin 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Life and Teachings (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1303. Posted 2002 in Published articles:   Mírzá Muhammad Javád Gazviní, Ahang Rabbani, trans. 'Abdu'l-Baha's Meeting with Two Prominent Iranians (1998). Muhammad Qazvini's and Siyyid Hasan Taqizadeh's descriptions of their 1911 meetings with `Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris. Preceded by a brief biography of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1304. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Adíb Tálaqání (Hand of the Cause) (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1305. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1306. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Ahsá'í, Shaykh Ahmad (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1307. Posted 2002 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Alcohol, Compilación Sobre (1972). Compilación de la C.U.J. sobre el Alcohol y las drogas, publicada en el Boletín Bahá'í de España de diciembre de 1972
  1308. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Alí Akbar Shahmírzádí (Hájjí Akhund) (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1309. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Alí Bastámí, Mullá (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1310. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Amín Hájjí: Trustees of Huqúqu'lláh (1985). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1311. Posted 2002 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Answered Questions, Some: Study Outline (2002).
  1312. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Mangol Bayat Áqá Khan Kermání (1987). Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
  1313. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Ardakání, Hajjí Abu'l-Hasan (Hand of the Cause) (1987). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1314. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Vahid Rafati Ashkhabad (Ashgabat), Bahá'í Community of (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
  1315. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Iraj Afshar Áyatí, Abdu'l-Husayn (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1316. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Azalí Babism (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1317. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Báb (Door, Gate) (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1318. Posted 2002 in Biographies:   Denis MacEoin Báb, The (ʿAlí Mohammad Shirází) (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1319. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bábí Executions and Uprisings (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1320. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bábí Movement (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1321. Posted 2002 in Published articles:   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.
  1322. Posted 2002 in Book excerpts:   George A. Mather, Larry A. Nichols Babists, Bahá'í History (1993). Three entries from an outsider dictionary, followed by a response by Robert Stockman.
  1323. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Badasht (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1324. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Badí' Calendar (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1325. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bahá'í and Bábí Schisms (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1326. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Amin Banani Bahá'í Calendar and Festivals (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1327. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Peter Smith Bahá'í Communities (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1328. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Bahá'í Conventions (1989). Brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1329. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Bahá'í Faith (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1330. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bahá'í Literature (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1331. Posted 2002 in Books:   Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, Youness Khan Afroukhteh, trans. Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD (1917). A memoir by Abdu'l-Bahá, erroneously credited to Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali, published in English as a 28-page book in 1904 and 1917, covering events from March-September 1903.
  1332. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bahá'í Persecutions (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1333. Posted 2002 in Bahá'í Writings:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, The Báb, and `Abdu'l-Bahá (1954).
  1334. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Vahid Rafati Bahá'í Schools (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1335. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Bahá'í Shrines (1989).
  1336. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Bahá'íyyih Khánum (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1337. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Bahá'u'lláh (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1338. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Etan Kohlberg Balágí, Muhammad Jawád (anti-Bahá'í activist) (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1339. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Balyuzi, H. M. (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1340. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Barághání, Muhammad Taqí (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1341. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bárfurúshí, Muhammad `Alí (1989). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1342. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bayán (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1343. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Author unknown Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus) (1999). Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charisma of a great man. Suggests history should view what he did, such as abolishing serfdom and building railroads, as more important than who he was.
  1344. Posted 2002 in Book reviews:   Devin Stewart Brilliant Proof, The, by Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani: Review (2002).
  1345. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Browne, Edward Granville: Babism and Bahá'ísm (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1346. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Michael Wickens Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1347. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Kamran Ekbal Browne, Edward Granville: Persian Constitutional movement (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1348. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Vahid Rafati Burial: in Bahá'í Communities (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1349. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Bushrú'í, Mullá Muhammad Husayn (1990). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1350. Posted 2002 in Visual Materials:   Arjen Bolhuis Chart of the Eras and Epochs of Bahá'í History (2000). Diagram of the periods of Bahá'í history. Available in English and Russian.
  1351. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Chase, Thornton (1992). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1352. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole, Amir Hassanpour Chihriq (1990). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1353. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Abbas Amanat Constitutional Revolution (Iran): Intellectual Background (1993). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1354. Posted 2002 in Unpublished articles:   Roger Coe Consultation in the Quest for World Peace (1987). The Universal House of Justice in Promise of World Peace advised that Bahá'ís conduct their affairs utilizing a system of "commonly accepted consultative principles". This is a brief but comprehensive study of that system. Includes audio version.
  1355. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Juan Cole Conversion: to Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths (1993). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1356. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Cosmogony and Cosmology (1993). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1357. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Abbas Amanat Dawlatábádí, Sayyed Yahyá (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1358. Posted 2002 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Dawn-Breakers: A Study Guide and Outline (2002). See the actual outline at dawnbreakers/expandedoutlinedb.html.
  1359. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Dhikr: in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions (1996). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1360. Posted 2002 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters Diacritics and transliteration (2002). Brief overview -- now outdated -- of the Library's policy on the use of diacritics; includes links to other documents on the topic.
  1361. Posted 2002 in Books:   Juliet Thompson, Marzieh Gail Diary of Juliet Thompson (1983). Experiences in the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Bahá'í and friend of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes preface by Marzieh Gail.
  1362. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Divorce (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1363. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Dolgorukov Memoirs (1996). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1364. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Shapour Rassekh Dreyfus-Barney, Hippolyte and Laura Clifford (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1365. Posted 2002 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Entry by Troops, Promoting (2000).
  1366. Posted 2002 in Published articles:   Stephen Lambden Episode in the Childhood of the Bab, An (1986). Parallels legends of the Bab's early childhood with those of Jesus.
  1367. Posted 2002 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Epistola al Hijo del Lobo (n.d.). Spanish translation of Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
  1368. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Stephen Lambden Eschatology in the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths (1998). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1369. Posted 2002 in Books:   Keven Brown, ed. Evolution and Bahá'í Belief: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to Nineteenth-Century Darwinism (2001). Includes Eberhard von Kitzing's "Origin of Complex Order in Biology: `Abdu'l-Bahá's concept of the originality of species compared to concepts in modern biology."
  1370. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Todd Lawson Exegesis (tafsír) (1999). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1371. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Fádl Mázandarání, Mírzá Asadu'lláh (1999). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1372. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Jamsheed K. Choksy Fasting among Zoroastrians, Manicheans, and Bahá'ís (1999). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1373. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Fayzí, Abu'l-Qásim (Hand of the Cause) (1999).
  1374. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Festivals, Bahá'í (1999).
  1375. Posted 2002 in Notable talks:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí From Adrianople to Akka (1968). A talk to the Oceanic Conference, Palermo, Sicily, on the exile journeys of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1376. Posted 2002 in Personal compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Gitanos, Compilación de (n.d.). Compilación de cartas de la Casa Universal de Justicia sobre la importancia y modo de la enseñanza al pueblo gitano.
  1377. Posted 2002 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. God Passes By: Outline and cross-reference of chapters correlated with A Traveler's Narrative and The Dawn-Breakers (2002). A variety of indexes and tables correlating these three books.
  1378. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Denis MacEoin Hands of the Cause (Ayádí Amr Alláh) (1987). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1379. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Haydar Alí Isfahání (2004). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1380. Posted 2002 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Haziratu'l-Quds and Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, Functions and Importance of (1997). Two letters from the Universal House of Justice, statements from the Guardian, and compilations prepared by the Bahá'í World Center concerning the Bahá'í temples, their dependencies, and their uses.
  1381. Posted 2002 in Book excerpts:   Ira Lapidus History of Islamic Societies, A (1988). Two passing references, in the context of the ulama vs. the state.
  1382. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen House of Justice (Baytu'l-'Adl) (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1383. Posted 2002 in Biographies:   Stephen Lambden Ibn Abhar, Hand of the Cause (1996). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1384. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Stephen Lambden Ibn Asdaq, missionary and martyr (1996). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1385. Posted 2002 in Books:   Peter Smith, ed. In Iran (1986). Essays on Bábí-Bahá'í history, sociology, and theology in Iran.
  1386. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Vahid Rafati Iran, Bahá'í Community of (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1387. Posted 2002 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Inayat Rawhani, trans. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution (1986). Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 February 1980.
  1388. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Vahid Rafati Ishráq Khávarí (1998). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1389. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Alessandro Bausani Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1987). Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  1390. Posted 2002 in Notable talks:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Kitab-i-Aqdas commentary (1973). Talk delivered in the United States (place not specified).
  1391. Posted 2002 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Law, Application of (1991). Questions concerning the violation of Bahá'í and civil law, and the removal of administrative rights.
  1392. Posted 2002 in Archives:   David Piff, comp. Letters to and from US Presidential Archives (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.
  1393. Posted 2002 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-1973 (1976).
  1394. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáyegání (1985). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1395. Posted 2002 in Books:   Lowell Johnson Mulla Husayn (1982). A biography of Mulla Husayn, the first Letter of the Living.
  1396. Posted 2002 in Published articles:   Zaid Lundberg New Age Movement and the Bahá'í Faith (2000). How to define the New Age Movement, its similarities to and differences from the Bahá'í Faith, and how it may be defined in relation to the Bahá'í Faith.
  1397. Posted 2002 in Research notes:   Jonah Winters, comp. Notes and Commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh: Wilmette Institute study materials (2002). Large collection of outlines, commentaries, and study guides prepared by Wilmette Institute faculty.
  1398. Posted 2002 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Oracion Obligatoria y el Ayuno, La Importancia de la (2000).
  1399. Posted 2002 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Pasajes do los Escritos de Bahá'u'lláh (n.d.). Spanish translation of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1400. Posted 2002 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Pledge of Allegiance (2002). A short letter from the US Bahá'í National Center's Office of Public Information re a June 2002 ruling that the phrase "under God" violates the separation of church and state.
  1401. Posted 2002 in Study Guides:   Robert McClelland Promoting Entry by Troops: Study Guide (1994). Study guide for the statement by the House and their compilation "Promoting Entry by Troops."
  1402. Posted 2002 in Published articles:   Cetin Onder Recognition and Identity: The case of the Baha'i Faith (2002). Bahá'í Faith seen in a Hegelian model.
  1403. Posted 2002 in Visual Materials:   Author unknown, comp. Roll of Honor Bahá'í World Crusade 1953-1963 (1998). A scroll listing the names of the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1404. Posted 2002 in Published articles:   Christopher White Searching for God in time and memory: An examination of Bahá'í prayer as 'remembrance' (2002). Describes Bahá'í prayer practices as a way to understand the human self and the Divine and overcoming the gap between the two.
  1405. Posted 2002 in Book excerpts:   E. E. Kellett Short History of Religions A (1933). Overview of Babism, from the chapter "Mohammedism."
  1406. Posted 2002 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland, Adib Taherzadeh Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community: A Plan for Teaching (1982). A three-part collection consisting of a letter from the NSA of Ireland, a letter from Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community, and the preamble for a plan of action for teaching.
  1407. Posted 2002 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) (1997). A notable, and lengthy, tablet from 1863.
  1408. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Vahid Rafati, Fariborz Sahba Temples, Bahá'í (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1409. Posted 2002 in Book excerpts:   Don Brown To Build Anew: Creating Bahá'í-inspired Enterprises (2002). A study in social and economic development, applying Bahá'í principles in a business how-to manual. Sample chapter: "The Enterprise and the Spiritual Principle Paradigm."
  1410. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Jahangir Dorri Toumansky, Aleksandr Grigorevich (2009). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1411. Posted 2002 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Juan Cole, trans. Treatise on Leadership (1998).
  1412. Posted 2002 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Vahíd (Sayyed Yahyá Dárábí) (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1413. Posted 2002 in Historical documents:   Nabil-i-A'zam, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Whilst He Was in Suleymaniah: Extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabil Zarandi (2002). Handful of short extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabíl-i-A`zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí]. on the conduct of the Bábís in 'Iráq during Bahá'u'lláh's self-imposed exile. From Nabil's unpublished narrative.
  1414. Posted 2002 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Paul Lample, comp. Wider Horizon: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992 (1992).
  1415. Posted 2002 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Study Outlines (2002).
  1416. Posted 2002 in Legal/gov't. Documents:   Author unknown WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2001-1302, "bahaiwomen.com" (2001). A legal ruling finding, on behalf of the Bahá'ís, that unauthorized use of the domain bahaiwomen.com is a trademark infringement. Followed by a newspaper article from Newsbytes, "Bahá'í Organization Bests Speculator In Domain Dispute."
  1417. Posted 2002 in Study Guides:   Shahriar Razavi World Order of Baha'u'llah: Study Questions (1991). List of questions to inspire study and deepening.
  1418. Posted 2002-01 in Published articles:   Udo Schaefer, Gerald C. Keil, trans. Bahá'í Faith, The: Sect or Religion? (1988). Lengthy study defining the distinguishing features of the Bahá'í Faith as contrasted with other contemporary religious movements.
  1419. Posted 2002-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Cultural Reconciliation in Canada (2000). The Universal House of Justice suggests to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada that their efforts at unity and reconciliation should focus on culture rather than on race.
  1420. Posted 2002-01 in Pilgrims' notes:   Arthur S. Agnew Table Talks at Acca (1907). Description of his visit to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Akká in 1907 by an early American Bahá'í.
  1421. Posted 2002-01 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet on the Passing of Mirza 'Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání (Lawh-i-az Hadrat-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá' pas az Su'udi-i-Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání) (2000).
  1422. Posted 2002-01 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá) (1985). Short one-paragraph tablet from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
  1423. Posted 2002-01 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. Tablet to Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá): Excerpt (1985). Short one-paragraph tablet to The Báb's aunt's son, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
  1424. Posted 2002-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Ahmad Sohrab, Abdu'l-Bahá Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation: For the Assemblies and Meetings of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada (1919). First publication of the entire Tablets of the Divine Plan "presented in talks given by Sohrab at the 11th annual Mashrekol-Azkar Convention, Bahá'í Congress, and Feast of El-Rizwan," April 26-30 1919.
  1425. Posted 2002-01 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Wealth, Redistribution of (n.d.). Extract from "Jurisprudence and the Distribution of Wealth" followed by compilation "The Redistribution of Wealth — Some Specific Measures."
  1426. Posted 2002-01-01 in Visual Materials:   Tooraj Enayati, comp. Bahá'í Philately (2010). Collection of postal stamps and postcards related to the Bahá'í Faith.
  1427. Posted 2002-01-25 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Agriculture and Rural Life (1995).
  1428. Posted 2002-01-25 in Books:   Artemus Lamb Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America, The: Some Remembrances (1995). Overview of Bahá'í history in South America, with autobiographical reflections of time in Chile in the 1940s.
  1429. Posted 2002-01-25 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Economics, Agriculture, and Related Subjects (2000).
  1430. Posted 2002-01-25 in Essays and short articles:   Anil Sarwal Sri Aurobindo Movement and the Bahá'í Faith (2001). Summary historical connections between the two communities.
  1431. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Thomas Gaskell Allen, William Lewis Sachtleben Across Asia on a Bicycle: Through Persia to Samarkand (1894). A travelogue through Tabreez, with a short but somewhat hostile history of the Bab.
  1432. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Laurence Oliphant Babs and Their Prophet, The (1887). Excerpt from a book described by E.G. Browne as "the first published notice of Behá and the Bábí colony at Acre"; includes PDF of complete book.
  1433. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   James Fieser, ed. , John Powers, ed. Bahá'í (1998). Chapter 12, consisting of commentary and a compilation.
  1434. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Ninian Smart Bahá'ís, The (1969). Short treatment of Bahá'í history and thought, in a commonly-assigned university textbook.
  1435. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Lewis M. Hopfe Chapter 14, "Bahá'í" (1987). Short chapter, covering "Origin and development of Bahá'í," "The teachings of Bahá'í," and "Bahá'í practices."
  1436. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Edward Rice Chapter 6, "Some 'New' Religions: Cao Dai, The Bahá'í Faith, Theosophy (1978). Historical overview, from Shi'i Islam to the Wilmette Temple.
  1437. Posted 2002-02 in Unpublished articles:   Todd Lawson Coincidentia Oppositorum in the Qayyum al-Asma: The terms "Point" (nuqta), "Pole" (qutb), "Center" (markaz) and the Khutbat al-tatanjiya (2001). The importance of the Khutba al-tutunjiya for a study of the Bab's writings; the presence in the Qayyum al-asma of the motif of the coincidentia oppositorum, in distinctively Shi'i form, as an expression of its "apocalyptic imagination".
  1438. Posted 2002-02 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of (1991).
  1439. Posted 2002-02 in Personal compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Fear of God (2002).
  1440. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Robert Ullian Frommer's Guide to Israel: The Golden Coast (includes Akka and Bahji) (1998). Travel guide; now out-of-date.
  1441. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Alyn Shipton Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (2001). Roughly 2-3 page excerpt from book.
  1442. Posted 2002-02 in Books:   Ervand Abrahamian Iran between Two Revolutions (1982). Multiple references to the Bahá'í Faith, in an academic book of history.
  1443. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Peter Avery Modern Iran (1967). 24 pages from chapters on "Nasiru'd-Din Shah's heritage," "Nasiru'd-Din Shah on his own," and "Prologue to Revolution."
  1444. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Gyula Germanus Modern Movements in Islam (1932). Chapter on the Shaykhis, Babis, and Bahá'ís. Not proofread, has scanning errors.
  1445. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Mary Pat Fisher New Religious Movements: Bahá'í (1999). Short overview of Bahá'í history, teachings, and consultation.
  1446. Posted 2002-02 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Prayer Revealed by the Exalted Pen for Mírzá 'Abu'l-Fadl (1995). Authorized translation of a short prayer, with a short introduction from the BWC Research Department.
  1447. Posted 2002-02 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván): Excerpt (2001). Excerpt from a Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh proclaiming the new Revelation.
  1448. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   Martin Kramer Shi'ism: Resistance and Revolution (1987). Brief mentions of Khomeini and of Hojjatiyya, the "anti-Bahá'í society."
  1449. Posted 2002-02 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') (1994). A one-paragraph Tablet about the rise of the Mahdi and numerology of the letters alif, sad, and waw, and the numbers 6, 11, 13, and 60.
  1450. Posted 2002-02 in Book excerpts:   John Hick The Fifth Dimension (1999). Two passing mentions of the Faith; included because of the author's relevance to Bahá'í Studies.
  1451. Posted 2002-02 in Published articles:   Sen McGlinn Theology of the State from the Bahá'í Teachings, A (1999). Western religions exhibit three types of divine societies: eschatological (the Kingdom of God on Earth); metaphysical (angels or the Hidden Imam interact with the world); and ecclesiological (the church as the body of Christ, or the Islamic community).
  1452. Posted 2002-02-01 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Purpose and Mission of the Manifestations of God (2002).
  1453. Posted 2002-02-16 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Todd Lawson, trans. Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl): A commentary on the Sura of Joseph, "The Best of Stories" (2002). Translation, and lengthy commentary, on the Súratu’l-Nahl.
  1454. Posted 2002-02-23 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Biography of Siyyid Ismail of Zavarih (1999).
  1455. Posted 2002-02-23 in Study Guides:   Christopher Buck Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Dating the Iqan (1995).
  1456. Posted 2002-02-23 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman Lawh-i-Dunyá, Tablet of the World: Meaning of Urvatu'l-Vuthqá, "Sure Handle" (1999).
  1457. Posted 2002-02-23 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Prayers and Meditations (1988).
  1458. Posted 2002-02-23 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (1978). Excerpts from Baha'u'llah's letters to the kings and leaders of the world.
  1459. Posted 2002-02-23 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
  1460. Posted 2002-02-23 in Study Guides:   Iraj Ayman Tablets of Pilgrimage (Suriy-i-Hajj): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999). In the Aqdas, Bahá'í pilgrimage is enjoined to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad and the House of the Báb in Shíráz. This is not possible now, and pilgrims go to Haifa and Akka instead. How did this change occur?
  1461. Posted 2002-02-28 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Arising to Act (2002).
  1462. Posted 2002-02-28 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Fire as a symbol used in the Sacred Writings (2002).
  1463. Posted 2002-02-28 in Book excerpts:   Robert Ullian Frommer's Guide to Israel: Haifa (1998). From a popular travel guide series. Includes Akko [Akka] and Bahji.
  1464. Posted 2002-02-28 in Book excerpts:   Caesar E. Farah Islam: Beliefs and Observances (1970). Overview of the Bábí and Bahá'í faiths, and their relevance to "modernity,"
  1465. Posted 2002-02-28 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Water as a symbol used in the Sacred Writings (2002).
  1466. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Epistle to Mihrabán (Lawh-i-Mihrabán): Excerpt (1928). Short excerpt translated by Shoghi Effendi and published in The Bahá'í World vol. 2, p. 57.
  1467. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing (Rashh-i-'Amá) (1984). The first extent Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1468. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablet of the Garden of Ridván (Lawh-i-Bágh-i-Ridván) (n.d.). Short tablet from the late ’Akká period, revealed during one of Bahá’u’lláh’s visits to the small house inside the Garden of Ridván where he joined the believers for feasting.
  1469. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans. , Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1924). Complete tablet, both the Arabic (official translation) and the Persian (provisional translation) sections.
  1470. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Nahzy Abadi Buck, trans. , Christopher Buck, trans. Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní): Excerpts (1986). Excerpts translated by Christopher and Nahzy Buck in Studies in Bábí and Bahá’í History vol. 3 (Kalimát Press, 1986) and by Shoghi Effendi in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
  1471. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Hasan-i-Sháhábadí (Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Sháhábadí) (2002). A tablet from the Akka period, addressed to a certain Hasan living in Sháhábad of Arak in central Irán, in which Bahá'u'lláh comments on Muhammad as the "Seal of the Prophets."
  1472. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God (Lawh-i-Ismael) (2002). Short mention of faná', the mystical annihilation of the self, "which is none other than being a total sacrifice in His Lordship."
  1473. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan M. Balyuzi, trans. Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II) (1985).
  1474. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague) (2019). Updated, authorized translation of both Tablets (1919 and 1920), described by Shoghi Effendi as of "far-reaching importance," was despatched to Executive Committee for a Durable Peace at The Hague by a special delegation.
  1475. Posted 2002-03 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablets of the Hair (1938). Translation of five of total eleven Tablets titled "alváḥ-i-sha‘arát".
  1476. Posted 2002-03-15 in Books:   Antony Alexander, Robert Craig Lango: Language Organization (1996). Lango (Language Organization) is an attempt to simplify English to serve as an international language.
  1477. Posted 2002-03-23 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Indian Nations and National Spiritual Assemblies (2002). American Indian nations are not fully sovereign and thus do not have their own National Spiritual Assemblies.
  1478. Posted 2002-04 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Century of Light (2001). Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Bahá'í Faith's emergence from obscurity, "demonstrating on a global scale the unifying power with which its Divine origin has endowed it."
  1479. Posted 2002-04 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Letter to the World's Religious Leaders (2002). Letter proclaiming the importance of eliminating religious prejudices and calling for a deeper acceptance of religious unity.
  1480. Posted 2002-04 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Nineteen-Day Feast, Scheduling the (2001). Two letters about the composition, structure, and scheduling of Nineteen-Day Feasts.
  1481. Posted 2002-04-20 in BWC compilations:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Covenant-breakers, Electronic Communication with (1998).
  1482. Posted 2002-04-20 in Newspaper articles:   Kofi Annan, Sahba Sobhani, ed. United Nations and the Bahá'ís, The: An Interview with Kofi Annan (1999). Annan's vision for the institution of the U.N., and mentions of the Bahá'ís in Iran.
  1483. Posted 2002-05 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. Autoridades religiosas del mundo, A las (2002). Spanish translation of "Letter to the World's Religious Leaders, April 2002."
  1484. Posted 2002-05 in Notable talks:   Douglas Martin Humanity's Coming Encounter with Baha'u'llah (1992). Retrospective look at the previous 100 years of Bahá'í history, current shifts of focus and teaching plans, and the prospects for the future which the new Message can bring.
  1485. Posted 2002-05 in East Asia:   Universal House of Justice, Sheridan Sims, Sandra S. Fotos In memoriam Barbara Sims (2002). Two obituaries of a prominent American Bahá'í teacher and pioneer to Japan.
  1486. Posted 2002-05 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2002: Bahá'í Era 159 (2002). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1487. Posted 2002-05-15 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Messages to the Antipodes (Australasia) (1997).
  1488. Posted 2002-05-15 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Summons of the Lord of Hosts (2002). A collection of the tablets of Baháʼu'lláh, written to the kings and rulers of the world during his exile in Adrianople and in the early years of his exile to the fortress town of Acre.
  1489. Posted 2002-05-16 in Essays and short articles:   Margaret Ruhe Thoughts on Marriage, Some (1982). An essay on various aspects of Bahá'í marriage.
  1490. Posted 2002-06 in Published articles:   Roger Coe Communication: The Key to Expansion (1986). The use of technology by and its impact upon Bahá'í scholarship. Available also as audiobook.
  1491. Posted 2002-06 in Theses:   Peter Ludwig Berger From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement [excerpt] (1954). Early notable thesis by an eminent sociologist; first chapter only (for an assessment of Berger's work on Bahá'í, see the note).
  1492. Posted 2002-06 in Published articles:   Roger Coe Organic Order, An: An Approach to the Philosophy of Bahá'u'lláh through the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1993). The structure of the Administrative Order as outlined by the writings of the Guardian, and the principles of the Anisa model of education. Available also as an audiobook.
  1493. Posted 2002-06 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. Tablet of the Vision (1999).
  1494. Posted 2002-06 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) (2001). An undated tablet from the Akka period on the interpretation of sacred scripture, with references to previous Tablets revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Asl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) and Lawh-i-Maqsúd (Tablet of Maqsúd).
  1495. Posted 2002-06 in Published articles:   Christopher Buck Unique Eschatological Interface, A: Baha'u'llah and Cross-Cultural Messianism (1986). Tracing themes of messianism through the Occidental religions.
  1496. Posted 2002-06-17 in Notable talks:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Morning of Your Lives, The: Talk given at a Hawaiian Youth Conference (1975). A very short published talk.
  1497. Posted 2002-07 in Books:   John E. Esslemont Baha'u'llah and the New Era (1980). The classic introductory text on the Bahá'í Faith focusing on Bahá'í teachings and the lives of the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh, and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1498. Posted 2002-07 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. , Mehdi Wolf, ed. Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhanná) (2001). Excerpt from a longer Tablet on Jesus' prophecy "It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter [or "Helper"] will not come to you."
  1499. Posted 2002-07 in Books:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, Shirley Macias, ed. Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks, and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (2002). Collection of articles, personal letters, and learned talks, edited for posting as a single book. Includes Persian translation.
  1500. Posted 2002-07 in Provisional translations:   Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. , Mehdi Wolf, ed. Episodes in the History of the Covenant (Waqáy-i-Tárikhiyyih dar 'Ahd wa Mitháq-i-Iláhi) (1997). Message revealed by the Guardian to the Bahá'ís of ‘Irán concerning the incorruptibility of the Covenant.
  1501. Posted 2002-07 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát) (2002). Short one-paragraph Tablet concerning the grades or degrees of certainty.
  1502. Posted 2002-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Iskandar Hai, trans. Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín): Excerpt (2002). Brief comments by Bahá'u'lláh on the Isaac/Ishmael controversy.
  1503. Posted 2002-07-20 in Book excerpts:   William O. Douglas Station Wagon Odyssey: Baghdad to Istanbul; A famous American traveler continuing a journey across the Moslem East (1959). Very short mention in this travelogue by a Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
  1504. Posted 2002-07-20 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha: Volumes 1-3 (1915).
  1505. Posted 2002-08 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Teaching Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, comp. Arise in His Name: A Guide for Travel Teachers (n.d.).
  1506. Posted 2002-08 in Encyclopedia articles:   Richard Landau Baha'i Faith and the Environment, The (2002). Participation of the Bahá'í International Community in UN-sponsored development and environmental initiatives for resolving the difficult challenges before humanity.
  1507. Posted 2002-08 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Horace Holley, ed. Bahá'í Scriptures: Selections from the Utterances of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1923). First collection of "approved" translations, largely superseded by newer translations.
  1508. Posted 2002-08 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Treatise on Leadership (Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih): Extracts (2001).
  1509. Posted 2002-08-12 in Book reviews:   Sen McGlinn Apocalypse Unsealed, The: Some thoughts on the use of Christian Scripture in the Bahá'í community, by Robert Riggs: Review and Commentary (2002). On Bahá'í use of Biblical literature, especially interpretations of end-time symbolism and the Book of Revelation.
  1510. Posted 2002-08-12 in Fiction:   Mark Perry Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version (2002). The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
  1511. Posted 2002-09 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Enrollments and limited growth of the Bahá'í community (2002). The lack of significant numerical growth in certain Western Bahá'í communities is related to the preceding decades of struggle, achievement and disappointment.
  1512. Posted 2002-09 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, comp. Local Spiritual Assembly, The (1986). The institution of the LSA, its significance, and its by-laws.
  1513. Posted 2002-09 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj): Baghdad (1994). A provisional English translation of instructions by Bahá'u'lláh for pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad.
  1514. Posted 2002-09 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj): Shiraz (1994).
  1515. Posted 2002-09-01 in Essays and short articles:   Marcus Bach Bahá'í: A Second Look (1957). A positive assessment of the Bahá'í faith by an outsider.
  1516. Posted 2002-09-01 in Essays and short articles:   Abdulrahman Lomax Number 19 in the Qur'an, The (1995). Discussion of a study by a Muslim which purports to demonstrate that the Qur'an is comprised of mystical units of 19. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1517. Posted 2002-09-01 in Book excerpts:   Abbas Amanat Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam (2000). Shi'i Mahdism, beliefs on the end of time, and overview of the rise of the Bábí Faith.
  1518. Posted 2002-09-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Texts, Sacred, Numbers and Classifications of (2002). Three letters, from 2002, 2010, and 2013, about numbers of Sacred Texts catalogued by the Bahá'í World Center and their classification into "authenticated," "revised," and "transcribed."
  1519. Posted 2002-09-01 in Essays and short articles:   Shirley Macias Verse of Light, the Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine Lote Tree), and the Unfoldment of God's Plan, The (1991). Relationship of a key mystical Quranic verse, Súrih 24:35, to Bahá'í theology; includes a brief compilation of Bahá'í Writings about the Lote Tree.
  1520. Posted 2002-09-06 in Books:   Alan Bryson Light after Death: The Baha'i Faith and the Near-Death Experience (1993). The parallels between the NDE and the Bahá'í writings concerning life after death.
  1521. Posted 2002-10 in Biographies:   Ron Price Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White (2002). A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1522. Posted 2002-10 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Wellspring of Guidance: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68 (1969). Collection of letters from the first years after the creation of the Universal House of Justice.
  1523. Posted 2002-10-05 in Book excerpts:   Arthur E. Copping Journalist in the Holy Land, A: Glimpses of Egypt and Palestine (1913). A visit to the Akka and its surroundings in 1913; no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1524. Posted 2002-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Major St. John Eastern Persia: An Account of the Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-72 (1876). Brief description of the town of Nírís [Nayriz], "the head-quarters of Bábism," and the road to Shiraz.
  1525. Posted 2002-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Charles H. Stileman Followers of Beha in Persia, The (1898). A follow-up to the author's 1893 article "A Week with the Babis," and some discussion of Christian thought.
  1526. Posted 2002-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Robert E. Speer Missionary Principles and Practice: A Discussion of Christian Missions and of some Criticisms upon them (1902). Brief testimonial of a "converted Moslem" who turned to Babism, but then became a Christian.
  1527. Posted 2002-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Percy Molesworth Sykes Ten Thousand Miles in Persia or Eight Years in Iran (1902). Brief overview of Babism, including estimate of numbers of Bahá'ís and Azalis in Kirman.
  1528. Posted 2002-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Arthur E. Arnold Through Persia by Caravan (1877). Early three-page overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history. Bahá'u'lláh is here referred to as "Behar."
  1529. Posted 2002-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Charles H. Stileman Week with the Babis, A (1893). Journal of the Reverend C.H. Stileman, M.A., of the CMS Persia Mission, on his travels to convert Bahá'ís in 1893.
  1530. Posted 2002-10-08 in Book excerpts:   Napier Malcolm Five Years in a Persian Town (1907). Many passing mentions, plus a detailed overview, in an account by a Christian missionary in Yazd, first published in 1905.
  1531. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   H. A. Walter Ahmadiya Movement, The (1918). Old commentary on similarities and difference between the Ahmadiya and Bábí-Bahá'í movements.
  1532. Posted 2002-10-15 in Pilgrims' notes:   Chris Manvell Bahá'í Pilgrimage, A (1996). Contemporary notes and photographs of a pilgrimage in 1996.
  1533. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   A. R. Neligan Hints for Residents and Travellers in Persia (1914). 2-sentence mention of Babis/Bahá'ís.
  1534. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   E. G. Browne Literature of Persia, The: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society (1912). A selection of Persian poetry, featuring poems by Nabil, Tahirih, and Bábí martyrs.
  1535. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   Ella C. Sykes Persia and Its People (1910). Brief reference to the Bahá'ís extracted from a popular description of Iran based on extensive travel in the country over a period of three years at the turn of the 19th century by the sister of a British diplomat.
  1536. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   E. G. Browne Persian Press and Persian Journalism, The: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society (1913). Short discussion of early Persian-language newspapers, with a passing mention of the writings of Mirza Mahdi Khan, an opponent of the Bahá'ís, and his Arabic-language work Miftahu Babi'l-Abwab.
  1537. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   E. G. Browne Religious Influence of Persia, The: A Paper Read before the Persia Society (1914). Passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the context of Persian culture and letters.
  1538. Posted 2002-10-15 in Book excerpts:   Arnold Wilson (published as Sir Arnold Wilson) SW. Persia: A Political Officer's Diary 1907-1914 (1941). Two passing mentions of Bahá'ís and Babis.
  1539. Posted 2002-10-17 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablet to the Sultan [Alí Páshá] (Súriy-i-Ra'ís) (1923).
  1540. Posted 2002-12 in Study Guides:   Arjen Bolhuis Century of Light: Outline (2002).
  1541. Posted 2002-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Súrah of the Pen: Súratu'l-Qalam (2002). Prepared by a group of contributors to the "Tarjuman" translation email list.
  1542. Posted 2002-12 in Provisional translations:   Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet of the Centennial (1998). Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Bahá'ís, written shortly after "God Passes By" in 1944. Includes English translation of Muhammad Varqa's "Le Style persan du Gardien."
  1543. Posted 2002-12 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, trans. Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence (2001). Authorized translation of an excerpt of a tablet on "the wisdom of referring certain important laws to the House of Justice."
  1544. Posted 2002-6-15 in Research notes:   Brian Whitaker Lost in Translation (2002). Transcribing Arabic into the Roman alphabet is fraught with difficulty. And in an age of electronic text, search engines and databases, the problem is only going to get worse.
  1545. Posted 2003 in Encyclopedia articles:   Mahmoud Sadri Halabi, Shaikh Maḥmud Khorásání, founder of Hojjatiya (2003). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1546. Posted 2003 in Essays and short articles:   Anonymous Suicide and the Bahá'í Faith (2003). Inspired by the death of David Kelly, see bahai9.com/wiki/David_Kelly. Prepared by a Bahá'í physician who prefers to remain anonymous.
  1547. Posted 2003-01 in Book excerpts:   Geoffrey Parrinder Bahá'í Ideals (1996). Short chapter on sexual and marriage ethics,
  1548. Posted 2003-01-21 in Unpublished articles:   William F. McCants Arabic Grammar of the Báb, The (2002). Muslim detractors of the Bab have often criticized his grammar. Did the Bab make grammatical errors due to a poor knowledge of the language, or did he intentionally coin a new grammar?
  1549. Posted 2003-02 in Books:   M. V. Gandhimohan Mahatma Gandhi and the Bahá'ís: Striving towards a Nonviolent Civilization (2000). Review of Ghandi's comments about the Faith as well as relationships between his ideas and those of the religion.
  1550. Posted 2003-02 in Maps:   Shoghi Effendi Progress Bahá'í World Crusade 1953-1958 (1963). Statistical information such as LSA incorporation, temple construction, etc.
  1551. Posted 2003-02 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Mehdi Wolf, ed. Tablet to The Times of London (1987). Short tablet calling newspapers to investigate the Truth.
  1552. Posted 2003-02 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. Windows to the Past (1992). Deepening talks on 25 topics about Bahá'í history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format and PDF transcripts.
  1553. Posted 2003-02-03 in Biographies:   Boris Handal Ella del Valiente Corazón: La Vida de Miss Eve Blanche Nicklin (1895-1985), "Madre Spiritual del Perú" (2002). The life of Eve Nicklin, "Spiritual Mother of Peru."
  1554. Posted 2003-03 in East Asia:   Sandra S. Fotos Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific (2003). Two memorial articles for Barbara Sims, Pioneer to Japan from 1953-2002, biographer of Agnes Alexander, and author of many histories of Bahá'ís in eastern Asia.
  1555. Posted 2003-03-04 in Fiction:   E. S. Stevens Mountain of God, The (1911). Book excerpts, sympathetic portrayal by a non-Bahá'í of Abdu'l-Bahá and the small band of Bahá’ís who lived in Haifa and 'Akká early in 20th Century.
  1556. Posted 2003-03-06 in Books:   Moojan Momen Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith (1990). An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith and to explain the Bahá'í Faith to those who are from a Hindu background.
  1557. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Abdu'l-Bahá: The Mystery of God (1992). Overview of the life of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1558. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Ahmad, The Flame of Fire (1992). History of the recipient of the Tablet of Ahmad, extracted from an article by Hand of the Case Jinab-i-Abu'l-Qasim-i-Faizi in Bahá'í News, 1967.
  1559. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Bahá'í Holy Days (1992). Selection of Writings about or related to the Holy Days, and overview of the meanings and rituals for specific festivals.
  1560. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh Basics of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). Comprehensive summary of Bahá'í history and teachings, distributed by Images International as a 35-page booklet. Transcript available in both English and Persian.
  1561. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Covenant, The (1995). Overview of two covenants: one with all Prophets regarding the next Manifestation, specifically the Covenant of the Bab; and Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant protecting the divine word from human interference and safeguarding the unity of Bahá'ís and all humankind.
  1562. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Fadl-i-Qa'ini: The Tamed Phoenix (1992). History of an early Bahá'í, teacher of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, and in whose honor the Lawh-i-Hikmat was revealed.
  1563. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Fadl-i-Shirazi: Guided By Dreams (1992). Life story of an early believer; content derived from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat by Aziz'u'llah Sulaymani.
  1564. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Glimpse of Glory, A: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah (1992). Anecdotes about some early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, and the circumstances of his own life.
  1565. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh History of Baha'u'llah and the Uniqueness of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). Overview of the life and writings of Bahá'u'lláh, with an epilogue on how the Bahá'í Faith differs from previous religions.
  1566. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh History of the Báb (1994). Biography of the Bab, distributed by Images International as a 34-page booklet.
  1567. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Greatest Scholar (1992). Lengthy biography of an early scholar, whose writings Persian Bahá'ís often consider as ranking second to the Holy Writings and the writings of Shoghi Effendi.
  1568. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Mulla Husayn Bushru'i: The Indomitable (1992). Life story of the first believer in the Bab.
  1569. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Mulla Rida: The Indestructible (1992). Extracts from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat, by Azizu'llah-i-Sulaymani, about a famous life-long teacher of the Faith in Iran.
  1570. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh Mystery of Martyrdom, The (1992). Life stories of many early martyrs, and some explanations of what inspires self-sacrifice.
  1571. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Obedience (1995). The meanings of infallibility, obedience to Bahá'u'lláh, the covenant of God with humanity, and the paradox of law being the instrument of liberation, not limitation.
  1572. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi: The Promises Fulfilled (1992). Life story of an early follower of Shaykhs Ahmad and Rashti, who also met both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
  1573. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Significance of the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1993). History and background of the Aqdas; circumstances of its revelation; the text itself; authority and infallibility of Bahá'u'lláh; obedience vs. liberty; reward vs. punishment; prophecies; laws and ordinances; maturity of humankind.
  1574. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Station and World Order of Baha'u'llah (1992). Two separate talks on similar topics; PDF transcripts not yet available (as of 2013-05).
  1575. Posted 2003-04 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, National Teaching Committee, comp. Suffering of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1974).
  1576. Posted 2003-04 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Summons of the Lord of Hosts: Cross-Referenced to Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, the Leiden List, and Other Works (2003).
  1577. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Tahirih, Letter of the Living, and Khadijih Bagum, Wife of the Báb (1992). Life stories of two key heroines of Bábí history.
  1578. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Varqa and Son: The Heavenly Doves (1992). History of the family of Varqa, the only family with the distinction of having a grandfather, a father, and a son all named Hand of the Cause.
  1579. Posted 2003-04 in Audio:   Darius K. Shahrokh Zoroaster: Bahá'u'lláh's Ancestor (1992). Overview of Zoroastrianism, its place in the history of revelation, and its writings.
  1580. Posted 2003-04-15 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Prosperity of Humankind Study Outline (2003). Detailed outline of this publication.
  1581. Posted 2003-05 in Pilgrims' notes:   Gandhimohan Viswanathan Bahá'í Pilgrimage to Israel (1996). A short scholarly article accompanied by numerous photographs of sacred Bahá'í sites in the Holy Land.
  1582. Posted 2003-06 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. , Mehdi Wolf, ed. Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn) (2002). Tablet in honor of Imam Husayn, the prince of martyrs, with whom Bahá'u'lláh identified in a mystical connection.
  1583. Posted 2003-06 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters Vision Statement / Mandate of the Bahá'í Library Online (2003). Early description of content, intent, and functioning of the Bahá'í Library Online. Now outdated, but still a serviceable statement of purpose.
  1584. Posted 2003-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán): Excerpt (2003). Excerpt of a tablet revealed in honour of the first Trustee of Huquq’u’lláh, surnamed the “Trusted of the Bayán," with introductory letter from the House of Justice.
  1585. Posted 2003-07-18 in Book reviews:   John Taylor Century of Light, by the Universal House of Justice: Review (2002).
  1586. Posted 2003-08 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. , Peter Terry, trans. Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the Exalted One: Le Tablette Concernant l'Anniversaire du Martyre de Sa Sainteté, Exaltée (1981). Three translations: a French version by Rochan Mavaddat, an English rendering from the French by Peter Terry, and an English translation from the original Persian by Khazeh Fananapazir.
  1587. Posted 2003-08 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Necati Alkan, trans. Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty (2003). Poetic Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh dating from the Baghdád, Istanbul, or Edirne periods.
  1588. Posted 2003-08 in Essays and short articles:   Jonah Winters What is a Content Management System? (2003). A brief overview of the technology underlying the Bahá'í Library Online circa 2003, and why this technology represents the next step in the Internet's evolution [since this essay was written, the term Web 2.0 has been popularized for said "next step"].
  1589. Posted 2003-08-11 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablets and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Quoted in Compilations and Letters of the Universal House of Justice (2003). Discusses the authenticity of quotations included in letters from the Universal House of Justice, plus comments on pilgrims' notes.
  1590. Posted 2003-08-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Childhood Abuse, and Revoking Parent's Right of Marriage Consent (1992). Guidance on therapy and recovery from sexual abuse. The abusing parent's right to consent to marriage can be revoked.
  1591. Posted 2003-08-13 in Published articles:   Badi Villar Cardenas Apostasía en al Marco Jurídico Bahá'í, La (2001). Este ensayo constituye uno de los primeros esfuerzos por construir una marco jurídico para los procesos de apostasía y expulsión en la comunidad bahá'í.
  1592. Posted 2003-08-13 in Unpublished articles:   David Cerpa Alba Proceso de la creación artística, El: Una manifestación espiritual (2001). La dinámica de la creación artística representa en todos los tiempos un vivo retrato de las aspiraciones espirituales que motivan a las personas. Este ensayo explora las fenomenológica de este proceso.
  1593. Posted 2003-08-15 in Essays and short articles:   Jorge Vallejo De las Manifestaciones de Dios en las culturas precolombinas de América (2002). Los antiguos americanos, ¿no eran hijos de Dios?, ¿no conocieron nunca al Dios Único y Verdadero?, ¿Dios, influyó o no en su progreso?. Obviamente han tenido que existir también voceros de Dios en estos lares para que estos pueblos alcancen las alturas de
  1594. Posted 2003-08-15 in Essays and short articles:   Nicomedes Merma Aroni La Ley, fundamento de la sociedad o restricción de la libertad? (2002). La libertad no puede ser absoluta. Vivimos en una sociedad interdependiente. Algunas limitaciones a nuestra libertad son necesarias para evitar otras restricciones todavía peores.
  1595. Posted 2003-08-16 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand Special Report on Baha'i Burial vs. Maori Custom (1989). Special report about reconciling Bahá'í burial laws with local maori customs where they conflict; includes guidance from the Universal House of Justice.
  1596. Posted 2003-08-17 in Published articles:   Badi Villar Cardenas Retórica Gnóstica de la Espiritualidad en las Escrituras Bahá'ís, La (2002). Este escrito contiene una sencilla exposición de la riqueza de expresiones gnósticas que abundan en la retórica bahá’í de la espiritualidad, al tiempo que demuestra una diferencia substancial en cuanto a la cosmogonía, el compromiso social y la afirmación
  1597. Posted 2003-08-18 in Unpublished articles:   Badi Villar Cardenas Apuntes sobre los Sabeanos (2001). Este articulo explora las fuentes bahá'ís en la Escritura Sagrada y la literatura bahá'í secundaria sobre el Sabeanismo y sus posibles orígenes.
  1598. Posted 2003-08-18 in Unpublished articles:   Walter Velasquez Búsqueda de la Santidad, La (2001). ¿Es fácil ser un santo?, cada uno tiene la respuesta, pero no podemos negar que es un reto emocionante y a la vez necesario si queremos transformar y mejorar el mundo.
  1599. Posted 2003-08-18 in Essays and short articles:   Mirna Leon Necesidad de la Oracion para Mejorar Nuestras Vidas (2001). Aquí algunas relexiones personales sobre la importancia de la oración en la vida espiritual. Lograr un estado espiritual de oración puede ayudarnos a tener una mejor calidad de vida incluyendo beneficios físicos y sicológicos.
  1600. Posted 2003-08-18 in Essays and short articles:   Pedro Donaires Sanchez Necesidad de revisión del concepto de 'Soberanía' del Estado (2002). La relatividad de la Soberanía del Estado y la unidad teórica de todo lo jurídico, darán lugar a una unidad política de los estados, con una organización jurídica centralizada. Esto implica la constitución de un super-Estado mundial.
  1601. Posted 2003-08-18 in Essays and short articles:   Rene Quiñonez Radio Bahá'í del Lago Titicaca, 20 años de historia (2002). Un breve relato sobre los logros de un proyecto de desarrollo socio económico al servicio de los pobladores del altiplano peruano boliviano.
  1602. Posted 2003-08-19 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Gems of Divine Mysteries (2002). A lengthy tablet in Arabic on how the Mahdi was Ali Muhammad, The Báb, the Primal Point. Written during the Baghdad period for Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sihdihí Isfahání. His questions were brought from Karbila, and answered the same day.
  1603. Posted 2003-08-26 in Biographies:   Ron Price Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study: Poetry and essays (1944). Table of Contents for a memoir of six decades of teaching & international travel, an extensive personal account of the experience of a Western Bahai beginning in the 2nd epoch, 1944 to 1963, of the teaching Plans.
  1604. Posted 2003-09-06 in Biographies:   Alili Ridvan, E. G. Browne, trans. Account of the Death of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal (1918).
  1605. Posted 2003-09-06 in Books:   Robert Riggs Apocalypse, The: An Exegesis (1998). Detailed study of astrology, numerology, and other esoterica, in an attempt to understand The Revelation of St. John the Divine through eyes of Bahá'í interpretation.
  1606. Posted 2003-09-06 in Books:   Muhammad Mustafa, Rowshan Mustapha, trans. Bahá'u'lláh: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an (1993). Meanings of some of the verses of the Qur'an, as viewed from the perspective of the Writings of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1607. Posted 2003-09-06 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Canadian National Convention functioning (1982). Reply to questions from an individual about the functioning of the National Convention in Canada with specific reference to the tellers report and the election of officers.
  1608. Posted 2003-09-06 in Books:   Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield Chosen Highway, The (1940). Oral Bahá'í histories collected by an eminent early English Bahá'í, first published in 1940.
  1609. Posted 2003-09-06 in Books:   Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Salmani, Marzieh Gail, trans. My Memories of Baha'u'llah (1982). Memories of one of Baha'u'llah's companions during his exile.
  1610. Posted 2003-09-06 in Books:   William Sears Prisoner and the Kings, The (1971). A historical account of Bahá'u'lláh's world-changing letters that He sent as a prisoner to the religious and secular leaders between 1867 and 1873.
  1611. Posted 2003-09-06 in Books:   Moojan Momen Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, A (1997). An introduction to the teachings, beliefs, practices, and history of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1612. Posted 2003-09-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shahrokh Monjazeb, trans. Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand (2003).
  1613. Posted 2003-09-08 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá (1943).
  1614. Posted 2003-09-09 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 1999: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: 1999: Booklets 33-40 (2003). These poems were written in 1999 and are part of an annual series of prose-poetry I began sending to Bahá'í Library Online in September 2003. The first year in this series contains poetry I wrote in 1995.
  1615. Posted 2003-09-09 in Published articles:   Donald R. Witzel, Carmelo Perez Toledo, trans. Buda: Profeta de Dios (1957). Una de las primeras contribuciones bahá'ís al estudio del Budismo.
  1616. Posted 2003-09-09 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Grammatical Clarifications (2001). Letter and memorandum in response to questions about possible misprints in published extracts from letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of justice
  1617. Posted 2003-09-10 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel Religious Pluralism and the Baha'i Faith (2003). Provides an overview of the Bahá'í poisition on religious pluralism, reviewing relevant Bahá'í texts and scholarship that bear on this theme. Published with minor revisions.
  1618. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Aplicación de la Declaración sobre la Eliminación de todas las formas de intolerancia y discriminación fundadas en la religión o las convicciones (1988). intolerancia y discriminación
  1619. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Aplicación del Programa de acción para el Segundo Decenio de la lucha contra el racismo y la discriminación racial (1947). lucha contra el racismo
  1620. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Carta de la Tierra (1991). Combatiendo el Racismo. BIC comment on the UN Earth Charter proposal.
  1621. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Ciudadanía Mundial: Ética Global Para El Desarrollo Sostenible (1993). Comunidades Sostenibles en un Mundo Integrante
  1622. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Combatiendo el Racismo (1983). Declaración presentada a la Segunda Conferencia Mundial para Combatir el Racismo y la Discriminación Racial. Ginebra, Suiza, 1­12 de agosto de 1983
  1623. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Comunidades Sostenibles en un Mundo Integrante (1996). Enunciado presentó por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í a la Conferencia sobre Domicilios Humanos (Albergue II) de las Naciones Unidas. Estanbul, Turquía, 3 al 14 de junio de 1996.
  1624. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Conferencia Mundial del Año Internacional de la Mujer: Declaración presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í (1975). Declaración presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í (en carácter consultivo con el Consejo Económico y Social — Categoría II) Ciudad de México, México, 1975.
  1625. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Conferencia Mundial para el Examen y la Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz (1985). Informe presentado por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í acerca de las actividades de la Comunidad Bahá'í Mundial para mejorar la condición de la mujer durante el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer y Programas Futuros para el Adelanto de la Muje
  1626. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible en la Fe Bahá'í, La (1995).
  1627. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Declaración bahá'í sobre obligaciones y derechos humanos, 1947 (1947). Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Relación Entre el Desarme y el Desarrollo, Wilmette, Illinois, Febrero de 1947.
  1628. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Uso Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas (1987). Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Uso Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas, Viena, Austria, 17-26 de junio de 1987
  1629. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Relación Entre el Desarme y el Desarrollo (1987). El Año Internacional de la Mujer. Nueva York, Nueva York, 24 de agosto-11 de septiembre de 1987
  1630. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community El Desarrollo Sostenible y el Espíritu Humano (1992). El Desarrollo Sostenible y el Espíritu Humano, presentado Río de Janeiro, Brasil, junio de 1992.
  1631. Posted 2003-09-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Papel de la educación, los medios de información y las artes en el desarrollo social, El (1994). El papel de la educación, los medios de información
  1632. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Año Internacional de la Mujer, El (1974). Exposición presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í en el 25° período de sesiones de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer.
  1633. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Base Espiritual de la Igualdad, La (1985).
  1634. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Condicion juridica y social de la mujer, La (1988).
  1635. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Creación De Familias Liberadas De La Violencia, La: Un Informe Resumido Del Simposio Llevado Acabo (1994).
  1636. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Desarme y la Paz, El (1985).
  1637. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í (2000). Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í
  1638. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community El Papel de la religión en el desarrollo social (1994). Comentarios al borrador de la Declaración y Programa de Acción para el desarrollo social. Presentado durante la reunión del Comité Preparatorio para la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Social, New York, New York, 1994
  1639. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Estudios Preliminares Sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer en la Comunidad Mundial Bahá'í (1974). Declaración presentada al 25° período de sesiones de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer, New York, 1974.
  1640. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Hacia un modelo de desarrollo para el siglo XXI (1994). Hacia un modelo de desarrollo para el siglo XXI.
  1641. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Historia de su Cooperacion con las Naciones Unidas (n.d.).
  1642. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Hora Decisiva para todas las Naciones (1995). Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í con motivo del 50 aniversario de Naciones Unidas Octubre 1995
  1643. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Integracion de la mujer en el desarrollo enocomico y social de America Latina y el Caribe, La (1988). Revisión y evaluación crítica de algunos aspectos de la condición de la mujer en la region, incluso su integración en el mercado laboral, mujeres jefes de familia y el papel de la mujer en el comercio en el Caribe.
  1644. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Legislación Internacional para el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo (1991). Una declaraciòn presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í al Comité Preparatorio para la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo. Ginebra Suiza, Agosto 1991.
  1645. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Lucha Contra el Hambre, La (1985). Declaración a la 11a Sesión de Ministros del Consejo Mundial de la Alimentación de las Naciones Unidas, París, Francia, 1985.
  1646. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Mujeres y Hombres, Una Sociedad para un Planeta Saludable (1991). Exposición presentada al "World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet", Miami, Florida, 8-12 Noviembre, 1991.
  1647. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Papel de la Juventud en los Derechos Humanos, El (1985).
  1648. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Paz y el Desarrollo, La (1985). Declaración presentada al Seminario de las Naciones Unidas para las regiones de Asia, el Pacífico y Asia Occidental, para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Bangkok, Tailandia, 20 al 24 de mayo de 1985
  1649. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Preparación para Vivir en Paz, el Papel de la Juventud (1985).
  1650. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Preparación Para Vivir En Paz, La (1985). Charla presentada durante el Seminario Regional de las Naciones Unidas para Latinoamérica y el Caribe, auspiciado por la Comisión Económica y Social para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ECLAC) 26 de febrero de 1985
  1651. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Preparación para Vivir en Paz, La Contribución de la Mujer (1985). Declaración preparada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í para el Seminario Regional Europeo para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Viena, Austria: 6 al 10 de mayo de 1985
  1652. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1988 (1988).
  1653. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1989 (1989).
  1654. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Una misma sustancia: Crear conscientemente una cultura mundial de unidad (2001). Exposición escrita presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'i en la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerencia
  1655. Posted 2003-09-12 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community Valorando la espiritualidad en el Desarrollo: Consideraciones Iniciales en cuanto a la Creación de Indicadores de Base Espiritual para el Desarrollo (1998). Consideraciones Iniciales en cuanto a la Creación de Indicadores de Base Espiritual para el Desarrollo, presentado al "Diálogo Mundial de las Fes y el Desarrollo."
  1656. Posted 2003-09-13 in Essays and short articles:   Pedro Donaires Sanchez Filosofía del Trabajo (2001). El trabajo como un fin consistente en la realización de valores y no meramente como un medio para alcanzar bienes materiales.
  1657. Posted 2003-09-14 in Biographies:   Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Harry and Ruth Randall (1998). Brief account of William Henry ('Harry') Randall (1863-1929) and his wife Ruth's first encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Randall became a prominent American Bahá’í and was named a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi.
  1658. Posted 2003-09-14 in Biographies:   Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Grace Robarts Ober (1998). Brief account of Grace Ober's interactions with 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit to the USA.
  1659. Posted 2003-09-15 in Biographies:   Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Elizabeth Cheney (1998). One-paragraph account of an incident in the life of Elizabeth Cheney, pioneer Bahá'í teacher in Paraguay.
  1660. Posted 2003-09-16 in Book reviews:   Sen McGlinn Faith and World Economy: A Joint Venture, a Bahá'í Perspective, by Giuseppe Robiati: Review (1998).
  1661. Posted 2003-09-18 in Unpublished articles:   Farshad Esmailian Documento de reflexión: Alvin Toffler y su visión del futuro (2001). El presente documento de reflexión examina algunas obras del futurista Alvin Toffler como "La tercera ola" y "La creación de una nueva civilización" donde el autor identifica ciertos rasgos de una nueva civilización que está surgiendo en el mundo.
  1662. Posted 2003-09-18 in Essays and short articles:   Boris Handal Filosofías y Analogías en Educación (2002). Teorías educativas recientes han validado académicamente el rol de las creencias, opiniones y emociones en el aprendizaje y la enseñanza, inclusive en las llamadas ciencias fácticas como las matemáticas.
  1663. Posted 2003-09-18 in Library Miscellany:   Links to Bahá'í blogs, resources, organizations.
  1664. Posted 2003-09-22 in Personal compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Pilgrims' Notes (1988).
  1665. Posted 2003-09-24 in Bibliographies:   Graham Hassall World Bahá'í Bibliography, A: Project Proposal and Prospectus (2003).
  1666. Posted 2003-09-25 in Essays and short articles:   Erfan Sabeti Approach of Abdu'l-Baha to the Problem of Tolerance, The (2003). Exploring the differences between forbearance, indifference, acceptance, turning away, freedom, and tolerance, to distinguish matters of opinion and belief from scientific and aesthetic ones.
  1667. Posted 2003-10-02 in Encyclopedia articles:   Moojan Momen Esslemont, John Ebenezer (1995). Short biography of a famous Bahá'í author and Hand of the Cause of God.
  1668. Posted 2003-10-02 in Encyclopedia articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard Registry of Early Canadian Believers (1987). A report on the recent progress in developing the Registry of Early Canadian Believers, 1893-1944, an adjunct project of A Short Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1669. Posted 2003-10-02 in Encyclopedia articles:   John Walbridge Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal) (1999).
  1670. Posted 2003-10-02 in Encyclopedia articles:   Robert Stockman United States of America: History of the Bahá'í Faith (1995). History of the Bahá'í community of the United States.
  1671. Posted 2003-10-03 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Tablets of Baha'u'llah: Cross-reference between Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, the Leiden List, and Editable "Wiki" Pages (2003).
  1672. Posted 2003-10-04 in Unpublished articles:   Sam Shamoun Quranic Witness to Biblical Authority, The (1999). Written for a Muslim audience, this article expounds on the Muslim view that the Bible is authentically the Word of God. The article does not mention the Bahá'í Faith, but its topic is relevant to Bahá'í studies.
  1673. Posted 2003-10-05 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh: Cross-reference to the Leiden List and Editable "Wiki" Pages (2003). Cross-references of the Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh to the Leiden List bibliography and some editable Wiki pages
  1674. Posted 2003-10-06 in Book excerpts:   C. M. MacGregor Bábís (1995). Short overview, as excerpted by MacGregor from Shiel's Glimpses of Life and Manners.
  1675. Posted 2003-10-06 in Book excerpts:   Cesar Cantu Historia Universal (1859). 1-sentence mention.
  1676. Posted 2003-10-07 in Study Guides:   Brett Zamir, comp. Foundations of World Unity Cross-Referenced to Other Works (2003).
  1677. Posted 2003-10-08 in Fiction:   Stephen D. Dighton Breathe Not the Sins of Others: A Tale of Suspense (2000). Features Bahá'ís and their Faith in situations many will recognize as mirroring their own spiritual battles.
  1678. Posted 2003-10-08 in Fiction:   Stephen D. Dighton Locked In: A Medical Mystery (1996). A presentation of the principles of the Bahá'í Faith as lived by an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation.
  1679. Posted 2003-10-08 in Fiction:   Wellesley Tudor Pole Private Dowding: The personal story of a soldier killed in battle (1966). A record of a soldier in WWI allegedly "channeled" to Pole from the afterlife.
  1680. Posted 2003-10-11 in Fiction:   Ben Roskams Sailor's Problem, The (1995). A short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes.
  1681. Posted 2003-10-11 in Newspaper articles:   Various Shirin Ebadi: A collection of newspaper articles (2003). Articles about the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize who has championed the rights of the Bahá'í community.
  1682. Posted 2003-10-12 in Published articles:   Edward Sell Babis, The (1896). An early 10-page overview of Bábí history and beliefs, published in a monthly journal of missionary information.
  1683. Posted 2003-10-12 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Letter to the United States and Canada on Racism, 1961 (1961).
  1684. Posted 2003-10-13 in Personal pages:   Sonja van Kerkhoff Rewriting the Script: Some thoughts on gender roles and the Bahá'í Teachings (2000). A collection of visual and physical art exploring these themes.
  1685. Posted 2003-10-15 in Pilgrims' notes:   Nellie French Pilgrim's Notes (1952). Notes from a pilgrimage in 1952.
  1686. Posted 2003-10-15 in Book excerpts:   Victor Berard Revolutions de la Perse: Les Provinces, Les Peuples et le Gouvernement (1910). Short extract on the Bábís.
  1687. Posted 2003-10-16 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Jonah Winters, comp. , Various, trans. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): "Multilinear" Translation project and Glossary (1999). Side-by-side comparisons of the authorized translation with earlier translations of Anton Haddad and Earl Elder. Includes short glossary to the Aqdas.
  1688. Posted 2003-10-16 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Ode of the Dove (1997). Translation of Qasídiy-i- Varqá'íyyih.
  1689. Posted 2003-10-16 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Introduction (2010). The conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential oneness (wahdat al-wujud) and those who oppose this view as heresy.
  1690. Posted 2003-10-16 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Stephen Lambden, trans. Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj) (1998). Translation of Lawh-i-Amvaj.
  1691. Posted 2003-10-16 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet of Wisdom Questions and Answers (1995). Authorized translation of unpublished Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Ethel Rosenberg in 1906 in reply to her questions about historical statements in the Lawh-i-Hikmat.
  1692. Posted 2003-10-17 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Akka Traditions (hadith) in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (2003). The probable source for Islamic traditions about 'Akká in Bahá'u'lláh's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — probably from a 6th-century work named "Fadá’il ‘Akká wa ‘Asqalán" based on hadith transmitted by Bahá ad-Dín al-Qásim in Damascus in 581-585.
  1693. Posted 2003-10-17 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on the Surah of the Sun (1994). Bahá'u'lláh's explanation of a passage from the Qur'an.
  1694. Posted 2003-10-17 in Personal compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Hidden Words, also known as Book of Fatimih (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih): Compilation (1988).
  1695. Posted 2003-10-17 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) (1996). Translation of Súriy-i-Damm.
  1696. Posted 2003-10-17 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Vision (1996). Translation of Lawh-i-Ru'yá.
  1697. Posted 2003-10-17 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Ahang Rabbani, trans. Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi (Lawh-i-Ziyarát-i-Vahíd-i-Darabí) (n.d.). Tablet for the leader of the 1850 uprising at Nayriz.
  1698. Posted 2003-10-18 in Book reviews:   L. P. Elwell-Sutton Báb, The: The Herald of the Day of Days, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1975).
  1699. Posted 2003-10-18 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Lexus and the Olive Tree, The, by Thomas Friedman: Review (1999).
  1700. Posted 2003-10-18 in Book reviews:   Juan Cole Modernity and the Millennium, a response by Amin Banani: Response to review (2000).
  1701. Posted 2003-10-18 in Book reviews:   Barbara D. Metcalf Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (2000).
  1702. Posted 2003-10-18 in Study Guides:   Jonah Winters, ed. Notes and Mazandarani's "9 Styles of Revelation" (1999).
  1703. Posted 2003-10-18 in Book reviews:   Mansour Farhang Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian: Review (2000).
  1704. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Veronica Shoffstall Advancement of Women: A Bahá'í Perspective, by Janet and Peter Khan: Transforming the roles of women and men, a Review (1999).
  1705. Posted 2003-10-19 in Study Guides:   Dwight Allen Advent of Divine Justice: Study questions (1991).
  1706. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Ian Kluge Bahá'í Faith in America as Panopticon 1963-1997, by Juan Cole: Review (1999).
  1707. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Peter Terry Bahá'í Faith in America as Panopticon 1963-1997, by Juan Cole: The Myth of the Objective Observer (1999).
  1708. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Juan Cole Baha'i, The: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity, by Michael McMullen: Review (2001).
  1709. Posted 2003-10-19 in Study Guides:   Sheila Banani Century of Light: Questions and References (2001).
  1710. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Harryette Mullen Collected Poems of Robert Hayden, by Robert Hayden: Review (1997).
  1711. Posted 2003-10-19 in Essays and short articles:   Nina Bailey Comparison of the Seven Valleys and the American Indian Peace Shield (1999). Comparison study between the spiritual teachings of the ancient Native American Indian Peace Shield and the spiritual journey described by Bahá'u'lláh in The Seven Valleys
  1712. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Do They Hear You When You Cry, by Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir: Review (1998).
  1713. Posted 2003-10-19 in Study Guides:   Habib Riazati Kitab-i-Aqdas Questions and Concordances (2002). The Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and their relationship to selected passages in The Aqdas; New Laws That Abrogate the Laws of Former Dispensations; Correlation of Paragraphs, Notes, and Questions and Answers of the Aqdas; sample questions.
  1714. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Denis MacEoin Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2001).
  1715. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Mark Tobey: A retrospective exhibition: Review (1998).
  1716. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Merlin Swartz Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (2000).
  1717. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Harold Coward Paradise and Paradigm, by Christopher Buck: Review (1999).
  1718. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Daniel Grolin Paradise and Paradigm, by Christopher Buck: Review (1999).
  1719. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Des O'Shea Radio Baha'i Ecuador, by Kurt Hein: Review (1989).
  1720. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Susan Maneck Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, by Jack McLean: Review (1999).
  1721. Posted 2003-10-19 in Essays and short articles:   Benjamin Leiker Sacred Baha'i Architecture (1999). Symbolism and history of Bahá'í temples.
  1722. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Frank Lewis Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions vol. 5, ed. Moojan Momen: Review (1999). Review of a collection of five articles about various subjects.
  1723. Posted 2003-10-19 in Book reviews:   Brad Pokorny Universe Within, The: An Exploration of the Human Spirit, by Anjam Khursheed: Review (1995).
  1724. Posted 2003-10-19 in Essays and short articles:   Roberta Law What is Baha'u'llah's Message to the Sufis? (1998). Nature of Sufism and Bahá'u'lláh's teachings for the Sufi community, especially as contained in the Seven Valleys.
  1725. Posted 2003-10-19 in Essays and short articles:   Roberta Law Wrathful God of Martin Luther and Baha'u'llah: Tablet of Ahmad-i-Farsi and Martin Luther (A comparison) (1998). Comparison of the theologies of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Ahmad (Persian) and early Protestantism.
  1726. Posted 2003-10-20 in Bahá'í Writings:   Brett Zamir, comp. Bible, The: King James version in Multilinear Format with Bahá'í References by Verse (n.d.).
  1727. Posted 2003-10-20 in Bahá'í Writings:   Brett Zamir, comp. Qur'án, The: Renderings by Rodwell & Sale and Multilinear Qur'án with Bahá'í References by Verse (2003). Compilation on Islam and the Qur'an, and parallel translation of The Qur'an as translated by George Sale (1877) and J. M. Rodwell (1876).
  1728. Posted 2003-10-21 in Personal pages:   Brett Zamir Personal Page (2003). Links to some personal projects.
  1729. Posted 2003-10-21 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters To-Do List and Features Requests (2003). Changes planned, requested, in-progress, or one-day hoped for. [Outdated list; not updated since 2015.]
  1730. Posted 2003-10-25 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Laws from the Kitab-i-Aqdas Not Yet Binding (1974). Which laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas are and are not currently (as of 1974) binding upon Western believers.
  1731. Posted 2003-10-25 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Violation of Baha'i and Civil Law (1991). Role of Spiritual Assemblies in regulating behavior of Bahá'ís, removal of administrative rights, and treatment of Bahá'ís convicted of a criminal offense.
  1732. Posted 2003-10-28 in Essays and short articles:   Juan Cole Surih of the Sun (Súriy-i-Vash-Shams): Introduction and Commentary (1994). Overview of a tablet of Bahá'u'lláh touching on matters of interpretation and theology.
  1733. Posted 2003-10-30 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Withdrawal from the Faith (2001).
  1734. Posted 2003-11-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Nine-Pointed Star, The: History and Symbolism (1999). The history and the proper place and use of the nine-pointed star, a common Bahá'í symbol, in comparison and relation to the official five-pointed star and the Greatest Name symbols.
  1735. Posted 2003-11-12 in Documents from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies on Domestic Violence: A Supplement to Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities (2002). Domestic violence from the standpoint of the Bahá'í teachings: guidance for protecting those who are abused, assisting in rehabilitation of those who commit abuse, and supporting families, with sensitivity to cultural and ethnicity issues.
  1736. Posted 2003-11-18 in Theses:   Leslie William Kuzyk Social Justice, Wealth Equity and Gender Equality: Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís of Alberta (2003). Bahá'í theology takes distinctive positions on wealth distribution and gender equality. These issues are causal factors in a more just model of society. A social survey establishes empirically whether a Bahá'í population differs from common society.
  1737. Posted 2003-11-19 in Historical documents:   Haji Mirza Haydar Ali Uskui, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Monsieur Nicolas - the French: Extracts from Tarikh-i Azarbeyijan (1950). Exracts from an unpublished manuscript by the author of the "History of Faith in Azerbayijan" about A.L.M. Nicolas's background, his involvement with the local Bahá'í community in Azarbeyijan, and his links with Tomanski.
  1738. Posted 2003-11-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Withdrawal of Administrative Rights (1986). Spiritual Assemblies may remain in contact with those Bahá'ís who have had their Administrative Rights removed, but withdrawal of rights is a serious action and assemblies should in general should not initiate contact.
  1739. Posted 2003-11-21 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Advenimiento de la Justicia Divina, El (1939). Spanish translation of Advent of Divine Justice.
  1740. Posted 2003-11-21 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi El Dia Prometido Ha Llegado (1973). Spanish translation of The Promised Day is Come.
  1741. Posted 2003-11-21 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Tabla de Fuego (n.d.). Spanish translation of the English translation "The Fire Tablet" of the Arabic Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún.
  1742. Posted 2003-11-25 in Book excerpts:   Owen Tweedy Cairo to Persia and Back (1933). Mention of Tabriz, and the execution of the Báb.
  1743. Posted 2003-11-25 in Book excerpts:   Vincent Monteil Iran (1957). Passing mention of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh.
  1744. Posted 2003-11-25 in Book excerpts:   Stephen Hemsley Longrigg Iraq, 1900 to 1950: A Political, Social, and Economic History (1953). Passing mention of the confiscation of Bahá'í properties in Baghdad in the early 1930s.
  1745. Posted 2003-11-25 in Book excerpts:   G. F. Barbour Life of Alexander Whyte, The (1923). One-page overview of Abdul'-Baha's visit to a home in Edinburgh in January 1913.
  1746. Posted 2003-11-25 in Book excerpts:   Constance M. Alexander Modern Wayfarer in Persia, A (1931). Two-page overview of Bábí history, and passing mention of the Bahá'ís in Tabriz.
  1747. Posted 2003-11-25 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VI.1 Essays: Unpublished Essays (2003). This is section VI.1 of my autobiography: unpublished essays. I wrote some 300 essays as a student, as a teacher-lecturer, as a Bahá'í-publicity officer writing items for the media, as a poet-writer and simply as a person with literary needs and interests
  1748. Posted 2003-11-25 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Siglo de la Luz (2001). Spanish translation of Century of Light.
  1749. Posted 2003-11-25 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Unidad de los Profetas (1912). Select essays from Promulgation of Universal Peace.
  1750. Posted 2003-11-25 in Book excerpts:   W. V. Emanuel Wild Asses, The: A Journey through Persia (1939). Passing mentions of Babis in Tabriz and Zanjan.
  1751. Posted 2003-11-26 in Books:   Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Three Meditations on the Eve of November Fourth (1970). Essays and poems written by Hand of the Cause A.Q. Faizi on the evening of Shoghi Effendi's death, November 4 1957.
  1752. Posted 2003-11-27 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ali Akbar Furutan, In Memoriam (2003). Obituary containing a brief biography of Ali Akbar Furutan, one of the longest surviving Hands of the Cause of God.
  1753. Posted 2003-11-29 in Book excerpts:   Freya Stark, Lucy Moorehead, ed. Freya Stark: Letters: Volume 1: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-1930 (1974). Letters about a stay in Baghdad in 1929, with a few passing references to Bahá'ís she met.
  1754. Posted 2003-12 in Books:   E. G. Browne Persian Revolution of 1905-1909, The (1910). Includes discussion of Bahá'ís and Bábís in "Attitude of Bahá’ís towards Persian Politics" (pp. 424-429) and "The Assassination of Nasiru'd-Din Shah" (60-62). Search text for Bábí for other references.
  1755. Posted 2003-12-03 in Books:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Olivia Kelsey, comp. Bahá'í Answers (1947). Answers to 95 questions on the Bahá'í Faith, collected from the writings of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi.
  1756. Posted 2003-12-04 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Day of the Covenant 26 November 2003: To the Followers of Baha'u'llah in the Cradle of the Faith (2003). A message to the Bahá'ís of Iran; in both English and Persian.
  1757. Posted 2003-12-04 in Personal compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Reed Chandler, comp. Fuente de Todo Bien, La (1991).
  1758. Posted 2003-12-05 in Books:   Bahá'u'lláh Libro de Certeza (1995). Spanish translation of Kitab-i-Iqán, The Book of Certitude.
  1759. Posted 2003-12-05 in Bahá'í Writings:   The Báb, Habib Taherzadeh, trans. , Malihe Forghani, trans. Selección de los Escritos del Báb: Compilado por el Departamento de Investigación de la Casa Universal de Justicia (1982). Spanish translation of Selections from the Writings of The Báb.
  1760. Posted 2003-12-05 in Books:   Bahá'u'lláh Siete Valles y Los Cuatro Valles, Los (1989). Spanish translation of Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
  1761. Posted 2003-12-07 in Personal compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Sadratu'l-Muntahá (2003). Compilation on "The Tree beyond which there is no passing," including quotations from the Qur'án.
  1762. Posted 2003-12-17 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Laura Clifford Barney, comp. Contestación A Unas Preguntas (1994). Spanish translation of Some Answered Questions.
  1763. Posted 2003-12-17 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, comp. Selección de los Escritos de 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1985). Spanish translation of Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1764. Posted 2004 in Encyclopedia articles:   Abbas Amanat British influence in Persia in the 19th century (2003). Includes various mentions of the Bábí context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1765. Posted 2004 in Encyclopedia articles:   Calmard Jean Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de (2003). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1766. Posted 2004 in Encyclopedia articles:   Hossein Amanat Haifa (2003). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1767. Posted 2004 in Encyclopedia articles:   Abbas Amanat Historiography: Qajar Period and Bábí and Bahá'í works (2004). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1768. Posted 2004 in Encyclopedia articles:   Mahmoud Sadri Hojjatieh (Hujjatiya) (2004). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1769. Posted 2004 in Essays and short articles:   Susan Maneck, Badi Villar Cardenas, trans. Infalibilidad: Un Ensayo (1998). Spanish translation of Maneck's essay "Infallibility: An Essay."
  1770. Posted 2004 in Bibliographies:   Ismael Velasco, comp. Literatura Bahá'í en Español (2004). A partial and unformatted list (from 2004) of books in Spanish.
  1771. Posted 2004-01 in Archives:   Various Bulletin Board Archive 1997-2003 (1997). The first Forum on the site.
  1772. Posted 2004-01-04 in Personal letters:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Letter to Grace Holley (1919). Short message of greeting and praise.
  1773. Posted 2004-01-04 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi, John E. Esslemont, Larry Gates, comp. Letters to Grace Holley and Visalia LSA (1925). Small collection of correspondence between Shoghi Effendi and the LSA of Visalia, California.
  1774. Posted 2004-01-05 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Hands of the Cause, United States Bahá'í Publishing Trust, comp. Covenant and Administration (1971).
  1775. Posted 2004-02-15 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan): Message to the Counsellors (1995). Letter to the Counsellors, preceding the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1776. Posted 2004-02-19 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 2000: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Poetry Booklets 40-43 (2004). This poetry was written during the year 2000, the twentieth year of my writing poetry. I wrote four booklets of poetry that year, numbers 40 to 43. They are all part of Section VIII of a larger work also entitled: Pioneering Over Four Epochs.
  1777. Posted 2004-03-03 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 1996: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII: Booklets 17-23 (2004). This poetry comes from the fourth year of my writing poetry extensively. By extensively I mean some 500 poems per year, for the most part autobiographical.
  1778. Posted 2004-03-09 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 1995: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII: Booklets 12-17 (2004). After writing poetry very occasionally for thirty years,1962-1992,I began to write it seriously in that Holy Year, May 1992-May 1993. By the end of 1995 I had written some 2000 prose-poems. The prose-poems in this collection come from the year 1995.
  1779. Posted 2004-03-09 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 1997: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII: Booklets 23-28 (2004). The poetry on this document was written in 1997 when I was age 52-3 and living in Perth Western Australia. I had been a member of the Bahá'í Faith for 38 years.
  1780. Posted 2004-03-09 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 1998: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII: Booklets 28-33 (2004). This is the fourth year, beginning in 1995, that I have put poetry on this site. The previous 15 years(1980-1994)of my poetic writings are not on the web only in my personal files in my study in Tasmania.
  1781. Posted 2004-04-27 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Desenvolvimiento de la Civilización Mundial (n.d.). Spanish translation of The Unfoldment of World Civilization.
  1782. Posted 2004-04-27 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, comp. Llamado a las Naciones (1977). Spanish translation of Call to the Nations, selected writings of Shoghi Effendi.
  1783. Posted 2004-05-23 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice National Convention, The (1992).
  1784. Posted 2004-05-23 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. National Convention, The (2000).
  1785. Posted 2004-06-10 in Fiction:   Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff White Dog (1999). Beauty truly is in the eye, or perhaps the heart, of the beholder.
  1786. Posted 2004-06-11 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Obligatory Prayer, Ablutions, and Repetition of the Greatest Name (2004). On recitation of the specific verses associated with the performance of ablutions for the medium Obligatory Prayer. Includes compilation of references regarding repetition of the Greatest Name 95 times per a Day.
  1787. Posted 2004-06-27 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Dispensación de Bahá'u'lláh (n.d.). Spanish translation of Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1788. Posted 2004-07-12 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice La Libertad de Expresión (1988). Spanish translation of "Individual Rights and Freedoms" by the Casa Universal de Justicia.
  1789. Posted 2004-07-12 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2004: Bahá'í Era 161 (2004). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1790. Posted 2004-07-14 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Jesus Christ, Resurrection of (n.d.).
  1791. Posted 2004-07-14 in Visual Materials:   John Conkling, comp. Majestic Process, The: Cycles, Eras, Epochs and Stages (2004). A one page chart developed as a class handout on the "Majestic Process," the Ages and Epochs of the Faith.
  1792. Posted 2004-07-14 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá (2004). Two questions: on the Tablet of the Bab "Lawh-i-Vasaya: The Will and Testament"; the nature of the appointment and titles of Mírzá Yahyá. Includes two attachments: Tablet of the Bab Lawh-i-Vasaya and excerpt from Making the Crooked Straight.
  1793. Posted 2004-07-14 in Fiction:   Olivia Kelsey Two Shall Appear (1943). A play which attempts to depict in a brief form the background and some of the heroic events of Bahá'í history.
  1794. Posted 2004-07-15 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Biblical Verses, Interpretation of (1986). Interpretation of Biblical verses. Includes chart showing all references in the Bahá'í writings to verses in the Book of Revelation.
  1795. Posted 2004-07-20 in Encyclopedia articles:   Christopher Buck Bahá'ís (2001). The Bahá'í Faith's continuities and discontinuities with Islam. This is the only Bahá'í-related article in The Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an.
  1796. Posted 2004-08-01 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Reproduction and other Biological Subjects (2000). Embryology; reproduction; biology; genetic engineering
  1797. Posted 2004-08-13 in Encyclopedia articles:   Firuz Kazemzadeh Bahá'í Faith, The: World Religious Statistics (1988). A reprint of the widely-circulated encyclopedia article showing the Bahá'í Faith to be the world's second most wide-spread religion.
  1798. Posted 2004-08-24 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983) (1986). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  1799. Posted 2004-08-24 in Essays and short articles:   David Hofman Introduction: Aims and Purposes of the Bahá'í Faith (1986). Introduction to this Bahá'í World volume.
  1800. Posted 2004-09-08 in Notable talks:   Layli Miller-Muro Justice and Equality – a basis for change in our troubled world (2004). Transcript of the talk given at the 5th annual Margaret Stevenson Memorial Dinner and Lecture, July 17 2004.
  1801. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of (2002). On apparent contradictions, regarding Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Bahá and a Baby Naming Ceremony; Minimum Age of Marriage; Smoking and Firmness in the Covenant; Corporal Punishment; Táhirih as "Woman Suffragette."
  1802. Posted 2004-09-12 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Babies, on the Naming of (1998).
  1803. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. Elegibilidad de las Mujeres en la Casa Universal de Justicia (1988).
  1804. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Millennium Forum (2000).
  1805. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. Pioneria Internacional en le Plan de Cinco Años (2002).
  1806. Posted 2004-09-12 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá Prayer for Steadfastness (n.d.). Authorized translation of a short prayer, probably revealed for a Western believer.
  1807. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Prayer for the Dead, Recitiation of (1999). Instructions on the correct way to recite this prayer.
  1808. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. Quinta Epoca de la Edad Formativa de la Fe, Anuncio de la (2001).
  1809. Posted 2004-09-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Translations of the Qur'án and Introductory Books on the Bahá'í Faith, Recommendations Concerning (2002). On translations of the Qur'an, and introductory books on the Bahá'í Faith.
  1810. Posted 2004-09-17 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi This Decisive Hour: Messages from Shoghi Effendi to the North American Bahá'ís 1932-1946 (1992). Expanded version of Messages to America. Includes glossary of Bahá'í terms.
  1811. Posted 2004-09-22 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse (2004). Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the ungodly, infallibility, sexual violence, and abuse.
  1812. Posted 2004-09-26 in Book excerpts:   Henry Savage-Landor Across Coveted Lands (1903). Brief mention of the Bahá'ís of Yazd.
  1813. Posted 2004-09-26 in Published articles:   William S. Hatcher Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Bahá'í World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," "Process of Spiritual Growth," and "Collective Dimension of Spirituality."
  1814. Posted 2004-09-27 in Maps:   Shoghi Effendi Map of Goals for the Ten Year World Crusade (1956). Shoghi Effendi's map of progress goals for the Ten Year World Crusade, 1953-1963.
  1815. Posted 2004-09-27 in Visual Materials:   Duane Troxel, comp. , Farid S., comp. Martha Root's gravesite in Honolulu, driving directions (2004). Photo directions to the resting place of Martha Louise Root, in Honolulu Hawaii.
  1816. Posted 2004-09-27 in Biographies:   Universal House of Justice, comp. May Ellis Maxwell (1925). Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Bahá'í World I-XII, 1925-1954; includes photo.
  1817. Posted 2004-09-27 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá': 3 (2002). Provisional translations of three selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá'.
  1818. Posted 2004-09-27 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá': 2 (2002). Provisional translations of four selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá'.
  1819. Posted 2004-09-28 in Study Guides:   Duane Troxel America and the Most Great Peace interactive study guide (2004). A PDF interactive study guide to Shoghi Effendi's letter "America and the Most Great Peace," which was published in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1820. Posted 2004-09-28 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Continental Counsellors of Europe, comp. Arte (n.d.). Spanish translation of English "Compilation on the Arts."
  1821. Posted 2004-09-28 in Essays and short articles:   Istvan Dely Artes en la Fe / Fe en Las Artes (2004).
  1822. Posted 2004-09-28 in Study Guides:   Duane Troxel Goal of a New World Order, The, interactive study guide (2004). A PDF interactive study guide to Shoghi Effendi's letter "The Goal of a New World Order," which was published in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1823. Posted 2004-09-28 in Book reviews:   Seena Fazel Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2004).
  1824. Posted 2004-09-28 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice "Share your time with God" (2004). Source of the quotation "Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood," from a pilgrim's note.
  1825. Posted 2004-09-28 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá Tablet of the Greatest Name, A (2000). A previously-unpublished authorized translation of a Tablet of Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1826. Posted 2004-09-28 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (2004). Short letter about a tablet revealed in commemoration of Bahá'u'lláh's birthday.
  1827. Posted 2004-09-28 in Study Guides:   Duane Troxel Unfoldment of World Civilization, The, interactive study guide (2004). A PDF interactive study guide to Shoghi Effendi's letter "The Unfoldment of World Civilization," which was published in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1828. Posted 2004-09-29 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, References in the Bahá'í Writings to (1998).
  1829. Posted 2004-09-29 in Study Guides:   Melanie Smith Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Study Guide (1991). A study guide distributed to students of the Wilmette Institute by the US Bahá'í National Center; posted here with permission of author and of the USBNC.
  1830. Posted 2004-09-29 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Holocaust, the Greater Plan of God, and the Destiny of the Jewish People (1998).
  1831. Posted 2004-09-29 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Oraciones y Meditaciones Revelado por Bahá'u'lláh (n.d.). Traducción de "Prayers and Meditations." Traducción del original persa y árabe al inglés por Shoghi Effendi.
  1832. Posted 2004-09-29 in Theses:   Todd Lawson Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The: Doctoral dissertation (1987). A study of the Báb's two earliest works, partial commentaries on the Qur'an entitled "Tafsír súrat al-baqara" and "Tafsír súrat Yúsuf" (aka The Qayyum al-Asma), in an attempt to appreciate the Bab's attitude towards the Qur'an.
  1833. Posted 2004-09-29 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Elias Zohoori, comp. Trono del Espiritu, El: Enseñanzas Baha'is Sobre el Cuerpo Humano (n.d.). Selecciones de Escrituras Bahá'ís sobre el cuerpo humano, su salud y nutrición, ciencia y medicina, enfermedad y curación espiritual. Spanish translation of The Throne of the Inner Temple.
  1834. Posted 2004-09-29 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Voluntad y Testamento de Abdu'l-Baha (n.d.). Spanish translation of Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  1835. Posted 2004-09-29 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Ron Shigeta, comp. Waves of One Sea, The: A Compilation on Unity in the Bahá'í Writings (2004). A compilation on the nature, significance, and promotion of Unity.
  1836. Posted 2004-09-30 in Published articles:   John S. Hatcher Life as Metaphor (1986). What is the moral rationale for physical reality? What is the proper relationship of human beings to physical reality? There are metaphorical reminders of our true nature and essential reality (e.g. the ageing process).
  1837. Posted 2004-09-30 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ali M. Yazdi (Aziz Yazdi) Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1986). Recollections by a prominent Iranian-American Bahá'í.
  1838. Posted 2004-09-30 in Biographies:   Trudi Scott Remembering Bernard Leach (1986). Memories of the Bahá'í potter Bernard Leach (1887–1979).
  1839. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Arabic, Proper pronunciation of (1995). Discusses whether there are specific dialects and "manners" to use in speaking Arabic.
  1840. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. Carta Sobre La Oracion para el Entierro Baha'i (Letter on the Baha'i Burial Prayer) (2001). Del departamento de la Secretaria 1 de julio de 2001.
  1841. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Carta Sobre Relaciones entre AEN, Comunidad e Individuo (1994).
  1842. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. Conferencia de los cuerpos continentales de consejeros 09-01-2001, A la (2001). Spanish translation of "Institution of the Counsellors: Letter to the Counsellors January 9 2001."
  1843. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Confidencialidad en los Asuntos de las Asambleas Locales y Nacionales (1994).
  1844. Posted 2004-10-01 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Constitucion de la Casa Universal de Justicia, La (1972). Spanish translation of Constitution of the Universal House of Justice.
  1845. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, The: A World Religion (1947). A summary of the origin, teachings and institutions of the Bahá'í Faith, prepared in 1947 for the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine by Shoghi Effendi in his capacity as Head of the Bahá'í Faith.
  1846. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Falta de crecimiento y el cambio de cultura, La (2002).
  1847. Posted 2004-10-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   International Teaching Centre Institutos de Formación y el Crecimiento Sistemático, Los (2000).
  1848. Posted 2004-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Messages to Canada: 1999 edition (1999). Updated and expanded version of the 1965 book.
  1849. Posted 2004-10-01 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Sabiduria de 'Abdu'l-Bahá, La (1996). Spanish translation of Paris Talks.
  1850. Posted 2004-10-01 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tabla de Ahmad (n.d.). Spanish translation of Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
  1851. Posted 2004-10-01 in Study Guides:   The Báb, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Will and Testament: Translation and Commentary (2004). Examination of four available manuscripts, dates of issue, variations, exclusions, verse numbering followed by a running commentary on its tone, message and implications for the future of the Bábí movement.
  1852. Posted 2004-10-02 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Continental Counsellors of Europe, comp. Arts: Compilation from other compilations (n.d.).
  1853. Posted 2004-10-02 in Poetry:   Child Education Committee of Greater Houston, comp. Bahá'í Song Book (2005). Lyrics to 95 popular Bahá'í songs, including prayers and writings that are often sung.
  1854. Posted 2004-10-02 in Published articles:   Ismael Velasco Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III: A Research Note (2003). Comparison of Shoghi Effendi's English translation and Ismael Velasco's English translation of Dreyfus French version.
  1855. Posted 2004-10-02 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Ehsan Bayat, comp. City of the Heart (2004). Literal and metaphorical references to "heart."
  1856. Posted 2004-10-02 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Ismael Velasco, comp. Estudios y Profesiones (n.d.). Compilacion de Escritos Bahá'ís para jovenes sobre estudios y profesiones.
  1857. Posted 2004-10-02 in Research notes:   Author unknown, comp. Glosario Basico de Terminos Bahá'ís (2004). Spanish glossary of 404 terms used in the Bahá'í writings, community and administration, as well as words related to the history of other religions, and the history of Persia, Turkey and the Holy Land. Followed by glossary from the Iqan.
  1858. Posted 2004-10-02 in Essays and short articles:   Ismael Velasco, comp. Historia de la Fe Bahá'í en Venezuela (2001). History of the Bahá'í Faith in Venezuela.
  1859. Posted 2004-10-02 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Justice: The Best Beloved of All Things (2004).
  1860. Posted 2004-10-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Palabras Ocultas, Las (n.d.). Spanish translation of Hidden Words. Translator and date not known.
  1861. Posted 2004-10-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, comp. Proclamación de Bahá'u'lláh a los Reyes y Dirigentes del Mundo, La (1978). Spanish translation of Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1862. Posted 2004-10-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Muhammad, Abdullah Yusufali, trans. Qur'án, The: The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an (n.d.).
  1863. Posted 2004-10-02 in Unpublished articles:   Ismael Velasco Renacer del Tiempo, El: Los ritmos profundos del calendario y los júbilos misteriosos de Ayyám-i Há (2004). On the Bahá'í (Badi) calendar and the Bahá'í festival Ayyam-i-Ha.
  1864. Posted 2004-10-02 in Personal compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Sacrifice (2004). Compilation on "The Field of Sacrifice."
  1865. Posted 2004-10-02 in Personal compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Ehsan Bayat, comp. Steadfastness (2004). Compilation on "The King of all acts."
  1866. Posted 2004-10-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Tabla a los Cristianos (n.d.). Spanish translation of "Tablet to the Christians," also known as "Most Holy Tablet", from Tablas de Bahá'u'lláh Reveledas Despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas.
  1867. Posted 2004-10-02 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hasan Elías, trans. Tabla de la Medicina (2022). Spanish translation of Lawh-i-Tibb, from an English translation by S. Lambden.
  1868. Posted 2004-10-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablas de Baha'u'llah Reveladas despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas (1988). Spanish translation (date unknown) of Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1988).
  1869. Posted 2004-10-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá Tablas del Plan Divino, Las (n.d.). Spanish translation of Tablets of the Divine Plan.
  1870. Posted 2004-10-03 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 2001: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Poetry Booklets 44 to 47 (2004). The poetry in this collection I wrote during 2001. It is part of a larger collection begun in 1980 and part of, section VIII of an autobiography entitled: Pioneering Over Four Epochs.
  1871. Posted 2004-10-03 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 2002: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII: Booklets 48-51 (2004). After 30 years of writing occasional pieces of poetry(1962-1992), I have now written poetry 15 years much more extensively and intensively(1993-2005). The poetry here comes from just one year, 2002. It does not represent all the poetry I wrote that year.
  1872. Posted 2004-10-03 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 2003-4: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII: Booklets 51-53 (2004). The poetry in this section was written during the two years 2003-4 and is part of Section VIII of a larger autobiographical work: Pioneering Over Four Epochs. The type of poetry I write is known as prose-poetry, arguably the most common type of poetry.
  1873. Posted 2004-10-03 in Bibliographies:   Ismael Velasco, comp. Bibliography of Works on Bahá'í Metaphysics in the English Language (2004). List of books and articles related to metaphysics, 1880-2001.
  1874. Posted 2004-10-03 in Personal compilations:   Author unknown, comp. Fuego Arrasador: Las Artes Escenicas en los circulos de estudio Para Institutos de Formación (2006). Curso de Extension Sobre las Artes en Circulos de Estudio
  1875. Posted 2004-10-03 in Unpublished articles:   Alessandro Bausani, Miguel Gil Santesteban, trans. Historia de la Religión desde la Perspectiva Bahá'í (2003).
  1876. Posted 2004-10-03 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Professions (n.d.).
  1877. Posted 2004-10-04 in Notable talks:   Kurt Hein Excerpt from an interview with Raúl Pavón (1988). Excerpt from an interview with Kurt Hein, 5 January 1982, Otavalo, Ecuador.
  1878. Posted 2004-10-05 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Balance in life, and pioneering versus getting an education (1994). Achieving balance and planning in "each important area of one's life," including balancing the need for education and a profession and pioneering.
  1879. Posted 2004-10-05 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Contacting the Universal House of Justice; Obligatory Prayer, Greatest Name, Exemptions (1998). Procedures on contacting the Universal House of Justice; memorandum on obligatory prayer, reciting the Greatest Name, and exemptions from prayer.
  1880. Posted 2004-10-05 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Marriage, Consent of Parents to (n.d.).
  1881. Posted 2004-10-05 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Scholarship (2000).
  1882. Posted 2004-10-05 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb) (n.d.). An anonymous translation of the Tablet to a Physician.
  1883. Posted 2004-10-06 in Study Guides:   Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Bahá'í Prayers: Cross-reference list (2004). Complete list of all prayers revealed by the Central Figures, sorted by Prayer Book, Author, Subject, and/or First Line.
  1884. Posted 2004-10-06 in Study Guides:   Fariborz Alan Davoodi Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Questionnaire and Answer Key (2004). A quiz designed for study circles, complete with answer key.
  1885. Posted 2004-10-06 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Shoghi Effendi, trans. Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1973). Original 1973 version, different than the version incorporated in the 1992 English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
  1886. Posted 2004-10-07 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Brett Zamir, comp. Adult/Youth Study: Meetings, books, methods, and outcomes recommended in the Writings for youth and adult study (2004).
  1887. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Ahmad-i-Yazd (1993). Life of the recipient of the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad.
  1888. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Amoz Everett Gibson: The First Black Member of the Universal House of Justice (1998). Biography of a prominent black Bahá'í teacher and former member of the Universal House of Justice.
  1889. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Badi, Áqá Buzurg (1993). Life of "the Pride of the Martyrs."
  1890. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Balyuzi, Hasan M. (1998). Brief bio of this "Hand of the Cause of God, the Treasure of All Humanity."
  1891. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis, Arden Lee, ed. Billie Marie (Tuttle) Brackett (2003). Tuttle Brackett (1921-2000) was an American Bahá'í from Reno, Nevada and niece of Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas.
  1892. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Chase, Thornton: The First Bahá'í from the Western Hemisphere (1998). Biography of the life of Thornton Chase, a prominent early American Bahá'í.
  1893. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Baha (1993). Short biography of a prominent American Bahá'í.
  1894. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Dodge, Arther Pillsbury (1998). Life of the first president of the New York Bahá'í Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá."
  1895. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Harlan F. Ober, Richard Francis, ed. Gregory, Louis G.: The Advancement of Racial Unity in America (1993). Short biography of an early African-American Bahá'í.
  1896. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Haney, Paul (1998). Brief bio of the life of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  1897. Posted 2004-10-07 in Book excerpts:   W. M. Thomson Land and Its Book, The: Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land (1910). Description of the area around Akka in 1857. Does not mention the Faith.
  1898. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Nevada Metherd, Richard Francis, ed. Margaret Ariel Gallagher: Field Sergeant of the Western Frontier (1993). Gallagher (1920-2001) was an American Bahá'í and auxiliary board member.
  1899. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Olinga, Enoch (1998). Life of Hand of the Cause of God and "Father of Victories."
  1900. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity (1998). Short biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  1901. Posted 2004-10-07 in Biographies:   Richard Francis Root, Martha (1993). Bio of the "Herald of the Kingdom, Lioness at the Threshold."
  1902. Posted 2004-10-11 in Unpublished articles:   Moojan Momen Change of Culture, A (2003). An overview of the process of cultural change in the Bahá'í community.
  1903. Posted 2004-10-11 in Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States Jews and the Crucifixion (1980).
  1904. Posted 2004-10-11 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The (1990).
  1905. Posted 2004-10-15 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry Volumes 1 to 5: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: A Pot Pourri From 1995-2001 (2004). This document contains poetry, prose, interviews, essays, pages from my memoirs, indeed, a pot pourri of material from the years 1995 to 2001.
  1906. Posted 2004-10-17 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity (2000).
  1907. Posted 2004-10-23 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Aboriginal and Indigenous People, Teaching Among (2000). Importance and scope of the teaching work among the masses of various countries and their aboriginal and indigenous inhabitants.
  1908. Posted 2004-10-23 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Compilation of Compilations: Volume 3 (2000).
  1909. Posted 2004-10-23 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, trans. Social and Economic Development (2000).
  1910. Posted 2004-10-23 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Temples: Service in Bahá'í Temples (2000).
  1911. Posted 2004-10-25 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf, in the Guardian's handwriting (1932). A hand-written tribute to Bahiyyih Khanum, a daughter of Bahá'u'lláh.
  1912. Posted 2004-11-02 in Published articles:   Seena Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Uniqueness and Exclusivity in Christianity, A (1990). Differing interpretations of scriptural passages about exclusivity have caused conflicts between denominations. A Bahá'í approach, focussing on the Gospels and on progressive revelation, can reconcile these disagreements.
  1913. Posted 2004-11-22 in Unpublished articles:   Seena Fazel Contemporary developments in Baha'i studies: An examination using citation analysis (2003). Investigation of contemporary developments using the technique of citation analysis, a widely used method to report trends in academia.
  1914. Posted 2004-11-22 in Study Guides:   Seena Fazel How to Study Shoghi Effendi's Writings: Some Notes on Study Skills and Study Guides (1993).
  1915. Posted 2004-11-23 in Book reviews:   Heshmat Moayyad Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1998). A commentary for Bahá’ís examining the balance of critical thought with loyalty to Bahá’í institutions.
  1916. Posted 2004-11-23 in Historical documents:   Loulie Mathews Outposts of a World Religion by a Bahá'í Traveler: Journeys Taken in 1933-1935, Accompanied by Edward R. Mathews (n.d.). Autobiography of trips to New Zealand, New Guinea, Australia, Hawaii, and South America teaching the Faith.
  1917. Posted 2004-11-30 in Biographies:   Anthony Lee Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: In Memoriam (2004). A short biography of Bahá'í scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away October 20, 2004.
  1918. Posted 2004-12-05 in Book excerpts:   Emily McBride Perigord, trans. Translation of French Foot-Notes of the Dawn-Breakers (1939). Translation of the French footnotes of The Dawn-Breakers.
  1919. Posted 2004-12-06 in Bahá'í Writings:   Shoghi Effendi Guidance for Today and Tomorrow: Excerpts (1953). A compilation of letters from Shoghi Effendi, all but one published in other volumes. This version of the book contains only the one letter not online elsewhere.
  1920. Posted 2004-12-31 in Essays and short articles:   Bahman Nadimi Do the Bahá'í Writings on Evolution Allow for Mutation of Species within Kingdoms but not across Kingdoms? (2004). This paper explores the possibility that Bahá'í writings on evolution allows for mutation of species within each of the kingdoms (such as vegetable or animal) but not across these kingdoms.
  1921. Posted 2005 in Published articles:   Robert W. Balch, John Domitrovich, Barbara Lynn Mahnke, Vanessa Morrison Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with cognitive dissonance in a Bahá'í sect (1997). An academic article about the prophetic expectations of a covenant-breaker group, Baha’is Under the Provisions of the Covenant. Followed by "The End is Nearish," Chase's predictions satirized by Harper's.
  1922. Posted 2005 in Encyclopedia articles:   Minou Foadi Nabil-i Akbar (2005). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1923. Posted 2005 in Encyclopedia articles:   Minou Foadi Qá'ení, Shaikh Mohammad-ʿAli (2005). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  1924. Posted 2005-01-05 in Book reviews:   Seena Fazel, Dominic Parvis Brookshaw Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, by Nader Saiedi: Review (2001).
  1925. Posted 2005-01-06 in Book reviews:   Seena Fazel Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2004).
  1926. Posted 2005-01-15 in Biographies:   Marco Oliveira Kaiser Guilherme I: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh (2004). Short biography of Kaiser William I and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
  1927. Posted 2005-01-28 in Newspaper articles:   Antonio Marujo Bahá'ís Têm Nova Direcção Mundial (2003). Article on the Election of the Universal House of Justice, published in a Portuguese newspaper.
  1928. Posted 2005-01-28 in Newspaper articles:   Rute Moreira Comunidade Bahá'í em Portugal (2001). An article published in a Portuguese Newspaper with an introductory text to the Bahai Faith.
  1929. Posted 2005-01-28 in Newspaper articles:   Antonio Marujo Os Novos Jardins Suspensos do Monte Carmelo: Baha'ís inauguram espaço verde em Haifa (2001). Newspaper article published in a Portugal, about the gardens in Mt. Carmel.
  1930. Posted 2005-01-29 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. Lights of 'Irfán Book 1: Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars (2000). Papers delivered at Irfan Colloquia.
  1931. Posted 2005-01-29 in Newspaper articles:   Author unknown Obituary: R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: April 30, 1954 - Oct. 21, 2004 (2004). An obituary of Bahá'í scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away October 20, 2004, from his hometown newspaper.
  1932. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1970: Bahá'í Era 127 (1970). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1933. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1971: Bahá'í Era 128 (1971). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1934. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1973: Bahá'í Era 130 (1973). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1935. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1977: Bahá'í Era 134 (1977). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1936. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1985: Bahá'í Era 142 (1985). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1937. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1988: Bahá'í Era 145 (1988). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1938. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1989: Bahá'í Era 146 (1989). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1939. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1990: Bahá'í Era 147 (1990). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1940. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridvan 1991: Bahá'í Era 148 (1991). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1941. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1993: Bahá'í Era 150 (1993). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1942. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan): Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1943. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in North America: Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the United States: Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: North America.
  1944. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in Western and Central Asia: Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: Asia.
  1945. Posted 2005-01-29 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 2003: Bahá'í Era 160 (2003). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1946. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Peter Terry 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Explanation of the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh: Tablets and Talks Translated into English (1911-1920) (2000). A review of the varied lists of Bahá'í principles' presented by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in various of his writings and talks translated into English. Contrary to popular belief there is no standard list, and some 38 separate principles can be identified.
  1947. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Zaid Lundberg Bedrock of Bahá'í Belief, The: The Doctrine of Progressive Revelation (2000). The importance of doctrine and systematic theology in understanding the Baha' Faith, and the process of "doctrinalization" in Bahá'í history.
  1948. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   William Ridgers Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory, The: A Summary of Glorious Revelation (2000). Bahá'í interpretation of St. John's Book of Revelation.
  1949. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Peter Terry Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá'u'lláh, Some (2000). An attempt to discover the antecedents of Bahá’u’lláh's distinctive chronology of ancient associations between Greek philosophers and Judean kings. Do Bahá’í historians have to critically re-examine the accepted Western accounts?
  1950. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Albert Cheung Common Teachings from Chinese Culture and the Bahá'í Faith: From Material Civilization to Spiritual Civilization (2000). An examination of the similarities in belief between the Bahá'í Faith and traditional Chinese culture.
  1951. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Gary Selchert Concept of Sacred Justice in Hebrew Eschatology (2000). The concepts of Justice and Judgment in the Hebrew Bible; centuries before Christ, the social order of the Israelite tribes was legislated and enforced in accordance with the Covenant and Law of Moses; the formation of social ethics.
  1952. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Julio Savi Development of Humankind, The (2000). From a religious perspective, beyond their material and intellectual development, human beings can attain spirituality. Human life is like a school: the teacher is the spiritual Master, the text is the revealed book, the pupil is each human being.
  1953. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Cyrus Alá'í Kitáb-i-Aqdas as Described and Glorified by Shoghi Effendi (2000). Basic facts about the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Shoghi Effendi's analysis of the book in his God Passes By.
  1954. Posted 2005-01-30 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani, Mohi Sobhani, trans. , Shirley Macias, ed. Mahmúd's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Journey to America (1998). Extensive account of the 1912 travels of Abdu'l-Bahá in the West.
  1955. Posted 2005-01-30 in Biographies:   Marco Oliveira Napoleão III: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh (2004). Short biography of Napoleon III and several paragraphs of one of the Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh to Napoleon III.
  1956. Posted 2005-01-30 in Newspaper articles:   Varqa Jalali Os 50 Anos da Fé Bahá'í em Cabo Verde (2004). An article about the 50 years of the Faith in the Islands of Cape Verde.
  1957. Posted 2005-01-30 in Biographies:   Marco Oliveira Papa Pio IX: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh (2004). Short biography of Pope Pius IX and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this leader of the Catholic Church.
  1958. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Per-Olof Akerdahl Pilgrimage and Religious Identity in the Bahá'í Faith (2000). Pilgrimage has been an important part in the creation of a religious identity. The meaning of pilgrimage in the Bahá’í Faith, and in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
  1959. Posted 2005-01-30 in Biographies:   Marco Oliveira Rainha Vitória: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh (2004). Short biography of Queen Victoria and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
  1960. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1964: Bahá'í Era 121 (1964). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1961. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1965: Bahá'í Era 122 (1965). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1962. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1966: Bahá'í Era 123 (1966). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1963. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1967: Bahá'í Era 124 (1967). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1964. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1969: Bahá'í Era 126 (1969). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1965. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1972: Bahá'í Era 129 (1972). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1966. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1982: Bahá'í Era 139 (1982). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1967. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1983: Bahá'í Era 140 (1983). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1968. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1984: Bahá'í Era 141 (1984). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1969. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1992: Bahá'í Era 149 (1992). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1970. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1994: Bahá'í Era 151 (1994). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1971. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1995: Bahá'í Era 152 (1995). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1972. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh (in Australia and the Pacific): Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: South Pacific.
  1973. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Bahá'í Era 153 (1996). Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: South-east Asia.
  1974. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1997: Bahá'í Era 154 (1997). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1975. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1998: Bahá'í Era 155 (1998). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1976. Posted 2005-01-30 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice Ridván 1999: Bahá'í Era 156 (1999). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  1977. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Sheila Banani Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh and Farid ud-Din Attar (2000). An overview of the similarities between the Seven Valleys by Bahá'u'lláh and the Conference of the Birds by the Persian Sufi Farid ud-din Attar.
  1978. Posted 2005-01-30 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2000). Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophecy and the status of Subh-e Azal.
  1979. Posted 2005-01-30 in Study Guides:   Marco Oliveira Temas e Destinatários da Epístola aos Reis (Súray-i-Mulúk): Epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, em Adrianópolis (1868) (2004). Study Guide to Súriy-i-Mulúk.
  1980. Posted 2005-01-31 in Newspaper articles:   Mario Robalo Tribunais egipcios condenam baha'is a pesadas penas (1988). Clip from a Portuguese newspaper. Egyptian courts rules heavy sentences for Bahá'ís
  1981. Posted 2005-02-01 in Published articles:   Rhea Howard Harmsen Science in the Hands of Women: Present Barriers, Future Promise (1998). What is the attitude of mind that will permit an actualization of women's potential as women, and allow women and men to work together to create peace and prosperity through science?
  1982. Posted 2005-02-15 in Essays and short articles:   Rick Harmsen Coming Synthesis, The: Bahá'í Scholarship in an Age of Conflict and Controversy (1999). Whilst science and reason have come to dominate Western society, the Bahá'í writings propose that unadulterated divine revelation and authentic scientific enterprise are complementary processes that will eventually be harmonized and integrated.
  1983. Posted 2005-02-15 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi Deepening and Compilation for Bahá'í Youth Teaching Projects (2004). This deepening includes 10 sessions especially designed for youth on teaching projects.
  1984. Posted 2005-02-15 in BWC compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Elections: Sanctity and Nature of Bahá'í Elections (2000).
  1985. Posted 2005-02-15 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   International Teaching Centre Intensive Growth: 2004 letter to all Continental Counsellors (2004).
  1986. Posted 2005-02-15 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, comp. Principles of Bahá'í Administration (1950). A guide to procedure in the life and organic activity of the Bahá'í community, prepared from three main sources from the US National Spiritual Assembly: Bahá'í Administration, Bahá'í Procedure, and Bahá'í Community.
  1987. Posted 2005-02-15 in Unpublished articles:   Todd Lawson Tablet (Lawh) in Bahá'í Usage (2005). Meanings of the common Bahá'í terms lawh (tablet), ketáb (book), sahífa (treatise), resála (epistle), etc.
  1988. Posted 2005-02-15 in Personal compilations:   Shoghi Effendi, Robert Weinberg, comp. Your True Brother: Messages to Junior Youth Written by or on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi (1991).
  1989. Posted 2005-02-17 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Essays on Poetry: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VIII Poetry (2005). The essays on the subject of poetry are, for the most part, introductions to my 78 booklets of poetry. My intention is to place as many of the essays I have written on the subject of poetry in this document.
  1990. Posted 2005-02-17 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Interviews With Ron Price About Poetry: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VIII (2005). Interested readers will find a series of 29 interviews held in the 20 years between 1996 and 2015. These interviews are essentially about my poetry and prose. The interviews, 1.4/year, concerned what I wrote during the years 1992 to 2015.
  1991. Posted 2005-02-17 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Unpublished Essays: Autobiography: Section VI.1 (2005). After 58 years of association with the Bahá'í Faith, 1953-2011, I had collected some 200 unpublished essays written during the 4th and 5th epochs (1986-2011). I wrote many essays in epochs 2 & 3(1944-1986), but they are virtually all lost in times sands.
  1992. Posted 2005-02-18 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price, Bill Washington, ed. Letters of Ron Price: 1960-2015, The: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VII--Letters (2005). This document attempts to place in a general perspective the approximately 10,000 letters, emails and internet posts I have written from 1960 to 2016. None of the collected letters of any Bahai, thus far in the Bahai Era, have been published.
  1993. Posted 2005-02-18 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Notebooks-Section IX: Autobiography: Section IX (2005). The Notebooks I now possess were collected over a thirty year period, 1980 to 2010, from the age of 35 to 65. This collection of some 300 Notebooks is in the form of two-ring binders, arch-lever files & plastic ring-bound booklets.
  1994. Posted 2005-02-19 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Autobiographical Poetry 2005: Booklets 54-57: Pioneering Over Four Epochs, Section VIII:Poetry (2005). The first poem that I wrote was at the start of my pioneering life in 1962, but I did not keep any of my poems until 1980. I now have 27 years of poetry in my collection. The poetry here is from the 25th year of this collection of poetry--2005.
  1995. Posted 2005-02-22 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price From: Ron Price's Epic Autobiographical History: Pioneering Over Five Epochs: A History of The Bahá'í Faith in The Northern Territory and Adjoining Regions of Australia: 1947 to 1997 (2001). This Bahai Library Online document contains The History of the Bahá'í Community in the Northern Territory of Australia and adjacent regions: 1947-1997. This history is written in some three dozen short instalments totalling about 10000 words.
  1996. Posted 2005-02-22 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Sections X.I Photographs and XI Memorabilia (2005). I have added some photographs going as far back as 1908 and a brief literary-historical sketch of my family history going back my great-great grandparents' lives in the 1830s and 1840s, the beginning of Babi-Bahá'í history.
  1997. Posted 2005-02-22 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Literary Work As Epic: Epic Poetry, Epic Narrative and the Epic of Bahá'í History (2005). In the ten year period September 1997 to September 2007 the concept, the organizing principle, the basis for my magnum opus Pioneering Over Four Epochs, as epic, found its first shaping.
  1998. Posted 2005-02-22 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section X.2 Diary or Journal: Section X.2 Journal (2005). I began the process of diary and journal making on January 19th 1980, nine years after my international pioneering life began, eighteen years after my homefront pioneering life began and twenty-seven years after my association with the Bahá'í Faith began.
  1999. Posted 2005-02-22 in Essays and poetry by Ron Price:   Ron Price Poetry About Philosophy: Section VIII: Poetry: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VIII Poetry (2005). The poetry in this section is concerned with various aspects of philosophy in the western tradition and Bahá'í philosophy in particular. The concept of the manifestation of God is pivotal to Bahá'í philosophy and to this poetry.
  2000. Posted 2005-02-25 in Theses:   Chris Jones Kavelin Examination of the Environmental Crisis (2001). With a specific focus on the balance between the instrumental and intrinsic value of nature from a Bahá'í perspective.
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