http://bahai-library.com Hosts materials on or related to the Baha'i Faith http://bahai-library.com/hemmat_three_purities_daoism Using Daoism’s (Taoism) Three Purities, this study compares Daoist, Platonic, Sufi, and Bahá’í three-stage ontologies, highlighting creation, return, spiritual development, and ethical implications. Author: Amrollah Hemmat, David A. Palmer. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:07:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hemmat_three_purities_daoism http://bahai-library.com/yazdani_iranian_intellectuals_1960s Three influential 1960s Iranian intellectuals perpetuated unfounded conspiracy theories linking Bahá'ís to foreign powers, inadvertently normalizing discrimination against their compatriots despite their progressive self-image. Author: Mina Yazdani. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:07:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/yazdani_iranian_intellectuals_1960s http://bahai-library.com/fazli_dialogues_rethinking_development Explores development through justice, sustainability, and ethical values, integrating diverse perspectives on inequality, governance, livelihoods, ecology, technology, and knowledge. [Link to offsite document.] Author: Arash Fazli, ed, Amitabh Kundu, ed. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:07:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/fazli_dialogues_rethinking_development http://bahai-library.com/keys_what_is_abdul-bahai Thoughts on the magnitude of `Abdu'l-Bahá's influence on Khalil Gibran and his writings. Two major characters in Gibran's works were possibly cloaked representatives of `Abdu'l-Bahá himself. Author: Clyde Arthur Keys. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:07:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/keys_what_is_abdul-bahai http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_spiritual_wayfaring An early treatise that reinterprets religious law as inward ascent; ritual acts signify stages of the soul's journey; a fourfold structure of divine manifestation within the human reality; outward practice becomes symbolic of ontological transformation. Author: The Báb. Mohammad Norozi, trans. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:07:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_spiritual_wayfaring http://bahai-library.com/bashiri_tarikh_tasis_anjoman On the founding and work of this philanthropic effort, established in the United States in 1910, to send earthquake relief to Iran under the support of Abdu'l-Bahá, who advocated for strengthening Iran through trade and sciences rather than conflict. Author: Mehrdad Bashiri. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:07:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bashiri_tarikh_tasis_anjoman http://bahai-library.com/uhj_lawh-jadhb_not_authenticated This "Tablet" of Bahá'u'lláh well-known as Lawh-i-Jazb is not authenticated. Author: Universal House of Justice. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:06:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_lawh-jadhb_not_authenticated http://bahai-library.com/bashiri_babi_koshi_yazd On a significant episode of persecution and a precursor to the tensions that contributed to the Constitutional Revolution; anti-Bahá’í violence encouraged by clerics and local politicians eventually ended under pressure from the central government. Author: Mehrdad Bashiri. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:06:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bashiri_babi_koshi_yazd http://bahai-library.com/gonzales_khanum_cables_shoghi-effendi Some context for two cables sent Nov. 4 1957, the appointment of the International Bahá'í Council, and actions of some of the Hands. Includes appendix "Proclamation of Shoghi Effendi" (1951 February 9). Author: Grover Gonzales. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:06:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/gonzales_khanum_cables_shoghi-effendi http://bahai-library.com/buck_teachings_new_distinct Author: Christopher Buck. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:06:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/buck_teachings_new_distinct http://bahai-library.com/uhj_infallibility_manifestations_god Affirming the essential infallibility of the Manifestations of God, clarifying individual interpretation’s limits, and emphasizing humility, faith, and contextual understanding of scripture. Author: Universal House of Justice. Wed, 20 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_infallibility_manifestations_god http://bahai-library.com/warwick_abdul-baha_master Introductory biography of 'Abdu'l-Bahá — Bahá'u'lláh's son, appointed leader, authorised interpreter, and selfless exemplar of Bahá'í life. Author: Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/warwick_abdul-baha_master http://bahai-library.com/warwick_life_service Service to humanity as a spiritual duty, a form of worship, and the path to personal and collective happiness. Author: Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/warwick_life_service http://bahai-library.com/norozi_execution_banu_qurayzih Examination of the historical context of this event from the days of the Prophet Muḥammad, 627 CE. Author: Mohammad Norozi. Wed, 13 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/norozi_execution_banu_qurayzih http://bahai-library.com/boicu_phelps_games_religion On the roles religion plays relative to growth, social change and development, justice, knowledge, and cosmology. Author: Filip Boicu, Steven Phelps. Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/boicu_phelps_games_religion http://bahai-library.com/khan_advancement_women Explores Bahá’í teachings on gender equality, women’s education, family transformation, moral dignity, and how equal partnership between sexes advances peace and society. Author: Peter J. Khan, Janet A. Khan. Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/khan_advancement_women http://bahai-library.com/mohajer_no_shaykh_slave Tahirih’s poetry rejects clerical and social hierarchy, using liminal mystical imagery to envision equality, women’s emancipation, spiritual renewal, and communal justice. Author: Neha Mohajer. Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/mohajer_no_shaykh_slave http://bahai-library.com/nadimi_bahai_peace_program Examination of the structural and theoretical foundations of Bahá'u'lláh's peace program and assesses the degree to which it departs from the inherited tradition of earlier peace proposals. Author: Bahman Nadimi. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nadimi_bahai_peace_program http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ridvan_2026 Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. Author: Universal House of Justice. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ridvan_2026 http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ridvan_2025 Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world. Author: Universal House of Justice. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ridvan_2025 http://bahai-library.com/buck_ioannesyan_shaykhi_religious Author: Christopher Buck. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/buck_ioannesyan_shaykhi_religious http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_one-on-one_mentoring Proposal for the systematic integration of one-on-one mentoring into the Bahá’í community’s efforts under the Nine Year Plan; mentoring should be voluntary and could be coordinated by LSAs or committees; 16 topics for deepening new believers. Author: Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_one-on-one_mentoring http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_community_building_nine-year-plan This paper explores community building in the Bahá'í Nine Year Plan as a balance between inner and outer community spheres, emphasizing expansion, consolidation, and guiding individuals across the “threshold” into committed membership. Author: Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_community_building_nine-year-plan http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_participation_community_building This proposal outlines how Bahá’í assemblies can increase universal participation in community building by engaging individuals, fostering service, and aligning personal initiative with collective goals via consultation, co-support, and systematic action. Author: Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bookwalter_participation_community_building