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Documents published in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin

  1. Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s (1983-09). Bahá'í influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
  2. Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  3. Keven Brown. Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings (1990-01). Neoplatonic concepts in Bahá'í metaphysics.
  4. Universal House of Justice. Covenant-Breakers in Bahá'í Historiography (1991-06). Bahá'í scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers.
  5. Moojan Momen. Cyprus Exiles, The (1991-06). History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Bahá'u'lláh exiled with them in Cyprus. Includes genealogies.
  6. Stephen Lambden. Dr. MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship...": Some Thoughts (1982). The nature of faith-based approaches to studying religion, authoritarianism, supernatural vs. human knowledge, Bahá'í "review", and examination of some sources.
  7. Universal House of Justice. Five Questions: Loss of Voting Rights, Mani, Magi, Five-Pointed Star, Joseph Smith (1991-01). Responses to various questions. Closes with quotations on Confucianism and Genesis.
  8. Kent Beveridge. From Adrianople to 'Akká', The Austrian Lloyd (1986-03). Aiming to identify the Lloyd vessels transporting Bahá'u'lláh and His companions, investigating vessels from Gallipoli to 'Akká via Alexandria, using Lloyd Triestino archives for identification.
  9. Juan Cole. Introduction to the Tablet of Ashab (1991). Short overview of Bahá'u'lláh's evolving proclamation.
  10. William P. Collins. Library and Archival Resources at the Bahá'í World Centre (1985:12). Overview of the nature of the Bahá'í World Centre; historical resources at the BWC; Centre for the Study of the Holy Texts; access to BWC resources; classification schemes.
  11. Universal House of Justice, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Obligatory Prayers and Ablutions (1991-01-02). Letter from the House on missing prayers due to ailment, an insecure environment, or an inability to speak. Followed by a brief compilation.
  12. Christopher Buck. On Jesus' Cry from the Cross (1983-03). Comments on an article by Stephen Lambden on "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
  13. Universal House of Justice. Police Forces Bearing Arms, Bahá'í Enlistment in (1995-12). Two letters from the House on joining armed police forces, e.g. the Ulster Defence Regiment and the police force in Northern Ireland, and whether they would be allowed to bear arms. Also discussion of consummating marriage, and marrying an atheist.
  14. Denis MacEoin. Problems of Scholarship in a Bahá'í Context (1982). Thoughts on "anti-intellectualism" and faith-based interpretations of history, by a self-described outsider scholar.
  15. Moojan Momen. Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith (1984-03). Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-century psychology.
  16. Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). Dhikru'lláh, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating prayers, divine names, or mantras to achieve heightened spiritual consciousness or a sense of mystical union. Includes commentary by Moojan Momen et al.
  17. Universal House of Justice. 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.
  18. Moojan Momen, Denis MacEoin. Response to MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship" and "A Critique of Moojan Momen's Response," A (1983). A discussion touching on many topics, including scientific objectivity in the study of religion, faith vs reason, liberalism, academic standards, and the nature of sects vs "world religion."
  19. Denis MacEoin. Some Bahá'í and Shaykhí Interpretations of 'the Mystery of Reversal' (1982-06). Prophecies about the appearance of the Qa'im and the significance of certain letters and numbers within a cipher described in an Islamic text.
  20. Bahá'u'lláh. Stephen Lambden, trans. Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing (Rashh-i-'Amá) (1984-09/1995). The first extent Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh.
  21. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Surah of God (1992-10). Includes essay about the "Most Great Separation"(1866) and historical events in Bahá'u'lláh's household in the mid-1860s.
  22. 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.
  23. Bahá'u'lláh. Shahriar Razavi, trans. Tablet of Seven Questions (Lawh-i-haft purish) (1993-06).
  24. Stephen Lambden. Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb): Notes (1992).
  25. Universal House of Justice. Tahirih and Women's Suffrage (1990-01). Two letters on Táhirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women".
  26. Abdu'l-Bahá. John Walbridge, trans. Talk given 2 May 1912 at the Chicago Plaza Hotel (1991-06). New translation of a short talk for which the original Persian text was recently (as of 1991) discovered in the Wilmette archives.
  27. Moojan Momen, comp. Works of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í, The: A Bibliography (1991). An annotated encyclopedia of core Shaykhi writings. Based on Shaykh Abu'l-Qasim Kirmani's Fihirist Kutub Masháyikh 'Izám.

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