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Documents published in The Open Court

  1. Albert Ross Vail. Bahá'í Temple of Universal Peace, The (1931-07). Short essay on the construction of the temple in Wilmette, and an overview of the Bahá'í Faith.
  2. Ibrahim George Kheiralla. Behaism: In Reply to the Attack of Robert P. Richardson (1915-10). A defense of the Bahá'í Faith, with reference to fulfilled prophecy. Followed by the journal's short response to Bahá'í requests not to include advertisements for Kheiralla's book (which one is not named, could be O Christians). Not yet proofread.
  3. Paul Carus. New Religion, Babism, A (1904-06/07). Overview of early Bahá'í history, the Faith in Chicago, a review of Myron Phelps' book Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi (1903), and a review of Ibrahim Kheiralla's book Beha Ullah (1900).
  4. Robert P. Richardson. Persian Rival to Jesus, and His American Disciples, The (1915-08). History and teachings of the Bábi and Bahá'í religions and contemporary American disagreements, from an unsympathetic outsider's perspective. Followed by three letters-to-the-editor from three subsequent issues.
  5. Robert P. Richardson. Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope, The: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (Conclusion) (1916-11). Part 2 of a critique of Bahá'í practice and thought from a (somewhat hostile) Christian perspective.
  6. Robert P. Richardson. Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope, The: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (part 1) (1916-10). A critical overview of Bábí history, contemporary American Bahá'í issues and disagreements (e.g. Kheiralla), and Bahá'í objections to the author's previous writings. Not yet proofread.
  7. Robert P. Richardson. Rise and Fall of the Parliament of Religions at Greenacre, The (1931-03). Background of the first parliament and Chicago Columbian Exposition and the role of Sarah Farmer and other Bahá'ís in bringing it to fruition, written from an unsympathetic outsider's perspective. Not yet proofread.
  8. Arthur Pillsbury Dodge. Paul Carus, ed. The Bahá'í Revelation (1905). Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the Faith. Introduced by Paul Carus with a brief essay, "The Behaist Movement."

Academic journals
(mostly peer reviewed)

Australian Bahá'í Studies
Bahá'í Studies
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
Bahá'í Studies Review
Journal of Bahá'í Studies
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Occasional Papers in Bábí and Bahá'í Studies
Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies
Religion / Religions
Singapore Bahá'í Studies Review
Solas
Studies in Bahá'í Philosophy
World Order (and see complete issues)

Books

Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab
Lights of Irfán
Studies in Babi and Baha'i Religions

Historical

The Open Court (1904-1931)
Journal de Constantinople (1848-1849)
 

Other Bahá'í journals

American Bahá'í, The (offsite)
Arts Dialogue (offsite)
Associate
Bahá'í Journal UK
Bahá'í News
Bahá'í World
Deepen
dialogue
elixir-journal.org
One Country
Reality magazine
Scriptum
Star of the West

Encyclopedias

Bahá'í Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica      
Encyclopaedia Iranica
Encyclopaedia of Islam
Religious Celebrations
World Religions

Non-Baha'i

Iranian Studies
The Moslem World

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