1. 2024-11-19. Geographies of Transimperial Religion: The Transformation of Religious Space in a World of Empires. Nile Green. Examining how religions changed as they moved across different empires; how new religious spaces, practices, and networks developed, shaping modern global faiths. (Link to article, offsite.) Articles.
2. 2018-10-12. Bahá'í News Publications Seek to Elevate Thought, Inspire Action. Bahá'í World News Service. Brief overview of the histories of various Bahá'í journals: Star of the West, Khurshid-i khavar, Sonne der Wahrheit, Wirklichkeit, The Dawn, Herald of the South, The Bahá'í World, World Order, and Bahá’í World News Service. Articles.
3. 2013. George Ronald: A Bibliographic History. Jan T. Jasion. The history of George Ronald, the most prominent and prolific independent publisher of Bahá'í books, as shown through a history of their catalogue 1943-2013. Bibliographies.
4. 2012-12. Bahá'í History. Todd Lawson, ed. A complete issue of this well-known journal was dedicated entirely to Bahá'í Studies. So far, only 3 articles from it are online. Books.
5. 2012-12. Transnational Bahá'í Print Culture: Community Formation and Religious Authority, 1890-1921. Farzin Vejdani. Explores how Baha’is used print culture (1890–1921) for community-building, scriptural canonization, and apologetics, emphasizing leadership, transnational networks, and cultural intermediaries. (Link to article, offsite.) Articles.
6. 2011-02-17. Internet and Literature Review, The. Bahá'í Internet Agency. Guidance from the Bahá'í World Centre to two NSAs, that the process of "literature review" does not apply to the Internet for informal publications (like personal blogs), but it does apply for formal ones (like e-journals). UHJ-letters.
7. 2005-02-07. Publishing Letters from the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. Permission must be sought from the House before publishing any of their letters. UHJ-letters.
8. 2000-05-08. Texts, Sacred, Permission to Distribute Electronic Copies of. Universal House of Justice. Sacred Writings and anything produced by the Bahá'í World Center or the Bahá'í International Community may be electronically redistributed. UHJ-letters.
9. 1999-06-30. Provisional Translations of Bahá'í Writings and their Publication. Universal House of Justice. 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..." UHJ-letters.
10. 1999-03-03. Star of the West: Use of, in Electronic Form. Universal House of Justice. Guidance on use of the publication Star of the West in electronic form as well as advice on how to describe the authoritativeness of the material UHJ-letters.
11. 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008. Kalimat Press and Distribution by Bahá'í Agencies. Various. While Bahá'ís are free to purchase and own books by Kalimat Press, the Bahá'í distribution services stopped carrying titles by this publisher. NSA-letters.
12. 1998/2000. Publishing, Bahá'í, Memorandum on: Materials to be Deposited with the Bahá'í World Centre Library. Bahá'í International Archives, Universal House of Justice. Overview of Literature Review, publishing, translations, and details of the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the World Center archives. UHJ-letters.
13. 1996-11. Copyright Status of Bahá'í Texts. United States Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Questions regarding copyright and posting of Sacred Writings on the Internet. NSA-letters.
14. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. . Books.
15. 1995. Bahá'í Review: Should the 'red flag' law be repealed?. Barney Leith. 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. Articles.
16. 1994-12-15. Authorization of Translations and the Authority of Publications from the Research Department. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. On the process by which new translations are authorized; the authority of translations by the Guardian; and the authority of publications of the Research Department. UHJ-letters.
17. 1989?. Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Overview of Literature Review, publishing, and the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the Bahá'í World Center library. Compilations.
18. 1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition. Compilations-personal.
19. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles. Encyclopedia.

1. 1875-00-04 —
   At the request of Baha'u'lláh,`Abdu'l-Bahá wrote The Mysterious Forces of Civilization, a treatise on the establishment of a just, progressive and divinely-based government. [SDCv; Baha'u'llah on the Circumstances of the Composition of "The Secret of Divine Civilization" a provisional translation of a Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh by Adib Masumian]
   • It was lithographed in Bombay in 1882. It was first published in English under the title The Mysterious Forces of Civilization in London in 1910. [SDCv] It was re-issued in 1918 and later translated as The Secret of Divine Civilization by Marzieh Gail and published by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette in 1957.
   • See Marzieh Gail's Summon Up Remembrance pg46-47 for a description of Persia at the time. The nation was ostensibly ruled by a self-serving monarch who had little regard for the county or its people. The government administered the chessboard where Russia and England played out their competing imperialistic designs to increase their respective spheres of influence. Through bribery and intrigue, they contended to raise up ministers who would do their bidding. They thwarted the progress of the nation by manipulating the clergy to oppose any Western ideas, threatening that such would threaten Islam. If required these measures were supplemented with the bribery of the ulamas, accepted eagerly either for their personal gain or for contributions to their communities. Thus Iranians were kept divided, deprived, and ignorant; all the better to exploit them. [SUR62]
   • Shoghi Effendi called The Secret of Divine Civilization "`Abdu'l-Bahá's outstanding contribution to the future reorganization of the world". [WOB37]
   • See the English translation of the message of the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of Iran dated 26 November 2003 in which they make reference to this book.
   • See a comment about the book.
2. 1882-06-00 — Bahá'í books were published for the first time, in Bombay and Cairo by the Násirí Press. The Bombay publishing house was run by Mírzá Ibrahím (a son of Hájí Abu'l-Qásim, the brother of the wife of the Báb) [GPB195; SA250; Momen-Jamal Effendi]

   The Kitáb-i-Íqán was one of the earliest writings of Bahá’u’lláh to appear in print with a lithographed copy, likely printed in Bombay, in circulation during the 1880's. [Wikipedia]

3. 1891-00-00 —
   In Bombay, on the instructions of Bahá'u'lláh, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas was published for the first time. [SA250]
   • It was published in Arabic. [SA250]
4. 1912-00-00 — By this year at least 70 Bahá'í books and pamphlets had been produced in English. [BBRSM:103–4]
5. 1914-00-03 — The publication of Kitáb-i Badáyi'u'l-Áthár written by Mírza Mahmúd-i Zarqání, by Elegant Photo-Litho Press in Bombay. The English translation, Mahmúd's Diary, was published in 1998 by George Ronald Publisher. [APD151]

   "Mírzá Mahmúd was a careful and faithful chronicler and engaged in assembling and publishing his work with the permission of the beloved Master . . ." (The Universal House of Justice - a letter dated April 30, 1984 addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States).

6. 1917-00-00 — By this year at least a hundred Bahá'í books and pamphlets had been produced in English. [BBRSM:103-4]
7. 1939-00-00 — Amelia Collins continued to support the spread of the religion in Iceland as she supported the publication of the first translation of Baháʼí literature, John Esslemont's Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era, in Icelandic in 1939. [CBN No 93 Oct 1957 p2 Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Richard Francis]
8. 1943-00-00 —
   The founding of the publishing house George Ronald by David Hofman using his stage name. Its first title was The Renewal of Civilization, a book he wrote as an introduction to the Baháʼí Faith. Later publications were Bahá'u'lláh, the Prince of Peace: A Portrait, Commentary on the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and George Townshend, A Life.

   They published intermittently until 1947 when consultations began with Shoghi Effendi and the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles when it became a full-time business. They published on a variety of subjects until about the mid 1960's when they concentrated on Bahá'í themes. [Bahaipedia]

   • A list of publications can be found on Bahaipedia. Please note that the list covers two pages.
9. 1943-00-00 —
   The publication of A Commentary on the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá written by David Hofman by a new publisher, George Ronald. They went on to publish books on business ethics, comparative religion, studies of sacred texts, Islam, poetry, music, novels, biography and philosophy as well as a number of other subjects. George Ronald is primarily a publisher of books related to the history, teachings, doctrines and personalities of the Bahá'í Faith. See the reference for a list of Bahá'í books published up to 2013. [George Ronald A Bibliographic History by Jan Jasion]
   • A current catalogue can be found at their website.
   • see George Ronald: Publishing Authentic, Accurate & Inspiring Baha'i Books Since 1943 by Sonjel Vreeland.
10. 1971-09-00 — The Universal House of Justice distributed a memorandum to all National Assemblies to provide clarification to the publishing review policy. The purpose of review is to protect the Faith from misrepresentation and to ensure dignity and accuracy in its presentation. In general the function of a reviewing committee is to say whether the work submitted gives an acceptable presentation of the Cause or not. [National Bahá'í Review Issue 45 September 1971 p2]
11. 1979-01-03 — In a message from the Department of the Secretariat of the Universal House of Justice "To the Participants in the Bahá'í Studies Seminar on Ethics and Methodology held in Cambridge on 30 September and 1 October 1978" the subject of the review of Bahá'í publications was clarified.
    .....it has already established the policy that doctoral theses do not have to be reviewed unless there is a proposal to publish them in larger quantities than is required by the examining body.

    Also included were comments / a small compilation from the Research Department at the World Centre on the seminar and on Bahá'í scholarship. They concluded by discussing the two particular dangers to which Bahá'í scholars are exposed.

12. 1987-00-05 — The first conference on the production of Bahá'í literature in Spanish was held in Argentina.
13. 1989-00-00 — The Bahá'ís of Warwick (U.K.) began producing a series of leaflets known informally as the "Warwick leaflets", and marketed in North America as the "Star Series". They were designed to be given out to seekers and new believers, and cover many introductory aspects of the Bahá'í Faith. For a list of titles see Bahá'i Library.

    For the history of the Warwick Leaflets see Bahaipedia.

14. 1992-04-07 — The establishment of Unity Publishing, an independent, registered publishing company in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the National Convention in May of 1992, Unity Publishing sponsored a translation seminar. [from their brochure] iiiii
15. 2013-00-00 — The publication of the article George Ronald: A Bibliographic Historyby Jan T Jason. The article lists their publications from the founding in 1950 until 2012.

1. 2021-00-00 — The publication of Prières Bahá'íes by Bahá'í Canada Publications. It contained a selection of 292 prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. It included all the prayers contained in the Maison d'éditions bahá'íes prayer book, other prayers of the Báb, all the prayers from the Tablets of the Divine Plan and the most recent prayers of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá to have been translated.

   This publication marked the end of the reliance of the Maison d'éditions bahá'íes in Brussels for their excellent work in the translation/publication of the sacred text for French speaking believers in Canada.

   A second revised edition was published in 2022.

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