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Tag: "Language"

tag name: Language type: Miscellaneous; Science: natural, social, and applied; Translation, languages
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/-_Language
referring tags: - Texts in multiple languages; - Translation; Babel (Babylon); Grammar; International auxiliary language; Language learning; Linguistic minority rights; Semiotics
Inventory subject: Language and the structure of reality; Limits of language; Universal language
references: bahai-library.com/Languages

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57 results from the Main Catalog

1 result from the Chronology

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  1. 2025-04-21. Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth. Bahá'í World. — Youth empowerment through spiritual education, service, and community-building programs, cultivating...
  2. 2025. Wisdom and Philosophy in the Bahá'í Faith: On the Divine Horizon of Ḥikmat and the Boundaries of Speculative Reason. Iman Motlagh Arani. — On a Baha'i philosophical paradigm that reconfigures the nature of philosophy itself: a prophetic on...
  3. 2024-12. Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq: Parallel Translation (English). Bahá'u'lláh, A. Bolhuis, comp. . — Comparison of three English language translations, from River of Life (1914), Baha'i Scriptures (192...
  4. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. — Links to 42 interviews and narratives highlighting how Baha’i individuals and communities worldwid...
  5. 2023. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States. Naghme Naseri Morlock. — The denial of a national identity of Baha'is in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differ...
  6. 2021. Long Obligatory Prayer: Printable, Foldable Version. Anonymous, comp. — Layout of the Long Obligatory Prayer designed to be printed, trimmed to pocket size, and foldable. A...
  7. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
  8. 2018. Khatt-i-Badí' (The New Script): Transliteration and Notes. Jonah Winters, comp. — Latin transliteration of Mirza Muhammad-'Ali's "conlang" alphabet by Grover Gonzales. Includes notes...
  9. 2018. 'Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers: Précédé et suivi d'essais de Vahid Houston Ranjbar. Abdu'l-Bahá, Vahid Houston Ranjbar. — Première lecture d'un physicien; Invariance d'échelle ou autosimilarité; de lʼunivers une tablet...
  10. 2018. Le Style du Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Aspects du Sublime, livre du Professeur Suheil Bushrui. Suheil Badi Bushrui, (published as Suheil Bushrui). Pierre Daoust, trans. . — Une analyse du Kitab-i-Aqdas, un ouvrage rédigé en prose rimée typique des écrits arabes les plu...
  11. 2017-09-18. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks. Steven Phelps. — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
  12. 2015 Fall. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions. Juan Cole. — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...
  13. 2015. Introduction to the Bahá'í Religiolect, An. Adib Masumian. — Religious dialects are cultural crossover phenomena, like "Judeo-Arabic" and "Christianese". A relig...
  14. 2015. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The. Jean-Marc Lepain, Peter Terry, trans. . — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
  15. 2015. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses. Todd Lawson. — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
  16. 2012. Discourse Theory and Peace. Michael Karlberg. — Discourse theory, which rests on the idea that language helps constitute our reality, can shed light...
  17. 2012. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Jack McLean. — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of...
  18. 2012. Grammar of the Divine, A: Translation, Notes, and Semi-Critical Edition of the Báb's Risāla fī al-naḥw wa al-ṣarf. William F. McCants. — A critical edition of the Bāb’s "Treatise on Grammar" including the Arabic original, English tran...
  19. 2010. Coherent Chaos and Chaotic Cosmos: The Qur'ān and the Symmetry of Truth. Todd Lawson. — While at first glance the Qur'an appears to be chaotic in form and structure, on closer examination ...
  20. 2009/2010/2018. Consultation, Portraits, Rakahs, Murtus, and Unknown Language. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — Three replies from the Research Department to an individual, dated 2009, 2010 and 2018, on a variety...
  21. 2009-08-15. Naming Names: The Power to Control the Meaning of Media Symbols. Deborah Clark Vance. — On the relationship between Baha'u'llah's writings about the kingdom of names and the world of thoug...
  22. 2009-05-17. Celebration of the Nineteen Day Feast. Universal House of Justice. — Guidance on adapting the Nineteen Day Feast amid community growth, emphasizing decentralization, inc...
  23. 2008. Universal Language, Adoption of. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Ehsan Bayat, comp. .
  24. 2007. Persian Language in the Literature of Baha'i Worship. Shapour Rassekh. — Brief article on the literary sources of Baha'i prayer, their diversity and varied style, and Persia...
  25. 2002-08-15. Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Universal Auxiliary Language. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — A collection of resources on the International Auxiliary Language: compilation from the Baha'i Writi...
  26. 2002. Arabic Grammar of the Báb, The. William F. McCants. — Muslim detractors of the Bab have often criticized his grammar. Did the Bab make grammatical errors ...
  27. 2001-06-17. Grammatical Clarifications. Universal House of Justice. — Letter and memorandum in response to questions about possible misprints in published extracts from l...
  28. 2001. "What I Want to Say is Wordless": Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship. Ismael Velasco. — If the Word of God transcends words and letters, what point is there to Scripture, let alone to scho...
  29. 2000. Characterization in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi: With Special Attention to Yahya. Jack McLean. — The Guardian employed a creative literary device of adding moralistic comment about historical figur...
  30. 1998-10-14. Mirza Mihdi, "Holy Family", Capitalization of Pronouns, Guardian's Use of English. Universal House of Justice. — Five unrelated questions about Mirza Mihdi; use of the title "Holy Family"; capitalization of person...
  31. 1998-08-12. On "Simplified English" Translations of the Bahá'í Writings. Universal House of Justice. — Explanation that it is not necessary or acceptable to produce simplified "dilutions" of Shoghi Effen...
  32. 1998-02-10. Pioneering, Language, Arts, Example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Universal House of Justice. — Pioneering; Serving parents; Serving where need is; Gardens; International Auxiliary Language; Arabi...
  33. 1998. Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review. Miles L. Bradbury.
  34. 1998. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume. Robert Stauffer, comp. — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  35. 1997. Effect of Philosophical and Linguistic Gender Biases on the Degradation of Women's Status in Religion, The. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Women’s rights have been undermined for centuries; philosophical and linguistic gender-related bia...
  36. 1997. Understanding Exclusivist Texts. Seena Fazel. — Contemporary religions, esp. Christianity, must examine their exclusivist claims to account for othe...
  37. 1996-02. Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities. Universal House of Justice. — Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Baha'i gatherings because of an inability...
  38. 1996. Lango: Language Organization. Antony Alexander, Robert Craig. — A proposal for ‘Lango,’ a simplified, regularized form of English, as an international auxiliary...
  39. 1996. Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review. Sen McGlinn.
  40. 1996. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The. Bijan Samali. — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
  41. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
  42. 1996. Lidia Zamenhof. John T. Dale. — Brief biography of the daughter of Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
  43. 1995-08-08. Arabic, Proper pronunciation of. Universal House of Justice. — Discusses whether there are specific dialects and "manners" to use in speaking Arabic.
  44. 1995. Whanau (extended family) Structures as an Innovative Intervention into Maori Educational and Schooling Crises. Graham Hingangaroa Smith. — The development of an innovative response by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand to the dual ...
  45. 1995. Return of the Dreamtime. Pym Trueman. — Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan cust...
  46. 1995. Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime. Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui). — Analysis of the Aqdas and its universal teachings of a new divine Revelation leading humanity to the...
  47. 1995. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Suheil Badi Bushrui. — The near-similarity between the style of the Qur'an and that of the Aqdas.
  48. 1994. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith. Jack McLean. — The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer...
  49. 1992-09-16. Language of Revelation and Status of Guardian's Translations. Universal House of Justice. — English translations as a "basis" for translations into other European languages;. Though Shoghi Eff...
  50. 1990. Translating the Bahá'í Writings. Craig Alan Volker. — In translating the Baha’i writings, faithfulness to the original text is paramount, reflecting bot...
  51. 1989. Language and Worldview. Alvino E. Fantini. — Languages are paradigms of a view of the world. Knowledge of more than one language holds promise fo...
  52. 1987. Exploring Universes of Discourse: The Meeting of the Bahá'í Faith and Traditional Society. Moojan Momen. — To communicate, people need to share not just a common language; there must also be a common framewo...
  53. 1986. Semantics of World Government, The. John T. Dale. — The concept of "world federation" is tied in to a variety of semantic presumptions. The term "self-g...
  54. 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.
  55. 1981/1986/2016. Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages. Author unknown, comp. — Three files: Short Obligatory Prayer in 501 languages (as published in Baha'i World), and in a colle...
  56. 1976-04-21. Some Themes and Images in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. — Exploring the relationship between the Creative Word, particularly its expression in language, and t...
  57. 1969. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Baha'i Writings that...

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  1. 1934-03-14 — Louise Gregory arrived in Belgrade to join Martha Root in the teaching work. Their overlap lasted un...
 
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