- Manooher Mofidi. 'Abdu'l Bahá's Tablet of the Two Calls: Civilizing Barbarity (2005). — The relatioship between civilization and barbarity, and the capabilities of humanity.
- Elham Afnan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ezra Pound's Circle (1994). — On the 1911 meeting between Ezra Pound, the famous American modernist poet, and 'Abdu'l-Baha; links ...
- Suheil Badi Bushrui. Age of Anxiety and the Century of Light, The: Twentieth-Century Literature, the Poet's Mission, and the Vision of World Unity (2003). — W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Kahlil Gibran were writers who recognized and confronted ...
- Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh (2018). — On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment...
- Shirin Sabri. Author's Response to Commentaries on "The Purpose of Poetry" (1989-1990).
- Lavie Tidhar. Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction, The (2004-01). — Contacts between Sci-Fi and Baha'i have so far been minimal, but the origins of these two seemingly-...
- Lavie Tidhar. Bahá'í Faith and Science Fiction, The (2005). — Short essay published in a "speculative fiction e-zine."
- Anjam Khursheed. Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit (1998). — The Baha'i view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these thre...
- Ehud Maimon. Bridge over Troubled Waters: The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories (2012-01-23). — Brief mentions of the temple of the Bab and the terraces, and the place of Haifa and Mt. Carmel in s...
- Geoffrey Nash. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry? (1981). — The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Baha'i poetry; the use of profane imagery.
- Jack McLean. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (2012). — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of...
- Jack McLean. Characterization in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi: With Special Attention to Yahya (2000). — The Guardian employed a creative literary device of adding moralistic comment about historical figur...
- Michael Fitzgerald, ed. Creative Circle, The: Art, Literature, and Music in Baha'i Perspective (1989). — Essays on the arts including poetry, music, film, etc. and their role in the Baha'i community.
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Creative Circle: Art, Literature and Music in the Bahá'í Perspective, ed. Michael Fitzgerald: Review (1989-1990).
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Ted Slavin. Dichotomies of Charles Dickens still hold true today, The (2011-02-19). — On the state of the present-day world, which swings between the extremes of unprecedented achievemen...
- Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). — The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer...
- Ron Price. Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White (2002). — A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Baha'i Faith.
- William F. McCants, John Walbridge, Frank Lewis, et al.. Richard C. Martin, ed. Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World (2004). — Articles on Abdu'l-Baha, the Bab, Baha'u'llah, the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian langua...
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Four Levels of Detachment in Doris Lessing's Shikasta,, The (2004). — The concept of detachment in Baha’u’llah’s Writings and its application to Doris Lessing’s S...
- Tom Lysaght. Genesis in King Lear: Joseph's Many-Colored Coat Suits Shakespeare (2019). — Creative comparison of the biblical figure of Joseph and the character of Edgar in Shakespeare's Kin...
- Elham Afnan. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature (1989). — The Baha'i Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopi...
- Ross Woodman. "Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature,: Commentary (1989).
- Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
- Annemarie Schimmel. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith (1990). — One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed v...
- Todd Lawson. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
- Greg Massiah. Kafka's spiritual dimension (1996). — The metaphysical significance of Franz Kafka's work is often overlooked. An exploration of religion ...
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Jack McLean. Literary Criticism, Theology and Deconstructionism (2001). — A dynamic tension exists between literary criticism and theology as distinct but mutually beneficial...
- E. G. Browne. Literary History of Persia: Volumes 1-4 (1902). — The essential text for students of Iranian literature through the ages.
- E. G. Browne. Literary History of Persia, Volume 4: Modern Times (1500-1924) (1928/1959). — Volume 4 contains the first extensive catalogue of Babi and Baha'i literature published in English. ...
- Glenford Mitchell. Literature of Interpretation, The: Notes on the English Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1972-73 Winter). — The influence of the writings of Shoghi Effendi on the Baha'i Faith is analogous to that of St. Augu...
- E. G. Browne. Literature of Persia, The: A Lecture delivered to the Persia Society (1912-04-26). — A selection of Persian poetry, featuring poems by Nabil, Tahirih, and Babi martyrs.
- Edwin McCloughan. Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry (2002). — A Baha'i response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned ...
- William S. Hatcher. Love, Power, and Justice (1999). — The pursuit and abuse of power are moral choices for which there is no moral justification.
- Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
- E. S. Stevens. Mountain of God, The (1911/1970). — Book excerpts, sympathetic portrayal by a non-Baha'i of Abdu'l-Baha and the small band of Baha’is ...
- Jack McLean. Mystic's Flight, The: The Parable of Majnún and Laylí (2001-07). — This classic love tale of the Middle East, quoted by Baha'u'llah in the Seven Valleys, is prized by ...
- Necati Alkan. Nazif, Suleyman (2021). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Robert Weinberg. New Cycle of Human Power, A: Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists (2021-01). — On the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Baha on a number of individuals who were at the cultural vanguard of a ...
- Marzieh Gail. Notes on Persian Love Poems (1968 Spring). — A short history of Persian poetry. Includes a selection of poems by Hafiz, Rumi, Ali-Kuli Khan, and ...
- Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
- John Huddleston. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review (1988). — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
- Robert E. Hayden, Douglas Ruhe, John S. Hatcher. Place of Poetry in Religion and Society, The: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe (2014). — Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Dougla...
- Mary A. Sobhani. Postsecular Look at the Reading Motif in Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's The Woman Who Read Too Much, A (2015). — Nakhjavani’s historical novel includes metaphors that underscore a link between the secular and th...
- Shirin Sabri. Purpose of Poetry, The (1988). — Justifications for the work of contemporary artists; now is the time for Baha’is to work towards t...
- David L. Erickson. "Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary (1989).
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabil, The (1934). — Essay reflecting on the dominant themes of The Dawn-Breakers, an early narrative of Babi history aut...
- John S. Hatcher, ed, Amrollah Hemmat, ed. Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom (2004-06). — Poetry by or in honor of early Babi and Baha'i martyrs. Includes foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, and...
- Marion Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The (1989). — The unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
- Carolyn See. Saddlebag, The: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2000-09-15).
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Saddlebag: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2002).
- Frank Lewis. Scripture as Literature: Sifting through the layers of the text (1997). — Literary and religious antecedents to some of the styles and genres of Baha'i scripture.
- William Michael Rossetti. Shelly's Life and Writings (1878 March). — Brief overview of the Babi Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of...
- Nobel Augusto Perdu Honeyman (published as Nobel Perdu), Ismael Velasco. Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation (2004). — On the technical and literary features of Shoghi Effendi's translations of Baha'i scriptures: transl...
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Spiritual Oppression in Frankenstein (1999). — Comparing Shelley’s depiction of a spiritual malaise in Frankenstein with Baha’u’llah’s defi...
- Cal E. Rollins. Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God (1989). — Stevens’s novel records impressions of the Baha'i community in ‘Akka and Haifa in 1911. The two ...
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Text, Author, Reader and the Relationship with the Sacred (2008). — A preliminary survey of how the relationship between sacred scripture, its reader, and the author ...
- Jack McLean. "The Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary (1989).
- Mary A. Sobhani. The Woman Who Read Too Much: A Novel, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2018).
- Horace Holley. The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1922-08). — On the creative nature of literature; the writings of Shakespeare; Baha'u'llah as author; the influe...
- Jack McLean. Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections (1999). — 85 literary and theological existential essays on topics such as poetry, scripture, philosophy, spir...
- Frank Lewis. Unveiling the Hidden Words, by Diana Malouf: An Extended Review (1998). — Book review, and a commentary on the need for Baha'i academia aimed at a secular audience, and the p...
- Marzieh Gail, Hilda Phillips. Wisdom and Wit of Roger White, The: Two Reviews (1987). — Reviews of White's books One Bird One Cage One Flight and A Sudden Music.
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