1. 2025-12. Bahá'í House of Worship: Design, Construction and Community, by Joe Carter and Nooshfar Afnan: Review. Ann Boyles. Examines the evolving Bahá’í House of Worship as an emergent institution uniting architecture, community development, and the integration of worship and service. Reviews.
2. 2025-09. Défi lancé à la communauté bahá'íe, Un. Pierre-Yves Mocquais. Examining Farzam Arbab’s call for intellectual renewal, this article critiques materialist thought and outlines qualities enabling the Bahá’í community to harmonize science, religion, and social transformation. Articles.
3. 2025-09. Vie intellectuelle de la communauté bahá'íe, la. Farzam Arbab. On the need for us to have intellectual courage, a lack of elitism, and the harmony of science and religion. Articles.
4. 2025-07. Bahá'í Sacred Writings. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. . A comprehensive collection of selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the Writings and utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, representing the range of the Bahá’í teachings. Writings.
5. 2025-04-21. Global Community, A. Bahá'í World. The global Bahá’í community advances unity, social transformation, and spiritual principles through systematic learning, community-building, and inclusive, grassroots action worldwide; overview of 1996–2021. Articles.
6. 2025-04-21. New Institution of Learning, A: The Training Institute. Bahá'í World. The Bahá’í training institute builds capacity for individual and community transformation through study, service, and collective learning. Articles.
7. 2025-04-21. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership. Bahá'í World. Highlights the Bahá’í principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global application through education, leadership, and community action. Articles.
8. 2025-04-21. Elements of a Global Spiritual Endeavor (1996 - 2021). Various. Seven separate articles constituting "Chapter 2" of Bahá'í World v. 35, on the development of the Bahá'í community since 1996 and insights that have been gained along the way. Introductory.
9. 2025-03-19. Regarding Family Life and Marriage. Universal House of Justice. Letter emphasizing the Bahá’í family’s role in fostering unity, equality, and spiritual growth, shaping communities, and resisting societal disintegration through service, education, and evolving family structures. UHJ-letters.
10. 2025-01-22. Strengthening Solidarity: Social Cohesion as a Driver of Development. Bahá'í International Community. A statement to the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development: Social cohesion, grounded in moral principles, is essential for sustainable development, fostering unity, resilience, and collective prosperity beyond material resources. BIC.
11. 2024. Pathways to Equity in Addressing Climate Change: A Bahá'í Perspective. Margery Dixon, Robert Sarracino (published as Robert Sinclair Sarracino). The urgency of climate change, advocating for a new relationship between science and religion, justice, equity, and inclusive consultation. Articles.
12. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. Audio.
13. 2023-11-29. European Strategy for the Elderly, A: The Irreplaceable Role of Community Life. Bahá'í International Community. Statement envisioning the elderly as invaluable contributors to community life, emphasizing their role as active participants in shaping a cohesive and vibrant society. BIC.
14. 2023. Harvard Pluralism Project: Bahá'í. Author unknown. Six overview essays on Bahá'í history, beliefs, and practices. (Offsite) Essays.
15. 2023. Pathways to Transformation: The Bahá'í Journey. John A. Davidson. Compilation on Bahá'u'lláh's vision of building a peaceful and progressive planetary civilization, and of the Bahá'í community's approach to individual and collective learning in working to manifest this global transformation. Link to book (offsite). Books.
16. 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 Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated. Articles.
17. 2022. Architectures of Thinking, The. Jordi Vallverdu Segura, Josuke Nakano. Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships between the subject and their surroundings. By sharing an environment and its relationships, members of a community define their values, attitudes, and "reality." Articles.
18. 2020-09. World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion, The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. . Compilation of passages relevant to contemporary issues of 2020, and the appropriate disposition of the Bahá'ís. Compilations.
19. 2018-05. Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . Compilation emphasizing selfless service as the essence of faith, integrating spiritual devotion with daily life, and attracting divine assistance through wholehearted action. Compilations.
20. 2015/2020-08. Community and Collective Action. Gustavo Correa. On the hopeful efforts of groups of people around the world to build a new kind of community based on the oneness of humankind, and the vision and process guiding these efforts. Essays.
21. 2015. Achieving Universal Participation of Older Adults: An Exploration of Its Challenges and Spiritual Foundations. Catherine Bigonnesse, Jean Marc Bigonnesse. On involving older adults in the process of participation in society; some of the root causes of ageism, such as avoiding the topic of death and a materialistic view of the soul; the role of older adults in the process of community building. Articles.
22. 2014. Toward Self Reliant Communities: A Cultural Comparison of Disaster Response in Thailand, Guyana and the United States. Deborah Clark Vance. The most important safeguard against disasters is a community – whether neighborhood, religious, work or social – where individuals know each other, including whom they can trust and to whom they should listen, with recognized and trusted leadership. Articles.
23. 2013. Materials Studied at the 114 Global Youth Conferences in 2013. Bahá'í World Centre. Compilation presenting materials studied during the global Bahá’í youth conferences in 2013, organized under the auspices of the Universal House of Justice, exploring youth identity, community-building, service, and civilization advancement. Study.
24. 2013. Indexes to Bahá'í World volumes: Obituaries, chronologies, contents, illustrations. Patricia Paccassi, comp, Frank Paccassi, comp. Seven separate indexes for Bahá'í World, in PDF, Word, and Excel versions, current through 2013. Bibliographies.
25. 2010-90-18. Investment in your community reaps priceless profits. Ted Slavin. Getting to know people in your community, and being helpful to your neighbors, has unexpected benefits. Newspapers.
26. 2009/2016. Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies: Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Updated version of Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities: Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies, to be available to "all Local Spiritual Assemblies" and "each of their members," which was posted various places online. Compilations-NSA.
27. 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, inclusivity, and flexible administration while preserving unity and core Bahá’í principles. UHJ-letters.
28. 2006. Encouragement. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Compilations-personal.
29. 2005-11. Collected Essays. John Wiegley. Dozens of essays on numerous topics of Bahá'í thought and practice. Books.
30. 2005. Changing Reality: The Bahá'í Community and the Creation of a New Reality. Moojan Momen. The Bahá’í teachings criticize the socially created realities of warfare, environmental destruction, and the subordination of women, lower social classes and ethnic minorities, instead promoting a vision of global solidarity and individual worth. Articles.
31. 2001. Religion in the Modem World. Anjam Khursheed. On aspects of the Western secular rebellion against theocracy and the rise of free enquiry and freedom of conscience through the lens of the European Reformation and Galileo’s conflict with the Papacy; religion's role in strengthening family unity. Articles.
32. 2000. Community Functioning, Issues Concerning: Fostering the Development of Bahá'í Communities. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Extensive guidance on community development. Includes extracts from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi on fostering the evolution of Bahá'í communities. UHJ-letters.
33. 1999. Creating a New Mind: Reflections on the Individual, the Institutions, and the Community. Paul Lample. On the influence of the human mind in shaping human reality, and three vehicles for changing reality: the individual, the institutions, and the community at large. Two versions of book included. Books.
34. 1998. Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities: Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. A guide to community development, for historical purposes only, originally intended to be made "available electronically to all Local Spiritual Assemblies." (Links to document, offsite.) NSA-documents.
35. 1997-04-21. Meaning of Community, The. Ann Boyles. Exploring challenges and hopes for future community, critiques global capitalism, technology, and dislocation while proposing values-based, sustainable, inclusive alternatives. Articles.
36. 1996-06. Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World. Bahá'í International Community. Concept paper prepared for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) held in Istanbul, Turkey. BIC.
37. 1996-02. Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities. Universal House of Justice. Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Bahá'í gatherings because of an inability to understand English. UHJ-letters.
38. 1995. Return of the Dreamtime. Pym Trueman. Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan customs and beliefs were changed or lost. Articles.
39. 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 crises of Maori educational underachievement on the one hand and to the loss of Maori language, knowledge and culture on the other. Articles.
40. 1995. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth. Ros Gabriel. Essays.
41. 1991-03. Spiritual Health of American Community. Universal House of Justice. Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American Bahá’í community, and suggestions for personal action. (Letter dated Dec. 24 1990, published March 1991.) UHJ-letters.
42. 1988. Psychology and Peace. Ronald Roesch. The relevance of psychology to the establishment of peace in the context of the Bahá’í peace message. Articles.
43. 1987-2025. Ruhi Books. Ruhi Institute. Published volumes of the Ruhi Institute books. (Links to documents, offsite.) Books.
44. 1968. Becoming Your True Self. Daniel C. Jordan. The nature of human potential, and how the Bahá'í Faith can guide the process of spiritual transformation. Essays.

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