1. 2026-03. On Community Building and the Nine Year Plan: A Balancing Point?. Wm. Keith Bookwalter. — This paper explores community building in the Baha'i Nine Year Plan as a balance between inner and o... Essays.
2. 2026-03. On How to Increase Universal Participation in the Work of Community Building: A Proposal for Mature Local Spiritual Assemblies. Wm. Keith Bookwalter. — This proposal outlines how Baha’i assemblies can increase universal participation in community bui... Essays.
3. 2026-03. Se coordonner pour le bien commun: Institutions gouvernementales en partenariat avec l'action communautaire et l'initiative individuelle. Bahá'í International Community, Pierre Spierckel, trans. . — Déclaration de la communauté internationale Baha’ie à la 64e session de la commission du dével... BIC.
4. 2026-02. Coordination for the Common Good: Governing Institutions in Partnership with Community Action and Individual Initiative. Bahá'í International Community. — Statement for the 64th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD). Soci... BIC.
5. 2025-09. Principled Engagement: The Bahá'í Community of Iran's Approach to Social Change. Iqan Shahidi. — Analyzes the Iranian Baha’i community’s principled, non-adversarial engagement in social change,... Articles.
6. 2025-08. Elements of a Culture of Peace: A Bahá'í Perspective. Tiffani Betts Razavi. — A Baha’i framework for peace emphasizes shared beliefs, moral purpose, and collective agency, illu... Articles.
7. 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 Baha’u’llah and the Writings and u... Writings.
8. 2025-05. Role of Religions and Faith-Based Actors in Advancing Spiritual and Material Prosperity on the Continent of Africa, The. Bahá'í International Community. — Religious and interfaith actors in Africa can unite diverse communities, inspire collective action, ... BIC.
9. 2025-04-21. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership. Bahá'í World. — Highlights the Baha’i principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global applica... Articles.
10. 2025-04-21. Global Community, A. Bahá'í World. — The global Baha’i community advances unity, social transformation, and spiritual principles throug... Articles.
11. 2025-04-21. New Institution of Learning, A: The Training Institute. Bahá'í World. — The Baha’i training institute builds capacity for individual and community transformation through ... Articles.
12. 2025-04-21. Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth. Bahá'í World. — Youth empowerment through spiritual education, service, and community-building programs, cultivating... Articles.
13. 2025-04-21. Elements of a Global Spiritual Endeavor (1996 - 2021). Various. — Seven separate articles constituting "Chapter 2" of Baha'i World v. 35, on the development of the Ba... Introductory.
14. 2025-03-19. Regarding Family Life and Marriage. Universal House of Justice. — Letter emphasizing the Baha’i family’s role in fostering unity, equality, and spiritual growth, ... UHJ-letters.
15. 2025-03. Exploring a Framework for the Elimination of Racial Prejudice in America. Paul Lample. — Explores a Baha'i-inspired framework for eliminating racial prejudice in America, fostering unity, a... Articles.
16. 2025. Bahá'í Work as Worship, Prayer as Practice: Chapter 15. Deborah Clark Vance. — Religion is logical and progressive; it moves humanity closer to a unified world; human reality is o... Articles.
17. 2025. List of Transcripts at bahai.works. Various. — Links to 121 transcripts offsite. Transcripts.
18. 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, justi... Articles.
19. 2024. Positive Peacebuilding: Exploring the Bahá'í Perspectives and Approaches. Omid Nikooeighamsari. — On a proactive and preventive model for peacebuilding: building peace as "infrastructure" to prevent... Theses.
20. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. — Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Baha’i individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritu... Audio.
21. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard... UHJ-letters.
22. 2023-10. National Spiritual Assembly, The. Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — Compilation outlining the spiritual foundations, responsibilities, and evolving role of National Spi... Compilations.
23. 2023-01-17. Crisis of Identity, The. Shahrzad Sabet. — Exploring how the Baha’i principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractabl... Articles.
24. 2023. Pathways to Transformation: The Bahá'í Journey. John A. Davidson. — Compilation on Baha'u'llah's vision of building a peaceful and progressive planetary civilization, a... Books.
25. 2022-08-03. Pursuit of Social Justice, The. Michael Karlberg. — An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organizati... Articles.
26. 2022. La construcción de comunidades y el compromiso social de los bahá'ís en Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona y Valencia. Aldo Marcelo Caceres. — Este estudio pretende dar visibilidad a una serie de actividades educativas y de compromiso social, ... Articles.
27. 2021-2022. Nine Year Plan, The: 2022-2031. Universal House of Justice. — 9 letters from November 2021 to January 2022, addressed to the Baha'i world, Continental Counsellors... UHJ-documents.
28. 2021-12-30. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, ... UHJ-letters.
29. 2020-11-24. On the Betterment of the World and the Countering of Negative and Disunifying Forces. Universal House of Justice. — On how individuals can contribute to the betterment of society in view of the present state of the ... UHJ-letters.
30. 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 ... Compilations.
31. 2020-01. Baha'i Faith: The Basics by Christopher Buck: Review. Jack McLean. Reviews.
32. 2019-05. Bonds that Sustain: Bahá'í Community-Building Efforts Through the Lens of Disaster Response. Bani Dugal. — On disaster response in the Baha'i community, systems of human resource development, community-build... Articles.
33. 2019. Social Affinity Flow Theory: A New Understanding of Both Human Interaction and the Power of the Baha'i Training Institute Process. Christopher G. Gourdine, Justin R. Edgren, Thomas L. Trice, Joseph N. Zlatic. — On a new explanation of social rifts prevalent in many societies today as well as constructive effor... Articles.
34. 2017. Bahá'í Faith and the Construction of Social Reality: How do Bahá'ís Translate the Word of God into Practice?. Shahla Mehrgani. — This project takes a constructionist approach, using a case study of the Baha'is of Sheffield U.K. a... Theses.
35. 2016. Bahá'í Glossary, A. Neil McMillan, Brian Didier, Susan Gammage, ed. . — A glossary of Baha'i principles and concepts, as derived from hundreds of messages of the Universal ... Glossaries.
36. 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 o... Essays.
37. 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 age... Articles.
38. 2013. Materials Studied at the 114 Global Youth Conferences in 2013. Bahá'í World Centre. — Compilation presenting materials studied during the global Baha’i youth conferences in 2013, organ... Study.
39. 2012. Legacy of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to America, 1912, The. Robert Stockman. — Overview of Abdu’l-Baha’s trip to the U.S. and Canada, its impact, his social action and public ... Presentations.
40. 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 benefi... Newspapers.
41. 2006. Turning Point: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material 1996-2006. Universal House of Justice, International Teaching Centre. — A decade of Baha’i guidance outlining strategic plans, learning processes, and institutional devel... Books.
42. 2005-11. Collected Essays. John Wiegley. — Dozens of essays on numerous topics of Baha'i thought and practice. Books.
43. 2002-12. Internet and Knowledge Management for the Bahá'í Faith, The: A Slide Presentation. Roy Steiner. — Slides on what is knowledge management, knowledge sharing, access to information within Baha'i commu... Presentations.
44. 2002-04. Community Development Using Spiritually Based Indicators in the South African Bahá'í Community. Farzin Aghdasi, Abbas Shaker. — On creating measures to assess development progress through the perspective of five ethical and spir... Articles-unpublished.
45. 2002. Legacies and Prospects: Baha'i Community Building Yesterday and Tomorrow. Ismael Velasco. — On the rise and evolution of a world Baha'i community in the 20th century, and new paradigms for com... Articles-unpublished.
46. 1999. Characteristics of Bahá'í Administrative Order and Liberal Democratic Notions: A Comparative Study. Farzin Aghdasi. — Characteristics of Western civilization and its forms of democratic government; the Baha'i Administr... Articles-unpublished.
47. 1998. Creating Intimacy: In the Community and With the Seeker. Phyllis K. Peterson. — On how intimacy in the Baha'i community can be created, using Baha’i scriptures as guideline. We h... Articles-unpublished.
48. 1997. Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a New Millennium. Glenford Mitchell. — The Baha'i community is a global laboratory in which a transformation in individual and collective b... Essays.
49. 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) he... BIC.
50. 1989. Bahá'í Communities. Peter Smith. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
51. 1987-2025. Ruhi Books. Ruhi Institute. — Published volumes of the Ruhi Institute books. (Links to documents, offsite.) Books.

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