1. 2025-11. Tablet of the Letters (Ḥurūfāt) Revealed by the Báb, The. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — On the interrelation of the Divine Names, the cosmos, and the hierarchy of creation.The Bab enumerat...
2. 2025-01. Big Bang Standard Model and Bahá'í Cosmology, The: Resolving a Present Disparity Through Science and Religion. Jack McLean. — On cyclic models that posit a universe before the Big Bang; comparison of theories of dynamic expans...
3. 2025. Creation and Evolution in Bahá'í Thought: A Reflective Essay on Ideas and Debates. Behrooz Sabet. — The Baha’i view interlocks science, philosophy, and religion, rejecting literal creationism yet af...
4. 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...
5. 2024-06-20. Potentialities and their Manifestation: A Selection of Passages from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb and from the Writings and Talks of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Wm. Keith Bookwalter, comp. — Compilation of quotations on one of the Baha'i Faith's basic ideas, that Baha'u'llah calls upon us t...
6. 2024-06. Le Verbe de Dieu, au coeur de l'existence. Pierre Daoust. — Le présent essai examine les pouvoirs et l'influence du Verbe de Dieu (ou Parole divine) au sein de...
7. 2024. Necessity for Prayer, The. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — Extract from a Tablet of ‘Abdu'l-Baha.
8. 2023-12. Literary Imitation in Three Poems Attributed to Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn. Sahba Shayani. — The poetry of Tahirih has largely been ignored by historians, partly from politico-religious intoler...
9. 2023-01-02. Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur). Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. . — Tablet on the metaphysical reality of the Manifestations of God, and their divine station as cosmic,...
10. 2023-01-01. Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih). Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. . — Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Simple Reality examines Mulla Ṣadra's dictum "The Simple Reality...
11. 2023. Role of Wonder in Creating Identity, The. Todd Lawson. — The term badi', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Bab in his proclamatory work the...
12. 2022-11-14. Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd). Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. . — Composite authoritative and provisional translation, partially from Gleanings section 27.
13. 2022-03. Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna. Joshua Hall (published as Joshua D. T. Hall). — Comparison of the teachings of Baha’u’llah on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna;...
14. 2022. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration. Todd Lawson. — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
15. 2022. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim). David Russell Garcia, Kees Poolman, trans. . — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
16. 2021. Harmony of Science and Religion, The. Steven Phelps. — Background; antecedent teachings; ineffability, metaphor, and epistemic humility; intelligibility of...
17. 2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. — Explores the Persian Bayan's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into...
18. 2018-01-21. Resurrection and the World to Come. Bahá'u'lláh, William F. McCants, trans. . — Extract from the Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph), explaining the meaning of 'paradise', 'hellfire', ...
19. 2017. Active Force and That Which Is Its Recipient, The: A Bahá'í View of Creativity. Rick Johnson. — On creativity and the pervasive nature of this concept in Baha’i thought. The universe is coded to...
20. 2017. Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature, The. Ian Kluge. — How the essential reality of the individual — the human soul and its powers of rational thought, w...
21. 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 "...
22. 2014. Origins of Creation. Farjam Majd. — Some classical proofs of the existence of God; the meaning of proof, types of proof, and conditions ...
23. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
24. 2013. Creation and Evolution: A Compilation. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Iscander Micael Tinto, comp. . — Short compilation of passages on the creation of the universe, nature, and existence.
25. 2013. Worlds of God, The. Iscander Micael Tinto. — Creation is an act of divine manifestation across five realms: Hahút, the unknowable Essence of God...
26. 2012. Human Nature and World Religion: Toward a Bahá'í-Inspired Philosophical Anthropology. Harold Rosen. — On how the major religions depict human nature, philosophical anthropology, the shared metaphysical ...
27. 2012. "He hath known God who hath known himself": A Deepening Course on the Bahá'í Revelation. Barbara Ives Reich Kochmann, comp, Richard Kochmann, comp. — A lengthy compilation by the granddaughter of Howard Colby Ives designed to be a study guide to the ...
28. 2011-03-29. Enigmatic Questions Surrounding the Appearances of the Prophets. John S. Hatcher. — Issues related to the ontology and powers of the Manifestations can test the mettle of even deepened...
29. 2011. Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria. Susan Maneck. — Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, co...
30. 2010-12. Material and Spiritual Worlds. Peter J. Khan. — Four talks on the Five-Year Plan given at the North Island Baha'i Summer School, Hamilton, New Zeala...
31. 2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
32. 2009-2019. Lists of Articles. Brent Poirier. — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
33. 2009-2011. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. Peyman Sazedj. — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
34. 2009. Artist and the Grammarian, The. Otto Donald Rogers. — On the process and meaning of creating art; its effect on the mind and the brain, the nature of pain...
35. 2008. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only). Nader Saiedi. — A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Bab. ...
36. 2008. Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation. Keven Brown, comp. — Collection of quotations from the Bab, Baha'u'llah, and Shaykh Ahmad, with footnotes, on the seven s...
37. 2005. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A. Abdu'l-Bahá, Keven Brown, trans. . — Insights into three statements by Baha'u'llah on pre-existence, creation, and nature as the essence ...
38. 2004. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin. Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. . — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
39. 2003-10. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim). David Russell Garcia. — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
40. 2003. Creation: The Nature of God and the Creation of the Universe in Bahá'í Cosmology. Keven Brown.
41. 2002/2012. Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A. Keven Brown. — Baha'u'llah and ‘Abdu’l-Baha referred to the 'hidden craft' of alchemy as part of divine philoso...
42. 2002/2003. Ether, Quantum Physics and the Bahá'í Writings. Robin Mihrshahi. — Analysis of ‘Abdu’l-Baha's use of the term “ether”, correlated to His definition of this ter...
43. 2002. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony. Vahid Brown. — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
44. 2002. Three Stages of Divine Revelation, The. Guy Sinclair. — Shoghi Effendi states that the Kitab-i-Iqan "adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages o...
45. 2002. Creation. Lasse Thoresen. — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
46. 2002. Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients. Vahid Rafati, Keven Brown, trans. . — Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn...
47. 2001. Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd). Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. .
48. 1999-12. Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History. Peter Terry. — Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which ...
49. 1998. Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation. Ahmad Aniss. — A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i conce...
50. 1997-10. God, Chance, and Necessity, by Keith Ward: Review. Brad Pokorny.
51. 1997. Mythoi: Stories of the Origin, Fall and Redemption of Humanity: A Study in the Topology of the Holy Books. William Barnes.
52. 1997. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation. Ross Woodman. — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
53. 1996/2016. Humanity and the Universe: Mirror of the Unknown. Harry Liedtke. — A study of the origin and nature of the universe in light of Baha'i texts; creation and evolution; c...
54. 1996. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality. Paul Lample, comp. — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
55. 1995. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
56. 1995. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique. Michael W. Sours. — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
57. 1994. "On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective," by Craig Loehle: Response to Commentary. Keven Brown.
58. 1994. Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review. Ross Woodman.
59. 1993. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul. Ross Woodman. — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
60. 1991-01. Five Questions: Loss of Voting Rights, Mani, Magi, Five-Pointed Star, Joseph Smith. Universal House of Justice. — Responses to various questions. Closes with quotations on Confucianism and Genesis.
61. 1990. Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter, A. Keven Brown. — The origin of matter is spiritual. Science sees that, at its most fundamental level, reality is not ...
62. 1990. On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective. Craig Loehle. — The science of evolution is difficult for those who demand a literal interpretation of scripture and...
63. 1990. "On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective," by Craig Loehle: Commentary. Arash Abizadeh.
64. 1988-06-13. Consciousness, Creation, and the Soul. Hooper Dunbar.
65. 1988. "The active force and that which is its recipient". Betty Hoff Conow (published as Betty Conow). — Metaphysics of gender and the Lawh-i-Hikmat; universal spiritualism; social indoctrination of gender...
66. 1985-12. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan). Abdu'l-Bahá, Moojan Momen, trans. . — Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Baha when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms ...
67. 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.
68. 1979. Seven Mysteries of Life, The: An Exploration in Science and Philosophy. Guy Murchie. — A poetic exploration of life’s unity, consciousness, love, and purpose, blending science, philosop...
69. 1976 [1921]. Tablet to Auguste Forel. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, trans. . — A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Baha written in 1921, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist August...
70. 1939. Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith. George Townshend. — Using only the text of the Bible, Townshend provides a new reading of Scripture as a guidebook for t...

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