1. n.d.. Wealth, Redistribution of. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — Extract from "Jurisprudence and the Distribution of Wealth" followed by compilation "The Redistribut...
2. n.d.. Women: Equality and Peace. Peter J. Khan.
3. 2026-02-27. Reconceptualizing Justice: Laying Foundations for a Gender-Equal World. Bahá'í International Community. — A statement of the Baha’i International Community to the 70th session of the Commission on the Sta...
4. 2026-02-27. Pour un nouveau concept de la justice: Jeter les bases d'un monde égalitaire. Bahá'í International Community, Pierre Spierckel, trans. . — Une déclaration de la Communauté internationale baha’ie à la 70e session de la Commission de la...
5. 2025-12-22. Expressions of Equality in the Family. Bahá'í World Centre. — Short documentary, on how the principle of equality is reshaping patterns of life among several fami...
6. 2025-12. Negotiating Gender Equality among Pakistani Bahá'ís: A Qualitative Study. Saleha, Ayesha Zaka, Humaira Tehsin. — Explores how Pakistani Baha’is negotiate religious ideals of gender equality within everyday life,...
7. 2025-10. Why Only Men are Allowed on the Universal House of Justice. Jalal Sunstrum. — A brief essay on why only men are allowed to be elected on the Universal House of Justice, from the ...
8. 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,...
9. 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...
10. 2025-04-21. Global Community, A. Bahá'í World. — The global Baha’i community advances unity, social transformation, and spiritual principles throug...
11. 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...
12. 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, ...
13. 2025. In Full Partnership: Thirty Years of Women's Advancement at the United Nations and Beyond. Bahá'í International Community. — Collection of statements by the Baha’i International Community on the subject of gender equalit...
14. 2024/2025. Four Scripts for Dramatic Readings on Holy Days. Jaine Toth. — Scripts for Ridvan and the martyrdom of the Bab blending storytelling, dramatic readings, poetry and...
15. 2024. Religious Perspectives on the Narratives of America: The Search for Just, Honest, Inclusive and Forward-looking Tellings. Audrey C. Price, ed, Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, ed. — Eleven essays by contributors from different communities, exploring how religious insights can creat...
16. 2024. Presentations on Various Topics of Bahá'í Teachings. Mohammad Norozi. — Eight presentations: references to the next Manifestation; equality in the writings of the Bab; list...
17. 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...
18. 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...
19. 2023-08. To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the p...
20. 2023-06. Báb on the Rights of Women, The. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. — Statements of the Bab on issues such as mutʿah and tahlil marriages, polygyny, bridal consent, divo...
21. 2023-02-12. Employment and Beyond: Drawing on the Capacities of All to Contribute to Society. Bahá'í International Community. — A statement to the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development inspired by the changing na...
22. 2023-01-08. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation. Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
23. 2023. Harvard Pluralism Project: Bahá'í. Author unknown. — Six overview essays on Baha'i history, beliefs, and practices. (Offsite)
24. 2023. Bahá'í Faith and the Equality, Rights, and Advancement of Women, The: A Survey of Principles, Praxis, and Discourse. Wendi Momen. — Equality of women and men; education, advancement, and rights of women and girls; their application ...
25. 2023. Indonesian Bahá'í Community's Perspective on Gender Equality. Samsul Hidayat. — On the concept of gender equality in Indonesian context from a Baha'i perspective; Baha'is view gend...
26. 2022-2023. Concept Notes. Author unknown. — 18 essays from the Office of Public Affairs of Baha'is of India website, on a variety of topics rela...
27. 2022-11-01. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
28. 2022-09. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles. Christopher Buck. — Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Baha's answer to the question "What has Baha’u’llah brought that we h...
29. 2022-08-03. Pursuit of Social Justice, The. Michael Karlberg. — An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organizati...
30. 2021-11. Inheritance Laws of Bahá'í Community: A Gendered Analysis of Inheritance Under the Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Indian Succession Act. Ishita Kohli. — Baha'i laws create a symmetrical equality between sexes, via the principle of mutatis mutandis; the ...
31. 2021-05-08. Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War. Amin E. Egea. — How ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporan...
32. 2021. Inheritance Laws of the Baha'i Community and Gender Equality. Sarthak Sharma. — Examination of whether the Baha'i Faith's teachings on gender-justice and equality are reflected in ...
33. 2020-2026. Nuggets, The. Badi Shams. — A newsletter written from a Baha’i perspective consisting of inspiring stories, news, and history ...
34. 2020-10. Ambivalence of Hostility and Modification: Patriarchy's Ideological Negotiation With Women, Modernity and Cinema in Iran. Elnaz Nasehi. — Passing mentions of the Baha'i Faith in the context of how forces behind the Constitutional Revoluti...
35. 2020-09. Is Economic Justice Possible?: Toward a New Conception of the Equitable Distribution of Wealth and Income. Navid Sabet. — Survey of the world's current economic condition, and on the implications of Baha'i principles on th...
36. 2020-07-22. Letter on Racial Prejudice in the United States. Universal House of Justice. — Letter on need for American people to grasp the moment to create a reform of its social order relate...
37. 2020-04-10. Writings of the Báb, The: Notes from Talks given by Dr. Nader Saiedi. Nader Saiedi, Anonymous, comp. . — Structured summarized notes from Dr. Saiedi’s 2019 talks on the Bab’s Writings, delivered at the...
38. 2020. Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections. Layli Maparyan. — The meanings of the metaphor "pupil of the eye;" experiences of growing up African-American in the W...
39. 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...
40. 2019. Two Books on the Life of Tahirih: Review. Catherine Nash. — Reviews of Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih and The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and Her Am...
41. 2019. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East). Hussein Ahdieh. — A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, ...
42. 2019. Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School. Nader Saiedi. — On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell;...
43. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
44. 2018/2024. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 85 selections, last updated August 2024.
45. 2018/2023. Economics and the Bahá'í Faith. Hooshmand Badee. — On a vision of a just global economy rooted in unity, equity, justice and the oneness of humanity. E...
46. 2018. Power and the Bahá'í community. Moojan Momen. — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
47. 2018. New Directions for Economics. Gregory C. Dahl. — How spiritual principles can be applied to economic life; Baha'is are called to concern themselves w...
48. 2018. Bahá'u'lláh and Peace: A Series of Four Talks. Nader Saiedi. — Talks at the Santa Monica Baha’i Center in California on four areas within the context of Baha'u'l...
49. 2017-2020. List of Articles by Nader Saiedi on BahaiTeachings.org. Nader Saiedi. — Links to 40 essays about Baha'i teachings on spiritual unity, justice, freedom, democracy, and globa...
50. 2017-03-03. Toward Prosperity: The Role of Women and Men in Building a Flourishing World Civilization. Bahá'í International Community. — Calls for gender equality, moral education, and inclusive systems to build a just, prosperous world ...
51. 2017. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
52. 2016-03-17. Demographics of the United States National Spiritual Assembly. Archives Office of the United States Bahá'í National Center. — Percentage of women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans serv...
53. 2016. Men and the Bahá'í Faith: The Role of Indigenous Men in the Early Bahá'í Community in the British Isles. Lil Osborn. — Includes slide-show included when presenting the paper at the Baha'i Studies Seminar, Kellogg Colleg...
54. 2015/2025. Principles of Spiritual Economics: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings. Hooshmand Badee, comp. — A book-length compilation, in 38 chapters, from the writings of Baha’u’llah, The Bab, ‘Abdu’...
55. 2015. Women and Wisdom in Scripture. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Treatment of women in religion; influence of Baha'i teachings in raising awareness about the plight ...
56. 2015. Emblems of Faithfulness: Pluralism in Meaning and Beauty in the Ordinary. Helen Cheng, Catherine Nash. — Memorials of the Faithful is notable for the diversity of personalities described, and the sheer ord...
57. 2015. Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith. Mikhail Sergeev. — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
58. 2014-12-18. To the Bahá'ís in Iran. Universal House of Justice. — Emphasizes Mashriqu’l-Adhkar’s integration of worship and service, urging Baha’is in Iran to f...
59. 2014. Fifty Bahá'í Principles of Unity: A Paradigm of Social Salvation. Christopher Buck. — World religions are systems of salvation, liberation, or harmony, in direct response to the perceive...
60. 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...
61. 2013-12-22. Confinement of the Membership of the Universal House of Justice to Men, The. Universal House of Justice. — Affirms gender equality in the Baha’i Faith, while upholding men's exclusive eligibility for the U...
62. 2013-06. Searching for May Maxwell: Bahá'í Millennial Feminism, Transformative Identity and Globalism in the New World Order. Selena M. Crosson. — On forces influencing and shaping womens' roles in early Baha’i culture, 1898-1940. A group of Wes...
63. 2013. Mary Magdalene: Lioness of God in the Bahá'í Faith. Lil Osborn. — On the symbolic role of Mary Magdalene in the Baha’i tradition as a female archetype in the contex...
64. 2013. Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation. Christopher Buck. — Overview of the event, press coverage, publications of the speech, the Emancipation Proclamation "my...
65. 2013. Next Stage, The. Douglas Martin. — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
66. 2012-02-10. Public Discourse on Race: Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech. Christopher Buck. — Presentation at Louhelen Bahá’í School on ‘Abdu’l-Baha and the black intelligentsia, his v...
67. 2012. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels. Wendi Momen. — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
68. 2011-04-15. What Do Bahá'ís Believe about Gender?. Gleibys L. Buchanan. — Baha'is believe that gender equality must be manifested as a social reality.
69. 2011-03-19. Fasting period ends Sunday. Ted Slavin. — The Fast helps us remember the goals of eradicating poverty and achieving gender equality.
70. 2011-03-02. Discussion with Farida Vahedi, Executive Director of the Department of External Affairs, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, A. Michael Bodakowski, Katherine Marshall. — Overview of Vahedi's life and work, history of the Faith in India and development projects, the Inst...
71. 2011. Preparing Bahá'í Communities in the East and West to Embrace Gender Equality. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — The way Abdu'l-Baha dealt with the matter of gender equality, some of his writings revealed in honor...
72. 2011. Women in the works of the Bab and in the Babi Movement. Moojan Momen. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
73. 2011. Why There are No Women in the Universal House of Justice. Vladimir Chupin. — Upon learning that it is forbidden to elect women to the Universal House of Justice, many people bec...
74. 2011. Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Paula Bidwell. — Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Ab...
75. 2010-08-13. Rethinking Women's Nature. Deborah Clark Vance.
76. 2010-04-02. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
77. 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...
78. 2009-12-08. Advancing Toward the Equality of Women and Men. Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. — Issues that lie at the heart of the struggle for the equality of women and men, via the Institute’...
79. 2009-11-24. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Regarding the family and its role in the advancement of civilization.
80. 2008-11. Revolution without Rights?, A: Women, Kurds and Baha'is searching for equality in Iran. Geoffrey Cameron, Tahirih Danesh. — Discussion from the Foreign Policy Centre in London on the religious, legal, and social obstacles to...
81. 2008-02-01. Mobilizing Institutional, Legal and Cultural Resources to Achieve Gender Equality. Bahá'í International Community. — The central role of girls and women in human development; the need to end the cultural, institutiona...
82. 2008. Reflections of a Human Spirit in a Male Body. William S. Hatcher. — Includes discussions of the nature of patriarchy, chauvinism, and feminism.
83. 2008. Family Life. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — Extracts on preserving the bond between husband and wife, parent-child relationships and responsibil...
84. 2007-03. Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice. Jack McLean. — The term "social justice” has been used by many engaged groups as a rhetorical tool to obtain more...
85. 2007. In search of Martha Root: An American Bahá'í feminist and peace advocate in the early twentieth century. Jiling Yang. — Early life of Root, her four world teaching trips from 1919 to 1939 with a focus on peace advocacy, ...
86. 2007. Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education. Nozomu Sonda. — Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Baha'i perspective on moral educ...
87. 2006-07-02. Beyond Legal Reforms: Culture and Capacity in the Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls. Bahá'í International Community. — Statement on the epidemic of violence against women around the world, as perpetuated by social norms...
88. 2006. Equality of Women and Men: The Experience of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, by Deborah and Will van den Hoonaard: Review. Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria).
89. 2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms re...
90. 2005. Changing Reality: The Bahá'í Community and the Creation of a New Reality. Moojan Momen. — The Baha’i teachings criticize the socially created realities of warfare, environmental destruc...
91. 2004-07-17. Justice and Equality – a basis for change in our troubled world. Layli Miller-Muro. — Transcript of the talk given at the 5th annual Margaret Stevenson Memorial Dinner and Lecture, July ...
92. 2004-04. Faith, Theory, and Practice: Interracial Marriage as a Symbol of the Oneness of Humanity. Benjamin Leiker.
93. 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...
94. 2004. Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn]. A. L. M. Nicolas, Peter Terry, trans. . — First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Tahirih. These p...
95. 2003/2008/2018/2023. For the Betterment of the World: The Worldwide Bahá'í Community's Approach to Social and Economic Development. Office of Social and Economic Development. — Essays, photographs, and overviews of local projects around the world, illustrating how Baha'i princ...
96. 2003-09. Social Justice, Wealth Equity and Gender Equality: Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís of Alberta. Leslie William Kuzyk. — Baha'i theology takes distinctive positions on wealth distribution and gender equality. These issues...
97. 2003-09. Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi, Babi: The Tribulations of a Qazvin Family. Moojan Momen. — The emergence of the Usuli school in the evolution of Shi'is jurisprudence and theology in 18th and ...
98. 2003. Zaynab. John Walbridge, Reina Pennington, ed. . — Brief biography of a female Babi fighter.
99. 2002-07-25. Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings, and Matters of Translation. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. — A collection of letters about gender pronouns in Writings, a compilation concerning the translations...
100. 2002-07-25. Use of Masculine Pronouns and Images. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — Overview of the use of gender terms in language, and a "cover letter" introduction to four compilati...
101. 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...
102. 2002. Use of the Masculine Gender in the Bahá'í Writings, The: Extracts from Letters Written By and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. — Extracts from letters from the House of Justice from 1981-1999 on general principles in relation to ...
103. 2001-06-25. HIV/AIDS and Gender Equality: Transforming Attitudes and Behaviors. Bahá'í International Community. — Addressing HIV/AIDS requires transforming gender attitudes, empowering women, engaging men, and mobi...
104. 2001. Equality and Baha'i Principles in Northern Ireland. Edwin Graham. — A paper in two parts: (1) the development of equality legislation in Northern Ireland, and (2) the B...
105. 2001. Dialogue between Yin-Yang Concepts and the Bahá'í Faith, The. Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. — Yin-yang, a pivotal theory in Chinese thought influencing government, architecture, relationships, a...
106. 2001. Competing for the Oneness Of Mankind: The Influence of the Bahá'í Faith on the Olympic Games. Kiser Barnes. — The influence of the Baha'i Faith on the Olympic Games and how it relates to the principle of the on...
107. 2001. Gender Equality Based on the Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, and its Application in Southern Africa. Farhad Aghdasi. — The nature of prejudice; the role of religion in advancement of women; the first educator; tradition...
108. 2000/2012/2017. Four Talks on Some Bahá'í Principles. Jaine Toth. — Four talks on the Baha´i teachings and the arts: A Place for Art; Faith, Art, and Spirituality; Rac...
109. 2000-09-24. Millennium Forum. Universal House of Justice.
110. 2000. Rewriting the Script: Some thoughts on gender roles and the Bahá'í Teachings. Sonja van Kerkhoff. — A collection of visual and physical art exploring these themes.
111. 2000. Promoting the Equality of Women and Men: The Role of the Covenant. Janet A. Khan. — The implementation of the principle of gender equality; the application of relevant Baha’i law, in...
112. 1999/2020. Feminist Movements in the Late Qajar Period. Janet Afary, et al.. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
113. 1999-10. Advancement of Women: A Bahá'í Perspective, by Janet and Peter Khan: Transforming the roles of women and men, a Review. Veronica Shoffstall.
114. 1999. Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith. Peter Mazal. — Comparison of Baha'i and Christian morality, archetypal events and people (e.g. the ideal woman) in ...
115. 1999. Spiritual Oppression in Frankenstein. Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. — Comparing Shelley’s depiction of a spiritual malaise in Frankenstein with Baha’u’llah’s defi...
116. 1999. Bahá'í Faith and the Singapore Women's Movement, The: Challenges for the Next Millennium. Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. — On the relationship between religion and the fight for women's rights after the founding of the Sing...
117. 1998/2008. National Spiritual Assembly members who are women, Percentage of, 1953-2007. Bahá'í World Centre. — Two letters from the House, with attached tables, showing the number of women serving on NSAs 1953-1...
118. 1998-12. African Culture, Traditional, Aspects of. Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — Challenges and opportunities in the African continent; eliminating prejudices; dance and music; alco...
119. 1998-02. Ruptured Spaces and Effective Histories: The Unveiling of the Babi Poetess Qurrat al-'Ayn-Tahirih in the Gardens of Badasht. Negar Mottahedeh. — Implications of Tahirih's revolutionary act at Badasht in terms of a decisive break with Islamic his...
120. 1998. Mutilated Body of the Modern Nation: Qurrat al-'Ayn's Unveiling and the Persian Massacre of the Bábís. Negar Mottahedeh. — A Freudian interpretation of the extreme antipathy underlying common Iranian opposition to the Babis...
121. 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...
122. 1998. Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation. Bradford W. Miller. — Explores parallels between the Seneca Fails First Woman’s Rights Convention in the USA and the Bad...
123. 1998. Preliminary Survey of the Bahá'í Community of Iran during the Nineteenth Century, A. Moojan Momen. — On the early growth and consolidation of the Baha'i community in Iran; its membership and social and...
124. 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...
125. 1997-09-02. Meetings for women only. International Teaching Centre. — It is acceptable and perhaps even sometimes necessary for Baha'is to hold gender-segregated meetings...
126. 1997-03-30. Women on the House of Justice; meaning of "Umumi". Universal House of Justice. — Clarifies that 'Abdu'l-Baha, in a tablet to Corinne True, indeed refers to the Universal House of Ju...
127. 1997. Two Wings of a Bird: The Equality of Women and Men. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is essential to human...
128. 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...
129. 1997. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology. Juan Cole. — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
130. 1996-06-27. Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal. Universal House of Justice. — Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Baha'i concept of equality of the sexes in l...
131. 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...
132. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
133. 1996. Husband and Wife, Relationship between. Universal House of Justice. — The "functional" divisions between husband and wife in the Baha'i Writings should be considered in t...
134. 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...
135. 1996. Feminism, Men and the Bahá'í Faith. Morgan Wilson. — Separate reflections on feminism and on men and the Baha'i Faith. The challenges faced by each are a...
136. 1996. Information Technology Strategies for the Promotion of Gender Equality. Andrew Stranieri. — Equal opportunity of women and men is best achieved if both genders embrace the changes now occurrin...
137. 1995-04. Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Sen McGlinn. — Conceptualizing the Kitab-i Aqdas as establishing a fixed and elaborate set of laws and requirements...
138. 1995. Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some. Sen McGlinn. — Gender distinctions in the Baha'i inheritance laws might at first glance seem to favor male heirs, b...
139. 1995. Requisites for Family Unity: The Role of the Father in the Family. Safoura Chittleborough. — The importance of the family as a whole in child-rearing and the negative consequences of family bre...
140. 1995. Role of the Father in the Family, The. Graeme Russell. — Practical steps to enhance the role of fathers in the family.
141. 1995. Affirmative Action and the Jurisprudence of Equitable Inclusion: Towards a New Consensus on Gender and Race Relations. Steven Gonzales. — The principle of equity and the Baha’i emphasis on unity in diversity as a basis for considering A...
142. 1995. Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith, The. Ross Woodman. — On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the...
143. 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...
144. 1994. Inheritance. Seena Fazel. — The apparent contradiction between sexual equality and the unequal inheritance laws contained in the...
145. 1994. In All the Ways that Matter, Women Don't Count. Moojan Momen. — The Baha'i goal of achieving sexual equality cannot be achieved merely by trying to advance the posi...
146. 1994. Sex, Gender, and New Age Stereotyping. Lata Ta'eed. — Advocates the abolishing of culturally produced differences between men and women and challenges gen...
147. 1994. Unclipping the Wings: A Survey of Secondary Literature in English on Bahá'í Perspectives on Women. Trevor R. J. Finch. — Annotated bibliography of Baha'i perspectives on women and women's issues.
148. 1994. Bahá'í Faith and Peace Psychology, The: The Potential for Science and Religion to Collaborate. Rhett Diessner. — On the potential for Bahá’í peace initiatives, coupled with empirical peace psychology approac...
149. 1993/2000/2013. True Foundation of All Economics, The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Hooshmand Badee, comp. . — Book-length compilation ordered by chapters covering 26 themes on the economy, welfare, development,...
150. 1993-11-23. Violence Against Women and Children. Universal House of Justice. — Baha’i principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child...
151. 1993. Kitab-i-Aqdas: Its Place in Bahá'í literature. Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information. — Offers a broad introduction to the Aqdas and its themes.
152. 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...
153. 1992-02-23. Goddess Religion, Ancient. Universal House of Justice. — Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
154. 1992. Rights and Responsibilities in the Bahá'í Family System. Hoda Mahmoudi, Richard Dabell. — Duties ascribed in the Baha’i teachings to the members of the family; complementary functions of w...
155. 1992. "Tahirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood," by Susan Stiles Maneck: Commentary. Janet Cundall.
156. 1991-11. Mujeres y Hombres, Una Sociedad para un Planeta Saludable. Bahá'í International Community. — Exposición presentada al "World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet", Miami, Florida, 8-12 Noviem...
157. 1991. Family Life. The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi.
158. 1991. Women. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — Explores the status of women in the world, the development of women, the role of education in that d...
159. 1991. Vision of Race Unity: America's Most Challenging Issue. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — A formal statement from the US NSA on "the most challenging issue confronting America."
160. 1991. "Exploring Male Oppressions from a Family-Systems Perspective": Commentary and Response. Hoda Mahmoudi, Janet Huggins.
161. 1991. Interdependence of Bahá'í Communities, The: Services of North American Bahá'í Women to Iran. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Some early American Baha’i women’s contribution to the development of the Iranian Baha’i commu...
162. 1991. Commentary on "Equality of Women: The Bahá'í Principle of Complementarity," by Linda O'Neil: Response. Nancy Lease.
163. 1990-01. Tahirih and Women's Suffrage. Universal House of Justice. — Two letters on Tahirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You c...
164. 1990. Equality of Women, The: The Bahá'í Principle of Complementarity. John S. Hatcher. — The Baha’i teachings simultaneously assert the equality of men and women whilst advocating in some...
165. 1989. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The. Marion Woodman. — The  unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
166. 1989. Táhirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck). — Tahirih, the Baha'i archetypal paradigm of womanhood, is remembered by Baha’is as the courageous, ...
167. 1989. Badasht. Moojan Momen. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
168. 1988-09. Integracion de la mujer en el desarrollo enocomico y social de America Latina y el Caribe, La. Bahá'í International Community. — Revisión y evaluación critica de algunos aspectos de la condición de la mujer en la region, inclu...
169. 1988-05-31. Women on the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. — Response to a paper presented at a Baha'i Studies conference which raised the possibility that women...
170. 1988-05-31. Elegibilidad de las Mujeres en la Casa Universal de Justicia. Universal House of Justice, Cortesía, trans. .
171. 1988. Perceiving Differences: A Look at Gender and Equality. Mark Brush. — Observations on what Richard DeNovellis' "Personality Type Preference Indicator" tests show about ag...
172. 1988. Condicion juridica y social de la mujer, La. Bahá'í International Community.
173. 1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
174. 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...
175. 1987. Equal Circles, by Peggy Caton: Review. Shiva Tavana.
176. 1987. Question of Gender, A: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck), Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, Anthony Lee. — Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitab-i-Aqdas, ma...
177. 1987. Spiritual Inheritors, The. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. — Reflections on growing up Baha'i, and a report on a conference about capturing the power of the Six ...
178. 1986-10-27. Places Where the Manifestations of God Have Appeared; Equality of Men and Women. Universal House of Justice. — The consistent portrayal of all known Manifestations of God as male and their historical emergence e...
179. 1986. Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters. Munirih Khanum, Sammireh Anwar Smith, trans. . — Autobiography of Khanum (1847-1938), the wife of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes the arrangements for her marr...
180. 1986. Sexual Equality in the Bahá'í Community. Shiva Tavana. — Women are oppressed minorities who often feel isolated, even in Baha'i communities. Baha'is need to ...
181. 1985-07-15. Activities in the Bahá'í World Community to Improve the Status of Women during the United Nations Decade for Women. Bahá'í International Community. — Report presented to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Natio...
182. 1985-07-10. Base Espiritual de la Igualdad, La. Bahá'í International Community.
183. 1985-06-15. Conferencia Mundial para el Examen y la Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz. Bahá'í International Community. — Informe presentado por la Comunidad Internacional Baha'i acerca de las actividades de la Comunidad B...
184. 1985-06-10. Lucha Contra el Hambre, La. Bahá'í International Community. — Declaración a la 11a Sesión de Ministros del Consejo Mundial de la Alimentación de las Naciones U...
185. 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.
186. 1978-03-27. Ranks and Functions in the Bahá'í Cause. Universal House of Justice. — Regarding the relationships between administrative institutions; Different ranks of and interactive ...
187. 1976. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays. Marzieh Gail. — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
188. 1976. Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Baha'i Spiritual Assembly: some of the blund...
189. 1975. Conferencia Mundial del Año Internacional de la Mujer: Declaración presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í. Bahá'í International Community. — Declaración presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Baha’i (en caracter consultivo con el Conse...
190. 1971-1995. 1971-1995: Newspaper articles archive. Various. — Collection of newspaper articles from 1971-1995.
191. 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...
192. 1956-05. Oneness of Mankind, The: Basic Principle of the Bahá'í Faith. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — Statement of Baha'i teachings prepared in order to clarify the position of members of the Faith thro...
193. 1945. The White Silk Dress. Marzieh Gail. — An "intimate portrait" of Ṭahirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
194. 1941. Táhirih's Message to the Modern World. Martha L. Root. — Transcript of a radio address from Sunday April 21, 1940, telling the story of Ṭahirih, describing...
195. 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...
196. 1926-04-21. Impressions of Haifa. Alain Locke. — Locke reflects on his visit to the Baha'i shrines in November 1923.
197. 1922-09. Questions about Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdu'l-Bahá at Tiberias and Haifa. Anna Kunz. — Questions asked of Abdu'l-Baha by two Christians visiting Haifa in 1921.
198. 1915. Meeting a Prophet. Archie Bell. — Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Baha at the Sea of Galilee.
199. 1912/1947/1974. "Easy Familiarity," Explanations of. Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ann Boylan, John B. Cornell, Universal House of Justice. — Statements on displays of affection (hugging and kissing) between members of the opposite sex. Also ...
200. 1912-09-25. New John the Baptist Preaching Universal Brotherhood: Abdul Ba-ha Patriarchal Head of Bahá'ísts in Denver With Message of Love and Justice to All and for All. Alice Rohe. — News article of Abdu'l-Baha's tour. Includes scanned image of original newspaper and photograph of A...
201. 1911. Brief Account of the Bahá'í Movement, A. Ethel J. Rosenberg. — An early overview of the Baha'i Faith and its teachings, with compilation of quotations, published a...
202. 1909-07-29. Letter to Corinne True re Women on the House of Justice. Abdu'l-Bahá, Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. . — Translation by Amin Farid of a short letter stating that "men and women are equal in all rights save...

1. 1848-06-26 — The Conference of Badasht Baha'u'llah, who hosted and directed the event, rented three gardens, one ...
2. 1848-07-19 — The Women's Rights Convention was held in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, NY. The principle org...
3. 1850-05-19 — The Governor sent a mob against Hujjat, (Mulla Muhammad-Ali) which was dispersed by Mir Salah. The G...
4. 1852-08-16 — The martyrdom of Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn) in Tihran. [BBR172–3; BBRSM:30; BW18:382; BKG87; MF203] ...
5. 1913-08-28 — 'Abdu'l-Baha revealed a tablet to an unnamed woman saying that only two things were not open to wome
6. 1954-04-00 — Baha'i women in Iran were accorded full rights to participate in membership of both national and loc...
7. 1956-04-00 — Shoghi Effendi announced the extension to Egyptian Baha'i women of the right to be elected to the Na...
8. 1985-03-21 — "The equality of men and women is not, at the present time, universally applied. In those areas wher...
9. 2000-05-22 — The United Nations Millennium Forum was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It attracte...
10. 2000-09-06 — The General Assembly Millennium Summit was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and w...
11. 2001-06-25 — During the special session of the General Assembly on the HIV./AIDS pandemic held at the UN headquar...
12. 2005-09-15 — The 2005 World Summit was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, ...
13. 2012-11-15 — In contribution to the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women the Baha'i Internationa...
14. 2020-03-09 — The Baha'i International Community submitted a statement entitled Developing New Dynamics of Power t...
15. 2020-06-29 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Papua New Guinea issued a statement through its Ex...
16. 2021-02-03 — To mark the 25th anniversary of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that result...

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