1. 2026-03-30. Interregnum, The. Filip Boicu, W. Andy Knight. An open, candid interview offering a unique view of what he terms the "interregnum," linking today's turbulent world to xeno-racism and structural racism, and showing how honest intellectual dialogue can help society reflect and find hope. Video.
2. 2024-11-19. Geographies of Transimperial Religion: The Transformation of Religious Space in a World of Empires. Nile Green. Examining how religions changed as they moved across different empires; how new religious spaces, practices, and networks developed, shaping modern global faiths. (Link to article, offsite.) Articles.
3. 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.
4. 2023-01-17. Crisis of Identity, The. Shahrzad Sabet. Exploring how the Bahá’í principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractable tension between oneness and diversity. Articles.
5. 2023. Exploring Abdu'l-Bahá's Insights on Strikes and Labor Movement within the Framework of an Integrated Global Economy. Behrooz Sabet. This paper explores ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s vision of labor and strikes as moral and social issues, proposing a spiritually grounded theory of labor rooted in praxis, ethical reform, and cooperation as essential to justice and global economic transformation. Articles-unpublished.
6. 2022 April-June. Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith: Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space. Yifan Zhang. Comparison of similarities in Bahá'í and Jain teachings, especially in non-violence and plurality across time and space. Link to article (offsite). Articles.
7. 2022. Una perspectiva bahá'í acerca del rol de los medios de comunicación y transporte en la configuración de una sociedad internacional. Ruben Jimenez Majidi. Una investigación cualitativa basada en una revisión documental y bibliográfica acerca de la influencia de tecnologías de comunicación y transporte sobre procesos sociales, y sus correlación con la visión que proyectan las enseñas, y el avance cientía. Articles.
8. 2022. Principle of the Oneness of Humankind, The: Strong Foundationalism, Non-Adversarialism, and the Imperatives of Our Time. Filip Boicu. Some of the ways in which the concept of globalization has been framed in the recent past; the vision of Shoghi Effendi; The Seven Valleys and social change; moral codes and ethical living; the oneness of humankind and non-adversarialism. Articles-unpublished.
9. 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 global peace, critiquing materialism, nationalism, and advocating societal reform. Essays.
10. 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 civilization through the equal partnership of women and men. BIC.
11. 2016. Social Justice, Higher Education and the Oneness of Humankind. Filip Boicu. Notions of social justice can be reconfigured and connected to a positive ideology for universities with the understandings of the unity of humankind, the process of globalization in the light of unity, and the role of universities as a medium for change. Articles-unpublished.
12. 2016. Addressing the Rising Tide of Globalization and Amorality in the Present World Order and Its Implications on Extremes of Wealth and Poverty. Rama Ayman. On inequality within most nations in the world at a time when wealth disparity between nations has been falling; the impact that amorality and globalization have on wealth inequality; Bahá'í teachings on alleviating extremes of wealth and poverty. Articles.
13. 2010. Education for Interdependence: The University and the Global Citizen. Michael Karlberg. This paper advocates the value of an outcomes-based approach to global citizenship education and suggests a framework of core learning outcomes that can guide and inform the development of global citizenship curricula in universities. Articles.
14. 2008. Discourse, Identity, and Global Citizenship. Michael Karlberg. What does it mean to be a "global citizen"? From early Greek times, the concept of citizenship expanded from "inhabitant of a city" to a democratic ideal of self-determination. It now includes global relationships, interdependence, and altruism. Articles.
15. 2007. Bahá'í Contribution to Cosmopolitan International Relations Theory, The. Nalinie N. Mooten. Bahá’í concepts of global governance, unity in diversity, and ethical reform as contributions to a cosmopolitan International Relations theory. Articles.
16. 2006-11-14. Bahá'í Approach to Cosmopolitan Ideas in International Relations, The. Nalinie N. Mooten. A Bahá’í approach to the cosmopolitan tradition in International Relations theory; contributions the Bahá’í model can offer to this growing tradition; cosmopolitanism as articulated by the Cynics in ancient Greece and by Enlightenment philosophies. Articles-unpublished.
17. 2006-10. Baha'i and Globalisation, ed. Margit Warburg, Annika Hvithamar and Morten Warmind: Review. Peter Beyer. Reviews.
18. 2006. Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahá'ís from a Globalisation Perspective. Margit Warburg. Front-matter, Chapter One, and part of Chapter Two "Approaches to Babi and Baha'i Studies," as provided by Google Books. Excerpts.
19. 2006. Global Citizenship and Humanities Scholarship: Toward a Twenty-First Century Agenda. Michael Karlberg, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims. In this age of global interdependence, the critique of anachronistic social constructs is necessary but insufficient. Scholars must articulate new approaches to globalization. The international Bahá'í community illustrates a constructive, humane approach. Articles.
20. 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.
21. 2005. Bahá'í Approach to Cosmopolitan Ideas in International Relations, The. Nalinie N. Mooten. On Western cosmopolitan thought from its infancy to the present day and on a Bahá’í cosmopolitan model to International Relations (IR), which reinforces ideas based on essential oneness. Theses.
22. 2005. Globalization and the Hidden Words. Todd Lawson. A philological analysis of Baha’u’llah’s Hidden Words, elucidating the development of the global orientation of the Babi-Baha’i religion in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Baghdad. Articles.
23. 2005. Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism, The. Stephen Lambden. Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’llah’s globalism, verses breaks between the two, e.g. the abandoning of jihad as a means of promoting a globalisation process. Articles.
24. 2005. Globalization of the Bahá'í Community: 1892-1921, The. Moojan Momen. On the connection between Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking and his practical directives in the global expansion of the Baha’i religion, considered in light of Jan Aart Scholte's globalization categories: normative, psychological, economic, and institutional. Articles.
25. 2005. Bahá'í Faith and Globalization 1900-1912, The. Robert Stockman. Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking inspired much of the practice of Baha’i proselytising; overview of the practical activism of the early American Baha’is and the mutual bonds of assistance between the Baha’i communities of North America and Iran. Articles.
26. 2005. Will Globalization Lead to a World Commonwealth?. Sohrab Abizadeh. How emerging international crises, such as global epidemics, when combined with the fundamental principles of unity and social justice prescribed in the writings of the Bahá’í Faith, are impelling the world toward the formation of a world commonwealth. Articles.
27. 2005. Bahá'í and Globalisation. Margit Warburg, ed. Articles from a conference held at the University of Copenhagen in 2001. Books.
28. 2005. Global Claims, Global Aims: An Analysis of Shoghi Effendi's The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Zaid Lundberg. What is Shoghi Effendi’s discourse on 'globalization' and 'globality', and what are the global claims and aims in World Order? Articles.
29. 2005. Canadian Bahá'ís 1938-2000, The: Construction of Oneness in Personal and Collective Identity. Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). On how globalization includes greater consciousness of the whole world, and a sociological perspective on how this consciousness has been nurtured within the Canadian Bahá'í community. Articles.
30. 2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms religion as a progressive, unifying force essential for moral development and global civilization. UHJ-documents.
31. 2004. Eschatology of Globalization, The: The Multiple Messiahship of Bahá'u'lláh Revisited. Christopher Buck. This paper argues that Bahá'u'lláh's signal contribution to globalization was to ethicize and sacralize it. Articles.
32. 2003-06. Difficult Case, A: Beyer's Categories and the Bahá'í Faith. Sen McGlinn. Beyer considers that a religious movement which seeks to have religious norms enshrined in legislation has adopted the 'conservative option' in response to globalisation. Is this a useful categorisation for a global stage? Articles.
33. 2003. Globalization and Religion. David Skinner. An empirical examination of globalization's religious dimension. Publicly available databases show that much of globalization, or lack of it, can be predicted from data on the religions practiced in a nation. Includes passing mentions of Bahá'ís. Articles.
34. 2001/2005. Etching the Idea of "Unity in Diversity" in the Bahá'í Community: Popular Notion or Organizing Principle?. Will C. van den Hoonaard. On the meanings of "unity in diversity" in Bahá'í culture and scholarship and its occurrence in literature; aesthetic and functional analogies; use in governance. Articles.
35. 2001. Perspectives on the Global Economy at the Dawn of the 21st Century: An Irish Bahá'í View. Eamonn Moane. The state and issues of the global economy, including Ireland, at the start of the 21st century. Though not intended to be a general Bahá’í critique of the world economy, the paper concludes with a Bahá’í contribution to the issues raised. Articles.
36. 2000-09-24. Millennium Forum. Universal House of Justice. UHJ-letters.
37. 1999. Statecraft, Globalization, and Ethics. Charles O. Lerche. The impact of cosmopolitan morality on international statecraft in an era of globalization; globalization is a process of world economic, political, and social change; globalism is a positive, and potentially corrective, dimension of globalization. Articles.
38. 1999. Another Look at Achieving Peace by the Year 2000. John Huddleston. The process of globalization in terms of trade, culture, corporations, migration, environment, and crime; how to maintain peace; the failure of the world's leaders to achieve peace; institutional frameworks for peace and restructuring the United Nations. Articles.
39. 1998-10. Globalization and the Environment. Arthur Lyon Dahl. Some responses to possible problems associated with globalization. Essays.
40. 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.
41. 1996. Economic Justice and the Creation of a New International Economic Order. Keith Suter. The "New Right," history of economic philosophy and the role of the Church in Europe, challenges of the global economy, the failure of the UN to deal with the problems of the globalized economy, and how NGOs and individuals can work for economic justice. Articles.
42. 1995. Thoughts on the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and the Rise of Globalism, Some. Rose van Es. Global thinking is replacing traditional nationalist ideologies; changes necessary for a shift to an ecologically centered ideology; merits of the Bahá’í Faith’s teachings in light of a global transformation to a world-centered mindset. Articles.
43. 1995. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth. Ros Gabriel. Essays.
44. 1994-2021. Various Essays. Jack McLean. 43 essays on various topics, many with Bahá'í themes, most published in the Gulf Islands Driftwood of Salt Spring Island, BC. Essays.
45. 1994. Transition to a Global Society, by Suhail Bushrui: Review. Susan Lamb. Reviews.
46. 1991/1997. Toward a New Paradigm of Management. George Starcher. The fundamental changes taking place in management and organization in reaction to globalization and changing technology, and the new knowledge and information based economy. Articles.

1. 2000-05-22 —
   The United Nations Millennium Forum was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It attracted 1,350 participants from more than 106 countries and many others participated remotely via Internet. The purpose was to give organizations of civil society an opportunity to formulate views and recommendations on global issues to be taken up at the subsequent Millennium Summit in September to be attended by heads of state and government. Convened by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Forum's overarching theme - "The United Nations for the 21st Century" - encompassed six main sub-themes in its declaration titled We the Peoples Millennium Forum Declaration and Agenda for Action (2000):

   1) Peace, security and disarmament;

   2) Eradication of poverty, including debt cancellation and social development;

   3) Human rights;

   4) Sustainable development and environment;

   5) Facing the challenges of globalization: achieving equity, justice and diversity; and,

   6) Strengthening and democratizing the United Nations and international organizations.

   The document was divided into three main areas: recommendations for governmental action; proposals for the United Nations; and actions to be undertaken by civil society itself.

   The Bahá'í International Community as an NGO representing a cross-section of humankind acted as a unifying agent in major discussions. Our principal representative at the United Nations, Techeste Ahderrom, was appointed to cochair a committee of non-governmental organizations. Lawrence Arturo and Diane 'Alá'í represented the Bahá'í International Community. [BW00-01p87-89, Letter from the Universal House of Justice dated 24 September 2000]

   • See The United Nations for the 21st Century: From Reaction to Prevention: Towards an Effective and Efficient International Regime for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding by Detlev Wolter.
2. 2000-09-06 —
   The General Assembly Millennium Summit was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and was attended by leaders of more than 150 nations. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented a report entitled, "We The Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century". In which was presented an overview of the challenges facing humankind and suggested practical solutions. Some of the key themes addressed include health, environment, human rights and other social issues, international law, peace and rejuvenating the United Nations. It is striking that called upon by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to address so historic a gathering was Mr. Techeste Ahderom, the principal representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations, addressed the gathering as the spokesman of civil society. He was accorded this honour because he had presided as cochair at the earlier United Nations Millennium Forum. After all the national leaders had spoken and before the Summit had adopted its declaration on 8 September, Mr. Ahderom made a speech in which he conveyed to that unprecedented assemblage a report of the Forum. The text of his speech is enclosed herewith. On the last day a declaration was unanimously adopted that began by asserting: "We, Heads of State and Government, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000, at the dawn of a new Millennium, to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world." [BW00-01p91-93, Letter from the Universal House of Justice dated 24 September 2000]
   • The text of Mr. Ahderom's speech can be found on the BIC's website and at BW00-01p243-247.
   • Millennium Declaration (in all UN working languages)
   • The Millennium Development Goals are to: (1) eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; (2) achieve universal primary education; (3) promote gender equality and empower women; (4) reduce child mortality; (5) improve maternal health; (6) combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; (7) ensure environmental sustainability; and (8) develop a global partnership for development.
   • UN website.
3. 2005-09-15 —
   The 2005 World Summit was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives (including many leaders) of the then 191 (later 193) member states met in New York City for what the United Nations described as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take bold decisions in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations." [THE 2005 WORLD SUMMIT: AN OVERVIEW]
   • 2005 World Summit Outcome
   • Millennium Development Goals
     1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
     2. To achieve universal primary education
     3. To promote gender equality and empower women
     4. To reduce child mortality
     5. To improve maternal health
     6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
     7. To ensure environmental sustainability
     8. To develop a global partnership for development

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