- 2025. Reason in the Orbit of Revelation: Constructing a Bahá'í Philosophical Paradigm. Iman Motlagh Arani. A book-length systematic proposal for a Bahá'í philosophical framework across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, engaging phenomenology and contemporary theory while emphasizing praxis grounded in Revelation. (Some chapters already posted separately.) Books.
- 2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. Explores the Persian Bayán's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into the Báb's Dispensation. Audio.
- 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'llah's Revelation that relate to peace, and how Baha'u'llah reconstructs the concepts of victory, mystical poetry, interpretation, and the temple. Audio.
- 2016. Concept of the Manifestation of God in Chinese Symbolism: An Inter-civilizational Hermeneutic Study. Amrollah Hemmat. Seemingly incompatible symbols can point to a common underlying meaning, connecting worldviews and perspectives often considered incommensurable. There are elements of the Chinese tradition that resonate deeply with the Bahá’í concept of Manifestation. Articles.
- 2015. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The. Jean-Marc Lepain, Peter Terry, trans. . Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the Greek to Jewish, Christian and Muslim thought, contrasted with the theosophy, metaphysics, anthropology, and hermeneutics of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Books.
- 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Bahá'í history, key writings, and the need for scholarly study, translation, and contextual analysis of Bahá'í texts. Audio.
- 2009/2026. Bahá'í Hermeneutics: An Academic and Primary Source Inquiry. Peter Terry. An exploration of the practice of scriptural interpretation by contrasting the "normative" approaches of the Central Figures with contemporary scholastic approaches by Juan Cole, Christopher Buck, Dann May, Michael Sours, Jack McLean, and Sen McGlinn. Articles-unpublished.
- 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 Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.) Excerpts.
- 2005-11. Collected Essays. John Wiegley. Dozens of essays on numerous topics of Bahá'í thought and practice. Books.
- 2001-09. Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of The Bab. Peter Ashelman. Hermeneutics in early Babi/Bahá'í history and its relationship to conversion, and the historical evolution of the world Bahá’í community since its origins. Articles-unpublished.
- 1997. Commentary: Some Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings. Sen McGlinn. Criteria which may be used to determine which of Shoghi Effendi writings are "interpretations", and thus permanently binding, and which are not. Articles.
- 1992. Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings, Some. Khazeh Fananapazir, Seena Fazel, Sen McGlinn. Aspects of hermeneutics and authorized interpretation. Articles.
- 1989. Preliminary Survey of Hermeneutical Principles Found within the Baha'i Writings, A. Dann J. May. The multiple meanings contained within religious texts; symbolic and mythological nature of religious language; the role of science in interpreting sources; progressive and relative nature of truth; essential aspects of all religions; personal biases. Articles.
- 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. Encyclopedia.
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