- Apocalypse and Millennium: Catastrophe, Progress, and the Lesser Peace, by William P. Collins. (2002). Some approaches to the Lesser Peace in light of millennialism, and the Bahá'í vision of a divine plan leading to the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace which has "progressive” and "catastrophic" aspects.
- Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. (2022-10). Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U.S., Iran, and the world; reasons for the Bahá’í stance against partisan activity and its approach to social change; Bahá'í use of social media.
- Becoming Your True Self, by Daniel C. Jordan. (1968). The nature of human potential, and how the Bahá'í Faith can guide the process of spiritual transformation.
- Body of God: A Reader's Guide to Bahá'u'lláh's Surih of the Temple, by John Hatcher: Review, by Tom Lysaght. (2023-08). Review of John Hatcher's book about Bahá'u'lláh's Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple).
- Call to the Nations, by Shoghi Effendi. Universal House of Justice, comp. (1977). Selections from the writings of the Guardian chosen by the Universal House of Justice, offered as guidance at a "critical juncture" of humankind in a dark period of its history, but with a glorious day on the horizon.
- Catastrophe, Armageddon and Millennium: Some Aspects of the Bábí-Bahá'í Exegesis of Apocalyptic Symbolism, by Stephen Lambden: Commentary, "The Apocalyptic Upheaval Completed?", by William P. Collins. (2001). Commentary on earlier article by Stephen Lambden.
- Century of Light, by Universal House of Justice. (2001). Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Bahá'í Faith's emergence from obscurity, "demonstrating on a global scale the unifying power with which its Divine origin has endowed it."
- Comments on Power and Authority, Historical Consciousness, and Modes of Communication: Foreword to the 2nd Edition of Planning Progress, by Todd Smith. (2024-12). Reflections on what Bahá'ís have achieved in the decades since this book was published, particularly in the way they seek to transform the material and spiritual dimensions of life at individual and social levels; the degraded state of today's leadership.
- Compilation "L'état actuel de désordre et de confusion du monde," Centre International d'Enseignement, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, comp, Pierre Daoust, trans. (2020-09). Compilation du Centre International d'Enseignement.
- Crisis and the Power of an Inclusive Historical Consciousness: Progressing from Delusional Habits to Dynamic Freedom, by Todd Smith. (2020). On delusional ways of thinking: the habits of totalizing reality vs. fragmenting reality. These lead us to ideologize and dichotomize. Maturity needs inclusive historical consciousness and equal interplay between the individual and the collective.
- Disintegration of Society and the Development of a New Order, by Universal House of Justice. (1996-05-13). On the disintegration of society and the development of a new order, and how the advancement of civilization and the development of human nature can continue.
- Emergence of World Civilization, The: An Exposition on Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, by James B. Thomas. (2007). A study of the Guardian's "The Unfoldment of World Civilization" (1936); humanity's coming of age; the process of integration; pangs of death and birth during an age of transition; collapse of Islam; breakdown of political and economic structures.
- Ethics for a Global Society, by Udo Schaefer. (1994). Addresses the collapse of moral order and value systems in the contemporary world, advocating in response a global ethic based on the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
- Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series, by Hooper Dunbar. (2011-04). Six lectures series at Bosch Bahá'í School, April 15-17 2011.
- Forces of Our Time, The, by Hooper Dunbar. (1986). Excerpt from a talk presented at the "Prepare for Peace" conference, Long Beach, California, August 1985.
- Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature, by Elham Afnan. (1989). The Bahá'í Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopian visions of progress from 19th-century literature and dystopian visions of 20th-century fiction, disillusioned by war and social and economic disasters.
- Humanity's Coming Encounter with Baha'u'llah, by Douglas Martin. (1992-04-09). Retrospective look at the previous 100 years of Bahá'í history, current shifts of focus and teaching plans, and the prospects for the future which the new Message can bring.
- Internationalism and Divine Law: A Baha'i Perspective, by Roshan Danesh. (2004). On the internationalism motif in Bahá'í political and legal thought; the place of divine legal claims in contemporary debates about models of world order; religion as a unifying force; concept of divine law in both Persian and Islamic history.
- Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution, by Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. (1986). Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 February 1980.
- Law and International Order: Proceedings of the First European Bahá'í Conference on Law and International Order: Review, by Joshua Lincoln. (1997-10). Review of conference proceedings, highlighting Bahá'í law, governance, human rights, and future perspectives.
- Letter to the World's Religious Leaders, by Universal House of Justice. (2002-04). On historic challenges that leaders of religion must respond to, if spiritual leadership is to have meaning in the new global society.
- Message on World Peace, by Universal House of Justice. (2019-01-18). Letter about important steps the world made towards world peace, and the current situation, in relation to the activities the Bahá'ís are involved with.
- Next Stage, The, by Douglas Martin. (2013). Bahá'í scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a discourse that is free of "haughty intellectualism." The Association for Bahá’í Studies can help promote the Bahá'í cause to institutions of higher learning.
- Old Churches and the New World-Faith, The, by George Townshend. (1949). Pamphlet publication of Townshend's letter of renunciation of the Anglican Church and proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh.
- On the Betterment of the World and the Countering of Negative and Disunifying Forces, by Universal House of Justice. (2020-11-24). On how individuals can contribute to the betterment of society in view of the present state of the world.
- One Common Faith, by Universal House of Justice. (2005). Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of contemporary crises.
- Orientation of Hope and Lessons in World Crisis, The, by Alain Locke. (1936/1945). Two essays meditating on the relevance of Bahá'í principles to the period preceding and during the Second World War.
- Potential Calamities and Ensuring Sustainability of Communities, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. (2020). Guidance on calamitous events and our response to them.
- Pursuit of Social Justice, The, by Michael Karlberg. (2022-08-03). An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change, and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice.
- Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice. (2023-11-28). Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guardianship, global expansion, community building and development, participation in societal discourse, and construction of the Bahá'í World Centre.
- Ridván 2022: Bahá'í Era 179, by Universal House of Justice. (2022-04-21). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
- Ridván 2024: Bahá'í Era 181, by Universal House of Justice. (2024-04-19). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
- Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs, by Universal House of Justice. (2017-04-27). Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freedom that Bahá’ís have to engage in social action and public discourse, particularly in relation to the principle of non-involvement in political affairs.
- Time of Peril, Prospects for Peace, by Glenford Mitchell. (2001-10-11). Talk at the Bahá'í Unity Center in Atlanta.
- Turning Point: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material 1996—2006, by Universal House of Justice. (2006). Forty-three letters, plans, and documents covering the Four-Year Plan of 1996-2000, including Global Plans: Fundamental Concepts,
a 2005 document prepared by a committee for a workshop conducted at the Bahá'í World Centre.
- Us and Them: A Study of Alienation and World Order, by Charles O. Lerche. (1994). The division of the world into mutually exclusive identity groups and its implications for international affairs; alienation and estrangement as useful tools; the Bahá'í model of world unity and world civilization; the phenomenon of European integration.
- World in Travail, A: Understanding and Responding to the Events of Our Times, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Kamran Sedig, comp, Jan Duchac, ed. (2020-05). A compilation on the maladies of the world.
- World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion, The, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, comp. (2020-09). Compilation of passages relevant to contemporary issues of 2020, and the appropriate disposition of the Bahá'ís.
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