- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels, by Wendi Momen (2012). — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage, by Iraj Ghanooni, Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. (2022). — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
- Being Human: Bahá'í Perspectives on Islam, Modernity, and Peace, by Todd Lawson: Review, by Christopher Buck (2021-11-30).
- Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab, by Nader Saiedi (2010-12-30). — A talk on an invited topic (the origin of humankind) from a scholar known for his unique familiarity...
- Birth of the Human Being, The: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity, by Nader Saiedi (2011). — We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. T...
- Centering the "Pupil of the Eye": Blackness, Modernity, and the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, by Derik Smith (2019). — The "pupil of the eye" metaphor is a deeply consequential, distinguishing feature of the transformat...
- Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914, by Taj al-Saltana, Abbas Amanat, ed, Anna Vanzan, trans. (1993). — Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-D...
- Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only), by Nader Saiedi (2008). — A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Bab. ...
- Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in Middle Eastern Modernity, The, by Juan Cole (1999-03). — Middle Eastern religion is seldom mentioned in the same breath with modernism. The Baha'i faith, whi...
- Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics, by Rowshan Mustapha (2014). — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
- Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a Lens with which to Examine some of the Dilemmas of Modernity, The, by Betsy Omidvaran (2002). — Contrast between the Aqdas - the source of laws of future society - and issues of the modern world a...
- Liminal Moment, A: Shaykhi Millennialism and the Irruption of Modernity, by Ismael Velasco (2013). — On the end-times theology of the last great philosophical school to have developed integrally within...
- Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review, by Benjamin Olshin (2015).
- Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only], by Juan Cole (1998). — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
- Modernity as an Age of Transition, by Benjamin Schewel (2023-01-16). — Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern...
- Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives, by Hoda Mahmoudi (2008). — Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and it...
- Religion in a Secular Age: The search for final meaning, by John Cogley (1968). — 1-sentence mention from Part 3, "The Religious Response to Modernity."
- Religion, Modernity and the "Clash of Civilisations": Context and Prospects, by Ismael Velasco (2013). — On the broader intellectual context for the emergence of the Baha'i Faith in 19th century Iran and i...
- Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age, by Nader Saiedi (2014). — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
- Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East, by Oliver Scharbrodt (2002). — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ...
- Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith, by Mikhail Sergeev (2015). — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
- Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán, by Nader Saiedi (2019-09). — Explores the Persian Bayan's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into...
- Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School, by Nader Saiedi (2019). — On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell;...
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