1. 2025-12. Negotiating Gender Equality among Pakistani Bahá'ís: A Qualitative Study. Saleha, Ayesha Zaka, Humaira Tehsin. Explores how Pakistani Bahá’ís negotiate religious ideals of gender equality within everyday life, revealing tensions between egalitarian beliefs and patriarchal social norms. Articles.
2. 2018. Power and the Bahá'í community. Moojan Momen. While Bahá'í social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the case today. The problem the world faces is not in the principles that would lead to a better society, but in their application. Articles.
3. 2008. Reflections of a Human Spirit in a Male Body. William S. Hatcher. Includes discussions of the nature of patriarchy, chauvinism, and feminism. Articles-unpublished.
4. 1999. Father and the Maiden, The: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine. Mark A. Foster. While the outward structure of the Bahá'í Faith may be patriarchal, the spirit of the age is expressed in the divine feminine.  Essays.
5. 1994. Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles. Lil Osborn. A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces patriarchy with the suggestion that sexual equality is independent of, and unrelated to, gender images of the Divine. Articles.
6. 1994. In All the Ways that Matter, Women Don't Count. Moojan Momen. The Bahá'í goal of achieving sexual equality cannot be achieved merely by trying to advance the position of women in society, but rather society itself must be "feminized." Articles.
7. 1994. Sex, Gender, and New Age Stereotyping. Lata Ta'eed. Advocates the abolishing of culturally produced differences between men and women and challenges gender inconsistencies inherent in many Bahá'í discussions. Articles.
8. 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 Kitáb-i-Aqdas, marriage, and feminism raised by John and Linda Walbridge's article "Bahá'í Laws on the Status of Men" (World Order 1984). Articles.

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