- n.d.. Socrates. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Compilations.
- 2026-03. Three Purities and Three-Stage Ontologies, The: From Daoism to the Baháʼí Faith. Amrollah Hemmat, David A. Palmer. Using Daoism’s (Taoism) Three Purities, this study compares Daoist, Platonic, Sufi, and Bahá’í three-stage ontologies, highlighting creation, return, spiritual development, and ethical implications. Articles.
- 2023-01. The Quantum State Function, Platonic Forms, and the Ethereal Substance: Reflections on the Potential of Philosophy to Contribute to the Harmony of Science and Religion. Vahid Houston Ranjbar (published as Vahid Ranjbar). Science and philosophy correlate to concepts from the knowledge system of religion; the ethereal substance described by Abdu’l-Bahá belongs to Plato’s idealized realm and resonates with the modern understanding of a quantum field. Articles.
- 2019-12-08. Philosophical Statements by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Some Answered Questions. Abdu'l-Bahá, A. Bolhuis, comp. . Quotations extracted from Ian Kluge's article "Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective" (2009), using the 2014 revised edition of "Some Answered Questions". Compilations-personal.
- 2019. Exploring the Concept of the Soul in Some Answered Questions: Implications and Insights. Behrooz Sabet. Abdu'l-Bahá's view of the soul in Some Answered Questions is both emergent and transcendent, bridging body and spirit. It links philosophy, science, and faith, with insights on psychology, ethics, immortality, and humanity’s spiritual evolution. Articles-unpublished.
- 2018. Oneness of Reality, The: A Response to Moojan Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Baha'i Metaphysics". Peter Terry. Dialogue on epistemology and ontology as presented in the core literature of the Baha’i religion. Articles-unpublished.
- 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.
- 2012. Human Nature and World Religion: Toward a Bahá'í-Inspired Philosophical Anthropology. Harold Rosen. On how the major religions depict human nature, philosophical anthropology, the shared metaphysical concept of four levels of reality, and the nature of divine reality across religions. Articles.
- 2009. Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat. Amin E. Egea. A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages. Articles.
- 2009. Answered Questions, Some: A Philosophical Perspective. Ian Kluge. Philosophical foundations of the Bahá’í teachings, including ontology, theology, epistemology, philosophical anthropology and psychology, and personal and social ethics. Articles.
- 2008. Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Sublime Vision". Wolfgang A. Klebel. Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Bahá’u’lláh calls "Thy transcendent unity," i.e., the concept of unity and oneness, which are ubiquitous in the Bahá’í Writings? Articles.
- 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.
- 2007. مقالات داودی (Davudi's Articles). Alí Murád Dávúdí, Ibrahim Ashk Shirin, ed. . Seven articles on philosophy. Books.
- 2006. Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings. Babak Rod Khadem. The Bahá’í conception of unity has historical and intellectual precedents. On the history of this concept (and the concept of causality) as it developed in ancient Greek thought, Neoplatonism, and, subsequently, in Islamic philosophy and mysticism. Articles.
- 2003. Aristotelian Substratum of the Bahá'í Writings, The. Ian Kluge. There is a pervasive and far-reaching congruence of Aristotle and the Bahá’í Writings. This Aristotelian substratum makes it is possible to resolve many apparent paradoxes in the Writings. Articles.
- 2002. Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients. Vahid Rafati, Keven Brown, trans. . Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn (its recipient / "such as receive its impact") in Islamic philosophy, and their later use in Shaykhi and Bahá'í texts. Articles.
- 2002. Miscellaneous philosophy topics. John Walbridge. Islamic vs. Bahá'í philosophy; Greek philosophers and the Jews; other topics of philosophy. Articles-unpublished.
- 2001-09-02. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion. Ian Kluge. How to study the Bahá'í Writings through the use of logic. Articles-unpublished.
- 1998. Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit. Anjam Khursheed. The Bahá'í view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these three elements exist both in the Semitic religions and in the Far Eastern ones; Western dualist and Eastern monist traditions are in fact all tripartite. Articles.
- 1997. Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown. History of alchemy, magic, and the hermetic arts, and their reflection in the later teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. Articles.
- 1995-10-22. Socrates in History and the Bahá'í Writings. Universal House of Justice. Historical facts known about Socrates, some of the difficulties inherent in endeavouring to unravel the historical Socrates, and quotations from the Bahá'í Writings. UHJ-letters.
- 1991. Socrates'/Plato's Use of Rhetoric: A Bahá'í Perspective. Bret Breneman. Classical rhetoric continues to increase our understanding of human utterance and expression; the figure of Socrates in Plato’s dialogues models a rhetorical mutuality, a 'pedagogical' rhetoric which demonstrates how refined speech is morally nurturing. Articles.
- 1990. Bahá'í Perspective on the Origin of Matter, A. Keven Brown. The origin of matter is spiritual. Science sees that, at its most fundamental level, reality is not particular materials or structures, but probabilities and transformation. The four elements, three-fold structure of being, and balance are also examined. Articles.
- 1982. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The. Juan Cole. Lengthy overview of Bahá'í theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots. Articles.
- 1971. عقل در حکمت مشاء: از ارسطو تا ابن سینا (Intellect in Peripatetic Philosophy: From Aristotle to Avicenna). Alí Murád Dávúdí. Lengthy study of Islamic and Greek philosophy, on the concept of the intellect from Aristotle through later Greek and Islamic commentators. Books.
- 1970. درباره نفس ارسطو (Aristotle's On the Soul). Aristotle, Alí Murád Dávúdí, ed. and trans. . Persian translation and annotation of Aristotle's De Anima (On the Soul). [No relevance to the Bahá'í Faith other than the translator.] Books.
- 1967. تاریخ فلسفه جلد اول دوره یونانی (History of Philosophy, Volume One: The Greek Period). Émile Bréhier, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. . Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text. Books.
- 1967. تاریخ فلسفه جلد دوم دوره انتشار فرهنگ یونانی و دوره رومی (History of Philosophy, Volume Two: The Hellenistic and Roman Periods). Émile Bréhier, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. . Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text. Books.
- 1946-06-07. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand. Shoghi Effendi. Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taking many of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's statements as dogmatic finalities. Guardian.
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