1. 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.
2. 2025-12-06. Interview with Joshua Hall on Bahá'í Philosophy of Religion. Joshua Hall, Amos Wollen. In-depth interview exploring Bahá’í philosophy, theology, metaphysics, and spirituality. Includes audio and video formats, plus transcript. Audio.
3. 2025-10-10. Developmental Model for Religion, A: A Bahá'í Philosophy and Social Theory. Behrooz Sabet, Filip Boicu. A review of Bahá’í scholarship and philosophy within the historical evolution of religion, accompanied by a taxonomy of key areas of Bahá’í research and inquiry. Transcripts.
4. 2025-09. Unfolding Reality: Hegel, Mulla Sadra, and the Progressive Revelation of Truth. Behrooz Sabet. Comparison of the philosophers representing a culmination of Western and Eastern philosophical traditions, who embody two distinct schools of thought on the dynamic nature of reality. Articles-unpublished.
5. 2025-07. In the Beginning was Metaphor: Henry Corbin and the Quran. Todd Lawson. Iranian Islam; the Day of the Covenant, Mundus Imaginalis, and metahistory; metaphor and ta'wil. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Articles.
6. 2025. Spectrum of Knowledge in the Bahá'í Faith, The: Material, Conceptual, Existential, Moral, and Divine Forms of Knowing. Iman Motlagh Arani. Seven categories identified within the Bahá’í typology of knowledge: material, conceptual, existential, moral, divine, intrinsic divine, and true knowledge in conformity with reality; this view integrates scientific, moral, and spiritual dimensions. Articles-unpublished.
7. 2025. Survey of the Cardinal Maxims of Islamic Philosophy in the Bahá'í Writings, A. Vargha Taefi (published as Vargha Bolodo-Taefi). The influence of Islamic thought and intellectual tradition on the Bahá’í Writings; 34 cardinal maxims of Islamic philosophy that are adopted and expounded in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, with examples. Articles.
8. 2025. Primordial Covenant and Joseph: Metaphoricity in the Quran. Todd Lawson. On metaphors of emotion as a mode of cognition in the Quran; emotions of God, represented by the Quranic names and attributes; the role of God in the life of the believer and the community. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Articles-unpublished.
9. 2025. Wisdom and Philosophy in the Bahá'í Faith: On the Divine Horizon of Ḥikmat and the Boundaries of Speculative Reason. Iman Motlagh Arani. On a Bahá'í philosophical paradigm that reconfigures the nature of philosophy itself: a prophetic ontology in which wisdom is divinely sourced and civilizational in purpose; being, causality, and knowledge in classical, Islamic, and modern philosophies. Articles-unpublished.
10. 2021. Persianization of Shaykhīsm: The Doctrine of Rukn-i Rābiʿ from Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī to Karīm Khān Kirmānī. Leila Chamankhah. On the concepts of authority, leadership, and the doctrine of the Fourth Pillar in Shaykhism; the theology of maʿrifa (gnosis); how Kirmání and his successors deal with the Bábí cause; Kirmání's attempts to Persianize the Shaykhi creeds. Articles.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 2007. Stylistic Analysis of the Báb's Writings, A: Abridged Translation of Vahid Behmardi's Muqaddamih-yi dar bárih-yi sabk va siyáq-i áthár-i mubárakih-yi ḥaḍrat-i rabb a`lá. Vahid Behmardi, William F. McCants. English translation by McCants of Behmardi's Persian article "Stylistic Analysis of the Báb’s Writings". Articles.
19. 2007. مقالات داودی (Davudi's Articles). Alí Murád Dávúdí, Ibrahim Ashk Shirin, ed. . Seven articles on philosophy. Books.
20. 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.
21. 2006. Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization. Vahid Brown. The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in 10th- to 13th-century Spain.  Articles.
22. 2006. Aspects of Bahá'í Ethics, Some. Udo Schaefer. Summary of concepts from Schaefer's book Bahá'í Ethics in the Light of Scripture. Articles.
23. 2005-06-11. Islam and the Life of the Mind. Todd Lawson. History of Islamic philosophy and how it connects to individual Muslims. Includes unedited, unformatted transcript. Video.
24. 2004. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies. Ismael Velasco. On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential Islamicists of the 20th century, whose work is uniquely relevant in understanding the philosophical context for the emergence of the Bábí Faith. Articles.
25. 2003-03-25. Concept of 'Light' in Iranian Religion, The. Moojan Momen. Audio.
26. 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.
27. 2002. Miscellaneous philosophy topics. John Walbridge. Islamic vs. Bahá'í philosophy; Greek philosophers and the Jews; other topics of philosophy. Articles-unpublished.
28. 2002. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony. Vahid Brown. The dimensions of myth in the Bahá'í Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, religious history, and Administrative Order. Articles.
29. 2001. Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective. Adrian John Davis. A Bahá'í-Sufi comparative study exploring similarities and key differences between the Perfect Man and Manifestation of God as expressions of Divine Will. Articles.
30. 2001. Firm Cord of Servitude, The. Theo A. Cope. A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Bahá'í Teachings as well as Jungian psychology. Articles.
31. 1999. Commentary on a Verse of Rumi. Juan Cole. Summary and paraphrase of a tablet about a debate over the unity of being (wahdat al-wujud) in Sufi thought. Essays.
32. 1998. Metaphysics and Cosmology of Process According to Shaykh 'Aḥmad al-'Ahsā'ī, The: Critical Edition, Translation, and Analysis of Observations in Wisdom. Idris Samawi Hamid. Analyzes Shaykh Ahmad's groundbreaking process metaphysics and cosmology through "The Wisdom Observations," marking his departure from traditional Muslim substance-based philosophical thought. (Link to document, offsite.) Link.
33. 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.
34. 1997. Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity. Anjam Khursheed. Prior to the Renaissance, Islam inspired revivals in the cultural traditions of Christianity and Judaism, indicating a harmony between the three religions. The reforms inspired by Islam were a prelude to the modern scientific revolution. Articles.
35. 1997. Background and Centrality of Apophatic Theology in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture, The. Stephen Lambden. History of the theological position of the incomprehensibility-unknowability of God in past major Abrahamic religions and its importance and significance for contemporary Bahá'ís. Articles.
36. 1994. Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam. Annemarie Schimmel. This book is a classic, groundbreaking survey of Islamic practices and beliefs. While the book contains only passing mentions of Bahá'ís, it gives a deeper understanding in the Bahá'í Writings and practices. Books.
37. 1988. Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics. Moojan Momen. "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religions. Articles.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 1977. Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran. Henry Corbin, Nancy Pearson, trans. . An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body identity. Includes descriptions of cosmologies in Zoroastrian, Shi'i Islamic and Shaykhi philosophies. Books.
41. 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.
42. 1967-2007. Alí Murád Dávúdí, Collected Works. Alí Murád Dávúdí, Adel Shafipour, comp. . دکتر‌علی مراد دائدی : Various published and unpublished academic works by Dr. Davudi, mostly in Persian. Books.
43. 1963. Islamic Contributions to Civilization. Stanwood Cobb. Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic people and nations. Books.
44. 1910-01. Letter to Mrs. A. Schwarz, Stuttgart. Josephina Fallscher, Steven Phelps, ed. . Philosophic conversations of the Master with a French consular official. The nineteenth letter from Dr. Fallscheer to Schwarz. Pilgrims.
45. 1908. Development of Metaphysics in Persia, The: A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy. Muhammad Iqbal. Short philosophical observations on the theology of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. Excerpts.

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