1. 2026-03-30. Interregnum, The. Filip Boicu, W. Andy Knight. — An open, candid interview offering a unique view of what he terms the "interregnum," linking today's...
2. 2026-02-10. "Man of Africa", A: Emotions and Political Kinship in Forming Transnational Connections. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. — On the travels and politics of Enoch Olinga, who worked with global minorities across national bound...
3. 2025-09. Principled Engagement: The Bahá'í Community of Iran's Approach to Social Change. Iqan Shahidi. — Analyzes the Iranian Baha’i community’s principled, non-adversarial engagement in social change,...
4. 2025-07. Bahá'í Sacred Writings. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. . — A comprehensive collection of selections from the Writings of Baha’u’llah and the Writings and u...
5. 2025. Epistemological Foundations of Bahá'í Political Nonpartisanship, The. Behrooz Sabet. — Exploration of Baha'i non-partisanship as an epistemological stance: more than a moral principle, it...
6. 2025. Toward a Bahá'í Political Philosophy: Manifestation, Authority, and the Form of Civilizational Unity. Iman Motlagh Arani. — On a systematic political philosophy of the Baha’i Faith, which unites metaphysical origins with a...
7. 2024-05-26. To the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. Universal House of Justice. — The Baha’i response to conflicts and related humanitarian crises in the world; encouraging Baha’...
8. 2024. 2 March 2013 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Study. Ehsan Bayat, comp. — Study guide to the letter sent to all NSAs on avoiding partisan politics: Baha'is can contribute to ...
9. 2023-01-08. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation. Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
10. 2022-11-01. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
11. 2022-10. Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. . — Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U...
12. 2022-08-03. Pursuit of Social Justice, The. Michael Karlberg. — An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organizati...
13. 2022. Architectures of Thinking, The. Jordi Vallverdu Segura, Josuke Nakano. — Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships betw...
14. 2021-05. Secret of Divine Civilization, The. Fariba Moghadam. — Overview of the history Abdu'l-Baha's treatise, and its themes presented through a compilation of qu...
15. 2020-12-03. On the Calamitous State of World Affairs and the Material Sustainability of Communities. Universal House of Justice. — On concerns about the affairs of the world and catastrophic events, and whether the global Baha’i ...
16. 2020. Future of the "Sovereign" Nation-State: A Baha'i Perspective. Graham Nicholson. — The nation-state, previously the preeminent institution of the world order around which the global s...
17. 2019-12-01. Social media and non-involvement in politics. Universal House of Justice. — Guidance on avoiding political involvement, exercising caution on social media, promoting unity, and...
18. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
19. 2018-08-10. "Double Crusade". Universal House of Justice. — Comments on what the double crusade means, how it relates to the current series of Plans of the Fait...
20. 2018-05-03. 35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith. Bridging Beliefs. — Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Baha'i Faith and against relig...
21. 2018. Reflections on the Principle of Unity/Oneness, Some. Hooshmand Badee. — Reflections on the message of Baha'u'llah creating the oneness of humanity and a global society that...
22. 2018. Power and the Bahá'í community. Moojan Momen. — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the...
23. 2017-2020. List of Articles by Nader Saiedi on BahaiTeachings.org. Nader Saiedi. — Links to 40 essays about Baha'i teachings on spiritual unity, justice, freedom, democracy, and globa...
24. 2017-11-29. Climate Change: Policies and Political Discourse. Universal House of Justice. — Letter "to three individuals" on the science behind anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming, and...
25. 2017-11-29. Об изменении климата и доверии к науке (On climate change and trust in science). Universal House of Justice, Vladimir Chupin, trans. . — Всемирный Дом Справедливости обсуждает вопрос измене�...
26. 2017-04-27. Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs. Universal House of Justice. — Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freed...
27. 2017. On a Bahá'í's Engagement with Society and Non-Involvement in Politics. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, comp.
28. 2015-01-13. Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts. Universal House of Justice. — A letter to and response from the House about why Baha'is do not condemn the 2014 attacks on Gaza, a...
29. 2015. Alain Locke's Philosophy of Democracy. Christopher Buck. — For Locke, democracy was more than its narrow political definition, but multidimensional, encompassi...
30. 2015. Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith. Mikhail Sergeev. — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
31. 2014. `Abdu'l-Bahá and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Embracing Principles while Disapproving Methodologies. Mina Yazdani. — Abdu’l-Baha’s orientation toward the Constitutional Revolution of 1906–1911: he embraced the p...
32. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
33. 2013-12-24. Participation in Politics and Social Activities. Universal House of Justice. — Collaboration with political parties that are in opposition to a government is considered a form of ...
34. 2013-03-02. Non-Involvement in Partisan Politics. Universal House of Justice. — Lengthy letter to the Baha'is of Iran, and copied to all NSAs, about how Baha'is can contribute to g...
35. 2013. Human Station in the Bahá'í Faith: Selected Sections: Philosophy and Knowledge of the Divine. Alí Murád Dávúdí, Riaz Masrour, trans, Vahid Rafati, comp. . — A collection of talks by the Baha’i teacher and philosopher Dr. A. M. Davúdi on selected philosop...
36. 2013. Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran, The: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Ronen A. Cohen. — History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading a...
37. 2012-08-22. Are Independents Just Partisans In Disguise?. Shankar Vedantam. — Political attitudes and voting patterns in the United States, including brief interview with a Baha'...
38. 2011. Socio-Political Order, Speaking on. Universal House of Justice. — Extent to which Baha'is, in this case an academic political scientist, may give their views on polit...
39. 2011. Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine, The. Necati Alkan. — Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Baha on his political ...
40. 2010-01-22. Politics and Engagement in the Life of Society. Universal House of Justice. — On which principles should guide Iranian believers in their participation in the life of society, an...
41. 2010. Non-Involvement in Politics. Alí Murád Dávúdí, Riaz Masrour, trans. . — The importance and value of the Baha'i principle of non-involvement in political affairs.
42. 2009-10. Nonpartisan Engagement in Public Affairs: A Critical Analysis of the Bahá'í Approach to Dialogue, Democracy, and Diplomatic Relations. Bui Tyril. — How to address the dilemma of protesting human rights abuses in Iran while remaining non-partisan. L...
43. 2009. Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith. Adib Masumian. — Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Baha'i Faith as a subversive political group,...
44. 2009. Enacting Thought: Divine Will, Human Agency, and the Possibility of Justice. Holly Hanson. — Societies evolve through generations of human decision making. Using the examples of 300 years of po...
45. 2008-11. Iran, Israel and the "Shi'ite Crescent". Uzi Rabi, Ronen A. Cohen. — Conference proceedings on the relations between the regional powers of Iran and the Arab world, and ...
46. 2008-06. Baha'is and the Constitutional Revolution, The: The Case of Sari, Mazandaran, 1906-1913. Moojan Momen. — Accounts of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran have tended to ignore the role of the Baha’is. T...
47. 2008. Achieving Reconciliation in a Conflicting World. Ismael Velasco. — The dynamics of conflict against the backdrop of globalization, and religion's role in fostering uni...
48. 2008. Church and State in the Bahá'í Faith: An Epistemic Approach. Roshan Danesh. — On the public role of Baha'i institutions; review of current secondary literature; temporal legitima...
49. 2008. Anatomy of Prejudice: Reflections on Secular Anti-Baha'ism in Iran. H. E. Chehabi. — On social attitudes toward Baha'is in Iranian society; religious and cultural prejudice; anti-Baha'i...
50. 2007. Western Liberal Democracy as a New World Order?. Michael Karlberg. — Argues that competitive liberal democracy is outdated and inequitable, proposing non-adversarial, co...
51. 2006. Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'ís. Will C. van den Hoonaard. — Socialist involvement of some of Canada's earliest Baha'is, before and after the prohibition of invo...
52. 2006. Why only Baha'is can contribute to the Baha'i funds: The political economy perspective. Sathia Varqa. — An exploration of why only Baha'is have the right and privilege of giving to the Baha'i fund, demons...
53. 2005. Church and State: Book 1 of a Postmodern Political Theology for the Bahá'í Community. Sen McGlinn. — Religion and politics in Islamic history; Islamic and Baha'i views on theocracy and democracy; the t...
54. 2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms re...
55. 2005. 'Abdu'l Bahá's Tablet of the Two Calls: Civilizing Barbarity. Manooher Mofidi. — The relatioship between civilization and barbarity, and the capabilities of humanity.
56. 2004. Beyond Red Power: The Alternative Activism of Dorothy Maquabeak Francis. Chelsea Horton. — Aboriginal activism of the 1960s-1970s, which promoted native spirituality and culture, fostered cro...
57. 2004. Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran. Moojan Momen. — Early attacks on the Baha'i community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations...
58. 2003-07. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The. Michael Karlberg. — In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characteri...
59. 2003-07. Approach of Abdu'l-Baha to the Problem of Tolerance, The. Erfan Sabeti. — Exploring the differences between forbearance, indifference, acceptance, turning away, freedom, and ...
60. 2003-03-19. Questions and Answers on War and Related Issues. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. — Compilation of passages and commentary on the military, political activism, disarmament, pacifism, a...
61. 2003-01-12. Political Non-Involvement and Obedience to Government: Compilation by Peter Khan with Cover Letter from Secretariat. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Peter J. Khan, comp. . — Current world events can cause confusion and anguish among those seeking global peace. Rather than b...
62. 2003-01-12. Avoidance of Politics and Controversial Matters. Universal House of Justice. — A short explanation that the aim of Baha'is is to reconcile viewpoints and heal divisions, but not b...
63. 2002-12. Concept of Religious Democracy, The: An Introductory Bahá'í Perspective on the Democracy of the Conscience. Enos Makhele. — On the meaning of religious democracy in Baha’i literature compared with political literature; the...
64. 2002. Color Conscious - The Political Morality of Race, by K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann: Review. Farzin Aghdasi.
65. 2001-09-02. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion. Ian Kluge. — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
66. 2001-04-18. Takfir, declaration of unbelief: includes excerpts from Risáliy-i-Siyasiyyih. Universal House of Justice. — Questions from an individual about the Muslim practice of takfir, declaring someone an unbeliever, w...
67. 2000. Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Baha'i Apologetics [excerpt]. Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer, Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. . — Front- and back-matter of the book only: Contents, Preface, Introduction, Conclusion, Bibliography, ...
68. 2000. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
69. 1999 Autumn. Theology of the State from the Bahá'í Teachings, A. Sen McGlinn. — Western religions exhibit three types of divine societies: eschatological (the Kingdom of God on Ear...
70. 1999. Contemporary Governance and Conflict Resolution: A Bahá'í Reading. Graham Hassall. — The Baha'i Writings provide the foundations for a "critique of modernity" at the same time that they...
71. 1999. Tablet of The Desired One (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Universal House of Justice, Juan Cole.
72. 1999. Statecraft, Globalization, and Ethics. Charles O. Lerche. — The impact of cosmopolitan morality on international statecraft in an era of globalization; globaliz...
73. 1999. Characteristics of Bahá'í Administrative Order and Liberal Democratic Notions: A Comparative Study. Farzin Aghdasi. — Characteristics of Western civilization and its forms of democratic government; the Baha'i Administr...
74. 1998-2026. Publications of Arash Abizadeh. Arash Abizadeh. — Listing of articles and other material, including audio/visual, online at the author's website, many...
75. 1998-02. Treatise on Leadership: Introduction. Juan Cole. — Informal notes about and introduction to `Abdu'l-Baha's Risalih-i-Siyasiyyih (1893).
76. 1998-02. Treatise on Leadership. Abdu'l-Bahá, Juan Cole, trans. .
77. 1998-01-07. Transcript of interview with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. Mohammad Khatami. — Khatami praises American civilization, defends Iran and Islam, and laments the 'confrontation betwee...
78. 1997. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology. Juan Cole. — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
79. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
80. 1996. Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant. Universal House of Justice. — Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Baha'i social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevaili...
81. 1995-05-18. Administrative Order, Suggestions about changes in. Universal House of Justice. — Ways in which Baha'is may make suggestions for change within the Baha'i administration, and the natu...
82. 1995-04-27. Theocracy and Separation of Church and State. Universal House of Justice. — On theocracy in relation to the Baha'i model of government, and issues relating to the development o...
83. 1994-11-06. Church and State in the World Order of Baha'u'llah. Sen McGlinn. — The concept of theocracy as it applies to the Baha'i model of government.
84. 1993. مقالات و رسائل در مباحث متنوّعه: جلد سوم (Articles and Treatises on Various Subjects: Volume 3). Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. . — 33 articles and essays on various topics, along with biographies and other historical material.
85. 1992-02. Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century. Juan Cole. — The growth of belief in representative government within the Baha'i faith in the last third of the 1...
86. 1992. Challenges to Bahá'í Studies. Udo Schaefer. — Discussion of the intellectual presentation of the Baha'i Faith, and of the related topics of review...
87. 1992. Forging More Perfect Unions. William Barnes. — Social advances toward inclusive political structures must be accompanied by a moral advance toward ...
88. 1990/1995/2007. World Order, Evolution Towards: Notes on recent secondary literature, compilation, and two memoranda from the Bahá'í World Centre. Universal House of Justice, Steve Cooney, comp. . — Two letters, "Request for Materials about the World Order of Baha'u'llah" and "World Government and ...
89. 1989. State, Bureaucracy, and Revolution in Modern Iran, The: Agrarian Reforms and Regime Politics. Ali Farazmand. — Brief discussion of Baha'is being excluded from the constitutions of 1906 and 1979, (alleged) Jewish...
90. 1988-12-29. Individual Rights and Freedoms. Universal House of Justice. — An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Baha'i community,...
91. 1988. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review. John Huddleston. — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
92. 1988. Becoming Physicians to the World: Transforming "Non-Involvement in Politics". John T. Dale. — Looking at this issue from the perspective of positive human rights and cross-cultural communication...
93. 1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
94. 1987. Áqá Khan Kermání. Mangol Bayat. — Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
95. 1986. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution. Universal House of Justice, Inayat Rawhani, trans. . — Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 Fe...
96. 1986. Politics, Text, and Context: In Search of the Bahá'í Revolution. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. — The rationale for Shoghi Effendi requiring Baha'is to disassociate themselves from other churches an...
97. 1986. Left in Contemporary Iran, The. Sepehr Zabih. — Discussion of "urban guerilla warfare" pre-1979 with one passing mention of an unnamed Baha'i busine...
98. 1986. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983). Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. . — Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
99. 1986. Relating the Faith to Current Issues. Peter J. Khan. — Short essay outlining an approach to relate the teachings to current thoughts and problems of humani...
100. 1986. Non-Political Character of the Bahá'í Faith, The: Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Shoghi Effendi. — Published as Section 6 of Baha'i World 18, preceding a section on "Relationship to Government."
101. 1986. Relationship to Government. Author unknown, comp. — Three short sections: Loyalty to the government, the Baha'i view of pacifism, and the Guardian's ins...
102. 1985. Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh. National Youth Committee, comp. — Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Baha'i youth.
103. 1976-07-07. Involvement in Politics and the Eradication of Injustice. Universal House of Justice. — Letter to an individual explaining that Baha’is avoid partisan politics, focusing instead on spiri...
104. 1974-11-19. Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Italy. Universal House of Justice. — Regarding the alleviation of material suffering and the construction of a New World Order.
105. 1969-06. War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — A whitepaper on issues of Baha'i involvement in the military services.
106. 1967-12-08. Regarding a Number of Questions Related to Politics. Universal House of Justice. — Explains Baha’i non-involvement in politics, asserting unity and spiritual regeneration through Ba...
107. 1957 [1875]. Secret of Divine Civilization. Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. . — Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Baha's program for the developmental reform...
108. 1956-05. Oneness of Mankind, The: Basic Principle of the Bahá'í Faith. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — Statement of Baha'i teachings prepared in order to clarify the position of members of the Faith thro...
109. 1956. Notes on Words of the Guardian. Virginia Orbison. — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ...
110. 1947/1948. Letter to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. Shoghi Effendi, Horace Holley. — Shoghi Effendi's summary of the relationship of the Baha'i Faith to Palestine, written as an introdu...
111. 1918. Compilation of the Holy Utterances of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá, Concerning the Most Great Peace, War and Duty of the Bahá'ís toward their Government. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. — An early compilation, prepared for the Tenth Annual Convention, April 1918.
112. 1910. Persian Revolution of 1905-1909, The. E. G. Browne. — Includes discussion of Baha'is and Babis in "Attitude of Bahá’ís towards Persian Politics" (pp...
113. 1910. Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics. Abdu'l-Bahá, E. G. Browne, ed. .

1. 1893-00-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (variously translated as "Treatise on Politics", "A Treatise...
2. 1947-07-09 — Shoghi Effendi, as Head of the Baha'i Faith resident in the Baha'i World Centre, received a letter f...

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