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 turbulent world to xeno-racism and structural racism, and showing how honest intellectual dialogue can help society reflect and find hope. Video.
2. 2026-02. Coordination for the Common Good: Governing Institutions in Partnership with Community Action and Individual Initiative. Bahá'í International Community. Statement for the 64th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD). Social progress emerges through coordinated partnership among institutions, communities, and individuals, grounded in trust, consultation, and shared purpose. BIC.
3. 2025-09. Aspirational Trends in Social Science Methodology. Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, Mariam Ashtiani, Michael Karlberg, Mojgan Sami, Negin Toosi. Examines six emerging methodological trends that signal the maturation of social sciences and guide research toward more inclusive, reflective, and transformative contributions to humanity. Articles.
4. 2025-09. Principled Engagement: The Bahá'í Community of Iran's Approach to Social Change. Iqan Shahidi. Analyzes the Iranian Bahá’í community’s principled, non-adversarial engagement in social change, highlighting constructive resilience, community building, and non-political contributions despite persecution. Articles.
5. 2025-09. Défi lancé à la communauté bahá'íe, Un. Pierre-Yves Mocquais. Examining Farzam Arbab’s call for intellectual renewal, this article critiques materialist thought and outlines qualities enabling the Bahá’í community to harmonize science, religion, and social transformation. Articles.
6. 2025-05. Role of Religions and Faith-Based Actors in Advancing Spiritual and Material Prosperity on the Continent of Africa, The. Bahá'í International Community. Religious and interfaith actors in Africa can unite diverse communities, inspire collective action, and advance spiritual and material prosperity through dialogue, cooperation, and moral leadership. BIC.
7. 2025-04-21. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership. Bahá'í World. Highlights the Bahá’í principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global application through education, leadership, and community action. Articles.
8. 2025-04-21. Evolving Administrative Order, An. Bahá'í World. The Bahá’í administrative order, evolving globally, fosters unity, decentralization, and social transformation, offering a cooperative model of governance rooted in Bahá’u’lláh’s vision of humanity’s collective maturity. Articles.
9. 2025-04-21. Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth. Bahá'í World. Youth empowerment through spiritual education, service, and community-building programs, cultivating agents of social transformation amid mounting global challenges. Articles.
10. 2025-04-21. New Institution of Learning, A: The Training Institute. Bahá'í World. The Bahá’í training institute builds capacity for individual and community transformation through study, service, and collective learning. Articles.
11. 2025-04-21. Global Community, A. Bahá'í World. The global Bahá’í community advances unity, social transformation, and spiritual principles through systematic learning, community-building, and inclusive, grassroots action worldwide; overview of 1996–2021. Articles.
12. 2025. Bahá'í Praxis, The: Translating Theology into Social Action. Iman Motlagh Arani. Bahá’í theology marks a transition from classical metaphysics to an embodied, praxis-centered framework, not in doctrinal systematization but in the ethical transformation of individuals and societies. Revelation is actualized through justice and unity. Articles-unpublished.
13. 2025. Bahá'í Work as Worship, Prayer as Practice: Chapter 15. Deborah Clark Vance. Religion is logical and progressive; it moves humanity closer to a unified world; human reality is our thought, not our bodies; life is for acquiring spiritual attributes; Baháʼí temples are symbols of unity, fostering peace and community-building. Articles.
14. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. Audio.
15. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guardianship, global expansion, community building and development, participation in societal discourse, and construction of the Bahá'í World Centre. UHJ-letters.
16. 2023-10. National Spiritual Assembly, The. Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Compilation outlining the spiritual foundations, responsibilities, and evolving role of National Spiritual Assemblies in fostering unity, administration, and the society-building mission of the Bahá’í Faith. Compilations.
17. 2023-01-17. Crisis of Identity, The. Shahrzad Sabet. Exploring how the Bahá’í principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractable tension between oneness and diversity. Articles.
18. 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 process of social transformation that genuine reconciliation implies. Articles.
19. 2023. Pathways to Transformation: The Bahá'í Journey. John A. Davidson. Compilation on Bahá'u'lláh's vision of building a peaceful and progressive planetary civilization, and of the Bahá'í community's approach to individual and collective learning in working to manifest this global transformation. Link to book (offsite). Books.
20. 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 of identity, prejudice, economic injustice, and Africa. UHJ-letters.
21. 2022. Reflections on the Challenge of Our Age. Paul Lample. On how Bahá'ís expect to search for truth and build a just and peaceful world through the conscious transformation of the moral order — not by force or coercion but by example, persuasion, and cooperation. Articles.
22. 2021-12-30. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, generational in its scope and significance," to be implemented Ridvan 2022. UHJ-letters.
23. 2020. Civilizational Revival and Modernity through the Lens of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: An Examination of The Secret of Divine Civilization. Behrooz Sabet. On ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s approach to modernity through the lens of civilizational renewal; progressive revelation as a spiritual foundation, beyond prevailing liberal and Enlightenment interpretations in current scholarship; spirituality and social reform. Articles-unpublished.
24. 2020. Crisis and the Power of an Inclusive Historical Consciousness: Progressing from Delusional Habits to Dynamic Freedom. Todd Smith. On delusional ways of thinking: the habits of totalizing reality vs. fragmenting reality. These lead us to ideologize and dichotomize. Maturity needs inclusive historical consciousness and equal interplay between the individual and the collective. Articles.
25. 2018. Transformative Leadership: Its Evolution and Impact. Joan Barstow Hernandez. The ideas behind the conceptual framework and capabilities of Núr University’s "Transformative Leadership Program," developed as a Bahá’í-inspired approach to leadership in academic settings or in projects of social action. Articles.
26. 2013. Materials Studied at the 114 Global Youth Conferences in 2013. Bahá'í World Centre. Compilation presenting materials studied during the global Bahá’í youth conferences in 2013, organized under the auspices of the Universal House of Justice, exploring youth identity, community-building, service, and civilization advancement. Study.
27. 2013. Bahá'í Approaches to World Problems. Iscander Micael Tinto. Historical, religious, scientific, and economical analysis of the state of the world and how the various problems of humanity should be faced, based on the Bahá’í Writings and some contemporary philosophical and scientific theories. Articles-unpublished.
28. 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 characterized as protest. This leads to injustice and unsustainability. Bahá'í models of elections and decision-making offer a practical alternative. Articles.
29. 1998. Advancement of Women: A Bahá'í Perspective. Peter J. Khan, Janet A. Khan. Explores Bahá’í teachings on gender equality, women’s education, family transformation, moral dignity, and how equal partnership between sexes advances peace and society. Books.
30. 1997. Validity and Value of an Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Works of Bahá'u'lláh, The. John S. Hatcher. The objectivist approach; role of the Manifestation in the creative process; Manifestation as participant in history; social and religious context in the Revelation; example of the Tablet of Ahmad; historical context in understanding topical allusions. Articles.
31. 1993(?)/2015. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. A formal statement from the NSA of the Bahá'ís of India on the need to overcome religious, linguistic and caste-based tensions. NSA-letters.
32. 1991. Vision of Race Unity: America's Most Challenging Issue. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. A formal statement from the US NSA on "the most challenging issue confronting America." NSA-letters.
33. 1990. Bahá'í Focus on Development, by Moojan Momen: Review. Kurt Hein. Reviews.
34. 1989. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature. Elham Afnan. The Bahá'í Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopian visions of progress from 19th-century literature and dystopian visions of 20th-century fiction, disillusioned by war and social and economic disasters. Articles.
35. 1987. Process of Social Transformation, The. Farzam Arbab. Bahá'í concepts of social change contrasted with other common paradigms. Articles.
36. 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. UHJ-letters.

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