1. 2025-12-06. Interview with Joshua Hall on Bahá'í Philosophy of Religion. Joshua Hall, Amos Wollen. — In-depth interview exploring Baha’i philosophy, theology, metaphysics, and spirituality. Includes ... Audio.
2. 2025. Timeless Principles of Religion, The: A Comparative Study across Christian, Islamic, and Bahá'í Thought. Iman Motlagh Arani. — Theological map of nine principles in Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i Faith: oneness of God, unk... Articles-unpublished.
3. 2025. Reason in the Orbit of Revelation: Constructing a Bahá'í Philosophical Paradigm. Iman Motlagh Arani. — A book-length systematic proposal for a Baha'i philosophical framework across metaphysics, epistemol... Books.
4. 2025. Bahá'í Praxis, The: Translating Theology into Social Action. Iman Motlagh Arani. — Baha’i theology marks a transition from classical metaphysics to an embodied, praxis-centered fram... Articles-unpublished.
5. 2025. End of Theology, The: Bahá'í Metaphysics and the Limits of Speculative Reason. Iman Motlagh Arani. — On the end of speculative theology, due to divine unknowability, the functions of the Primal Will, t... Articles-unpublished.
6. 2025. End of Theology, part 2, The: The Metaphysical Status of Cosmos and the Resolution of Kant's Antinomies in Bahá'í Metaphysics. Iman Motlagh Arani. — On the ontological and epistemological status of the cosmos through the lens of Baha'i metaphysics. ... Articles-unpublished.
7. 2025. Potent God and the Attracting God, The: Metaphysics and its Social Consequences. Moojan Momen. — Two conceptual notions of God: the view of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is based on concepts of G... Articles.
8. 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 sub... Articles.
9. 2023. Bábí Theology in Poetry, A: The Creative Imagination of Táhirih, Qurratu'l-'Ayn. Anthony Lee. — Examination of Qurratu’l-Ayn's writings to discern her social, religious, and political beliefs, m... Articles.
10. 2021. Discourse on Bahá'í Theology, A: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation. Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vargha Taefi, trans. . — Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed... Articles.
11. 2019. Manifestation of God in the View of Process Theology, The. Roland Faber. — On how God can be all-present in the world and at the same time be manifest in the form of human fig... Articles.
12. 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... Articles.
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. 2018. Kitáb-i-Iqán, The: Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology. Sohrab Kourosh. — The Kitab-i-Íqan resolves and removes eschatological barriers and establishes the fundamentals of a... Articles.
15. 2017-09-18. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks. Steven Phelps. — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev... Presentations.
16. 2017. Book of Certitude, The: The Main Theological Principles. Marco Oliveira. — Detailed presentation on the historical background of the Íqan; its content and structure; the them... Presentations.
17. 2014. Prolégomènes à une théologie bahá'íe. Jack McLean, Pierre Spierckel, trans. . — Deux objectifs à cet ouvrage: 1/ Résoudre la question préliminaire du concept et de la validité ... Articles.
18. 2013-04. Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions. Ali Kuli Khan, Terry Nelson Randolph, ed. . — Proofs of the Baha'i Faith, written by a prominent translator and companion of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes... Books.
19. 2013. "These Four States Conferred Upon Thee": Tetrarchic Thinking in Philosophy, Theology, Psychology. Wolfgang A. Klebel. — We follow Baha’u’llah’s new principles and forget old patterns of thought in order to find pea... Articles.
20. 2012. Conceptualising Moral Values: A Metaphysical, Ethical and Empirical Dialogue with Schaefer's Moral Philosophy. Ismael Velasco. — On a framework for a moral philosophy that integrates three areas of contemporary discourse: meta-et... Articles-unpublished.
21. 2012. I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá'u'llah. Wolfgang A. Klebel. — Theology and the language of revelation vs. atheism and scientific discourse, and apophatic "not-kno... Articles.
22. 2012. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Jack McLean. — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of... Books.
23. 2011. Relativism: A Theological and Cognitive Basis for Bahá'í Ideas about God and the Spiritual World. Moojan Momen. — A response to Kluge's critiques of his earlier article on relativism. Articles.
24. 2008. Elements of a Bahá'í-Inspired Natural Theology. William S. Hatcher. Presentations.
25. 2008. Shoghi Effendi's The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh: A Theology of the Word. Jack McLean. — An interpretation of Shoghi Effendi's 'theological' themes, including fundamental tenets of Baha'i t... Articles.
26. 2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms re... UHJ-documents.
27. 2005. God of Bahá'u'lláh, The. Moojan Momen. — A close look at the view of God presented in the Writings of Baha’u’llah and analysis of the con... Articles.
28. 2003. Towards a Definition of Bahá'í Theology and Mystical Philosophy. Julio Savi. — Baha'i theology is not metaphysical hair-splitting but is a "divine philosophy" all Baha'is are invi... Articles.
29. 2002. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East. Oliver Scharbrodt. — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ... Articles.
30. 2001. Theology of the Sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church, The. Kevin Brogan. — Helping Baha'is understand the Catholic church's historical perspectives and spiritual significance ... Articles.
31. 2001. Literary Criticism, Theology and Deconstructionism. Jack McLean. — A dynamic tension exists between literary criticism and theology as distinct but mutually beneficial... Articles-unpublished.
32. 2000-11. Concept of Theocracy, The. John Walbridge. — Logical arguments on whether the basic concept of a theocracy, which governs also dissenters and non... Articles-unpublished.
33. 2000. Proofs of the Existence of God. Robert Sarracino. — Outline and summary of traditional proofs of God, and cosmological, teleological, and ontological; t... Essays.
34. 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... Articles.
35. 1999. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, by Jack McLean: Review. Susan Maneck. Reviews.
36. 1999. Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections. Jack McLean. — 85 literary and theological existential essays on topics such as poetry, scripture, philosophy, spir... Books.
37. 1999. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, ed. Jack Mclean: Review. David Piff. Reviews.
38. 1998-01. Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh. Dianne Bradford. — Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philo... Personal.
39. 1998. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume. Robert Stauffer, comp. — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992. Bibliographies.
40. 1998. Antinomies of Reason and the Theology of Revelation: Some Preliminary Thoughts. Nader Saiedi. — A thesis of Progressive Revelation offers a solution to the fundamental antinomies of philosophical ... Articles.
41. 1997. Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih). Abdu'l-Bahá, Anonymous, trans. . — A theological description of reality, with reference to Ptolemy and Al-Farabi. Translations.
42. 1997. Dimensions in Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review. William G. Huitt. Reviews.
43. 1997. Possibilities of Existential Theism for Bahá'í Theology, The. Jack McLean. — The perspective of existential theology can benefit Baha'i studies of religion, as applied to issues... Articles.
44. 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 Ab... Articles.
45. 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... Articles.
46. 1997. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology. Jack McLean, ed. — Essays on religious unity, interreligious dialogue, apophatic and liberation theologies, the spiritu... Books.
47. 1996. Liberation Theology and its Potential for Guidance Towards Peace on Earth: A Bahá'í Perspective. Fleur Fallon. — Baha'u'llah prescribed both a moral code for individuals based on knowing God and a design for a sys... Articles.
48. 1995/2007. Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Bahá'í Theology. Jack McLean. — A nascent Baha'i systemic theology must have certain parameters, including spirituality, the prophet... Articles-unpublished.
49. 1995-10-12. Reconvergence of Theology and Spirituality, The. Jack McLean. — New forms of spirituality lie in the spaces between theological truth, cognition, and psycho-spiritu... Articles-unpublished.
50. 1995. Why We Need Bahá'í Theology. Jack McLean. — A short definition of theology, its relationship with scholarship in general, and the role of apolog... Essays.
51. 1995. Dimensions of Spirituality, by Jack McLean: Review. Julio Savi. Reviews.
52. 1995. Propositions on a More Comprehensive Theology. Jack McLean. — Implications of theology for science and creativity, religious language, proclamation, apologetics, ... Articles-unpublished.
53. 1994-2021. Various Essays. Jack McLean. — 43 essays on various topics, many with Baha'i themes, most published in the Gulf Islands Driftwood o... Essays.
54. 1994. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith. Jack McLean. — The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer... Books.
55. 1994. Saying Nothing about No-Thing: Apophatic Theology in the Classical World. Jonah Winters. — The apophatic (negative) theology of the Neoplatonism of Plotinus and some pre-Pseudo-Dionysius east... Personal.
56. 1993. Analysis of The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, An. William S. Hatcher. — The historical context of this book; its theological and philosophy; the content and structure of it... Articles.
57. 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. Books.
58. 1992-10-15. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The. Universal House of Justice. — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th... UHJ-letters.
59. 1992. Eternal Quest For God, The, by Julio Savi: Review. William S. Hatcher. Reviews.
60. 1992. Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology. Jack McLean. — Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Baha'i theology. Articles.
61. 1992. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism. Michael W. Sours. — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real... Articles.
62. 1992. Comparison and Transposition of Metaphors in Bahá'í and Syriac Christian Conceptual Systems. Christopher Buck. — Comparison of doctrinal metaphors found in Christianity and the Baha'i Faith through the lens of Sai... Articles-unpublished.
63. 1992. Nature of God, The: Some Extracts from the Bahá'í Writings. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. — Brief compilation on nature of God. Compilations.
64. 1991. Seeing With the Eye of God: Relationships Between Theology and Interpretation. Michael W. Sours. — Various spheres of interpretation and how their hierarchies reflect theological truth. Articles.
65. 1990. Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith. Moojan Momen. — An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Baha'i Faith and to explain the Baha... Books.
66. 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 religion... Articles.
67. 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 Kitab-i-Aqdas, ma... Articles.
68. 1986. In Iran. Peter Smith, ed. — Essays on Babi-Baha'i history, sociology, and theology in Iran. Books.
69. 1982. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The. Juan Cole. — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots. Articles.
70. 1981. Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law. Ignaz Goldziher. — An early academic overview of Babi and Baha'i history and theology. From translation of a 1910 book ... Excerpts.
71. 1936. Bahá'ísm. Alban G. Widgery. — Chapter-length overview of Baha'i theology. Excerpts.
72. 1918. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy. Abdu'l-Bahá, Elizabeth Fraser Chamberlain, comp. . — An early collection of writings and talks of Abdu'l-Baha. Writings.

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