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Tag: "Work"

tag name: Work type: Miscellaneous
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Work
variations or
mis-spellings:
labor; labour
related tags: Economics; Service
referring tags: Balance; Industrial Revolution; Labor saving machines; Livelihood; Professions; Strikes (labor strike); Work ethic
Inventory subject: Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship
bahaidata.org: Q5961   ·   Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.)
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_(human_activity); bahaiquotes.com/subject/work; bahaiquotes.com/subject/time-work-and-bahai-activities; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Work

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  1. n.d.. Estudios y Profesiones. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Ismael Velasco, comp. . Compilacion de Escritos Bahá'ís para jovenes sobre estudios y profesiones.
  2. n.d.. Professions. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. .
  3. 2025-12. Negotiating Gender Equality among Pakistani Bahá'ís: A Qualitative Study. Saleha, Ayesha Zaka, Humaira Tehsin. Explores how Pakistani Bahá’ís negotiate religious ideals of gender equality within everyday life, revealing tensions between egalitarian beliefs and patriarchal social norms.
  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 Bahá’u’lláh and the Writings and utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, representing the range of the Bahá’í teachings
  5. 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.
  6. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 41 interviews and narratives 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.
  7. 2023-02-12. Employment and Beyond: Drawing on the Capacities of All to Contribute to Society. Bahá'í International Community. A statement to the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development inspired by the changing nature of work over the coming decades.
  8. 2023. Exploring Abdu'l-Bahá's Insights on Strikes and Labor Movement within the Framework of an Integrated Global Economy. Behrooz Sabet. This paper explores ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s vision of labor and strikes as moral and social issues, proposing a spiritually grounded theory of labor rooted in praxis, ethical reform, and cooperation as essential to justice and global economic transformation.
  9. 2022-09. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles. Christopher Buck. Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's answer to the question "What has Bahá’u’lláh brought that we have not heard before?"
  10. 2022-04-16. Work is Worship: Business is a Spiritual Game. Mishkin Berteig. Fireside interview with the CEO and chief scientist at the Berteig Institute, an education company that helps improve business and beautify work environments, on the spiritual aspects of work, business, profit, and cooperative capitalism.
  11. 2022. Análisis comparativo de la ética del trabajo en cuatro tradiciones religiosas y su impacto sobre la organización económica y social: del judaísmo a la Fe bahá'í. Jose Luis Marques Utrillas. Cómo la escritura y estudio entre los judíos los llevó a su alto nivel intelectual en la Edad Media y al auge de intelectuales y artistas. Cómo el cristianismo conservó en los monasterios el saber, el trabajo y el arte, para evolucionar de forma distinta.
  12. 2022. Importancia de las Escrituras en la Ética Laboral Protestante. Saul Palacios. La ética laboral protestante (PWE) se fundamentaba en un fuerte componente. La PWE ya no está únicamente asociada a los cristianos, sino que se encuentra presente en individuos de distintos credos, desvinculándola de todo otro aspecto religioso.
  13. 2021. Light and Mercy: Mental Health and Tests and Difficulties. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia, comp. . The physical and mental impact of the continuing pandemic is evident around us, and the members of the Baha’i community are not immune. This publication will be of assistance and support to the friends both individually and collectively.
  14. 2020-05. The Role of Public Institutions in Ensuring Social Well-Being. Alex Vedovi. Questions around government’s role in social welfare and the welfare state; Bahá'í perspectives on the government's role in supporting well-being; taxation, wealth, and poverty;
  15. 2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. Explores the Persian Bayán's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into the Báb's Dispensation.
  16. 2018/2023. Economics and the Bahá'í Faith. Hooshmand Badee. On a vision of a just global economy rooted in unity, equity, justice and the oneness of humanity. Economic systems must serve the broader aim of human and societal advancement. Economics and spirituality are not enemies but partners.
  17. 2018-05. Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . Compilation emphasizing selfless service as the essence of faith, integrating spiritual devotion with daily life, and attracting divine assistance through wholehearted action.
  18. 2015/2025. Principles of Spiritual Economics: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings. Hooshmand Badee, comp. A book-length compilation, in 38 chapters, from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice on the relationship between economics and 33 sub-topics.
  19. 2015. History of EBBF, The: Twenty-Five Years of Contributing to the Discourse of Ethics in Business. François Couillard. The European Bahá’í Business Forum, a small network of individuals dedicated to promoting ethical behavior and other Bahá’í values in the workplace, has had significant influence at the local, national, and international levels.
  20. 2011. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab. Moojan Momen. The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions; relevance to the performing arts; and the concept of refinement which comes across in both the person and the writings of the Báb.
  21. 2010-04-02. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith. Universal House of Justice. Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
  22. 2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masumian; listed here for the sake of search engines and tagging.
  23. 2008-02-11. Employment and Work. Bahá'í International Community. Statement of the BIC to the 46th Commission on Social Development on the theme "Full Employment and Decent Work"
  24. 2004-09-19. "Share your time with God". Universal House of Justice. Source of the quotation "Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood," from a pilgrim's note.
  25. 2003-11-25. Baha'i Perspective on the Meaning of Work and Values, A. Taffini Razavi. The concept of work in the Bahá'í scripture vis-à-vis contemporary definitions of work-ethics and values, and the ways Bahá'í teachings develop and alter these definitions.
  26. 2001-10-06. New Work Ethic, A. Dale Emerson. There is a need for a new work ethic which encompasses motivation and a belief system that “we are serving a higher purpose and the greatest good” and are expressing the best that is within us; companies should empower their workforce.
  27. 2001. High-Performance Organization, The: An Assessment of Virtues and Values. Lawrence M. Miller. How a people-centered organization can enhance competitiveness and job satisfaction.
  28. 1998. Extracts from Letters Written by or on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi Regarding the Absence of Clergy in the Baha'i Faith. Shoghi Effendi. Compilation included with a memorandum from the House of Justice from 1998/02/11 regarding the abolition of the priesthood.
  29. 1997. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology. Juan Cole. The idea of liberation and equality is central to Bahá'í theology; the poor in the 19th century Middle East; Bahá'u'lláh and the poor; Tablet to the Kings on wealth and peace; laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Huququ'lláh; state social welfare.
  30. 1997. Night as Frontier: Some Implications for the Bahá'í Community. Will C. van den Hoonaard. Sociological effects of night-shift employment and the nocturnal populace.
  31. 1997. Ethics and Entrepreneurship, An Oxymoron?: A Transition to a Free Market Economy in Eastern Europe. George Starcher. The process of entrepreneurship and the importance of business ethics to entrepreneurial success, and the concept of stages of ethical consciousness and some of the reasons business ethics makes good business sense. Does not mention the Bahá'í Faith.
  32. 1996-06. Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World. Bahá'í International Community. Concept paper prepared for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) held in Istanbul, Turkey.
  33. 1996. Application of Bahá'í Principles in a Business Context, The. Kirsten Daly.
  34. 1994-09-04. Balance in life, and pioneering versus getting an education. Universal House of Justice. Achieving balance and planning in "each important area of one's life," including balancing the need for education and a profession and pioneering.
  35. 1993/2000/2013. True Foundation of All Economics, The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Hooshmand Badee, comp. . Book-length compilation ordered by chapters covering 26 themes on the economy, welfare, development, women's employment, work ethics, morality, agriculture, extremes of wealth and poverty, profit-sharing, health and alcohol, consultation.
  36. 1991. Evolving toward a Bahá'í Economic System. Gregory C. Dahl. Ideals are fruitless if not implemented. There needs to be a balance and an interplay between goals and actions. A "Bahá’í economic system" suggests a number of topics for further research.
  37. 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 Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
  38. 1985-07-15. Activities in the Bahá'í World Community to Improve the Status of Women during the United Nations Decade for Women. Bahá'í International Community. Report presented to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace
  39. 1983-09-01. Spiritual Growth, Essential Requisites for. Universal House of Justice. Letter to Europe; its historically-recent turn away from religion, six ways to improve spirituality, and the importance of prayer and meditation.
  40. 1983-09-01. Meditation, Prayer, and Spiritualization. Universal House of Justice. Practicing personal spirituality and methods for achieving spiritual growth.
  41. 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.
  42. 1956. Path to God, The: 1956 edition. Dorothy Baker. Some elements for spiritual success: power through prayer and nine benefits of prayer, victorious living, and immortality.
  43. 1933-07. Interview with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, An. Mary Hanford Ford. Discussing spiritual insights, martyrdom, and labor-saving machines' role in societal advancement.
 
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