- Abdu'l-Bahá. Adib Masumian, trans. A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám (2016). — On apparently-conflicting hadiths (sayings ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) regarding the Hidden Im...
- Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck. Academic Methodologies (1997-09-21). — Two letters to the House on the relationship between "materialistic methodologies" and "doctrinal he...
- Thomas Gaskell Allen, William Lewis Sachtleben. Across Asia on a Bicycle: Through Persia to Samarkand (1894-07). — A travelogue through Tabreez, with a short but somewhat hostile history of the Bab.
- Universal House of Justice. Administrative Order, Suggestions about changes in (1995-05-18). — Ways in which Baha'is may make suggestions for change within the Baha'i administration, and the natu...
- Amin Banani. Ahmad Kasravi and the "Purification" of Persian: A Study in Nationalist Motivation (1981). — Political theory of a modernist Iranian reformer, also known for his criticisms of the Baha'i Faith....
- Federal Bureau of Investigation. Alleged Pro-German activities: Edward C. Getsinger, Case #317323 (1918). — Forty pages of FBI files investigating Edward C. Getsinger and possible Baha'i opposition to the war...
- Mina Yazdani, Omid Ghaemmaghami. Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism, An: The Case of Abu'l-Fadá'il-i-Gulpáyigání and E.G. Browne (2023). — Gulpaygani’s analysis of Orientalism as presented in his book Kashfu'l-Ghita', which focused on th...
- Ian Kluge. Apologetics: A Personal Vision (2001-09). — Argument for the need for and practice of academic defense of the Baha'i Faith.
- Universal House of Justice. Apparent Contradictions in the Bahá'í Writings, Reconciliation of (2002-05-28). — On apparent contradictions, regarding Mirza Abu'l-Fadl on Abraham and Zoroaster; 'Abdu'l-Baha and a ...
- William F. McCants. Arabic Grammar of the Báb, The (2002). — Muslim detractors of the Bab have often criticized his grammar. Did the Bab make grammatical errors ...
- Ian Kluge. Aristotelian Substratum of the Bahá'í Writings, The (2003). — There is a pervasive and far-reaching congruence of Aristotle and the Baha’i Writings. This Aristo...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Attacks on the Faith (1997-04-08). — Response to two recent "attacks": dissidence and graffiti.
- Universal House of Justice. Authority and Centrality of the Universal House of Justice (2012). — Issues inspired by Udo Schaefer's writings about limitations on infallibility and the House's sphere...
- Denis MacEoin. Babi Concept of Holy War, The (1982). — An influential and controversial article, one of the first modern academic examinations of Babi hist...
- Bei Dawai. Bahá'í and Subud Dissent: Developments in the 2000s (2011-06). — Overview by a non-Baha'i on dissident movements, ex-Baha'is, and contemporary ideological debates.
- Udo Schaefer. Bahá'í Apologetics? (2001). — Apologetics is a branch of systematic theology rather than religious studies. It can help explore th...
- Ian Kluge. Bahá'í Faith in America as Panopticon 1963-1997, by Juan Cole: Review (1999).
- Peter Terry. Bahá'í Faith in America as Panopticon 1963-1997, by Juan Cole: The Myth of the Objective Observer (1999).
- Peter Terry. Baha'i Faith in America, by William Garlington: Review (2017).
- Douglas Martin. Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings, The by William Miller: "Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith" (1978-12). — Lengthy review of Miller's book, and a broad discussion of anti-Baha'i polemic and historiography.
- Denis MacEoin. Bahá'í Fundamentalism and the Academic Study of the Babi Movement (1986). — A response to Afnan and Hatcher's "Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins," on the issue...
- Peter Terry. Bahá'í Hermeneutics: An Academic and Primary Source Inquiry (2009). — An exploration of the practice of scriptural interpretation by contrasting the "normative" approache...
- A. E. Suthers. Baha'i Pontiff in the Making, A (1935-01). — A polemical article, published in what was originally a missionary-oriented journal, which is useful...
- Christopher Buck. Baha'i Reflections on the "Seal of the Prophets" (2013-2017). — Three blog entries of personal reflections: Unsealing the “Seal of the Prophets” (2013); The Sea...
- Barney Leith. Bahá'í Review: Should the 'red flag' law be repealed? (1995). — Argument that the current provisions for review may be anachronistic and that the benefits of deregu...
- Seena Fazel, comp. Bahá'í Scholarship: Readings (1993).
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Francis Beckwith. Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989 Winter/Spring ). — An antagonistic and polemical overview of the Baha'i Faith by a Christian.
- David Friedman. Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered, by Francis Beckwith: A Bahá'í Response (1998). — Lengthy theological apologia.
- Jack McLean. Baha'is as a Mystic Community, by Moojan Momen, The: Response (2006). — The meanings of mysticism in the writings of Baha'u'llah and Shoghi Effendi.
- Peter Easton. Bahá'ísm: A Warning (1998). — This anti-Baha'i essay from 1911 was the inspiration for the classic Baha'i text Brilliant Proof. It...
- Samuel Graham Wilson. Bahá'ísm: An Anti-Christian System (1915-01). — A Christian missionary's perspective on the Baha'i Faith's claim to supersede Christianity.
- Denis MacEoin. Bahá'ísm: Some Uncertainties about its Role as a Globalizing Religion (2005). — On Baha'i self-understanding as the religion to unite all faiths in the culmination of globalisation...
- Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'ísm - Its Origins and Role: A Rebuttal (1983-08). — The complete Iranian document "Bahaism — its origins and its role" together with BIC commentary on...
- Samuel Graham Wilson. Bahá'ísm and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha (1970). — A hostile and uninformed Christian missionary's overview of the Baha'i Faith from 1915; included her...
- Universal House of Justice. Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12: Beckwith's Allegations (1990-11-06). — Responses to allegations Francis Beckwith makes in his booklet "Baha'i" about changes to this book.
- Ibrahim George Kheiralla. Behaism: In Reply to the Attack of Robert P. Richardson (1915-10). — A defense of the Baha'i Faith, with reference to fulfilled prophecy. Followed by the journal's short...
- Christopher Buck. Beyond the "Seal of the Prophets": Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude (2007). — The Babi background of the Iqan, the nature of interpretation and exegesis, and the place of Muhamma...
- Heidi A. Campbell, Drake Fulton. Bounded Religious Communities' Management of the Challenge of New Media: Bahá'í Negotiation with the Internet (2012). — An outsiders' perspective of the Baha'i approach to fluid, open networks in the face of its bounded ...
- Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Brilliant Proof, The (1998). — Two editions of a work of apologetics by an eminent Baha'i scholar, first published in 1912 and repr...
- Udo Schaefer. Challenges to Bahá'í Studies (1992). — Discussion of the intellectual presentation of the Baha'i Faith, and of the related topics of review...
- Michael Stausberg, Denis MacEoin, Sen McGlinn. Challenging Apostasy: Responses to Moojan Momen's 'Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community' (2008). — Six letters to the editor published in the issue following Momen's article.
- Universal House of Justice. Challenging the Authority of the Universal House of Justice (1997-06-03). — Does the Universal House of Justice have the authority to make authoritative interpretations? Does a...
- Jan Karel van Baalen. Chaos of Cults, The: A Study in Present-Day Isms (1956). — Fourteen-page chapter on the Faith from a critical yet somewhat sympathetic Christian perspective ("...
- Peter Terry. Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá'u'lláh, Some (2000). — An attempt to discover the antecedents of Baha’u’llah's distinctive chronology of ancient associ...
- Sen McGlinn. Church and State: Book 1 of a Postmodern Political Theology for the Bahá'í Community (2005). — Religion and politics in Islamic history; Islamic and Baha'i views on theocracy and democracy; the t...
- Roshan Danesh. Church and State in the Bahá'í Faith: An Epistemic Approach (2008). — On the public role of Baha'i institutions; review of current secondary literature; temporal legitima...
- Sen McGlinn. Church and State in the World Order of Baha'u'llah (1994-11-06). — The concept of theocracy as it applies to the Baha'i model of government.
- Mohsen Enayat. Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm (1992). — Response to an official 1986 pronouncement on the Faith by this prominent Egyptian university.
- Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Comments on "Infallible Institutions?" by Udo Shaefer and "Response" by Peter Terry (2020/2023). — Thoughts on infallibility of the Universal House of Justice through a case study of predictions rega...
- Richard Ater. Comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith (1997). — Analytical overview of the theology of prophethood in both religions.
- Nader Saiedi. Concealment and Revelation in Bahá'u'lláh's Book of the River (1999). — Analysis and provisional translation of Sahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River); on Baha'u'llah's e...
- William S. Hatcher. Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). — Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Baha'i World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," ...
- Moojan Momen. Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran (2004). — Early attacks on the Baha'i community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations...
- Denis MacEoin. Crisis in Babi and Bahá'í Studies, The: Part of a Wider Crisis in Academic Freedom? (1990). — Response to Cole's review of MacEoin's "Hierarchy, Authority, and Eschatology in Early Babi Thought"...
- Vance Salisbury. Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature, A (1997). — Explores the claim, first made by E. G. Browne, that some Baha'is suppress or distort historical tex...
- Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Criticism: Extracts from letters written on behalf of the Guardian to individual believers (1996).
- Universal House of Justice. Daniel's Prophecies (2007). — Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Dates in Baha'u'llah and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992-09-24). — Response to certain allegations Beckwith makes in his booklet Baha'i.
- Adib Masumian. Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith (2009). — Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Baha'i Faith as a subversive political group,...
- Peter Terry. Dialogue on Infallibility: A response to Udo Schaefer's 'Infallible Institutions?' (2006). — An extended review of the themes first published in Schaefer's Making the Crooked Straight, presente...
- Jack McLean. Did Prophecy Fail? The Lesser Peace and the Year 2000 (2003-08). — Prior to the 2010s, there was widespread belief in the Baha'i community that the Lesser Peace would ...
- Sen McGlinn. Difficult Case, A: Beyer's Categories and the Bahá'í Faith (2003-06). — Beyer considers that a religious movement which seeks to have religious norms enshrined in legislati...
- Discussions between MacEoin, Cole, Hatcher, Afnan, Lambden, Momen, et al.: index and links (1974-2013). — Table of contents and links for a variety of published scholarly debates within Baha'i studies, 1974...
- Universal House of Justice. Dissidence and Criticism by Bahá'ís and Scholars (1996-07-02). — Response to a latter about the content and tone of some online discussions in email listservers in t...
- Denis MacEoin. Divisions and Authority Claims in Babism (1850-1866) (1989). — Factors leading to the division of Babism into the Azalis and the Baha'is, and the question of succe...
- Moojan Momen. Dolgorukov Memoirs (1996). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
- Stephen Lambden. Dr. MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship...": Some Thoughts (1982). — The nature of faith-based approaches to studying religion, authoritarianism, supernatural vs. human ...
- Universal House of Justice. Pierre Daoust, trans. Droits et libertés individuels (2023). — Translation of the letter "Individual Rights and Freedoms" by the Universal House of Justice (1988 D...
- L. P. Elwell-Sutton. Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1972).
- Universal House of Justice. Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice (1996). — Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the fore...
- James J. Keene. Essays on Bahá'í Topics (2010/2021). — Three sample chapters from a collection of essays: Universal Currency is Now, Baha'i Election Primer...
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
- Sen McGlinn. Faith and World Economy: A Joint Venture, a Bahá'í Perspective, by Giuseppe Robiati: Review (1998).
- William P. Collins. Farrakhan, Cabala, Bahá'í, and 19, by Martin Gardner: Response (1997). — Context of Baha'i numerology.
- Morgan Wilson. Feminism, Men and the Bahá'í Faith (1996). — Separate reflections on feminism and on men and the Baha'i Faith. The challenges faced by each are a...
- Charles H. Stileman. Followers of Beha in Persia, The (1898-09). — A follow-up to the author's 1893 article "A Week with the Babis."
- Christopher Buck. Fourth Candle, The: The Unity of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue (1986). — What does "Unity in Religion" mean, and how does it apply for Baha'is' interactions with other relig...
- Ali Akbar Dareini, trans. Freemasonry, Bahá'ísm, and British Tudehis (1999). — Overview of Baha'i activities during the period of Mohammad Reza Shah, from the hostile perspective ...
- Amin E. Egea. Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat (2009). — A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
- Jack McLean. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb, by Nader Saiedi: Review (2009). — Review of the book, expanded into an essay on the Bab's ethics, laws, and use of symbolism.
- Michael Karlberg, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims. Global Citizenship and Humanities Scholarship: Toward a Twenty-First Century Agenda (2006). — In this age of global interdependence, the critique of anachronistic social constructs is necessary ...
- Anonymous. God Passes By, by Shoghi Effendi: Review (1945-01-31). — Brief review by a non-Baha'i journal, written shortly after the publication of God Passes By.
- Stephen Vaccaro. Good Tree, The: Distinguishing the Bahá'í Faith From Destructive Cults (1996). — Examination of some fundamental characteristics of a cult, to determine whether or not the Baha'i Fa...
- Vernon Elvin Johnson. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An (1974). — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result...
- Universal House of Justice. How Individuals Can Improve Their Understanding of the Bahá'í Teachings (1994-08-01). — On the inability of the finite human mind to fully grasp the import of the Teachings, and how indivi...
- Sen McGlinn. In praise of Individuation (1994). — On the critique of western society. Includes commentary by Roshan Danesh and Gordon Dicks.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation. In re. Bahá'í Temple Unity (Alleged German Religious Propaganda): Alfred S. Lunt, Case #304495 (1918). — Seven pages of FBI files investigating Alfred S. Lunt and Mirian Sevasly and possible Baha'i opposit...
- Universal House of Justice. Individual Rights and Freedoms (1988-12-29). — An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Baha'i community,...
- Universal House of Justice. Internet Discussions, Character of (1995-05-19). — Internet courtesy, discipline, and the need for Baha'is online to be a "spiritual leaven."
- International Teaching Centre. Internet Forums, Development and Monitoring of (1995-02-24). — Guidance for Counsellors regarding participation in and monitoring of bulletin boards, chat rooms, a...
- Khazeh Fananapazir, Seena Fazel, Sen McGlinn. Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings, Some (1992). — Aspects of hermeneutics and authorized interpretation.
- Kathleen Jenkins. Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement (2003). — On the construction and maintenance of multiracial/ethnic networks in religious movements, through a...
- Ian C. Semple. Knowledge and the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh: Invited Commentary (1999). — On the apparent contradiction between following infallible divine guidance while pursuing an unfette...
- Gerald C. Keil. Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (2021). — Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan...
- Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946-06-07). — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
- Universal House of Justice. Letters Written on Behalf of the Guardian (2007). — Three questions: Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi; Status of Research Department Memorand...
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Samuel Graham Wilson. Mahdist Movements (1916). — An unsympathetic Christian missionary's early history of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths. Excerpt from lo...
- Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer. Making the Crooked Straight (2007). — Two pages on a prophecy concerning the advent of Man Yuzhiruhu'llah.
- Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer. Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Baha'i Apologetics [excerpt] (2000). — Front- and back-matter of the book only: Contents, Preface, Introduction, Conclusion, Bibliography, ...
- Christian Cannuyer. Greg Massiah, trans. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1998).
- Denis MacEoin. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2001-06).
- Seena Fazel. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2004-01-20).
- Heshmat Moayyad. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1998). — A commentary for Baha’is examining the balance of critical thought with loyalty to Baha’i instit...
- Seena Fazel. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2004).
- Manfred Hutter. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1997-10).
- Christian Cannuyer. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1997).
- Christian Cannuyer. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (1997).
- Iain S. Palin. Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review (2000 November).
- Anthony Lee, Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Udo Schaefer. Making the Crooked Straight, review by Denis MacEoin: Responses (2001). — Responses by Tony Lee, Kavian Milani, and Udo Schaefer to Denis MacEoin's review of Making the Crook...
- Jack McLean. Making the Crooked Straight: Foreword, and letter to World Order (2000/2005). — Foreword to the published book, followed by a letter to the editor for World Order regarding their i...
- Denis MacEoin. Making the Invisible Visible: Introductory Books on the Bahá'í Faith (2012-08). — Overview of contemporary issues in Baha'i scholarship from an outsider's perspective, including defi...
- Moojan Momen. Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community (2007). — Study of a particular type of articulate and well-educated ex-Baha'is, here termed "marginal" and "a...
- Moshe Sharon. Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary (2011). — Summary of pages 25-91 of the Arabic text of the "Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov," a fraudulent work.
- Moshe Sharon. "Memoirs of Dolgorukov" and "The Protocols of the Elders Of Zion" (2007). — Comparison of two fraudulent anti-religion works: "Elders of Zion" is one of the most notorious anti...
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Moojan Momen. Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure (2007). — The argument about exactly when Baha'u'llah became aware of his mission. Relevant issues and rival p...
- Samuel Graham Wilson. Modern Movements among Moslems (1916). — A Christian missionary's overview of contemporary Islam, including the Babis.
- Amin Banani. Modernity and Millennium, by Juan Cole: Some Reflections (1999).
- Juan Cole. Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Bahá'í Faith in the Nineteenth-century Middle East [introduction only] (1998). — Introduction and first 4 pages of Chapter One.
- Juan Cole. Modernity and the Millennium, a response by Amin Banani: Response to review (2000).
- Denis MacEoin. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole (1999).
- Barbara D. Metcalf. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (2000).
- Sen McGlinn. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (1999).
- Merlin Swartz. Modernity and the Millennium, by Juan Cole: Review (2000-06).
- Gulbeniz Babayeva Majnunqizi (published as Babayeva Majnun qizi). Molla Nasreddin Magazine and Bahá'í Faith (2023). — Molla Nasr-al-Din, a weekly journal in Azeri Turkish published from 1906-1931, provided a platform f...
- Universal House of Justice. Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal (1996-06-27). — Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Baha'i concept of equality of the sexes in l...
- L. P. Elwell-Sutton. Muhammad and the Course of Islam, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1977).
- Necati Alkan. Nazif, Suleyman (2021). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Necessity for Prayer, The (2024). — Extract from a Tablet of ‘Abdu'l-Baha.
- Paul Carus. New Religion, Babism, A (1904-06/07). — Overview of early Baha'i history, the Faith in Chicago, a review of Myron Phelps' book Life and Teac...
- Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher, Denis MacEoin. Note on Maceoin's 'Bahá'í Fundamentalism' and 'Afnán, Hatcher and an old bone' (1986). — Two shorter follow-up essays, offering closing thoughts on a previously-published debate about issue...
- John Walbridge. Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series (1996). — Brief overview of this historical work. Includes letter from the World Centre explaining that no off...
- Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. Nuqtat al-Káf (2008). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Juan Cole. Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi Chronicle Traditions (1998-08). — History of the writing of this early Babi historical text, and some recent interpretations of its hi...
- Susan Maneck. Old Charges for a New Religion, Some (2009-01-24). — The background and significance of the fantastic charges made against Baha’is in Iran and elsewher...
- Robert P. Richardson. Persian Rival to Jesus, and His American Disciples, The (1915-08). — History and teachings of the Babi and Baha'i religions and contemporary American disagreements, from...
- Universal House of Justice. Places Where the Manifestations of God Have Appeared; Equality of Men and Women (1986-10-27). — The consistent portrayal of all known Manifestations of God as male and their historical emergence e...
- Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004-2014). — 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Baha'i history, Central Figur...
- Robert P. Richardson. Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope, The: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (Conclusion) (1916-11). — Part 2 of a critique of Baha'i practice and thought from a (somewhat hostile) Christian perspective.
- Robert P. Richardson. Precursor, the Prophet, and the Pope, The: Contributions to the History of the Bahá'í Movement (part 1) (1916-10). — A critical overview of Babi history, contemporary American Baha'i issues and disagreements (e.g. Khe...
- Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck. Primary Source Texts, Access to (1998-12-30). — One scholar's query why the Baha'i World Centre's copies of primary sources in Babi and Baha'i histo...
- Juan Cole. Problems of Chronology in Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Wisdom (1979 Spring). — On the biographical section of the Lawh-i-Hikmat and its background in Islamic models.
- Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Leila Rassekh Milani. Proof Based on Establishment (Dalíl-i-taqrír) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayát), The: An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics (1997). — Study of Baha'i apologetics based largely on the work of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl.
- Michael W. Sours, Christopher Buck. Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Commentary and Responses (1994). — Editorial statement about the nature of Baha'i scholarship and academic debate, followed by response...
- Universal House of Justice. Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Baha'u'llah and the New Era (1996-06-02). — Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications...
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion (2001-09-02). — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
- Cetin Onder. Recognition and Identity: The case of the Baha'i Faith (2002 spring). — Baha'i Faith seen in a Hegelian model.
- Linda Walbridge. Reforming the Marja` at-Taqlid: The Baha'i Example (1997). — Shi'i leadership paradigms and the marja` at-taqlid, "clerical exemplar" or "religious guide."
- Jack McLean. Refutation of Francesco Ficicchia and the Dangers of Silence, The (2001). — Examination of the prejudice caused to the reputation of the Faith in academic and ecclesiastical ci...
- Moojan Momen. Religions of the World: Divisive or Divine?: A Look at Religious Fundamentalism (2001-11). — What 'fundamentalism' means from the religious viewpoint; sociological and psychological explanation...
- Mina Yazdani. Religious Contentions in Modern Iran, 1881-1941 (2011). — In 20th-century Iran, anti-Bahaism played a role in transforming Shi'i religious piety into the poli...
- Bahá'í Internet Agency. Responding to Criticism and Opposition on the Internet (2009). — Baha’is welcome constructive examination of their Faith. While they should not engage in exchanges...
- Moojan Momen, Denis MacEoin. Response to MacEoin's "Problems of Scholarship" and "A Critique of Moojan Momen's Response," A (1983). — A discussion touching on many topics, including scientific objectivity in the study of religion, fai...
- Eric Hadley-Ives. Results of Talisman Attitudes Survey (2000). — Detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talism...
- Universal House of Justice. Resurrection and Return of Jesus (2008). — The body of Christ; the burial of Christ; His return; and explaining the Baha'i view to Christians.
- Robert Stockman. Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings (1997). — The complexities of the Baha'i concepts of revelation, interpretation, infallibility, and elucidatio...
- Nazila Ghanea-Hercock. Review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of Bahá'ís in Iran (1997). — Issues of misinformation, perceived favoritism under the Shah's regime, charges of espionage, and th...
- Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Peter J. Khan, comp. Scholarship, Bahá'í (1993).
- Todd Smith. Science and Religion in Dynamic Interplay (2019). — An approach to conceptualizing and contributing to the harmony of science and religion; some legitim...
- David Piff, Margit Warburg. Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List (2005). — Dynamics of participation on the Talisman listserver in 1995, and how it provided an interactive pro...
- Universal House of Justice. Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse (2004-09-06). — Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the...
- Universal House of Justice. Servants in the Households of Baha'u'llah and the Bab (2000-02-02). — Whether or not the servants of the Bab and Baha'u'llah were slaves, and a list of relevant sources f...
- Bahá'í Computer and Communications Association, comp. soc.religion.bahai: Complete Archives (1992-2010). — Link to an 18-year archive of the first moderated Baha'i newsgroup.
- Universal House of Justice. Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs (2017-04-27). — Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freed...
- Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). — Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American...
- Bahá'í International Community. Statement in Rebuttal of Accusations Made against the Bahá'í Faith by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (1982-11-30). — In a document distributed to the UN, "Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran made a num...
- Universal House of Justice. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The (1992-10-15). — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
- Denis MacEoin. Still Lives (1993). — The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdi...
- Universal House of Justice. Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Comment on Issues Related to the (2008). — A follow-up to the "Issues Related to the Study of the Baha'i Faith" letter.
- Universal House of Justice. Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Issues Related to the (1998-05). — Letters from the House and the International Teaching Center, and compilation on the nature of oppos...
- Moojan Momen. Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2000). — Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophec...
- Todd Lawson. Styles of piety: Notes on the relationship between Bahá'í scholars and the Bahá'í institutions with reference to academic methodology (2003). — On the role of the scholar in the community, the phenomenon of the internet, and the institution of ...
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá (2004-05-28). — Two questions: on the Tablet of the Bab "Lawh-i-Vasaya: The Will and Testament"; the nature of the a...
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation (1997/1998). — Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the transla...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet of Wisdom Questions and Answers (1995). — Authorized translation of unpublished Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha to Ethel Rosenberg in 1906 in reply to ...
- Universal House of Justice. Tahirih and Women's Suffrage (1990-01). — Two letters on Tahirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You c...
- Universal House of Justice. Takfir, declaration of unbelief: includes excerpts from Risáliy-i-Siyasiyyih (2001-04-18). — Questions from an individual about the Muslim practice of takfir, declaring someone an unbeliever, w...
- Edward Price. Taking Care with Translation of Sacred Scripture (2016/2020). — Examination of the importance of using reliable translations of the Qur’an. Includes technical dis...
- David F. Young. Teaching Christians More Effectively: Handbook and Seminar (1999). — Baha'i views of Christianity; questions Christians might ask; interpretation of the Bible; theology ...
- Arthur Pillsbury Dodge. Paul Carus, ed. The Bahá'í Revelation (1905). — Article, with photographs, correcting and expanding on some of Open Court's previous articles on the...
- Juan Cole, Denis MacEoin. "'The Objectivity Question' and Bahá'í Studies: A Reply to MacEoin" and "A Few Words in Response to Cole's 'Reply to MacEoin'" (1991). — Two responses to MacEoin's article "Crisis in Babi and Baha'i Studies."
- Christopher Buck. The Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Review (1992).
- Universal House of Justice. Theocracy and Separation of Church and State (1995-04-27). — On theocracy in relation to the Baha'i model of government, and issues relating to the development o...
- Sen McGlinn. Theology of the State from the Bahá'í Teachings, A (1999 Autumn). — Western religions exhibit three types of divine societies: eschatological (the Kingdom of God on Ear...
- Mikhail Sergeev. Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith (2015). — On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; cultu...
- Universal House of Justice. To the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (2024-05-26). — The Baha’i response to conflicts and related humanitarian crises in the world; encouraging Baha’...
- Paul Lample. Toward a Framework for Action (2018). — On defining and encouraging scholarship, especially as it relates to the major objectives of the Bah...
- Peter Terry. Truth Triumphs: A Bahá'í Response to Misrepresentations of the Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í History (1999-12). — Rebuttal of Francis Beckwith's thesis "Baha'i, A Christian response to Baha'ism, the religion which ...
- Universal House of Justice. Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The (1990-11-06).
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, The (2021-02). — Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Baha’u’llah, 'Abdu’l-B...
- David Friedman. Unknown Hour, The (1998). — Christians believe the Bible does not specify the time of Christ's return, but the Baha'i teachings ...
- Universal House of Justice. Usage of the Word "Negro" in Writings of Shoghi Effendi (2021-01-21). — Brief letter about the historically evolving use of racial terminology, and avoiding offense.
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Use of the Masculine Gender in the Bahá'í Writings, The: Extracts from Letters Written By and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice (2002). — Extracts from letters from the House of Justice from 1981-1999 on general principles in relation to ...
- Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher. Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins (1985). — A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Baha'i interpretations of history vis-à-v...
- Geoffrey Nash. What is Bahá'í Orientalism? (2021). — Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual otheri...
- Sidney Edward Morrison, Frank Lewis. When the Saints Come Marching In: The Art of Bahá'í Biography (1986). — Comments on hagiography, including reviews of nine popular Baha'i biographies. Includes response "In...
- Báb, The. Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. Will and Testament: Translation and Commentary (2004-09). — Examination of four available manuscripts, dates of issue, variations, exclusions, verse numbering f...
- Universal House of Justice. Wives of Baha'u'llah (1995-10-23). — Information on Baha'u'llah's three wives, and a background to the Baha'i teaching that people should...
- Universal House of Justice. Women on the Universal House of Justice (1988-05-31). — Response to a paper presented at a Baha'i Studies conference which raised the possibility that women...
- Universal House of Justice. Steve Cooney, comp. World Order, Evolution Towards: Notes on recent secondary literature, compilation, and two memoranda from the Bahá'í World Centre (1990/1995/2007). — Two letters, "Request for Materials about the World Order of Baha'u'llah" and "World Government and ...
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