- Wendi Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels (2012). Abdu'l-Bahá's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic racist and sexual philosophies on the other.
- Universal House of Justice, Susan Maneck. Academic Methodologies (1997-09-21). Two letters to the House on the relationship between "materialistic methodologies" and "doctrinal heresy" in the academic fields, followed by the House's detailed response.
- Catherine Bigonnesse, Jean Marc Bigonnesse. Achieving Universal Participation of Older Adults: An Exploration of Its Challenges and Spiritual Foundations (2015). On involving older adults in the process of participation in society; some of the root causes of ageism, such as avoiding the topic of death and a materialistic view of the soul; the role of older adults in the process of community building.
- Badi Shams. Bahá'í Essays in the Times Colonist (2017-2024). 48 essays: spiritual cost of higher a standard of living; religious prejudice; spiritual principles and financial planning; loving vs. fearing God; gap between rich and poor; philosophy of Karma and science and religion; role of spirituality in economics.
- Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the soul and humanity’s spiritual education.
- Nozomu Sonda. Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education (2007). Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Bahá'í perspective on moral education.
- Universal House of Justice. Century of Light (2001). Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Bahá'í Faith's emergence from obscurity, "demonstrating on a global scale the unifying power with which its Divine origin has endowed it."
- Universal House of Justice. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life (2013-04-19). Difficulties young people might face in upholding Bahá'í ideals and standards of behaviour in the context of Western culture and sexual mores.
- Universal House of Justice. Climate Change: Policies and Political Discourse (2017-11-29). Letter "to three individuals" on the science behind anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming, and how Bahá'ís might participate in activism and raising awareness of the issue while avoiding political divisiveness.
- William S. Hatcher. Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Bahá'í World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," "Process of Spiritual Growth," and "Collective Dimension of Spirituality."
- Universal House of Justice. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan (2022-11-01). Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis of identity, prejudice, economic injustice, and Africa.
- Michael Sabet. Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals in the Bahá'í Writings: Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse (2023-01). Bahá'í exegesis can discern a framework governing the treatment of animals and our relationship to the natural world; examination of the author’s own relationship with animals; ethics of kindness and justice flow from underlying ontological principles.
- Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Mabel Hyde Paine, comp. Divine Art of Living, The (1944/2006). Collection of thematically arranged quotations.
- Habib Taherzadeh. Education of Youth and Our Twentieth Century Dilemma, The (1959 August). Moral education is lacking in modern societies. Bahá'í moral precepts can guide us towards the goal of moral evolution, to usher in the Golden Age of human maturity and the dawn of Divine Civilization on this planet.
- Tony Michel. "Evolution of Reality,: Commentary (1991).
- 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 subjective stories, between art as the representation of reality and faith based on the Word of God. We inherited a responsibility to resolve this tension.
- Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011-04). Six lectures series at Bosch Bahá'í School, April 15-17 2011.
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
- Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). Compilation of Bahá'í texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
- 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 individuals can improve their understandings, even while steeped in a climate of thinking which influences and biases their reading of scientific evidence.
- Paul Lample. In Pursuit of Harmony between Science and Religion (2016). The capacity to unite in the investigation of truth for the advancement of civilization requires the harmony of science and religion, in which science is freed from materialism and religion from superstition.
- Lesley Shams. Insistent Self, The: How to Nurture Our Spirit (2015). The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering our spiritual destiny; compilation of guidance from the Writings and other sources on the spiritual path, prayer, fasting, sacrifice, tests, love, etc.
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical character of this world.
- Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution (1986). Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 February 1980.
- Jordan van Rijn. Learning to Sift: Reflections on Ten Years of Engaging with the Economics Discourse (2023-10). Collaborators explored diverse approaches how to examine economic discourse from a Bahá’í perspective, offering guidance to others in similar processes.
- 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 taking many of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's statements as dogmatic finalities.
- Kerry Mothersill. Marriage Breakdown in North America: A Psychosocial Perspective (1983). What are the effects of marital breakdown, what are its causes, and what can be done to enhance marital and family stability?
- Ted Slavin. Materialism Wearing Away at Our Kids (2012-02-11). The materialism of modern society and media is distracting many of our children. Adults must be aware that they are key role models for their kids.
- Universal House of Justice. Meditation, Prayer, and Spiritualization (1983-09-01). Practicing personal spirituality and methods for achieving spiritual growth.
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). Bahá'í scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a discourse that is free of "haughty intellectualism." The Association for Bahá’í Studies can help promote the Bahá'í cause to institutions of higher learning.
- Deborah Clark Vance. Not Just for Consumers: An Argument for Depicting Diverse Beliefs on U.S. Television (2007). Globally, with few exceptions, television is a conduit for reaffirming hegemonic beliefs. How can we respond to the pressure towards standardization and homogenization? An increased awareness of one’s own cultural assumptions is needed.
- Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of contemporary crises.
- Bahá'í International Community. Overcoming Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in Public Institutions: A Baha'i Perspective (2001-05-28). The displacement of a transcendent understanding of life by materialism is responsible for the skepticism and alienation of modern life. The civilizing virtues of honesty and duty stem from the conscience and spirituality, not law.
- Michael Karlberg. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The (2003-07). 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.
- Margery Dixon, Robert Sarracino (published as Robert Sinclair Sarracino). Pathways to Equity in Addressing Climate Change: A Bahá'í Perspective (2024). The urgency of climate change, advocating for a new relationship between science and religion, justice, equity, and inclusive consultation.
- Hoda Mahmoudi. Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives (2008). Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and its contemporary challenges, and key features of modernity as identified in the Bahá’í writings as "the universal awakening of historical consciousness."
- Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Perspectives on Science and Religion (2013-09). On questions about discourses in the scientific community, the existence of the soul, and certain utterances of Abdu'l-Bahá on issues in science.
- Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Potential Calamities and Ensuring Sustainability of Communities (2020). Guidance on calamitous events and our response to them.
- Moojan Momen. Power and the Bahá'í community (2018). While Bahá'í social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the case today. The problem the world faces is not in the principles that would lead to a better society, but in their application.
- Amin E. Egea. Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War (2021-05-08). How ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporaneous “progressive” movements and thinkers.
- Bahá'í International Community. Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition (2021-02). A statement to the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development on technological innovation, consultation on technological adoption, and working inclusively between communities and governments.
- Universal House of Justice. Regarding Economic Life (2017-03-01). Themes of Bahá'u'lláh's teachings include the reorganization of human society, how to participate in the material affairs of society in a way consistent with divine precepts, and how collective prosperity can be advanced through justice and collaboration.
- Pym Trueman. Return of the Dreamtime (1995). Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan customs and beliefs were changed or lost.
- Lin Poyer. Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development, The (1989). On the challenge to develop creative, satisfying ways to live within a mass production/mass consumption 'materialistic' society; seen properly, material things can assist individuals in their personal growth rather than being a source of alientation.
- Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Growth, Essential Requisites for (1983-09-01). Letter to Europe; its historically-recent turn away from religion, six ways to improve spirituality, and the importance of prayer and meditation.
- 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 community, and suggestions for personal action. (Letter dated Dec. 24 1990, published March 1991.)
- John S. Hatcher. Spiritual Nature of Reality, The: Has the Future Already Been Written? (2000). Meditations on "Who is Writing the Future": why is spiritual development a social as well as personal matter; what is epistemological methodology for this development; how is it distinct from materialism; and how does it relate to the Covenants?
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Teaching Problems / Success in Teaching (1949). Three versions of an article: first published as "Teaching Problems" in March 1949, then as "Success in Teaching" in June 1949, and a Persian translation.
- Will C. van den Hoonaard. "The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development," by Lin Poyer: Commentary (1989).
- Viva Rodwell. Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated? (1996). Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
- Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2010-04-02). Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, comp. World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion, The (2020-09). Compilation of passages relevant to contemporary issues of 2020, and the appropriate disposition of the Bahá'ís.
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