- Roger Coe. AI and the Human Spirit: From Existential Risk to Essential Development (2024-07). Presentation on numerous topics, including risks and potentialities of AI; Chinese philosophy; cybernetics, the "science of science"; philosophies of psychology; theories of pedagogy.
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Brothers and Sisters: Buddhism in the Family of Chinese Religion (2000). The endurance of Confucianism for 2,000 years is partly because Buddhism and Taoism were content to play a subordinate role and not infringe upon the "Chinese Great Tradition"; implications of Buddhism's role in relation to new religions in China.
- Kow Mei Kao. Chinese Religions: Evolution, Compatibility and Adaptability - A Historical Perspective (2000). Case study of the history of Chinese civilization through the formation of the three major religions in imperial China: Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism; their compatibility, adaptability, and mutual influences in their early development.
- Albert Cheung. Common Teachings from Chinese Culture and the Bahá'í Faith: From Material Civilization to Spiritual Civilization (2000). An examination of the similarities in belief between the Bahá'í Faith and traditional Chinese culture.
- Amrollah Hemmat. Concept of the Manifestation of God in Chinese Symbolism: An Inter-civilizational Hermeneutic Study (2016). Seemingly incompatible symbols can point to a common underlying meaning, connecting worldviews and perspectives often considered incommensurable. There are elements of the Chinese tradition that resonate deeply with the Bahá’í concept of Manifestation.
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Dialogue between Yin-Yang Concepts and the Bahá'í Faith, The (2001). Yin-yang, a pivotal theory in Chinese thought influencing government, architecture, relationships, and ethics, has many similarities with the Bahá’í Faith, including the origin of matter, the nature of history, man-woman relationships, and health.
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Great Tao, The (1991). On a philosophy of the ancient Chinese people, a Tao whose eternal spirit has seeped into the very heart of Chinese tradition, culture, and way of life for centuries; similarities with other religions and the Bahá'í Faith.
- Roland Faber. Laozi: A Lost Prophet? (2018). On the Tao Te Ching, or Dao De Jing; the uniqueness of Toaism/Daoism; resonances with and differences from the Bahá’í universe; should Doaism be considered a genuine dispensation of a divine Manifestation.
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Life, Death and Immortality: The Taoist Religion in Singapore and the Bahá'í Faith (1997). Main features of Taoist practices in Singapore compared with Bahá'í which, at first glance, could not be more disparate; whether unity may be found behind the apparent dichotomy; spanning the gulf between these two distinct religions from different times.
- Anjam Khursheed. Science and Religion in Chinese Culture (2000). Religion lies at the root of philosophy and civilization during the Tang (618-907) and Sung (960-1279) dynasties. Cultural achievements during these periods were influenced by Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, but modern sciences did not develop.
- Betty Hoff Conow (published as Betty Conow). "The active force and that which is its recipient" (1988). Metaphysics of gender and the Lawh-i-Hikmat; universal spiritualism; social indoctrination of gender roles.
- Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. Yínyáng Cosmology and the Bahá'í Faith (2013). The yin-yang concept is pivotal to Chinese thought, culture, government, and ethics. It also bears many similarities with Bahá'í philosophy and practice.
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