The Seed of
Creation is "a philosophical approach towards the status of Universal
House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation."
Ashelman, Peter
"Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of the Bab" examines hermeneutics in early Babi/Baha'i history and its relationship to conversion. Downloadable as zipped RTF file or unzipped PDF file; please >email to help convert to html
Sexual Morality: The Bounds of Sexual Expression argues that "both premarital and extramarital sex fail to give the
same degree of attention to the preservation of trust as does the contraction of marriage."
Cole, Juan
Nuqtat al-Kaf and the Babi
Chronicle Traditions attempts to untangle the history of the writing
of this early Babi history and discusses some recent interpretations of
its history. Includes chart and a summary.
Human Evolution: Directed? provides an overview of contemporary biological theories of evolution and some of their failings in the face of a philosophy of evolution that incorporates the guiding hand of God.
Day, Mary
An introduction to Feminist
Theory and some of its implications for Baha'i thinking.
Results of Talisman2 Attitudes Survey presents a detailed analysis of the beliefs and community interactions of participants in the listserver Talisman2 (circa 1999).
Parallels Between
Islamic and Baha'i laws and Constitutional Principles examines the
role of Sunnah, Hadith, and Ijtihad in Islamic constitutional law and
concludes with remarks on the development of the Baha'i legal order and
its unique, united, and progressive approach to law making.
"Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Shari'a:
the Babi and Baha'i Solutions to the Problem of Immutability"
examines the ways in which the Bab and Baha'u'llah adopted and changed the
Islamic sharia in their own codes of law.
The Trial of the Bab MacEoin's extended study on the 1848
trial of the Bab includes the following five documents:
The Practice of Taqiyyah in the Bábí and Bahá’í Religions examines the "historical application" of taqiyyah and "instances where Bábís cooperated with the authorities in suppression of their peers and describes the attitude of the government officials towards these individuals."
The Guardianship and the House of Justice examines two questions arising from the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah: the distinction and separation of the Guardianship and the House of Justice on the one hand and the inseparability of the two on the other, and discusses the structure of the administrative order in the absence of a guardian.
Mistler, Brian
The Bahá'í Faith: Prophecy and Conversion presents the results of a field study of Baha'is in the United States and Australia which demonstrate that family connections and social teachings are greater incentives to conversion than prophecy is.
Momen, Moojan
Momen's translation of Baha'u'llah's Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality (Lawh Basít al-Haqíqa) is prefaced by a discussion of the conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential oneness (wahdat al-wujud) and those who oppose this view as heresy.
The Remains of the Bab in Tehran includes a brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Refugee from Isfahan," discussing part of the history of these remains.
Protocols of the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh is a sympathetic overview by "Freethought Mecca" of persecution of Baha'is, with an emphasis on activities of the Iranian government.
Salisbury, Vance
"A Critical
Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature" explores the claim,
first made by E.G. Browne, that there has been a tendency on the part of
Baha'is to suppress or distort historical texts. Includes four tables of
changes made in different editions of popular Baha'i books.
Stockman, Robert
Notes on the Bab; a brief overview of sources on the Babi period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
Islam from a Bahá'í Perspective provides an overview of Islamic history and teachings and concludes with brief notes on Islam and the Baha'i Faith.
Judaism from a Bahá'í Perspective, complete with chronology, provides an overview of Judaism with many comments on Baha'i teachings on Jewish history and prophets
A Brief
History of the Baha'i Faith, written by the Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of Boise, Idaho, provides a useful chronology of Baha'i history
from 1844 to 1996.
Universal House of Justice
The Universal House of Justice prepared the article
"Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him" to educate Baha'is on the
history of the chief post-Guardian covenant breaker groups in the United
States.
