Volume 13 (2005)

Papers

Midhat Pasha and `Abdu'l-Baha in `Akka: The Historical Background of the Tablet of the Land of Ba – Necati Alkan [Abstract]

Shoghi Effendi's Letters to the Baha'is of India and Burma during the 1920s – Peter Smith [Abstract]

Shoghi Effendi's view of providential history in light of the Judaeo-Christian tradition – Jack McLean [Abstract]

Textual Resurrection: Book, Imam and Cosmos in the Qur'an Commentaries of the Bab – Vahid Brown [Abstract]

Reports and Historical Documents

`Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914-May 1915 – Ahang Rabbani [Abstract]

Integrating moral values in rural education and sustainable development in Latin America: the System of Tutorial Learning (SAT) – Michael Richards [Abstract]

Reviews

S. Fazel and John Danesh (eds.), Search for Values: Ethics in Baha'i Thought – Oliver Scharbrodt

John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat, The Poetry of Tahirih and Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetry (ed. and trans. by Amin Banani) – Fereydun Vahman

Robert Gleave (ed.), Religion and Society in Qajar Iran – Peter Smith

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 13

Volume 12 (2004)

Papers

The Bab’s Stay in Kashan: A Historiographical Analysis of the Kitab-i-Nuqtatu’l-Kaf based on the Kashan Pericope – Kavian Milani [Abstract]

Symbolism in the Badi‘ Calendar – Robin Mihrshahi [Abstract]

Mark Tobey, His Art, and the Seattle Baha’i Community – Robert G. Wilson [Abstract]

Methodology

Biographical Zoning and Baha’i Biographical Writing: The Case of Rose Henderson – Will C. van den Hoonaard [Abstract]

Translation

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Commentary on the Qur’anic Verses concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul – Moojan Momen [Abstract]

Historical Documents

The Bab in Shiraz: An account by Mirza Habibu’llah Afnan – Ahang Rabbani [Abstract]

Commentaries

A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha’i Scriptures: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha’i Studies – Ismael Velasco

What is a Man? Some Thoughts on Keven Brown’s ‘‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Response to Darwinism: Its Historical and Philosophical Context’ – Thomas Linard

Reviews

Nazila Ghanea, Human Rights, the UN and the Baha’is in Iran – Payam Akhavan

S. Fazel and J. Danesh (eds.), Reason and Revelation: New Directions in Baha’i Thought – Brian Miller

Peter Smith (ed.), Baha’is in the West – Will C. van den Hoonaard

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 12

Volume 11 (2003)

Papers

Women’s education: How does it matter? – Geeta Gandhi-Kingdon [Abstract]

A survey of the Baha’i Faith in Africa from its earliest days to 1986 – Will. C. van den Hoonaard [Abstract]

The family and early life of Tahirih Qurrat al-‘Ayn – Moojan Momen [Abstract]

Translation

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s commentary on the Islamic tradition: ‘God doth support this religion with a wicked man’ – provisional translation and notes – Necati Alkan [Abstract]

Sounding

Towards a definition of Baha’i theology and mystical philosophy – Julio Savi [Abstract]

Methodology

Styles of piety: Notes on the relationship between Baha’i scholars and the Baha’i institutions with reference to academic methodology – Todd Lawson [Abstract]

Historical Documents

Efforts to preserve the remains of the Bab: Four historical accounts – Ahang Rabbani [Abstract]

Some historical letters from W Tudor Pole and Lady Blomfield [Abstract]

Compilation

Compilation on collecting and safeguarding the Baha’i writings

Reviews

Jelle de Vries. The Babi question you mentioned…: The origins of the Bahá’í community of the Netherlands, 1844-1962 – William Collins

Daniel J Grolin. Jesus and early Christianity in the Gospels: A new dialogue – Christopher Buck

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 11

Volume 10 (2001/2002)

Invited Commentary

Only one true religion? – John Hick

Paper

Alain Locke: Baha’i philosopher – Christopher Buck [Abstract]

Surveys of Methodology

“First we speak of logical proofs”: discourse of knowledge in the Bahá’í writings Franklin Lewis [Abstract]

Methodology in Bahá’í studies – Moojan Momen [Abstract]

Bahá’í apologetics? – Udo Schaefer [Abstract]

Methodology and Bahá’í studies: the bridge between realities – John Hatcher [Abstract]

Unfreezing the frame: the promise of inductive research in Bahá’í studies – Will van den Hoonaard [Abstract]

Provisional translation

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Turkish commentary – an introduction – Necati Alkan

Provisional translation of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s commentary on the Sura of the Fig

Sounding

Early European social activism – Rob Weinberg

Commentary

W Collins on Armageddon

Books

Nader Saiedi’s Logos and Civilization – S Fazel and D Brookshaw

Scripture and Revelation (edited by M. Momen) – B Miller

Christopher Buck’s Paradise and Paradigm – W Collins

David Piff’s Unofficial Bahá’í Lore – I Watson

Khadem’s Shoghi Effendi in Oxford and Marcus’s Queen Marie – L Abdo

Obituary

Alessandro Bausani – H Moayyad

Compilation

Introduction – R Weinberg

Bahá’í extracts on writers and writing

Bibliography:

Academic Bahá’í materials 1998-2000

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 10

Volume 9 (1999/2000)

Invited Commentary

Knowledge and the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh – Ian Semple [Abstract]

Papers

Infallible Institutions? – Udo Schaefer

Jamál Effendi and the early history of the Bahá’í Faith in South Asia – Moojan Momen [Abstract]

Catastrophe, armageddon and millennium – Stephen Lambden [Abstract]

Poetry as Revelation – Franklin Lewis [Abstract]

Bahá'u'lláh's Mathnavíy-i Mubárak, a provisional translation

Soundings

Some reflections on Juan Cole's Modernity and the Millennium – Amin Banani

Historical research and Bahá'í scholarship – Sholeh Quinn

Indigenous rights and women’s rights in Samoa – Maureen Sier

Commentaries

D. Brookshaw on Franklin Lewis' “Translating the Hidden Words”

G Kingdon on Bryan Graham’s “The Bahá’í Faith and Economics”

Book Reviews

S McGlinn on John Hatcher’s Ocean of God’s Words

W Collins on Peter Smith’s Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá’í Faith

D Piff on Revisioning the Sacred (edited by J. McLean)

R Weinberg on Mettlemen’s Lua Getsinger and Chapman’s Leroy Ioas

C Buck on Moojan Momen’s Phenomenon of Religion

Culture

Poetry: A Dinwoodie on Apocalypse of Faith,

Music: S Mawhinney on Bahá'í Music,

Film: J Ledgard on Danish cinema [Also on public site], and

Pottery: R Weinberg on Bernard Leach and his pottery.

Obituaries

AM Davudi – Novin Doostdar

James Heggie – Graham Hassall

Compilation

References to The Hidden Words by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, with

Introduction by Dominic Brookshaw

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 9

Volume 8 (1998)

Review Article

Translating the Hidden Words: an extended review of Diana Malouf's "Unveiling the Hidden Words" – Franklin Lewis

Papers

Bahá'u'lláh as the Zoroastrian saviour-king – Christopher Buck
100 years of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe – S. Fazel and G. Hassall
Unofficial information and rumour in the Bahá'í community: the case of "The tree they couldn't kill" – David Piff

Commentaries

Native Messengers of God – William Collins
Evolution – Stephen Friberg
Education of women and socio-economic development – E. Graham and F. Rawlings

Book Reviews

Desinformation als Methode (U. Schaefer et al.) – Christian Cannuyer
Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith, A, (P. Hainsworth and H. Adamson), and
A Basic Bahá'í Chronology, A, (G. Cameron and W. Momen) – William Collins (8, 1998)
The pivot of the universe: Nasir al-Din Shah (A. Amanat) – Sholeh Quinn
Towards the Most Great Justice (ed. C. Lerche) – Rod Rastan

Film and Music Reviews

Five contemporary Bahá'í albums – Simon Mawhinney
Saving Private Ryan – Milan Voykovic, Shamim Razavi

Obituary

O. Z. Whitehead – Robert Weinberg

Compilation

Introduction – Stephen Friberg
A compilation of Bahá'í writings on science and technology – prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

Bibliography

Academic papers and essays in non-Bahá'í sources, 1996-97

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 8

Volume 7 (1997) Now out of print.

Review Articles

A review of secondary literature in English on recent persecutions of the Bahá'ís in Iran – Nazila Ghanea-Hercock

The Bahá'í Faith and economics: a survey and a synthesis – Bryan Graham

Papers

Education of women and socio-economic development – Geeta Gandhi Kingdon
Searching for God in time and memory: an examination of Bahá'í prayer as "remembrance" – Christopher White

Soundings

Evolution according to 'Abdu'l-Bahá – Keven Brown
Evolution and modern science – Eberhard von Kitzing
Night as frontier – Will van den Hoonaard

Commentaries

The Bahá'í Faith as a learning organisation – K Maani, S Tams, R Steiner
Interpretation – S McGlinn

Book Reviews

An Earthly Paradise: Bahá'í Houses of Worship Around the World, (Julie Badiee) – R. J. Armstrong-Ingram
A Short History of the Bahá'í Faith (Peter Smith), A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith (Moojan Momen) – Christopher Buck
Mirror of the Divine: Art in the Bahá'í World Community (Ludwig Tuman) – Constance M. Chen
The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898–1948 (Will C. van den Hoonaard) – Graham Hassall
Law and International Order: Proceedings of the First European Bahá'í Conference on Law and International Order – Joshua Lincoln
The Law of Love Enshrined: Selected Essays (John and William Hatcher) – Susan Stiles Maneck
The Psychology of Spirituality (Hossain B. Danesh) – Stephen Miller
The Eco Principle (Arthur Lyon Dahl) – Stephen Vickers

Extended Essay

Scripture as literature: sifting through the layers of the text – Franklin Lewis

Obituary

Roger White, Writer and editor, "poet laureate" of the Bahá'í community – Robert Weinberg

Special Supplement – Humour and Laughter

Introduction – Omid Djallili and Annabel Knight
A compilation from the Bahá'í writings prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 7

Volume 6 (1996)

Papers

The Bahá'í Faith in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects – Graham Hassall
Wisdom and Dissimulation: the use and meaning of Hikmat in the Bahá'í writings and history – Susan Stiles Maneck

Soundings

Kafka's spiritual dimensions – Greg Massiah
The Bahá'í Faith as a learning organisation – Roy Steiner

Commentaries

Gordon Dicks and Roshan Danesh on individualism
Roxanne Lalonde on Bahá'í review
Sepideh Taheri on Bahá'í review
Barney Leith replies

Book Reviews

Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time (John Walbridge) – R.J.Armstrong-Ingram
Racial Unity: an imperative to social progress (Richard Thomas) – Nassim Berdjis
Beyond the clash of religions (Udo Schaefer) – Christopher Buck
Ethel Rosenberg (Robert Wienberg) – Richard Hollinger
Symbol and Secret (Chris Buck) – Frank Lewis
The style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas (Suheil Bushrui) – Sen McGlinn

Extended Essay

Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá'í Universalism – Christopher Buck

Obituary

Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail – Translator and Author, 'Patron Saint' of Women Bahá'í Scholars – Constance Chen

Special Supplement – Islands

Compilations of Bahá'í writings on the islands of the North Sea, and islands of the South Pacific

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 6

Volume 5.1 (1995)

Invited Commentary

Interpretation in the Bahá'í Faith – Juan R.I Cole

Papers

Bahá'í scholarship: an examination using citation analysis – S. Fazel and J. Danesh
Bahá'í Review: should the "red flag" be repealed? – Barney Leith
Some considerations relating to the inheritance laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas – Sen McGlinn
Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the World Religions – Moojan Momen
The New Morality: an outline – Udo Schaefer

Soundings

Because Baha'u'llah said so – Arash Abizadeh
Rituals: An American Bahá'í dilemma – Linda Walbridge

Book Reviews

Dimensions in Spirituality (Jack McLean) – Connie Chen
Community Histories (ed. Richard Hollinger) – Graham Hassall
Sexuality, Relationships and Spiritual Growth (Agnes Ghaznavi) – Susan Lamb

Special Supplement – Scholarship

Introduction by Roger Kingdon
A compilation of Bahá'í writings prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 5.1

Volume 4.1 (1994) Now out of print.

Editorial

Invited Commentary:

Interfaith and the Future – John Hick

Review Article

Unclipping the Wings – A Survey of Secondary Literature in English on the Bahá'í Perspective on Women – Trevor Finch

Papers

Female Representation of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian Writings – Lil Abdo
In all the ways that matter, women don't count – Moojan Momen
Ethics for a Global Society – Udo Schaefer
Sex, Gender and New Age Stereotyping – Lata Ta'eed

Soundings

Inheritance – S. Fazel
In Praise of Individuation – Sen McGlinn

Letters

Sonja van Kerkhoff, Inder Manocha

Book Reviews

Transition to a Global Society (ed. I Ayman et al) – Susan Lamb
The Search for a Just Society (John Huddelston) – Danesh Sarooshi

Special Supplement – Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland

Introduction by Julio Savi
A Compilation of Bahá'í Writings

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 4.1

Volume 3.2 (1994) Now out of print.

Special Issue on Challenges and Prospects of Bahá'í Scholarship

Readings on Bahá'í Scholarship
Bahá'í Scholarship: A Compilation – Peter Khan
A Statement on the Encouragement of Bahá'í Scholarship – International Teaching Centre
Comments on Bahá'í Scholarship – on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
Ethics and Methodology – Comments by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice
The Policy of Prepublication Review – on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
Further Comments on Bahá'í Scholarship – on behalf of the Universal House of Justice

Soundings

Bahá'í Scholarship – Definitions and Perspectives – Moojan Momen

Paper

Doing Bahá'í Scholarship in the 1990s: A Religious Studies Perspective – Stephen Lambden

Research notes

The Bahá'í Faith and Academic Journals – S. Fazel
Possible Topics for Research – Peter Khan

Volume 3.1 (1993) Now out of print.

Papers

'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity – Introduction by S. Fazel
'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity – in conversation with Pasteur Monnier
The Word Bahá': Quintessence of the Greatest Name – Stephen Lambden
"The Balance hath been appointed": some thoughts on the publication of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas – Udo Schaefer

Review Article

The station of the Kitáb-i-Iqán – Khazeh Fananapazir and S. Fazel

Soundings

Bahá'í Art – Inder Manocha
Exemption – Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

Commentary

Robert Stockman, "Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings" – Michael Sours

Book and Video reviews

Emergence (ed. C Lerche) – Sen McGlinn
Asking Questions: A challenge to fundamentalism and Secret of our Century (video) (B. Nakhjavani) – Cybele Sohrab

Special Supplement

Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union: A Compilation of the Bahá'í Writings

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 3.1

Volume 2.1 (1992) Now out of print.

Papers

Some Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings – S. Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir
Fundamentalism and Liberalism: Towards an Understanding of the Dichotomy – Moojan Momen
Challenges to Bahá'í Studies – Udo Schaefer
Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings – Robert Stockman

Special Supplement on Apologetics

Extracts Concerning Opposition – from letters written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
Some Observations on Boykin's "The Baha'i Faith": (Part 1) Underlying Principles and Approach or a Bahá'í Response – Shahriar Razavi and Khazeh Fananapazir
A Commentary on Azhar's Statement Regarding "Baha'is and Baha'ism" – Mohsen Enayat

Book and Video reviews

Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity (Renee Weber) – Kishan Manocha
Emergence – Dimensions of a New World Order (Ed. Charles Lerche) – Nazila Ghanea-Hercock

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 2.1

Volume 1.1 (1991) Now out of print.

Papers

Community in Diversity: The New Man – Peter Hulme
Islám, Muhammad and the Qur'án: Some Introductory Notes – Stephen Lambden
The Study of Religion: Some Comments on the Methodology of Studying Religion – Moojan Momen
Scholarship in the Bahá'í Community – John Parris
The Bahá'í Faith and Religious Diversity – Philip Smith
Seeing with the Eye of God: Relationships between Theology and Interpretation – Michael Sours

Special Supplement

Europe: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings

Biographical Notes

Contributors to Bahá'í Studies Review, Volume 1.1