Resources

On this page, you can find materials that assist with scholarship concerning the application of Baháʼí teachings to contemporary issues, as well as the study of the history of the Baháʼí Faith and the Baháʼí community. Resources include guidance from the Universal House of Justice information about the Baháʼí Faith, as well as links to Baháʼí journals and academic and educational institutions.

Contributing to Academic and Professional Discourses

Bahá’í Participation in the Public Sphere: Considerations Related to History, Concepts, and Approaches

Shahriar Razavi

Learning to Read Social Reality in the Light of the Revelation

Haleh Arbab

The Intellectual Life of the Bahá’í Community

Farzam Arbab

Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition: Reflections on Baháʼí Practice and Thought
eds. Geoffrey Cameron and Ben Schewel

Guidance on Bahá’í Scholarship

Scholarship compilation

Issues Related to Study of the Faith

Follow up letter to Issues letter

2013 Letter from the Universal House of Justice regarding ABS-NA

Information about the Bahá’í Faith

Baháʼí World Website
https://www.bahai.org

The Universal House of Justice
https://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/

Bahá’ís of the United States
https://www.bahai.us

Bahá’ís of Canada
https://www.bahai.ca/

Other National Communities
https://www.bahai.org/national-communities/

Research Tools

Bahá’í Reference Library
https://www.bahai.org/library/

BIC Statement Library
https://www.bic.org/statements-and-reports/statements

BahaiResearch.com
http://www.bahairesearch.com/default.aspx

Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project
https://www.bahai-encyclopedia-project.org

Ocean 2.0 Interfaith Reader
https://sacred-traditions.org/ocean/

Bahaipedia
http://bahaipedia.org/

Selected Talks on Bahá’í Scholarship

Address by Mr. Paul Lample at the 32nd ABS Annual Conference

Some Aspects of Bahá’í Scholarship by Peter Khan

The Generation of Knowledge by Haleh Arbab

Questions and Bahá’í Studies

Journals & Serial Publications

Journal of Bahá’í Studies (ABS NA)
https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/

Bahá’í Studies Review (ABS UK)
https://www.intellectbooks.com/bahai-studies-review

Organizations

Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity
https://www.globalprosperity.org

Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education
http://www.bihe.org

Wilmette Institute
https://wilmetteinstitute.org/