- Abdu'l‐Bahá y la cuestión racial, by Amin E. Egea (published as Amin E. Egea Farzannejad) (2022). — Pese a compartir objetivos comunes, la perspectiva sobre la armonia racial del lider de la religión...
- Architectures of Thinking, The, by Jordi Vallverdu Segura, Josuke Nakano (2022). — Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships betw...
- Babi Movement, The: A Resource Mobilization Perspective, by Peter Smith, Moojan Momen (1986). — Babism from a sociological standpoint, esp. the place of the Babis in their contemporary cultural an...
- Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1996). — The origins and early life of the Baha'i community in Canada as a sociological case study in the tra...
- Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin, by Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. (2004). — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
- Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, The: A Brief History, by Adam Berry (2004-09-22). — Baha'i history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian c...
- Bahá'í Faith and the Construction of Social Reality: How do Bahá'ís Translate the Word of God into Practice?, by Shahla Mehrgani (2017). — This project takes a constructionist approach, using a case study of the Baha'is of Sheffield U.K. a...
- Bahá'í Faith in the West, The: A Survey, by Peter Smith (2004). — General account of the development and expansion of the Faith in Europe and North America 1894-1994,...
- Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume, Robert Stauffer, comp. (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Bahá'í Work as Worship, Prayer as Practice: Chapter 15, by Deborah Clark Vance (2025). — Religion is logical and progressive; it moves humanity closer to a unified world; human reality is o...
- Bahá'í World Faith: Redefinition of Religion, by James J. Keene (1967 Autumn). — Baha'is consistently differ from Jews and Christians in the structure of their religious behavior an...
- Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa, by Hutan Hejazi Martinez (2010-05). — An outsider's view of the role of ideologies in a postmodern era, focusing on Baha'i history, conver...
- Bahá'ísm: A Study of a Contemporary Movement, by Albert Ross Vail (1914-07). — Scholarly analysis of the influence of the Baha'i Faith and the psychology of its followers.
- Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology, by Juan Cole (1997). — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Peace: A Series of Four Talks, by Nader Saiedi (2018). — Talks at the Santa Monica Baha’i Center in California on four areas within the context of Baha'u'l...
- Bibliography of sociological or anthropological studies on the contemporary Baha'i Community, Will C. van den Hoonaard, comp. (1998). — Current only through 1998.
- Challenge of Change for the Chinese in Southeast Asia, The, by Yin Hong Shuen (2000). — Chinese Baha'is in some Asian countries are a microcosm of Chinese people in this region. An email s...
- Community Histories, Richard Hollinger, ed. (1992). — Essay on the diversity of Western Baha'i communities, followed by six histories of selected local co...
- Crisis and the Power of an Inclusive Historical Consciousness: Progressing from Delusional Habits to Dynamic Freedom, by Todd Smith (2020). — On delusional ways of thinking: the habits of totalizing reality vs. fragmenting reality. These lead...
- Crisis of Identity, The, by Shahrzad Sabet (2023-01-17). — Exploring how the Baha’i principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractabl...
- Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi (1991).
- Emergence from Obscurity: The Journey of Sociology in the Bahá'í Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (2008). — The field of sociology and the Baha’i Faith share important principles and both challenge widely-h...
- Enacting Thought: Divine Will, Human Agency, and the Possibility of Justice, by Holly Hanson (2009). — Societies evolve through generations of human decision making. Using the examples of 300 years of po...
- "Evolution of Reality," by George Land: Commentary, by Tony Michel (1991).
- From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States, by Naghme Naseri Morlock (2023). — The denial of a national identity of Baha'is in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differ...
- From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement [excerpt], by Peter Ludwig Berger (1954-06). — Early notable thesis by an eminent sociologist; first chapter only (for an assessment of Berger's wo...
- Género y catolicismo: Concepciones y realidades de practicantes del catolicismo referente a la pluralidad del género, by Patricia de Luna Garcia, Rodrigo Vazquez Canales (2022). — Relaciónes entre el ser un practicante del catolicismo y la apertura a la pluralidad de género. La...
- Geschichte und Wahrheitsbeweise der Bahai-Religion (History and Evidence of Truth of the Bahá'í Faith), by Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Wilhelm Herrigel, trans. (1919). — Eine Einführung in die Bahai-Religion, die sich besonders an die Leserschaft aus westlichen Länder...
- Human Nature and Human Society: A Bahá'í Viewpoint, by William S. Hatcher (1987). — Introduction to the Baha'i understanding of human beings and social structures.
- Identity and the Spiritual Journey in the Badi Calendar, by Nader Saiedi (2015-04). — A 99-minute talk on various aspects of the nature and history of the Baha'i calendar.
- Importancia de las Escrituras en la Ética Laboral Protestante, by Saul Palacios (2022). — La ética laboral protestante (PWE) se fundamentaba en un fuerte componente. La PWE ya no esta únic...
- In Iran, Peter Smith, ed. (1986). — Essays on Babi-Baha'i history, sociology, and theology in Iran.
- Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement, by Kathleen Jenkins (2003). — On the construction and maintenance of multiracial/ethnic networks in religious movements, through a...
- Introduction to Abdu'l-Baha's The Secret of Divine Civilization, An, by Nader Saiedi (2000). — 'Abdu'l-Baha's The Secret of Divine Civilization in the context of the Iranian social and political ...
- Life Crises among the Religiously Committed: Do Sectarian Differences Matter?, by Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh, Kathe Richman, Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1984). — Study of Catholic Charismatics, Christian Scientists, and Baha'is, in terms of their perceptions of ...
- List of Articles by Nader Saiedi on BahaiTeachings.org, by Nader Saiedi (2017-2020). — Links to 40 essays about Baha'i teachings on spiritual unity, justice, freedom, democracy, and globa...
- Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran, A Socio-Legal Analysis by Sajjad Adeliyan Tous and James T. Richardson: Review, by Christopher Buck (2024).
- Marxism, Human Nature, and Society, by Laurie E. Adkin (1987). — On Marxism, human nature, alienatation and emancipation, and feminism. No mention of the Baha'i Fait...
- Membership, Joining and Leaving Religious Movements and Organizations, by Peter Smith (2020). — Reflections from the perspective of sociology of religion on belonging, joining, and leaving a faith...
- Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review, by Benjamin Olshin (2015).
- Millennialism in Modern Iranian History, by Juan Cole (2002). — Religions in Iran have been volatile and evolving, from a tool of the establishment to representing ...
- Modernity as an Age of Transition, by Benjamin Schewel (2023-01-16). — Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern...
- New Religious System for Contemporary Society, by Peter Beyer (2001-04). — On scholarship and categories of religions in the global society, religion as a function system, and...
- New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling, by Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria) (2008 Fall). — On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bah...
- Night as Frontier: Some Implications for the Bahá'í Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1997). — Sociological effects of night-shift employment and the nocturnal populace.
- One Common Faith, by Universal House of Justice (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
- Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives, by Hoda Mahmoudi (2008). — Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and it...
- Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review, by John Huddleston (1988). — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
- Question of Gender, A: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law, by Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck), Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, Anthony Lee (1987). — Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitab-i-Aqdas, ma...
- Race and Racism: Perspectives from Bahá'í Theology and Critical Sociology, by Matthew W. Hughey (2017). — Review of the concepts of race and racism based on social scientific understanding, in order to bett...
- Religion and Family Planning in Contemporary Iran, by Mehri Samandari Jensen (1986). — Why Muslims in Iran have a higher birthrate than Christians; the relationship between religion and b...
- Religious Behavior and Neuroticism, Spontaneity, and Worldmindedness, by James J. Keene (1967-06). — Baha'is were included in a broad survey of religious thoughts and actions, and their attitudes stati...
- Religious Extremism in a Multifaceted Context, by Alkhaldy Ayman, Alhrahshehr Rakan (2022). — Deconstruction of the word "extreme" in religious perspectives; proposal for a complete framework en...
- Religious Foundations of Civil Society, The, by Wendy M. Heller (2000). — A Baha'i perspective on the loss of a transcendent ethical basis as a central problem of modern soci...
- Replacing the Sword with the Word: Bahá'u'lláh's Concept of Peace, by Nader Saiedi (2019-05). — The writings of Baha'u'llah reconstruct foundational concepts such as mysticism, religion, and socia...
- Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development, The, by Lin Poyer (1989). — On the challenge to develop creative, satisfying ways to live within a mass production/mass consumpt...
- Routinization of Charisma?, The: Some Comments on “Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahá'ísme”, by Peter Smith (1998-11). — Discussion of sociologist Peter Berger and themes from his dissertation "From Sect to Church: A Soci...
- Sacred spaces and secular visions in the Bahá'í Holy Gardens, by Elizabeth Kostina (2024-04-22). — Exploring the interplay between religious practice and heritage tourism at the Baha’i Holy Gardens...
- Same Yet Different, The: Creating Unity Among the Diverse Members of the Bahá'í Faith, by Deborah Clark Vance (2002/2003 Winter). — A study of the process by which people form a unified community from diverse cultures based on inter...
- Same Yet Different, The: Bahá'í Perspectives on Achieving Unity out of Difference, by Deborah Clark Vance (2002-05). — Based on in-depth interviews with members of the Baha’i Faith [in the USA] to uncover a descriptio...
- Seeking Light in the Darkness of "Race", by Jamar M. Wheeler (2017). — A historical sketch of how race concepts evolved, with analysis at macro and micro levels of society...
- Social Adaptation of Marginal Religious Movements in America, The, by Bryan F. Le Beau (1993-06-22). — Processes of interaction between Marginal Religious Movements and their social environments; adaptiv...
- Social Affinity Flow Theory: A New Understanding of Both Human Interaction and the Power of the Baha'i Training Institute Process, by Christopher G. Gourdine, Justin R. Edgren, Thomas L. Trice, Joseph N. Zlatic (2019). — On a new explanation of social rifts prevalent in many societies today as well as constructive effor...
- Social Basis of the Bábí Upheavals in Iran (1848-1853): A Preliminary Analysis, by Moojan Momen (1983). — In the mid-19th century, Iran was shaken by unrest caused by the Babi movement, which set off a chai...
- Social Justice, Wealth Equity and Gender Equality: Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís of Alberta, by Leslie William Kuzyk (2003-09). — Baha'i theology takes distinctive positions on wealth distribution and gender equality. These issues...
- Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History / Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: List of volumes, Anthony Lee, ed. (1982-2023). — List of all 23 volumes in the SBBH / SBBR series from Kalimat Press.
- Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age, by Nader Saiedi (2014). — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
- The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: From Messianic Shi'ism to World Religion, by Peter Smith: Review, by Jack McLean (1988).
- "The Role of Material Goods in Spiritual Development," by Lin Poyer: Commentary, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1989).
- Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, by Graeme Were (2005). — Anthropological study on the Baha'i Faith in the Nalik area of New Ireland, New Guinea, especially t...
- Three Ages of Man, The: Are They Integrated?, by Viva Rodwell (1996). — Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
- Unity in Diversity: Toward a Correlation of the Bahá'í Perspective with Current Empirical Findings in the Social Science Literature, by Ismael Velasco (2009). — The Baha'i community has much to learn from, and contribute to, the efforts of psychologists, sociol...
- Unsuspected Effects of Religion on your Personality, by James J. Keene (1967). — Review of research reports in sociology and social psychology journals to analyse survey data from f...
- Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán, by Nader Saiedi (2019-09). — Explores the Persian Bayan's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into...
- Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School, by Nader Saiedi (2019). — On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell;...
- К вопросу о типологии и классификации веры бахаи (On the Issue of Typology and Classification of the Bahá'í Faith), by Oleg Kyselov (2011). — An attempt to classify the Baha'i Faith from a perspective of the sociology of religion and Marxism.
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