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Baháʼí Studies Bulletin, published 1982–1993, Newcastle upon Tyne.. Somewhat informal, yet prepared with full scholarly standards, the Baháʼí Studies Bulletin was edited, photocopied and distributed by Stephen Lambden, Professor of Religious Studies at University of Newcastle upon Tyne (said university not itself affiliated with the Bulletin).
Baháʼí Studies Review was a peer-reviewed academic journal, published annually from 1991 to 2015, that covered contemporary issues regarding the principles, history, and philosophy of the Baháʼí Faith. [1] [2] Note that some formats, including the ISO 4 record, use "Bahaʼi" or "Bahá'í" rather than the "Baháʼí" shown at the official ...
Peter Smith - historian and sociologist, author of a much-cited academic study of Baháʼí history, The Babi and Bahaʼi Religions: From Messianic Shiʻism to a World Religion. [ 91 ] Franklin Lewis - author and translator in Iranian studies, who has also published literary analyses of the works of the Báb and Baháʼu'lláh.
The Secret of Divine Civilization is a book written anonymously by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in 1875, addressed to the rulers and the people of Persia, but can be applied to developmental reform in any society. It is considered to be part of the authoritative religious text of the Baháʼí Faith .
Moojan Momen [a] (b. 1950) is a retired physician and historian specializing in Baháʼí studies who has published numerous books and articles about the Baháʼí Faith and Islam, especially Shia Islam, including for Encyclopædia Iranica [1] [2] the British Library, [3] and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
He produced innumerable articles and a series of scholarly books on Muhammad and the central figures of the Bahá'í dispensation: the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. His consecration to serving the Faith, and his deep spirituality led to his being named a Hand of the Cause in 1957. He established a trust and a library for Bahá'í ...
While writing on the Bahá'í views on science, certain excerpts from Bahá'í scriptures are commonly used by experts; the following are a few examples. [ a ] Nader Saiedi, adjunct professor at UCLA, [ 8 ] notes Bahá'u'lláh criticized a pursuit of pseudoscience which claimed that "…numerous esoteric sciences is required to understand the ...
The leadership of the Baháʼí Faith has created goal-oriented Baháʼí teaching plans, spanning 1–10 years each, to spread the Baháʼí Faith.The plans began in the 1930s and 1940s as teaching goals for certain countries and in 1953 became coordinated globally, often with a focus on sending travelling teachers to new countries.