Mining the Gems: Individual Development
Bahá’í Articles and Websites

Last Revised: December 2009

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I.  Introduction (Part A) Science, Religion, and Philosophy

• Barnes, W. (2004). O man of two visions: The harmony of secular and sacred knowledge. Paper presented at the Forum for Integrated Education and Educational Reform sponsored by the Council for Global Integrative Education, Santa Cruz, CA, October 28-30. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/CGIE/barnes.pdf
• International Teaching Centre of the Universal House of Justice. (1984). Baha'i scholarship: Importance, nature, and promotion of. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_importance_bahai_scholarship
• Jones, C. (2003). Towards a spiritual methodology of scholarship. Australian Bahá’í Studies, 4, 21-44. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=jones_spiritual_methodology_scholarship.html
• Loehle, C. (1990). On human origins: A Bahá’í perspective. Journal of Bahá’í Studies, 2(4). Retrieved February 2010, from http://www.bahai-studies.ca/journal/files/jbs/2.4%20Loehle.pdf
• Mihrshahi, R. (2002/2003). Ether, quantum physics, and the Bahá’í writings. Australian Bahá’í Studies Journal, 4, 3-20. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=mihrshahi_ether_quantum_physics
• Savi, J. (1989). The eternal quest for God: An introduction to the divine philosophy of `Abdu'l-Bahá. Oxford, England: George Ronald. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/books/quest/index.html
• Savi, J. (1994). Will, knowledge, and love as explained in Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys. [Draft]. Bahá’í Library Online. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/articles/jbs.6-1.savi.html
• Stuter, L. (2003). The spirituality of systems thinking. NewsWithViews. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.newswithviews.com/Stuter/stuter12.htm [Written from a Christian perspective]

II.  Introduction (Part B) Holistic Views of Development, Education, and Schooling

• Bahá’í International Community. (2010). The purpose of life. Bahá’í Topics. Retrieved February 2010, from http://info.bahai.org/article-1-4-0-6.html
• A simplified four -stages model of human transformation incorporating individual/collective, subjective/objective and scientific/religious perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Bahá’í Studies, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/~rclarken/Papers/ABS 2005 Four Stage Model pap1.htm 
• Davis, N., & others. (2009). Children. In G. Morrison (Managing Ed.), The Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project. Evanston, IL: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bahai-encyclopedia-project.org/index.php?view=article&catid=56%3Aa-selection-of-articles&id=66%3Achildren&option=com_content&Itemid=74 (pdf)
• Hatcher, W. (1987). Human nature and human society: A Bahá’í viewpoint. The Bahá'í Faith and Marxism. Ottawa: Bahá'í Studies Publications. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/?file=hatcher_human_nature_society
• Sabet, B. (2000). An integrative approach to knowledge and action: A Bahá’í perspective. Converging Realities, 1(1). Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=sabet_integrative_approach
• Savi, J. (2000). The development of humankind. Lights of Irfan: Papers Presented at the 'Irfán Colloquia and Seminars (Book 1, pp.  105-110. Wilmette, IL: Irfan Colloquia. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=savi_development_humankind
• Universal House of Justice. (1988). Individual rights and freedoms. Bahá’í Library Online. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/published.uhj/irf.html

III. Spiritual Development

• Bahá’í International Community. (1998). Valuing spirituality in development. Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development A concept paper presented to the "World Faiths and Development Dialogue," hosted by the President of the World Bank and the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace. London, England. February 18-19. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/pdf/98-0218.pdf
• Fotos, S. (1999). Strategies for spiritual development. The Journal of Bahá’í Studies, 9(1). Retrieved February 2010, from http://www.bahai-studies.ca/journal/files/jbs/9.1.Fotos(scanned).pdf
• Moman, M. (1996). The individual. Extracted and condensed from A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá’í Library Online. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bahai-library.com/books/introduction/intro1.html
• Poyer, L. (1989). The role of material goods in spiritual development. Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 1(3). Retrieved http://bahai-library.com/poyer_material_goods
• Varga, S. (2006). Why freedom matters: Adding spirituality to Amartya Sen's interpretation on freedom. Retrieved from http://bahai-library.com/varqa_freedom_matters

IV. Moral Character Development

• Bahá’í International Community. (2005). The search for values in an age of transition. A Statement of the Bahá'í­ International Community on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/bic-statements/05-1002.htm (Study Guide)
• Bahá’í International Community. (2010). Moral development. Bahá’í Topics. Retrieved February 2010, from http://info.bahai.org/article-1-8-0-2.html
• Barnes, W. (2004). Morally-integrated education. Claremont, CA: Center for Global Integrated Education. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.cgie.org/home/page.php?id=458
• Hatcher, W. (2007). Universal values. in The Science of Morality: Collected Papers . Retrieved from http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_universal_values
• Schaefer, U. (1994). Ethics for a global society. Bahá'í Studies Review, 4(1). Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/schaefer_ethics_global_society
• Schaefer, U. (1995). The new morality: An outline. Bahá’í Studies Review, 5(1). Retrieved December 2009 from http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr05/56_schaefer_morality.htm
• Schaefer, U. (2004). Towards a Bahá'í ethics. In J. Danesh & S. Fazel (Eds.), Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought. Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/schaefer_towards_bahai_ethics
• Schaefer, U. (2006). Some aspects of Bahá'í ethics. The Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 16(1-4), 1-32. Retrieved December 2009, from http://www.bahai-studies.ca/journal/files/jbs/16.14%20Schaefer.pdf

V. Personal Style

• Bahá’í International Community. (2002). The spiritual basis of equality. Statement distributed at the NGO Forum '85, organized in conjunction with the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the UN Decade for Women. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/pdf/85-0000.pdf
• Brush, M. (1988). Perceiving differences: A Look at gender and equality. dialogue magazine, 2( 2-3). Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/brush_perceiving_differences
• Woodman, R. (1995). The role of the feminine in the Bahá’í Faith. Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 7(2). http://bahai-library.com/woodman_role_feminine_bahai

VI. Cognitive/Reasoning Development

• Bahá’í International Community. (2002). Freedom to believe: Upholding the standard of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Bahá'í International Community’s Statement on the Freedom of Conscience, Religion or Belief. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/bic-statements/05-1001.htm
• Davis, A. D. (2001). The human intellect: A Bahá'í-inspired perspective. Lights of Irfan, Book 2. Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/davis_human_intellect
• Diessner, R. (1990). Selflessness: Congruences between the cognitive-developmental research program and the Bahá'í Writings. Journal of Bahá’í Studies, 3(2). Retrieved February 2010, from http://bahai-studies.ca/journal/files/jbs/3.2%20Diessner.PDF
• Fantini, A. (1989). Language and worldview. Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 2(2). Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/fantini_language_worldview
• Huitt, W. (2001). Affirmation statements. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/religion/bahai/brilstar/brstovr.html#affirmation
• Kluge, I. (2009). The Bahá'í  Writings, philosophy, and the environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Bahá'í Studies, Washington, D.C., August 13-19. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/articles/kluge Baha'i-Philosophy-Environment.pdf (audio file of presentation)

VII. Affective/Emotional Development

• Bahá’í International Community. (2005). The search for values in an age of transition. A Statement of the Bahá'í International Community on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations. Retrieved September 2009, from http://statements.bahai.org/05-1002.htm
• Geula, K. (2004). Emotional intelligence and spiritual development. Paper presented at the Forum for Integrated Education and Educational Reform sponsored by the Council for Global Integrative Education, Santa Cruz, CA, October 28-30. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/CGIE/guela.pdf
• Payman, V. (1995). Religion and psychological well-being: Is there an association? The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges. Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/payman_religion_psychological_well-being
• Savi, J. (1997). Love relationship between God and humanity: Reflections on Bahá'u'lláh's Hidden Words. Bahá’í Library Online. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=savi_love_hidden_words.html

VIII. Conative/Volitional Development

• Jordan, D. (1973. Knowledge, volition, and action. Wilmette, IL:  Baha'i Publishing Trust. [Out-of-print compilation that was part of the Comprehensive Deepening Program]. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/~rclarken/bahai/knowledge-voltion-action.htm
• Mahmoudi, H., & Ahmadiyeh, N. (2002), Resilience in children: Within a spiritual, social and neurobiological rramework. Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 12(1-4). Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/mahmoudi_ahmadiyeh_resilience_children
• Savi, J. (1994). Will, knowledge, and love as explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys. Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 6(1). Retrieved from http://bahai-library.com/savi_will_knowledge_4valleys

IX. Social Development

• Bahá’í International Community. (1993). Human rights and fundamental freedoms. Written statement to the 49th session of the Commission on Human Rights. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/pdf/93-0200.pdf
• Bahá’í International Community. (1993). World citizenship: A global ethic for sustainable development. Based on a concept paper shared at the 1st session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/pdf/93-0614.pdf
• Bahá’í International Community.(1995). The greatness which might be theirs: Educating girls--An investment in the future. Bahá'í International Community’s statement submitted to the 39th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Retrieved September 2009 from http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/bic-statements/95-0826b.htm
• Bahá’í International Community. (2001). Belief and tolerance: "Lights amidst the darkness." Statement of the Bahá'í International Community to the International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation with Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-discrimination. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/pdf/01-1123.pdf
• Bahá’í International Community. (2004). The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality. Written Statement Prepared for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at its 48th Session Item 3a of the Provisional Agenda. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/bic-statements/04-0301.htm
• Bahá’í International Community.(2008). For the betterment of the world: The worldwide Bahá’í community's approach to social and economic development. Retrieved September 2009, from http://www.bahai.org/features/sed/betterment.pdf 
• Bahá’í International Community.(2008). The eradication of violence against women and girls. Oral Statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the seventh session of the UN Human Rights Council. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/bic-statements/08-0313.htm
• Semple, I. (2010). The indispensability of consultation for ordering human affairs. in Lights of Irfan, Volume 11. Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/semple_indispensibility_consultation
• Sinclair, G. (2007). Mediation, transformation and consultation: A comparative analysis of conflict resolution models.  Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 1. Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/sinclair_conflict_resolution

X. Awareness and Consciousness

• Bahá’í International Community. (2006). A new framework for global prosperity. Bahá'í­ International Community's submission to the 2006 Commission on Social Development on the review of the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty. Retrieved September 2009, from http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/bic-statements/06-0101.htm
• Diessner, R. (1990). Selflessness: Congruences between the cognitive–developmental research program and the Bahá’í Writings. Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 3(2). Retrieved December 2013, from http://bahai-library.com/diessner_selfnessness
• Mustakova-Possardt, E. (2004). Education for critical moral consciousness. Journal of Moral Education, 33(3), Retrieved September 2009, from  http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/files/JME_criticalcons.pdf

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