The Bahá'í Faith

Last modified: April 2014

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Introductions to the Baha'i Faith

• Websites
  • The Bahá'í Faith: Official site of the Bahá'í International Community
  • The Bahá'í World Center was recently listed by The Travel Channel as one of the top 10 man made structures of the modern world. (you'll need the free QuickTime viewer from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download)
  • The Bahá'í Faith: Religion Renewed for a Changing World: Official site of the Bahá'ís of the United States
  • The Universal House of Justice: An official website of the Bahá'í Faith
  • A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith: based on the book by Moojan Momen
  • Baha'i Faith Pages by Chris Manvell
  • Your Bahá'í Invitation by Curtis Wynne
  • A Bahá'í Faith Page maintained by Larry Curtis
  • Bahá'í: Prophecy Fulfilled by Joel Smith
  • Ask Bahai: search engine for Bahá'í-oriented websites
  • Study the Faith: Offers a systematic approach to the study of Bahá'í-related topics
  • Bahá'í Teachings: Blogs on a variety of Bahá'í-related topics
  • Mobile Bahá'í:  Designed for mobile phones  
• Video
  • The Life and Death of the Bab: (Part 1) (Part 2)
  • The Life and Martydom of the Bab: by Duane Troxel
  • Bahá'u'lláh: The Prisoner of Akká: (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
  • Bahá'u'lláh: The Secret of Our Century: (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4)
  • Bahá'u'lláh and the Bahá'í Faith: (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5)
  • Bahá'í Basics: (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
  • Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith: (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7)
  • Christianity Renewed: Books and series of videos
  • The Return: The Movie: (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) by Duane Troxel
• Other Multimedia
  • The Life of Bahá'u'lláh: A photographic narrative
  • An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith (narrated slideshow): by Dr. M. Afsharian
  • The Bahá'í Faith: A way forward: South African documentary
  • The Bahá'í Faith from the BBC
  • Bahá'í Audio Books
  • Planet Bahá'í - a broad-based resource on the Bahá'í Faith including feature articles, a large link library, weekly newsletter, discussion forum, and chat room
• Magazines and Books
  • The Bahá'ís, an HTML format magazine on the Faith (also in Italian, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, and Chinese)
  • Bahá'í Books available from Amazon.com
  • Brilliant Star Magazine: Children's magazine from the USA
  • Dayspring Magazine: Children's magazine from the UK
• Other Material
  • The Millennium Site: A Website making sense of what is happening in the world at the beginning of the 21st Century
• For more information on the Bahá'í Faith phone 1-800-22-UNITE (800-228-6483). This free call will allow you to hear a variety of recorded messages about the Baha'i Faith. This line also allows you to leave a message requesting more information.

The Bahá'í Faith in Action

• Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Images from five continents showing Bahá'ís involved in various activities
• The Bahá'í Faith in China: Global Times article by Zuo Xuan
• Arising to Serve: Glimpses from 41 Regional Conferences
• To Serve Humanity: Series of videos on youth response to Regional Conferences

Studying the Bahá'í Faith

• Bahá'í Topics: An Information Resource: Comprehensive collection of articles about the Baha'i Faith, its teachings, history, and community
• The Bahá'í Study Center: Study materials on a wide variety of topics
• The Bahá'í Faith Index by Casper Voogt (provides resources in a variety of languages)
• Bahá'í by Subject - extensive and also searchable information on theological, historical, and spiritual issues.
• True Seeker Home Page
• Ocean: Downloadable search program for searching Baha'i Scripture

Electronic Texts: Sources and Overviews

• Bahá'í Reference Library sponsored by the Bahá'í International Community
• Bahá'í Statement Library: Authoritative online source of the Baha'i sacred writings.
• Bahá'í introductory writings for teaching Christians (downloads for PDAs & PocketPCs)
• Compilation on the Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

• Worlds of God: originally developed by the National Reference Library Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, the index is in the process of being computerized (Marian Lippett developed and taught a course based on these materials)
• Reality, Soul, and the Worlds of God: originally compiled by Marian Lippitt
• Attributes of God: Compilation based on the names of the months of the Bahá'í calendar
• Compilation on Character Development:
• Powers of the Human Mind: Compilation
  • Overview
  • Common Faculty
  • Intelligence
  • Perception
  • Imagination
  • Thought
  • Comprehension
  • Memory
• Compilation Based on the Reply of the Universal House of Justice to the Letter Sent From the 85th National Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States
• A Study of Grace Using Scriptures From the Abrahamic Religions
  • Title Page
  • Jewish Scripture (Torah, Talmund, Old Testament)
  • Christian Scripture (New Testament)
  • Islamic Scripture (The Koran)
  • Bahá'í Scripture (Various Texts)
• Huitt, W. (1998). Dimensions in spirituality by J. A. McLean (review). Dialogue and Alliance, 12(2), 116-119.
• Short compilations on various topics for firesides
  • The Reality of Man
  • Humankind and Evolution
  • The Soul
  • Spiritual Consciousness
  • Death
  • Eternal Life
  • Sin
  • Adam and Eve
  • Christ
  • Forgiveness
  • Habits of Mind
  • Justice
  • Oneness of Religion
  • Paradigms
  • Ponder
  • Reward and Punishment
• Selections from One Common Faith

Materials for Training Institutes and Deepening Programs

• Core curriculum for Spiritual Education: Materials for teacher training, children's classes, and community development courses
• Materials for Institute titled Consecration, Love of God, and Teaching by Mehrdad Fazli
• Becoming A Brilliant Star: Materials for an institute course on developing human potential (Handouts for SED Conference presentation)
• Becoming A Brilliant Star: Selections on 52 attributes, values, and virtues
• Individual development: Materials from Bahá'í and secular sources used for a Wilmette Institute course
• Marriage and Family: Materials from Bahá'í and secular sources used for a Wilmette Institute course
• Bahá’í Education: Sponsored by the U. S. National Bahá’í Education and Schools Office
• Bahá’í Devotions:  Sponsored by the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Garland, TX USA
• Bahá’í Devotions: Provided by Bahai-Internet-Services.org (Furutan Çelebi)
• Deepening Materials--Lower Fraser Valley Regional Bahá'í Site, British Columbia, CA
• Compilation of quotations on Training Institutes
• Applied Ruhi: Translating Ruhi into Action
• Ruhi Resources: Resources for Study Circle facilitators using Ruhi training materials
• The Foundation for the Investigation of Reality:
• SIFTER: An Institute for the Study of Bahá'í Writings
• Materials related to Entry by Troops
• Clark, J. (2006). A pedagogy of service: Developing spiritual human resources through praxis in the Ruhi Institute curriculum. Capstone seminar. Brattleboro, Vermont: School for International Training. Retrieved March 2006, from http://bci.org/crimsonark/case_study.html 

Electronic Texts: Articles, Pamphlets, etc.

• The Warwick Leaflets: Basic introductions to a variety of topics
• Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith: Pamphlets from Stonehaven Press
• The Bahá’í Studies Review, Associate, and The Bahá’í Student Handbook from the Association for Bahá’í Studies (English-Speaking Europe)
• Lehman, D. (2004). Civilizing the human character. PlanetBaha'i. Retrieved August 2005, from http://www.planetbahai.org/articles/2004/ar020604a.html

Bahá'í Radio and TV

• Radio Nur: Inspirational music by Bahá'í artists with a Bahá'í message
• Frequency19: FM radio from France
• Payam-e-Doost Radio: Persian Language radio
• Bahá'í on Air: from New Zealand

Resources on the WWW

• The Administrative Website of the Bahá'ís of the United States
• Office of Public Information from the Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom
• Bahá'í Pilgrimage Website from the Bahá'í World Center
• Bahá'í Resources on the Internet from the Bahá'í Computer Association
• Bahá'í Internet Agency: assists the global Bahá’í community in its use of the Internet
• Bahá'í Academics Resource Area: links to some of the vast amount of useful primary sources and secondary scholarship by Jonah Winters
• Culture, religion, science and education: by Greg Kagira-Watson
• Associations for Bahá'í Studies
• The Foundation for the Investigation of Reality
• Bahá'í Youth Communities and Workshops

Social and Economic Development

• Women and the Bahá'í Faith
• Bahá'í Parenting
• ANIS: Educational resource for parents and educators
• Educators for Social and Economic Development
• International Environment Forum
• Bahá'í Business Forum of the Americas
• European Bahá'í Business Forum
• Canadian Bahá'í  International Development Agency
• The Eshraghieh and Mahmoud Rabbani Charitable Trust
• Bahá'í International Community. (1998). Valuing spirituality in development. A concept paper written by the Bahá'í International Community for the World Faiths and Development Dialogue, Lambeth Palace, London, 18-19 February. Retrieved October 2006 from http://www.bcca.org/ief/bicvsid.htm
• Toward a Culture of Peace: by Peter Newton-Evans

Materials for Children's and Youth Classes

• Building a Strong Bahá’í Identity in Young Children: A Concrete Approach: Linden Qualls
• New World Games Manual: Linden Qualls
• Stories With Moral Themes: by Joyce Liggitt, South Africa
• Ruhi Children's Materials (recorded songs and lessons): by LosNiceGuys
• Ruhi Junior Youth Materials (recorded songs): by LosNiceGuys

Books and Other Materials

• Lists of book publishers
• Bahá'í Booksource International Online
• Bosch Bahá'í Bookstore
• Images International
• Kalimat Press: Independent Bahá'í Publisher
• Global Perspective: Introductory books and pamphlets
• Special Ideas
• ARCA Editorial - Spanish language books and materials
• Wellspring Design: Shirts, sweatshirts, hats, totes, pillows
• Creative Designs: Bahá'í greeting cards, T-shirts, and pictures
• White Mountain Publications
• Brilliant Books: Books for children and youth, with editions in different languages
• Bahá'í Jewelry: Specializing in rings
• Bahá'í Jewelry: Specializing in solid gold jewelry

Audiovisual Materials

• Audio talks and lectures: from Bahá’í Study
• Bahá’í MP3: Recordings of talks
• Audio Books of Bahá’í Writings: from http://hearthewritings.bandcamp.com/
• Hear The Writings: Recordings of books and other Bahá’í-related writings
• Bahá’í Social & Economic Development: Plenary Sessions
• Bahá’í Video
• Bahá’í-Videos
• YouTube: Bahá’í
• Bahá’í On Air New Zealand: Interviews
• YouTube: Bahá'í International Community--UN office
• WebChannel9: From UK National Spiritual Assembly
• VideoArts: from Joel Cotten
• Bahá'í Television Programs, Radio Programs and Magazines
• 3rd Annual Baha'i Choral Music Festival:  May 24, 2009, at the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL
• Divine Notes: Downloadable Bahá’í-related
• Rainn Wilson talks with Oprah about the Baha'i Faith and SoulPancack.com
  • | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |

The Arts and Media

• Bahá'í Media Bank: Resources from the Bahá'í International Community
• One: Bahá'í-inspired youth magazine
• Bahá'í Arts
• Tabula Rasa: Arts magazine
• Creative Inspirations: Exploring Creativity through the Arts and Spirituality
• Enoch's Vision: Photographs and digital media paintings
• Bahá'íVision: Links to Baha'i writings, artists and musicians, Bahá'í  publishers, and more
• Marty's Card Shop 
• Bahá'í Music
• 9 Star Media: Bahá'í-inspired music and audio books
• Songs for Children and Families: by singer-songwriter Tim Urbonya & children
• Dawntide
• Bahá'í e-cards from Blue Mountain, greetz.com, The Shining Lamp, 123Greetings.com
• The Firestarter Project

Image Files

• Bahá'í Media Bank: Operated by the Bahá’í International Community
• Pictures from Bahá'í Holy Places in Akka, Israel
• Pictures from Bahá'í World Center in Akka, Israel
• Photographs of Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa, Israel by Marco Abrar
• Bahá'í Images from Ian Vink
• Bahá'í Graphics Gems: featuring freely distributable original Bahá'í art
• Bahá'í House of Worship, Chile: Flash presentation
• 9-pointed stars by Pamela Jayawardena
• Bahá'í WWW Graphics by Larry Curtis
• Bahá'í Software from Caspar Voogt

News Services

• Bahá'í Newsroom
• OneCountry: The on-line newsletter of the Bahá'í international community
• Bahá'í media
• Bahá'í  World News Service 
• Bahá'í News: from the Huffington Post (includes articles by Bahá'ís on various topics

Permanent School Sites

• Academic Bahá'í Schools and Tertiary Institutions
• The Wilmette Institute: Earn college credit while studying the Faith
• Bosch Bahá'í School
• Louhelen Bahá'í School
• Listing of schools from Upliftingwords.org

Examples of Bahá'í-Inspired Schools

• School of the Nations, Macau, China
• Townshend International School, Hluboka, Czech Republic
• Nur University in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
• Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE)
• Schools in India (with links to schools in India)
• The Badi School in Panama City, Panama

Other School and Community Sites

• National communities on the Internet
• New York City: Designated City of the Covenant by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
• Atlanta Bahá'í Community
• Savannah Bahá'í Community
• Bahá'í-oriented Websites hosted by the Bahá'í Communications International
• Bahá'í Vocational Institute for Rural Women, Indore, India

Bahá'í-inspired Organizations

• Association for Bahá'í Studies--North America
• New Era: Bahá'í Inspired Organizational Design & Team Building

Oneness of Religion

• Islam and the Bahá'í Faith

Miscellaneous

• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in NewYork: Commemorates the 100th anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit
• Centenary Celebration: Visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha to the UK 1911 -1913
• American Bahá'í Heroes and Heroines
• Bahá'í Web Page Tutorial: Guidance in setting up and publicizing  Bahá'í web pages
• Guide to Haifa, Israel--Site of International Headquarters of the Bahá'í Faith
• What They Believe: Hindus, Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís (CBS)
• The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity, an agency of the Bahá'í International Community
• International Education Forum -- Bahá'í-inspired organization addressing the environment and sustainable development
• The Mona Foundation--non-profit charitable organization dedicated to supporting grassroots educational initiatives
• European Bahá'í Women's Network
• Bahá'í Esperanto Home Page
• Bahá'í Yellow Pages
• Bahá'í Blog -- All things Bahá'í
• Rabbani Trust: nonprofit, tax-exempt public charity established to raise and disburse funds for charitable, religious, literary and educational purposes
• Bahá'í Calendar
• Another Calendar
• Bahá'í date
• Calculating sunrise & sunset times
• Bahá'í Glossary: Pronunciation guide with mp3 files
• Sounds of Transliterated Letters from Arabic and Persian: by George deF. Lord, Athens, GA

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Dr. William G. (Bill) Huitt
Educational Psychology Interactive
Erlangen, Germany