- American Bahá'í Community, 1894-1917, The: A Preliminary Survey. Peter Smith (1982). A comprehensive and detailed survey of the American community from 1894 to 1917. Includes bibliography as appendix, "Some Studies of Bahá'í Communities" (2015). Articles.
- Babi Movement, The: A Resource Mobilization Perspective. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen (1986). Babism from a sociological standpoint, esp. the place of the Babis in their contemporary cultural and economic classes. Articles.
- Bahá'í Communities. Peter Smith (1989). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
- Bahá'í Faith 1957-1988, The: A Survey of Contemporary Developments. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen (1989). A general account of developments in the Bahá'í Faith during these three decades. Articles.
- Bahá'í Faith in the West, The: A Survey. Peter Smith (2004). General account of the development and expansion of the Faith in Europe and North America 1894-1994, including distribution and social composition of contemporary communities. Includes Foreword to the volume. Articles.
- Bahá'í History. Moojan Momen, Peter Smith (1993). A general survey of the history of the Bahá'í Faith, including a brief overview of main events in Bábí and Bahá'í history. Next, a series of themes that have developed throughout Bahá'í history is examined. Encyclopedia.
- Bahá'í Studies videos. Peter Smith (2013). Twelve introductory videos about Bahá'í history, practice, and teachings. Video.
- Baha'i Studies Youtube Playlist. Peter Smith (2020). Link to Smith's videos on Bábí and Bahá'í history: Emergence of the Bábí movement; Bábí conflict and collapse; development of a new religion; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í beliefs and practice; geo-cultural breakthroughs; expansion of the Bahá'í Faith. Video.
- Bahá'ís in the West. Peter Smith, ed. (2004). Essays and illustrations on the beginnings of the Faith in Australia and New Zealand, Denmark, Hungary, and the United States. Books.
- Extramural Religious Movements. Peter Smith (2012-09). Proposing the term extramural for movements often regarded as outside of the main religious traditions but historically and sociologically related to them. Presentations.
- Funds. Peter Smith (2000). Essays.
- In Iran. Peter Smith, ed. (1986). Essays on Bábí-Bahá'í history, sociology, and theology in Iran. Books.
- Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Peter Smith (2019). A look at the central features of the Baha’i Faith, including its history, and the key beliefs, organisation and world-view of the Baha’i community (archived copy, original offline). Articles.
- Islam-Related Movements. Peter Smith (2012/2026-08). Summary of an article for the Encyclopedia of Global Studies: pre-modern Middle Eastern sects; universalistic Sufi movements; African-American expressions of Islam; movements based on the teachings of modern prophetic figures. Essays.
- Law; Liberty; Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Peter Smith (2000). Three extracts. Essays.
- Learned. Peter Smith (2000). Essays.
- Letters of the Living (Hurúf al-Hayy). Muhammad Afnan, Todd Lawson, Peter Smith, et al. (2009). Title given by the Báb to His first eighteen disciples. Encyclopedia.
- Martyrs, Bábí. Peter Smith, Moojan Momen (2005). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
- Membership, Joining and Leaving Religious Movements and Organizations. Peter Smith (2020). Reflections from the perspective of sociology of religion on belonging, joining, and leaving a faith group: membership, conversion, 'deconversion,' and sociological factors impacting conversion and deconversion; includes videos. Articles-unpublished.
- Motif Research: Peter Berger and the Bahá'í Faith. Peter Smith (1978 Autumn). Sociologist Berger identified two underlying messianic and gnostic themes as running through Bahá'í history; his approach is useful in studying other religious movements. Articles.
- Note on Babi and Baha'i Numbers in Iran, A. Peter Smith (1984). Estimates, sources, and bibliography for early Bábí and Bahá'í populations. Resources.
- Peter Berger's Early Work on Bahá'í Studies. Peter Smith (2019-03). Articles.
- Reality Magazine: Editorship and Ownership of an American Bahá'í Periodical. Peter Smith (1984). Development and eventual demise of an independent publication from the early years of the Faith in America. Articles.
- Routinization of Charisma?, The: Some Comments on “Motif Messianique et Processus Social dans le Bahá'ísme”. Peter Smith (1998-11). Discussion of sociologist Peter Berger and themes from his dissertation "From Sect to Church: A Sociological Interpretation of the Bahá'í Movement." Articles-unpublished.
- Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, A. Peter Smith (2013). Summary prepared for the Virginia Commonwealth University website on religious movements. Includes short history, doctrines and beliefs, Bahá'í practices, issues and challenges, and references. Introductory.
- Some Sociological Themes in Bahá'í Studies. Peter Smith (2026-08). Sociological concepts used in my studies of the Babi and Baha’i religious movements; the resource mobilization perspective; Peter Berger's work on religious motifs; Babi-Baha’i expansion and geo-cultural breakthroughs; links to sources. Articles-unpublished.
- Universal House of Justice and the Bahá'í World, 1963-1973, The. Peter Smith (2011-08). Institutional and structural changes, the Nine-Year Plan, aspects of personal Bahá'í life, and the development of the World Centre. Includes tables of statistics and data. Books.
- What Attracts People to Magic?. Peter Smith (2026-07). The attraction of the occult; amulets omens and oracles; definitions of different kinds (protective, acquisitive); divination; aggressive and "black" magic; the role of magic and witchcraft in society. Articles-unpublished.
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