- Rhett Diessner. Action Research (2000). — The purpose of action research is "transformative action," action that makes a difference in the lif...
- Wendy M. Heller, Hoda Mahmoudi. Altruism and Extensivity in the Bahá'í Religion (1992). — Baha'i teachings relating to research on altruism and prosocial behavior; the interaction of spiritu...
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Bahá'í Approaches to World Problems (2013). — Historical, religious, scientific, and economical analysis of the state of the world and how the var...
- Kurt Hein. Bahá'í Focus on Development, by Moojan Momen: Review (1990).
- Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). — The nature of human potential, and how the Baha'i Faith can guide the process of spiritual transform...
- Universal House of Justice. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life (2013-04-19). — Difficulties young people might face in upholding Baha'i ideals and standards of behaviour in the co...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge (1993(?)/2015). — A formal statement from the NSA of the Baha'is of India on the need to overcome religious, linguisti...
- Ros Gabriel. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth (1995).
- Kiser Barnes. Competing for the Oneness Of Mankind: The Influence of the Bahá'í Faith on the Olympic Games (2001). — The influence of the Baha'i Faith on the Olympic Games and how it relates to the principle of the on...
- Ehsan Bayat, comp. Compilation on Change and Importance of Transformation (2008).
- Peter Ashelman. Conversion, Transformation, and Sacrifice in the Revelation of The Bab (2001-09). — Hermeneutics in early Babi/Baha'i history and its relationship to conversion, and the historical evo...
- Shahrzad Sabet. Crisis of Identity, The (2023-01-17). — Exploring how the Baha’i principle of the oneness of humanity can resolve the seemingly intractabl...
- Universal House of Justice. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan (2022-11-01). — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
- Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). — The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer...
- Universal House of Justice. "Double Crusade (2018-08-10). — Comments on what the double crusade means, how it relates to the current series of Plans of the Fait...
- Helen Cheng, Catherine Nash. Emblems of Faithfulness: Pluralism in Meaning and Beauty in the Ordinary (2015). — Memorials of the Faithful is notable for the diversity of personalities described, and the sheer ord...
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
- Ali Nakhjavani. Flame with Us, A (n.d.). — Discussion of the persecution of the Baha'is in Iran and the need for Baha'is to be transformed and ...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Gems of Divine Mysteries (2002). — A lengthy tablet in Arabic on how the Mahdi was Ali Muhammad, The Bab, the Primal Point. Written dur...
- Elham Afnan. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature (1989). — The Baha'i Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopi...
- Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
- Vernon Elvin Johnson. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An (1974). — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
- John A. Davidson. Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Process of Transformation, The (1996). — The Kitab-i-Aqdas is the source and inspiration for the process of transformation initiated by the R...
- May Khadem. Lessons in Leadership (2018). — A personal journey of learning about leadership; widely shared false assumptions have led many off-c...
- Lesley Shams. Little Book of Comfort / Librito Reconfortante (2015). — The reason for suffering and tools to transform it; words of comfort and prayers. La razón del sufr...
- Universal House of Justice. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan (2021-12-30). — Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, ...
- Benjamin Schewel. Modernity as an Age of Transition (2023-01-16). — Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern...
- LeRoy Jones. Mystic Cup, The: Essential Mystical Nature of the Bahá'í Faith (2001). — Although the Baha’i Faith is fundamentally mystic in character, American Baha’is often do not e...
- Universal House of Justice. New Race of Men and the meaning of "Tread Under", A (2013-09-13). — The meaning of the phrase "A race of men ... will tread under all who are in heaven." Includes compi...
- Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
- Michael Karlberg. Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest, The (2003-07). — In our culture, political and legal institutions are structured as contests and reform is characteri...
- Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
- Eamonn Moane. Perspectives on the Inseparable Twin Duties Prescribed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (2003). — Religions differ in the balance of faith versus good works, the grace of God versus human strivings,...
- Roger White. Poetry and Self-Transformation (1989). — Poetry is no longer very accessible to the average reader or widely read; serious poets are often in...
- Peter E. Murphy. Poetry and Transformation (2014). — A personal story of how the evolving attraction to and love of poetry transformed the author's life....
- Farzam Arbab. Process of Social Transformation, The (1987). — Baha'i concepts of social change contrasted with other common paradigms.
- Keven Brown. Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A (2002/2012). — Baha'u'llah and ‘Abdu’l-Baha referred to the 'hidden craft' of alchemy as part of divine philoso...
- Paul Lample. Reflections on the Challenge of Our Age (2022). — On how Baha'is expect to search for truth and build a just and peaceful world through the conscious ...
- Universal House of Justice. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (2023-11-28). — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard...
- Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
- Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation (2023-01-08). — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
- Jamar M. Wheeler. Seeking Light in the Darkness of "Race" (2017). — A historical sketch of how race concepts evolved, with analysis at macro and micro levels of society...
- Lata Ta'eed. Sex, Gender, and New Age Stereotyping (1994). — Advocates the abolishing of culturally produced differences between men and women and challenges gen...
- Marcus Bach. Shoghi Effendi (1957). — Dr. Bach set out to meet the five people of his time whom he felt best exemplified the teachings of ...
- Jack McLean. Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice (2007-03). — The term "social justice” has been used by many engaged groups as a rhetorical tool to obtain more...
- Universal House of Justice. Social media and non-involvement in politics (2019-12-01). — Guidance on avoiding political involvement, exercising caution on social media, promoting unity, and...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand. Special Report on Baha'i Burial vs. Maori Custom (1989-10-06). — Special report about reconciling Baha'i burial laws with local maori customs where they conflict; in...
- Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Health of American Community (1991-03). — Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American...
- Universal House of Justice. Tahirih and Women's Suffrage (1990-01). — Two letters on Tahirih's association with women's suffrage, and the authenticity of the words "You c...
- Universal House of Justice. Teaching the Bahá'í Faith and the Role of the Institutions (1996-04-22). — On the "sacred obligation" of teaching the Baha’i Faith, the role of the institutions in teaching,...
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Transformation (2013). — The concept of transformation — the change of something's condition, nature, or character, such as...
- Joan Barstow Hernandez. Transformative Leadership: Its Evolution and Impact (2018). — The ideas behind the conceptual framework and capabilities of Núr University’s "Transformative Le...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká (2019). — Talks from 1904-1907.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Universal Education (1912). — Tablet to the second international congress on moral education in The Hague.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Universal House of Justice, trans. Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence (2001-04). — Authorized translation of an excerpt of a tablet on "the wisdom of referring certain important laws ...
- Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017-09-18). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
- Universal House of Justice. Violence Against Women and Children (1993-11-23). — Baha’i principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Vision of Race Unity: America's Most Challenging Issue (1991). — A formal statement from the US NSA on "the most challenging issue confronting America."
- Hussein Ahdieh. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Táhirih Písh-tár Ázádí-yi Zanán-i Sharq): Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East (2019). — A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, ...
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