educational tool for the student or teacher of the Bahá'í Faith. Includes: Curriculum guides Lecture outlines Annotated bibliographies Lists of educational materials Internet resources |
Research Office,
Bahá'í National Center
Wilmette, IL 60091
Phone (847) 733-3425, Fax (847) 733-3583
1997 edition
Preface................................................................1 Acknowledgments........................................................3 SECTION ONE: CURRICULUM GUIDES FOR TEACHING THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH The Bahá'í Faith: A Short Introduction...............................7 A Three-Hour Section on the Bahá'í Faith............................11 One-Semester Courses on the Bahá'í Faith: Four Samples..............13 A "Comparative Religion" Approach to the Bahá'í Faith............15 A Sociological Study of the Bahá'í Community.....................19 The Bahá'í Faith in Historical and Comparative Perspectives......23 A Traditional Bahá'í Approach to the Bahá'í Faith................25 SECTION TWO: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCHOLARSHIP ON THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH Table of Contents...................................................29 Some Prefatory Notes and Considerations.............................33 Format of this section..............................................35 Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship on the Bahá'í Faith...........37 SECTION THREE: ASSORTED RESOURCE TOOLS Bibliographies Writings of Bahá'u'lláh Part One: Writings of Bahá'u'lláh..............................123 Part Two: The "Leiden List": Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh............125 Writings of the Báb..............................................145 Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.........................................147 Writings of Shoghi Effendi.......................................149 Citations from Major Humanities Indices..........................151 The Bahá'í Faith in Religion Textbooks and Encyclopedias.........153 Essays The Bahá'í Faith and Syncretism..................................159 Description of Bahá'í Internet Resources.........................163 Listings Videos...........................................................173 Glossary.........................................................175 Publishing Houses and Journals...................................179 SECTION FOUR: INDICES Bibliography of All Works Cited....................................189 Index of Authors and Subjects......................................221 Index of Journals Cited............................................227