Peter Smith

Peter Smith was born in Yorkshire, England, but was raised in the city of Bristol, and became a Bahá’í in his teens. While in England, he served on several local spiritual assemblies and national committees. He later pioneered to Thailand, where he works as a university lecturer.

Books on Bahá’í Studies

• 1986 (ed.) In Iran: Studies in Babi and Baha’i History, Vol. 3. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press.
• 1987 The Bábí and Bahá’í Religions: From Messianic Shi`ism to a World Religion. Cambridge University Press. (Reissued, 2008).
• 1988 The Bahá’í Religion: A Short Introduction to its History and Teachings Oxford: George Ronald.
• 1989 Rovid Bevezetes a Baha’i Vallas Tortentebe es Tanitasaiba. A Hungarian translation of my The Baha’i Religion: A Short Introduction to Its History and Teachings, with a preface by Ervin Laszlo from the Club of Rome.
• 1996 A Short History of the Baha’i Faith. Oxford: Oneworld. (Second edition (1999) retitled: The Baha’i Faith: A Short History).
• 2000 "A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith". Oxford: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 9781851681846.
• 2004 (ed.) Baha’is in the West: Studies in the Babi and Baha’i Religions, Vol. 14. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 2004.
• 2008 An Introduction to the Baha’i Faith. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521862516.

For other publications see

http://icpetermahidol.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/peter-smith-publications-up-to-2012/

Videos on Baha'i Studies

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYjQMfPsfP3Fs7fmaeMZ75w/videos?shelf_id=6&view=46&sort=dd&tag_id=UCYjQMfPsfP3Fs7fmaeMZ75w.3.bahai-studies

Own life story

http://bahaihistoryuk.wordpress.com/category/smith-peter/