The Bahá’í World

The Bahá’í World is an official website which publishes essays and articles relating to the Bahá’í Faith. It is also a series of periodically published volumes recording Bahá’í activity in print format which were continuously produced from 1926 to 2006 and with publication resuming in 2025.

History

From 1926 to 2006 it was a series of periodically released volumes which primarily recorded the activity and development of the Bahá’í community in addition to publishing articles on Bahá’í principles. The Summary of Achievements and Learning books published at the World Centre upon the completion of Plans and the Bahá’í World News Service website fulfill the purpose of recording community activity and development previously published in the Bahá’í World volumes. In January 2025 the Universal House of Justice announced publication of the print volumes was to resume with a volume covering the period from 2006 to 2021.

Articles

May 2019

• Bonds that Sustain: Bahá’í Community-Building Efforts Through the Lens of Disaster Response by Bani Dugal.
• Technology, Values, and the Shaping of Social Reality by Matthew Weinberg.
• For the Betterment of the World, to the Glory of God: The Emergence of Bahá’í Houses of Worship by Ann Boyles.
• Replacing the Sword with the Word: Bahá’u’lláh’s Concept of Peace by Nader Saiedi.
• Begin with the Village: The Bahá’í Approach to Rural Development by Paul Hanley.

November 2019

• A Twofold Mission: Some Distinctive Characteristics of the Person and Teachings of the Báb by Elham Afnan.
• Tales of Magnificent Heroism: The impact of the Báb and His followers on writers and artists by Robert Weinberg.

May 2020

• A Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind: A Pictorial Essay by Julio Savi.
• The Role of Public Institutions in Ensuring Social Well-Being by Alex Vedovi.

July 2020

• The Light Was in the Darkness: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering by Michael L. Penn.
• Rethinking Migration from a Global Perspective by Kerilyn Schewel.

August 2020

• Community and Collective Action by Gustavo Correa.

September 2020

• Is Economic Justice Possible?: Toward a New Conception of the Equitable Distribution of Wealth and Income by Navid Sabet.
• Spatial Strategies for Racial Unity by June Manning Thomas.

January 2021

• The Bahá’í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity: Part 1 (1912-1996) by Richard Thomas.
• A New Cycle of Human Power: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists by Robert Weinberg.

February 2021

• The Cause of Universal Peace: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Enduring Impact by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson.

May 2021

• Paying Special Regard to Agriculture: Collective Action-Research in Africa by Sanem Kavrul.
• Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Great War by Amin Egea.

October 2021

• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Champion of Universal Peace by Hoda Mahmoudi and Janet Khan.
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Bahá’í Students by Reed Breneman.

January 2022

• The Bahá’í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity: Part 2 (1996-2021) by Emily Lample and Richard Thomas.

August 2022

• The Pursuit of Social Justice by Michael Karlberg.

January 2023

• Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation by Roshan Danesh and Douglas White III.
• Modernity as an Age of Transition by Benjamin Schewel.
• The Crisis of Identity by Shahrzad Sabet.

October 2024

• Turning the Tide: Reducing Biodiversity Loss and Restoring Decimated Ecosystems by Anil Singh.

External Links

• Bahá’í World Official Website
• Archive of The Bahá’í World volumes