Bahá’í Explorations

Below is a list of all previously recorded presentations.



Worldwide Conferences 2022 Planning Part 1

Let Your Vision Be World-EmbracingWe are pleased to invite you to a meeting of all those who want to contribute to the betterment of the world we live in. The Teachings of Baha’u’llah present a vision of a peaceful global civilization based on the recognition of the oneness of humanity. If this idea touches your […] Read More

Bahá’u’lláh and the God of Avicenna

The talk will be discussing my paper “Bahá’u’lláh and the God of Avicenna” published in The Journal of Bahá’í Studies, and I will go over its primary arguments and themes. Namely, I will discuss how Bahá’u’lláh affirms the metaphysical principles underlying Avicenna’s argument for the existence of God, Avicenna’s deduction of divine attributes, the relation […] Read More

An Introduction to the Study of the Persian Bayan

Beginning with its Preface, which is sixteen pages in length including copious notes written by the editor and translator A.L.M. Nicolas and extending throughout its 630 pages, the French version of the Persian Bayán, which has been rendered into English and is the source of this study, concentrates on the following themes: (1) The nature […] Read More

The Influence of Baha’i Ideals on Education

Nonprofit Mission: Full-Circle Learning (FCL) provides professional development for educators, to help young people embrace their role as society’s humanitarians and change agents. Serving learners and learning leaders globally since 1992. The founder says: “We create change through global integrated education. If the world feels more peaceful, if everyone can eat, if communities survive climate […] Read More

The Creed – A Bahá’í Perspective on the Nicene Creed

What similarities and differences are there between such Christian core beliefs and the beliefs of the Bahá’í Faith? The purpose of this document is to present a Bahá’í perspective on the Creed currently used by the Roman Catholic Church. Similarities and differences will be explained and several quotations from the Bahá’í Writings will be used […] Read More

The Lord’s Prayer – A Bahá’í Perspective

A Baha’is perspective on the phrases and words of the most famous Christian prayer. It is hoped that both Christians and Bahá’ís will find spiritual common ground by sharing meanings and understandings in this prayer. Read More

The Psalms: A Baha’i Perspective

The Psalms in Western culture Types of Pslams The Psalm of Praise The Royal Psalm The Community Lament The Individual Lament The Individual Song of Thanksgiving Conclusions Read More

Hand of the Cause of God, Roy Wilhelm.

Roy Cochran Wilhelm (September 17, 1875 – December 20, 1951) was a prominent early American Bahá’í who was posthumously appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi.He was a millionaire businessman in New York City, and head of the family coffee company. His mother, Laurie, became a Bahá’í in 1898, but Roy […] Read More

Learning the Arabic of the Bahá’í Writings

This is a presentation on the form and function of several provisional translations of Bahá’u’lláh’s Arabic and Persian writings, including the Tablet of the City of Divine Unity and a compilation of previously untranslated prayers and supplications, in addition to verse translations of classical Persian poetry.Resource Document – ArabicPersian Learning Read More

The First teaching of Baha’u’llah: Independent Investigation of Truth, Part 2

 Abdu’l Baha – the son of Baha’u’llah – wrote the following in the wake of World War I“There have issued, from His mighty Pen, various teachings for the prevention of war, and these have been scattered far and wide. The first is the independent investigation of truth; for blind imitation of the past will stunt […] Read More