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Assisting the Traumatized Soul: Healing the Wounded Talisman Phyllis K. Peterson. Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1999. 222 pp. Drawing on personal experience as a victim of abuse, the author shares advice on using the Bahá’í writings to overcome the trauma of sexual
abuse. both for victims and people who wish to assist them.
Birds of the Heart
Galya Gunderson. Oxford: George Ronald, 1999. 112 pp. Suggestions on how to enhance appreciation, recollection, use, and application of the Bahá’í writings. It provides a selection of verses eenterd 0n the fundamental principles Ofthe Faith, including oneness of humankind, selflessness, service, the need for personal transformation, andjustice.
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá’í Faith
Ed. Peter Smith. Oxford: Oneworld, 2000. 408 pp. Contains entries on all aspects of the Faith, covering its history, central figures, scripture, doctrine, practices, social teachings, and organization.
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Creating a New Mind
Paul Lample. Riviera Beach: Palabra Publications, 1999. 148 pp. An examination Ofthe responsibilities and roles of each of the three human components Ofthe Bahá’í Faith: individuals, institutions, and communities. Looks at the capacities and capabilities, as well as new ways Ofthinking, that are needed for building a new civilization.
Impacting Social Problems: Writing and Evaluating International Development Projects Robert K. Walker. Brasilia: Bahá’í Office of the Environment and Development, 2000. 154 pp. Examines ways to write and evaluate socioeconomic development projects, particularly in developing countries, where projects must produce concrete results in order to benefit those in need. It offers both a critical analysis Ofcurrent practices and perceptions and guidance for those responsible for development projects.
Kitáb-i—Aqdas
Bahá’u’lláh. Hellerup: Dansk Bahá’í Forlag, 1999. 272 pp. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Most Holy Book, is Bahá’u’lláh’s charter for a new world civilization. Written in Arabic Circa 1873, this is the volume’s first authorized Danish translation.
Der Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Bahá’u’lláh. Hofheim: Bahá’í-Verlag, 2000. 357 pp. The Kitáb-i—Aqdas, the Most Holy Book, is Bahá’u’lláh’s charter for a new world civilization. Written in Arabic circa 1873, this is the volume’s first authorized German translation.
El Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Bahá’u’lláh. Barcelona: Editorial Bahá’í, 1999. 346 pp. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Most Holy Book, is Bahá’u’lláh’s charter for a new world civilization. Written in Arabic circa 1873, this is the volume’s first authorized Spanish translation.
Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Bahá’í Apologetics Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer. Trans. Geraldine Schuckelt Oxford: George Ronald, 2000. 862 pp. Written as a response to a widely disseminated monograph on the Bahá’í Faith by Francesco Ficchia which characterizes the Faith as an authoritarian cult. lt refutes Mr. Ficchia’s claims and has been instrumental in changing the perception of the Faith in German—speaking Europe.
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My African Heart
Bonnie F itzpatrick-Moore. Foreword by Kiser Barnes. J ohannesburg:
Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1999. 188 pp. The story of an African-American Bahá’í who pioneered to Africa in the 19705 and eventually settled in South Africa. It recalls the troubles and Victories of living there during apartheid and offers insights into the role that Africa can play in world development.
The Saddlebag
Bahíyyih Nafltjavéni. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. 258 pp. Set on the road from Mecca to Medina in the nineteenth century, this novel takes as its starting point an episode from The Dawn-Breakers and tells the tale ofnine travelers, each of whom encounters a saddlebag and is affected by its mysterious contents.
Shoghi Effendi in Oxford, and Earlier
Riaz Khádem. Oxford: George Ronald, 1999. 173 pp. An examination of Shoghi Effendi’s institutional education, from early youth through his days at Oxford. It draws on his own letters as well as
the recollections of his fellow students, illuminating a little—known period OfShoghi Effendi’s life.
Spinning the Clay into Stars: Bernard Leach and the Bahá’í Faith Ed. Robert Weinberg. Oxford: George Ronald, 1999. 134 pp. A collection ofwritings by internationally known British potter Bernard Leach. This volume, published twenty years after his passing, deals with Leach’s art, life, philosophy, and his desire to play a part in uniting East and West.
Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections
J. A. McLean. Oxford: George Ronald, 1999. 188 pp. A collection of eighty-five short essays reflecting on the life Ofthe human spirit. It offers a synthesis between academic and creative thinking on topics such as love, time, humor, death, science, and spiritual growth.
Without Syllable or Sound: The Bahá’í Faith and the World’s Sacred Scriptures Michael Sours. Los Angeles: Kalimat, 2000. 208 pp. Explores the sacred scriptures Ofthe world’s religions from a Bahá’í perspective.
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Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahz’t
‘Abdu’l—Bahz’l. New Delhi: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2000. 1364 pp. An exhaustive collection of the English translations of‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s writings and talks.
Years of Silence: Bahá’ís in the USSR, 1938—1946 Asadu’llélh ‘Alizéd. Trans. Baharieh Rouhani Ma‘ani. Oxford: George Ronald, 1999. 195 pp. Asadu’lláh ‘Alizéd’s memoirs ofreligious persecution of Bahá’ís in Russia and his exile t0 Siberia during World War II.
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