Bahá’í World/Volume 30/Selected New Publications
Selected New Publications[edit]
The Bábí Question You Mentioned: The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of the Netherlands Jelle de Vries. Herent, Belgium: Peeters, 2002. 362 pp. Presents a detailed and illustrated history of the Bahá’í Faith in the Netherlands. Part of the New Religious Identities in the Western World series.
A Few Minutes a Day Dicy Reaugh Hall. Illustrated by Brittany Virott. Oxford: George Ronald, 2002. 290 pp. Designed to help parents of primary-school-age children educate their children in the Bahá’í Faith and contribute to their spiritual growth. For each day, there is a short prayer or reading for children to learn, an activity to undertake, and a subject for consultation.
Global Governance and the Lesser Peace
Foad Katirai. Oxford: George Ronald, 2001. 148 pp.
Explores issues involved in global governance and peace and elucidates
the means set out in the Bahá’í teachings to establish the foundation of a
system of international governance.
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The Great African Safari: The Travels of ‘Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum in Africa
Violette Nakhjavání. Oxford: George Ronald, 2002. 608 pp.
An eyewitness account of ‘Amatu’l-Bahá Rúbíyyih Khánum’s historic three-year journey across Africa, told from the diaries of the author, who accompanied Rúbíyyih Khánum on these travels. Together they visited 34 African countries, driving a Land Rover over 36,000 miles through cities, towns, and remote villages, and meeting people in all walks of life, from emperors and kings to rural farmers.
Never Be Afraid to Dare: The Story of “General Jack,” Marion Elizabeth Jack Jan Teofil Jasion. Oxford: George Ronald, 2001. 352 pp.
Recounts the life of Marion Jack, a Canadian artist and “immortal heroine” of the Bahá’í Faith who traveled with the message of the Bahá’í teachings to the Balkans and spent nearly 30 years in Bulgaria. The latest in the Bahá’í Heritage series.
On the Front Lines: Bahá’í Youth in Their Own Words Edited by Aaron Emmel and Heather Brandon. Oxford: George Ronald, 2002. 181 pp.
Stories and interviews from the Bahá’í youth magazine One, with articles and essays touching on concerns of youth throughout the world, such as relationships, careers, personal transformation, and the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Pathways to Transformation: The Bahá’í Journey Compiled by John Davidson. Ingleside: Babd’l Publications Australia, 2001. 335 pp.
Selections from the Bahá’í writings on subjects related to personal, spiritual, and societal transformation, with sections on spiritual civilization, Bahá’í administration, teaching the Bahá’í Faith, and character development.
The Poetry of Táhirih John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat. Oxford: George Ronald, 2002. 202 pp.
Gives a brief biographical account of an early heroine and martyr of the Bahá’í Faith and provides the Persian originals and translations of some of her poems, along with notes and commentary.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS[edit]
Prayers of Ecstasy: Selections from the Bahá’í Sacred Writings Bahá’u’lláh. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 2001. 136 pp. New Bahá’í prayerbook emphasizing the mystical experience of prayer with sections on love, fire, rapture, ecstasy, sorrow, and joy.
Sacred Earth: Passages from the World's Scriptures regarding the Spiritual Nature of our Material World Compilation by Sarah Clive, with photographs by Rob Weinberg. Rutland, United Kingdom: Bahá’í Publishing Trust and Arts for Nature, 2001. 90 pp. Shows how nature has been used in sacred scriptures to illustrate spiritual realities. It contains extracts from the Bahá’í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, and Taoism.
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts Bahá’u’lláh. Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 2002. 272 pp. Contains authoritative English translations of six major works written by Bahá’u’lláh in the latter half of the nineteenth century, which clearly enunciate His claim to prophethood and offer a prescription for peaceful and just leadership in the modern world. The book collects the Súriy-i-Haykal, Súriy-i-Ra’ís, Lawh-i-Ra’ís, Lawh-i-Fu’ád, and Súriy-i-Mulúk.
The Tablet of the Holy Mariner: An Illustrated Guide to Bahá’u’lláh’s Mystical Writing Michael Sours. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 2002. 101 pp. An illustrated guide to one of Bahá’u’lláh’s most well-known mystical works. Drawing on the Sufi tradition, the Tablet describes each soul's spiritual journey to God as a voyage on the Ark of eternity, guided by a Holy Mariner.
Thornton Chase: First American Bahá’í Robert H. Stockman. Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. 284 pp. Biography of one of the most significant figures in early American Bahá’í history. It examines his early years and spiritual search, his discovery of the Bahá’í Faith, and his efforts to promote the Faith throughout his life.
To Be a Father
Compiled by Wendi Momen. Oxford: George Ronald, 2002. 209 pp.
Collection of scriptures, prayers, poems, aphorisms, and literary pieces
from the Bahá’í Faith and other religions about fatherhood. It contains
passages on subjects such as childbirth, the importance of fathers, and
fathers and their families. A companion volume to To Be a Mother.
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Visions of a New World Order: Paradise Created
Brenton Edwards, with text by Wendi Momen. Foreword by Peter J. Khan.
Oxford: George Ronald, 2001. 180 pp.
Photographs of places associated with the Bahá’í Faith, primarily holy places in Israel, with accompanying text outlining the history of the Faith. The book is divided into sections related to the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Bahá’í administrative order.
Youth: Channels for Change Various. Riviera Beach: Palabra Publications, 2001. 119 pp. Compilation of extracts from the writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice relating to youth.
ERRATUM[edit]
In Selected New Publications in The Bahá’í World 2000-2001, the publishing information for Nader Saeidi’s book Logos and Civilization should read: Bethesda, MD: University Press of Maryland, 2000.