Assorted Study Guides

A wide variety of study guides have been available to the Education and Schools Office over the years, submitted for review by other offices, individuals and groups. Here we are now posting such study guides, so that they can be downloaded and used by individuals and groups in their study of the Sacred text and application of principles of the Faith. We invite those who have developed such guides to submit them to schools@usbnc.org for review and consideration for placement on this site.

We ask that those who use these guides please report back to us at SCHOOLS@usbnc.org to give us feedback on how these resources worked for you and if you would care to share any additional materials you may have created as a result of your experience.

General Topics

• One Common Faith Study Guide by Dr. Alvin Deibert.
• Bahá’í Essentials for New Believers by Dr. Steven E. Ellis.
• The Purpose of Life Study Guide by Dr. Alvin Deibert.
• Mystery of Suffering Study Guide by Dr. Alvin Deibert.
• Blazon His Name Study Guides from the 2003 Southern Regional Bahá’í Conference [All PDF]
  • Recognizing Bahá’u’lláh (8 pages) [PDF] [Word]
  • Being Transformed by Bahá’u’lláh (9 pages) [PDF] [Word]
  • The Emblazoned Heart in Action (8 pages) [PDF] [Word]
  • Blazoning His Name and the Five Year Plan (8 pages) [PDF] [Word]
• Developing a Culture of Encouragement: Discussion Questions, by Martha Schweitz (6 pages) [PDF] [Word]

Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

• The Fire Tablet: A Deepening Program by Deborah Crumbaker-Oldham, M.D. (36 pages) [PDF] [Word]
• Kitáb-i-Íqán Study Guide by Dr. Alvin Deibert (43 pages) [PDF] [Word]
• Study Guide to The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, prepared by Habib Riazati
• Study Materials for The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, prepared by Devin A. Rychetnik

Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

• Tablets of the Divine Plan Study Module by Dr. Alvin Deibert. (33 pages) [PDF] [Word]

Writings of Shoghi Effendi

• World Order Letters of Shoghi Effendi, a 51-page study guide, prepared by the Study Outline Committee of 1939-40 and approved by the Bahá’í Reviewing Committee, published by the Bahá’í Publishing Committee, New York, and made available by the Research Office, Oct. 2003 [PDF] [Word]
• Study materials on three letters from the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh developed for the 2004 Annual Theme: (Go to Letters)
• The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, A Study Guide by Horace Holley, a 9-page outline, reprinted in 1974 and made available by the Research Office, Oct. 2003 [PDF] [Word]
• The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, a three-part study guide, prepared by Alvin N. Deibert, Ph.D.
  • Goal of a New World Order [PDF] [Word]
  • America and the Most Great Peace [PDF] [Word]
  • Unfoldment of Divine Civilization [PDF] [Word]
• A brief introduction to The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh and Study Questions to the individual letters. (The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh starts on p.69) Reprinted from Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi with kind permission of George Ronald Publisher. [PDF]
• World Order of Bahá’u’lláh Suggested Learning Activities [PDF]

Writings of the Universal House of Justice

• Century of Light Study Guide Questions and References [PDF] [Word]
• Century of Light Study Guide by Dr. Alvin Deibert. (145 pages) [PDF] [Word]

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