Baha’i Resources in Public Libraries

Dec 31

“Sitting in a chair in a solitary corner” while reading is praised in the Bahá'í Faith as an excellent way to be receptive to truth.

As one author wrote: “…All I am asking of you, I told Ari, or of anyone who reads scripture, is that they read it as they would any document from which they wanted to extract information and meaning and come to an understanding of the ideas being presented without pre-judging it. The Baha’i teachings spell this out by naming it as their initial principle:

“The first is the independent investigation of truth; for blind imitation of the past will stunt the mind. But once every soul inquireth into truth, society will be freed from the darkness of continually repeating the past.”

Read the article: Reading Religion for Understanding: Independent Truth-Seeking by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff | Dec 30, 2024.

Our local public libraries have many Bahá'í materials to offer! If these are not regularly checked out, the library may remove them from their shelves. Here are some of the authoritative and accurate items, from reputable publishers such as the Bahá'í Publishing Trust. See a full selection of materials from the Bahá'í Publishing Trust:

https://www.bahaibookstore.com/

Core sacred texts of the Faith are in bold text below.

Camas Public Library

God speaks again: an introduction to the Baha'i Faith, Bowers, Kenneth ebook

Clackamas County Library System:

Selected Writings of Baháʼuʼlláh

The Divine art of living: selections from the writings of Baha'u'llah and `Abdu'l-Baha

Abraham: on e God, three wives, five religions, Worthington, Frances

Bahá'u'lláh and the new era: an introduction to the Bahá'í faith, Esslemont, J.E.

God speaks again: an introduction to the Baha'i Faith, Bowers, Kenneth

Longing: stories of racial healing,Unterschuetz, Phyllis A.

The Baha'i faith: a short introduction, Momen, Moojan