Below are listed the few Bahá'í Publishing Trusts, Associations for Bahá'í Studies, and independent publishing houses and journals that publish material the reader might find useful. The list of Bahá'í Publishing Trusts is not complete, but only details those whose publications have been cited in the Resource Guide; complete listings of all but the independent houses are included in every recent edition of The Bahá'í World. Most of the below will fulfill orders or provide catalogues upon request.[Note: be careful to distinguish between the number "1" and the letter "l" in the email addresses.]
Arts Dialogue Homepage: Arts Dialogue, produced by the Bahá'í
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7324/ Association for the Arts (BAFA), is a
For subscriptions, write: Kathleen quarterly newsletter of news, letters,
Babb Kirikushi, Etajima-cho profiles, articles, illustrations,
Aki-gun, Hiroshima-ken 73721, photographs, poems and creative writing from
Japan Email: kbabb@gol.com Cost: around the globe. The purpose of the
equivalent US$20 year newsletter is to develop the arts across all
disciplines and cultures, to follow what
artists and arts-related people are doing,
and to provide an opportunity to exchange
ideas and a forum for the analysis and
critique of the arts.
Association for Bahá'í Studies: The Australian ABS publishes occasional
Australia c/o Natalie collections of ABS articles and essays.
Mobini-Kesheh, secr. P.O. Box 4239
University of Melbourne Parkville
VIC 3052 Australia
Association for Bahá'í Studies: The Association for Bahá'í Studies: English
English Speaking Europe For Speaking Europe (ABS-ESE) publishes the
subscriptions, write: The Bahá'í Studies Review, which contains
Secretary, ABS-ESE Rutland Gate articles of about the same level of
London SW7 1PD England scholarly interest as the Journal of Bahá'í
Studies.
Association for Bahá'í Studies: The North American ABS is the first and
North America For both largest of the world's Associations for
subscriptions and editorial Bahá'í Studies. Its journal, the Journal of
matters, write: 34 Copernicus Bahá'í Studies, is the preeminent academic
Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7K4 journal of the Faith.
Canada Phone: (613) 233-1903 Fax
(613) 233-3644 Email:
as929@freenet.carleton.ca
Homepage:
http://www.bahai-studies.ca/~absnam
Bahá'í Book Collectors: Jon and "Jon and Chris Hendershot: Bahá'í Book
Chris Hendershot 1039 Ninth Collectors" is an online meeting place for
Street Manhattan Beach, CA collectors of Bahá'í books, magazines,
90266, USA Email: pamphlets, and ephemera in English. They
jcdhender@loop.com Homepage: help organize book auctions, coordinate
http://www.loop.com/~jcdhender/ collectors, and provide "want" and "for
trade" lists for those seeking hard-to-find
materials.
Bahá'í Booksource International The Bahai Booksource International features
5755 Rodeo Rd. Los Angeles, CA the largest selection of Bahá'í books
90016, USA Telephone: available, in a variety of languages. They
(213)933-8297 Fax: (213)933-1820 carry over 4,000 different items in 91
Email: bbi@booksource.org languages, as well as various gift items.
Homepage: http://www.booksource.org
Bahá'í Distribution Service For The Bahá'í Distribution Service is the
catalogues or orders, write: 5397 central book warehouse and distribution
Wilbanks Rd. Chattanooga, TN service in the United States. Most books
37343 Phone: (800) 999-9019 Fax: cited in the guide can be purchased from
(423) 843-0836 Email: them.
bds@usbnc.org
Bahá'í Publishing Trust: Australia The Australian BPT produces, among other
For subscriptions to Herald of the things, editions of compilations of the
South, write: Bahá'í Publications sacred writings. Their magazine, Herald of
Australia P.O. Box 285 Mona Vale the South, includes general articles on the
NSW 2103 Australia Phone: (02) Faith and often features essays on or
9913 1554 Fax: (02) 9970 6710 photographic essays of greater Oceania.
General correspondence, write: GPO
Box 283 Canberra ACT 2610
Australia Fax: 61 (0)6 247 2943
Email: bahaipub1@peg.apc.org
Bahá'í Publishing Trust: Brazil The Brazilian BPT produces some Persian and
Editora Bahá'í Brasil Rua Conego Arabic editions of the sacred writings.
Eugenito Leite, 350 05414 Sao
Paolo SP - Brazil Phone:
55-(11)-8534628
Bahá'í Publishing Trust: Germany The German BPT produces much original
Bahá'í-Verlag Eppsteiner Strasse scholarship and Persian and Arabic editions
89 D-65719 Hofheim Germany of the sacred writings.
Phone: 49-(6192)-2292 Fax:
49-(6192)-992999 Email:
bahai@geod.geonet
Bahá'í Publishing Trust: United The UK BPT occasionally publishes works of
Kingdom 6 Mount Pleasant Oakham interest to scholars.
Leicestershire LE15 6HU England
Phone: 44-(1572)-722780 Fax:
44-(1572)-724280 For sales, write:
sales@bahaibooks.co.uk For
editorial matters, write:
editorial@bahaibooks.co.uk
Bahá'í Publishing Trust: United The US BPT produces, among other things,
States For general correspondence, World Order magazine, which is "intended to
contact: Phone: 1-(708)-2511854 stimulate, inspire, and serve thinking
Fax: 1-(708)-2513652 Email: people in their search to find relationships
bpt@usbnc.org For World Order between contemporary life and contemporary
editorial matters, write: World religious teachings and philosophy" (World
Order 415 Linden Avenue Wilmette, Order statement of purpose). Its essays are
IL 60091 Email: academic but not always solely on the Faith.
worldorder@usbnc.org For World
Order subscriptions, write: World
Order Subscriber Service Bahá'í
National Center Wilmette, IL
60091
Bahá'í Studies Bulletin The Bahá'í Studies Bulletin, a publication
of scholarship, provisional translations,
and occasional correspondence from the
Universal House of Justice, was published
from 1982 to 1993. Back issues or reprints
of articles are not available as of the
moment. However, a reprint series of most of
the old Bulletin articles, as well as a new
journal called Abhá: A Journal of
Bábí-Bahá'í Studies, will soon be launched
by Stephen Lambden's Hurqalya Publications.
Crimson Publications For general Crimson Publications is best-known for
correspondence, write: P.O. Box Multiple Author Refer System (MARS), usually
1613 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693 known as REFER, the PC computer databases of
Phone: (714) 240-2092 Fax: (714) all English writings of the Bahá'í primary
240-9599 Email: figures. They offer databases for the
crimson@compuserve.com For REFER writings of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh,
orders, contact either Crimson 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and major
Publications or the Bahá'í compilations, and soon may be releasing a
Distribution Service database of the secondary sources of
Taherzadeh's The Covenant and the Revelation
of Bahá'u'lláhseries, Balyuzi's biographies
of the central figures, Nabíl's
Dawn-Breakers, and Lights of Guidance.
Crimson also publishes Bahá'í software
designed by private developers.
Deepen magazine Tsavo West Bahá'í The Tsavo West Bahá'í Institute is a
Institute P.O. Box 6081 Wilmette, non-profit organization dedicated to the
IL 60091-6081 Phone: (312) research, publication, and dissemination of
274-6593 Email: materials in support of the Bahá'í Faith.
tsavowest@earthlink.net Webpage: Its quarterly journal, Deepen magazine,
http://home.earthlink.net/~tsavowest/ publishes both popular and somewhat
scholarly articles and includes teaching
materials such as posters and clip art in
each issue.
dialogue: A Quarterly Journal dialogue was produced by a group of Bahá'ís
Exploring the Implications of the in Los Angeles publishing independently. Its
Bahá'í Faith for Our Time. write focus was "a more dynamic engagement with
to Kalimát Press, below, for contemporary intellectual, social,
ordering back issues. religious, political, and cultural currents
of thought and action." (1:1, p.2) Only six
issues, between 1986 and 1988, were
produced. Some of these back issues can be
ordered from Kalimát Press (see below).
George Ronald 46 High Street George Ronald is a major publisher of
Kidlington Oxford, England OX5 secondary Bahá'í books. They produce a great
2DN Email: variety of both popular and academic books.
sales@grpubl.demon.co.uk For orders
within the US, write: 8325 17th
Street North St. Petersburg, FL
33702
Institute for Bahá'í Studies in The Institute for Bahá'í Studies in Persian
Persian P.O. Box 65600 Dundas, produces many study materials and monographs
Ont. L9H-6Y6 Canada Phone: (905) in Persian, and occasionally publishes
628-3040 Fax: (905) 628-3276 Persian and Arabic editions of the sacred
Email: IBS@bcon.com writings. Currently they are reprinting the
Athár-i-Qalam-i-A'lá series.
Images International 5010 Austin Images International carries Bahá'í
Rd. Hixon, TN 37343-3913 Phone: audio-visual products, including deepening
(423) 870-4525 or (800) 470-4525 tapes and books on tape, as well as special
Fax: (423) 870-4774 Email: materials like t-shirts.
tenelex@chattanooga.net Homepage:
http://www.globweb.com/image
Kalimát Press Email: Kalimát Press is a small company dedicated
KalimatP@aol.com Webpage: to the publication of books and other
www.kalimat.com Editorial matters, materials on the Bahá'í Faith. It has
write: 1600 Sawtelle Blvd., Suite produced over 100 titles since its founding
34 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Phone: in 1978, focusing on Bahá'í history,
(310) 479-5668 or (800) 788-4067 scholarship, translations from Persian, and
For orders, write: Publishers Bahá'í childrens' materials. Kalimát
Services P.O. Box 2510 Novato, CA publishes the series Studies in Bábí and
94948 Phone: (415) 883-3530 Fax: Bahá'í History and -Religions, cited
(415) 883-4280 extensively throughout this guide.
Landegg Academy CH-9405 Landegg Academy has published a few useful
Wienacht/AR Switzerland Tel: materials, such as proceedings of
41-71-891 91 31 Fax: 41-71-891 43 conferences. Its main service is as one of
01 E-mail: info@landegg.org the major centers of Bahá'í studies in
Homepage: Europe. Landegg also provides a listserv of
http://www.landegg.org/landegg/ Landegg-related news. Write to
info@landegg.org, in the subject line write
"subscribe," and leave the body of the
message blank.
Naturegraph Publishers P.O. Box Naturegraph specializes in books on natural
1075 Happy Camp, CA 96039 Phone: history, crafts, wildlife, and Native
(916) 493-5353 Fax: (916) 493-5240 American studies. They also carry a
Email: naturgraph@aol.com selection of Bahá'í books on a variety of
topics.
One Country One Country Bahá'í One Country is published quarterly by the
International Community Suite 120 Bahá'í International Community, an
866 United Nations Plaza New York, international NGO (non-governmental
New York 10017 Phone: organization) which represents the worldwide
212-803-2543 Fax: 212-803-2566 membership of the Faith. Its articles
Email: 1country@bic.org Homepage: include a great deal of news about United
http://www.onecountry.org/ Nations activities and Bahá'í development
projects around the world.
OneWorld Publications For editorial OneWorld's logo is "Books for Thoughtful
matters, write: 185 Banbury Road People." They publish a wide selection of
Oxford, England OX2 7AR Phone: books on the Faith, both academic and
01865-310597 Fax: 01865-310598 popular. As well, they publish or reprint
Email: oneworld@cix.compulink.co.uk many scholarly works on other religions,
For orders within the US, write: mysticism, science, psychology, and other
P.O. Box 7 New York, New York topics.
10024 Phone: (202) 799-3854 Fax:
(212) 799-7116
Palabra Publications 3735 B Shares Palabra publishes a variety of teaching and
Place Riviera Beach, FL 33404 deepening materials, including occasional
Phone: (561 ) 845-1919 Fax: (561) compilations from the writings of
845-0126 Email: palabrapub@aol.com Bahá'u'lláh or the Universal House of
Justice. They also carry Library 2.1, a
software program similar to REFER but
designed for Macintosh.
Special Ideas 2900 W. Bristol Dr. Special Ideas is a company founded to help
Bloomington, IN 47404 Phone: provide Bahá'ís with low-cost teaching
(800) 326-1197 (812) 876-3742 materials. They sell introductory teaching
Email: seeker@indiana.edu, or aids such as games, posters, pamphlets,
bahai@bluemarble.net Webpage: displays, t-shirts, and books, and offer
www.special-ideas.com Seekernet free advice and teaching tips. Special Ideas
1-800-seekernet (800-733-5376) also sponsors Seekernet, a free information
Webpage: http://bahai.seeker.net service. Those investigating the Faith can
call 1-800-Seeker-Net (800-733-5376) to get
a free packet of introductory literature on
the Faith and the number of a Bahá'í
community local to their area.
Unity Arts Inc. Nine Pines Unity Arts is the central Bahá'í book
Publishing 26 Concourse Gate distribution service for Canada. They carry
Nepean, Ont. K2E-7T7 Phone from both a full selection of Bahá'í material and
both US and Canada: (800) as well certain non-Bahá'í items such as
465-3287, or (613) 727-6200 Fax: children's books. They and their Nine Pines
613- 727-3704 Email: division also publish original books and
Unityarts@aol.com manufacture audio-visual and special
materials.
University Microfilms International UMI has copies of most master's theses and
300 N. Zeeb Rd. Ann Arbor Michigan doctoral dissertations done in North America
48106 Phone: (313) 761-4700 or and many foreign ones as well. Almost all
(800) 521-0600 unpublished theses listed in this guide can
be purchased from them. Average cost is
around US$30-50.
Whitcomb Publishing, Inc 32 Whitcomb Publishing produces both Bahá'í and
Hampden Street Springfield, MA non-Bahá'í books designed to help apply
01103 Phone: (800) 354-1789 or Bahá'í principles to contemporary world
(413) 737-9630 Email: issues. Their latest series of works is on
paulrobbin@aol.com Bahá'í solutions to the problem of racism.
White Cloud Press P.O. Box 3400 White Cloud Press has published books of
Ashland, OR 97520 Phone/fax: interest to Bahá'í scholars but not directly
(541) 488-6415 Email: on the Faith, including works of Háfiz and
sscholl@jeffnet.org Webpage: T. Izutsu; J. Cole's and J. Walbridge's
www.jeffnet.org/whitecloud translations of K. Gibran; anthologies of
essays on religion and mysticism; and Wisdom
of the Master, a new compilation of the
writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, forthcoming.
White Mountain Publications P.O. White Mountain Publications carries both
Box 5180, R. R. #2 New Liskeard, deepening and teaching materials, such as
Ontario P0J-1P0 Canada Phone, study guides, compilations, and some
toll-free from within Canada only: historical material, and organizational
(800) 258-5451, or from elsewhere: aids, such as planning calendars.
(705) 647-5424 Fax: (705) 647-8366
Email: dranchuk@aol.com