- Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. African Culture, Traditional, Aspects of (1998-12). Challenges and opportunities in the African continent; eliminating prejudices; dance and music; alcohol; hunting; initiation rites; the supernatural; tribal leadership; status of women.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity (2000).
- Lorraine Hetu Manifold, comp. Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove (2022). Selections from the Writings that refer to the Word of God as music emanating from the mystic dove or the Nightingale of Paradise, and the Divine Word as a melody calling for us to spread the Word in song and praise.
- Lorraine Hetu Manifold. Fifteen Steps to Becoming a Skilled Choral Singer (2024). On Abdu'l-Bahá's exhortations to bring music to the highest stage of development: 15 techniques for improving one's own skill, both as an individual and as a member of a choir, written by an experienced conductor.
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Universal House of Justice. Music Lyrics, Singing, and Dancing at Feast (1994-03). Bahá'ís may incorporate music, singing, and dancing into the spiritual portions of the community devotional meetings.
- Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Bahá'í spiritual practices; 74 recordings from 58 sacred texts, including original Arabic and Persian languages with English translation, music transcription, and historical context.
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
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