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A bibliography for sources on members of the Bahá'í Faith. | |||
There are approximately two countries where Bahá'ís do not exist: North Korean and the Vatican.<ref>''An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith'', by Peter Smith, published by Cambridge University Press, 2008, pages 79, 95, isbn 978-0-521-86251-6, oclc 181072578 | |||
* Baháʼís did enter Korea in 1921 before the Division of Korea. "[http://bahai-library.com/east-asia/korea/korea.1.html The First Mention of the Baháʼí Faith in Korea]" in ''[http://bahai-library.com/sims_raising_banner_korea Raising the Banner in Korea; An Early Baháʼí History]'', by Barbara R. Sims, published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Korea, 1996</ref> Third-parties estimated 7.1 million Baháʼís in the world in 2000, representing 218 countries,<ref>"[http://www.bible.ca/global-religion-statistics-world-christian-encyclopedia.htm Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD]" in ''World Christian Encyclopedia'', 2001, ed David A. Barrett, page 4</ref> and 7.3 million in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Association of Religion Data Archives |year=2010 |title= Most Baha'i Nations (2010)|url=http://www.thearda.com/QL2010/QuickList_40.asp |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref> They further state: "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahaʼi was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least twice as fast as the population of almost every UN region."<ref>"[https://bahai-library.com/pdf/j/johnson_grim_bahais.pdf Global Religious Populations, 1910–2010]" in ''The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography'', by Todd M. Johnson, Brian J. Grim, published by John Wiley & Sons, 26 March 2013, pages 59–62, doi 10.1002/9781118555767.ch1, isbn 9781118555767, oclc 871758035</ref> | |||
Because of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Baháʼís Persecution of Baháʼís], the ability to look up names of past individuals is limited especially in some countries and statistics are sometimes not published. | |||
==A list of sources== | |||
There are some collections of periodicals, articles and even some dissertations and books available online: | |||
*[https://bahai.works/Periodicals Bahai.works collection of periodicals] reporting events and activities which often will name individuals. | |||
*[https://bahai-library.com/ Bahai-Library.com]'s collections includes secondary sources including some collections of newspaper articles, monographs and materials that may well mention individuals or be biographies or community histories. | |||
In terms of country information there are of course some articles in Wikipedia one can search for. Some individuals satisfy notability requirements. There are two such collections for individuals in Wikipedia: | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Baháʼís List of Baháʼís] | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bahá'ís_by_nationality Category:Bahá'ís by nationality] | |||
*[https://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_bahai.html Famous Baha'is] another list of "famous" Bahá'ís over at Adherents.com | |||
There is a similar if still developing list of people who have another level of notability but still gathered from various sources: | |||
*[https://bahaipedia.org/Category:Bahá'ís_by_country Category:Bahá'ís by country] at Bahaipedia.org, an independent effort with similar policies to wikipedia. | |||
A list of people who met 'Abdu'l-Bahá, head of the religion from 1892 to 1921, during his travels to Europe and America in 1910-1913 was gathered called '' ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in the West: a biographical guide of the people associated with his travels'', by Jan T. Jasion, published by Éditions Bahá'íes France, in Paris, 2012, isbn 9782912155276, oclc 843777770. | |||
There are a wealth of books about Bahá'ís such as provided at [https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=baha%27is WorldCat] but here's a list of books and articles that could help with countries: (still being developed) | |||
===America (the United States and Canada)=== | |||
(even anyone has some suggestions on adapting syntax from wikipedia formats, I'd appreciate it…) | |||
:* ''The Baha'i Faith in America: Volume 1, Origins, 1892–1900'', by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stockman Robert Stockman], published by the Baha'i Publishing Trust of the United States, Wilmette, IL, 1985, isbn 978-0-87743-199-2, oclc 311665336 | |||
:* ''The Baha'i Faith in America; Volume 2, Early Expansion, 1900–1912'', by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stockman Robert Stockman], published by George Ronald, Wilmette, IL, May 1995, isbn 978-0-87743-282-1, oclc 1024179306 | |||
:* ''The Origins of the Baháʼí Community of Canada: 1898 -1948 '' by Will C. Van Den Hoonaard, published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1996, isbn 978-0-88920-272-6, oclc= 1078370066 | |||
:* ''Lights of the Spirit: Historical Portraits of Black Bahá'ís in North America, 1898-2004'', eds Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Walter_Thomas Richard Walter Thomas], published by the US Baha'i Publishing Trust, Wilmette iL, 2006, isbn 978-1-931847-26-1, oclc= 1048122387 | |||
:* ''The Bahá’í Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity '', ed Loni Bramson, published by Lexington Books, 4 December 2018, isbn 978-1-4985-7003-9, oclc= 1098186570 | |||
There are also collections of newspaper clippings like at newspapers.com by a few users: | |||
* [https://www.newspapers.com/profile/don59405 don59405] | |||
* [https://www.newspapers.com/profile/DrTroxel DrTroxel] | |||
* [https://www.newspapers.com/profile/duanelherrmann duanelherrmann] | |||
* [https://www.newspapers.com/profile/richardvhollinger/ richardhollinger] | |||
* [https://www.newspapers.com/profile/smkolins smkolins] | |||
* [https://www.newspapers.com/profile/talismanart/ talismanart] | |||
It is possible to search among them using google's "site" savy search of [terms] site:[url link of collection] or your favorite search engine that supports this approach. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Religions]] | [[Category:Religions]] | ||