https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online <p>For more than three decades, <em>The Journal of Bahá’í Studies</em> has been publishing articles offering the perspectives of scholars from diverse academic disciplines, correlating the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith to the needs of humanity. Peer review and editorial standards that aspire to foster excellence make it the central outlet for Bahá’í scholarship in North America. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars around the world who wish to demonstrate relationships between their research and Bahá'í principles and teachings.</p> The Association for Bahá’í Studies—North America en-US The Journal of Bahá’í Studies 0838-0430 <p>This work is licensed under CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0. If you wish to adapt, remix, transform, or build upon this work in any way, you may not distribute your work without first contacting the Editor for permission.</p> https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/607 <p>This poem, Divine Tension, touches on how spiritual longing necessitates physical existence and viceversa.</p> Meredith Folley Copyright © 2026 Meredith Folley https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 90 90 10.31581/jbs-36.3.607(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/610 <p>Terraces by Night is a poem written to celebrate the recent event known as the “Terraces by Night-Lailah Bahá’í”, the first edition of which was held in October 2019 in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Birth of the Báb.</p> Julio Savi Copyright © 2026 Julio Savi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 10.31581/jbs-36.3.610(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/638 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 3 4 10.31581/jbs-36.3.638(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/639 NSA Canada Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 5 6 10.31581/jbs-36.3.639(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/640 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 7 18 10.31581/jbs-36.3.640(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/641 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 19 64 10.31581/jbs-36.3.641(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/642 Various Authors Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 65 162 10.31581/jbs-36.3.642(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/643 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 163 190 10.31581/jbs-36.3.643(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/644 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 191 220 10.31581/jbs-36.3.644(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/645 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 221 232 10.31581/jbs-36.3.645(2026) https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/646 ABS Executive Committee Copyright © 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2026-07-18 2026-07-18 36 3 233 238 10.31581/jbs-36.3.646(2026)