Updated 3 April 2000

BP365 GENERAL WORKS
BP365.5 General special

DOCTRINES, THEOLOGY

BP366 .A11 Comparative
.A12 Outlines
.A13 Compendia
.A14 Apologetics, proofs
Use BP372 when apologetics is in regard to a specific religion.
.A2-Z General works (by main entry)

BP366.1 God
BP366.11 Unknowable
BP366.12 Names, titles; Greatest Name
BP366.15 Primal will; Holy Spirit
BP366.2 Manifestations of God; Messengers; Prophets
BP366.21 Oneness
BP366.22 Revelation; progressive revelation
BP366.24 Relationship to God
BP366.25 Most Great Infallibility
BP366.27 Miracles
BP366.28 Prophecy (foretelling events by revelation);

Forecasting (intelligent prediction by believers based upon what the Manifestations said). For specific prophecies about the Last Days, and for Bahá'í eschatology, use BP366.6.

BP366.29 Future Manifestations
BP366.3 Covenant
BP366.31 Eternal (Greater) Covenant

The covenant made by each Manifestation with his followers promising the coming of the next Manifestation.

BP366.32 Specific (Lesser) Covenant

The covenant made by Bahá'u'lláh with his followers to accept 'Abdu'l-Bahá as Head; that made by 'Abdu'l-Bahá that they accept Shoghi Effendi as Guardian; agreement by all Bahá'ís to uphold institutions of the Bahá'í administrative order.

BP366.33 Covenant-breaking

Use for material dealing with the general teachings on covenant-breaking. Items by covenant-breakers go in B399; biography of covenant-breakers in BP395.6-395.7; history of covenant-breaker groups in BP310.9, or collectively as appropriate in BP330-355.

BP366.4 Creation; Worlds of God
BP366.41 Eternality of creation
BP366.42 Kingdoms of creation (mineral, vegetable, animal, human)
BP366.429 Environment; ecology
BP366.43 Humanity
BP366.433 Immortality; life after death; eternal life;

reincarnation (not a Bahá'í doctrine, but there are Bahá'í statements about it)

BP366.434 Free will and predestination
BP366.435 Evolution of mankind
BP366.436 Soul, mind, spirit; knowledge; dreams
BP366.437 Purpose of man; personal virtues; "living the Bahá'í life"; qualities

.A1 General works

.A2-Z By specific quality or virtue:

.A25 Acquiescence
.C6 Courage
.C62 Courtesy
.D5 Dignity
.E5 Encouragement
.F3 Faith, belief & doubt
.F6 Forgiveness
.F7 Friendliness
.H3 Happiness
.H66 Hope
.H68 Hospitality
.H8 Humility
.L65 Love
.M6 Moderation
.M62 Modesty
.O2 Obedience
.P4 Perseverance
.P8 Purity
.R4 Reverence
.S3 Sacrifice
.S35 Saving, thrift
.S4 Service
.S5 Sincerity
.S7 Steadfastness
.T7 Trustworthiness
.T75 Truthfulness

BP366.438 Sin; salvation
BP366.5 Good and evil
BP366.51 Heaven and hell
BP366.52 Light and darkness
BP366.6 Eschatology; millennialism
BP366.61 Resurrection; return
BP366.62 Day of God; Last days
BP366.63 Calamity; catastrophe

BAHÁ'Í LAW

BP367 General works
BP367.1 Codification
BP367.2 Justice; rule of law
BP367.9 Punishment and reward
BP367.99 Capital punishment; life imprisonment

BP368 Laws of personal status
BP368.1 Chastity; sexual morality
BP368.11 Birth control; abortion; transsexuality; sterilization
BP368.2 Marriage and family life
BP368.21 Courtship; betrothal
BP368.22 Parental consent
BP368.23 Dowry
BP368.24 Divorce; year of patience
BP368.3 Burial; funerals
BP368.4 Bequest and inheritance; wills
BP368.5 Prohibitions
BP368.51 Alcohol, opium, drugs, discouragement of smoking
BP368.52 Gambling
BP368.53 Murder; manslaughter
BP368.54 Arson
BP368.55 Adultery
BP368.56 Homosexuality
BP368.57 Backbiting, gossip
BP368.58 Participation in partisan politics

For Bahá'í theories of government, use BP374.6.

BP368.59 Holy war; jihad
BP368.6 Membership in secret societies

.A1 General works
.A11-Z By specific society
.F7 Freemasonry; masonic lodges

BP368.61 Theft
BP368.62 Psychic phenomena
BP368.8 Financial obligations

Use for works on financial obligations as part of Bahá'í law. Those works dealing with the principles of voluntary giving, and the institution of the Bahá'í Fund supported by such donations, are under BP384.4.

BP368.61 Huququ'llah
BP368.82 Tithe
BP368.9 Other laws of personal status

BP369 Devotional practices; worship
BP369.1 Prayer
BP369.11 Obligatory prayer
BP369.12 Congregational prayer
BP369.2 Fasting
BP369.3 Pilgrimage
BP369.31 To the House of the Báb, Shiraz
BP369.32 To the House of Bahá'u'lláh, Baghdad
BP369.33 To the Holy Tombs, Haifa-'Akka
BP369.39 Other pilgrimages
BP369.4 Meditation
BP369.5 Mysticism
BP369.6 Work/occupation as worship
BP369.8 Calendar
BP369.83 Holy Days
BP369.831 Naw-Ruz, March 21
BP369.832 Ridvan Festival, April 21-May 2
BP369.833 Declaration of the Báb, May 23
BP369.834 Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, May 29
BP369.835 Martyrdom of the Báb, July 9
BP369.836 Birth of the Báb, October 20
BP369.837 Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, November 12
BP369.84 Other anniversaries, special observances.

For Nineteen Day Feast, use BP382.4.

BP369.841 Ayyam-i-Ha, February 26-March 1
BP369.842 Day of the Covenant, November 26
BP369.843 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, November 28

SPECIAL SUBJECTS

BP370
.A35 Agriculture
.A58 Anthropology
.A8 Astrology
.B7 Broadcasting (Radio, TV, Electronic Media, Telecommunications)
.D38 Data Processing, computers, automation
.M37 Martyrdom
.M43 Medicine; health
.M67 Morality, ethics, moral development, moral education
.P47 Persecution
.P5 Philosophy
.P75 Psychology
.P8 Publishing, books, book collecting, bookselling
.S6 Sociology, society

BAHÁ'Í EDUCATION

BP371 General works

(including philosophy of education; principle of universal compulsory education); for child rearing, see BP376.C4 and BP368.2

BP371.1 Teaching methods
BP371.11 Syllabi, study courses, outlines
BP371.2 Deepening, personal study
BP371.3 Schools and education institutions; educational levels
BP371.31 Elementary (incl. tutorial schools); child education
BP371.32 Secondary schools; youth education
BP371.33 Colleges/Universities; higher education
BP371.36 Summer schools; winter schools; teaching institutes
BP371.39 Specific schools, colleges, universities

by country A-Z (table III), then by school name: e.g.
.I5 R32 Rabbani School
.U54 G73 Green Acre

BP371.4 Scholarship, academic study, Bahá'í studies For historiography, use BP330.9
BP371.9 Education of Bahá'í institutions

BAHÁ'Í FAITH AND OTHER RELIGIONS (incl. atheism, agnosticism)

BP372 General works

Specific religions and groups
When a work is written with the purpose of disproving or attacking the Bahá'í Faith, the International Bahá'í Library places the work in BP398, even though it may be written from the viewpoint of a particular religion.

BP372.1 Sabaeanism
BP372.2 Hinduism
BP372.29 Yoga
BP372.3 Buddhism
BP372.4 Zoroastrianism
BP372.5 Judaism
BP372.59 Zionism; Jewish nationalism
BP372.6 Christianity; Bible
BP372.61 Catholicism

Including works on Roman Catholicism and members of the Roman communion such as the Moronites.

BP372.62 Eastern Churches. Oriental Churches

General works only, relating Bahá'í to Eastern Christianity generally.

BP372.621 Eastern Churches (except Orthodox Eastern Church)

Including: Armenian, Nestorian/Caldean, Coptic Ethiopic/Abyssinian, Syrian, Maronite.

BP372.622 Orthodox Eastern Church

Including: Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, etc..

BP372.63 Protestantism

Including works of the following mainline denominations: Baptists; Church of England (Anglican); Congregationalists; Episcopalians; Lutherans; Methodists, Presbyterians, Seventh-day Adventists, etc.

BP372.67 Mormonism
BP372.69 Other Christian groups, A-Z

.C48 Children of God .C52 Christian Science .J48 Jehovah's Witnesses .T4 Tempelgesellschaft (German Templers)

BP372.7 Islam; Qur'an (Koran)
BP372.71 Shiah
BP372.72 Sunni
BP372.79 Other Islamic groups, A-Z

.A35 Ahl-i-Haqq .A36 Ahmadiyya movement .S5 Shaykhism .S8 Sufism

BP372.8 Bábí Faith

Used for discussion of the interrelationships and differences between Bábí and Bahá'í revelations.

BP372.9 Other religious groups

.A5 Ananda Marga .N48 New Thought .O25 Occultism (incl. UFO enthusiasts) .S4 Shintoism .S5 Sikhism .T4 Theosophy .U5 Unification Church

BP372.99 Atheism; agnosticism

TEACHING (i.e. PROPAGATING) THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH

BP373 General works
BP373.1 Declaration and enrollment; membership
BP373.18 Withdrawal; resignation
BP373.19 Recantation
BP373.2 Public information; publicity; proclamation; advertising
BP373.3 Firesides (home meetings for teaching the Bahá'í Faith)
BP373.4 Travelling teachers
BP373.5 Pioneers and pioneering (volunteer teachers who move to unopened territories to propagate the Faith).

Place here descriptions and general works on pioneering. Biography goes in BP390-395.

BP373.6 Correspondence courses
BP373.9 Teaching plans

Description of teaching plans as instruments of teaching; statistics are in BP302; teaching plans in historical contexts are included in BP330-355.

BP373.91 Global/international teaching plans
BP373.911 Ten Year Crusade, 1953-1963
BP373.912 Nine Year Plan, 1964-1973
BP373.913 Five Year Plan, 1974-1979
BP373.914 Seven Year Plan, 1979-1986
BP373.915 Six Year Plan, 1986-1992
BP373.916 Three Year Plan, 1993-1996
BP373.917 Four Year Plan, 1996-2000

SOCIAL TEACHINGS

BP374 General works
BP374.1 Independent investigation of truth
BP374.2 Unity of mankind; elimination of prejudice; racial unity
BP374.22 Equality of men and women
BP374.3 Unity of religions

Use for general Bahá'í principles of religious unity. For relationship to other religions, use BP372.

BP374.35 Cycles
BP374.4 Harmony of science and religion
BP374.5 Universal peace
BP374.51 Lesser peace; collective security
BP374.519 War; just war

For the Bahá'í position on military service and duty towards government, see BP374.62; prohibition against holy war is under BP368.59.

BP374.52 Most Great Peace
BP374.59 Universal auxiliary language

(incl. uniform script, approach to Esperanto and other international languages)

BP374.6 Theories of government and the body politic

For prohibition against participation in politics, use BP368.58.

.A1 General works
.A2-Z By specific political, legal, socio-economic theory
.C3 Capitalism
.C6 Communism, socialism, marxism
.P3 Pacifism

BP374.61 World government; world commonwealth
BP374.611 International executive
BP374.612 International legislature
BP374.613 International tribunal
BP374.614 International police force
BP374.62 Individual and state
BP374.621 Obedience/loyalty to government
BP374.622 Military service

Doctrine on war, just war, is under BP374.519; prohibition of holy war under BP368.59.

BP374.623 Human rights and civil liberties
BP374.63 International relations; international law
BP374.67 Kingship; constitutional monarchy
BP374.7 Economics; spiritual solution to economic problems
BP374.79 Social and economic development
BP374.8 Other social teachings
BP374.9 Social life and customs
BP374.99 Amusements, pastimes (dancing, card-playing, games)

BP375 ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES

SPECIFIC CLASSES OF PEOPLE

BP376 .A8 Asians
.B5 Blacks
.C4 Children
.I5 Indigenous peoples (aborigines, Native Americans)
.I7 Iranians; Persians
.P3 Parents
.R6 Romany/Gypsies
.S5 Single people
.W6 Women
.Y6 Youth

JUVENILE (CHILDREN'S) LITERATURE

BP377 General works

Classified by topic
Subdivide BP377 by the portion of the classification that comes after BP3, e.g. a book of quotations from 'Abdu'l-Bahá for children would be BP377.63 .A1 [a book of quotations from 'Abdu'l-Bahá would be BP363.A1; dropping the BP3 leaves 63.A1 which is added to BP377]

BP378 FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, MYTHOLOGY, ORAL TRADITION

Periodicals

Statistics

Programs

Congresses, Conventions,
Regional Meetings

Directories

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Societies, Clubs,
Associations, Etc.

Collections

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Yearbooks, Thesauri

Chronologies,
Ready References,
Reference Compilations

History

Travelogues

Pilgrims' Notes

Holy Texts
and Interpretation

Writings of the Báb

Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Letters and works
by Shoghi Effendi

General Works

Doctrines, Theology

Bahá'í Law

Special Subjects

Bahá'í Education

Bahá'í Faith
and Other Religions

Teaching (i.e. Propagating)
The Bahá'í Faith

Social Teachings

Addresses, Essays, Lectures

Specific Classes of People

Juvenile (children's)
Literature

Folklore, Legends, Mythology,
Oral Traditions

Administrative Order

Meditations

Inspirational Works

Music

Art and Artists

Architecture

Biography

Miscellanea

Opposition, Defense

Covenant-Breaker Works