Bahá'í Faith in fiction

The Bahá'í Faith and related topics have appeared in fiction in multiple forms. The mention of the Bahá'í Faith, prominent members, or even individual believers have appeared in a variety of fictional forms including science fiction, and fantasy, as well as styles of short stories, novelettes, and novels, and even diverse media of the printed word and TV series. A 2005 estimate is of more than 30 references though it could be far more. Out of these near three dozen references, there are perhaps a dozen where there is a significant relationship with the religion, where the Bahá'í Faith is a crucial aspect of the story. The first occurrence known is perhaps Marie von Najmajer wrote a poem dedicated to Tahirih in Gurret-úl-Eyn: Ein Bild aus Persiens Neuzeit published in 1874. After a series of works covering the events of the Bábí period most of the focus shifted towards Bahá'í specific related connections. Soon Khalil Gibran wrote two books - The Prophet and Jesus, The Son of Man - with some second hand evidence for the sustained influence of `Abdu'l-Bahá in these works. In modern times the first known occurrence is of a short story by non-Bahá'í Tom Ligon The Devil and the Deep Black Void, - he also wrote a sequel The Gardener. The next fictional publication, in 1991, which references the Bahá'í Faith may be a short story "Home Is Where…" by Bahá'í Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff,

Initially, and occasionally since, reference has been made to the events and figures of Bábism. As the history of events and coverage of these events in Persia made their way to Europe coverage tended to shift to coverage of the events and figures of the Bahá'í Faith.

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