Ruth White (Bahá'í author)

Ruth White is an American author with links to the Bahá'í Faith. She challenged and then left the religion, based on her claim that the will of `Abdu'l-Bahá was a forgery. Her claim was based in part, she says, on that `Abdu'l-Bahá would never advocate for a hierarchy, much less the establishment of a "papacy". [cite book |author= Miller, William |authorlink= William Miller |year= 1946 |title= The Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings|publisher= William Carey Library |location=South Pasadena, California, USA |url= http://williamcareylibrary.gospelcom.net/thebahaifaith/Chapter-12.htm William Miller |pages= pp. 260-262.] [cite book |author= White, Ruth |year= 1946 |title= Abdul Baha's Questioned Will and Testament |publisher= J.J. Little and Ives Company|location=Beverly Hills, California, USA |url= http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/QWT.htm ] [cite book |author= White, Ruth |year= 1929 |title= Is the Bahai Organization the Enemy of the Bahai Religion? |publisher= J.J. Little and Ives Company|location=New York City, USA |url= http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/RWAPP.htm ]

White was virtually the only Bahá'í to question the authenticity of `Abdu'l-Bahá's will, including many who opposed Shoghi Effendi. [cite book |author= Taherzadeh, Adib |authorlink= Adib Taherzadeh |year= 1972 |title= The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher= George Ronald |location=Oxford, UK |id= ISBN 0-85398-344-5 |pages= pp. 347 ] [cite book |author=Taherzadeh, Adib |year=2000 |title=The Child of the Covenant |publisher=George Ronald |location=Oxford, UK |id=ISBN 0-85398-439-5 |pages= pp. 299-300 ] [cite book |author= Rabbani, Ruhiyyih |authorlink=Rúhíyyih Khanum |year= 1948 |title= Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship |publisher=Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location=Wilmette, Illinois, USA |url= http://bahai-library.com/?file=khanum_25_years_guardianship#21 |pages= p. 21 ]

Works

*"`Abdu'l-Bahá and the Promised Age", 1927, Appendix, 1929 entitled [http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/Ruth%20White.htm "Is the Bahá'í Organization the Enemy of the Bahá'í Religion?"] . New York: J.J. Little and Ives Co., January 1929.
*"`Abdu'l-Bahá's Alleged Will is Fraudulent", 1930.
*"Correspondence Between the High Commissioner of Palestine and Ruth White, Concerning the Alleged Will and Testament of Sir `Abdul-Bahá Abbas" . 11. Los Angeles , Calif. : White, 1932.
* [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL.htm "Bahá'í Leads out of the Labyrinth"] . New York: Universal Publishing Company, 132 E 65th Street, New York, 1944. Digitally republished, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2004.
* [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/QWT.htm "`Abdu'l-Bahá's Questioned Will and Testament"] . Beverly Hills: Ruth White, 1946. Digitally republished, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2004.

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*Bahá'í divisions